Out on the town having the time of my life with a bunch of friends. They're all just out of frame, laughing too.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Dems at natl and even state level have remained relatively solid behind trans people. Erin Reed worries that if Dems see OH Gov candidate Acton's throwing trans girls under the bus as acceptable—or even necessary—that could change in a hurry.

1. In major news, the Ohio Dem Party has banned the Progressive Caucus from criticizing candidate for Gov. Amy Acton's transphobia. It has now applied more pressure to quiet criticism of anti-trans politics than it has on its own nominee to stop embracing them. Subscribe to support our journalism.

It’s important to remember to remember someone’s entire legacy, even if they pop like a balloon.

Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami, TMZ reports

In 2016, San Antonio cop Matthew Luckhurst was fired after giving a homeless man a sandwich filled with feces. Last month, he became police chief in Benavides, Texas.

“You just couldn’t hold it, could you?” the Oscar-winning filmmaker said as he kicked his victim off the toilet seat and delivered a violent swing that shattered the porcelain stool.

Oh come on. Dude financed a series of lawsuits designed to literally bankrupt and shut down critical media sites.

Every time someone calls Hegseth's testosterone program or Elon's hair plugs "gender affirming care," I wince. Speaking only for myself, and I know the jokes are well-intentioned: I wish we'd retire this one. New from me on why. www.readtpa.com/p/theres-no-...

Two notes: This contains no walkback of her support on sports bans, calling trans girls boys, etc. And then also, her added statement has "sexual orientation" but not "gender identity." Hmmmmmmmmmmmm Amy Acton needs to apologize for her harmful statement and come out against sports bans.

Emu night (1/2)

Dang they really got a category for everything

Fox & Friends did not mention last night's presidential speech a single time this morning -- not even a news brief. Here's some stuff they covered instea.

Going outside this morning

Deserves to lose. They all do, until the people who make up the bench of the Democratic Party start defending their people. This across-the-board refusal to stick up for trans kids, people who live in cities, people who look different from The Waltons, people who don't go to church - it's a message!

Trump's speech was nothing. It wasn't a Reichstag Fire moment or the end of democracy or a national emergency or anything. It was a hoarse old man shouting about how wronged he is and how pathetic our country is. Nobody is listening anymore.

lol these losers are so desperate

Not only do we stand by our reporting. Madison Square Garden’s ridiculous lawsuit actually confirms it, noting the company did, in fact, track the sexual orientation of LGBTQIA celebrities in its talent database.

“.. one shared a voicemail with the AP from last winter in which he told her that he thought someone should slit her throat.” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/ice-...

Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Linked To Ancient Evil Corrupting The 7 Sacred Diarrhea Crystals https://theonion.com/cyclosporiasis-outbreak-linked-to-ancient-evil-corrupting-the-7-sacred-diarrhea-crystals/

Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.

Fucccck they got him with the Gun That Makes You Italian

J K Rowling is short for “Just Keep Rowling”. But what is “Rowling”? We don’t know, but we have every indication it’s something terrible.

every time trump is president you gotta wash your groceries

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ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org:

it is 2017 and we are still doing this it is 2019 and we are still doing this it is 2021 and we are still doing this it is 2023 and we are still doing this it is 2026 and we are still doing this

God that “I weigh 50 pounds more than you” just really makes the whole sentence 100x more evil than an already very evil sentence was

Big government is telling you not to eat the diarrhea lettuce. It's about control

Musk referred to Wisconsin district attorney for $1 million lottery vote buying scheme fox11online.com/news/local/g...

An incredible euphemism here for “the government is doing illegal discrimination”

Truly embarrassing, predictable shit from The New York Times, whose just-asking-questions coverage of trans people played a key role in giving steam to this anti-trans moment. And, this guy is older than Boomers! He’s 84. And saying stuff that is too negative about trans people for the Third Way!

the us war on iran: if you don't like what's happening, wait twenty minutes

Four years ago, Biden gave a speech warning about the dangers to democracy and the networks refused to air it because it was "political." I wonder if Trump making a partisan case for relitigating the 2020 election and calling for his political opponents to be jailed is going to be "political" too?

1. On at least two dozen occasions since the outset of the war Trump has declared that the Strait of Hormuz was “open” or controlled by the United States. The Strait of Hormuz is not open. The U.S. does not control the Strait of Hormuz.

ICE agents shouldn’t be executing people on the street even if they ARE the target of the warrant

I dunno man. If I were a law student of Prof. Wurman's at UMinn Law... I'd be asking for my money back. What happened wasn't "sue and settle." It was "sue an agency you control & have them provide you a massive economic win as a 'settlement.'" If I can figure that out, so can Wurman

I rewatched Lindsey Graham's screaming meltdown during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings for this, and man, there's no way to overstate how vile Kavanaugh is throughout. Sneering, combative, contemptuous of the idea that anyone would hold him accountable. A Republican hack to his core.

this is where your money goes when you buy harry potter stuff. rowling isn’t shy about it. amnesty wrote an even-handed report that laid out what anti-rights groups do; rowling uses her billions & clout to suppress it. when you give rowling money; she spends it on stealing people’s human rights.

2d Cir. rejects challenge to NYC's congestion-pricing program. Held: assuming jurisdiction, the program does not violate the right to travel, due process, or equal protection and is not an unconstitutional fine. ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/OP...

The person ICE shot and killed in Biddeford, Maine has been ID'd as a 26-year-old Colombian man.

When It Happens, if any Democratic politician utters a single word for him other than pure contempt and scorn, I will be waging a holy war against that person for the rest of my natural life

The difference between Trump's political sycophants who mouth off unprofessionally for their boss and the lawyers representing him (including at DOJ) is that the lawyers need their licenses to practice after this Administration ends (and eventually it will). They're on notice.

BREAKING: Federal judge finds that Trump's IRS suit was improper because Trump controlled both sides of the litigation. Judge Kathleen Williams also sanctions Trump's lawyers, issues monetary sanctions, and harshly criticizes DOJ's "untenable" conduct. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com

Trying to extract rents when you can't even guarantee security is such a good bit. The Jackie Aprile Jr. presidency

Authorities say ICE shot and killed a person this morning in Maine. www.wmtw.com/article/signific...

It got muddled b/c it was mostly seen as incidental to getting at Trump himself, but Graham didn't just vaguely lean on Raffensperger. He told him to falsify the tally by not counting ballots. Straight-up criminal election fraud no different from telling a poll worker to go dump votes in the trash.

On Friday, Poland commemorated the 85th anniversary of the Jedwabne pogrom of 1941, when hundreds of Jews were massacred by their Polish neighbors, not by the Nazis. Far-right nationalists staged a protest with a banner calling the pogrom "Jewish lies." notesfrompoland.com/2026/07/10/p...