is there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it

Thread. Rapists running a coercive sex ring AND transmitting CSAM AND inducing other men to abuse women and girls in turn. The alleged behavior is legitimately monstrous and it’s a HUGE deal that the Trump regime is undermining law enforcement to help/free them. Epstein in real time

when we said “bring back shame” this is exactly what we meant none of these assholes should be allowed to buy coffee in peace

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

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As Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) campaigns for a third term, a trove of court and police records obtained by Mother Jones details allegations of physical abuse, drug use, and misogyny raised during a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio).

Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) previously denied a report, also alleged in court records, that he pushed a girl down a flight of stairs in high school. But the woman recently told me the alleged incident remains "one of the more traumatic nights of my life." Inside the investigation: ow.ly/8xU450ZpaNp

Escorting the nine-year-old to a friend’s birthday pool party, I told him I wasn’t going to swim in part because I’m dressed for work. He told me I could just jump in like Mamdani did. This is what socialism does to our children.

Please help us spread The Reconstruction Papers, we have got to do better. We cannot afford to have a lawyer-brained 2029 trifecta www.liberalcurrents.com/the-reconstr...

Reminder: When fires ravaged southern California, Canada sent firefighting crews to help battle the blazes.

Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

This is the way. Just sue the shit out of everybody. Sue these motherfuckers until they shut up and go away.

So that’s TWO ex-wives, two daughters and an immediately family member that he physically abused and/or threatened. Just an insane story

"Ashley Brouillette told a reporter that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship."

a) ossoff's whole "bring it, dipshit" attitude is exactly the right response to trump's election shenanigans b) good lord has he ever leveled up as a political communicator, I continue to think he's a very serious 2028 contender if he wants it

Paxton Protects Pedophiles Paxton Purchases Pricy Properties for Portfolio Paxton Practices Polyamory Paxton Profits from Public Office

"And that's what REAL MEN do!"

"Bolsonaro has begun a twenty-seven-year prison sentence for his role in January 8, while the instigator of January 6 sits in the Oval Office...Should we in the United States try a Brazilian strategy?" spoiler: I answer yes. me, for @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/tru...

Aaaand once again, Maria Bartiromo has emerged as a key figure in getting the Fox News network sued for defamation. This time it’s for helping Kevin O’Leary spread lies about Utahns opposed to a huge, energy-gobbling data center. Probably won’t cost Fox $787 million this time. But it’s bad.

New York used to have the worst Democratic Party in America. For a decade, Andrew Cuomo used a shadow machine to let the GOP control the state senate. I talked to @jordanz.bsky.social about how progressives organized to force NY to change, and the tools he's building to fight back everywhere.

NEW: Senate candidate Mike Collins son-in-law—featured in campaign photos, registered to vote at a Collins-owned property and appearing to do work for his company— is a white nationalist influence who has promoted Nazi imagery and called for clearing America of minorities www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/p...

California is debating legislation right now that would ban all ICE employees from ever being hired by a public agency for life. This is good and next year's Democratic House needs to provide a full roster of ICE employees to help facilitate state efforts like this one.

If you're in Michigan, PLEASE send a message to our departing, in many ways, Governor not to roll out Trump Vouchers of the sort that Betsy DeVos has been trying to curse us with forever.

We all know this. But don't think I've ever heard an elected Democrat say this aloud?

Just got to Rob Reiner on The Bear 💔💔

Ossoff makes an important point here that accurately frames Trump’s election fraud lies as racist. Trump’s 2020 election lies and efforts to overturn its results always target Black voters as illegitimate. The localities Trump challenged were disproportionately majority-Black.

Let me be direct: The best way to help me is to spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

*taps sign*

Ossoff: "I think it's time for the president to do something of value for the American people instead of lining his pockets while he's in office"

Hakeem Jeffries needs to go!!!

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Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...

Where do I give $$$ to the campaign of a Democrat who effectively ties this murder of a brown youth at a Kavanaugh stop to Susan Collins' vote to give Brett Kavanaugh (unqualified beer drinker who won't tell us who paid off his mortgage when Justice Anthony Kennedy retired) a lifetime seat on SCOTUS

BREAKING: Federal judge finds that Trump's IRS suit was improper because Trump controlled both sides of the litigation. Judge Kathleen Williams also sanctions Trump's lawyers, issues monetary sanctions, and harshly criticizes DOJ's "untenable" conduct. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com

Bet this raises some controversy. Nothing enrages rightwingers more than quoting them verbatim.

please show respect for the dead body of someone who didn’t respect your alive body

counterpoint: the dead should make it harder for me to speak ill of them

Nobody celebrated human death with more glee than Lindsey Graham. Nobody.

Pundits: "Don't speak ill of the dead." Historians:

Lindsey Graham spent the last decade of his life in public service as a US Senator, trying hard to be remembered as an enemy of the Constitution who worked to destroy American democracy and exhibited occasional signs that he knew why that was bad but kept doing it anyway. I will honor his choice.

Okay so I’ve got a podcast to pitch to everyone

Read this. It’s a big deal. www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/m...

Ro Khanna: “I saw the arrogance in the eyes of the Settlers. 21 & 22 year olds with guns, laughing that they’d detained us. The arrogance of those IDF soldiers... It is the arrogance of power. Of a power that has had no accountability. Total impunity. And it’s created a toxic culture of oppression.”

Not only very reminiscent of Renee Good but also Marimar Martinez who was shot six times in her car and remarkably survived.

ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.

The son of the man shot and killed by ICE: I am Ronaldo Salgado, the oldest son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. He should've been picking up the last of his guys before heading to finish up construction. Unbeknownst to all of us, my dad had been shot inside his van by ICE agents in unmarked cars.

The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti

only 5 reskeets on this stone fucking masterpiece in 3.5 hours. truly the bluesky of yore is dead & buried