Last week the House of Lords spent three hours debating threats to democracy. What was striking to me about it wasn't any single speech, it was that half the room was describing one half of the problem, the other half was describing the other half, and almost nobody connected the two. 🧵

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court grants six new cases for next term and, among other cases, denies Trump's appeal of the E. Jean Carroll verdict. The $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict against Trump in Carroll's case stands.

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The girl who was killed by russian glide bomb in Kharkiv today came to the city for her university graduation. ​A graduation robe lies next to her body...

Trump claims "communism" is a bigger threat to the nation than the Pearl Harbor attack, and then abruptly boots reporters out of the Oval

The imagery provided by Planet Labs shows a 14-mile stretch of Venezuela's northern coast before and after the earthquake. Readers can explore and compare specific areas in the interactive below and assess the damage. bellingcat-embeds.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/2026/venezue...

At least 1,719 people are reported to have died in the quakes but the final casualty count is expected to rise significantly.

Bellingcat has received satellite imagery from Planet Labs PBC that shows one the areas worst affected by the recent earthquakes in Venezuela www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06...

GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.

#AuvergneRhôneAlpes - Laurent Wauquiez est visé par un signalement pour détournement de fonds publics. En cause : le statut flou de « conseiller spécial » que la Région a créé pour lui en octobre 2024, quand son élection comme député l’a contraint de quitter l’exécutif régional. #AnticorVeille

Tens of thousands celebrated Budapest Pride, the first since Viktor Orbán’s ousting.

🚨BREAKING: Federal court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to gain access to Pennsylvania voter records. Another victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. Another defeat for DOJ. DOJ is now 0-10. 👀 ELG remains undefeated! 🗳️⚖️💪 www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...

Photographer Pennie Smith, The Clash, September 1979, an image used for the 'London Calling' album cover art and voted best rock 'n' roll image #WomensArt

Beluga Whale Escapes Research Facility And Swims Hundreds Of Miles Back To Her Baby. It is wrong and immoral to hold beings of self awareness captive if they have committed no crimes.

NEW: Mamdani’s rent freeze APPROVED. Tell me again how he’ll “never get anything done.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/n...

Landscape-inspired textile art, using hand-dyed fabric, stitching and mixed media by UK textile artist Magz Roberts #WomensArt

Friends, they’re not even trying to hide their voter suppression. ⬇️

The power station in Russian-occupied Kerch, Crimea, in Ukraine is burning. The fire is raging at the fuel silos.

What happens when a sanctioned country builds a formal toll system at the world's most important oil chokepoint and starts collecting crypto? (Members Only) Listen here: warontherocks.com/episode/the-...

"Trump said, 'You know why I [attack the press]? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you.' Trump said that," Stahl told the audience, adding, "So, put that in your head for a minute." www.cbsnews.com/news/lesley-...

Such good news. Human beings are capable of magical and wonderful things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#BouchesduRhone - Le parquet national financier a requis quatre ans de prison dont deux ferme, 80 000 euros d’amende, l’interdiction définitive d’exercer une fonction publique et cinq ans d’inéligibilité contre François Bernardini. #AnticorVeille

Mural in San Andrés Cholula, Mexico www.reddit.com/r/MarchAgain...

NEW: Records obtained by ProPublica detail at least a dozen SpaceX investors with addresses in mainland China, Hong Kong or Russia who acquired stakes in SpaceX years ago through a middleman firm in the U.S. called Tomales Bay Capital.

Jamaican beach access campaigners go to court to fight privatisation of coast

NEW: Jeffery Epstein continued to exploit women and associate with the rich and famous during his time in jail, an NBC News investigation shows.

Glasgow now, there is no place in Scotland for racism or fascism.

Thousands gather at a peaceful anti-racism rally in Belfast as the crowd chants, "Refugees are welcome here”🙏

This is very dangerous: voter registration group being treated as criminal www.ms.now/news/ohio-pr...

been thinking about this sentence a lot today "Tarrio, who is considered a snitch by numerous former Proud Boys after his past as a federal informant was revealed during his trial, has dedicated much of his recent time to streaming on Rumble for an audience of 661 followers."

Far-right extremists across Europe and the United States are using the chaos in Belfast to escalate anti-immigrant violence, glorify street unrest, and push white nationalist “remigration” rhetoric, as neo-Nazi and Identitarian networks openly celebrate attacks on migrant communities. Read more:

"Les préfectures créent des sans-papiers" : à Paris, un rassemblement pour protester contre les dysfonctionnements administratifs #Refugees

It's hard to fathom how deeply evil this is, and that we have people running our country who get sick pleasure from sending women fleeing violence in Iran to an African country in the middle of a brutal civil war.

At the American Medical Association’s annual meeting, members of the group’s House of Delegates sent a clear message to their leaders: Call out RFK Jr. — even if it costs us in the pocketbook.

Mais que raconte exactement Xenia Fedorova ? Je propose dans cet entretien à @larevuedesmedias.ina.fr une analyse textuelle et lexicométrique de l'ensemble des chroniques de l'ex-patronne de RT France dans le JDD. 1/2

#Anticorruption - « L’agrément est un sésame dont nous avons besoin pour agir efficacement et contourner les collusions possibles dans certaines affaires sensibles. », Inès Bernard, déléguée générale d’Anticor. #AnticorVeille

Make no mistake: in California, our democracy is working as it should. But our President is doing everything in his power to make you doubt that with constant lies. His baseless, anti-democratic rhetoric has no place in our electoral process.

#Hongrie - Les députés hongrois ont accepté de diminuer de 40 % leurs revenus pour contribuer à soulager les finances publiques et renvoyer l’image de probité réclamée par le nouveau premier ministre, dans un contexte budgétaire tendu. #AnticorVeille

This is an outrageous story. A farmer donated 87 acres to a small Texas city on the condition it be used as a public park. Years later, the farmer has passed away, the city sold the land to a developer, and now it will be the site of a 135,000 square foot data center www.404media.co/a-farmer-don...

Un renversement qui en dit long sur notre époque et sur la terreur exercée par Bolloré. Ce film célèbre de Gaulle mais la couardise et la violence d'une partie de son équipe traduisent davantage l'héritage de Vichy et de la collaboration. Soutien à ces deux journalistes de @france24.com.

The sentence comes after the former political prisoner was freed by a presidential pardon in August 2023, following nearly a decade spent behind bars. Ahmed Douma was arrested again in April this year after publishing an article on prison conditions in Egypt

Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)

“The mission is to close down Delaney Hall, to respect the human rights that all human beings have — no matter what their legal status is,” she said. “We’re seeking a humane response to something that is as close to evil as I’ve ever seen.” www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...

Violences sexistes et sexuelles en milieu scolaire : 255 signalements depuis le début de 2026, selon Edouard Geffray

Had to share - MSM seems to be ignoring it.