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Here is hoping this is only step one in a long process in stopping Trump’s march to the throne. For those who got out an protested. To those who were unable to – see you next time, OK?

Owning the press and sowing division are two of the most important steps in creating an authoritarian society. Resistance makes that much harder. Keep it up.

Juneteenth is Thursday in case you are wondering why stuff is closed. Hope it gives Trump heartburn.

A) Kim Reynolds stirred a MAGA hornets nest Thursday when she did what?

B) “A torrent of boos” was one description the greeting Trump got where Thursday night?

C) Senator Alex Padilla of California was manhandled by Noem’s goons when he tried to ask Noem a question Thursday. Noem, however, claimed Padilla did what?

D) Good gawd! What insane move did RFK, jr. commit at HHS last week?

E) Juneteenth trivia: June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Granger informed slaves of their emancipation. What state did this occur in?

F) What two major world events are planned for Los Angeles in the next 3 years, something that may be put in jeopardy by Trump’s invasion of the city?

G) What legendary leader of The Beach Boys group of rock and roll fame died Wednesday?

H) As news of Senator Padilla’s situation was filtering out Thursday what country launched an air attack on what other country in the Middle East?

I) What governor mocked Gavin Newsom on X and was reminded by Newsom that her state’s murder rate is twice that of California’s?

J) Which amendment to the constitution abolishes slavery across the US?

K) Who will be giving a major address to Chicago at the same time as Trump’s self-serving parade? 

L) ABC is at it again. This week they fired Terry Moran for calling Stephen Miller and Trump “world class” what’s on social media?

M) Trump revoked the Columbia River restoration deal last week. This deal was set up to aid the revival of what species in the northwest?

N) Iowans welcomed two more opponents to run against the increasingly unpopular Joni Ernst last week. Can you name them?

O) A major airplane crash on take off Thursday hit a medical college and killed at least 290 in what country?

P) In 1860 what was the estimated number of enslaved people in the US?

Q) In Los Angeles a guardsman can be seen drawing a bead on and then shooting a female reporter from what country?

R) This time the school shooting was not in the US. What European country suffered through the turmoil of a school shooting Tuesday?

S) Under a bill signed by Gov. Brad Little what quack remedy for covid can now be bought over-the-counter in Idaho?

T) What president signed the bill that made Juneteenth a national holiday?

“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism” -Californian    This is the most American statement I’ve ever heard. – Aes

Answers:

A) vetoed a bill that curtailed eminent domain for pipelines or said another way she did what Bruce Rastetter wanted.

B) The Kennedy Center as he went to a play

C) Lunged at her

D) fired all 17 members of a vaccine advisory committee

E) Texas. Galveston specifically

F) The World Cup (soccer) in 2026 and the Olympics in 2028

G) Brian Wilson

H) Israel attacked Iran

I) Arkansas’ Sarah Huckabee-Sanders

J) 13th

K) Pope Leo XIV

L) haters

M) Salmon

N) JD Scholten and Zach Wahls

O) India

P) 3.9 million. An estimated 500,000 blacks were considered free

Q) Australia

R) Austria in the city of Graz.

S) Ivermectin – Arkansas and Tennessee will be right behind

T) President Biden in 2021.  

 Dear God. Soldiers at Fort Bragg booing the media, President Biden, Governor Newsom — anyone Trump targets.

This kind of partisan behavior in uniform used to be grounds for discipline. Now? It’ll probably be rewarded.

This isn’t just sick. It’s dangerous. – Chris D. Jackson

I hope the Iowa delegation to congress understands that Trump  will turn on them like the snake he is in an instant if he is through with them. Ask Elon. Ask the guy in the post above. Ask any sane person.