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Bulwark: Why Is Trump Trying to Fire This Museum Director?
If he succeeds, it could put the whole Smithsonian under his thumb.
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So far, Sajet, a 60-year-old Dutch art historian with a long career in American and Australian art museums who became the National Portrait Gallery’s first female director in 2013, is reportedly still at her desk. The gallery’s website still lists her as director, and its press releases give no inkling of any turmoil at the museum.
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…But much of the right-wing criticism directed at Sajet is far more ideological and intolerant than any of the offenses imputed to her—particularly considering that those offenses include an entirely accurate label for a portrait of Donald Trump.
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NY Times: Return of Wrongly Deported Man Raises Questions About Trump’s Views of Justice
For the nearly three months before the Justice Department secured an indictment against the man, it had repeatedly flouted a series of court orders to “facilitate” his release from El Salvador.
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Los Angeles Times: David Huerta, president of SEIU California, detained during L.A. ICE raids
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Huerta, 58, was treated at a hospital and then transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown L.A., where he remained in custody as of 5:30 p.m., according to a spokesperson for the labor union.
(Los Angeles Times more…)WSJ: JD Vance’s False Immigrant Choice
He says the U.S. doesn’t need foreign students. …
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Daily: ICE Agents Stranded in Shipping Container with Migrants
ICE agents are stranded in a shipping container in Africa with “deported” migrants, subjected to illness, heat and the threat of rocket attacks from Yemen.
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – June 6, 2025
Last night, billionaire Elon Musk indicated he would be willing to paper over his fight with President Donald J. Trump, perhaps remembering, as Paresh Dave of Wired noted, that his companies stand to lose $48 billion over the next ten years if they lose their government contracts.
Trump spent this morning calling news anchors and telling them he’s not bothered by the fight. According to Nikki McCann Ramirez of Rolling Stone, Trump today called CNN’s Dana Bash, the Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier, ABC News’ Jonathan Karl, and CBS News’ Robert Costa to claim he’s “not even thinking about Elon,” before bashing him as “the man who has lost his mind.”
Yesterday, Lauren Goode of Wired reported that big tech investors and executives were trying to walk a fine line between the two men, trying not to take a stand for or against either. J.V. Last of The Bulwark noted that no one was more hesitant to take a side than Vice President J.D. Vance, who wants to keep the favor of his Silicon Valley patrons but also needs Trump’s backing. At 10:28 last night, after Musk was already retreating, Vance posted on social media: “President Trump has done more than any person in my lifetime to earn the trust of the movement he leads. I’m proud to stand beside him.” As Last notes, this was a pretty weak statement, and “Trump is smart enough to understand that this is a confession.”
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)Sarah Jones: Trump Threatens Musk and Musk Deletes Epstein-Trump Post
Donald Trump warned Elon Musk that he would face “very serious consequences” if he funds Democratic candidates. Musk seems to fear Trump to some extent, as he deleted his Trump Epstein tweet.
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Closer to the Edge: LOVE THEM
Yes, them. Even them. But don’t you dare confuse love with surrender.
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But let’s be clear: Loving them is not the same as protecting them from consequences.
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Jess Piper: They Want Missouri Education Policies to go Nationwide
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What is happening in Missouri to our education system is a preview of what the Republicans plan for the rest of the country. My state is the proving ground for extremism and right-wing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation.
…“I hope I don’t offend anyone,” Sinquefield said at a 2012 lecture caught on tape. “There was a published column by a man named Ralph Voss who was a former judge in Missouri,” Sinquefield continued, in response to a question about ending teacher tenure. “[Voss] said, ‘A long time ago, decades ago, the Ku Klux Klan got together and said how can we really hurt the African American children permanently? How can we ruin their lives? And what they designed was the public school system.’ “
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I will never forget Trump’s quote from 2016: “I love the poorly educated.”
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NY Times: Can We Trust a Jobs Report From the Trump Administration? Yes, With Caveats.
AP: Who’s in charge? CDC’s leadership ‘crisis’ apparent amid new COVID-19 vaccine guidance
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Bo Forbes: Habeas Corpus + The Right to Our Bodies
A legal doctrine rooted in the Magna Carta is under new assault
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Dispatch: Will Trump Give Electability a Chance?
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For much of his time on the political scene, Donald Trump (who has more in common with Nixon than with any other modern-era president) has modified the Buckley rule for Republican primaries in two ways: replacing “most right” with “most pro-Trump,” and chopping off the final four words. In the president’s inflated self-assessment, the question of electability of a candidate he supported was tautological. Trump is a winner, and he chooses winners.The actual record has been mixed…
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NY Times: Balloons and Human Strength: How North Korea Righted a Toppled Warship
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Adam Mockler: Trump Just Made His Epstein Scandal Even Worse
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Lucian K. Truscott IV: Trump is turning the U.S. into a private club, and we are not members
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He’s running the country as if it’s a gigantic Mar a Lago club. Buy a membership with your votes, and you’re in the club. Fail to pay your dues by not voting for Trump and Republicans in Congress, and you’re out. …
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Borowitz: Zelenskyy Offers to Broker Peace Between Musk and Trump
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
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