July 2, 2026

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito took a luxury fishing trip to Alaska with billionaire Paul Singer, whose hedge fund then had repeated business before SCOTUS over the years that followed. Alito never disclosed the trip or recused himself from Singer's cases. (Published June 2023)

In Venezuela, as rescue crews work through the darkness, WCK teams are right there with them, serving hot meals late into the night to make sure no one runs out of the energy they need to keep going. Every meal we serve is fuel for the people who refuse to give up. #ChefsForVenezuela #FoodIsLife

Hospitals lacking medicines and equipment. Daily power outages. At least 8 million people in need of humanitarian support. These were the realities in Venezuela before it was hit by back-to-back earthquakes. https://to.pbs.org/4gTzfva

"We were able to be delivering food in many different places," Chef José Andrés says. "I was in five places where the teams will not give up, because they have hope that somebody may be alive under the rubble." https://to.pbs.org/4p1LPL2

This newfound European unity could be tested next week at a NATO summit in Turkey. https://to.pbs.org/4xY6MdX

Perhaps if his kids owned a ballot printing company, Trump would stop attacking voting by mail.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: “We can do it, but we're not going to do it with the crew that it's in Washington right now. We need a political revolution. It's beginning to happen, and I feel confident about what you're going to be seeing in the next few months.”

The lovely and determined @[email protected] has released new SP's, full of wonderful resisters. 🦋 (Many thanks, my friend! ♡) Here are tonight's: go.bsky.app/NnCyWS3 go.bsky.app/D6ri1xn

The Onion’s InfoWars is off to an absolutely brilliant start. RIP Alex Jones. theonion.info

This was just posted by the United States Department of Justice. Are they targeting Trump, or is this satire?

A sad state of a fair.

Trump ruthlessly mocked for fake ‘library’ books on his new Qatar-gifted Air Force One

‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center has received two of the four RS-25 engines designated for the #Artemis III moon mission. Combined, these engines will provide more than 2 million pounds of liftoff thrust, powering the Space Launch System rocket during the initial 8 minutes of its journey into space.

This economy is lousy. Anyone who voted for Trump in 2024 should have buyer’s remorse. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-us-economy-is-shite

Rosie Casals is the winner of 12 Grand Slam Doubles titles, is one of only three players inducted into the Hall of Fame twice and helped establish the WTA in 1973. Casals details how Billie Jean King has used her platform to push for gender equality and social change. #WeAreAmerica250

FYI, Mass Historical @mhs1791.bsky.social has an exhibition of rare manuscripts and artifacts from Independence open right now through December 19. It's called “1776: Declaring Independence." It's very cool. See: www.masshist.org/exhibitions

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

Canada's first female nuclear physicist Harriet Brooks (b #OTD 1876) was a researcher in the early days of nuclear science. Her work on radioactivity laid foundational groundwork for modern nuclear physics. She discovered the phenomenon of atomic recoil. But, her career ended early. #WomenInSTEM 1/2

@nicollewallace.bsky.social shares her INSTANT reaction to her MS NOW EXCLUSIVE interview with former special counsel Jack Smith.

I’m not satisfied with symbolic victories and you shouldn’t be either.

Rs are frightened of Mamdani because he is a popular with voters, so they portray him as a scary authoritarian. This is a request, not an order, for the benefit of the community, and there are no consequences for people who are still free to be selfish jerks.

#OTD in 2014, Michelle Howard became the first woman in the US Navy's (then) 236-year history to be promoted to 4-star admiral & Vice Chief of Naval Operations, the 2nd-highest position in the Navy. As of February 2025, there are no longer any women serving as 4-star officers in the US military. 👀

A 55-page report from House Democrats accuses Freedom 250 of America's birthday celebrations for profit, using questionable fundraising methods. Watchdog groups had already sounded alarms. n.pr/4yjUNYr

This is Harley. She's never rolled down a hill before, but she's super proud of her first attempt. 13/10 nailed it (TT: jesskoselke)

The ghosts of the Andrews Sisters weigh in on TrumpFest

The allegations raise serious concerns about whether donors were misled and whether funds intended for the congressionally established nonprofit were diverted elsewhere.

Donors to the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations are questioning where their contributions ended up. A new report states that consultants tied to the Trump administration may have engaged in financial misconduct involving donations intended for America’s 250th anniversary.

MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: "I just can't believe that if people knew the character of these people I work with, that they could ever stand for the demonizing that's happened to them."

Climate information should be reliable, clear, and available to everyone. Climate.us is an independent nonprofit protecting public access to trusted, science-reviewed climate knowledge. Explore: www.climate.us 🌍🧪 #ClimateUS #ClimateForUs #ClimateScience #Science

What’s next, charging the algae for trespassing?

Even if there are more facts here than meet the eye, just because a prosecutor can charge someone with a crime does not mean they should. Pirro seems to have made this man a scapegoat just so Trump can blame “vandals” for his own Reflecting Pool blunders.

Here's my Starter Pack No. 17 -- just because❣️ Feel free to follow and share. go.bsky.app/41aoWjW

Kushner's not just paving wetlands, he's buying a decommissioned military island — Sazan — for $1.4B while Albanians march for flamingos and a corruption-free EU path. Rama shrugs it off as "private property." Sovereignty is not selling your old army base to your daughter's father-in-law.

As Christian nationalists try to rewrite America's history, this is an essential reminder that church-state separation wasn't an accident. It was one of the founding principles of our republic. A timely read for the Fourth of July. www.ms.now/opinion/amer...

Excited about the long holiday weekend? Thank a union.

Take 30 seconds to email the CFO at Citizens Bank! Thanks @jesscraven101.bsky.social

Rapert's appeal to the Founders is laughable. He runs a group dedicated to electing only Christians to office, while the Constitution expressly rejects religious tests for public office. Cry us a river.

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) is appealing a federal district court’s decision to block implementation of President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order in 23 blue states plus D.C. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Big “we got bin Laden” energy going on here with the Reflecting Pool case.

Just one day before he announced a 90-day pause on his sweeping tariffs, Trump's investment accounts made stock purchases worth as much as $12.8 million. Then when Trump announced the pause, the S&P soared nearly 10% — one of the biggest single-day gains in the index’s history. Unusual indeed.

It’s one thing for Jeanine Pirro to secure a dubious indictment through the grand jury process. It’s something else for her to secure a conviction in DC against an Olympian who touched the Reflecting Pool. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Most expensive Fourth of July cookout ever recorded: $73.82. Record beef prices. From the guy who promised cheaper groceries on day one. Happy 250th from Uncle $cam. 🇺🇸

@sarageorgini.bsky.social is a historian, author, and Series Editor for the ‘Papers of John Adams,’ at @mhs1791.bsky.social. Georgini shares how John Adams, writing to his wife Abigail in 1776, envisioned generations of Americans celebrating independence with pomp and parade. #WeAreAmerica250

62 years ago today, the Civil Rights Act was signed. Black Americans fought, bled, and died for rights that should have been theirs from the start. We should honor that legacy by protecting voting rights, not gutting them. The work isn't done. Not even close.

Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.

Trump will try to sabotage the midterms — and he will fail.

RFK Jr’s HHS was supposed to purge cozy relationships and conflicts of interest from healthcare policy; rid the food supply of contaminants sickening Americans; stop advancing Big Pharma’s interests and scrutinize the safety profile of multiple vaccines. Read: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...