NEW: Friday night’s ruling marked the department’s 12th straight loss in lower courts in its legal crusade to force all 50 states and the District of Columbia to forfeit their voter rolls to the federal government. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal prosecutors are already off to a bad start in their case against U.S. Olympian David Hearn. trib.al/LztEIIX

"Mexico has launched an investigation into whether the US lied about its involvement in the capture and secretive transfer of a top Sinaloa cartel member in 2024, in what would be a potential violation of the country’s sovereignty."

wheezing

they are the fucking stasi

He's a vandal. www.thedailybeast.com/new-aerial-p...

Lonnie Bunch Defends Smithsonian Museum After Negative White House Report

what they learned from minneapolis was not “don’t do this again” but “keep it quiet next time”

“Cultural homogenisation is upon us with these trends, while turning a visitor, a reader, a listener, into the filter of AI art slop…”

We’re not letting Nolan Wells go.

say his name. nolan wells.

Beautiful obit by @risenc.bsky.social for this incredible Queens couple that worked to provide so much to New Yorkers in need. ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/n...

who amongst us hasn't spent millions of taxpayer dollars to refit a luxury airplane that can't refuel in the air or can't deploy anti-missile measures and then subpoena reporters who write about it?

it's Saturday, and it's time for "this week in stupid: July 11 edition" — MAGA explains it, Donny disdains it, and so much more... thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

The White House was never supposed to be a palace. George Washington and architect James Hoban deliberately rejected the lavish style of European monarchies. Instead, they designed a President’s House that reflected the ideals of a republic: dignified, restrained, and accountable to the people.

In addition to refusing all cooperation of any sort to Epstein-related criminal probes now pending in the UK, Norway, France, Germany, Poland and Slovakia, Todd Blanche's Justice Department is now intentionally obstructing a criminal probe of crimes committed at Epstein's Zoro Ranch in New Mexico.

“ICE Children’s Facility” America, do you even hear yourself?

Reminder: Memphis is still “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Task force members have reportedly killed at least two people in four days.

This is Colorado GOP nominee for Governor, Victor Marx, claiming that he can exorcise demons over the phone "like Jesus did and banish the demons." (So, he thinks he's like Jesus. Wow, just wow...)

Planes being purchased above MSRP and then left in hangars. Sounds like a great way to move money.

Ya Think?

It is genuinely heartbreaking to see all of the people losing SNAP benefits. In West Virginia, 14,000 SNAP participants have lost their benefits. In Arizona, it’s 500,000. That’s not a typo. Half a million people in AZ no longer have nutrition assistance. Republicans strike again.

🎯 @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social : “Any senator who votes to confirm Todd Blanche should know — you’re now part of the cover-up. You’re complicit in the cover-up if you vote to confirm the Todd Blanche for attorney general, who has led the cover-up of the Epstein Files.”

Of course they did

The cherry on the sundae is that she's a policy wonk for Heritage, so getting this sort of coverage is part of her job, but it also speaks to how the NYT's culture pieces are basically, 'journalist interviews their friend in the same elite circles.'

LOL. Gonna need some popcorn and theater seats for projection this big.

A really important discussion about trauma and how it affects museumgoers.

as well as a convicted felon, if I may add

Vile: Mike Johnson just said GOP might try to undo birthright citizenship with legislation, which is unconstitutional. I've noticed a pattern: He and Vance are using sleazy new language to sell this as a trivial reform. The threat is very much alive. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2127...

There is no named author. There is no methodology. There are no acknowledgments, no advisory panel, no external reviewers, and no indication anywhere in its pages that a single trained historian or public historian evaluated the museum’s work. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Platner is a classic example of a white person coming out of nowhere having zero history of meaningful community work or activism and somehow being given a platform to convince people he's the next great white hope. Who the fuck was this guy before the election cycle? Who are his people?

This is the list of Rape Culture apologists. It includes Cuomo stans and literally people sent to attack me and other survivors for years. I’ve tried to include as many high profile abusers as I can. It is bipartisan on bad people supporting abusers. Block block block. bsky.app/profile/did:...

I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.

Fellow Yalies, the Yale College Council has put up a petition for us to sign to tell the university not to cave to Trump! Get on it!!! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

BREAKING: Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s guilty conviction upheld but ban from office shortened, potentially re-opening a path for 2027 presidential run. Follow our live page for the latest updates: reut.rs/4y9z3OI

The threat isn’t over and likely won’t be maybe… ever? The party has declared its mission on this. I’d bet they’re in this for the long haul

THE US HAVING A WHITES-ONLY REFUGEE POLICY SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER STORY

Believe Women is an epistemological stance. It doesn't mean you assume that every single woman is telling the truth and women never lie. It means you understand that in the system that we exist in, there's much more risk and pain for women coming forward about abuse than there is anything to gain.

Weeks ago, I spoke directly with Major Jason Watson regarding his planned act of civil disobedience. What I do not hear enough people discussing is the broader constitutional strategy behind his message. 🧵

“Please elect an abuser to stop the abuser” is quite the line

When I saw how many Norwegians brought their KIDS to Boston, I thought about this.

Trump celebrating Balogun’s eligibility to play for Team USA when his administration would strip Balogun’s citizenship tomorrow if he didn’t play world class soccer is really a chef’s kiss.

Wonder how many non Americans understand that soccer is left wing coded in the US

We're on day 2 of 3 posting quotes about the Declaration of Independence from the Colored Conventions movement. Going well!

Hey @chicagotribune.com Editorial Board: Why did you describe me as a “bomb-throwing influencer”? This is wrong, inflammatory, and racist. Change it. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/e...

Florida folks: If you have O- blood and are of African or African American descent, OneBlood is searching for donors who have a rare antigen that matches with a teenager with sickle cell disease who needs 50 units of blood so she can have a bone marrow transplant.

Because you’re lying

San Francisco and TransAfrica's own, Danny Glover. Found this screenshot of him conversing with the late great Grace Lee Boggs in my phone.