it is not the Department of Defense's or the Services' job to fight anything domestically within the US unless a hostile foreign power &/or non-state actor invades the United States. Even if there were a critical mass of US citizens who were communists, that's not a military problem.

Ossoff: If you’re CIA director John Ratcliffe, and you see what's about to happen, this is the last chance to jump ship and speak out, because you will be forever tainted by your association with these kinds of shenanigans.

And a new study found that parents are even more likely to refuse Vitamin K for girl babies than boy babies.

Not mentioned in this: Trump is planning this speech AFTER the confirmation hearings for Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton, and that Kash has dedicated 160 Feebs to participating in this crime, to finish Monday. Blanche is likely to avoid questions about this crime.

quote I got in 2017 going viral again - it happens like three times a year (most people don’t realize the Nazi who said it to me was arrested few hours later after he and two other Nazis opened fire on counter-protesters) www.huffpost.com/entry/attemp...

This is great news, and also, this payout by Trump represents 0.0025 (1/4 of one percent) of the $2 billion he’s amassed (largely through naked corruption) since becoming president.

Y’all also need to shoot anyone telling you that you can simply wash off a parasite embedded into the skin and even the folds and creases of alot of this produce. A parasite that is resistant to bleach, chlorine, and vinegar by the way. Signed, An epidemiologist

And by the way, it is illegal (and not just under civil rights law). Congress has outlined a process where once the military publishes a list, no one is to be struck from that list unless for a narrow set of reasons (none of which includes personal animus, sexism or racism).

Please link to the report on the ground! The Portland Press Herald is doing great work (they're still updating), and citing where we're getting info from matters. www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...

On Monday, Joan Sebastian Guerrero was shot and killed by ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine. Reports say Guerrero was authorized to legally work in the US and not even ICE's target. @annayeo.bsky.social was on the ground Tuesday in Biddeford and spoke with locals—including one man who knew Guerrero.

Ossoff and Warnock should sue Trump on Thursday at 10pm. Bury him in discovery.

some real People’s Front of Judea vs the Judean People’s Front stuff going on in Schismwatch 2026, folks

This is me except from the left - I'm ready to burn capitalism to the ground but I'd vote for someone with the centre-right politics of Bill Kristol as long as they also had the "we should use capital punishment on every MAGA cretin in the country" fighting spirit of Bill Kristol

This right here. I am economically WAY far to the right of the standard Democratic Party establishment centrist but because I actually mean my liberal views, in 2026 and 2028 I will support an anti-Trumpism fighter even if they’re a socialist. Of course I’d be happier with centrist fighters.

Large protest at Monument Square in Portland, Maine. Plans to march to Susan Collins’ office after the last speaker.

The anti-democratic radicalization of the Right has not been fueled by a sense of strength, but by a pervasive sense of weakness. They are feeling their backs against the wall. And they are reacting to something real: The pluralization of all spheres of society.

The fact is that reality has been moving away from those who refuse to imagine “America” as anything other than a land defined by white Christian patriarchal domination. And they know this too. Which is precisely why they are escalating their assault - believing they’re running out of time.

It’s obvious that the country is deeply divided – but it is not a 50:50 split. Today, America is much more adequately described as a two-thirds/one-third nation, with the larger share of the population firmly in the camp of pluralism.

I dive into the numbers from the latest survey @prri.org has just published – I believe we should all carry them like a shield: A clear majority prefers religious, racial, ethnic, and cultural pluralism over the idea of an America defined by white “Western European heritage.”

My new piece - a glass-half-full interpretation of our moment: The Right is freaking out because they know we could be on the brink of proving that egalitarian, pluralistic democracy is possible. We are confronted with a world-historic chance:

"US diplomats may have little more insight into Trump's foreign policy than their foreign counterparts." An insane and true statement.

What’s sad to me… is that Lindsay Graham probably thought he could outlast Trump and then reconcile his morality after that. There is no after that now. It’s a good reminder… always do what you know to be right, right NOW. And when you recognize you crossed a line, that’s ok, but come back.

This feels like the correct take on Graham’s life and career, and it reminds me of my favorite Vonnegut quote from the Mother Night intro: “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

a few other thoughts about lindsey graham

ICE has fatally shot 11 people since Donald Trump's second term began. These are not isolated incidents. They are the predictable result of a cruel, violent system. Abolish ICE.

The best story ICE could make up, after 12 hours, is that ICE agents shot someone in the head because they believed the person they shot, who was not accused of any crime, was a different person also not accused of any crime, and so "public safety" required killing them on the spot.

ACLU comment echos what @kalimurray.bsky.social has been saying: Congress did not grant OMB the authority to do what this science-destroying (and blue-state govt destroying) rule purports to do. 1/ www.aclu.org/documents/ac...

You can link this attempt and the attempt to control grantmaking together as an attempt by Vought to consolidate all administrative decision-making into one agency, but you see, Congress did not grant OMB, that authority.

This is Joan Sebastian Guerrero, the 26-year-old Colombian father and husband murdered by ICE fascists in broad daylight in front of his 3-year-old daughter. He was NOT the target of the ICE warrant. He was documented. He did everything right. ICE murdered him anyway. And yet… 1/2

A report on the ground from the ICE shooting in Biddeford that should make every parent in this country lose their minds:

"That's what I do, that's not who I am." Something writers have to remember too. Sam Neill seemed like a very thoughtful, talented guy.

Boosting a list of mutual aid groups here in #Maine in light of the Biddeford shooting that provide food, shelter, and legal services for immigrants Please consider donating, sharing, and adding others:

No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...

BREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

Two unarmed people shot by ICE in less than a week, the latest now in Maine. Republicans, instead of focusing on passing enforceable guardrails to stop ICE's terror and brutal tactics, have decided to give this unchecked agency billions more through reconciliation.

Love his delivery here

It's only a tweet, but it's notable that the language used neither includes any applicable legal standard nor basis for justifying the shooting. And DHS is usually willing to make bald faced lies to justify shootings by its officers. This is a non-defense defense.

Last Words of Joan Sebastian Guerrero: "I tried to stop." Last Words of Alex Pretti: "Are you ok?" Last Words of Renee Good: "I'm not mad at you." Last Words of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo: "They're killing me." -Via Headquarters

My privilege to share some lovely stories from the science community about what Sam Neill's timeless performance as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park meant to them—and why it will continue to inspire kids to chase their own discoveries for years to come.

50,000. That's roughly how many people are now under ICE's expanded continuous GPS monitoring. #immigrationbythenumbers

like a lot of stuff gets called blood libel, but...this is pretty on the nose. false claims of murder of innocents designed to provoke mob violence.

has anyone pointed out that the claim that haitian immigrants are eating pets is a form of blood libel?

If Russia had a magic heart attack drug their windows would be much less fragile.

No, I don't think so. Doctors, feel free to weigh in on this, but my understanding is that an aortic dissection is the product of stiff arteries and high blood pressure over many years. It's not something a poison can bring on instantly.

That's why I dinged Meidas for explicitly pushing this theory after they knew that it was an aortic dissection. It wasn't crazy to wonder before we knew what killed Graham. But now that we know it's an aortic dissection, it clearly wasn't poison.

This is why I'm conflicted about Meidas touch. They engage in ridiculous and harmful conspiracist clickbait, like pushing the idea that Graham was poisoned by Russia after his death was known to be from an aortic dissection. But they also hire real experts like Justin Wolfers.

🚨🚨 So ICE removed all Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's personal effects--wallet, phone, etc--after shooting him before they put him in an ambulance. Is that normal law enforcement practice? Or does it suggest a coverup or attempt to manage information was underway from the beginning?

The book takes pains to circle this point again, and I still consider it to be incredibly pertinent! The elder sisters worry if they did the right thing, and I think they conclude that they did the best they could with what information they had. bsky.app/profile/trun...

WICKHAM: “I am going to be a man of God. No, wait, a man of the Law. Ah, screw it, I want to molest a child.” This seems INCREDIBLY on the nose for 2026 for some reason.