10. The Times reported this morning that immigrant arrests have surged to 10,000 in five days. The number of immigrants in detention has reached 63,000. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

NEW: CNN just talked about heat related ailments wt Trump’s state fair: 44 patients, 11 transported - 7 of those on advanced life support

are we announcing the number of heat strokes because it’s important public safety information, or because it’s easier than announcing the actual crowd size?

The Justice Department indicted someone for touching the reflecting pool on the same day the DOJ refused to comply with a judge's order to release more epstein files.

NYT: "Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down. The agency has doubled its daily arrest numbers without the fanfare of last year’s large urban operations, sowing fear in immigrant communities." Discussed w N+Univision News. Video in previous post. Gift article in first comment.

WOW. Todd Blanche IGNORES the court order to produce certain Epstein files or explain redactions, and INSTEAD claims it needs more time, and should be able to do it UNDER SEAL. We saw this deflection coming a mile away. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is a human rights crisis on so many fronts.

Mass deportations would be felt across hospitals and emergency rooms, which already face persistent staffing shortfalls. The long-term healthcare sector will suffer the greatest disruptions, experts say.

President Trump is once again building something at the White House without any warning. This time it’s a new helipad on the White House’s South Lawn. trib.al/gcugTeh

“The ‘danger from within’ has arrived and America’s time of testing has come.” - from “America’s Time of Testing Has Come,” remarks made by the Honorable J. Michael Luttig while addressing the New York City Bar, Society for the Rule of Law, February 2026. #US250 #democracy bit.ly/4wgW4gL

10,000 people kidnapped in five days. My God. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

👀👀 DOJ inadvertently delivered Volume II of Jack Smith's report to the lawyers representing a defendant accused of improperly accessing/sending the report to herself. They notified Judge Cannon of the breach today. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Total Active Cases: 196 Active Voting Rights Cases: 155 Active Redistricting Cases: 41 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 77 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 74 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 28 www.democracydocket.com

Trump signed a stipulation: lose at the Supreme Court, pay Carroll immediately. He lost Monday. He still hasn't paid. His lawyers called asking for more time anyway. Robbie Kaplan's response to the judge is the kind of clean, precise lawyering worth reading in full. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

As the US supreme court weighs in on issues ranging from birthright citizenship to voting rights, the Nation's justice correspondent argues that it’s time to seriously think about expanding the court.

If there was any doubt that Gov Jared Polis’ legacy is freeing Tina Peters, the NYT reports Polis just fired the clemency board members who revealed he overruled their unanimous wishes www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

NEW: An outraged Trump ordered top aides to press MBS to allow the US to use Saudi airspace for Trump's effort to force open the Strait of Hormuz. Vance, Rubio, Witkoff and Kushner made separate calls. MBS didn't back down — he had lost confidence in Trump. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

To this day, this man makes excuses for those who carried out an attack to throw out your votes and install a defeated President.

Bragging about eating lobster tails and rib eyes — both of which are more expensive due to the fuel price spikes from Trump's Iran War (which Nehls didn't vote to stop). He's retiring, but expect this soundbite to serve as a reminder for the midterms that the GOP does not care about affordability.

And, if they get the chance, they'll come for everybody they don't like, which means everybody who isn't a pink Protestant. It will start with trans people, but it won't stop there. Nowhere near.

so will every woman now have to pee in a cup at airports?

Sotomayor is reading her dissent in the trans sports case from the bench, which is an extraordinary, rare move reserved for what is essentially considered to be the most grievous injustice from a court majority. She did it yesterday too in the case allowing Trump to fire agency heads.

There is no question that we need the Supreme Court expanded, we need term limits, we need a mandatory code of ethics, and we need impeachment or some other form of removal for corrupt justices. This shit can't stand. Millions of lives hung in the balance on this and it is insane that it was 5-4.

This is terrible.

All hail Grandpa Howie. Great piece.

An immigration attorney says that there are now swaths of people held in immigration detention centers who shouldn’t be detained at all. “The number of people who are detained outside the scope of the law has increased dramatically.”

Texas now requires New Testament passages to be taught in public schools. Christian Nationalists at work.

We’re lucky that we’ve arrived at the point where the Right is just populated by the most transparently fucked and insecure goons imaginable. No veneer, non-performance, just straight up bloodcurdling weirdos top to bottom who look and act like the ideology they peddle.

🚨BREAKING: In a MAJOR VICTORY, the 6th Circuit REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to access Michigan's voter file. The first appeals court to rule on an appeal in DOJ's 9 defeats. I am proud of the Elias Law Group team for this critical win! www.democracydocket.com/cases/michig...

You wanna talk about vandalism? Losing my existing health care plan July 1st & paying a 350% premium increase AND $$$ deductible going forward so Trump could give a huge tax break to billionaires feels like f’n vandalism. Get out and vote tmrw NY Democrats. Stop this insanity.

yeah, this is bonkers, insane stuff. 30 years for moving the zines around? And linking the people through a shared ideology? Bonkers, dangerous stuff. The conspiracy charges fell apart for the Broadview six, but this is where they are headed with this.

“The detainees ended their strike because of the actions taken by the jail’s guards, and not because conditions behind bars have improved, the advocates said.” IOW, detainees have been intimidated into ending the strike through violence and transfers. newjerseymonitor.com/2026/06/22/a...

Of course ICE says the peaceful protestor waving an American flag before being mowed down by a Delaney Hall employee was a “rioter.” Like we all haven’t seen the video. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/n...

This kind of thing sets my hair on fire.

Sue the trillionaire.

More from Delaney Hall yesterday.

Has the left abandoned patriotism—or is that just another distraction from the real threats to democracy? Today at 11 am ET, we're talking violence at Delaney Hall, the Pod Save America BS, Starmer's resignation, the Iran deal, and the fiasco at the Reflecting Pool. youtube.com/live/TmQfWBb...

I thought this was on Point….

If we have a history after this madness.

Everyone paying attention? This is what happened at Delaney Hall, where there is STILL daily gassing, violence and pepper balling of peaceful protestors. www.nj.com/politics/202...

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Rubio now deporting legal immigrants based on who they support in their home country. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...

USPS’s proposed rule would restrict mail-in ballot delivery to states that do not submit lists of confidential voter information. That means voters in those states won’t be able to vote by mail. “It’s basically putting a gun to the head of state election officials,” reporter Jim Saksa says.

Mamdani giving a speech at the Knicks victory parade and Obama giving a speech at the opening of his Presidential Library on the same day is the BARBENHEIMER of oratory, it's MAMBAMA

After the Supreme Court first gutted the VRA in 2013, Black voter turnout decreased — especially in the South. After the Supreme Court gutted it again this year, multiple Southern states have already begun trampling on Black voting power. This is Chief Justice John Roberts’ legacy.

I've been self-employed for 35 years now. Not much of an athlete, but beer-league softball is fun. Not much of a poet, either, but pretty damn decent with prose. Married almost 46 years, 3 kids, 2 grandkids.

none of this is true and the place where this is going is potentially very awful