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THE COURTROOM SKETCH ARTIST DREW THE MOMENT THEY REALIZED THEY FORGOT LUIGI

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— 💚 24 / 7 Luigi Mangione Posts (@werlyloveluigi.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM

The artist, I believe

my god, it's real

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— Keith (@mosheroperandi.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM

The US is using an Iranian smuggling tactic to sneak oil out of the Gulf www.reuters.com/business/ene...

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— Luke McGee (@lukemcgee.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 3:02 AM

("Apache shot down by Iran on June 9 was involved in ship-to-ship transfer mission")

Trump appeared at the Libertarian National Convention in 2024 in front of a sign that said this, it was the convention's theme

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— Michael Sainato (@msainato.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM

("Trump negs booing Libertarians at national party convention") (Today: "Fifteen people charged over alleged interference in Minnesota immigration crackdown...[the US Attorney] showed another post of a defendant saying people needed to “become ungovernable”.)

The Trump administration completed its $14.2 million renovations to the National Mall’s Reflecting Pool last week, intending to color the water feature “American Flag Blue,” but days later the pool’s notorious algae returned to color the reservoir bright green.
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— Forbes (@Forbes) June 16, 2026

Foam floats on the surface as U.S. National Park Service workers dump bottles of hydrogen peroxide in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as part of their effort to mitigate an algae bloom which followed the completion of recent renovations in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 16,… pic.twitter.com/A56bYIrxGe

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 16, 2026

Maybe he'll jumpstart pool maintenance technology

Kalshi is touting Byron Donalds’ lead, and funding his campaign https://t.co/pvVbFX7XSx

— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) June 15, 2026

Bizzare story out of Iowa: A Libertarian challenger in Rep. Zach Nunn's district — who got bounced from the ballot today — claims RFK Jr. called him last week and asked him to drop out

“If this seat flips, it’ll make my life hell,” Kennedy allegedly said https://t.co/pr0b0hsnjr

— Samuel Benson (@sambbenson) June 15, 2026

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — US Senate candidate with same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan ineligible for Alaska ballot, election official rules.

— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM

(Clues he was just trying to confuse voters included his late registration as a Republican and calculated forumulation of his name for the ballot)

SCOOP: The Washington Post’s curated opinion section on Friday removed two op-eds the paper recently republished by Scott Greer, a writer who years ago expressed racist and antisemitic views for an online white-supremacist publication. https://t.co/qi0Hz1s9g3 pic.twitter.com/oU293iS8Wd

— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) June 15, 2026

Evan Spiegel showing off the new Specs AR glasses to the public for the first time. pic.twitter.com/pCYBLU9xxH

— Nathie @ AWE (@NathieVR) June 16, 2026

The length of the stems are like novelty glasses too?

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— Double Fine (@doublefine.com) June 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM

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— Danny (@dannygilbert.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 8:53 PM

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Nikola Topic has undergone successful spine surgery and is expected for training camp in October after previously missing his rookie season with a torn ACL and most of his second season due to testicular cancer treatment.

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— News 9 (@NEWS9) June 15, 2026

Jaxson Hayes je postal slovenski državljan!

Šestindvajsetletni center (213 cm) je na slovenskem veleposlaništvu v Washingtonu podal prisego in prejel 🇸🇮 potni list.

Reprezentanci v prihajajočem kvalifikacijskem oknu še ne bo na voljo, a dolgoročno bo pomemben člen #mojtim 🇸🇮💪 pic.twitter.com/4xAnzPgX7P

— Košarkarska zveza SIovenije (@kzs_si) June 16, 2026

not even final destination movies could come up with shit like this https://t.co/d0yVAf7rmN

— meru (@NORST4RS) June 16, 2026

@hollymoretti God I love this state🤣🐥 #arizona #socute #arizonaschickens #baby ♬ awww so cute - Cherri ⁉️

@reaganmckeever Haleakala sunrise was the ONLY thing on the whole trip that got derailed by weather but that’s okay because it’s more of a reason to go back :) #haleakalanationalpark #haleakala #haleakalasunrise #mauisunrise #thingstodoinmaui ♬ Dan - Noah Kahan

@sierra.saxton He’s so dramatic 🙄#top5horrormovies #fyp #gsp #dogsoftiktok ♬ The One That Got Away - Katy Perry

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