ICYMI-Free Chat Friday: June 05, 2026

Destroying our country brick by brick.

Gooooood morning, News Viewers, and Happy Friday.

Feel free to share any articles we may have missed, some cartoons, pretty much anything, or just chit and chat amongst yourselves.

Anyway, enjoy the day, the weekend, and be safe!

Updates:

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— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) 2026-06-05T13:24:41.094Z

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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-06-05T13:47:04.863Z

Trump’s Stupid, Costly, and Deadly War with Iran:

The Economy:

U.S. payrolls rose by 172,000 in May, much more than expected; unemployment at 4.3%

• Nonfarm payrolls jumped a seasonally adjusted 172,000 for the period, down slightly from the upwardly revised 179,000 in April and far above the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 80,000.
• The unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%, as expected.
• Average hourly earnings rose 0.3% for the month and were up 3.4% over the past year, both in line with the Wall Street consensus.

Kevin Hassett: "Right now, Wall Street just doesn't understand that the Trump economy is really creating an economic golden age"

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 5, 2026 at 6:48 AM

The Worst President Ever and His Liquor Cabinet:

— Lea Zengage (@leazengage.bsky.social) 2026-06-05T13:45:42.946Z

President Trump does not think he needs Congress as much as the lawmakers think he does, an adviser said. And with House and Senate Republicans expected to suffer significant losses in November, the president feels no need to accommodate them.

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2026-06-05T14:00:32.281156683Z

Breaking news: The Trump administration had plans to classify 2.7 million living people — including some U.S. citizens and lawful residents — as dead as part of its immigration enforcement efforts, according to a former senior Social Security executive.

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2026-06-05T13:55:42.746Z

Trump officials planned to mark 2.7 million living people as dead, whistleblower claims

A former Social Security executive said the plan, which was not carried out, would have used a death database to pressure immigrants to leave the country.

The Trump administration had plans to classify 2.7 million living people — including some U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents — as dead as part of its immigration enforcement efforts, according to a former senior Social Security executive.

The previously unreported plan, which the Social Security Administration said was not carried out, would have used one of the government’s most consequential identity databases to effectively erase people from the financial system, potentially cutting them off from wages, banking, government benefits and other services.

"I tried finding her at every Olympic Gold Meda hockey match and every ski resort and definitely every bar I could find, I really did try my hardest."

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— local blogger (@fergoe.blacksky.app) June 5, 2026 at 6:57 AM

"I tried finding her at every Olympic Gold Meda hockey match and every ski resort and definitely every bar I could find, I really did try my hardest."

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— local blogger (@fergoe.blacksky.app) June 5, 2026 at 6:57 AM

Acting AG Todd Blanche says he's working to install "roadblocks" to prevent Democrats from prosecuting Trump and his associates in the future

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 5, 2026 at 6:37 AM