Jack Smith: "I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime"

Google's total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025. This is the biggest increase in their electricity consumption ever, writes @ketanjoshi.co It reflects the "obscene energy hunger" of bloated generative AI systems. ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

THIS! Here's the ironic thing about the growing reliance on AI in workflows. We all know AI can get things wrong, right? So how much time are you REALLY saving by generating something that you have to carefully review and make sure it's not wrong?

There are CONCENTRATION CAMPS in the US in the year 2026, and it’s up to all of us to protect our neighbors.

🇺🇸 In the USA, after 250 years, one thing remains true: democracy always depends on ordinary people willing to stand up, speak out & organize against tyranny. On this anniversary of our nation's founding, we recommit to defending democracy & building a country that lives up to its promise. Join us!

"If you're involved in any of this [corruption], next year, you'll be swearing to tell the truth, the whole truth & nothing but in the truth, so help me G-d, in front of the United States Congress!" @ossoff.bsky.social goes OFF on corrupt officials & promises to make them answer for their crimes

A sad state of a fair.

Expanding the Supreme Court is a moral imperative, not just a political one. Take note, Democratic congressional candidates

Before Major Watson’s arrest, he sat down with me for an extensive interview on his motivations and why he sacrificed his 17-year career in the military to call for Trump’s immediate impeachment and removal from office. A link to his legal defense fund is in the description: youtu.be/2ooHJYc8r48

Update from the U.S. Capitol today from our leader, @highcountryrose.bsky.social. Imagine arresting a member of our armed forces for using his 1st Amendment rights

Keira, our Exec Director and USAF veteran, stood witness on the steps of the U.s. Capitol, as USAF Major Jason Watson demanding impeachment, conviction, and removal of this corrupt regime. This is courage. This is fighting for our democracy. Join us in the fight.

WEST L.A. !!!

We really had to make sure you understood that WE ARE AMERICA so repeated it 3x. Group video taken after West LA Freeway Brigade’s message of FOUNDERS ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES today 7/2/26. @hcrichardson.bsky.social @250to250.bsky.social @indivisiblewestsidela.com @rbhubbell.bsky.social 🧵

Group photo taken after West LA Freeway Brigade’s message of FOUNDERS ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES today 7/2/26. @hcrichardson.bsky.social @250to250.bsky.social @indivisiblewestsidela.com @rbhubbell.bsky.social 🧵

Today, July 2nd, America's true #250th Independence Day, we celebrated with friends & patriots of the West LA Freeway Brigade. People went wild for FOUNDERS ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES A great day! @indivisiblewestsidela.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @michnutrish.bsky.social 💕 @bocksam.bsky.social

this guy has it

Trump slump continues with dismal jobs report www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

We know Trump will do everything he can to sabotage the midterms. We'll be ready to counter his dirty tricks and tactics — join our national program to ensure all eligible voters get to cast their ballot and those ballots are counted.

The corruption, the fascism, the authoritarian takeover…. But the Constitution & achievements of the Civil Rights movement give us the tools to fight back & remake our democracy 💪🇺🇸💪 #NoKings #USA250 #WeAreAmerica @kittywestmeow.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @indivisible.org

If you look at gop obstruction under Obama/Biden/Clinton and compare it to how Dems operated under Bush and Trump it’s a marked difference and people are tired of it.

"When Democrats retake control of the government... we have to decide if we want to win symbolic victories and simply get caught trying or if we actually want to make permanent, meaningful change. If it’s the latter, then inherently, that requires us to expand the Supreme Court.”

Breaking: An active service member, Major Watson of the U.S. Air Force, was just arrested on the steps of the Capitol building after calling for the impeachment of corrupt Trump administration officials.

Opinion | The proximity of these plastics-chemical plants to densely populated areas shows the significant health risks of our dependence on plastics. It’s putting us all at risk. cal.news/4v8tq0m 📝 Veronica Herrera 📸 Ethan Swope, AP

Good morning California, today is July 1, some new state laws take effect today. From trans rights to clarity in food expiration labels to allowing more housing near transit, here are some of the more significant ones! www.kqed.org/news/1208923...

How this alone doesn't end this presidency is beyond reasonable belief. 🎁

Gas Price Roulette Hurts Families. Affordable Clean Solutions Are at Hand. www.momscleanairforce.org/clean-energy...

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 put 5 billion dollars into helping schools buy electric buses so kids wouldn’t get sick from pollution and so that schools could save money and also have energy storage. Seemed good idk.

"The district will earn revenue for the power it shares, perhaps even enough to cover the costs of charging up during the school year,said Kate Crosby, energy manager for the Acton-Boxborough school district. Plus, the strategy will help lower the emissions & cost of the region’s electricity supply"

here is what i think: we're not consumers or spectators, we are participants with agency. you should not hope that democrats will do anything. you must work to force them to do the right thing. the odds are long, but we are far from the first americans to face long odds. we will win.

Per last repost, I do think that in the US a lot of people, like a LOT of people, do not realize that if a birth certificate is no longer proof of citizenship then most of us have no proof of citizenship. At all.

TODAY: The Supreme Court justices have released their final opinions at the end of the 2025-2026 term. Major rulings include: ⬇

this is worth reading both for its own sake and as a reflection on the absolutely batshit process issues in California state governance that can lead "im stridently opposed to the ballot measure I authored" to actually make sense

Come join us Thur 7/2 for a message we think the Founders would like. If you want to be in our #WeAreAmerica250 group photo, be sure to be on the overpass around 8:45am. @indivisiblewestsidela.com @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbhubbell.bsky.social @bocksam.bsky.social

On this, the last day of Pride Month, please remember: we support trans justice.

Science is in the cross-hairs of this administration. Even before being enacted these rule changes are already affecting careers. If they are enacted, they will kill science in the US. Prior to WWII, German was the language of science. Now it's English. But perhaps not for very much longer.

NEW: Oil companies are blasting millions of gallons of toxic waste underground each year — less than a half-mile from Enid, Oklahoma’s water wells. But to protect their city, officials must appeal to the state agency that created the problem. With @readfrontier.bsky.social

🚨OMB Director Russell Vought is about to testify before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services & General Government! 🚨 We'll be live skeeting the hearing - follow along below!! 🧵:

love to my trans friends. fuck SCOTUS.

Science is in the cross-hairs of this administration. Even before being enacted these rule changes are already affecting careers. If they are enacted, they will kill science in the US. Prior to WWII, German was the language of science. Now it's English. But perhaps not for very much longer.

I’m not going to hail Barrett and Roberts for allowing us to count our votes. It’s a huge win for democracy, but it shouldn’t have even been a question. That we were one vote away from disenfranchising votes is all the more reason to expand the court in 2029.

This ain’t it, chief

need to start thinking now about a full package of judicial reforms: new justices, new circuits, new district courts, ethics reforms, docket reforms, and transparency reforms.

Did the rapture happen overnight? Fox & Friends is broadcasting from a completely empty Trump state fair on the National Mall

We are so tired of our Democratic senators approving Trump’s nominees!! @schiff.senate.gov 👀

France experienced around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country’s public health agency says, as the head of the WHO warns that Europe is now the fastest-warming continent and needs to do more to protect its citizens.

We’re shocked, shocked

The Supreme Court's first opinion is Watson v. RNC. By a 5–4 vote, the Supreme Court UPHOLDS state laws that allow the counting of mail ballots that are sent by Election Day but arrive shortly thereafter. Roberts and Barrett join the liberals. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

'We Were Warned,' Says WHO Chief as More Than 1,300+ Dead Across Europe From Climate-Driven Heat Wave www.commondreams.org/news/europe-...

This is absolutely perfect. 👌