> Education Department changes are leaving millions of vulnerable students at risk https://19thnews.org/2026/06/education-changes-trump-special-ed/

Even if by some miracle we manage to purge the #GOP #PartyOfStupid, and I am not holding my breath, the damage this will do will remain for years if not decades.

#education #ThisIsAmerica #YouGetWhatYouVoteFor #USGovernment #DepartmentOfEducation

More Americans are hungry in the face of federal cuts, rising grocery prices • Kentucky Lantern

Families are facing rising grocery prices at the same time that many of the most vulnerable are losing access to the nation’s largest food assistance program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. More than 4 million Americans lost SNAP benefits between February 2025 and this February, according to analyses of the most recent federal data. The numbers are expected to increase.

Kentucky Lantern

In other #sportsball news. Of course you got to move the riff raff out of the way to make your city look good for the tourists and the mean green they bring.

> World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas ‘pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad’ https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/world-cup-dallas-homelessness/

#BoycottFIFA #BoycottWorldCup #BadEconomy #homeless #ThisIsAmerica

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas ‘pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad’

As the World Cup heads to Dallas, three street paper contributors tell Big Issue how the tournament is affecting them.

Big Issue

> Americans Still Say More Religiosity Would Benefit U.S. https://news.gallup.com/poll/711455/americans-say-religiosity-benefit.aspx

Notice no mention of what we all know: "Religiosity" here basically means #Christian, preferably a certain evangelical fundamentalist invasive bully brand.

#ThisIsAmerica #religion

Americans Still Say More Religiosity Would Benefit U.S.

Americans still say that having more religious people would be positive for U.S. society, but fewer hold this view than did in 2013.

Gallup

Food for thought, what I call a #MagnificentQuestion.

> Marc Maron: What If Trump Never Leaves Office! | Stand Up Comedy
https://youtu.be/33avd5LlTbQ?si=q1Q4j6OtAh4iO46G

#PendejoInChief #GOP #PartyOfStupid #ThisIsAmerica #RepublicanLite #useless #humor

Marc Maron: What If Trump Never Leaves Office! | Stand Up Comedy

YouTube

Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy

> High inflation is forcing older women on fixed incomes to make hard choices https://19thnews.org/2026/06/inflation-older-women-social-security/

#ThisIsAmerica #women #elderly

Oh, it was last night?

> Trump calls ‘incredible’ UFC event ‘one of the most exciting days in the history’ of the White House https://nypost.com/2026/06/15/us-news/trump-calls-incredible-ufc-event-one-of-the-most-exciting-days-in-the-history-of-the-white-house/

#PendejoInChief #WhiteHouse #UFC #fighting #ThisIsAmerica

Trump calls 'incredible' UFC event 'one of the most exciting days in the history' of the White House

President Trump lauded last night’s ‘UFC Freedom 250’ card on the White House lawn as an ‘incredible’ spectacle on a scale never seen before.

New York Post

Maybe the aliens can do a better job running the U.S.

> 1 in 5 Americans believe aliens are already among us, out-of-this-world poll says https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/1-in-5-americans-believe-aliens-are-already-among-us-out-of-this-world-poll-says/

#ThisIsAmerica #UFO #aliens 👽

1 in 5 Americans believe aliens are already among us, out-of-this-world poll says

Asked when they humans will likely have contact with extraterrestrials, an eye-popping 21% said, “We already have,” according to the poll.

New York Post