My latest: I don’t respect America at 250. The only thing I can think of is how America is still a young, spoiled brat of a nation that no one is able to discipline. Foreign writers have been commenting on the US's developmental problems for centuries. karenattiah.substack.com/p/america-ne...

Gov. Maura Healey’s push to revise the rape prosecution deadline came after @wbur.org and ProPublica found that as many as 47 other states allow more time to charge rapes or similar sexual assaults than Massachusetts.

It’s interesting how the right’s take on US History has come to resemble that of the nation’s most radical left critics, only with the valence flipped 180 degrees. “America was founded on prisons and the police,” and that’s what makes America the great land of the free!

In other "excellent news from religious bodies", the US Presbyterian General Assembly has formally voted to start the process to (correctly) declare white Christian nationalism a theological error incompatible with the teachings of Jesus: pres-outlook.org/2026/07/pcus...

The richest man in the world got on stage and hailed Hitler before sending pimply goons to turn off all our food and water and medical aid to Africa and Latin America. It boggles the mind that anybody could try and obscure this reality with their real life name and reputation.

So insane - she didnt even run against Bernie in 2024! What "against Bernie" was there even to be that cycle? There was "Pro Harris" and "Pro Trump" - that's it. Those were the sides. Lotta folks who fall into the latter camp willing to say and do most anything to obfuscate that fundamental truth

"How dare you talk to my sons like that?!"

I confronted a group of them in my neighborhood and one of the cops lost his shit. At me. White men walking around in modern Klan uniforms in my city’s oldest historic Black neighborhood is fine. Telling them to leave is not. Sigh… To be fair, the first set of cops who came were professional.

I am also conflicted about showing a bunch of white nationalist assholes parading around DC while there is no (visible) attention given to efforts to drive them the fuck out. Why are they so comfortable walking around? Why are we so comfortable with seeing them and sharing their images? For what?

The United States 1957 vs. 2026: The same vibe, an innocent black girl surrounded by the same damn problem, white supremacy.

Probably a bad idea to wrap your face and body in slim-fit clothing on a day with 101 degree heat. Especially if the garments are made from tightly woven cotton or certain synthetics.

This is a thing that fucks me right up about the modern era. For ALL of recorded history, societies have done their utmost to try and lure people in, settle people here. This because people is manpower, is production, is soldiers, is tenants, is TAXPAYERS. You want more of those, always, end of.

In a list of twenty seven grievances, immigration is seventh. Taxation without representation is seventeenth.

Not true. In their list of grievances, the Founding Fathers complained that King George III was blocking colonial laws that would promote immigration and make it easier for foreign settlers to become citizens.

Because for way too many people in this country, it was business as usual. “The Blacks and the browns gonna eat a bigger shit sandwich? Not my problem.” Is still far too common a sentiment here only exasperated by the aspirationally white who think they can go along to get along.

not to get political, but America is real pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and i think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time

Woman at the pool is passing out Reflecting Pool Jell-O shots

It's impossible not to read 2024's election as an overt call to white nationalism and so many people underreacted.

Explain how.

“Lost” is a poor synthesis of events This was a theft

....this stuff is just...unhinged fantasy conspiracy bullshit.

I do think half the people on here use terms like "centrist" and "liberal" entirely fucking incorrectly and apply it so broadly that it means noting but whatever made up derision they want to project. Example- yesterday's fun conversations.

But we're a post-racial, rising tide lifts all boats, America, right? The fruits of the stochastic terrorist tree, watered, fed, and nurtured by a racist President and his regime. www.rawstory.com/confederate-...

as far as books to read to mark the holiday, i am a big fan of this volume www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/195079...

At my Midwest town July 4 parade, I saw a cute little kid, whose parents are from Chile, wearing the jersey of Lamine Yamal, a Spanish soccer star whose parents came from Morocco and Equatorial Guinea, cheer as some old Shiners did wheelies in scooters streaming American flags. That’s my country.

I spoke with @chrislhayes.bsky.social about yesterday’s decision in the birthright citizenship case. That this was not a unanimous decision by the Court should mute any inclination to celebrate unreservedly.

In Venezuela, international emergency crews — including a team from LA — are working tirelessly to reach people still missing after last week's devastating earthquakes. n.pr/4p1iMqI

Hard to understand how NO ONE in a position of authority can get into this place.

Literal Nazis are marching through the streets of DC for America’s 250th. This is Trump’s America.

Here’s a taste of today’s naturalization ceremony in Northampton

The corruption is staggering in scale and scope, it doesn’t stop, and Republicans in Congress refuse to do any oversight because, as Mike Johnson admitted this week, they serve as a protection racket to cover up the crimes of the regime.

This isn't made to be a criticism of Phil specifically, but I think this photo is a good example of when it's important to put race as a descriptor in alt-text for screen reader users. This photo is extra horrifying because it's a Black woman who is surrounded by Patriot Front on the metro.

I think this is why.

Yea, the only guaranteed “crowd” tRUMP could muster.

I'm not a doomer, I'm also not going to pretend that a lot of people didn't just squander away democracy (and basic human rights) because they took it for granted and assumed it wasn't going to be this bad.

July 4th, 2026, Washington DC. Patriot Front ride the metro to their hateful little march. Her face sums it all up to me. A mixture of defiance and weariness. Both born out of lifetimes of having to put up with this shit. She knows only too well that America never stopped being a racist country.

This photo of ”patriot front” storming the metro caught my attention: www.reutersconnect.com/item/fourth-...

there’s a chilling gallery showing more of what happened here:

not sure why Patriot Front today are ditching the UHauls for public transit (heat wave? maximizing terror opportunities?) but this is grotesque. maybe they feel like they fit in better now with the other masked men who’ve been patrolling DC for a year.

In my day, $18 of Taco Bell was enough food to kill you.

Happy 250th, America. As we celebrate, let's honor those who built this country, defended it, and never stopped pushing America to live up to its promise. The fight for freedom isn't over. And the next 250 years will depend on what we do now. We've got work to do.

This government is not going to protect anyone from an empowered disorganized mass of dim nazis with tiki torches and I think we can all agree about that.

its always amusing to me that they've gotten bolder and bolder about being openly racist and fascist and violent but yet refuse to just claim it completely.

These are the ghouls who will be murdering their neighbors if trump gives them permission.

This one guy looks like he needs to lie down in an air conditioned room.

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. 🧵

it's crazy when you see a photo for the first time and recognize it's gonna be used as a shorthand for the era you're living in right now by historians in 100 years