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French drivers sue Tesla over Elon Musk's right-wing politics (Jordyn Dahl/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/french-sue-tesla-elon-musks-politics-electric-vehicle-ev-europe-afd-courts/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250611/p74#a250611p74

President Trump is the first to ask federal job applicants to describe their allegiance to administration policy in an essay
or to mandate training for senior government officials on White House executive orders, experts said.
Senior agency officials, who are often political appointees, are to be directly involved in the hiring process, which has not previously been the case.
The guidelines, released last month, arrived at a time when the Trump administration was beginning …

In Trump’s ‘Patriotic’ Hiring Plan, Experts See a Politicized Federal Work Force
Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.

President Trump's spending bill could limit local control over zoning and environmental regulations for AI data centers, worrying state lawmakers (Molly Taft/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/a-political-battle-is-brewing-over-data-centers/…

A Political Battle Is Brewing Over Data Centers
An AI-related provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” could restrict state-level legislation of energy-hungry data centers—and is raising bipartisan objections across the US.

Shareholders in his companies feared that Musk was closing the golden money faucet for them in the White House.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/elon

Elon Musk backs off from feud with Trump, saying he regrets social media posts that 'went too far'
Musk earlier deleted a post in which he claimed without evidence that the government was concealing information about the president's association with infamous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Trump has said he has no desire to repair their relationship.

Jeeeez.
❝One unit-level message bluntly said "no fat soldiers."❞
Read this story. Get it out. This is important.
❝“If soldiers have political views that are in opposition to the current administration and they don't want to be in the audience then they need to speak with their leadership and get swapped out,” another note to troops said.❞
In a country where the military is one of the more respected institutions, people need — NEED — to hear this:
They engineered the audience. They faked the appearance of soldiers’ support.
They staged it like reality TV.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/11/bragg-soldiers-who-cheered-trumps-political-attacks-while-uniform-were-checked-allegiance-appearance.html

EU announces punishing sanctions targeting Russian energy and banks.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-kaja-kallas-vladimir-putin-russia-eu-sanctions-targeting-energy-banks/

EU announces punishing sanctions targeting Russian energy and banks
“Our message is clear: This war must end,” Ursula von der Leyen says.

Intressant i "Älskade politik" om hur regeringskansliet numera försöker stoppa "paper trails" i många fall – och de "ideologiska skälen" till stoppet för Unrwa-stödet. https://www.dn.se/podd/alskade-politik/tomtar-och-t…

Justice Department calls Newsom National Guard lawsuit a 'crass political stunt' (Kyle Cheney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/11/california-national-guard-deployment-lawsuit-00400503
http://www.memeorandum.com/250611/p130#a250611p130

VVD, NSC, BBB diskwalificeren zichzelf op een ongelofelijke wijze en laten zien dat het landsbelang bij hen niet bovenaan staat. En dan er ook nog heel erg blij mee zijn... (Van der Plas)
https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/politiek/artikel

Coalitie: asielministerie wordt onderverdeeld over VVD, NSC en BBB
De leiders van VVD, NSC en BBB zijn het eens geworden over de verdeling van de opengevallen PVV-kabinetsposten. De portefeuille Asiel en Migratie wordt verdeeld tussen de drie partijen.