Every time I hear someone on the left say something in support of Iran, I think of how insane it is to support a regime that would torture and kill you for being gay just because they also loathe the State of Israel.

Russell Vought is an evil man. This plan is nothing short of a personal take-over of federal grant making. It will affect ALL of us. Political commissars will now be in charge of all agencies, reporting to him. But we are not powerless. See what you can do below. 1/ www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office. n.pr/4aWVKvt

Russia preparing possible ‘provocation’ in Baltic states or Poland, sources say

‼️ The GOP is actively taking steps to get rid of protections for ballot counting in Michigan. Their goal? Make it easier for partisan poll challengers to delay or disrupt the ballot-counting process and disenfranchise voters in a pivotal swing state this fall.

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DOJ'S 1️⃣0️⃣TH LOSS: In a major blow to Trump, a federal appeals court rejected the DOJ’s attempt to force Michigan to turn over its full voter registration file. It’s the DOJ’s first appellate defeat — after nine straight district court losses and no wins. https://bit.ly/4vwv4tR

Has no one told him that literally everyone in the entire country is a citizen because of birthright citizenship.

If Kansas Republicans try this, they will get sued and lose. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

June 24, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-24-2026

Can a president ignore a federal judge? That's the question the full D.C. Circuit will consider when it takes up whether Judge Boasberg can investigate possible contempt after the administration refused to comply with his order. The analysis is free to read. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

I agree with this, but I’d cut the pentagon budget 50% over some number of years.

BREAKING: New Mexico's governor calls for criminal probe after AP report that DEA let staggering number of fentanyl pills hit street.

Reuters: US JUDGE TOSSES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S LAWSUIT CHALLENGING FOUR NEW JERSEY CITIES' 'SANCTUARY' IMMIGRATION POLICIES

It should not be physically possible to misappropriate funds. That the Treasury can do this blows my mind. We live in a time where all of this can be automated by statute and yet we just haven't.

It's FAR more than 1.5 trillion, by about a factor of 10. The total amount of private wealth in the US is ~$90 trillion. The top 5% control most of that.

A jury found 8 of 9 protesters guilty of “providing material support to terrorists”, among other crimes. Two had already left the scene by the time guns were drawn. All 8 of the defendants sentenced so far have received harsh sentences – 30-100 years – essentially life in prison.

This gives me life.

“Given the signals that we’ve received from this administration, all of the ways they have acted to intervene in elections and to insert DOJ in election processes in a way that is inappropriate, we would be foolish to not be prepared,” she said. “So we are prepared." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Tens of millions of voters have had their data run through the Trump administration's revamped SAVE tool. A judge just found it unlawful. n.pr/4vW4pGs

Reactionary centrist pundits are begging Democrats to abandon transgender people. Under Starmer, Labour did that... with trans people suffering more under their rule than even under conservative governments. And it was all for nothing. Dems must not make Starmer's mistake. Read my latest.

Russell Vought’s Office of Management and Budget has labeled some aid money “unallocated” to control how it can be spent.

NOW: Trump-appointed federal Judge Stephanie Gallagher rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to force Maryland election officials to turn over the state’s unredacted voter registration list

BREAKING: A federal judge has halted the Trump administration effort to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and others in an immigration enforcement probe.

BREAKING: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal judge halts Trump administration effort to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Walz, others in immigration enforcement probe.

BREAKING: A federal judge has blocked the Trump admin from implementing a new system she says is "actively" and "haphazardy" purging "non-citizens" from voter rolls using inaccurate data. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

A federal judge threw out the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit seeking Maryland’s statewide, unredacted voter registration list, dealing another blow to President Donald Trump and the department’s sweeping campaign to obtain voter data from the states. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

We are now at levels of support that equate to 5% less than the proportion of the adult population that elected this fuckface.

With the FBI raid of a prominent Ohio voting organization, the Trump administration’s intimidation tactics are escalating to new heights. bit.ly/43G11Ub

Courts have recently held that police don’t need a warrant to obtain your search history, an expert on surveillance explains: “Police can essentially rummage through your most revealing Google search queries and find incriminating evidence against you.”

Some good news for a change! A judge ruled that Trump’s freeze on processing immigration applications for 39 countries is illegal and that processing must restart immediately. This ruling is a step in the right direction. Let’s keep up the fight.

The Ohio Organizing Collaborative has played a critical role in fighting for fair redistricting and running successful voter registration programs aimed at racial minorities. Now, the Trump administration is targeting the organization.

It’s that magical time every four years where the entire internet pretends to have been lifelong soccer fans. #worldcup

⚠️ Voter registrations across the country could be canceled just days before the November midterms if the DOJ gets its way. Here’s why they’re attacking a common-sense federal law that aims to protect voters – and how SCOTUS could get involved:

Do you know how much the typical worker would be making today if their wages had grown as much as CEO pay? This graph holds the shocking answer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lPPsrAMtTI

🚨 BIG NEWS: The largest wind project in the U.S. just came online in New Mexico. The SunZia Wind Project features 916 turbines that will power homes in Arizona and California via a high-voltage transmission line. This is a huge victory for our environment and lower costs!

"As a rule, when responding to a bomb threat, ICE isn’t the first law enforcement agency that comes to mind — what are they going to do, detain the bomb for weeks in squalid conditions before deporting it to a country it’s never been to before?..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

A trio of Senate Republicans are on their way out of Congress. Each has previously drawn President Trump's scorn and now each are seen as newly liberated to complicate his agenda if they choose.

⚡️Moscow Oil Refinery halts operations after largest-ever drone attack on Russian capital, General Staff says. The strike damaged a combined oil processing unit, three RVS-10000 oil storage tanks, and one RVS-30000 tank at the Moscow Oil Refinery.

A document from the Department of Homeland Security outlines plans to issue local police facial recognition technology used by federal immigration agents, a move that will expand the scope of ICE surveillance.

Pulte seeks major cuts in first day as intel chief

Today, a Missouri court ruling struck down almost all of the state's unnecessary abortion restrictions — and restored access to medication abortion for the first time since 2018.

Arizona judges blocked a lower court order that took election duties away from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and assigned them to county Recorder Justin Heap, an election denier who has pushed conspiracy theories about voting in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW: Charges dropped in suburban ATF sting further strains trust between Boutros' office and judges "This court is very concerned that I cannot rely on the information that is provided to me … from the U.S. Attorney's Office." From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...