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On D-Day, Trump is bribing military officers so he can retain power indefinitely

Friends,Today is the 82nd anniversary of D-Day — the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. It’s referred to as “D-Day” after the military term for a day when a secret combat attack or operation is planned.It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. It began the Western Allied effort to liberate western Europe from Nazi Germany.Over 2,500 American soldiers, sailors, and airmen were killed during the initial amphibious assaults and airborne operations. All told, there were 4,414 confirmed Allied deaths on the first day of the invasion, which also included troops from the United Kingdom and Canada.At the time of the invasion, my father was 30 years old, in a tank battalion readying to go to Europe. My mother was 25, working in a factory producing gas masks for the war. Some of their friends participated in the invasion. A few were paratroopers. Others were pilots. Others were soldiers.As a small boy, I remember trying to talk with my father and my mother about D-Day. I wanted stories. The little I’d heard about it made it seem romantic and exciting. But they were reluctant to talk about it. They answered my questions in short sentences. Their voices were hurried. It was as if I was trying to open a door they’d rather keep closed. They had lost friends, relatives. D-Day, and the war it helped end, had left deep scars.Eventually they and their generation were called America’s “greatest generation” for their valor and sacrifice. They had fought fascism and won.Now, 82 years later, we have home-grown fascism. An entire political party seems to have given up on democracy. They’re supporting an ego-maniacal “strong man” who cares only about enlarging his own (and his family’s) wealth and power.His regime is marked by a degree of corruption, cruelty, and criminality never before witnessed in America’s national government.Trump’s and his “war” secretary, Pete Hegseth’s firing of so many top brass can be seen as a way to guarantee the loyalty of other officers to Trump rather than to America. Trump’s proposal to increase the U.S. military budget by nearly 50 percent can be understood as a bribe to officers. He wants them to side with him, if and when he tries to stay in power indefinitely.He has already tried to turn much of America into a police state.Public support for him is waning, and the federal courts have fought back. But it is startling and saddening how far Trump and his regime have gotten.What happened to the bravery and dedication of the greatest generation? What became of the sacrifices my parents and their peers made so that this nation could be free?How and why did so many Americans succumb to neofascism?I think it has to do with the anger so many Americans have felt that they and their children haven’t been able to get ahead, no matter how hard they work. Trump and other neofascists have channeled that anger toward immigrants, gays, transgendered people, Muslims, and Black people.Democrats and progressives should be channeling that anger toward the real culprits — a wealthy elite that’s used their money to gain political power and rig the economy to their benefit and against everyone else.Another reason so many have succumbed to Trumpian neofascism is the passage of time. Eighty-two years is long enough for a nation to forget, especially a nation whose collective memory is short to begin with. Very few living Americans remember the terror and heroism of our fight against Nazi fascism. The greatest generation has mostly died off.But we must not forget. Fascism is being born again, in America and in Europe. This time it’s masquerading as white Christian nationalism, but it’s as dangerous as ever.The best way to remember and honor the men and women who risked everything for us is to fight neofascism — fight for a stronger democracy, fight for the rule of law and social justice, fight against bigotry.Robert Reich is an emeritus professor of public policy at Berkeley and former secretary of labor. His writings can be found at https://robertreich.substack.com/. His new memoir, Coming Up Short, can be found wherever you buy books. You can also support local bookstores nationally by ordering the book at bookshop.org

Trump's name erased from online logo for Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center continued its court-ordered purge of Trump's name by removing his name from the online logo."The Trump Administration has changed the logo of the Kennedy Center's LinkedIn page," Aaron Parnas, an attorney and legal writer, pointed out the change in a post on X. "The new logo no longer includes the President's name."An image of the former logo shows "The Trump Kennedy Center" with a black backdrop. The new logo simply reads "The Kennedy Center" and has a white backdrop.Trump's name is also being removed from the performing arts center's signage as well as its email signatures, letterhead, memos and other corners.

Kennedy Center loses lawsuit against defiant musician who canceled show because of Trump

A judge threw out a Kennedy Center lawsuit against jazz musician Chuck Redd after he canceled a show in protest of Trump's attempt to rename it after himself, according to reports.The Trump-led Kennedy Center sued Redd for breaching his contract, but D.C. Superior Court Judge Tanya Jones Bosier dismissed the lawsuit on Friday, according to reporting by the Washington Post. Richard Grenell, a Trump ally leading the center's board, threatened him with a $1 million demand last year.Jones Bosier ruled that Kennedy Center officials failed to prove they had a legally binding agreement with Redd to perform at the venue's Christmas Eve concert last year, according to the Post."I could not find a valid breach-of-contract claim here," Jones Bosier said, per the Post. "There's no dispute that he did not sign the 2025 agreement."Redd told the Kennedy Center he ditched his scheduled performance due to "the defiant and illegal name change happening to the Kennedy Center," according to the Post. A judge's orders are now undoing that renaming.

Trump DOJ on the hook for 'very serious ramifications' in Florida court: legal expert

The Trump Department of Justice hasn't seen the worst of the blowback coming in response to one of its more controversial moves, a legal expert predicted.Adam Klasfeld, a legal journalist, said in an interview that the DOJ's defense of Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund could lead to a Florida judge declaring "fraud upon the court, which could have very serious ramifications for the people behind it."The anti-weaponization fund is the result of a settlement in Trump's lawsuit against the IRS after a contractor leaked his tax information. The IRS lawsuit was dismissed by a Florida federal judge, Kathleen Williams, who reopened the case to investigate the fund.Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche could suffer from those ramifications as well, Klasfeld said."One of the people who will be investigated in that Florida process is going to be Todd Blanche," Klasfeld predicted. "There is a lot of reason to have optimism and wariness."Friday Legal Recap: It's the Democracy, Stupid by All Rise NewsLincoln Square Media host Edwin Eisendrath and I assess the health of the rule of law antibodies in the U.S. body politic.Read on Substack

Trump said to be 'not well' after self-serving D-Day posts: 'Not a word about heroes'

President Donald Trump enraged onlookers by spending the 82nd anniversary of D-Day flooding Truth Social with AI-generated videos glorifying himself — riding a camel through a desert, skydiving with a red parachute, walking through cheering crowds in New York — while posting nothing about the soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944.The backlash from analysts was swift."It's D-Day. Trump's first post on Truth Social is a bizarre AI video about how much people love Donald Trump," Republicans Against Trump wrote Saturday morning. "Not a word about the heroes who stormed the beaches of Normandy. That tells you everything you need to know about Trump."As the hours passed without any acknowledgment from the Commander in Chief, the group posted updates. "Still no mention of D-Day from Trump." Then, near the end of the day: "It's almost 5 p.m. on D-Day. The Commander in Chief still hasn't said a word about it. Disgraceful."What Trump did post included an AI image mocking the Obama Presidential Center as a garbage can surrounded by a tent city, a transphobic AI collage targeting Rosie O'Donnell, an attack on a federal judge blocking his White House drone port, and multiple videos apparently designed to show the world how beloved he is.Political commentator Molly Ploofkins put it plainly: "Trump marks the D-Day anniversary by glorifying himself with AI slop."Spanish journalist Carlos Montero, whose post was translated from Spanish, was more blunt: "This man is not well! Commemorating D-Day, in which the anniversary of the Normandy Landings is celebrated, Trump posts this video."Others skipped the commentary and went clinical. "Malignant narcissism is a severe, destructive form of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) characterized by grandiosity, a total lack of empathy, antisocial behavior, and sadism," one widely-shared post read, posted beneath a screenshot of Trump's AI skydiving video.Trump marks the D-Day anniversary by glorifying himself with AI slop pic.twitter.com/GCLVCQI7PE— Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) June 6, 2026

Trump attacks GOP judge and Emmy-winning comedian in wild new AI posting spree

President Donald Trump unleashed a flurry of AI-generated images on Truth Social Saturday, targeting a federal judge blocking his White House construction plans, mocking Rosie O'Donnell with a transphobic jab, and taking a shot at Barack Obama's presidential library.The most substantive post concerned U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, who has blocked Trump's proposed White House rooftop drone base — part of the broader $400 million White House renovation project that also includes a ballroom. Trump posted an AI rendering of military drones parked on the White House roof under the label "Drone Port," writing: "This will someday save Washington. Judge Leon has to get out of the way, and FAST. He is putting our Country in danger!"Leon ruled in April that Trump lacked the legal authority to build the ballroom without congressional approval. The Justice Department has pressed him to lift the injunction, invoking national security — an argument Trump amplified Saturday with the AI imagery and a separate post showing military helicopters flying in formation, presumably over Washington.In a separate post, Trump shared an AI-generated collage depicting Rosie O'Donnell daydreaming about him in various domestic settings — doing dishes, reading, driving — with his image appearing in thought bubbles above her head. The caption read: "She (?) is OBSESSED!" The question mark placed after "She" was a transphobic reference to O'Donnell, who has been a Trump antagonist for decades.Trump also posted a black-and-white photo of himself leaning over a desk with the quote: "Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end — It always does!" — an apparent attempt at reassurance directed at his base amid ongoing legal battles and the Iran war.Finally, Trump posted an AI image of what appeared to be a massive garbage can topped with a black trash bag, surrounded by a tent encampment, with a Chicago skyline in the background. The caption: "The Barack Hussein Obama Library, in 10 years, when fully matured!" — using Obama's middle name in the manner Trump has long deployed as a dog whistle.