Garrett Downs reports: Is President Trump politicizing intelligence? Experts are alarmed by the plan to appoint housing chief Bill Pulte as acting DNI. With no intelligence background, Pulte, who used mortgage records on rivals, is feared to weaponize surveillance tools, eroding trust. Senate leaders are deeply concerned. Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/02/bill-pulte-dni-tulsi-gabbard.html #NationalSecurity #IntelligenceCommunity #ChecksAndBalances
Breaking news: A federal judge just ruled on the Kennedy Center! A federal judge has ruled against President Trump's attempt to rename the Kennedy Center, affirming that only Congress holds such authority. The ruling also halted a planned two-year renovation closure and reinstated Rep. Joyce Beatty's voting rights. Learn more about this significant judicial decision. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/29/trump-kennedy-center-judge-beatty.html #KennedyCenter #FederalJudge #ChecksAndBalances #Congress
#Judiciary #ChecksAndBalances #ConstitutionalProtections Good news! The good parts of the system are still working.. at least a little bit.
🧾 Take action: tell Congress to use its constitutional power to stop Trump’s abuses. Lawmakers control war powers, public spending, oversight, and accountability, and they must stop surrendering their duty. actionnetwork.org/letters/stop... #ChecksAndBalances #Accountability
About the recent visit of King Charles to the United States: "On his last state visit, Charles was in the shade of Diana’s radiance. On this one, he radiated an élan of his own — a class act, shining next to the boorish Trump":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/opinion/king-charles-america-visit-trump.html
#RoyalVisit #ChecksAndBalances #history
Opinion | His Majesty and Our Travesty

The real king delivers a needed royal lesson on democracy.

The New York Times

I see the #ChecksAndBalances of the #USian system are continuing to function as per the purpose of the system.

A #President is an elected #Emperor. Time to grow up, put away your childish things; the sad, obvious King Thirst, and get a proper Westminster-derived parliament.

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King Charles schools Trump on democracy in speech to Congress about checks and balances

Jen Psaki shares part of King Charles' speech to Congress in which he explains the importance of checks and balances in a functioning democracy to the very people who have abdicated their responsibility to be a check on Donald Trump. 

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With the growth of AI in the workplace, unions become even more important than they already were. We need tech workers to revolt and setup unions. Its the only way we put these AI tech bros in check. #unionstrong #checksandbalances #tech