Call me a cynic, it I’m starting to get the sense Trump isn’t really sure what he’s doing on Iran.

Bluesky will forever be vindicated for never backing Platner. The left that stayed on X thought he was a good pick even after the nazi tattoo thing came out.

#OtD 6 Jul 1973 Rev Ray Broshears, a gay Pentecostal Evangelist, formed the Lavender Panthers, a group of armed street vigilantes who patrolled San Francisco to defend the LGBT+ community amidst increasing homophobic violence. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/be-...

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched 1. Australian Black Comedy by Peter Weir from the 1970s 2. Heartfelt romantic movie with Denzel Washington 3. Fun Adventure movie with B-movie acting 4. Very Dark Japanese Noir Thriller

www.zeit.de/2026/28/jill... Sehr spannendes Interview zur Lage in den USA und zur Geschichte des Landes

That the partisan Supreme Court ruled birthright citizenship, something expressly in the Constitution, is constitutional isn’t the story. The fact that such an obvious conclusion was in doubt is the story. We have a very corrupt Supreme Court.

‘LabourLGB’ the latest Labour Party hate group have just published a stinging Op-ed in LabourList (also edited by a transphobe because ofc lol) attacking the governments conversion therapy ‘ban’ labourlist.org/2026/06/labo...

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has endorsed incumbent Ed Markey for re-election, bolstering the progressive campaign against challenger Seth Moulton. https://azat.tv/en/bernie-sanders-endorses-ed-markey/

I always hate hearing the phrase that "trans people are the canary in the coal mine of how fascists will target you" because it implies that trans people are here to die to warn cis people that they should fight back.

If the Supreme Court is concerned about its declining public legitimacy and thinks too many Americans are calling the Supreme Court illegitimate, the majority could try not issuing bad faith rulings that illegitimately distort law in pursuit of undemocratic partisan power. That’s always an option.

The fact that this was nowhere near an unanimous decision is further proof that America cannot have a multiracial, multicultural democracy if the United States Supreme Court is allowed to continue to exist in its current form

The Title IX loss is most concerning. This will absolutely be used to enforce school bathroom bans. (and was the whole point of the far right pursuing sports ban in the first place)

Quick read of the trans sports decision.. *Categorical exclusion of trans athletes from sex-separated school sports is lawful under Title IX and equal protection *A biological-sex law is not a transgender classification *No as-applied challenges under intermediate scrutiny or rational basis

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jun The DC-based Daughters of American Revolution, once a right-wing bastion of white women, overwhelmingly votes to reject ban on trans women joining and require members to be "born female" by a vote of 1,481-984. You GO, grrrls. www.them.us/story/daught...

Wow, was für ein Kommentar! Mehr davon bitte!

The big issue with left-wing antisemitism, and the reason it's vital to discuss this and root it out, is that it completely invalidates every single left-wing argument about inclusivity, diversity, morality, and principles. Why would anyone trust anything else you say if you allow and excuse this?

There is no better tribute to Penelope Keith than the laughs Margot Moments is giving us all a full 50 years on from their first appearance. Let's raise a glass to Penelope and the role that will be forever associated with her. Bringing forward one I only really noticed recently...

Penelope Keith, star of The Good Life and To the Manor Born, dies aged 86

Tagesschau heute Meldung 1: Der Städte- und Gemeindebund ruft die Menschen wegen der Hitze dringend zum Wassersparen auf und droht mit Verboten. Meldung 2: Flughafen Hannover bewässert ununterbrochen Start- + Landebahnen, um den Flugbetrieb aufrechtzuerhalten. Kein Flug fällt aus. #Klimairrsinn

Die sechste und letzte Landratswahl in Brandenburg in diesem Jahr - und die nächste Niederlage für die AfD! In der Stichwahl in Ostprignitz-Ruppin gewinnt Amtsinhaber Reinhardt (SPD):

The height of irresponsibility. Part of the larger phenomenon of "#climate hushing."

We honor the courage of those who stood together at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969, whose resistance to a police raid ignited the modern movement for LGBTQ+ equality. Photo: Larry Morris

steady.page/de/nminkmar/... Sehr guter, erneut sehr treffender Kommentar von @nminkmar.bsky.social

Wenn nicht die ganze Zeit hier Rettungswagen rumlärmem würden, dann könnte man die politische Funkstille sicher besser wahrnehmen. Aber wahrscheinlich arbeiten die im Verkehrsministerium schon an einem Rettungsprogramm für die geplatzten Autobahnen.

Natürlich brauchen wir die Brandmauer. Angesichts russischer fascho botfabriken ist sie nötiger denn je. Unterhaltet euch nicht mit denen.

additionally, if there is ANY possible non racist motive for an explicitly racist action, Alito says you must accept it as the actual motivation. meanwhile, ANY use of race consciousness to prevent or alleviate discrimination is unconstitutional under “equal protection”

www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2026... Sehr guter, beunruhigender, aber auch hoffnungsvoller Artikel zur Machtlage in Sachsen-Anhalt

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched 1. Ancient Greek Tragedy 2. Danish Drama about poverty and family 3. Robert Redford as a ski star 4. Chuck Norris fights an unstoppable serial killer

Das Gutachten der Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte zeigt klar und fundiert: Die AfD ist nachweislich verfassungswidrig. Wir sollten jetzt ein Prüfverfahren für ein Verbot dieser rechtsextremen Partei beim Bundesverfassungsgericht auf den Weg bringen.

Robert Kagan on why Europe matters for liberal democracy, why appeasement has to stop (and Mark Rutte needs to shut up). (Quite a reversal by the inventor of the Mars/Venus-cliché!) www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Die @freiheitsrechte.org hat über ein Jahr geprüft, ob die AfD verfassungswidrig ist und ein Gutachten erstellt. Das ist das Ergebnis:

Spot on. None of what I’m upset about is about left vs. center. It’s a very comforting story to tell yourself, “oh, they just don’t like left-wing candidates.” Wrong. The problem is that Dirtbagism is taking hold in the party, and once it does, we don’t get it back.

"In der Summe [...] bedrohe die Politik der AfD 'so viele Personen in teils existenzieller Weise', dass die 'üblichen Sicherungen' des Grundgesetzes [...] nicht mehr greifen würden. Projektleiter Moini sagte [...], nach seiner Einschätzung hätte ein Verbotsantrag [...] 'wahrscheinlich Erfolg'."

NYT has more details

Ebenso bekannte Vertreter*innen der religiösen Rechten/Evangelikale wie Birgit Kelle und Johannes Hartl, dieser wie schon im letzten Jahr. Dazu gab es hier www.kirche-und-leben.de/artikel/arc-... eine gute Einordnung von @ajournomento.bsky.social.

Gerade treffen sich in London Vertreter der extremen Rechten, Abtreibungsgegner und Klimaleugner. Mitten drin nicht nur britische Spitzenpolitiker, sondern auch Besuch aus Deutschland, Ralf Höcker etwa. Und, sogar als Speaker: Mathias Döpfner, Vorstandsvorsitzender von Axel Springer.

One of the more bizarre aspects of American politics for a European or Canadian observer is how what in Ottawa, Brussels or Rome comes across as boring milquetoast Social Democracy will be inevitably portrayed in the United States as harbingers of the next Leninist Red Terror