Patrick “Paddy” O’Rourke, an Irish immigrant who graduated the top cadet of the West Point class of 1861, was killed in action on July 2, 1863 leading the 140th New York Infantry Regiment to save the Union position on Little Round Top which was on the verge of collapse. He was 26 years old.

"A stark reversal for Trump, who negotiated and signed the USMCA deal in 2018 after he pulled out of the North American Free Trade Agreement. A year later, Trump called the USMCA “the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA” in a social media post." www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

Pratchettism.

Gettysburg, Day 2. Let's hear it for Maine!

Gettysburg, Day 2.

Gettysburg, Day 2.

Gettysburg, Day 2.

Gettysburg, Day 2.

Gettysburg, Day 2.

Gettysburg, Day 2.

I'm thinking he likes to wear sheets...

George guarding his personal catnip plant.

Morning coffee. Toss in the humidity, and those 90+ degree highs morph into "feels like" highs about 10 degrees higher.

Another story from my current book project about the experience of enslaved laborers during the battle of Gettysburg. #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

My idea for Supreme Court reform: fewer Catholics, term limits, and nobody gets confirmed unless they can explain the First Amendment without reaching for holy water.

Every religion has a food rule that sounds like somebody got diarrhea once and made it everyone’s problem.

I’m going to take a wild guess and say that not one dime went to veterans.

VARGAS: Trump revealed that he and family raked in $2b. Does that make it harder for Republicans like you to argue that he has their affordability in mind? MIKE LAWLER: I can tell you one-party Democratic rule in NY has not resulted in affordability VARGAS: You didn't answer my question

Stock trades by President. The blatant corruption is just staggering

Socialism for the wealthy, feudalism for everyone else.

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.

Happy Canada Day

You were found GUILTY and ALL Appeals FAILED. And you continue to lie. It's time to pay up.

If we could tax their egos we’d wipe out the national debt.

Not everyone…

FOX NEWS: The money Trump has made while in office -- there's also a story about his sons making money off a deal in Kazakhstan. What's the White House's response? WH SPOX ANNA KELLY: Americans wanted a businessman in office. He's had a tremendously successful career.

Your Wednesday trivia.

Demanding a constitutional amendment to solve a fringe immigration issue is like remodeling your house coz your sink got clogged.

NEWSNATION: Iran is still firing at us. Do you worry that Iran isn't as decimated as the White House claims? REP. TONY WIED: They really have nothing left militarily NN: But they launched missiles at the beginning of the week, sir WIED: Certainly a difficult situation, but I trust the president

But can’t pay his legal obligations? bsky.app/profile/kyle...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy: 📌 “Russia will not stop the war just because someone asks it to. Putin wants to continue the war, therefore it is important to make it impossible for them to keep it going.”

"By Tuesday afternoon, Johnson ... conceded he could not regain control of the chamber and instructed members to leave Washington early. It’s the second straight week that GOP leaders have had to scrap their plans, this time losing out on nearly an entire week’s agenda." - CNN

They shot the messenger. No data, no bad outcomes, amirite? MAGA!

"A man who has blown all his options can't afford the luxury of changing his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever he has left, and he can't afford to admit — no matter how often he's reminded of it — that every day of his life takes him farther and farther down a blind alley." ~ Hunter S. Thompson

This reminds me of the overly ornate displays made by a well-known central European regime in the 1930s. Perhaps we should rename the White House to the Reichstag to complete the transformation?

Gettysburg, first day.

Gettysburg, first day.

Gettysburg, first day.

Gettysburg, first day.

Gettysburg, first day.

Gettysburg, first day.

Gettysburg, first day.