Notices by progressiveparker (progressiveparker@mastodon.social)

Jun 24, 2025 -
Politics & Policy
Robert Garcia elected top Democrat on Oversight Committee

Andrew Solender

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/24/robert-garcia-house-oversight-committee-democrats?cdmc=2z0AI7h2B9MPoaSgcNlHLIxcMyK&refcode2=2z0AI7h2B9MPoaSgcNlHLIxcMyK&refcodecdmc=2z0AI7h2B9MPoaSgcNlHLIxcMyK

Israel's 'Weaponization' of Food Is a 'War Crime': UN

"It is weaponized hunger. It is forced displacement," said one U.N. human rights official. "All combined, it appears to be the erasure of Palestinian life from Gaza."
Julia Conley
Jun 24, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/news/united-nations-gaza

On the anniversary of Dobbs, the state of abortion is bad—real bad
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 9:30:31a PDT
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/24/2329737/-On-the-anniversary-of-Dobbs-the-state-of-abortion-is-bad-real-bad?detail=emailrecap

Want FTC to approve a merger? Just advertise on Trump's Truth Social
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 6:30:10a PDT
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/24/2329666/-Want-FTC-to-approve-a-merger-Just-advertise-on-Trump-s-Truth-Social?detail=emailrecap

ICE Impersonations Proliferate Amid the Agency’s Undercover Tactics

Pretending to be an ICE agent to commit crimes is disturbingly easy.

by Naomi Bethune

June 24, 2025

https://prospect.org/justice/2025-06-24-ice-impersonations-proliferate-agencys-undercover-tactics/?vgo_ee=bxpkbiXLIKy5kynU8DLRDFgl4aO1VuOCyZhwINDT86zKwj4x8z1rsg%3D%3D%3A5n1UMawdyz9VYP%2BYdj1lOPmjmtg%2BhR4v

Politics

June 23, 2025
Why Trump Officials Keep Promising Inevitably Disappointing Disclosures
From Jeffrey Epstein, to Chinese plots, to missing kids, the administration is pushing big reveals it will never deliver.

Anna Merlan
Senior ReporterBio

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/trump-administration-pam-bondi-kash-patel-disclosure/

The US and Israel’s War on Iran and the Lie of ‘Peace Through Strength’

It may be strength, but it is the antithesis of peace. Unless peace means butchered children, shredded international treaties, destroyed TV news buildings, and mass famine.
Peter F. Crowley
Jun 23, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/u-s-israel-war-on-iran

Whoops! Vance accidentally calls his boss ‘dumb’
Monday, June 23, 2025 at 11:00:02a PDT
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/23/2329624/-Whoops-Vance-accidentally-calls-his-boss-dumb?detail=emailrecap

Trump Kicks 'Pathetic' GOP Lawmaker Out Of His Movement: 'MAGA Doesn’t Want Him'
The president vowed to campaign against Rep. Thomas Massie for opposing him on Iran, the "big beautiful bill" and more.
Ed Mazza
By
Ed Mazza
Jun 23, 2025, 12:15 AM EDT

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-thomas-massie-maga_n_6858beece4b0d509390c286c?cdmc=2yueEfU6qUf2lHFiwA4omRY5Wsr&refcode2=2yueEfU6qUf2lHFiwA4omRY5Wsr&refcodecdmc=2yueEfU6qUf2lHFiwA4omRY5Wsr

Politics
Trump Humiliates Hegseth, Rubio and Vance With Iran ‘Regime’ Post
‘MIGA!!!‘
There was a clear message from the Trump administration Sunday, until the president stepped in.
Jasmine Venet

Breaking News Intern
Matt Young

Night Editor
Updated Jun. 23 2025 9:29AM EDT /
Published Jun. 22 2025 8:18PM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humiliates-hegseth-rubio-and-vance-with-iran-regime-post/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=ba66dbf7254c215b98844cb297ac7cac&user_emailB=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

Senate Parliamentarian Blocks Republican Attacks on SNAP, CFPB in Reconciliation Bill

"We will be fighting this bill every single day until Republicans bring it to the floor," said Sen. Jeff Merkley.
Julia Conley
Jun 21, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/news/senate-parliamentarian

'The World Sees You, Netanyahu': Israel's Iran Strikes Seen as 'War of Distraction' Amid Gaza Genocide

"This 'war' is an unprovoked, unilateral attack, a criminal act of aggression, and it is meant to distract the world from acting with regard to Israel's genocide," said one Israeli critic.
Julia Conley
Jun 21, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/news/netanyahu-and-iran

This Is What Authoritarianism Looks Like—and How We Fight Back

Sunrise is launching a new campaign to end the oligarchy and save our futures.
Aru Shiney-Ajay
Jun 18, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/sunrise-fight-oligarchy

Fossil Fuels
USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in Updated Survey
Environmentalists worry the report will be used to justify an increase in drilling without justifiable demand.
By Jake Bolster
June 18, 2025

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18062025/usgs-touts-potential-public-land-oil-gas/

Thom Hartmann/
June 20, 2025
NEVER STOPS
Senate GOP’s Remedy for Anti-Trump Lawsuits? Make Them Impossible.
There’s a provision in the Senate’s “big, beautiful bill” that would make plaintiffs against the federal government post huge bonds to file lawsuits. And they’re proud of this crap.

https://newrepublic.com/article/197029/senate-gop-budget-bill-anti-trump-lawsuits-impossible?vgo_ee=On4%2BqO%2BfM3ZGNk0DEt94Y%2BUBLnmwT%2BDOqIp0JTRPuRoBhk%2FWS6M%2BwQ%3D%3D%3Ae8ab0ywYKPX3j%2B0JAhCB%2BMokm3va%2F3BV

Trumpland
TACO Trump Punts Decision on Bombing Iran in Wild New Twist
TRUST ME!
The delay comes as his MAGA base remains deeply divided over the U.S. intervention.
Farrah Tomazin
Farrah Tomazin

Political Correspondent
Updated Jun. 19 2025 4:40PM EDT
Published Jun. 19 2025 2:27PM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-says-taco-trump-will-punt-decision-on-bombing-iran-in-wild-new-twist/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=ba66dbf7254c215b98844cb297ac7cac&user_emailB=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

Incomprehensible': Trump Admin To Shut Down LGBTQ+ Suicide Hotline

"This is devastating, to say the least," said one critic of the White House decision to dismantle a program that has served nearly 1.3 million young people in recent years. "Suicide prevention is about people, not politics."
Stephen Prager
Jun 19, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/news/incomprehensible-trump-admin-to-shut-down-lgbtq-suicide-hotline

Melissa Gira Grant/
June 19, 2025
fanatics
Vance Boelter and the Rise of “Spiritual Warfare”
The accused assassin in Minnesota may have seen himself as an entrepreneurial missionary, influenced by a theology of “violent prayer” and spiritual war.

https://newrepublic.com/article/196984/fringe-religious-movement-schooled-vance-boelter?vgo_ee=POBh%2F0Y7IanBYlt9i8V8ERIIA%2FWI53VIj04vFdcYCMSmm1tUGSH1uQ%3D%3D%3A3bygp4CXej4lO1AvxW9GK1FztoLXkIAp

MAGA Meltdown: Trump Wants War, Base Wants Out
Politicians hide themselves away. They only started the war. Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the poor - Black Sabbath, "War Pigs"
Cliff Schecter
Jun 18, 2025

https://www.blueamp.co/p/maga-meltdown-trump-wants-war-base?publication_id=3722532&post_id=166245209&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=pn6zb&triedRedirect=true

AIPAC Demands Democrats ‘Stand With Israel’

The pro-Israel lobbying group has sent a flurry of communications to members of Congress, citing specific language for them to parrot in support of Israel’s strikes on Iran.

by David Dayen, Ryan Grim, Nicolae Butler, Pablo Manriquez

June 18, 2025

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-06-18-aipac-demands-democrats-stand-with-israel/?vgo_ee=CZC%2BAEq16Zj4bfhnu6NODXkgAbPLAXo4CrAxgj%2BlfYGGch41I7sfGA%3D%3D%3AvIOFF6RYB5Ns0gZ5iubx20YmeIIKQEBu