The Guardian

Russia expert warned Putin would see verdict as chance to undermine US’s global influence and boost his own standing

Putin says Trump conviction ‘burns’ idea of US as leading democracy

The United States added six companies to its trade restriction list on Tuesday, including four for their links to the training of China's military forces, according to a government posting. Two of the companies are in China, one in South Africa, two in the United Arab Emirates and one in...

U.S. adds six companies to trade restriction list, four for training China's military

The Hill

Donald Trump's presidency saw the destruction of key nuclear arms control agreements, the beginning of a new nuclear arms race, and a threat of nuclear war against North Korea, all of which have contributed to the increasing likelihood of nuclear war.

Opinion: Nuclear arms race intensified during Trump’s presidency

North Dakota State

Former President Trump’s public decision of a vice presidential pick is getting closer with the GOP convention less than a month away, and three contenders have emerged as front-runners for a job that could instantly create a favorite for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination. Trump allies and sources close to the former president’s orbit said…

These 3 Republicans are Trump’s most likely VP picks

The Trump Organization revealed plans Monday to develop a luxury Trump Tower in Saudi Arabia.

Trump Tower is coming to Saudi Arabia

Donald Trump talked openly about executing people while he was president, a former White House aide has claimed. Alyssa Farah Griffin, director of strategic communications at the White House from April-December 2020, made the claim on Mediaite’s Press Club podcast on June 14. According to the former aide, Trump...

Trump talked about executing people while in the White House, ex-aide reveals

Business Insider

Timothy Mellon is a billionaire heir who's spent millions on GOP causes and once gave over $50 million to a group trying to build a Texas border wall.

The reclusive billionaire who's spent $75 million on Trump and $25 million on RFK Jr.

Virginia State

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Cheryl E Preston

Virginia fans of The Bold and the Beautiful, if you were watching earlier this week when Tom Star (Clint Howard died), you know that Li Finnegan (Naomi Matsuda) did not honor her Hippocratic Oath as a physician to "do no harm".

The Bold and the Beautiful shocker: Dr. Li Finnegan broke her Hippocratic Oath by watching Tom die

Tech billionaire Peter Thiel, formerly one of former President Trump’s largest financial backers, said Thursday that he won’t be giving Trump any money during this campaign cycle, but that may still vote for him. “If you hold a gun to my head, I’ll vote for Trump,” Thiel said in an interview on stage at the…

Ex-Trump backer Peter Thiel: ‘If you hold a gun to my head, I’ll vote for Trump’

Chesapeake, VA

Mediaite

Trump canceled an interview with military reporter Mike Gooding after the campaign asked what questions the reporter was going to ask Trump.
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Trump Canceled Interview With Military Reporter After Asking What Questions He Was Going To Ask

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Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump has potentially narrowed his potential running mates to eight names.
                The Trump campaign has requested personal information from several high-ranking GOP members, apparently giving insight into who the former president is most seriously considering to be his running mate, according to multiple media sources.
                Requests were sent to the following GOP leaders:
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Trump hints at potential running mates

POLITICO

The July fundraiser will take place at Trump Tower in New York City.

Melania Trump set to host a second fundraiser for Log Cabin Republicans next month

Abigail Disney, an heiress to the Disney family fortune, plans to withhold donations to Democrats until Joe Biden drops out. Biden has said he has no plans to withdraw from the race. Gideon Stein said he's decided to pause planned donations of $3.5 million. President Joe Biden is facing an...

Disney heiress, wealthy Democratic donors say they won't finance the party until Joe Biden drops out

The Independent

 Melania Trump is unlikely to take up the role of full-time first lady if her husband wins a second term as president, according to a report.A Trumpworld insider told Page Six that the Slovenian former model has cut a deal with Donald Trump that if he takes back the White House in November she would not have to be on first lady duty 24/7.The couple’s son Barron Trump, 18, has just graduated from high school and is expected to attend New York University in the fall.Ultimately, Melania believes she can be a “hands-on mother and first lady at the...

Melania ‘cuts deal with Trump’ about her future role if he wins the White House

The New Republic

Donald Trump is now leveling his authoritarian threats right out in the open. He appears supremely confident that none of it will alienate swing voters. Now NBC News reports that the Biden campaign hopes to draw out this side of Trump at their upcoming debate—but if Trump doesn’t see these things as liabilities, he may advertise them all over again when voters are paying attention. We talked to Slate legal writer Dahlia Lithwick, author of an excellent new piece outlining how Trump is running on an overt promise of authoritarianism, about whether voters will awaken to the threat he poses—and how this could cause his confidence to blow up in his face. Listen to this episode here.

How Trump’s Ugliest Authoritarian Threats May Soon Blow Up in His Face

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Salon

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday debunked claims that large corporations and their executive are staunch supporters — financially and otherwise — of Donald Trump, a line the MAGA campaign has been pushing in the weeks ahead of the fast-approaching presidential debate between Trump and President Joe Biden. Heading...

"Not a single Fortune 100 chief executive has donated": Maddow debunks Trump corporate support myth

J. Souza

A fight between passengers marred the final night of a Carnival Cruise Line sailing on June 6th. The incident, which unfolded in the Lido Deck dining room onboard the Carnival Paradise, involved a group of women and resulted in thrown chairs and plates.

US and China could do a 'deal' under a new Trump administration: Ben Harburg

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