Classic cop behavior

The embodiment of a picture being worth a thousand words. Caption: Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"

In front of fans and kids taking photos, a Dallas police officer starts shoving staff members of the Egyptian national team here for the World Cup. At one point, he even reaches for his handcuffs. The video is already being shared internationally by news outlets.

Michigan State Capitol Budget 2027. July 2 update from Democrat State Rep. Veronica Paiz, State House District 10.

At least the never-nude convention has the decency to find a smaller venue.

Today at FOREVER WARS, we're publishing the sort of piece that I think makes us distinct. Like many of you, I watched the Belfast anti-Muslim anti-migrant pogroms in horror. I never heard about the Belfast that fought back. I learned that from my Belfastian friend Sarah Kay, who writes about it here

A new poll from @progressmich.bsky.social shows support for universal, single-payer health care. In the democratic US senate primary, only Abdul El-Sayed supports this option. Mallory McMorrow and Haley Stevens both prefer reworked Obamacare and public options, but not Medicare for All.

The image here borrows its title from Grant's 1868 presidential campaign slogan, "Let us have peace." Here's what Frederick Douglass had to say about that sentiment.

The NPS will launch 850,000 fireworks in the middle of the night. (Last year, they launched 7,000) That will dump perchlorates and heavy metals into the Potomac River and cause the amount of soot and smoke particles to skyrocket (pardon), at great danger to any creature that breathes.

Detroit News Opinion has endorsed Haley Stevens in one of two notable endorsements in Michigan’s democratic U.S. senate primary.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) board of directors voted on Wednesday to affirm the organization’s existing definition of who is a journalist and rejected claims it planned to change its definition to exclude particular groups. Read more: cpj.org/2026/07/boar...

SCOTUS ruled last week the Trump admin can end TPS for Haitians & Syrians. Haitian communities across America have built lives on that status — now it’s at risk. Uthy, 32, fled Haiti 3 years ago with her husband & child. “I live in pain every single day,” she says. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

"Trump Bought Hundreds of Stocks the Day Before He Paused Tariffs and Sparked a Historic Rally" @donnydonny.bsky.social for @sludge.bsky.social

My updated @npr.org story: A second federal judge has blocked a U.S. Postal Service proposal responding to President Trump's executive order to limit voting by mail. The Trump administration is expected to appeal www.npr.org/2026/06/25/n...

Wearing next to nothing Cause it's hot as an oven

Bizarre story: Two journalists were removed by police from a corporate-sponsored Freedom 250 event in Brussels after they asked US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White about his threat against an American citizen/Belgian resident who had emailed Zac Brown Band urging them not to perform at the event.

Btw in this ATF sting cops shot a teenager who was running away from them and lied that the teenager beat the cop up first. The prosecutor’s office is the same one who did a bunch of crimes in the Broadview 6 case.

Reading this in his voice and cadence.

Monumental, all-timer of a fuckup.

5-4 for what it explicitly says in the constitution is incredible. They were this close to undoing the civil war entirely. bsky.app/profile/mjsd...

Everyone has 1st Amendment Rights. Some just have more 1st Amendment Rights in their bank account.

Not a "her dissents were so scathing, you GO girl!" fan but Sotomayor with a rare practical version of this, specifically calling out the majority for backing their position with evidence created *after they took the case.* In any other court this would be grounds for dismissal but, again, Wizards.

See, people always want to make this just about "sports," but the real upshot here is that, 6-3, trans women can't make a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. And if they can't do that, it's hard to see how they have constitutional rights.

Cannot stress enough what is happening at SCOTUS right now, and all of the legislation and hyperbole and rigamarole that preceded it, is all in the service of ruining the lives of about twenty people, most of whom are children.

Wow, this piece by @pamelacolloff.bsky.social: Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty

This is always how this case was going to go. After Skrmetti last year, the Court has already decided that trans people get no rights and the state can discriminate against them as they please.

Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion in the trans sports ban case in West Virginia contains some of the ugliest transphobic stuff I have ever seen in a legal opinion. Straight-up gleeful. Vile man. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

New from me: Welcome to the era of Slaughter. Things are so degraded that we are unsurprised when the Supreme Court drops a 90 year old precedent and overturns legislation to at the behest of a President who denies democratic outcomes. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

People are going to mock and laugh at his incredibly difficult - and very painful - penis-lengthening surgery, but I won't be one of them.

With Slaughter, SCOTUS allows Trump to remove independent agency heads. This is consequential for the promise that such regulators will be somewhat independent of the President of the day, and by extension, the corporations/donors they oversee. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

Those of us who remember the late 70s and the 80s know that assaulting nuns was a favored tactic of the military juntas of El Salvador and Guatemala, when they weren't busy unleashing death squads on the rest of the populace.

what are we doing

This is cool.

The bicentennial made such a tremendous impact on American *pop* culture--I remember the Barney Miller episode about it!--there were tricorner hats everywhere, hit songs, a movie, and the logo and local parades all year long. This year it feels as empty as the mall.

Fair is closed.

Hey @bsky.app Free Mel

Journalist @melbuer.bsky.social’s account has been suspended for 3 days after she made a joke to a homophobic troll. Email says she got 4 strikes but this was her first notice, triggering an auto-suspension. Her work lives here: wordsaboutwork.news

Mail-in ballots are out so I’m not exactly sure what they hope to accomplish here.

I love this country

Say what you want about him, but I don't think it's fair to put Ted Cruz in there.

Wow: Pete Buttigieg just announced his family was the target of a swatting-like incident in which someone made a “false report” to Child Protective Services alleging he committed crimes against his children. Follow along @ms.now:

10 detained by NYPD and 4 detained by MTA following an early-morning disruption demo. Longtime peace activist John Mark explains why they’re protesting today as he’s carried out by NYPD:

When does he announce he's running for president?

I spent three days in Montreal and my entire diet was St. Viateur, Joe Beef, poutine, and local beer. I think of that time fondly and often.

Join me in celebrating John's 100th birthday. Come spend the afternoon at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge enjoying the outdoors, sharing stories, and honoring our enduring friendship with Canada at North America's only international wildlife refuge.  RSVP here: tinyurl.com/3xkzhs87

You either die recruiting Carl Reiner at a sporting event or you live long enough to become Carl Reiner at a sporting event

Shoutout to CNN's producers for finding the interview and recycling my writing. lol

9 years ago, NBC gave this woman $20 million a year to host a morning talk show and be one of the top faces of its news division.

these poor folks have been through so much.