People are being arrested for simply touching the reflecting pond in DC: apnews.com/article/refl... Some individuals in Texas received 30-50 year jail sentences for attending an anti-ICE protest where fireworks were set off: www.democracynow.org/2026/6/24/he... Ohio: www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Ugh. Supreme Court rules in Slaughter, 6-3 that Trump can fire people from the FTC. But in Cook, Court rules 5-4 that Trump cannot fire everybody from the Fed. Roberts writes both majority opinions There's no real difference between the FTC and the FED other than Roberts likes the Fed.

Slaughter is an earthquake: SCOTUS has overturned a 90-year-old precedent that facilitated much of modern governance by granting many agencies meaningful independence from the president. Now SCOTUS crushes that independence ... for seemingly every agency except the Federal Reserve.

there are no real upsides to fascism but I will say, personally, if anyone else were president during both the semiquincentennial and the world cup, my liver would have ejected itself from my body in a spasm of overwhelmed partying fun by now.

the economy is so bad I've moved from saving for retirement to investing in witchcraft

If centrists are consistent about anything, it’s that they only seem to acknowledge wars once they’re already losing them.

This is subtle but important: according to the Supreme Court you literally HAVE TO ask for a lawyer in words. if you sit staring at the wall or ask "do i need a lawyer?" the cops can keep talking to you and trying to get you to respond for hours but if you *ask* for a lawyer they can not.

I think it's important to know that the post that agents came after her for was her simply saying: “BREAKING: The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribute. I think today is a great day for Jonathan to be indicted!"

the Supreme Court is just the regular court but with sour cream and tomatoes and the power to strip humans of all our rights and feed us to corporations and bigots

Everyone talks about how it's a problem the president is an 80-year-old senile racist who makes shit up, but let's not forget that Sam Alito is a 76-year-old senile racist who also makes shit up.

apropos of nothing, I decided to try this drink and it is, word for word, exactly what it says it is and neither my brain nor my mouth knows how to process that

Raising children in America radicalized me. I’m not alone.

this is my experience with rural dems in the South. the DNC has largely abandoned them, so they do their own organizing and fundraising, and focus on rural issues. and since they’re poor and working class, their opinions and policy priorities are socialist, although they avoid the word.

I am not old(nor are my friends) and this is us. We are tired of the establishment- we are involved. Im tired of this country being for the uber rich. I’m tired of being told im a radical because I want my kids to breathe clean air- and have healthcare and jobs. This is not radical- it’s America.

Again, it isn't just leftists who are powering this movement and voting out incumbents. Run of the mill Democrats are done with the party establishment as well. Party leaders are ignoring the base at their own peril.

Same. And every organizing effort I'm a part of right now contains women over 60 who have HAD. IT. with establishment dems.

I've only recently started getting involved at the local level, but one of the first thing I heard from canvassers was "vote blue no matter who gets a door slammed in your face." Establishment Dems have been coasting on running as "not Republican" for too long and people are done with it

I know a lot of suburban and rural older white ladies who are intensely active and involved in their communities, many of whom volunteer serve on local dem committees. They, almost universally, hate the democratic establishment, status quo dems, and are clamoring for proactive progressive policies.

When a Jew wins a landslide election in the most Jewish city in the United States, where massive numbers of Jews turned out to reject a terrorist org that lobbies for genocide:

Tax the Rich is a moderate position. Rule of Law is a moderate position. Abolish ICE is a moderate position. Impeach the President is a moderate position. What is radical is accepting fascism without a fight.

The Tea Party was bankrolled by big right-wing money. It wasn’t an outside movement taking over. The money got behind more extreme challengers because they were more aggressive in their wealth-serving goals. The left’s takeover of the Democratic Party has been slow bc the money is on the other side

Lot of dunks on this but for a party that doesn't have dues or formal membership, this is a totally incoherent thing to say. It's not like winning a nomination even entitles you to anything besides a ballot line.

Big props to Brad Lander on winning his primary. Dude has done the moral thing many times and put his body on the line against ICE. He even came to Minnesota during the ICE Occupation to see the injustice firsthand. It’s nice to see moral courage rewarded by voters.

Congrats to Brad Lander’s TK point win

So basically we end the day with immigrants and prisoners have no rights because of six people. I am not exaggerating when I say that our country cannot go on like this.

me, praising a politician for something and then noticing other people can hear me: BUT WHILE I LIKED THIS ONE THING I AM NOT ENDORSING ANYTHING ELSE THEY'VE DONE AND WILL CONSIDER EVERY FUTURE DECISION BASED ON ITS OWN MERITS

I just love raygun

Things you love to see: Your rep, continuing to SHOW THE FUCK UP

At a town hall in PA-07. This district is represented by Republican Rep Mackenzie but like most all republicans, he hasn’t faced his constituents in person even once since taking office. Instead neighboring Dem Reps Dean and Scanlon are answering questions about healthcare, data centers and food.

What remains one of the best life hacks I’ve ever learned: at any chain that has a phone number-based rewards system needed for discounts (CVS, Duane Reade, etc.), simply put in the local area code followed by 867-5309. There is always already an account. You will always get the discount.

anyone looking for a new conspiracy theory to get ahead of and own could absolutely start some channels claiming that trump was always actually working directly for iran

Yes darling you’re right as ever, everyone IS so much stupider than you but unfortunately after much observation it seems your tedious self-righteous lectures aren’t the magic pill you had hoped so perhaps we hold off on those for a touch?

man, Detroit used to be cool

Barry is an incredible artist, a fantastic person and an unceasingly amazing friend. If you can support this beautiful family, please do.

Barry Crain is the artist who designed the Batman Forever McDonald's glasses.

hope it's okay for me to share on this platform but @barrycrain.bsky.social's cancer is back, with no options left. the least we can do to help out him and his family is to send them heaps of money to cover end-of-life care and/or share this with others.

I hate trump's party because it sets the bar way too high for the rest of us who have young children with summer birthdays

*rolling into the room sideways like a human tumbleweed* everything is gender

my flight just got cancelled due to weather and this is a trade I am absolutely happy to make

people on the left: I would like to better the lives of people I love and understand this will also better the lives of people I don't like people on the right: I would like to better the lives of people I love but if that also betters the lives of people I don't like then I don't want it at all

Deal Back Better

good news everyone, a group of 7th graders in my house are debating when a person is officially old and the consensus is that at 60 or so you're no longer in your prime but 75 is officially old

group chats require someone who likes multiple people and can take charge to organize and facilitate conversation so I don't see bluesky people using it

the sun has the opportunity to do the funniest thing

It is quite a thing to be the worst country of recent World Cups when the last two were Qatar and Russia.

Friend: Let's hang Friday, we can just see what we feel like doing Me, having already made 3 differing reservations, mapped nearby activities and parking and created three full plans each with 2 additional contingency options dependent on weather/vibe/price: Totally, we can do whatever, I'm chill

used to be having a good year meant growing relationships, making money, having fun. now a good year just means one where we didn't have to learn about a new kind of worm.

now I aint saying she a gold digger but I have responded STOP 3 times and she's still texting me to contribute to her campaign

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