Trump has said: “We love our veterans. We are going to take good care of them.” Help me dig into the reality I'm particularly interested in hearing from current or recently former VA staffers, or, of course, vets getting care there. My Signal, cell, and email 👇🏻 www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy, who previously ran a company that provides aircraft for fighting wildfires, has proposed ending Forest Service inspections of those aircraft. One of the company’s aircraft failed an inspection because of a crack in its wing. (Published June)

At least 79 kids have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s immigration crackdown. In most cases, they were going about their days when officers shot chemical munitions near their homes and schools and into their cars. (Published May)

Last year, the FDA lost more than 400 workers that support inspections of everything from dairy farms to seafood processors. More than 240 consumer safety specialists left across the agency, including nearly 40 workers responsible for safeguarding food. (Published Aug. 2025)

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"Arkansas largely has chosen not to regulate private or microschools or monitor what's happening inside them. ... [T]he state only requires that private schools conduct regular fire drills, keep immunization records and have an American flag and a flagpole."

NEW: The FBI has explored using AI to assess the validity of signatures on tens of thousands of mail-in ballots seized from Fulton County, Georgia, another push in the Trump administration’s continued reinvestigation of the 2020 vote.

Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche, who is facing his Senate confirmation hearing, previously shut down DOJ crypto investigations while holding more than $150,000 in crypto investments. From our Dec. 2025 investigation:

NEW: Months after FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty cast a decisive vote approving Paramount’s historic $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, she and a guest accepted Kennedy Center gala tickets from the company worth more than $12,000.

Lmao the US is making half-time at the World Cup 30 minutes...this game is not about stoppage time. Never give this country anything again, all they can do is mutilate something to make it theirs to make more and more money. Bullshit.

When even police departments begin walking away, it's worth asking why. Texans shouldn't have to choose between safety and privacy. Let's build technology that serves people instead of watching them.

HASSAN: If RFK ordered you to stop promoting flu vaccine during a deadly flu season, would you? S: We have to prioritize-- HASSAN: This isn't a hypothetical. RFK Jr in the middle of a deadly outbreak directed the CDC to do it. So would you? S: I don't speak in hypotheticals-- H: It happened!

AOC: This is an inhaler pump. Can you guess what the great innovation was that made it worth preventing this from going generic? It’s this little plastic piece right here. That was a major part of the new patent they filed to extend exclusivity and prevent this life-saving drug from going generic.

Everyone in Canada and Northern US going outside today

It's a sign of how shockingly corrupt this country has become that a nominee for Attorney General is given a hearing by the Senate *the very same week* he has been referred by a judge for possible disbarment for unethical behavior. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Mike Lee is now lying about voter fraud. As he sits in a senate seat. That he was voted into.

Every person who votes to confirm Todd Blanche is voting to cover up the Epstein files and thwart the Epstein investigation.

I completely understand 1930-40s Germany now.

You know what doesn't cause apocalyptic skylines and wildfires? Solar panels. Can we stop burning fossil fuels and just start massively investing more in renewables and battery tech, please?

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Wow, gender affirming care

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Tell me you know you're committing crimes... #USDemocracy

You just voted to give these thugs another $70 Billion. You’re complicit in this and every other murder committed by Trump’s secret police.

President Trump signed orders to reduce the size of two Utah national monuments: the Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by more than 90% to allow for grazing, motorized recreation, logging and other resource development in the region, the White House said.

Friendly reminder that the entire reason why the US is still somewhat dominant in the Olympics is because of Title IX starting pouring money into women’s sports more than 20 years before any other country. That’s an entire generation the rest of the world needed to catch up on.

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

Erling Haaland and the rest of the Norwegian men's team are paid the same as the women's team. In 2017, they took a voluntary pay cut to allow the women's pay to be increased. The move came from the players' union, not management.

I didn’t think they would actually do it.

This:

A major win for accountability and human dignity! After more than 3,000 complaints of medical treatment, food, water quality, and other conditions, a federal judge has ruled that WA health inspectors must be allowed inside Tacoma’s immigrant detention center.

Nor indeed that the Grand Jury wanted to indict Sen Graham for multiple crimes relating to the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. bsky.app/profile/matt...

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One of the legacies of Lindsay

Maybe we should remember Lindsey Graham the way Fox News is remembering him this morning. For his rabid defense of Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing. Never forget: Graham’s speech helped push Kavanaugh across the finish line and onto the Supreme Court.

The NYT has now significantly expanded its obit of Graham, including his many policy reversals, and his attempts to undo the 2020 election. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...

FLAG: The Trump Justice Department has launched an investigation into United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain.

Whew. Maggie Haberman confirms today that Trump was surprised by his *own* tariff numbers and rates: “At one point, he didn’t realize how high China’s tariffs burden had gotten. It was up to 145% & his reaction was holy shit…It’s not a formula. It’s a gut feeling.”

Wilson: I guarantee you there are 10 reporters in D.C. right now who know exactly what Mitch McConnell’s medical status is. They’re not reporting it.  If I’m Beshear, brother, just declare the election. And if they want to prove that Mitch McConnell is alive and well, go do it.

This American conversation is with Cleve Jones, human rights advocate, author, & lecturer who co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation in 1983, & founded the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Here, he tells @hcrichardson.bsky.social about what’s coming for your healthcare! www.youtube.com/live/5UFE7L9...

Nolan Wells was a beloved son, student-athlete, & a Black boy who deserved to grow old. Though true justice would mean Nolan would be alive today, we’re pushing for the accountability his family deserves. I grieve for his loved ones & join their demands for an independent investigation.

President Donald Trump’s crusade to take over voting continues to falter in the courts. So he’s pulling out a range of dangerous new strategies to exert control. That makes this an especially perilous moment — and one that Democracy Docket will be tracking. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump approved disaster aid requests from six red states last week. Two days later, he rejected aid requests from four blue states. Not only is he punishing states who didn’t vote for him, he’s playing politics with people’s lives. Despicable.

“When voters scroll through their social media feeds after the hearing, Democrats should ensure they get clip after clip of Blanche squirming to justify his handling of Epstein…the sweetheart deal Blanche gave Maxwell and the discussions in the Situation Room.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

If you’re ok with crying, watch this video of the many #VisibilityBrigade actions across the US out for #Lorenzo this wknd. Thank you @michnutrish.bsky.social for waiting to include us. It was a tough day out there. 💔 @indivisiblewestsidela.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbhubbell.bsky.social

The only reason to hold back cervical cancer screening recommendations is to benefit insurers. thehill.com/policy/healt...