EXTRAORDINARY July Records smashed allover the Hemisphere in Namibia,Zambia,Botwana,Zimbabwe,Madagascar,Malawi up to TANZANIA where the National record of July highest temperature was pulverized: 33.8C Tabora 1200m asl It will get worse. Most record breaking event in Southern Africa history

🚨BREAKING: The GOP-controlled North Carolina State Board of Elections approved new permanent rules Monday that will make it more difficult for voters to cast their ballots by mail and ensure that they are counted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice wants to intervene in a lawsuit to force a massive voter roll purge in California. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

28 years of cyclosporiasis testing Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. All are back because of this science denying administration.

We can see this in the ICE flight data. Domestic “round-up” flights are spiking, and some activist flight watchers report the flights are getting fuller. But deportation and removal flights remain steady. This means the concentration camps are getting packed to the brim. It’s awful to comprehend.

Gun violence has plummeted in Baltimore — along with other crimes. Yes, violence is falling nationwide. But Baltimore is outpacing the nation. And unlike other cities, it never had a COVID violence spike to begin with. So this is much more than a "return to normal." My latest for @thetrace.org

Department of Justice sent letters to top election officials in all 50 states and D.C. Tuesday warning they could face criminal prosecution over possible noncitizen voting, escalating the administration’s pressure campaign against state election officials. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”

100 years ago.

In Florida, uninsured gunshot patients have 25 percent shorter hospital stays on average than those with private insurance, according to our analysis. The damage can be lasting: Patients who leave the hospital too soon after a traumatic injury have a higher risk of serious complications.

We uncovered how he hijacked America 250 – watch to see how. youtu.be/-ydXJ3HhXy0?...

Fired government scientists just launched a new site to keep climate data public. www.climate.us

Chicago is creating an Office of Gun Violence Reduction to coordinate violence prevention efforts across the city. The bigger question is whether it changes what happens on the ground for the communities most affected by shootings. I wrote about the new office for @thetrace.org

The heatwave in Europe is so extreme, it's 25–32°F (14–18°C) above normal. You read that right. France recorded it's hottest day ever. The UK had its hottest ever June day. The ground is exceeding 122°F (50°C). People are dying. Tell me again why we shouldn't talk about climate change???

Restaurants, gyms, and other businesses will now be required to tell customers if guns aren’t allowed. While that’s already common in many states, the decision could have implications for future gun cases.

Let me be explicit. The massive heat waves we're seeing around the world more extreme and frequent due to human-caused #climatechange. And these heat waves are going to continue to worsen because of our failure to reduce carbon pollution. Just one of the many costs of #climate change.

It's estimated that officers shoot and kill approximately 10,000 pet dogs every year — or about 25 to 30 dogs per day. According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, shooting a dog is one of the most common reasons officers discharge their firearms in the line of duty.

I would like a side-by-side account of the cost of: the Iran war, the reflecting pool, the ballroom, the Qatari plane, the WWE fight; DOJ settlement payoffs (like to Ashli Babbitt) and any other vanity projects I'm missing; compared with all of the "waste and fraud" supposedly saved by the DOGE cuts

And on that note, I think it's time for another digital detox

The death rate inside ICE immigrant detention centers has more than doubled under Trump, according to a Reuters analysis. At the same time, ICE announced it will no longer investigate or report the deaths of those recently released from detention centers. Unimaginable cruelty.

ICE flights. Sunday, June 14,2026. At least 53 flights -- of which, at least 10 were removal flights -- on 18 planes. This is a "quiet day" on ICE Air.

Tessa Thompson: As a Black American, there is a kind of bone-tired exhaustion in fighting the battles that we have fought so many times before, and insisting time and time again, generation after generation, that people have the right to exist even if they speak out against the state.

They’re fighting datacenters in rural Georgia – and hope to inspire other communities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This is why republicans are trying to make it hard to vote

Here is what you need to know about DOJ's approval of the Paramount deal: David Ellison gets what he wants-- control over a vast entertainment empire. Donald Trump gets what he wants -- a neutered CBS and CNN. Fight back by supporting pro-democracy, independent media bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Thomas Massie says the conspiracy theorists were right about Section 224 of the NDAA, which he says will merge the US military with the IDF. Massie says the provision is treasonous and warns that it will force the US to compromise its own security for Netanyahu's demands.

If there was any doubt before, there can be none after this week: The Supreme Court is going to give states free rein to discriminate against minority voters — even in some of the most egregious cases. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Every Town Needs To Ban Data Centers,They Steal Our Resources.

Professors are being suspended for even mentioning the plight of Palestinians, without even referencing Israel. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

My latest: open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

🚨BREAKING: All I can say is this is fucking so cynical I have no words. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

BREAKING: Scott Pelley Out at CBS News After '60 Minutes' Clash

For no particular reason… a reminder that solid management experience, and being a good manager of people and operations is an incredibly important and undervalued skill at news organizations. Creating environments where journalists can do excellent work is under-appreciated!

CBS News Chicago‘s “Miracle Shots: The Voices of Gunshot Survivors” won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards. The series, produced in partnership with The Trace, shows what life is like for the thousands of gunshot survivors in Chicago, as told through their own voices. youtu.be/n4hWusrma6g

This is really important. “More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…” and its members believe deeply in “principles such as the rule of law, checks and balances, and the peaceful transition of power.” Follow @astronauts4america.bsky.social

Male peacock spiders sport colorful, hinged abdominal flaps covered in microscopic, light-refracting scales (displaying vibrant blues, reds, and greens) If the female is unimpressed by the dance, she may eat the male. IG: flynn_prall Macro Photographer, Australia

On Bari Weiss, Pelley said while addressing Nick Bilton: "She has no qualifications for her job; you have slender qualifications for this job. The changes that she’s made at the ‘Evening News’ have been catastrophic, so why should we expect that any of this is going to be any better?"

There is no world in which this is okay.     Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from cases involving Trump’s Treasury Department while his own son was secretly working there as a political appointee and attorney. 🧵

🚨BREAKING: Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed a new congressional map into law Friday that eliminates one of the state’s two majority-Black congressional seats. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨 Alarm bells are ringing in the Horn of Africa. Farms are no longer yielding, pests are spreading, and tropical diseases are emerging. Climate change is real, and it’s destroying lives. #ClimateCrisis #GlobalAction

A new study found limitations in mental health and preventative care for gunshot victims when they're at their most vulnerable: during intensive recovery.

Not AI. Penguin Random House created an unburnable copy of the Handmaid's Tale. Printed on fire-resistant paper and bound with a flame retardant cover, the book was auctioned off. The still is from the promotional video where Atwood took a flamethrower to it. Fuck Gilead. #booksky

In a pair of rulings, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper granted a preliminary injunction to temporarily block Trump from taking any further steps toward closing the institution. The judge also ordered Kennedy Center officials to remove Trump’s name within two weeks.

1/ At 17 weeks pregnant, Emily Waldorf was suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation: Her baby’s foot was dipping out of her cervix. Doctors told her the longer her cervix stayed open, the higher her risk of infection. They knew how to treat her. There was one issue … 🧵

“This was not a routine corporate transition; it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize factually accurate reporting,” she said in the statement. “It sends a chilling message to the entire newsroom.”

Guns to Gardens has repurposed more than 13,000 firearms. For some gun owners, these church-hosted safe disposal events offer an opportunity for healing.

Pope Leo XIV called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.

Losing one child to gunfire can be shattering. Sometimes it's just the start.