my daughter wanted to get up “early” today so she told me to wake her up by 11

Latest example of how imo the 6th Republican vote has so warped and loosened the majority’s incentives to pretend to care about even the appearance of good argument, much less the myth of the institution’s grandeur, anymore. Yadda yadda yadda, mask-drop, we win, next case. What a tawdry spectacle

I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that

I think this Great American State Fair photo might be up there with the hamburger one. Alex Kent/The New York Times.

The food hall features literal emojis printed onto flags but be aware that almost none of these options are actually available. I promised my son pizza on the basis of that first flag and he was disappointed when we discovered there was no pizza to be had. (It’s also all insanely overpriced.)

I bought a portable air conditioner off of FB marketplace today and the lady who owned it had a special edition green and yellow MAGA hat in a shrine looking setup in her living room

he’s just really happy to be at the greatest state fair ever

If the American State Fair was a legit supersized state fair with deep fried Oreos, a quilt competition, baking contests, barn animals, and tons of carnival rides, it would have been the greatest thing ever.

maybe today is the day

look at this shit

Frye 250

absolutely. i think that there should be more of these big, federally organized civic activities. an annual fair where each state showcases their best food and fare is actually a great idea.

My not-so-hot take is that what Mamdani is doing *IS* incrementalism, and the bar is so deeply in hell that a politician just doing *anything* good consistently is a total anomaly for people. And I think for now that is good and fine, because it is restoring people’s faith that better is possible.

sucks that this event seems to be for money laundering.

Yes and: in my lifetime the Democratic Party has *been* moderate. I turned voting age when the blue dogs took power. It got us Trump.

Sean Duffy has a 7-year-old daughter with Down syndrome. Sean Duffy: “Let’s give a big round of applause for our military band and singers. They’re way better than the libtards who canceled on us.”

Samuel Alito turned the Bad Faith Jurisprudence Machine up to 11 in today's SCOTUS ruling against temporary protective status. badfaithtimes.com/alito-theres...

throwback thursday

I think Storm Chaser Patrick just got shut up by the FBI. Either that or he's got a lawyer who doesn't understand the power of public discourse.

Compare Alito's description of Trump's racist statements (on the left) to Justice Kagan's anthology of Trump's racist statements (on the right). These are passages from this morning's opinions in Mullin v. Doe.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rules 6-3 in favor of the Trump admin on Temporary Protected Status, blocking the lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds, allowing DHS to strip over 350,000 people of legal status even though they utterly failed to follow the required legal procedures.

this is the decision today that MAGA will be displeased with, since they have internalized that Roundup is bad (MAHA) while still enjoying crushing desperate brown people under their heels

The ICE agent who killed Renee Good is named Jonathan Ross, and he should be indicted. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

this reminds me of how surprised I was as a cosmopolitan New Englander to discover that many Southerners we’re still in an active obsession phase against Yankees while the Yankees *never* thought about them

genuinely crazy to watch these people freak out over what is essentially 21st century new dealism

A Brazilian psychic teared up while claiming that aliens will invade the Brazil vs Scotland match at the World Cup She says UFOs will abduct players and hundreds of fans from the stadium

lol you dropped a deuce? i would have simply caught it. wait

A fifth of Leave voters have died.

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

I have real doubts about whether it’s reproducible. He’s the last network television star from when everyone watched network tv. The monoculture media ecosystem that made him does not exist anymore and never will again.

I sell a lot of junk on Ebay and FB Marketplace, and to me they both embody internet enshittification perfectly, especially marketplace. FB Marketplace could be an incredible Craigslist/Ebay hybrid if they gave 2 shits about it - which they dont - even though it *actually* makes money for Meta

Reporting live from New York

BIG RESULT: New York state Senator Jessica Ramos, who gave Andrew Cuomo a surprise endorsement near the end of the mayoral primary last year, has lost her seat. She is ousted in today's Dem primary by Jessica González-Rojas, an assemblymember endorsed by many left figures like AOC.

And one more thing: all the cranks demanding third parties should take a look at what Mamdani has done. He won his Democratic primary and then threw his support behind other primary challengers and won those. He's the King of New York, and he did it as a Democrat and with Democrats.

also not lost on me that as democratic socialists are winning some elections, a new red scare targeting anarchists, antifascists, and their allies is digging in hard, and today handed down 30, 50, and 100 year prison sentences to activists and organizers

The strength of the Democratic Party is that it’s a big tent and it has to deal with the challenges of a big tent. If you aren’t prepared to handle them, I don’t think you understand the party or how to manage it. It’s not a party of fellow travelers like the GOP, it’s something different and better

same energy, can’t fully explain it

this just reminded me… what’s up with Mitch McConnell? He still in the hospital?

More like President Donald J Tarp

We've updated this story to reflect today's shocking sentencing hearing, with many defendants receiving the maximum sentence for their charges.

This is so fucked up. Evil people on that court.

We made it 74 weeks, you guys!

We need $80 billion for wars that increase gas prices but universal healthcare is an unreasonable pipe dream apnews.com/article/iran...

There is, without question, security video available and they would, without question, have put out security video of an Antifa super-soldier dragging a box cutter along the surface of the Reflecting Pool if they had it. This is nonsense and the White House press corps should, again, be ashamed.

i don't really know how "the government is sending deportees to dangerous countries on purpose to imprison or kill them" is not a bigger story

pro-algae