Trump also pardoned Adam Kidan, who had served about 2 1/2 years in prison for his role in a fraud scheme involving the disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Kidan has been a major GOP donor, including giving $270k+ to Trump in 2024. 🎁🔗

This is a hellhole: Aramco makes its presence hurt in the shadow of the World Cup Aramco's sponsorship of Fifa is featured at matches in Houston. But 100 miles away, residents say the firm’s refinery is exposing them to poisonous gases & long-term health problems www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Philly rising! 🇺🇸💙 All Americans from every state should do the same! #Happy250BirthdayUSA

Scenes from the We the People 250 March that took place today in Washington, DC on the 4th of July.

Stood at busy-enough-on-holiday intersection of Kirby/Shepherd/Allen today for 75 minutes with sign. Supportive American Patriot took picture. Many glad to see me. Next action when you organize. 1st Amendment permit. Only credential needed your presence. Voting not enough. Work ahead ours. #Houston

The original No Kings day. Credit: chappatte.com

Mourners marched across the Mississippi to the federal building carrying coffins for every migrant that has died in DHS custody.

In other "excellent news from religious bodies", the US Presbyterian General Assembly has formally voted to start the process to (correctly) declare white Christian nationalism a theological error incompatible with the teachings of Jesus: pres-outlook.org/2026/07/pcus...

I’m reading There Is No Place for Us, by @brian-goldstone.bsky.social and one thing keeps hitting me over and over: Homelessness is rarely a single event. It’s a cascade. A cancer diagnosis. A lost job. Depression. A missed paycheck. A broken car. A wait for mental healthcare. An eviction. 🧵

poweredxpeople.org/become-a-vol... Volunteer to register Texas voters and help them through the voting process. You can volunteer in person or from home.

Sign up to help people receive their benefits (Spanish-speakers especially needed) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

No Kings since 1776.

Asylum seekers in the U.S. are suing ICE, accusing it of forcing them to wear “draconian” ankle monitors to enrich GEO Group. GEO Group charges twice as much for the physical monitors than they do for their app alternative. GEO Group made $250 million in profits last year.

Detainees at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in New Jersey are going without air conditioning during an extreme heat wave. Families say the AC is off in one of the housing units, potentially leaving hundreds of people trapped in sweltering heat over 100 degrees. www.nj.com/politics/202...

This is what I'm watching later today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMpY...

The House passed a bipartisan bill extending Temporary Protected Status for 350,000 Haitians, 224-204—it’s now stalled in the Senate under a veto threat. The Supreme Court just ruled TPS terminations aren’t subject to judicial review, leaving Congress as the last check on deportation.

As we celebrate Independence Day, we must also take a moment to pause and remember the lives lost in last year's horrific 4th of July weekend floods. We stand with the victims' loved ones, and all those in Central Texas who continue to rebuild 💙

I am calling on the Trump Administration to halt all deportations to Venezuela and to shut down the Dilley Trailer Prison.

“Over a course of 4 days a group of elderly Japanese American survivors of a WWII incarceration camp walked 45 miles with their walkers & canes from Crystal City to Dilley, TX because Dilley is where the government now runs the largest immigration center” @georgetakei.bsky.social Have u seen this?

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Learn more about the Relentless Interrupters Serving Everyone: publichealth.harriscountytx.gov/Divisions-Of...

On our 250th birthday, celebrating the contribution of immigrants and international collaboration —46% of people with doctoral-level degrees working in US science and engineering fields are foreign-born

Last night we had a great conversation about reclaiming America’s 250th with @hcrichardson.bsky.social! If you weren’t able to join, you can catch the recording here: youtu.be/aNZxnf1mYFk

#USConstitution #Preamble #SchoolhouseRock A fun song to sing with the kids today! m.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Nz...

"Mohammad Reza Modaresi, Razavinik's husband, said his wife's time in detention is taking its toll. Earlier this week, Razavinik was almost mistakenly sent to Mexico without explanation, Modaresi said. If not for a last-minute call to the transport agents..." www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

Today we're celebrating the people who show up for their communities: people working to make a difference. Democracy is strongest when people stay engaged, participate locally, and help shape the future of their communities. Wishing everyone a safe and meaningful holiday.

The America we believe in is diverse, resilient, and constantly striving to be better. From civil rights to equality for all, our true strength is our people and our progress. Let’s keep pushing forward together. Happy 4th! 🇺🇸✨

Our new analysis found that the Supreme Court is deciding more cases through largely unsigned orders (the “shadow docket”) than through its standard procedure. Many have allowed the Trump administration to enact some of its most controversial policies. Read more: https://propub.li/44KNj2O

Great thread by another creator, I highly recommend giving this 🧵 a read. Cause you are wrong. We can not keep "staying quiet " & "towing the line" & "not rock the boat" You are wrong. We must be Loud, in your face, and explaining to you, your guilt is yours.. DO MORE! BE LOUDER! STOP MODERATING!

Celebrating our independence from clean air and affordable electricity

That’s why we created AAPI House Calls, to allow people from across the country to reach AAPI voters in the swing districts that could tip the scales of this year’s midterms, one conversation at a time. Join us to start making a difference. Weekly phonebank events begin on July 9 ⬇️

Since Trump wants the big issue in the midterms to be "communism," I'm reupping this thread about how Trump and the Republicans want to rule like Stalin and the Soviets.

From small towns to big cities, Texans know that freedom comes with responsibility, courage, and a commitment to one another. This Fourth of July, we celebrate the ideals that bring us together and the generations who fought to protect them. Happy Independence Day! #250years #FightingForDemocracy

As America celebrates 250 years of Independence, we must remember that more than 240 years of free labor (slavery) helped build this Nation. We honor our economic Foundational Mothers & Fathers, the enslaved, by pursuing reconciliation and addressing the vestiges of slavery.

My modest proposal as America turns 250 for celebrating the vote and keeping the Republic. I hope you’ll join me! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

www.vote.org/am-i-registe.... A good day to make sure.

This Fourth of July, we are reminded: it has always been ordinary people – not kings, not institutions, not the powerful – who have demanded that the promises of this nation be realized for all of us. A message from our CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social as we celebrate 250 years of the USA.

Share this on the social media your MAGA relatives read. Along with the info about Trump’s crypto corruption.

It was just reported that Trump made over $2 billion in the first year of his presidency. My friend @katiecouric.bsky.social asked me: Is this really legal? Watch and subscribe to IsThisReallyLegal.org for answers. Thanks Katie, and keep the questions coming, everyone! youtube.com/shorts/ZqHDT...

All told, 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies encrust the watch-sized gold ring presented this week to Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, to give to U.S. President Donald Trump. https://to.pbs.org/44batiO

Event Strategies, Inc., a longtime vendor to President Trump’s campaigns, is organizing the Great American State Fair and the July 4 celebrations. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...

If you’re feeling conflicted about the weekend’s festivities, we understand. But this isn’t the Trump 250th. This is America’s 250th — and that means a celebration of and recommitment to a founding ethos that we’ll never bow down to a king or accept tyranny against our neighbors.

I was trying to make this case to folks the other night. What a gift to see every team with a diasporic rooting section.