Oh he was *AT* at Jan 6.

Solar Eclipse Over Snowy Central Park NYC, 1925.

Having been in the army at one point in my life there's part of me that's weirdly impressed at how Pete Hegseth has found ways to make it even dumber

Does he think this is helping?

important reminder that Argentina invaded the falklands because the far-right military junta wanted to boost its popularity and 99% of people who live there want to stay with the UK

Trump curse is undefeated.

omg Argentina brought out a "THE FALKLANDS ARE ARGENTINE" banner after the win

Sounds like gender-affirming care to me.

The con job begins for the next 72 hours. We’ve seen this drill before.

Trump: "'Affordability!' That's a fake word they use ... they came up with this word"

Sometimes life is hard

ICE has shot and killed 10 people since Trump came back into office. 2 more in the last week. In addition, 50 people have died in ICE detention. ICE has become a killing machine. We cannot let this feel normal. It isn't.

This might seem crazy, but I really wonder if the GOP will even contest #GASen this year. Collins managed to raise just $2 mil during a quarter that included both the primary and the runoff. It would take at least $100 million in outside spending to ... do what exactly? www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Groundbreaking new research — funded by California legislation — has finally allowed scientists to predict deadly cliff collapses along the Pacific coast with amazing accuracy: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @rosannaxia.bsky.social

Hey remember how I said anti-Black racism was becoming acceptable alongside sexism in certain online "left" circles after recent primaries

No follow-up questions allowed by Sen. Tom Cotton, the intel. committee chair, when the panel is considering the nomination of a director of national intelligence. That's absurd and an insult to democratic governance.

“You refuse to answer a basic question about who won a presidential election, but you ask to lead America’s intelligence community?”

Keep em coming.

People of LA 👇

Rick Steves’ Europe just taught me something about London I never knew! The metal finials and gating painted black around the city didn’t used to be that colour! They were ordered painted black by Queen Victoria upon the death of her husband, Prince Albert, and have remained black ever since!

Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.

The Top 1% of U.S. earners now have more wealth than the entire middle class

Thomas Massie: “It’s ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we’re yelling ‘election fraud’? We won all the damn elections.”

Maybe they should just practice locking the door and turning off the lights and remaining silent while hiding under their desks…or is that just appropriate for kindergartners? 

most obvious policy W of all time

Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...

*clears throat* *taps mic* welcome to Schism Watch 2026 I am here to report a new crashout

Large protest at Monument Square in Portland, Maine. Plans to march to Susan Collins’ office after the last speaker.

A top Dem called Friday for DHS to cancel a huge contract awarded to an upstart firm to implement Trump's "self-deportation" program. The owner of the company blamed criticism of his work on competitors he says want to protect profits from mandatory deportations. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Sen. Ossoff: If the President calls Georgia's senators illegitimate, he is calling Georgia's voters illegitimate. Donald Trump tried to commit voter fraud in Georgia when he badgered Brad Raffensperger to "find" him the exact number of votes he needed to win in a state he had lost.

The mystery isn't that hard to solve. Connie Chan is against transit and parks and housing. Teachers aside, her labor support mostly comes from those unions trying to block modular offsite construction. She's best understood as a west side NIMBY, not a progressive. sfstandard.com/opinion/2026...

New w @pamherd.bsky.social: Mamdani just announced PIT Crew — an NYC tech unit that will build digital public products. Takeaway: Mamdani is reclaiming a vision of tech in govt for progressives, one not driven by consultants and which solves real problems. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/mamdani-in...

Billionaire Warren Buffett omitted Bill Gates′ foundation from his annual donations this year after disclosures of the Microsoft co-founder's ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Collins doesn’t have to accuse ICE of murder. She doesn’t have to say it needs to be defunded. She could just say that her heart goes out to the family as she awaits results of the investigation. Angus King, meanwhile.. 3/

This baby turns 18 today 🥹

An unfathomable clean air act violation. I worked in this exact field for years, including in oil and gas, and i still can't get over how wanton and obvious this crime is. Just stunning

seeing a lot of quotes from sen angus king about info he's been able to get about this fatal shooting. you'll remember tho that maine actually has two senators and we don't seem to have heard much from that other one.

Yeah, join the ICC and get the whole lot of them rightfully prosecuted

“She was still in her bluey pajamas”

Our local newspaper, The Portland Press Herald, has lifted their paywall on coverage of the ICE shooting of a man in Biddeford, Maine this morning. They have excellent reporters and will have much more accurate information than natl news as we learn more: www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...

Everyone except billionaires wants to tax billionaires, but taxing wealth at the federal level ain't gonna happen. Heck, SCOTUS won't even let Congress touch unrealized gains, the main source of income for the nation's wealthiest families. Allow me to Mikesplain (story link in replies):

Hey, New Yorkers: Mayor Mamdani is recreating the city's digital service, after Mayor Adams destroyed it. They're hiring devs, designers, and product folks to work on-site in Brooklyn, starting now. You don't even have to be a city resident. Get on it!

Our report out today adds some interesting context to the Financial Times story from March that Hegseth's broker tried to buy into a defense fund just before the US attacked Iran -- a war that Hegseth aggressively advocated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

He's attempting international extortion to drive up prices on 1/4 of the world's oil.

Hard to put into words how big of an own-goal it is for the United States to normalize shipping tolls at all, much less tolls at 20%. It's the kind of thing that appeals to someone who has only ever known how to run short-term scams.

Assuming this math is correct, it means that the US plans to charge 15X as much as the Islamic Republic of Iran. So if you're a shipper, whom do you want to do business with -- Trump or the ayatollah?

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge says Trump lawsuit against IRS was filed for 'improper purpose' and refers attorneys for disciplinary action