One of the things it is also important to note: the rule is beyond the scope of OMB’s power under its authorizing statute. OMB’s primary job—as articulated by Congress—is to support the President in review of agency action, not serve as a the pivotal, singular person, yay or naying grants.

I don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...

Paleontologist Neil Shubin vows to keep National Academy of Sciences relevant | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

The US Election Assistance Commission does not run elections. Local governments do. Trump purging EAC is bad, and worse because MAGA Justices just twisted the law to give him this power last week. But there will be an election. Believe it, demand it, protect it, and vote.

Listen, the gender piece of the Platner story is massive and right at its heart. It's also his undoing. But I think people also need to understand that the obsession with Israel/Palestine as a political issue is also a massive part of what blinded people here. People need to reckon with it.

Why the Democratic Party Has No ‘Base’ and Why That Matters talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-t...

What is a "stroad"? 🚗🛣️ In a recent @News12NJ story, Prof. Michael Smart and @vtc.rutgers.edu Executive Director Leigh Ann Von Hagen explain why Route 1 is a classic example—and what it means for safety and planning. newjersey.news12.com/what-is-a-st...

A research team with the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, with support from the NJSPL, recently conducted a series of focus groups with small business owners in #Middlesex County #NJ to capture their experiences and perspectives navigating the incorporation of #AI tools into their work:

Surprised a guy with a Nazi tattoo is complaining about shadowy forces of corporate and media and monied elites manipulating events behind the scenes

Stopping fascism requires ending the Republicans' Senate majority, so when Platner was headed to November, I bit my tongue. But in a PRIMARY? He should have been forced out when the Nazi tattoo news first broke. Why would you trust him? It’s not like he had some other record to stand on.

Our short national nightmare is over. Goodbye Graham Platner. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/graham-...

This piece from @marisakabas.bsky.social is the best thing I've read on the Platner debacle.

Donald Trump is suffering from dementia. Someone needs to step in before it's too late.

This is a really important thread. I know people hate Rahm here. But, he’s “talking tachlis” (IYKYK)

This. And not to mention, primaries are not “representative” at all bsky.app/profile/mjsk...

When my Civ VI game gets really interesting

I don't know, man, I think if Joe Biden had kept confusing Zelenskyy with Putin and Iran with Japan, the media might have made a pretty big deal about it?

Actual honest people tend to be NICE, they tend to be FORGIVING, they tend to be THOUGHTFUL and often UNCERTAIN. People who make endless strongly-worded pronouncements with complete certainty, and rip into anyone who isn’t certain, usually aren’t honest - they’re performing being a truth-teller.

there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.

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it once again bears repeating: that platner is even a candidate is because this guy, who was run out of Pittsburgh for recruiting/managing multiple candidates accused of DV/SA, who himself has allegations against him, recruited platner he should be blacklisted until the end of time

Dems have dumped Swalwell and platner Republicans have nominated Ken Paxton

Trump is on the phone to Infantino right now, demanding he find him 3 goals.

Lyndsey Fifield, Graham’s ex who was the primary focus of the NYT piece, has rightly dragged Gallego.

It's not the most important aspect of this Platner story by far, but this is why we shouldn't want candidates for Senate or Governor who haven't run for office before. Lower offices give people both experience in governing and an opportunity to be vetted by the public.

*taps sign* The government running party primary elections instead of letting parties pick their own nominees in the manner of their choosing is a weird American thing that eviscerates the fundamental purpose of political parties and it's bad, actually.

Obviously the credible rape allegation adds a new layer to this, and the victim’s story is heartbreaking. But also. The Nazi tattoo should have been enough, and not just as a warning sign. If you were OK with the Nazi tattoo, forgive me if I continue to question your ethical judgement.

The court views Trump as a somewhat unreliable agent in enacting their will. They are going to rule against him when he does things that jeopardize their long-term project.

The latest economic forecast from @policylab.rutgers.edu bsky.app/starter-pack...

This is a prime example of why right-wing populism slides so easily into antisemitism. You need a populist framing of "the people" versus "the elites," but you can't frame the elites in strictly economic terms, or else you end up with leftism. Hence you need another way to define "elites."

The Rick Camp Game, 2026 edition

In case you haven't seen this today.

A Trump administration with the base level of competency of Trump I would have turned this summer into a wall-to-wall national patriotism-equals-MAGA fest. It really is a stark illustration of the collapse of administrative capacity under Trump II that that just ... didn't happen.

Jul 4th 1918 - Steve Rogers' (aka #CaptainAmerica) birthday. In the comics he was born in 1920. 📽️📅 Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

From the Declaration of Independence, on King George III: “He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither” #NoKings 🧵

I feel fairly confident they'd look at Trump and reaffirm that, "A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

Jul 4th 1776 - The Declaration of Independence was signed. 📽️📅 1776 (1972)

THIS WORLD CUP IS INSANE

Some thoughts on the Slaughter-house Six and the death of Humphrey’s Executor on @goodauth.bsky.social … and look for @sarahbinder.bsky.social and Mark Spindel on the companion Cook decision too! goodauthority.org/news/after-t...

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

"America is not more unjust or illiberal today than it was in 1800; or 1850; or 1950. But we have moved decidedly backwards: We are a great deal more illiberal in 2026 than we were in 2000, or 2008, or 2016."

Mamdani: "Therein lies the work of America -- a striving, a bettering, the reaching toward perfection. What a privilege each of us has to live in a nation that every one of its inhabitants can shape. What a responsibility each of us possesses to prove ourselves worthy of all those who came before."

If American democracy fails, everything people here care about - Gaza, climate change, spelling reform, whatever - gets worse. (Just ask the people now dying in Africa.) So prioritize your voting as if you're a reasoning, capable adult, and not a single-issue child holding your breath.

A new report led by CUPR's Garin Bulger, updates the historical timelines with respect to New Jersey’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as reduce its vulnerability to climate change impacts. doi.org/10.7282/0000...

If DSA actually wants us to believe that they don’t support antisemitism then it needs to start with disassociating themselves from this candidates in Wisconsin. If they can’t even do the bare minimum…

"Murray, Peters, Schumer, & Merkley Lead All Senate Democrats in Demanding OMB Rescind Rule Giving President Sweeping Power to Politicize Federal Grants" Even Fetterman signed on www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

🛻🚨🚒 NJ's own Target Zero Action plan identified a need to implement a Rapid Response program for municipalities to deploy safety countermeasures immediately after a fatal or serious injury crash. Researchers recently interviewed a variety of #transportation experts within the city of #Denver:

Belgium should have to give their victory to DR Congo as reparations

If Israel is your most important issue in this election, you're not really all that worried about American democracy.