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06/24/2026

06/24/2026

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

― H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe

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06/24/2026

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/23/ohio-voter-rights-group-denies-any-wrongdoing-while-fbi-stays-silent-on-swarms-across-state/

An Ohio voting-rights group says it did nothing to justify FBI searches earlier this month. The FBI continues not to say anything.

06/23/2026

https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-noncitizens-voting-save-lawsuit-a9612cfffa40c938e67b99f265c9e817?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

A federal judge has ruled that a revamped federal tool that state election officials have used in their efforts to identify illegally registered noncitizen voters is unlawful and cannot be used.

06/23/2026

BREAKING: BONKERS! Trump reportedly wanted to put a GIANT FIST on top of the 250-foot vanity arch he plans to build in Washington DC.

If you thought that Donald Trump's ego-gratifying plans for a grotesque monumental arch in Washington DC couldn’t get any worse, a new book reveals he wanted to top it with a GIANT FIST.

According to Regime Change, the latest tome from New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, Trump has become "obsessed" with building a 250-foot "Arc de Trump" in Washington, D.C. — and seriously considered crowning it with a giant replica of his own raised fist, the "Fight, fight, fight!" pose he struck after the 2024 Butler assassination attempt.

Read that again.

A 250-foot fist of himself. Looming over the nation's capital. Across the bridge from the Lincoln Memorial.

Sadly, this is not satire, even though a memorial arch with a giant raised fist would be more appropriate for a Black Panther monument in Wakanda than blocking the view of Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC.

And the size of Trump’s misbegotten arch is no accident. Trump specifically wanted his arch to DWARF the original Arc de Triomphe in Paris (162.5 feet) AND the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, North Korea (200 feet) — the monument built to celebrate the birthday of totalitarian dictator Kim Il Sung. At 250 feet, Trump's would tower over both.

Trump’s authoritarian competitiveness is unbelievable. The President of the United States wanted a self-glorifying monument BIGGER than the one a brutal communist dictatorship built for its founding tyrant.

The details get even more absurd. Trump was so consumed by whether to add an observation deck that he CALLED French President Emmanuel Macron to ask about the Arc de Triomphe. According to the book, Trump asked Macron, "Do people jump off it? People throw bottles and s--t off it, right? You can see Arlington Cemetery, it's a great view. I don't know. It's dangerous. You can jump off it."

This is what the 80-year-old leader of the free world is spending his time on — quizzing a foreign head of state about su***de risks on his ego monument. As if he cared, beyond how the deaths at the arch would reflect upon himself.

The arch is part of Trump's broader campaign to remake Washington in his gaudy image: bulldozing the East Wing for a $600 million ballroom, replacing the Rose Garden with a Mar-a-Lago patio, supergluing gold ornamentation onto the White House walls, and slapping his name on buildings.

A giant golden fist — towering over Arlington's war dead and bigger than any other dictator's monument.

This isn't patriotism. It's an insane personality cult.

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06/23/2026

BREAKING: UNLEASHED! Republican Senator Thom Tillis goes SCORCHED EARTH on Trump — trashes the Iran deal, the slush fund, AND Trump's "incompetent sycophant" DNI pick

After deciding that he wouldn’t run for re-election, Republican Senator Thom Tillis is DONE pretending. In a remarkable session with CNN's Manu Raju and other reporters, Tillis unloaded on Trump's entire agenda — and held NOTHING back.

On the Iran deal, Tillis confirmed what Obama, Pence, and a former NATO ambassador have all said: it's a disaster. "We're back to pre-JCPOA relief on oil sanctions," he said. "I think they're stringing them along." Then he laid out the brutal cost: "Estimated $100 BILLION spent today, 13 service members lost their lives. Over 360 people have been injured. If all we do is get back to the JCPOA, that would be an absolute CATASTROPHE."

On the insane double standard between alleged Reflecting Pool "vandals" and pardoned January 6th rioters, Tillis was incredulous: "You're telling me that damaging a lining in the reflecting pool is something Pirro wants to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law — and yet they're releasing people who pled guilty to ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER. What freaking parallel universe did I just wake up in?"

He even mocked Trump's absurd claim that someone slashed the pool with a knife: "I'd like to think a $15 million membrane can withstand a pocketknife."

On Bill Pulte, Trump's unqualified pick to run national intelligence, Tillis was savage: "I think he's an incompetent sycophant and not the right person to lead DNI." He predicted Pulte's mass firings would be "another hot, steamy pile of DOJ s**t" and warned the next director would inherit "a mess left behind by Pulte."

And on Trump's demand that the Senate pass his Save America Act, Tillis flatly dismissed it: "This is a waste of time. It's a distraction, and it's not going to happen in this Congress." His message to Trump at their lunch? "He's just got to understand some of the limits."

When even Republican senators are calling your DNI an "incompetent sycophant" and your war a "catastrophe," the wheels are officially coming off.

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06/23/2026

Politico reports - harmaceutical giant Eli Lilly gave its highly anticipated and powerful new weight-loss drug retatrutide to one person under an extraordinary “compassionate use” policy typically reserved for terminal illness — a man who was 79-years-old at the time of request in April, Stat News’ Lizzy Lawrence reports. Three sources told STAT that the person’s request “drew the interest of top health officials, suggesting the person receiving this drug was well connected.” Experts interviewed by Stat questioned why Lilly would offer “compassionate use” for a single patient for a weight-loss drug.

Given the profile, Stat asked the White House whether the patient was Trump. White House spokesperson Kush Desai directed Stat to HHS, which did not address the retatrutide application or the patient’s identity. In a follow-up post on X, Desai denied the patient was the president. A spokesperson for Eli Lilly said the company doesn’t comment on the specifics of individual compassionate use applications.

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06/23/2026

BREAKING: Trump’s ballroom scandal EXPLODES as Sen. Blumenthal launches official probe into alleged $352 million Secret Service money raid.

The walls are closing in on Trump's gaudy and unapproved ballroom scheme.

Senator Richard Blumenthal has issued an official memo to the U.S. Secret Service announcing a formal investigation into "waste, fraud, and abuse" in Donald Trump's White House ballroom project — demanding the agency hand over ALL records on the $352 million in Secret Service funds that were allegedly REDIRECTED to pay for it.

This is a big deal. Blumenthal isn't some random critic — he's one of the most respected oversight voices in the Senate, and he knows the Secret Service inside and out.

Remember that $352 million was specifically allocated to the Secret Service AFTER two assassination attempts on Trump. It was meant for agent training, recruitment, technology, and retention bonuses — the very resources that keep the president and his protectors safe. Instead, Trump's budget office quietly funneled it to his vanity ballroom.

And it directly exposes Trump's lie. He has repeatedly claimed the ballroom would cost $400 million and be funded ENTIRELY by private donors. But reporting revealed the real cost is $600 million — with more than HALF coming from taxpayers, including this raided Secret Service money.

Blumenthal's credibility on this issue is ironclad. He led the bipartisan investigation into the July 2024 assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania — the probe that found a "perfect storm of stunning failure" in the Secret Service, citing systemic breakdowns in planning, communication, and coordination. He's spent years demanding the agency get MORE resources and reform, not less.

So when the same senator who fought to protect Trump from assassination now discovers that Trump is RAIDING the agents' budget to build himself a ballroom — that's a five-alarm fire.

The man who survived two assassination attempts is stealing from the people who saved his life to build a party room. And lying about who's paying for it.

Blumenthal wants answers. The American people deserve them.

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