Maine’s Dem nominee for governor, Hannah Pingree, says Platner should drop out. Also posts: “Platner tapped into something real — voters hungry for change showed up with real passion and energy. That energy doesn't have to go away. It needs a new candidate to carry it forward.”

Platner has royally screwed his party and his state. He should get no right to dictate anything other than a letter of apology in which he withdraws from the race and then leaves public life.

A disturbing number of Trump voters don’t even remember Trump was president when COVID hit. They blame Biden instead. Yes, they really are that fucking stupid. Post anything here: interactink.vercel.app

this explains so much tbh lol

Susan Collins right now

look I like the song but does anyone actually call Steve Miller the space cowboy

Who's going to stop them? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"According to VAR guidelines, slow-motion replay should be used only to identify the exact point of contact on a potential foul. But in the Balogun case, officials used it to determine intent and severity...." -- of course FIFA's disciplinary committee can correct this .

I talked to @eringloriaryan.bsky.social about the "everything is gender" view of politics The latest from my newsletter:

They’re five-year-olds! He’s sharing videos of a bunch of happy five-year-olds in order to harm them! It’s inhuman, we must rid ourselves of these men

PSA: simply not weighing in on a sport you clearly don't follow is always an option

There are still miracles every day …….

Strange. I rarely hear the news talking about fascism or kleptocracy, the real threats we’re currently facing.

Trump is now using his platform to attack kindergarteners because they are Muslim

Run on this! It's a real thing! People want to hang out IRL but hanging out IRL is too expensive.

NEW: The ICE office that customarily probes employee misconduct is being refocused to investigate ICE critics, opening hundreds of "doxing and threat" cases and subpoenaing tech companies to unmask anonymous posters. Detention facility inspections, meanwhile, are plummeting. by @regret.bsky.social

There is no reason to concede that this is a live issue. It’s settled law and clear text and even the original legislative debate about the 14A makes clear what the words on the paper mean apply-liberally.ghost.io/birthright-c...

This 20+ year sheriff allegedly told his deputies to target Latino residents and referred to them as “taco eaters.” Now he could be ousted in a country that’s grown increasingly competitive. One of the most noteworthy elections these midterms for ICE policy — these local races are pivotal.

I think the AI boom is the best thing to happen to humanities students in years because one cycle of "AI savvy" graduates as employees is all it'll take for like 90% of employers to peace out and go looking for people who have actual skills

wife attempted local 4th of July 5k, reports no MAGA paraphernalia and a white boy whose red white and blue chest paint read “LOVE DEMOCRACY HATE RACISM” again, this is Montana

BASH: The president's armored motorcade of SUVs, which can weigh up to 20,000 pounds, drove across that new coating of the reflecting pool. Could that have damaged it? BURGUM: No. There was no damage that night whatsoever.

The United States 1957 vs. 2026: The same vibe, an innocent black girl surrounded by the same damn problem, white supremacy.

"Biden was visibly dying" is a claim that needs to grapple with the fact that he's very much alive currently.

idk its interesting to me to think back on how much of the "reporting" about how hopelessly senile Biden was came from Olivia Nuzzi

They’re doing this today because the car dealership was closed so their dads could drive them to the bus station.

This time next year Trump will be undergoing his third impeachment. Let’s raise a glass to that. 🍸

Despite the hope and hype, at times the Democrats annual convention had uncomfortable parallels with 2018, when the last blue wave turned out to be little more than a message written in the sand when it came to the top of the ballot.

Sorry to lib out but I guess my thought on the Fourth is that if it wasn’t possible for this country to really be an egalitarian multiracial democracy someday, the most disgusting people alive wouldn’t be trying so hard to foreclose that possibility

Bluesky users finally becoming employable

I hope you had a great 4th. Next year, if we vote, they’ll be the lamest ducks in US history.

There were two entities: America 250, a bipartisan organization chartered by Congress, and Freedom 250, a Trump-backed group. Companies intending to donate to America250 were supplied routing and account numbers that directed their funds to Freedom 250. wapo.st/4fe4Whs

I am the ultimate “Quakers as the American white hats” Stan but it’s also very funny that the only Quaker Presidents were Hoover and Nixon.

You want a Netflix series that would rock? Follow Paine, from strikes in England to the American and French Revolutions to almost being guillotined to being saved by James Monroe to getting pissed at Adams and Washington and them abandoning him. Hamilton pales by comparison plot-wise.

Thomas Paine is my favorite founding father. He was famously abolitionist and one of the earliest voices to point out the hypocrisy of fighting for independence while keeping slaves. He also firmly believed that keeping any friendship which required compromising your morals made you a bad person.

Donald Trump's corruption is allowing him to do what he never achieved in his business career. He's finally making a profit.

No because a dolphin engagement ring is the highest expression of love possible a Marine can give to his stripper girlfriend. This is the peak of military romance, especially in the 90s. You guys just don't get it.

Yes. When your own liberties are in danger and you’re daydreaming about fixing a war far away, that is indeed a sign of great privilege.

I hold these truths to be conditional and subject to independent verification

Hunter Biden declares he will officially nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize... ... because he ended the same war (Iran) 38 times (as CNN has counted) and no president before him ever did that. It's a masterclass in trolling.

I want to see that and Nomadland

anti-American revolution Catholic trads will forever be my favorite trad subculture

We miss the Reiner's so much, but something tells me Rob would have wanted this. Rob Reiner Bashes Trump as George Washington in Larry David HBO Show variety.com/2026/tv/news...

The thing is, Gutfeld knows how it works. But to work where he does, for the audience they serve, he has to pretend to be stupid

I think we did really reach the upper limits of meringue

Happy Fourth of July from Willie and me!

He’s not even in office anymore and he’s still more presidential than the man who is.

I hear America singing.

The men were clothed in outfits associated with White nationalist organization Patriot Front.

Discussing betting on the World Cup, and online gambling and indigenous American reservations, and speculating that there must be limits on the immunity thus provided, and wondering if in fact it would be legal for reservations to have abortion clinics on reservations. Anyone know?