Even worse, Washington ordered Ukraine to stop hitting some targets in Russia which affected U.S. business deals, 🇺🇦ambassador to the States, @StefanishynaO is quoted as saying. In particular, strikes on Novorossiysk. Russia is allowed to keep hitting US businesses in Ukraine.

In competitive authoritarianism (US right now) there's often a "loyal opposition" that's essential to the regime. They are so wedded to "decorum," they go along with rites & rituals that help regime prop up veneer of normalcy, undermining clear view of regimes actions & aims.

trump is calling for banning congressional stock trading, but he leaves out the key detail: the reason there's a standstill right now is democrats want it to apply to trump and the white house, but trump issued a veto threat over that.

The President boasts of "no tax on tips", but this expires in 2028. He boasts of "no tax on overtime," but it is taxed, and the break expires in 2028. He boasts of "no tax on social security," but it is taxed, and his break expires in 2028. He also passed tax cuts for the rich. They're permanent.

Mike Johnson: "If we lost the midterms -- heaven forbid, if we lost the majority in the House -- it would be the end of the Trump presidency in a real effect."

I actually think the behavior of the Republicans in the audience has been more noteworthy than Trump’s speech itself. The braying, boorish jeers and yawps of a party fully given over to fascism.

Trump is babbling. Democrats are winning. Overperforming by 37 points in tonight’s Pennsylvania House special election.

I’m not watching, but this is the point where Dems should have rightly stood up and left the chamber en masse.

democrats should internalize that this is what their colleagues think of them and act accordingly

Remember: Four years of full-scale war Tonight at the Russian embassy, we reminded them.

To be totally clear—as I point out in the piece—this indicates the DOJ wanted this woman to help them in a child sex trafficking criminal investigation or prosecution against Donald Trump. They took her seriously.

EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS

I think the New York Times has become a psychology experiment in which they see how many times they can poke their remaining subscribers in the eye before they finally walk away

8. This reporting has created the false impression that the temporary 15% measure is on firmer legal footing than the tariffs that were just struck down by the Supreme Court. In reality, the new tariffs are just as illegal as the ones they replaced.

On the one hand, the Trump administration is telling Europeans to take care of their own defense. On the other hand, they are supporting leaders and parties who are pro-Russian, opposed to European unity and don't want Europe to defend Ukraine or anything else. Which is the policy?

The U.S. administration did not send a single representative to the official commemoration events marking the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, nor did it issue a single word through its embassy in Kyiv -- not even a standard diplomatic boilerplate.

Funny that many of the same Americans demanding voter ID laws understand perfectly what a constitutionally-protected right is...they're the ones open-carrying with signs bearing four words from the 2A: "shall not be infringed."

The Trump tariffs are the highest tax increase on the American public since World War II Yes, you read that correctly What's worse, he did it while taking health insurance away from 20 million people And giving $75 billion to ICE so they can hunt US citizens #TrumpTariffChaos

When the robot finds the 🐶 💩.

"The President Must Be Removed From Office" Zeteo is calling today for Donald Trump to be democratically removed from office, via impeachment or the 25th Amendment. The evidence, as laid out by Zeteo's @andrewperez.bsky.social in today's First Draft, suggests he is unfit. zeteo.com/p/time-for-t...

BREAKING Former ICE agent: On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

I know there is a lot, but this really does break a part of me. It is so lawless on so many levels — and each individual boat strike is a choice.

This is entirely correct and the reason why I have at times stepped in on similar bits of immigration misinformation/out of context comments. If you don't care about being right in the present, people will not trust you when you need them to in the future.

GOOD TROUBLE: Call your dem members of Congress and tell them to boycott the State of the Union *unless* they’re one of the members escorting Epstein survivors.

"Directed to Stand Down" What I discovered in the Epstein files on FBI/SDNY telling NYPD/Manhattan DA to back off Epstein investigations. At the time, Manhattan DA had reached out to a victim who'd just come forward. 1/2 Full video in second link

My new startup, GymBot: you hire one of our state of the art ai robots to go to the gym and work out for you.

Every now and then, I remember that JD Vance smashed the "like" button after reading this tweet, then went back and unliked it five years later when he ran for the Senate.

At least she did something that can be appealed to the 11th circuit: Judge Cannon permanently blocks release of the Jack Smith second volume on the Trump prosecutions.

"What is clear, however, is that the larger project is not simply about Republican dominance. The goal is to implement the vision of White Christian Nationalists — including a government and society where men are dominant and women submit." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-save-a...

Breaking: The Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon has permanently blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on the classified documents case — saying releasing the report would be unfair to Trump and his co-defendants.

anyway, every time you open an app that makes kiddie porn and being counted among their daily users you are willfully contributing to the creation of kiddie porn

Donald J. Targaryen, the Mad King

Me with a scoop/exclusive Five days after Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest, federal authorities “directed” NY law enforcement authorities to “stand down” their investigations related to Epstein, new documents released by the Department of Justice show. Part of new Timeline on NY and Epstein.

one of the main reasons i use this app over others is on bluesky im not contributing to kiddie porn production by simply opening the app and being one of the “daily users” used to generate revenue

"Prominent economists, including from Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase, calculate that the AI buildup was directly responsible not for 92 percent or 39 percent of gains to the U.S. economy in 2025, but as little as zero."

Listen to this 13 year old who went to her city's council meeting. She had some things she needed to get off her chest

alright well we can rule out the gold medal olympic hockey locker room in the nancy guthrie search

Which party is leading early primary turnout in each metro area? Week 1 comparison: 2022 → 2026 DFW: 🔴 R +25.2 → 🔵 D +14.2 Houston: 🔴 R +25.1 → 🔵 D +5.8 Austin: 🔵 D +6.5 → 🔵 D +40.3 San Antonio: 🔴 R +13.9 → 🔵 D +26.1 RGV: 🔵 D +54.0 → 🔵 D +60.4

ok, so i am real hesitant to rely too much on early voting numbers etc but this turnaround is real fucking sharp

Many, many years ago, before I enlisted in the army, I was advised to read the Constitution. To REALLY read it. ‘If you’re going to swear to defend it, if the possibility is there to lose your life defending it, you should know what it says.’ More people should have received this advice.

“Spending two to three times the cost to create what we already had access to makes absolutely no sense..." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.

She’s not just showing up; she’s burning the house down. "I think you're all pedophiles."

Here's how I read that Greenland thing: Greenland: Oh, hey! We had to rescue an American from that submarine you've got lurking 7 nautical miles offshore, who faced an urgent medical crisis. Trump, caught patrolling an ally: EMergency! I'll send a sick boat that's in the sick bay.

Ellison: I’ve been hearing a lot about paying rappers/influencers, offering them pardons, and not disclosing that they’re being compensated. They don’t even need to say, “Vote for Trump.” What they can say is, “None of these elections really matter anyway.” That kind of talk can swing an election.

Don’t support anyone who isn’t interested in justice and only “wants to unite.” There can be no harmony without justice.

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.