They’re not confessing. They’re bragging. Americans need to understand that the spectacular corruption of Trump’s second term is only happening because there were no electoral consequences to the slightly less spectacular corruption of Trump’s first term. Voters didn’t care. By @pbsnews.org

Thread. This about sums it up. Former President Obama leaves out some of the less flattering outcomes of Trump’s War, but public analysis can’t always be a half-hour long. Via @onestpress.onestnetwork.com

Thread. Here’s what bothers me about @qjurecic.bsky.social’s reasoning: The judicial movement to overturn Roe was built over decades. There was *a* judicial movement to overturn the (much older) Humphrey’s Executor precedent, but it was not decisive. No President before Trump really wanted it. 🧵

BREAKING: More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the U.S. hours before the earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapsed.

They’re not confessing. They’re bragging. Americans need to understand that the spectacular corruption of Trump’s second term is only happening because there were no electoral consequences to the slightly less spectacular corruption of Trump’s first term. Voters didn’t care. By @pbsnews.org

Maybe this is just a sign of the times here in the United States, but this YouTube video from @katiephang.bsky.social is one of the very few posts on Bluesky recently about the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela mere days ago that is not in either Spanish or Portuguese.

Thread. Details of a new dimension to Ukraine’s defense: long-distance strikes against Russian space communications. By @chriso-wiki.bsky.social

Thread. Here’s what bothers me about @qjurecic.bsky.social’s reasoning: The judicial movement to overturn Roe was built over decades. There was *a* judicial movement to overturn the (much older) Humphrey’s Executor precedent, but it was not decisive. No President before Trump really wanted it. 🧵

Thread. @thestudyofwar.bsky.social summarizes the view of many about Putin and his war. He appears determined to ride this plane right down into the ground, which at the moment is where it is heading. Always more intent on Russia’s past than its future, Putin is sacrificing the latter.

America250 is the organization authorized by Congress to put on anniversary events. Freedom 250 is the private organization promoting Trump events. Reporting by @dfriedman.bsky.social

Of the two prosecutors assigned to a Trump Justice Department task force targeting “terrorists” (that is, anti-Trump protesters) one appearing to have a social media history of raging against news media for being anti-Trump. By @joshkovensky.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...

Thread. @thestudyofwar.bsky.social summarizes the view of many about Putin and his war. He appears determined to ride this plane right down into the ground, which at the moment is where it is heading. Always more intent on Russia’s past than its future, Putin is sacrificing the latter.

WCK is in Venezuela, supporting families who have lost everything to the recent earthquakes with trusted local partners and impacted communities. Together, we are working to bring nourishment to communities. Read more: world-central-kitchen.visitlink.me/IGBjZM #ChefsForVenezuela #FoodIsLife

The key Supreme Court decisions today, via @mjsdc.bsky.social. Slaughter would have been considered a wildly reckless ruling only a decade ago; it drives in the same direction as Trump v. US in 2024 — upholding executive powers and privileges for which only Trump had any use.

The only way abuses like this — & like everything from the Epstein cover-up to the Kazakhstan deal & all the way down to the Reflecting Pool — are possible is because Trump has figured out he will have support from nearly every Republican in Congress no matter what he does. Via @joshtpm.bsky.social

150 Million people will endure extreme heat this week - that’s almost 1/2 of the US population! Can’t say I remember extreme heat this large! Feels like temps up to 115 in the purple with heat + humidity in one of the most expansive heatwaves to hit the Eastern half of US in many years. #heatwave

The latest out of Venezuela continues to horrify: At least 1,450 are dead, 3,150 injured, and tens of thousands remaining unaccounted for. We continue to hope and pray for miracles. www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/w...

It’s rarely the first thing on anyone’s mind, but every day this war Putin started continues means environmental catastrophe — in Ukraine of course, but increasingly across Russia as well. The catastrophe will not end when the war does; it will just slow down. Clip via @revishvili.bsky.social

Weekend listen: The Chinese experience with technology transfer — prior to Trump’s trade wars, the major irritant in Chinese-American economic relations. Outstanding review of recent history & what it means by the LSE’s John Minnich and @soumayakeynes.ft.com. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The only way abuses like this — & like everything from the Epstein cover-up to the Kazakhstan deal & all the way down to the Reflecting Pool — are possible is because Trump has figured out he will have support from nearly every Republican in Congress no matter what he does. Via @joshtpm.bsky.social

It’s rarely the first thing on anyone’s mind, but every day this war Putin started continues means environmental catastrophe — in Ukraine of course, but increasingly across Russia as well. The catastrophe will not end when the war does; it will just slow down. Clip via @revishvili.bsky.social

Thread. One reason it didn’t feel so much like the 250th anniversary of American independence. @gillianbrockell.com has been chronicling the effort — at first frantic, now becoming routine — to move people out of the country, to make America less.

Trump and Corruption thread. Free links to reporting on a pattern of self-enrichment by the families of Trump and his senior government officials without precedent in American history, by @ericlipton.nytimes.com & colleagues at @nytimes.com

Weekend listen: The Chinese experience with technology transfer — prior to Trump’s trade wars, the major irritant in Chinese-American economic relations. Outstanding review of recent history & what it means by the LSE’s John Minnich and @soumayakeynes.ft.com. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

GOP Gov. Mike DeWine: "It is not in the United States' interest, certainly not in Ohio's interest, to have people who are working every single day, who are supporting a family, buying houses, and really are contributing, and yank them out."

Wow. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) floor speech on Trump Admin. corruption has now received 1 million views He opens the remarks by arguing that Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_...

Trump ripped up the walkway between the West Wing and the mansion to replace it with polished African granite carved in Italy. "Paid for by me," he claimed. Except that's not true. Taxpayers paid $689,232, per documents obtained by @michaelscherer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

On average, global ocean temperatures right now are the hottest in our historical records for this time of year! Follow along at zacklabe.com/climate-chan... 🌊

The death toll of the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes rose to 1,430 as of Saturday morning. Family members had reported at least 68,900 people missing. www.stripes.com/theaters/ame...

Update from @macfarlanenews.bsky.social on the legal dispute over whether the President of the United States should be compelled to release files relevant to his long relationship with a convicted child sex predator. The 250th anniversary of American independence is next weekend. And here we are.

This is a fine essay by @joshtpm.bsky.social, mostly on New York City politics. He knows far more about that subject than I do; the only additional thoughts I have may seem obvious to some. The first is that primary elections generally have much lower turnout than general elections. Especially…🧵

Shocking images from northern Venezuelan cities shattered by this week’s earthquakes. One website posting names of the missing has some 50,000 entries. An enormous disaster. From @pbsnews.org

Large chunks of the Mall are now effectively an armed encampment surrounded by tall fencing. In some areas, crowds are herded through security lines to get to features that used to be easily accessible in previous years.

Shocking images from northern Venezuelan cities shattered by this week’s earthquakes. One website posting names of the missing has some 50,000 entries. An enormous disaster. From @pbsnews.org

Update from @macfarlanenews.bsky.social on the legal dispute over whether the President of the United States should be compelled to release files relevant to his long relationship with a convicted child sex predator. The 250th anniversary of American independence is next weekend. And here we are.

This is a fine essay by @joshtpm.bsky.social, mostly on New York City politics. He knows far more about that subject than I do; the only additional thoughts I have may seem obvious to some. The first is that primary elections generally have much lower turnout than general elections. Especially…🧵

Admiral (ret.) William H. McRaven: "In recent months, President Trump, upon advice from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, has relieved or forced the retirement of some of the finest officers that have ever served this nation." {gift link} www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Lake Powell ‒ the massive Colorado River reservoir that produces power for millions of homes across the West ‒ is the emptiest it has ever been entering the hottest part of the summer. And the worst is still to come. #water www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

With Mullin v. Al Otro Lado (the asylum case) and Mullin v. Doe (the Haitian/Syrian Temporary Protective Status case), the Supreme Court’s Republicans have darkened the eve of the nation’s 250th anniversary.

Mike DeWine (full disclosure, a former boss) on today’s Supreme Court decision in Mullin v. Doe, allowing the Trump administration to cancel Temporary Protected Status. An earlier stop on this road was Donald Trump blurting out ridiculous lies about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, OH.

Sec. Hegseth has also stonewalled inquiries about why Gen. Donahue is being pushed out. It will probably turn out to be for the stupidest reason imaginable. Donahue played an key role in coordinating American aid to Ukraine after Russia’s invasion in 2022. Reporting by @danlamothe.bsky.social

BREAKING: #AlligatorAlcatraz is officially closed 🎉🎉🎉 We've reached a huge milestone in our fight against the mass detention center in the heart of the #Everglades: ICE announced it has removed all detainees from the cruelly named “Alligator Alcatraz,” and DeSantis confirmed it is closed.

Mike DeWine (full disclosure, a former boss) on today’s Supreme Court decision in Mullin v. Doe, allowing the Trump administration to cancel Temporary Protected Status. An earlier stop on this road was Donald Trump blurting out ridiculous lies about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, OH.

"Katie Phang ... brings this action against Todd Blanche ... claiming that he has improperly withheld information and failed to comply with other requirements in violation of the Epstein Act." "[T]he Court GRANTS Ms. Phang’s motion." 1/🧵

With Mullin v. Al Otro Lado (the asylum case) and Mullin v. Doe (the Haitian/Syrian Temporary Protective Status case), the Supreme Court’s Republicans have darkened the eve of the nation’s 250th anniversary.

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rules 6-3 in favor of the Trump admin on Temporary Protected Status, blocking the lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds, allowing DHS to strip over 350,000 people of legal status even though they utterly failed to follow the required legal procedures.

By a 6-3 margin, SCOTUS rules in Trump's favor in Al Otro Lado. Sotomayor: "[T]he Court today blesses the Executive Branch’s decision to slam the door shut on all who are fleeing persecution, despite the detailed inspection and asylum system that Congress enacted and commands." buff.ly/kpHurSA

25 years ago, a Michigan district court embraced a bizarre theory about the limits on Congress's power under the Spending Clause—one that was quickly repudiated. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court's six Republican appointees quietly revived it while making it harder to enforce an array of federal rights:

Thread. The latest spendspendspend request from the Vought administration. Trump never asked Congress for permission to start his war, but he is demanding Congress foot the bill OMB Director Vought came up with. Also, $11 billion in handouts to farmers. By @jbendery.bsky.social