Thanks to Republicans in Congress and Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill"... An Indiana 40-year old, making $65k per year, who last year was paying $316/month for health insurance, will next year be paying $546/month for that same plan: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"He was at least the eighth person to die during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign. No immigration officers have been charged in the killings and video footage in several previous shootings has contradicted the accounts of federal officers..." apnews.com/article/ice-...

What we already know is horrific. Imagine how bad discovery would be if the government is willing to pay our fees (something the government doesn’t readily do) just to avoid it.

“a relentlessly tendentious piece of trash…” www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

Now they want to open a new for-profit Trump prison camp for children: apnews.com/article/ice-...

They took her rosary away from her. www.ms.now/news/ice-arr...

"Trump pardoned a business partner of infamous Jack Abramoff, kingpin of the massive corruption scandal that rocked DC in the 2000s. The man, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and mail fraud conspiracy, has donated nearly $4 million to GOP campaigns..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump "extends gun rights to buyers who had faced restrictions because of mental illness..." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...

"The Tommy Tuberville Foundation’s treasurer couldn’t say whether the senator had kept his promise. 'Coach has to live with that himself, I know what he said and I know what he promised — me and the people heard that,' he said. 'I’m not trying to cover for him'....” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

“This is a real win,” he said. “It is not the end of the fight though, and we’re not walking away until this prison camp is shut down for good.” www.newsfromthestates.com/article/agre...

"In nearly every state, the official humanities nonprofits created by a congress to help make history and literature accessible to all Americans had to give up their 250th anniversary planning when DOGE pulled their federal funding..." www.notus.org/agencies/dog...

“You can significantly politicize the federal workforce by firing them, and then loosening the standards and restrictions on which you bring people in...” www.notus.org/agencies/dog...

Montana's Trump-endorsed Republican U.S. Senate nominee... www.huffpost.com/entry/montan...

this is why we can't have nice things. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...

"Kennedy’s health department added several new members to a panel that will review some peptides next month. At least seven of the members have ties to peptide-related businesses and clinics..." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

criticism and pushback and defiance from a group of americans that trump and republicans really truly do not want to face: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Ry...

To be crystal clear here -- the nun was **wearing her habit** and walking to Sunday mass when ICE arrested her and hauled her off: apnews.com/article/nun-...

Donald Trump's idea of "The worst of the worst". ICE arrests Catholic nun from the Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy congregation while she was on her way to Sunday Mass. South Texas lawmakers scramble to intervene with ICE to get her released: www.tpr.org/news/2026-06...

if you have enjoyed how trump/republicans' "big beautiful bill" sent your health insurance premiums skyrocketing... then you'll love what the bill is about to do to your student loans, starting wednesday: www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...

"the ferris wheel shut down" "the ice cream melted" "a display of the Confederate flag was removed" "almost-empty or understaffed booths" "limited food options" "no lines to get in, the lawn fairly void of people" "entertainers outnumbered guests at points..." www.notus.org/trump-white-...

"High primary turnout among Black voters has given Democrats hope for upset wins in the South..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

"Greenwater Services got a no-bid contract and is partly owned by a twice-convicted felon who is a Trump friend..." www.wsj.com/us-news/linc...

Trump and Republicans radically raised health insurance premium costs -- doubling them on average -- and so 5 million Americans who used to have health insurance now can't afford it. More than half the people who have this kind of health insurance live in GOP districts: www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...

"The door, locked. Its windows boarded up. The only indicator of what might have been is a green sign at the top of the entryway: 'African-American History'. "The would-be exhibit is one of dozens that were scrubbed from federal land by the Trump administration..." www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...

so… (1) north carolina declines to pay to put up state booth at trump “state fair”. + (2) random republican congressional staffer does state booth instead = (3) cue the “confederate flag at north carolina booth” headlines… www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Ossoff: "This is what happens when you send your son in law Jared to cosplay as a diplomat. Despite zero qualifications, Prince Jared was tapped to lead Middle East diplomacy. Now remember Jared's slush fund already got $2 billion from the Saudi Crown Prince ... "

Trump ripped up the walkway between the West Wing and the mansion to replace it with polished African granite carved in Italy. "Paid for by me," he claimed. Except that's not true. Taxpayers paid $689,232, per documents obtained by @michaelscherer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

"Visitors could look at a smaller-scale model of Mr. Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch. Its vinyl covering — stapled over a wood frame and emblazoned with the words 'One Nation Under God' — had already started buckling..." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/u...

"The administration’s partial retreat follows months of opposition by those groups..." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

usa today headline: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

OK, but does anyone know how he got home? www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

“They hope that they can slink away in the middle of the night without explaining to anyone what they did, why they did it, or how they proposed to clean up the mess that they’ve made... And we don’t intend to let them get away with it.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u...

Trump and Republicans "Big Beautiful Bill" has already taken food assistance away from more than 770,000 American kids: www.propublica.org/article/snap...

“That’s a recipe not just for a politicized military, but an authoritarian military,” he said. “That’s the way militaries work in Russia and China and North Korea.” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

"The fiasco is shattering Trump’s myth that his approach to problem-solving — cutting corners, controversial no-bid contracts, rushed timelines, etc. — is somehow superior to his predecessors’..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Nancy Lacore, a former Navy admiral who was fired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, won the Democratic nomination for the First Congressional District of South Carolina.

“Given the signals that we’ve received from this administration, all of the ways they have acted to intervene in elections and to insert DOJ in election processes in a way that is inappropriate, we would be foolish to not be prepared,” she said. “So we are prepared." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Here's an idea. Instead of giving MAGA your millions, fight back a litte. "The Disney-owned broadcast network launched an on-air campaign Monday urging viewers to weigh in against the Federal Communications Commission’s early review of its broadcast licenses." www.wsj.com/business/med... Gift link

"Frustrated by a city council that has refused to oppose the opening of an immigration detention center, community activists in Surprise, Arizona are hoping residents will agree to disincorporate the city, stripping away the council’s power...." azmirror.com/2026/06/17/f...

"He doesn't know anyone detained at the center, but he says he was there because of his faith... 'If you're a Christian, you care about people and their treatment and their circumstances,' he said. 'The least we can do is be here for them'..." www.krgv.com/videos/prote...

Father's Day this weekend at Delaney Hall immigrant prison in New Jersey. photos: Sussex Visibility Brigade