Today's cartoon by Nick Anderson. "A new study published in The Lancet—one of the world’s premiere medical research journals—estimates that if the dismantling of USAID continues through 2030, it could contribute to roughly 14 million preventable deaths..."

Pete Buttigieg says his family was effectively swatted — except, instead of calling the cops, someone called Child Protective Services, lied and said Buttigieg had admitted to 'committing unspeakably violent crimes' and that his kids were at risk. The kids are not and were not at risk.

21st century America is a multiracial democracy whose commerce, culture and cuisine reflect the influence of immigrants from every country on earth. The only people seemingly unable to assimilate into this society are white Republicans.

Come on South Carolina’s District One, Vote Lacore for Congress in November…..

“They become rich.” That’s Trump’s actual reasoning for killing housing relief. He made billions off housing and he wants to protect that market — for people who already own. If you don’t own? You don’t count. His words, not ours. #TrumpsHousingCrisis

We wanted to understand why a Jewish candidate defeated another Jewish candidate in one of America's most Jewish congressional districts. So we talked to three Evangelical Christians at a gun show in northern Idaho.

New guidance from the Office of Professional Responsibility warns that AI may make tax work faster, but Circular 230 still requires competence, due diligence, and human review.

Thou shalt vote blue no matter who. Even if it’s a bright young Democratic Socialist. Hey, we don’t make the rules, you do.

Nayef Samaro, 25, was killed in an Israeli military raid on Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, as he prepared to meet his wife at the hospital for the birth of their first child. n.pr/4eyuu92

If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

It is funny that they’re mad at Mamdani for endorsing candidates

I don’t know why every English Department AND library hasn’t adopted this line from “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” as their motto “Books are brain movies!”

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

I'm sorry, but the Democratic establishment doesn't get to say "these are low turnout primaries, they don't mean anything." Ritchie Torres, who unlike Espaillat and Goldman, *trounced* his primary challenger got a *total* of 24k votes. Chevalier got 33k Valdez got 38k Lander got 55k

BREAKING: We just won in court — again — to protect Pennsylvanians’ right to vote by mail.

Thousands missing.😢

The World Cup is proof that if not for our leaders, the vast majority of the world's people would get along just fine.

It’s 1932 and Weimar’s Social Democrats are very concerned by the threat of the Communist Party

BREAKING: Judge Sullivan has GRANTED Katie Phang's preliminary injunction concluding she has standing, has been harmed, and will likely succeed on the merits of her case demanding the full release of the Epstein files. Blanche has until 7/2 to respond. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Well yeah, if Watergate happened again it would have gone off without a hitch because no one would have known about it until a year later when Woodward and Bernstein's book came out.

BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.

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The Supreme Court just made it easier for chemical companies to poison our families & farmers with cancer causing pesticides like glyphosate. Americans will die because of this horrific decision that puts corporate wealth ahead of our country’s health.

i don’t think Jeffries understands the new reality. Mamdani doesn’t need the party. the party needs him.

Military families are experiencing a sharp rise in food insecurity, driven largely by the rising cost of groceries. prospect.org?p=140200

Steve Hutkins, a retired New York University professor and a leading advocate for the USPS through savethepostoffice.com, told Democracy Docket that if the agency ultimately moves forward with the proposal, he believes “it will destroy the Postal Service.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW: Hours after heated exchange with Trump, Sen Bill Cassidy (R-LA) joins Sen Cory Booker (D-NJ) in memo to Todd Blanche seeking answers about Trump’s sweetheart immunity deal with IRS

Reuters: US JUDGE TOSSES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S LAWSUIT CHALLENGING FOUR NEW JERSEY CITIES' 'SANCTUARY' IMMIGRATION POLICIES

The “Save America Act” says that all states “shall” submit their voter registration lists to the DHS’s “SAVE” voter purge program, which has error rates as high as 14% & relies on data from SSA whose databases were mishandled by DOGE. I include this & other parts of the Act in my 8-point summary. 1/

I don’t know man, who is “the Democratic Party” if it’s not the voters?Democratic voters choose candidates, not party leaders. And party leaders need to listen to what voters are telling us - and right now they are demanding our party be bolder.

Four years after the Dobbs decision, pregnant people in states with total abortion bans are now nearly twice as likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth, or the postpartum period.

It takes 1.28 seconds for a message to reach us from the Moon. It takes as little as 35 minutes from Jupiter. It takes as little as 4.5 hours from Pluto. It takes at least 6-12 months from NYT reporters, plus $35 for the book containing it.

HAHAHAhaha! they're making the world's biggest synthetic scum pond!!! The coating is a polyurea used inside pipes. It gels in about 3 seconds, making it non self-leveling. The texture is like an orange peel, the perfect substrate for biofilms. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

From AI to biotechnology, today’s scientific breakthroughs raise ethical and social challenges that technical expertise alone cannot solve go.nature.com/4vu9bew

So looks likely we'll be dealing at least a few Ebola cases in the US before they clean the algae out of the relflecting pond.

I think moderates who vote to confirm bad Trump nominees are driving voters to look for anyone that seem aware of the stakes.

Breaking News: A federal judge in California barred immigration agents nationwide from making arrests inside immigration courts.

This part... "a juvenile child fleeing..." He was 1.

Where is Robert Hur when we really need him?

this is what is insane abt this case and these sentences. this isn't a sandwich throw. real violence happened here. a cop got shot. but by framing the protest as a conspiracy people who literally were uninvolved in the violence got de facto life sentences

Just in case anyone has not seen this, here is a photo of the actual vandals damaging the newly-painted reflecting pool by driving on it (including the 20,000 pound 'beast' carrying Trump) before the paint was cured. It probably would have failed anyway, but this did not help.

Congress finally does something

Something very dangerous happened last week, and it flew under the radar. Fox News is buying Roku, which will allow the Murdochs to control the home screens of 20% of the country's TVs. This has the potential to be very bad for democracy. Here's why: messagebox.substack.com/p/the-media-...

Any American Mom or Dad who's ever filled a kiddie pool knows exactly what happens if you miss a chlorine dose, or the pH changes or it gets hot from strong sun exposure. A green cloudy mess. It ain't vandals. Obviously, Barron never had a little kiddie pool.

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"In a sense, warehouse rooftops are like open fields in dense urban landscapes, with acres of flat space available for solar panels," writes @jeffstjohn.bsky.social: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... 🔌💡

Vatican details June 26-29 Consistory: 20 groups, 3 Cardinals will facilitate: Ryś, Fernández, and Brislin. Sessions will use “Synodal method” addressing following themes: international situation, peace and moving beyond the “just war” theory, “Magnifica humanitas,” and implementation of Synod.

Father's Day this weekend at Delaney Hall immigrant prison in New Jersey. photos: Sussex Visibility Brigade

"The connection between narcissistic personality traits and wanting people in the office full time is not coincidental — it’s causal."