The White House was never supposed to be a palace. George Washington and architect James Hoban deliberately rejected the lavish style of European monarchies. Instead, they designed a President’s House that reflected the ideals of a republic: dignified, restrained, and accountable to the people.

We‘re one executive order away from a chocolate fountain.

🇳🇴 for the win!

This is Pearl. She's very excited you're home, and can only properly express her enthusiasm through jazz hands. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: ohpearlitsliza)

We are forced to exist in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”

Before anyone drafts a sympathy card, roll the tape. There's McConnell on Hannity, beaming like a man showing off vacation photos and taking a victory lap for the judicial vacancies he created by blockading a sitting president's nominees.

Good trolling by California Guv 🧌

Brilliant! Funny (ironic AND haha) that Donnie hadn’t thought to scrub these gems of history before he started attacking school books and the Smithsonian. #TrumpCrimeFamily

Let’s make ‘feeding the pets’ part of the Democratic Party’s platform.

🚨BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will introduce new legislation making ballot seizure before they are counted and certified by a state or county official a felony. In a July 4 recorded speech, Newsom was not shy about who the law targets. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I had no idea Paul Gosar was still alive.

This is the actual truth. And Mitch is free to step forward and rebuke it if it’s not. #RigorTortoise

I don’t know if this was actually Warren Buffet’s idea on how to fix Congress (and I’m too exhausted to research it at the moment), but I think it’s a good start… whomever deserves the credit.

“Conduct exhaustive opposition research on public records, voting records, financial disclosures, corporate ties, and media statements.” I think that’s what the kids are calling ex-girlfriends and rape victims these days?

Hey so, if you use Waymo driverless car services, you are aiding and abetting fascism. Waymo helps ICE agents locate people to terrorize and abduct. The company willingly shares all facial recognition, license plate and GPS data with ICE and other law enforcement agencies—no subpoena required.

“She went to private school and married a real estate developer 32 years older than her.” Nashville’s @montemader.bsky.social on Trump’s Secretary of Lying Karolie saying Gen Z is lazy and were “raised with a silver spoon in their mouths getting everything handed to them”🤔

Maybe we could just get a photo of Mitch holding a newspaper with today’s date on it.

Do you think Texas MAGA voters read ProPublica? Do you think if they did, this information would sway them to vote for Talarico? I think nah… the only vaccine they’ll take is the one that immunizes them from their politicians’ hypocrisy.

Scientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen at scale Cambridge Uni made the device with simple materials using a paint sprayer—offering a possible dual fix for plastic pollution and dirty hydrogen production www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/scie...

The corruption is endless. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

For all those people who believe Mamdani and other populist style democratic socialists are commies, here is a primer that helps clarify forms of government/economic structures using dairy cows. It’s udderly simple…

Reporting in from my MAGA yahoo post here in NE Illinois… Happy Independence from intelligence and common sense Day! 🧨

Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb: "We should all be embarrassed by this man, and we should all be doing everything we can to ensure that he leaves the White House as quickly as possible.” Whatever day that is, and however it comes about, should be the newly designated Independence Day 🇺🇸

Instead of asking for people to not use their AC in the heatwave, how about turning off the data centers instead?

If you were cool with this, you can shove that "Happy Independence Day" up your ass.

Been so hot here lately that my pond critters seem to be having difficulty doing normal frog & snake things…

Just to reassure Texans, I went to a church primary school where we had to read the Bible every day. There’s no better way to create a generation of atheists.

The biggest mistake women in America ever made was not burning the country down the day Roe v. Wade was overturned. qasimrashid.substack.com/p/the-save-a...

Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient.

911? I’d like to report a murder…

It's not easy being meme-d. #Oh-Gee-I-See-Algae 👀

The movement is gaining momentum since June 1 when there were only 700 signatures. As of this morning, the petition has 33,478 signatures.

FIFA and the U.S. thought that by humiliating  Iran in the World Cup and making their logistics difficult, would turn the world against them. Instead, the amount of support they received throughout this tournament is unprecedented. They represented their country with dignity and humility. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Trump Tower in Chicago could soon be located on ‘Barack Hussein Obama Ave' A street sign marking the designation would be put up right outside Trump Tower if the ordinance is approved. I signed the petition & you can sign it too.

Katie Glaze, sustainability director for an infrastructure consultancy, pulled out of around nine sessions on how to adapt buildings for extreme climate due to transport issues.

I believe lawyers call this 'consciousness of guilt'.

I am flabbergasted that Trump hasn’t had the brilliant idea to drop a few of these Leaf Sheep into DC’s Reflection Pool. Of course, he would gloss over the “sea” part of “sea slug”, and neglect adding salt to the city water pumped into the pool…

Here’s another win against the Trump admin’s quest to quash climate data. Climate.us was built by former NOAA members & more than 2,500 small donations (~$250,000). More than 80 scientists have volunteered to serve as subject matter expert reviewers.

We are 100% in the fuck phase.

I think we just passed oops.

“If we lose, people might investigate us" is a helluva campaign pitch for "innocent" politicians.

I believe the life-saving treatment is Democratic Socialism…

With rising sea levels this is really encouraging news. #Greensky www.bbc.com/news/article...

Yet, with all the damage this psycho felon has done to the health and well-being of people around the globe, HIS is the life that science & modern medicine goes above and beyond to extend. In the brighter side: all meds can have horrible side effects, so we can still hope…

Police have released a sketch of the main suspect accused of defacing the reflecting pool.

Something I’ve glimpsed during the NBA finals and the World Cup are how much we need—and how much cities thrive on—experiences of shared joy. The understanding of how important this is (which might simply be the state of not being a sociopath) should be a big priority in 2028.