Wildland firefighters are away from home this holiday protecting lives. Three firefighters were killed in Colorado last week. When tragedy strikes, Wildland Firefighters Foundation assists families & injured firefighters. I’ll match the next fifty $5 donations: wffoundation.org/kyle-clarks-...

Meanwhile @rivianofficial.bsky.social was UP 8.44% today. They revised their sales UP which led to a spike. I'm glad I bought 1,000 shares at $15. I think this is the beginning of an incredible run. When R2 sales for Q3 and Q4 hit, Rivian is going through the roof! Referral Code: MARIO1066676

Jack Smith on MS NOW: "I'm very concerned of what's going to happen in the next election, absolutely."   "I think the state attorney generals have a tremendous role to play here … And I would also say that I think a thing that all of us can do is support election workers and election officials."

Jack Smith: "I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime"

NEW: This is too much. The DOJ accidentally emailed copies of Volume II of Jack Smith's final report to the lawyers representing a woman they charged with obstruction of justice for emailing Volume II of Jack Smith's final report. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/doj-accide...

Authorities are imposing a limit of “one bottle of water per person” for attendees on the DC Mall. This is on July 4, when the temp will exceed 100 degrees. Checkpoints open at 1 pm. Fireworks don’t start til after 1030 pm. Good luck to our EMS friends. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Already the presumptive governor and congresswoman butting heads. I’m with Phil on this one.

this Pirro press conference is completely beyond parody, like a deleted scene from Idiocracy. listen to this shit

Life imitating art? Or art life? Not sure where we are in this fever-dream world anymore. Anyway, The Pitt (HBO) actually had a storyline on the issue of immigration enforcement affecting healthcare. www.npr.org/2026/07/02/n...

Today's bonus issue of "One First" argues that one of the real unifying themes of #SCOTUS's October 2025 Term is the numerous opportunities the justices *missed* to appear to be above politics—and the (entirely unnecessary) wounds they inflicted on the Court's credibility along the way:

Sen. Michael Bennet is all of us who have ever been stuck in a job we hate, applied for another job, and didn't get it. Bennet is going back to work in Washington.

Cartoon by @emilyscartoons.bsky.social

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...

Gov. Jared Polis passed over other deserving inmates to give clemency to Tina Peters, according to two members of his clemency board who revealed Polis overruled the unanimous recommendation of his experts. Polis has now fired both of them.

HOLY SHIT. FIFA President Gianni Infantino is at the USA game, sitting with Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce AND CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN. Disgusting.

Folarin Balogun, who is a US citizen because he was born here, scores a go-ahead goal for the US team in a knockout game. Score one for birthright citizenship.

An anti-establishment avalanche buried two top Dems in Colorado, revealing the depth of the base's frustrations with Washington. Here's what democratic socialist Melat Kiros told us after toppling 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette to win the nomination👇 🔗 politi.co/3QQ6qoY

Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”

Can’t overstate how much impact he had had on the current abysmal state of the Court.

BP execs were deeply involved in shaping a highly influential climate science paper. The authors not only discussed ideas with the oil company but, in a departure from academic norms, passed drafts back and forth and welcomed extensive feedback.

Iconic line from @stevevladeck.bsky.social here in response to Will Baude’s SCOTUS boosterism www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...

Donald Trump came one vote away from getting the Supreme Court to say that the 14th Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented and temporary immigrants, a view held only by fringe far-right nativists until VERY recently. This is shocking. I am stunned.

NEW: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.

A union representing federal wildland firefighters is raising concerns about their safety and fatigue after an “explosive” first phase of the season resulting in the deaths of three firefighters in Colorado near the Utah border. From @utahnewsdispatch.com

Yikes. Just moments ago, this NPR page announced Alito’s retirement. www.npr.org/2026/06/30/n...

This will change politics more than Citizens United. Mark my words.

To this this during Pride is vile. www.npr.org/2026/06/30/n...

We have Slaughter and Cook. By a 6–3 vote, SCOTUS overturns Humphrey's Executor and lets Trump fire heads of independent agencies. But by a 5–4 vote, it refuses to let him fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

This is wild and crazy. Also, having healthy people who don’t need to use insurance is exactly how you keep rates down. The single greatest driver of insurance rates was the death of the individual mandate.

UNFUN FACT: The 2026 FIFA World Cup features 48 teams co-hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico. Of the 48 participating nations, the United States is the only one without a universal health care system.

“Stop the steal” was apparently more of a how-to seminar.

I do not think there is sufficient appreciation for how catastrophic yesterday’s decision in Slaughter is for this country. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent and she intoned from the bench yesterday, “today the majority reshapes our Govt.”

Bwahahaha!

Tomorrow at SCOTUS is gonna be like: a. Trans athletes get screwed b. Another campaign finance law is gutted c. Birthright citizenship is upheld ... and we're all supposed to focus on (c) and forget about all the atrocious decisions that preceded it. Let's not, please!

This is officially GREAT.

She has better form than half the last 50 years of Jets QBs. What a cannon!

Massie: "I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."

John Roberts will want you to forget everything that happened this week at SCOTUS after he confirms that the first sentence of the 14th Amendment means what it says, please do not fall for it

Sam Alito: It is the worst kind of discrimination to create majority-minority congressional districts and so we are going to kill the Voting Rights Act. Also Sam Alito: There is nothing we can do if the president cancels legal status because he thinks the United States is a white country.

101 former judges have asked New York disciplinary authorities to investigate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, alleging ethics violations tied to his conduct at DOJ. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

MAJOR BREAKING: Federal judge has just issued a nationwide block on ICE's policy of arresting immigrants at courthouses.

Another decision based on the long held judicial principle of “cruelty above all else.”

Terrific distinction by @kylec.bsky.social about the difference on whether your vote “counts” (they all do) versus how much your vote “matters” (more in primaries).

As someone who has seen arguments at SCOTUS, I can say this is absolutely a shit-take from WashPo. (1) The oral arguments are already public. (2) The actions of some of the justices are abhorrent. (3) No one is saying televise the being closed doors decision making process.

What two scenes have the same vibe. I'll go first:

Better called universal basic care - but something the US should aspire to in our country.

Lynn Bartels was one of a kind. A quick mind and razor wit. Generous to other journalists with her institutional knowledge of Colorado politics - or to give kudos or a corrective. As a young reporter, I watched her call BS on politicians to their face and aspired to be like her.