To be clear: This is funding for what the State Department calls "civilizational allies" - MAGA-aligned people and parties in Europe, who share their disdain for human rights and their preference for ethnically pure societies and a totally unregulated internet

The Sobering State of the U.S. Evangelical Mind

15 July 1931 | A French Jewish girl, Berthe Pakman, was born in Paris. In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

"We need to get it off the books...something that is fundamentally bad policy, unsustainable and needs to be put back in a bottle. I've said that the 1776 Fund has to be certainly and completely ended..." - Sen. Thom Tillis

13 July 1935 | Czech Jewish boy, Jiří Treichlinger, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 1 February 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber with his sister Eva after the arrival selection.

JUST IN: 13th straight rejection of DOJ's legal effort to compel states to turn over their voter rolls. George W. Bush-appointed Judge Thomas Johnston wonders what DOJ is really driving at. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Another ICE public execution. These fuckers need to be "stopped cold". www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

Maine is in absolute outrage! Protesters took over Senator Susan Collins’ office chanting "VOTE HER OUT" after an ICE thug brutally executed a 26-year-old Colombian man. We demand immediate accountability for this state-sponsored murder! Enough is enough!

US FORCES DID NOT STRIKE KHARG ISLAND IN IRAN: CENTRAL COMMAND

13 July 1932 | A German Jewish girl, Lonny Krotoschiner, was born in Berlin. In March 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

Senator L. Graham passed away.

11 July 1920 | A Czech Jewish woman, Alice Konirschová, was born in Most. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

BREAKING: Democrat Rebecca Cooke is now leading MAGA Republican Derrick Van Orden by 4 points in Wisconsin's 3rd District. This is a vital swing seat for Democrats to win in November and flip the house.

6 July 1894 | Jewish man, Paolo Goldfrucht (later Melauri), was born in Lviv. He emigrated to Italy. He was arrested in Florence in December 1943. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Milan on 30 January 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

A monumental week for the Supreme Court. While executive power expands over independent agencies, the court drew an iron-clad line in the sand to protect individual constitutional rights. Watch this weekend's news audit with Josh Gillespie. #PrinciplesFirst

5 July 1934 A French Jewish girl, Jacqueline Rajter, was born in Villerupt. In September 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

4 July 1942 | A French Jewish girl, Suzanne Hasman, was born in Paris. In February 1944 she was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- ▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://bit.ly/4ql4LTV

5 July 1934 | A French Jewish girl, Jacqueline Rajter, was born in Villerupt. In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

📖 Voices of Memory vol. 1 - The Evacuation, Liquidation, and Liberation of Auschwitz It includes a historical outline, accounts, photographs, and documents. #eBook: https://books.auschwitz.org/en_US/p/E-BOOK-Voices-of-Memory-1.-The-Evacuation%2C-Liquidation%2C-and-Liberation-of-Auschwitz/458

4 July 1930 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Betty Kitty Verveer, was born in The Hague. In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

A Pulitzer-worthy photo with a Black woman looking directly into the camera with a raised eyebrow while surrounded by racist right-wing thugs on the 250th birthday of America.

Miles Davis... Amsterdam, 1957. Photo by Ed Van Der Elsken #jazzsky

"Think of doing something good." A fragment of a testimony of Eva Mozes Kor, an Auschwitz survivor, founder of the Candles Museum, recorded on 28 June 2019 at the Auschwitz Memorial Eva passed away six days later, on 4 July 2019. https://t.co/YARctrzFtS

3 July 1932 | A German Jewish boy, Leo Klausner, was born in Frankfurt am Main. He emigrated to France. In Aug 1942 he was deported from Pithiviers to Auschwitz & murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. - ▶ The first two gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

PODCAST | Criminal pseudo-medical experiments in Auschwitz German doctors conducted experiments on concentration camp prisoners. Listen about the medical crimes in Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/criminal-pseudomedical-experiments-in-auschwitz/

Before you get snobbish about e-readers, remember that they allow large text for those with sight disabilities, alternate fonts for those with dyslexia, and can be laid down flat for those lacking mobility in their hands. That last point is especially helpful for me right now. Go e-readers!

"The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark". A gift link here: lnkd.in/dAYq6ydz

For the first time in years, Christian families have returned to celebrate the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle in the city of Ras al-Ayn, in northwestern Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria.

Ep140: The Bartons' Myths about the Declaration of Independence, with Warren Throckmorton from Rick Pidcock and Baptist News Global youtu.be/4DnPIe4E-Fk?... via @YouTube

America's gun psychopathy continues: *250* mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔 😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 2 people killed and 2 wounded, at a gas station in Chicago, Ill.: abc7chicago.com/post/chicago...

JUST IN: Judge Paul Friedman (Clinton/DC) gives Pentagon two weeks to get relief from DC Circuit, otherwise policy requiring escorts will be lifted for NYT reporters. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Infuriating to finish an article in what I thought was a reputable local paper and see this at the bottom

#BREAKING: #SCOTUS *denies* certiorari in one of the two E. Jean Carroll cases ("Carroll II," to the folks who follow closely). That presumably clears the way for Carroll to collect the $5 million judgment (the $83.3 million judgment in Carroll I remains under appeal):

26 June 1900 | A Czech Jewish woman, Božena Rauchová, was born in Soběslav. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

27 June 1933 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Sarah Elizabeth van der Heijm, was born in Rotterdam. Her family emigrated to France. In 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

America's gun psychopathy continues: *242* mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔 😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest: 4 people -- including an 11-yr-old child -- were wounded after a dispute over trash escalated into gunfire (Houston, Texas): www.fox26houston.com/news/houston...

If you live in a major American city, scenes like this are probably happening near you. Intensive "boot camps," teaching men how to talk to and pick up women, are taking place across the country as people grapple to recover a lost art: face-to-face conversation. https://cnn.it/3QETCli

Noncitizens don’t vote. The right wing Heritage Foundation did the most comprehensive study on it. Since 1982, something like 7 to 8 billion votes cast in elections in this country, and they found roughly 100-200 cases of noncitizens voting. Do the math. It ain’t an issue.

Florida's DeSantis confirmed that an infamous imprisonment camp for the immigrants was closed.

Really hoping someone files a FOIA into this and gets some investigatory material, because there is not a single shred of doubt that her post is protected free speech under the First Amendment and agents SHOULD know that. She literally identified the source of her information as a newspaper!

Everyone needs to understand what is at stake... 👇

Justice Thomas, writing only for himself, says that the Fifth Amendment's due process clause does not guarantee equal protection.

Oh my GOD

Very weird…a substantial portion of federal criminal law is derived from Congress’ Commerce Clause authority (and most of it has nothing to do with actual “commerce”)

25 June 1678: Elena Cornaro Piscopia philosopher becomes the first woman to be awarded a ‘laurea’, a doctorate from the university in #Padua Cathedral #otd

"This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades." -Republican Senator Bill Cassidy. That's just one of the many Republican voices expressing discontent with Iran MOU.

Cartoonist: Daniel Goris

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks DOJ from seeking NYC trans care information via grand jury subpoena. Judge Failla's temporary restraining order is the first such ruling in DOJ's recent escalation in its effort to go after gender-affirming medical care for minors. Today, at Law Dork:

A Statement on behalf of the Australia Cartoonists Association regarding the murder of exiled Russian cartoonist Robert Kuzovkov, aka Semyon Skrepetsky.

Love this! Something joyful. ♥️