It's great to see the Star-Telegram investigating this so thoroughly.

at least we are spared his gloating

Very good assessment by David Atkins. Please support such great independent journalism with a donation to Washington Monthly!

Kleptocracy

5 to fucking 4!!!

Brazil brings the drama!

Tens of thousands celebrated Budapest Pride, the first since Viktor Orbán’s ousting.

"Sadly" not being able to go to this extravaganza, I did check out the Freedom 250 site. Curiosity got the best of me and I downloaded the Freedom Generation Toolkit from the resources page, which is meant as a "youth activation toolkit for the next generation of American leaders" and contains 1/3

Fuck.

Canada! What a goal!

It really scares me how so many of US just don't get it!

I'm old enough to remember how big of deal the Bicentennial was. This was in spite of post-Watergate/Vietnam cynicism, stagflation, and a sense that countries like Japan were passing us by. 250 years should be a much bigger deal, and yet, look around. This time it will be a marker in name only.

Here’s a link the Ta-Nehisi’s latest w/o a paywall. READ IT. archive.md/SSLbJ

This song, man, what a cleanser it is...

It's indicative of just how awry things are going in the White House when the reflecting pool is the second top story on Google News. 😅

Happy Father's Day 🖤

Eat that, AfD! The man of the match, Denis Undav, son of Kurdish and Syrian parents and possessing a Turkish passport, smashes the two winning balls. Diversity is strength!

It's only Algae if it comes from the L'Algae region of France, otherwise it's Sparkling Slime

The double-breasted overcoat is already a questionable choice to me, but especially its black collar oddly echoing the man's facial hair strikes me as just too damn much. However, I defer to @dieworkwear.bsky.social in such stylistic matters.

Senator Bill Cassidy unloads on Trump and the Iran war: “Worst foreign policy blunder in decades” (!)

The depravity of Texas Republicans - and so-called Christians - is absolutely sickening.

The Knicks only lost one game in the last two months and it was the one Trump went to lmao

I just did it: I completed the transfer of my BlueSky data to EuroSky! There are a couple of confirmations involved so it takes a little while, but so far everything looks exactly as before. I now also have access to other apps EuroSky hosts on the AT protocol. Let me know if you have questions!

Insane self-blinding of the US. They are throwing away their investment in the ocean observation system and the benefits it provides. The only explanation I can think of: they don’t want the people to know what their fossil emissions are doing to our oceans. easternherald.com/2026/06/13/u...

Savor it in all its glory!

Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD

trump went from “biden is to blame for inflation” to “i dont care about inflation” to “i love the inflation” in like a month lol

One of the things I most treasure living in German is the public health system. This report by Paul Krugman provides a great overview and comparison of the many different systems around the world.

FWIW I landed in "Loyal Liberals." www.pewresearch.org/politics/qui...

Someone is confused.

There really is a tweet for everything

Which American benefited from this pointless cruelty? None. No Conservative, no Liberal. But it does degrade us, collectively.

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I say let's make some comments, eh?

MAGA didn’t succeed in making America great again, but it did succeed in bringing back extremely dangerous flesh-eating maggots.

Anthony Head obituary

As a long-term beneficiary of Germany's healthcare system, I can't recommend this well-argued essay enough.

Entering month 6 of Mamdani's NYC & Robberies are down 11%, Retail theft is down 19%, & Murder is down 21%—all without "Adding 5000 new cops." Instead, he's invested in public safety free childcare, food, and better funded schools. Safer cities come from investing in people—not punishments.

Periodic reminder that Teapot Dome, the worst scandal in American history prior to Watergate, involved $9 million changing hands. That’s adjusted for inflation. This story by itself is 55500% bigger than Teapot Dome. That’s not a typo.

Well this is simply awful news. The fantastic actor Anthony Head, Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Rupert Mannion from Ted Lasso (among many other roles), has passed. Rest in peace. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zh8...

1. Don't believe the headlines. Trump's $1.776 billion slush fund is not "dead." The Trump administration wants to the public to believe it's dead. But their ACTIONS tell a very different story.

I can't emphasize enough how crucial fair taxation of the wealthiest is - at least as as a first step - to solving nearly all of the problems we're facing. Gabriel Zucman is showing the way... www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jRn...

Trans rights are human rights.

Always a good place to liven up your playlist...

Awesome news! NATO next please.

Excellent 🧵...

A young valedictorian at Clayton High School in North Carolina was dragged off stage and threatened with losing her diploma, all for speaking up for oppressed people around the world. They couldn't even let her finish. This is insane.