www.reuters.com/world/africa... This is sick.

LFG www.huffpost.com/entry/john-c...

"As punishment for organizing a hunger strike in a WA detention camp, federal immigration agents forced 44-year-old Cuban national Rogelio Bolufé onto a plane early this month, threatened him with torture, took him to Ecuador, and left him there with nothing." prospect.org/2026/06/12/f...

“For it is impossible—utterly impossible, I say—for a man whose commitment wavers in the agreements he has made with the most unfortunate of men to be reliable in dealing with anyone else” - Totila in Prokopios’ Wars

The GOP intends to interfere with the 2026 elections in part through intimidation at the state and local level, where the national media won't bother to cover it. This story is from MS NOW, but I guarantee you that the NY Times will ignore it. www.ms.now/news/ohio-pr...

36 years ago today, Mariah Carey released her debut self-titled album.

If the leopards would eat MY face, it belatedly occurs to me that they would eat ANYBODY’S face.

Not lost on me that we never see any articles about how a Mamdani or a Hamawy or an El Sayed represent a kind of positive reinforcement of masculinity and masculine presence

Great Vote Yes For a Safe Massachusetts fundraiser with Ayanna Pressley tonight “If you can legislate hurt and harm, you can legislate equity, healing, and justice. The policies determine who lives. The policies determine who dies. The policies determine who survives.”

In 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas city to use as a park. The city sold it to a data center developer for $10 million

36 House Democrats voted for a bill that would give Linda McMahon more tools to harass colleges, students and states that Trump doesn't like.

The 7: Cuellar Davis (NC) Golden Gonzalez Gottheimer Lee (NV) Perez

And yet he will still vote in lockstep

OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA

I’m going to lose my mind

DC Statehood yesterday.

All of Elon Musk’s companies in the Middle East are military targets for Iran as it retaliates against the U.S., Iranian state media outlet Fars reported. - www.cnbc.com/2026/06/11/i...

More on Seth Moulton’s stock trades “the king of insider trading in Massachusetts” In 2024, Moulton was 16th overall in stock earnings in Congress, 7th for Dems unusualwhales.com/congress-tra... In 2023, Moulton was 5th overall, 2nd for Dems unusualwhales.com/politics/art... That’s weird right?

One tidbit I always find fascinating is that for Congressional roll calls, some members are listed with their states not because they have the same last name (multiple Smith's, Williams's, Garcia's, Torres's), but because they have last names that rhyme or share prominent syllables:

I saw an interesting comment on Reddit about Seth Moulton’s stock trades: he was a top 3 democrat in one year on the Unusual Whales tracking platform. Not something I’m super well versed in but will read up. Here’s Seth’s “insider trades” page on Unusual Whales unusualwhales.com/politics/ins...

One thing’s for sure, Seth Moulton’s been buying thousands of dollars of defense company stock while serving on the House Armed Services Committee responsible for overseeing the Pentagon.

Good and shame on the 7 Democrats who voted for it. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Our whole financial system is bullshit.

The President just said we're on the cusp of a deal with Iran. Today's post explores two fun facts: 1. It's the fiftieth time he's said this. (I counted!) 2. Even so, stocks rose on the news. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-to-pri...

When I see AI infographics for or against the bill about the legislative audit and public records, I will immediately devalue the content and think, “Do you even know what your graphic says?”

Trump knows that the country hates him, and so his response is repeatedly to try to rig and steal the election. A blatant assault on the independence of the Post Office and clear federal overreach. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/u...

What a dumpster fire of a bill www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/04/n...

Is it Tuesday already?

Current forecast for Washington DC Sunday night. Tens of thousands are expected to attend the UFC fight on the White House’s South Lawn scheduled for 8pm.

Where does “the media doesn’t see me as strong” justification for bombings fit into jus in bello?

Yesterday, the MA House voted 153 to 3 to protect our libraries and rein in politically motivated book bans. #mapoli

On Instagram, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley throws heavy shade at Seth Moulton after he was booed and confronted at Boston Pride.

This is gross but also these guys are so ignorant about history and international affairs - Kilmeade here stumbles into Irish nationalism while discussing racist riots in Belfast, which is of course part of the UK

It's always about money with Trump

It's always ultimately been about the oil. newrepublic.com/post/211569/...

The type of quote that should be all over attack ads this fall www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Just IMAGINE how much good that money (OUR money!) could do if it went toward actually helping people and the environment.

"If you average the reconciliation packages over the last two years, funding is now something like $120 billion per year—a roughly 700 percent increase." prospect.org/2026/06/11/r...

This bizarrely cruel activity is brought to you by Donald Trump and his Supreme Court.

Let’s also remember Republicans packed the supreme courts of two states in the last decade, Arizona and Utah.

🚨 Salem is voting tomorrow on its FY27 budget, which includes Drones as First Responder program. If you live in #SalemMA & don't relish the idea of drones buzzing overhead, please write City Council & @dpangallo.bsky.social. This article has a sample letter & further background. Please share!

We love a queen of subtweeting.

NEWSMAX: What do you say to Americans who are sick and tired of this war? They voted for President Trump because he promised to end wars, not start wars, and they're experiencing war fatigue REP. CLAUDIA TENNEY: Well, it's not been very long. We were in Iraq and Afghanistan for over 20 years

A decent rule or thumb is that when you happen upon really egregious misconduct, it’s unlikely that you just fortunately stumbled upon the first unique instance. More often it escalated to be that bad via a lot of lesser infractions for which there were no consequences.

Jesus Christ what a monster

Jesus Fucking Christ.

The @nytimes.com of course sanewashed “I love inflation” to “White House again shrugs off high prices amid war with Iran” Problems: 1- avoids his actual incendiary language 2- offers an excuse in the headline “it’s the war, people” 3- ignores fact he chose to go to war

That this was Situation Room urgent for them just shows how guilty he is. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/m...

This is how it’s done. State the facts and refuse to entertain their bullshit.