underappreciated that the racist and lawless position adopted by 4 justices in the birthright citizenship case a few days ago was considered and rejected by justices in *1898* who were like oh woof that's too racist and lawless even for us ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...

Great save! ⚽️🇪🇬

Mamdani: "Those who led through exclusion & isolation have tried to win power & enrich themselves by turning us against one another ... today, too many of our leaders do not believe in a vision of this nation as an asylum for the persecuted, but rather as one that persecutes those seeking asylum"

"hey, is your dog socialized?" Buddy, I’m not socialized, so...

It's not appropriate for cis people to say that trans people are too alarmed, or that certain trans writers are irresponsibly causing trans people to think the sky is falling. I want to take some time in this 🧵 to write personally about how my skies have fallen.

“the US constitution is a thing of beauty. But Trump has revealed its great weakness. Which is that it cannot enforce itself.”

California is returning a stretch of coast to Indigenous tribes. "This is beyond huge," says J. Carlos Rivera, chairman of the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians. "Protecting the land, it has a deeper meaning for us." @alex-wigglesworth.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

The entire city is on edge right now. It’s 96 degrees, we’re interrupted every 5 min by the sound of low-flying fighter jets, and the president has managed to ruin July 4th. Quietly muttering to myself: “just wait until IT happens. Everyone will be so happy when IT happens. It’ll be incredible…”

Cops are thugs

Courts ruled military deployments into U.S. cities illegal. The administration kept going. A veteran explains why this should alarm everyone. www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-milita...

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

I like this syllabus of Critical Patriotism. Much of my life has been reading the many, many texts on how Black Americans have rethought and revisited American Patriotism. Best recent text of Critical Patriotism:

CHALLENGES FOR DISABLED FOLKS: More people are outside now, enjoying nice weather & July 4th. Many of us us forget there are folks with disabilities, some of which are hidden. Please be kind… I like this U.K. bumper sticker: “I don’t look disabled? You don’t look like a twat. But there you go.” :-)}

i text’d my wife that i was having a bad day and to cheer me up she sent me a picture of our cheese drawer in the fridge

Amazing to me that the 250th anniversary of the establishment of our country has devolved into a nationwide "let's not and say we did."

"Days after the two children, a boy and a girl, were found dead, Shaw and her husband appeared on a podcast produced by Children's Health Defense, an anti-vaccine organization formerly led by current U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr." people.com/mom-claimed-...

Just a reminder. I'm always surprised how many people aren't aware of this. #Libraries

Find and replace all has been around for a while now

I hope State AGs are keeping track of all the lawlessness so when this asshole is finally out of office he, his family & friends will be unable to travel to any blue state without going to prison

Good job guys!!

“lost $33K on a stupid Trump memecoin scheme and blames Democrats for it” I think we did it team, I think we found Peak MAGA Guy

UK doctors have suggested that emergency contraception should be sold in corner shops and gas stations, after a poll highlighted public concerns about accessing it, especially on weekends and after 10pm.

I converted to Catholicism last week. Here‘s why Pope Leo was wrong to excommunicate the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X

The air conditioning at the Delaney Hall concentration camp failed today, so now people are roasting inside as temperatures rise above 100 degrees. It's so hot they can't breathe.

They lie

This is Harley. She's never rolled down a hill before, but she's super proud of her first attempt. 13/10 nailed it (TT: jesskoselke)

All of Bluesky currently:

Nothing says happy birthday USA like imprisoning a Team USA Olympic athlete.

Sorry, what is going on with seashells?

Croatia!!!!!! ⚽️

InfoWars is now live.

We're so starving for consequences we're reading Vatican press releases

there are three kinds of people: 1) “five minutes!” “thank you, five!” 2) “five minutes!” “heard!” 3) everyone else

April Wilkens was incarcerated for killing her ex-fiancé after years of abuse and police reports that went nowhere. There are no “perfect victims,” and her story was complicated. Under a new law, could she have a second chance at freedom? Listen: https://propub.li/3Rb28Zo

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I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best goats I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each goat in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

america has a fun shortage and it's important we talk about it (decline in third spaces, etc etc)

I want deep forensic accounting of all the theft this admin and their pals have done And consequences Every penny paid back Grifters in prison

I’m not gonna even talk about how much is required to live in LA, but the average annual salary in the U.S. for 2026 is $66,622 This should be absolutely unacceptable to every American UNACCEPTABLE

I wrote about the Supreme Court's latest disgusting anti-trans ruling. I wrote about it because I refuse to act like taking away constitutional rights and allowing legal discrimination is okay just because it's happening to people who don't poll well in a diner in Ohio. In @thenation.com

A nation of immigrants. This interactive map lets you zoom in by census track on which countries of origin are most prominent where. Super cool. Happy 4th. Gift link 🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Do it bud You keep on pushing yourself 🙏

Can everyone just step back and realize how insane it is that the US Supreme Court had to rule on the constitutionality of the US CONSTITUTION and the vote to uphold the Constitution wasn't unanimous!!!

Timely heat wave reminder that if you have a car, is not expensive to get a 24 pack of supermarket brand bottled water and keep it in your trunk and pull over to offer it to people who look like they are having a hard fucking time. Helping also makes you feel a little less helpless

this doesn't even have the full context which makes it funnier