“Lindsey Graham taught me that it was okay to be dead.” - Mitch McConnell

I love how this makes it seem like they stopped monitoring RFK Jr

Lamentation (flipped, detail), by Gerard David, 1515-23, 📸 by Roberto Schmidt

Also this. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

I had the good fortune to study abroad in Scotland in late 2000 and heard this song daily, if not more frequently. I wore horrible cargo pants and was at the peak of youthful, ill-considered indie snobbery. But even then, I knew this was a banger. Happy Friday.

you want to go to a fucking Marriott in Omaha to see Graham Platner, Russell Brand, and Gina Carano? you will have that option, I promise.

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India just generated 50% of its electricity from clean sources. For 15 minutes. Sounds trivial? That's how every record starts: first minutes, then a day, then a month, then a whole year. Some states are already there: Karnataka crossed 60% clean power last year.

“He provided them with the recipe to rub it in our faces.” —Leah Litman on Trump’s curse on the United States men’s World Cup run.

Poorly constructed headline meets "That sounds likely."

First line of today's horoscope: "Remember to get more sleep."

ICE defended its decision to target Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal for deportation, though he had not been convicted in any case. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Graham Platner’s history of sexual assault proves he does not belong in the US Senate. He belongs on the Supreme Court. by Susan Collins

One reason why working class voters were not supporting Platner? They saw him as lacking “character” and “moral values.”

Multiple things can be true FIFA’s suspension of Balogun’s match suspension is permissible under its WC regs and the Disciplinary Code. FIFA is obviously corrupt. Donald Trump is obviously corrupt. The phone call to Infantino at a minimum gives the appearance of corruption/favoritism/bias.

I love the beautiful game (appellate litigation).

Impeccable.

ICE flights. Saturday, July 4, 2026. At least 85 flights on 28 planes. At least 12 removal flights, 6 to Mexico alone. One year ago today, ICE sent 8 men to South Sudan. Only 3 have been released. Still jailed: Enrique Arias-Hierro, Kyaw Mya, Nyo Myint, Thongxay Nilakout & José Rodriguez-Quiñones.

calling to do corruption on behalf of somebody they don't believe should be a citizen of the United States

Scrawl Live at R&R Station, Madison, WI on 1991-09-27 https://archive.org/details/ajc03821_scrawl_1991-09-27

Scrawl Live at Cabaret Metro on 1989-02-25 https://archive.org/details/ajc03812_scrawl_1989-02-25

Scrawl Live at Reckless Records on 1990-05-11 https://archive.org/details/ajc03814_scrawl_1990-05-11

Scrawl Live at Cubby Bear on 1989-03-10 https://archive.org/details/ajc03813_scrawl_1989-03-10

One of the grimly funny things about sexism is how it blooms even in situations where everyone sucks equally

James Forten heard the 1st public reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776; he participated in the American Revolution & fought for its ideals long after the war. A skilled entrepreneur & ardent abolitionist, his wife & daughters founded the 1st interracial antislavery society for women.

July 4 is always fraught, especially this year. In support of joyful resistance and resilience I share this pic of our neighbor Chris Parente, the Broadview 6 attorney who doggedly broke open the DOJ's misconduct, on a float with his son's baseball team at our local parade. Integrity still matters.

Today we celebrate the PDFing of "Declaration FINAL v3 USE THIS ONE - SIGNED.docx" (Jefferson's draft was heavily edited by the Committee, then again by Congress, and he was big mad about it.)

Who would have known Argentina would have so much trouble battling a remote Atlantic archipelago?

Cleaning house on this rainy day and thought the people of Bluesky might be curious about the latest iterations of the Clue suspects. A quick Google indicates that the usual suspects threw a predicably bigoted tantrum about this revamp.

This is like 1 year of SNAP funding being vaporized into jet exhaust

just shockingly hostile to the people who live in DC

I feel this and have not loved the random outage flickers over the last few days. ABC 7 News validates that there are 164 operating DCs. Apologies for lack of alt text.

This is the most important lesson for her: "If you need to step away and breathe, please do. You have your whole life ahead of you. You have done more than enough for your community and your country...That's not quitting. That's surviving."

“Among these completed cases, seven percent of children with a lawyer were allowed to stay in the U.S. with some form of legal relief, compared to less than one percent of children representing themselves, according to the outlet.”

Tom Kean had the ability to leave work to attend to his illness because he has excellent, government funded healthcare, something he selfishly deprives other Americans of having.

#JuneknowwhatImean day 30 We did it. Matthew Sweet, "Divine Intervention" Does he love us does he love us does he love us does he love us? youtu.be/ELwRW_2cdBE?...

love to my trans friends. fuck SCOTUS.

people got mad at me yesterday when i said the dems were not ready to take court reform seriously. 5-4 for non-racial citizenship is not a win, it's a reprieve bsky.app/profile/schu...

one thing i find funny is that the founding generation would likely have been very enthusiastic about, say, muslim immigrants and intensely skeptical of all the catholics

i am convinced that at least 50% of the people showing up to this thing are just people reporting on how empty it is

This is the way. Particularly given the recent 4th anniversary of the Dobbs ruling. It is painful to think back on all that was ceded as a result of dithering and downplaying calls for court reform during the Biden administration.

crystalline funny @rexhuppke.bsky.social + in this venue =excellent "zany things like affordable housing, making rich pay taxes, doing away w ICE. If the Party starts allowing that kind of popular thinking, might be offputting to the 7 remaining centrist voters" www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Netherlands-Morocco: They once swapped prominent pirates. I'm serious. The "pirate Rabbi" Samuel Pallache was sent in 1608 as Morocco's envoy to the Netherlands, negotiating the two countries' first treaty, the 1610 Treaty of Friendship and Free Commerce. Then Jan Janszoon, a Dutch privateer (1/2)

#juneknowwhatimean day 29 (for real, yesterday should have been 28, of course) The Tubs, "Illusion" Is it just an illusion staring back at me? youtu.be/QB-lGy8liMA?...

#juneknowwhatimean day 29 Versus "B-9" So why did you run out on me? youtu.be/-Vm2OfEkShI?...

Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: An unexpected coalition has emerged to fight data centers in rural America. Politicians, take heed. #ksleg

also if you haven’t read anything about the history of lawrence, you really ought to

Knew it was coming after days of record-breaking, unabated, sweltering heat… massive power outage across downtown Budapest, right around 12:45 am. Eerie to experience, like being in an alien invasion movie. ⚡️😳👽

Happening now in Broadview, outside Chicago, about four dozen protesters have taken the southbound lanes of 25th Ave. This is between the two streets to access the ICE detention facility. Police here: Broadview, Maywood, Bellwood, Hillside, and Cook County Sheriff. @domguan.bsky.social with more:

Today is a good day to remember that authoritarianism is not inevitable, overthrowing fascists is possible, and good things can still happen. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...