ICE killed another person in a vehicle, this time in Maine. Again, federal agents were not wearing body cameras. Expect the same routine: agents claim they feared for lives, the claims will be unsupported, and no accountability. Expect it to keep happening. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/13/p...

In Japanese, “yamitsuki” means addictive — a precise description of this seemingly humble side dish of cabbage. So few ingredients, so little time required, and you can’t stop eating it.

The Supreme Court's six-justice conservative supermajority probably does not exist without Lindsey Graham, who would say and do anything for an attaboy Trump tweet

I’m grateful for folks who wrote pieces like this after Kirk’s murder. It’s still a struggle to adequately convey the contempt I have for democrats who don’t act with urgency against the fucking existential threats that republicans pose. But the dem response to Kirk’s murder was a real wakeup.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said this week that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid need to be ""adjusted and fixed"" — and that Republicans have a plan to do so in 2027. And the Speaker of the House just confirmed the Republican plan is to act on it in 2027 benefits would be cut by 22%.

BREAKING: Federal judge finds that Trump's IRS suit was improper because Trump controlled both sides of the litigation. Judge Kathleen Williams also sanctions Trump's lawyers, issues monetary sanctions, and harshly criticizes DOJ's "untenable" conduct. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com

Note that the form has a place in it for address and phone number, but also a warning not to submit personal information, since it may become public if included.

There is still time to submit your comment and tell the government that you don't want US research to be completely destroyed by politicians meddling in individual grants. You can submit your comments here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

🚨 NEW: ICE plans to open a new 'staging' facility for kids in Louisiana. Will be run by a private prison company that has reported deaths of 2 detainees since April at one of its facilities. Former IRS lawyer told me their tax filing "doesn't pass the smell test" www.thequeenzone.com/a-private-pr...

Cyclospora and screwworm aren’t related pathogens. They’re related decisions. Strip the monitoring, strip the funding, then point at the last guy when the thing you stopped tracking finds you anyway.

Publicity seeking pratt.

I don’t know if it’s a forever war but it’s definitely a till Trump is out of office war because he is incapable of admitting defeat and anytime it gets categorized that way in the dumb right wing shows he watches he starts it back up again

I cannot emphasize this enough: At ICE, incompetence is the point. That's why Miller and Trump picked a jackass like Mullin to run the place. www.salon.com/2026/07/13/n...

Markwayne Mullin was rolled out as a "course correction" from Kristi Noem. You, savvy, know that was a lie. But this recent shooting in Houston shows how Mullin, like Noem, weaponizes the incompetence of the yokels they hire for ICE. www.salon.com/2026/07/13/n...

Yes, if you've "done any business with the administration" you absolutely should be worried about oversight (and going to jail), because we all know exactly how someone "does business" with the Trump admin.

Loving the reposts and replies! I think people would enjoy this more if they read it, though! I include research that explains why losers like Mullin and ICE recruits rise under fascism.

It's striking how much worse recent inflation has been in UK (and US) than Sweden. Pre-Covid, when I visited UK from Sweden, everything -- incl. coffee -- seemed cheap. Now, it's the reverse. Not sure of the explanation.

We're in a lot of trouble

Great to see Mitch McConnell alive and well with his loving wife

After their anti-voting agenda suffered multiple losses in court, the Trump administration has resorted to: ⚠️ Threatening election officials ⚠️ Withholding federal funding ⚠️ Pressuring lawmakers But will it work?

State lawmakers cry foul over new cap placed on film tax credits

LOL!! Do it! Scott Bessent. Running for office in South Carolina. What could go wrong? www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

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Over the last decade, the court—led by Chief Justice John Roberts—has increasingly relied on a fast-track way of making decisions that was once rarely used. It’s known as the shadow docket.

"To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth." - Voltaire. "All history owes the dead is truth." – Derryn Hinch

The advent of reading “altered people’s consciousness and politics, along with the intellectual feats they were capable of,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social argues—and the decline of reading will bring about changes of the same magnitude:

Why no word from Mitch McConnell on his old friend Lindsey Graham?

A judge has set a plea and sentencing hearing later this month for a teenager accused of killing four people in a September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia. https://to.pbs.org/4yhb1RL

i will say lindsey graham being asked by a reporter how mitch mcconnell is doing, answering “i don’t know, i’m going to check right now” and then dying is hilarious

“Tomorrow,” said Toad, “I can just take life easy.” Toad went back to bed.

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The Democratic manly man is back, @russellberman.bsky.social reports, with the party embracing masculinity as a campaign strategy.

Memphis is under siege from the federal government. This is hideous.

Who could have guessed that when you gut the CDC and put a quack with no medical expertise in charge of American healthcare, diseases we had eradicated would come back and there would be explosive diarrhea situations happening. Just no way to know.

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Lindsey Graham cast doubt on Christine Blasey Ford's account of her sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh abcnews.com/video/581283...

Polonium 210. Mark my words

It doesn't count as speaking ill of the dead if you're simply listing the things they did and quoting them while they were alive

At a time when contraceptives could be banned, it can feel like there are only two camps: those who champion birth control and those who criticize it with hopes of making it go away. But there is a third camp: People scrutinizing birth control not to get rid of it, but to make it better.

Finally Lindsey Graham can fuck ALL the way off.

Indeed. We are not forcing upon Graham the memory of him being a villain, a coward, and a malignant presence in the country; that was the legacy he chose again and again. He earned our contempt, as has everyone else on his path.

Reasons for decline in fertility involve greater female autonomy and a mismatch between the desires of men and women, from Claudia Goldin www.nber.org/papers/w35425

Dead people should not be allowed to vote in federal elections. But dead people should be allowed to vote on Senate bills

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lindsey graham died tragically overnight when he fell into the toilet while shitting and accidentally pulled the flush and it was too powerful and it sucked all of his organs and blood out into the toilet. we should respect his family’s privacy at this time and be respectful of this tragedy

Lindsey Graham's death will kick off a breakneck campaign for his Senate seat

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Graham’s death leaves Senate agenda in limbo