Russell Vought is the director of the Office of Management & Budget. He is promulgating a new rule to install political control over ALL federal grant-making. Forget the experts. Russ is the decider-in-chief now. Write your members of Congress today. And share this. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

Guys the players kicked the last ball over the fence and a huge dog called The Beast now owns it. Play can’t continue until Mexico and England team up to get the ball back, during which time they will engage in classic coming-of-age rites of passage, overcome their fears, and meet James Earl Jones.

"If you weren't a coward, you'd be out at your local food bank helping sort groceries into bags. Or offering to sort clothes at a church donation center. Or going to ask a community organizer what you can do to help, listening, taking notes, and doing them like a checklist."

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

This is what it looks like to take wildlife collisions seriously. There are >40 wildlife overpasses and underpasses with fencing along the Trans-Canada Highway near Banff, Alberta. They’ve reduced wildlife-vehicle collisions by 80%, saving human & animal lives while promoting connected ecosystems.

Do they give Pulitzers for zoom-outs

Best Twitter riposte of the day.

It's not easy being meme-d. #Oh-Gee-I-See-Algae 👀

Almost every day there is a similar story with this administration, www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w.... Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.

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Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

Carlota was a community health worker for a little girl, aged two, with HIV. Carlota made sure the toddler received and took her meds USAID axed Carlota’s job. The little girl didn’t get her meds and she died groundup.org.za/article/moza...

A new era of government censorship has begun. It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The Trump administration just paid Invenergy $765 million to cancel four wind projects. That brings the running total to roughly $2.5 billion in taxpayer money spent to stop energy from being built. Think about that. At a time when electricity demand is rising,

Perfection

Happy Father's Day 🖤

Here's what Democrats should do - as a minimum - to help fix the media ecosystem: Start a newspaper in every single congressional district - yes, all 435 of them - called "The <name of geographic area> Democrat." It can literally be the district number if there's nothing better to hand. (1/7)

The US is hosting the World Cup and just turned away Africa’s top referee at the airport 3 days before kickoff because of where he was born. Omar Artan had a valid visa. He had a historic assignment. They didn’t care. Disgraceful. #USDemocracy #Pinks newrepublic.com/post/211508/...

has any man ever been more vindicated? x.com/stuartbuck1/...

History will not remember this Court as conservative. It will remember it as the Court that dismantled some of the most important civil rights and democratic safeguards of the last century.

Good morning

Another excellent Tiny Desk with this expressive Puerto Rican cantante. www.npr.org/2026/05/20/g...

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

NEW – AI boom means US is now ‘investing more’ in fossil-fuel power than China | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/Sg9ye9N

Look at this for an illustration of the climate crisis.

Exactly the situation.

I'm getting to where I'm to outaged to even try. I know I'm preaching to the choir. But this editorial does sum it up well... (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/o...

Supreme Court Holds, 6-3, That Black People Voting Violates Rights Of White Voters

A bunch of extremely beautiful pictures of wind farms in China - all photographs by Weimin Chu e360.yale.edu/digest/china...

The absurdity is kind of going around the bend.

The last coal mine in Norway (in Svalbard) just closed. Pretty ironic choice of words here: "the atmosphere is fine" (they mean the mood among people) en.highnorthnews.com/business/end...

Is anybody listening? There's no reply at all. IYKYK.

The stated cost of the Iran war ($25 billion so far) now exceeds the 2024 annual budget for USAID ($22 billion). What better summary of current US foreign policy? Trump and Elon left hundreds of thousands left to die of preventable illnesses, and spent the money on a pointless war of choice.

The deep state works in mysterious ways--it rigged the election when a Republican was president but not the one when a Democrat was.

There is so much destructive stupidity it's hard to keep track.

It's hard to get ones head around how stupid this is. Federal policy based on an idiotic pet peeve.

Hold on. We the taxpayers are going to pay companies $900 million, which is more than 6x what we spend on wind power R&D, to NOT build wind power at a time when electricity prices are spiking and we need more clean power?

Crashing Out: Is Trump Torching the GOP? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/is-tr...

Nemophila bloom season has begun in Japan. Every spring, the fields of Hitachinaki Park are transformed into a blanket of blue, where over 5 million delicate blue flowers bloom, creating a "sky beneath your feet" effect.😍 Good image for Bluesky .

Man Finally Good Enough At New Hobby To Understand How Bad He Is At It

It's easy. Antisemitism is merely a tool for them to go after their perceived enemies. This administration doesn't give a damn about the issue else they wouldn't be conflating Antisemitism with criticism of Israel

In the first eleven months of 2025, 10,109 doctoral-trained scientists left the federal government. The losses were concentrated in agencies that fund medical research, regulate environmental standards and model climate. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/more-than-...?

Boomers taking the Onion seriously has been my favorite genre of comedy for a long time. My mom shared this on Facebook years ago and soooo many old Christian ladies on her feed thought it was real and freaked the ENTIRE fuck out. 😂 theonion.com/brain-dead-t...

Public health got started largely in the military for a reason, Hegseth. Remember the 1918 flu pandemic. Remember Walter Reed’s work on yellow fever. Remember George Washington ordering his troops to be inoculated against smallpox.

What happened to this RFK Jr?

Whatever you do,