Hundreds of uniformed members of what appeared to be Patriot Front, a white supremacist group, marched through D.C. and toward the Capitol. Their faces covered in white masks, the men carried flags — some upside down, others Confederate — as they chanted, “Reclaim America!” https://wapo.st/3QQfkCX

100 years ago.

Fascists marching in the capital, assured of protection from their President and indifference from much the plutocratic media, marking the 250th anniversary of the American experience.

It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.

The anti-vax group formerly led by Robert Kennedy Jr. has been promoting the story of a woman who says vaccines killed her 18-month-old twins. She’s the lead plaintiff in the group’s lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics. Well, now she’s been charged with suffocating the toddlers.

Trump lost the 2020 election. Georgia voters made their voices heard, and he's still trying to silence them.   Stop weaponizing the FBI. Stop intimidating Georgia voters. And stop undermining our democracy.

I spoke with @chrislhayes.bsky.social about yesterday’s decision in the birthright citizenship case. That this was not a unanimous decision by the Court should mute any inclination to celebrate unreservedly.

The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Essential reading I’ve gifted it

ICE officers have arrested people at check-ins with immigration authorities, during traffic stops and on the street. The push has apparently yielded results, with recent arrest numbers roughly doubling from the 1,000 picked up each day earlier this year. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

BREAKING MS NOW: The FBI is surging resources into what it calls a "priority" investigation related to the 2020 election in Georgia — an extraordinary effort to find nonexistent evidence to support Trump's election lies.

to mark the 250th i wrote about the ways that black americans did vital work to invest the declaration of independence with the universalism and egalitarianism that we now see as its core promise. (gift link)

Justice Brown Jackson's argument for birthright citizenship is very moving. I recommend reading it in full. An excerpt with alt-text below. “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” — KBJ

here is what i think: we're not consumers or spectators, we are participants with agency. you should not hope that democrats will do anything. you must work to force them to do the right thing. the odds are long, but we are far from the first americans to face long odds. we will win.

really cannot be emphasized enough that the drafters of the birthright clause very much considered cases analogous to undocumented immigrants and *included them too*

All of these cases are basically litmus tests for any Dem nominee. Are immigrants Americans? Do trans Americans deserve human rights? Are corporations superhumans who get to spend endlessly on elections to put whoever they want into power? These are simple questions with simple answers.

Basically the Supreme Court is 5-4 on whether America is white man's country

🚨VICTORY: Supreme Court holds that federal Election Day statutes do not prevent Mississippi from counting absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterwards A huge victory for our clients and the Elias Law Group team. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The especially fun thing about this is that the mainstream papers of record will continue to run stories about how some random thing a Democrat said is "raising the temperature" and inciting violence while not writing about this at all

Good morning!

Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now the biggest threat to this country are not a handful of House candidates in New York, it is the president of the United States who is trying to destroy American democracy."

Ossoff: "When they gathered in Atl to remove Black elected officials not by defeating them at the polls, but by manipulating maps to dilute minority power, they saw you mobilize & they backed down. A wave is building ... let's make sure they hear it down at Mar-a-Lago, that GA will bow to no king!"

I now fervently believe this. Relatedly, I think celebrating good news and embracing joy are equally radical. You have to remember what you’re fighting for. We cannot sustainably organize around sorrow.

NEW: A spokesperson for U.S. Health and Human Services confirmed to Stateline on Friday that the agency is canceling 53 out of 67 grants, worth about $68 million, under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, affecting grantees in more than two dozen states.

The Supreme Court changes only when people make it. @courtacctability.bsky.social's Alex Aronson said it best at our event: the Court is the Wizard of Oz. They’re not deities, they are accountable to the people.

Disgraceful. We are in the hands of people who have such deep contempt for us. Justices Clash on Whether Race Played a Role in Trump’s Bid to Deport Haitians www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/u...

Now in post form www.thenation.com/article/soci...

John Roberts' Constitution forbids any attempt to proactively ameliorate racial discrimination and racial inequality, but permits open racial discrimination as long as there is a facially neutral explanation available, even if it isn't remotely plausible. This, my friends, is "Colorblindness."

BREAKING: In a huge win, a federal court blocked parts of Trump's executive order targeting mail voting. The judge halted: ✔️A mandate to create lists of verified U.S. citizens eligible to vote in each state. ✔️ USPS' decision to only mail absentee ballots from certain individuals.

What if it is not a civil war but just the natural evolution of a party at a moment of generational transition?

🚨BREAKING: Postmaster General David Steiner told senators that, under a new proposed rule, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Breaking news: Federal judges in Texas gave eight members of an alleged “antifa cell” prison sentences as long as 100 years for their roles last summer in a protest that turned violent outside an ICE facility.

This Juneteenth, as efforts to dilute Black voting power continue across the South, we’re reminded that liberation “on paper” is not enough. Those in power want you to feel powerless. Don’t. We, the people, are powerful beyond measure when we use it to fight for what is right.

This Juneteenth kicks off Freedom Summer – a season of action to mobilize communities, register voters, and protect the vote. We’re proud to join the coalition of civil rights, faith, labor, and community orgs making that happen. Learn how you can join and take action ⬇️

We are not about to let this out-of-control administration ruin our Black joy. Especially not during Juneteenth! Happy Juneteenth y’all!

Today I am moved by power of this example of how Black people hold our own history. Without museums. W/o official declarations or monuments. In community. Happy Juneteenth!

pete hegseth is engaged in open racial discrimination against black officers. the clear message is that there is no place for black or women leadership in his military

Happy Juneteenth! 161 years ago today, the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were finally freed. Let us celebrate our ancestors’ strength and resilience, and remind ourselves of the work we still have to do to create the future they dreamed of.

”Juneteenth Has Always Been About Black Liberation” by Kaitlyn Greenidge for Harper’s Bazaar. An oral history, as told by members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of The Black Panther Party. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

Gov. Brian Kemp (R) could still call another special session later this year — and if Republicans lose the midterms, they could try to lock in a 2028 advantage by passing new maps before Kemp leaves office next year. Read the full story:

This is just straightforward white nationalist great replacement rhetoric, the kind of thing that would have been confined to neo-Nazi forums a decade ago. Multiple mass shooters in recent years believed exactly this.

this is a story about a person who fled to seattle because their life was threatened because of who they are, the other a person who fled seattle because he was a selfish and entitled person who felt out of place these are not the same www.npr.org/2026/06/08/n...

Georgia’s primary runoff election is today. Here’s what you need to know about the race, the candidates and more: https://bit.ly/4dx8Jo2 🖋️ : Chris Joyner 📸 : Ben Gray for the AJC

A Muslim Texan hoping to participate in the state Republican convention left in tears after after being told explicitly that he should leave the country. bit.ly/4eo3nfd

🗣️NO RACIST MAPS That’s what World Cup fans are seeing as Atlanta hosts its first game. After the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wants to rig our voting maps. Silencing Black and brown Georgians is the goal. More: CallKemp.com

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i love new yorkers. i love humanity! humanity is full of people who have songs in their hearts and dances in their feet. it is the opposite of "efficiency," the opposite of "ai." there are enough resources and time in the world for all of us to express joy and celebrate often!

Louisiana early voting has started and this election is too important to sit out! They tried to redraw the maps. They tried to eliminate majority-Black districts. They tried to silence our communities. Check our voting toolbox: https://bit.ly/4mojey6 #Louisiana

My column from Monday. To wipe out a near-majority Black congressional district in Alabama, the Supreme Court had to ignore the evidence, the Constitution and their own Callais ruling. So they did. And the six conservative justices had the chutzpah to blame a lower court for “interposition.”