Graham Platner suspended his US Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation that caused his support from fellow Democrats to collapse. His exit throws a crucial race for the party into turmoil. bloom.bg/4eTbqCn

Flavor Flav shared that he’s secured “the tickets, the glam, wardrobe” for the entire US women’s hockey team to attend the 2026 ESPY’s. In an update, Paris Hilton is now covering the hotel rooms for every player. Talk about a bunch of words I never thought I’d say.

War is back on. Trump says cease fire is over as far as he’s concerned.

Still cant believe so many think driving a car to a petrol station, spending 5 minutes in the weather to refill it, then walking though the weather to pay a huge amount of $$ for it is still more convenient than walking up every morning to a car that refills overnight at home. #bait

*US MILITARY SAYS IT'S LAUNCHING SERIES OF STRIKES AGAINST IRAN

Elon Musk no longer a trillionaire, per Bloomberg's estimate. Now $931.9B. (SpaceX stock has been dropping)...

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*Building in Midtown Manhattan Evacuated on Collapse Fears

*SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND CALL ON PLATNER TO WITHDRAW FROM RACE; DSCC CUTS OFF FUNDING

Kalshi odds of Dems beating Susan Collins have .... risen to 62% today. Bettors apparently betting he will drop out by next Monday and replaced by someone more electable.

*Maine Democratic Party calls on Platner to quit the race

I'm struck by the irony of Trump going to bat for Balogun days Stephen Miller warned that birthright citizenship = civilization suicide.

Last week, Trump’s biggest supporter in Congress called for putting a bed sheet over the Statue of Liberty and replacing her torch with a stop sign.

5 July 1852 (174 years ago): Abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivers his "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" speech at a meeting organized by the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, New York.

Spent July 4th in god’s country (obscure walkable Hudson Valley towns) 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Athens, New York

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Appeared to be quantity > everything else. At end there were so many small ones it seemed like they were clearly padding the numbers to break the record. Enjoyed the Rockville fireworks earlier in the day more.

The family have been reducing their real estate holdings for 100 years at this point, starting with the sale of the Manhattan townhouse in 1926 (when there were four children between whom the estate was being divided.)

Just lost power. So you might want to take precautions.

For the first time ever, from April 2025 to April 2026, solar energy outproduced ‘natural gas’ in Asia. First coal, now ‘natural gas’… the fossil fuel dominos are falling… and they said it cant be done…

Members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front on the DC Metro on July 4.

This is the best fireworks display on planet Earth. Astronaut Sophie Adenot filmed a stunning timelapse video of an aurora from the International Space Station earlier this week.

I assumed everyone knew this was predicted to occur when they sacked 50% of the NOAA staff and started canceling weather balloons that collect data last year; but if not. 👇

Vozinha, Cape Verde’s 40-year-old goalkeeping hero, now has more Instagram followers than all active NFL, MLB and NHL athletes, and all but three NBA players 🤯 The power of the World Cup is unmatched 🇨🇻

PJM pricing for last 36 hours tells you why electricity storage and batteries are growing exponentially globally. If you had a utility grade battery you could sell at $2.50 kWh at peak-peak in northern Virginia (data-center central) and buy for approximately 1/100th that number at off-off peak.

So, holy crap, this is family. Not close family but family none the less. Isaac Rife was the brother of my Great Great Grandmother. Had I a million dollars. . . .

Stunning home and property, fascinating history

Ending with a well-kept Civil War-connected farmette that's been featured in two Gettysburg movies. $1M gets you 15 acres, a nice house, and, I'm guessing, ghosts? Hope you enjoyed this edition of #FridayNightZillow; all homes this week found by my wife and daughter. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

I'm a sucker for homes that have bank vaults in them. This one was a bank. The vault is super cool. I hope it's safe. I'd hate to accidentally get locked inside. $489K goes a long way in Kane, PA. 6BRs! #FridayNightZillow www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

This next historic Second Empire Victorian mansion, outside Philadelphia, was rumored to have "played a role" in the Underground Railroad? 1860. Curb impression 10/10. 10BRs, 3BAs, 9 fireplaces, 2 acres. $1.5M in Myerstown, PA. #FridayNightZillow. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Folks, can you GoFundMe enough to buy this beaut and maintenance costs for life?

So, folks, what we really should do is retire and move to Philadelphia and buy this 9BR, 1BA historic 1798 mansion, but only if the crazy art conveys! Just $995K for 9K sf! #FridayNightZillow www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Cape Verdeans are now honorary Philadelphians because that was basically ROCKY. They weren't "supposed" to be there, much less going the distance with the champions and the GOAT, who had to give it everything they've got just to eek out a win in overtime. Bravo.

Up next, a 1768 home relocated after WWII to just south of Mt. Vernon by a former Fairfax County director of public works. We get a historic home updated w/AC, 2 acres of waterfront land w/stellar landscaping, a dock. $3.79M. Commute to DC by boat? #FridayNightZillow www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Starting a special #FridayNightZillow with a 1,600-acre Catskill estate w/mansion built in 1787 by Morgan Lewis -- who served big roles in the Revolutionary War -- & wife Gertrude Livingston. Lewis later became 3rd governor of New York. Includes "Lake Delaware." $14M. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

NEW: This is too much. The DOJ accidentally emailed copies of Volume II of Jack Smith's final report to the lawyers representing a woman they charged with obstruction of justice for emailing Volume II of Jack Smith's final report. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/doj-accide...

Yes, images are loading slowly right now! Bsky engineers are working on diagnosing and fixing the problem as we speak, but the good news is that images generally load after a few seconds—they just aren't as snappy as they should be

Did a search for Gov Abbott and 78 degrees and there is a video of Beto O’Rourke dunking on the Texas governor for making the recommendation during a heat wave.

Ability to pre-cool (or pre-heat) a car is a major feature of electric vehicles. If you did this in a combustion car in a garage, you’d be sucking down carbon monoxide (poison.)

Elon had this community note removed as of this morning

This TV setup offends me on several levels.

Thus, the importance of going to the archives. And the beauty of visiting Kew. ‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Free Tibet activist, 52, self-immolated outside the United Nations in NYC earlier tonight. Beside him, the Tibetan flag. Around him, papers with big letters printed out: “China out of Tibet.”

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"

Cheaper than some e-bikes

Nothing says "happy Fourth of July" like the National Park Service warning that DC's fireworks show may be hazardous to your health, and that you should "remain indoors as much as possible during and after the show." DURING

Peak wholesale electricity prices have soared to as much as *$2 a kilowatt hour* in data center-heavy Northern Virginia with the heat wave setting records up and down the East Coast. This is about *100X* the cheapest off-peak price. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Is it common for billionaires to be able to get loans at a 3.9% interest rate? (This is a substantially better rate for Donald Trump from Charles Schwab than the US government gets on 10-year government bonds).

This is correct. It went from a "crazy idea" that the various Law Knowers said was obviously stupid, to a nearly-there cause that can be won if Rs get to replace Sotomayor. And in the meantime, Rs who were otherwise happy w Trump on immigration have new demands to stop "birth tourism."