it's genuinely wild how the right wing and radical centrists (with cooperation from scotus) have manipulated the public discourse around birthright citizenship to be mostly a discussion about birth tourism and not the thing that conservatives actually care about (children of undocumented immigrants)

“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)

substack is not a neutral actor

Republicans' so-called Big Beautiful Bill is anything but beautiful. They chose to cut healthcare to help enrich their billionaire friends.

Breaking: An active service member, Major Watson of the U.S. Air Force, was just arrested on the steps of the Capitol building after calling for the impeachment of corrupt Trump administration officials.

The Supreme Court just weakened the rights of all women to police the activities of TEN TOTAL trans women playing on teams in the NCAA. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Events Strategies, which organized the January 6 Ellipse rally, is receiving tens of millions of dollars via federal contracts to organize 250th anniversary events. That's happening while a partner at the firm also works as a top Trump adviser on public events. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

On Mitch McConnell: EMS radio traffic indicates 2 wks ago he was taken to the hospital "unconscious" Just before 9 am on June 14 a dispatcher sent an Advanced Life Support ambulance to McConnell's home Snopes: "not possible to independently verify [his] health status" www.snopes.com/news/2026/06...

Attention student borrowers, especially SAVE Plan borrowers: because of Trump and MAGA’s Big Ugly Law, today starts a 90-day period requiring SAVE borrowers to transition to a new plan. All other borrowers face changes under this law and can explore options at:

State Medicaid agencies worry that narrowing the definition of “medically frail” could cause many sick and disabled enrollees to lose coverage under new work requirements. https://stateline.org/2026/07/01/states-gird-for-new-medicaid-medically-frail-rule/

Thursdays and Sundays at the farm!

Does birth tourism happen? Sure. Up to 26,000 babies born in the United States annually could be attributed to birth tourism -- a tiny fraction of the more than 3.5 million U.S. births yearly. Also...

We formed our union three years ago, but we still don’t have a contract. Our members are now releasing public testimonials to demand a FAIR CONTRACT NOW: www.propublicaguild.org/updates/vide...

We’re currently fighting an initiative in Washington State that has genital exams as part of the enforcement mechanism. www.kuow.org/stories/tran...

In case you still needed proof that the GOP are supremely fucked up: they think it's fine and reasonable to examine children's genitals before those children are allowed to play games.

No. You're not confused. This is abuser speak.

No previous president has ever manipulated American foreign and domestic policy in order to make himself a billionaire. Unprecedented www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

How it started: Trump said he'd detain and deport the "worst of the worst". How it's going: ICE detains a nun on her way to church.

@governor.ca.gov , we’re looking at you!

🇺🇸 Friday, July 3, our Indivisible Immigration Action Team will join the Gorman Rd Overpass protest as we display IMMIGRANTS BUILT AMERICA! and IMMIGRANTS MAKE AMERICA GREAT! The Team also will collect food for neighbors; most needed items shown here: columbiacommunitycare.org/support-ccc/ 🍃

Btw in this ATF sting cops shot a teenager who was running away from them and lied that the teenager beat the cop up first. The prosecutor’s office is the same one who did a bunch of crimes in the Broadview 6 case.

Once again, the Fed goons lie to the court. Every state should implement laws making it a felony for any LE or prosecutor to intentionally lie about a case. No immunity!

From a policy perspective, DSA candidates almost always ARE simply progressive Democrats. Nothing in the DSA platform would make FDR more than shrug

The most corrupt presidency in American history. Trump turned the presidency into the world’s most profitable business enterprise for himself. His financial disclosures show nearly $800 mill tied to World Liberty Financial, $635 mill from a meme coin, millions more from Trump-branded ventures.

Don't call it "kidnapping" when ICE grabs a green card holder and US business owner, throws him in a truck, and drives him away to do god-knows-what to him. Only to release him later. You wouldn't want to alarm anyone with hysterical rhetoric. (MN, Jan 28, 2026)

Today, I voted YES to release the names of Members of Congress who used taxpayer dollars to settle sexual misconduct and other misconduct cases in Congress. No more abuses of power and no more hiding behind a system that shields perpetrators. We will always fight for justice for survivors—period.

Democratic socialists are still partying in New York City… 🎉 Wait — *checks notes* — sorry this is Colorado. Apologies! We got confused since we were told this only happens in NYC 😬 @melatkirosco.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DaO9NqR...

I just released a video today outling the bill's roots, how the same companies that let you pay for your groceries are deciding what corporate-friendly only expressions get to be online at all and what it means for trans artists, identity, and queer kids. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHan...

Contact your senators TODAY and yell their ears off about how much you oppose these bills. Get family and friends involved. Tell them to oppose The KIDS Act and KOSA www.congress.gov/members/find...

People connected to the Trump White House are using their connections to advocate for pardons — in exchange for a fee: "It is general knowledge in our practice that for $2 million, you can have a pardon," one prominent white-collar defense attorney said.

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 12 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/vXb0d

The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission approved 21 bids to frack more than 15,000 acres of Ohio’s public land during Monday’s meeting. via @ohiocapitaljournal.com

Bizarre story: Two journalists were removed by police from a corporate-sponsored Freedom 250 event in Brussels after they asked US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White about his threat against an American citizen/Belgian resident who had emailed Zac Brown Band urging them not to perform at the event.

Donald Trump made more money last year than ever before in his life. That's thanks to his failure to separate himself from his business (which is expanding abroad), cryptocurrency schemes and literally selling access to the presidency.

Pramila Jayapal: “Why is it that every time a moderate wins an election, people are like, that's the new blueprint for the Democratic Party But if a progressive or a Democratic Socialist wins, oh, the whole party's falling to hell in a hand-basket – I think we've got to rethink that”

Looks like Trump admitted to violating the Stock Act. Again. $200 fine. (p. 1, bottom) Can't image why he hasn't learned his lesson. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/u...

ICYMI — from @protectourcare.org : “Over Eight Million Americans Have Now Lost Coverage In the Year Following Trump-GOP Largest Health Care Cuts In History” www.protectourcare.org/update-over-...

just as jesus said, "i don't like low wage foreigners." READ the bible bsky.app/profile/atru...

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

Breaking: E. Jean Carroll moved to the collect $5,779,783 from the bond Trump deposited in the court's registry, since that verdict reached the "end of the line" at SCOTUS. Trump's lawyers are still trying to delay, per the filing.

if you have feelings about SCOTUS after today, and after the last week, and after the last months and years, remember that at least you can vote for state supreme courts in many places this year, and those matter a ton too my state-by-state guide to every state supreme court contest:

Over the last few weeks, the Trump administration has taken unprecedented actions directly benefiting Elon Musk’s SpaceX, including handing over hundreds of acres of public land from a critical wildlife refuge to the company so it can expand its launch and industrial facilities in Texas.

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Guaranteed: 1) Black girls will be harassed and demanded to be tested over and over again regardless of how competitive they are. 2) Winners from public schools will be relentlessly hounded by the parents and coaches of losers at private schools, with the goal of making them quit the sport.

Today, the Epstein survivors launched their website. They put a lot of time and effort into putting their stories together for the general public. They deserve our support. Please check it out if you have the mental capacity, and please share widely. ❤️

Clarence Thomas is old enough to have lived in a time when scolding busybodies made his marriage to a white woman illegal—until the Supreme Court protected that right. He proves that the selfish SOB learned nothing from this by protecting the rights of scolding busybodies to hurt transgenders.

you're the director of the office of management and budget, *knowing* the answer to this — not what you "heard", not what you guess, actually knowing it — is very literally your job