“For most of his adult life, Paul Skalnik, a former police officer, pretended to be someone he was not…” @pamelacolloff.bsky.social in @postopinions.bsky.social… www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Dallas friends! I'll be at @interabangbooks.bsky.social on Wednesday night (July 15), talking about my new book, CATCH THE DEVIL. @kellydearmore.bsky.social wrote this terrific piece about the book for the @dallasobserver.com. www.dallasobserver.com/news/pamela-...

This is a disaster created by the GOP. It's important to identify the culprits. It was directly created by them as POLICY. They clearly articulated that this was what they hoped to accomplish. gothamist.com/news/food-pa...

Got thoughts and feels about the USMNT and this World Cup? Discuss at BKLYN STUDIOS, 1 DeKalb Ave, this Thurs, June 16, w/ @goldengoalmag.bsky.social @rorysmith.bsky.social, @simonkuper.bsky.social, @ishaantharoor.bsky.social & @leanderalphabet.bsky.social Tix: mcnallyjackson.com/event/2026-0...

We need to entirely defund and dismantle ICE. And we need to continue to elect people who make clear their commitment to do exactly that, immediately upon their arrival in office.

You know he knows what he’s taking about and @tedconover.bsky.social just said @pamelacolloff.bsky.social’s Catch the Devil is “engrossing,” in the @nytimes.com. She’ll be in conversation with @davidgrann.bsky.social at the @92ndstreety.bsky.social next week! Tix: www.92ny.org/event/pamela...

Got thoughts and feels about the USMNT and this World Cup? Discuss at BKLYN STUDIOS, 1 DeKalb Ave, this Thurs, June 16, w/ @goldengoalmag.bsky.social @rorysmith.bsky.social, @simonkuper.bsky.social, @ishaantharoor.bsky.social & @leanderalphabet.bsky.social Tix: mcnallyjackson.com/event/2026-0...

With a few days' reflection, my post-mortem on the United States men's national team at the 2026 World Cup. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

We’d like to help our neighborhood bodega owners, after a car crashed through their front window this morning. They are friendly guys and stalwarts of the block. Every little bit, and share, helps. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Neutrals are obligated to pull for Switzerland in the next match.

Only the police care enough about you and your community to leave this car - they would call it a vehicle - in front of your place all summer long.

You’re invited to see @pamelacolloff.bsky.social in conversation w/ @sarahweinman.com the author of The Real Lolita and Without Consent about Catch the Devil at Books Are Magic. Details and tix in link. www.eventbrite.com/e/in-store-p...

Kane hat seinem team den „Trump-Fluch“ eingebracht. Hätte der englische trainer das doch nur kommen sehen und das golfspielen mit angehende autokraten untersagt.

Incredible praise for CATCH THE DEVIL on CBS Mornings. I'm so grateful to Sarah Gelman for her kind words. You can watch here: CATCH THE DEVIL, my first book, will be out July 14! www.cbsnews.com/video/best-b...

Let’s discuss.

Bono found what he was looking for.

There was no tray of lemons large enough.

Was this, in retrospect, the Diego Luna game?

Credible allegations of sexual assault cannot be ignored. Voters in Maine deserve a choice for US Senate that doesn’t force them to make a moral compromise between sexual violence or corporate servitude.

Hard to overstate how much the day-before drama threw off momentum. Smiles aplenty before training, but this team looked so lost after conceding today and fell off fast after Matt Freese’s all-timer. Another World Cup last-16 exit for the USMNT. A lot to unpack in the hours and days ahead.

The Telemundo announcers are discussing how, "through no fault of their own," the US players have now earned "the antipathy" of "the entire footballing world." They're also openly speculating about whether the political controversy distracted the players.

If you don’t want to feel this pain (maybe) in four years, become involved and enthusiastic for the sport every damn day in your communities, with your friends and families. Don’t just show up for the big party. It’s a beautiful sport and one that is worthy of your nourishment

This does seem to be going very well. I’m glad it was brought to our attention.

Hrm

Clumsy and Dumb Intervention by the American President Dooms the American Team

Stepping over into history.

Poch could do a funny thing and not play Balogun on Monday.

Seems the French and Paraguayan diving programs might own the podiums at this Olympics.

Again, if I were France, I would simply score four goals (three in the first half) against Paraguay. I was told this was easy when the United States men’s national team did it

Cape Verde defeats Argentina via a 2-3 loss in extra time

The Left(s) should get onboard with a massive expansion of public libraries across the country over the next 25 years. This is an affirmative project.

I'm hugely grateful to the New York Times Book Review for including my first book, CATCH THE DEVIL, in its July preview! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/b...

🔊

And nobody cares except us. I’m on like six unemployed black woman listservs, where everyone’s freaking out, and nobody’s like “I’m running on trying to get y’all jobs.” It’s like we’re being erased from American society.

I would wear a shirt with a Che Guevara-style silkscreen of this image

The Round of 32 bracket is set ⚽️ After 72 World Cup group stage matches, the remaining teams are all five rounds away from the game’s biggest prize. www.nytimes.com/athletic/740...

For July @nenrich.bsky.social is driving across the country and visiting @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social & @bookpassage.bsky.social & @leftbankbooks.bsky.social & more, to discuss Into the Wood Chipper. TY, @summitbooks.bsky.social and @oneaid.bsky.social for supporting. He’ll see you there, USA.

Have accommodated myself to the reality, and even welcomed, that Poch is looking at the big picture, was right to rotate players so they get time, experience and a look, liked very much the contributions from Berhalter. See everybody, here there or anywhere, on Wednesday, San Francisco.

I'm so lucky to work with the brilliant @jlussenhop.bsky.social and @propublica.org's crackerjack audio team. Please listen to this episode about April Wilkens, who was handed a life sentence for murder after she fought back against her abuser.

It would be cool if they applied this same energy to winning elections against Republicans.

Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia last time and then won the whole thing.

I wrote about the Prairieland defendants and the urgency of opposing the extreme sentences handed down on Tuesday. And they likely will not be the last.

Believe.

We are going to have keep collaborating and innovating to improve this. It’s not fair to the artists, writers, and critics, nor is it fair to potential audiences, who may not encounter work, art, writing, criticism that they might learn from or love.

Victories in NYC.

This is it! Polls are open until 9pm tonight. Have you voted yet? Have you reminded your friends & family to vote? Hope to see you out there.

if you are in New York tonight I will be talking to Kaitlyn Tiffany about my favorite book of 2026, THE HOUSEWIVES UNDERGROUND, a fascinating alternate history of the Kennedy assassination and the 1960s (with the Miracle Mets thrown in for good measure). Join us at Rizzoli at 6PM!

It’s Election Day, Brooklyn!

Just cast my ballot in Park Slope. So incredibly grateful to do it alongside Meg & Rosa. It's time to elect Democrats who’ll fight, not fold, against the forces of authoritarianism & corporate greed. Polls are still open for early voting until 5pm today.