No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

Regulating the AI industry can seem very complicated, but in fact we have a handy model: Do all the things that we failed to do to regulate the tech industry before it. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-already...

"In many cases, a boss seemed to become hooked on a chatbot’s flattery, mistaking sycophancy for even-handed guidance." futurism.com/artificial-i...

Today's jobs report came in weaker than expected. The economy added 57k jobs in June and prior months were revised down. April and May are a combined 74k lower than previously reported. Analysts believe the World Cup added 40k to June numbers—without that, job growth would have been 17k. #EconSky

It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.

well done

Omar Artan, a Somali referee that is highly respected in the soccer world, has been denied entry into the US for the World Cup. This was Artan’s first World Cup and now FIFA has taken him off the referee roster for the World Cup. Credit @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social

"Emilio" is a US citizen who works in CA's fields. He shares, “I am sharing my experience because H-2A wage cuts are affecting workers like me ... Three crews where I work already got their pay cut. My crew just got the news we are next and if we are not happy we can leave. 1/3

Feenstra lost the GOP primary in Iowa tonight to a guy that doesn’t have a picture on the NYT website.

Anyway, Randy Feenstra conceded. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/06/02/r...

Zach Lahn wins the Republican nomination for Iowa Governor. US Rep. Randy Feenstra conceded the race following a close contest. He'll take on Democratic candidate Rob Sand in November.

Trump-backed Rep. Randy Feenstra concedes Iowa governor primary

State Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott has won the Democratic primary for Iowa House District 3. She'll face incumbent Rep. Zach Nunn in the November election.

US Rep. Ashley Hinson has won the Republican primary for US Senate, according to the Associated Press. She'll face Democratic nominee Josh Turek in the November election.

Democratic challenger Christina Bohannan has won the party's nomination for Iowa's 1st Congressional District. As of her win, the Associated Press had not called the race for her Republican opponent.

Lindsay James has won the Democratic nomination for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District, according to the Associated Press.

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

BREAKING: Democrat Josh Turek and Republican Ashley Hinson won their primaries for U.S. Senate in Iowa and will compete for retiring Republican Sen. Joni Ernst’s seat in November. bit.ly/4dYXPYG

State Rep. Josh Turek is the projected winner of the Iowa Democratic primary. The Associated Press called the race at 8:42 p.m.

Damn already?

get em Debbie!

Absentee ballot count statewide

“.. The U.S. is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure, according to new Census Bureau figures out today.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The US is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure

Trump is retreating from plans for a $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” after a fierce backlash from fellow Republicans.

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

NEW: A group of activists have built an awesome new tool to help immigration attorneys and the general public know when an ICE flight is headed to their area. gillianbrockell.com/habeas-fligh...

CBS Scholarship winner Santiago Campos has the clarity and courage to call it like it is

A large stretch of forest that has been owned by the state of Minnesota for more than 100 years will soon be returned to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

Yeah, is AI going to process my current grief and turn what feels like the abandonment or at least loss of hoped-for friendships into a story about found family (and a heist) using the book series I’ve been writing, in a way that sticks to the overall intention? I don’t think so.

this is not true, and this guy doesn't speak for me! nymag.com/intelligence...

Freedom Williams played Waterloo's Pridefest years ago, in case you're wondering the budget for this thing.

Iowa Republicans are celebrating America’s 250th birthday with a gift to University of Iowa students: A mandate that they take rightwing indoctrination classes.

On Wednesday, nitrate tests showed the Raccoon River at 17.17 mg/liter, and the Des Moines River at 10.4. The federal safety standard for drinking water is 1 mg/liter. CIWW is asking customers to reduce outdoor watering by 50% to help them keep up with water treatment.

Erin Brockovich has been fighting evil corporations that pollute the environment for so long that there was a Hollywood movie about her starring Julia Roberts back in 2000. It's a bad sign for the AI industry that she is now on the anti-data center bandwagon.

Major win against the Trump regime: South Carolina has rejected its calls to redraw its congressional maps The midterms continue to loom over republicans as they try and fail to do whatever they can to stay in power Source: abcnews4.com/news/local/s...

Federal Judges Block Alabama From Using Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map truthout.org/articles/fed...

Stephen Colbert is a national treasure: The day after his show was canned after 11 years by CBS to appease a tyrant, he shows up on the Monroe, MI public access channel where he did his first Late Show broadcast in 2015.

Corporations will spend billions on union-busting attorneys and union-avoidance specialists to silence workers, but at the same time say there’s no money for better working conditions. Workers deserve better. Unions are how we take back our power and win.

on Fox though?!

Doughcon 1

“No texting and driving” they say as cars are manufactured with touchscreen tablets built into their dashboards

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, the highest-ranking intelligence official in the U.S. government, has resigned. https://to.pbs.org/49c4s8s

Abrego Garcia was erroneously deported to El Salvador last year due to a clerical error.

An extraordinary rebuke of Todd Blanche and his Justice Department. Federal judge dismisses the indictment of Abrego Garcia (an exceedingly rare outcome in a criminal case). Finding of vindictive prosecution and "an abuse of prosecuting power." The opinion name checks Blanche nearly 30 times.

BREAKING: Judge Waverly Crenshaw dismisses indictment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia based on selective and vindictive prosecution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

pretty crazy how blatant the ending of the late show is just an act of government censorship lol

'Hello, Goodbye': 'Late Show' host Stephen Colbert bows out. Paul McCartney led an all-star lineup for the final episode of "The Late Show" as frontman Colbert bowed out after broadcaster CBS cancelled his show as it courted Trump u.afp.com/SRjN