Brilliant and powerful piece by my friend @willbunch.bsky.social. A must read:

KAT ABUGHAZALEH Illinois congressional candidate was thrown to the ground by armed troops during a peaceful protest outside Broadview ICE facility‼️If anyone threw a woman on the ground like that before 2025 they would be condemned, and arrested‼️

DOJ has now scrubbed its website of a study that found domestic terrorism is far more likely to come from the RIGHT than the LEFT. We need Democrats that are ready to counter this bullshit narrative from Sen Eric Schmitt (R-MO). They’re coming for freedom of speech, fight back‼️

With the very real prospect of Republicans losing the midterms thanks to President Trump’s widely unpopular policies, he and his allies are already working to sway the ballot before a single vote is cast. And they’re only just getting started.

The Trump administration plans to end a $7 billion Biden-era program that helps low-income households get solar power.

Some light evening reading - on the extremists who are in charge on the Right and the escalating siege mentality that has fueled their rise. It’s a long piece - but it comes with an added audio version (read by me, not some AI garbage) to make it more accessible, hopefully.

‘Horrific’: report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities | US immigration | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The wages of ignorance is death. U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

I've known and admired J.B. Pritzker for years. He is a true warrior for democracy. I think you will enjoy watching this conversation as much as I did recording it. youtu.be/wwxFVHCTvAA

It's very obvious that the NYT has put people in editorial positions who view it as part of their job to upset the left. This is, in the bizarro, insular world of US elites, seen as a way to restore balance & regain the trust of the right. Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...

I read a lot of conservative media and have yet to see a profile of an able-bodied American who's sponging off taxpayers to get free medical care. But we are told that are a lot of them are out there! So they shouldn't be hard to find! Have any of you seen a credible piece along these lines?

Reading @elienyc.bsky.social is always time well spent. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Just awful: A 75-year-old man just died in ICE custody, ICE has revealed in a notice to Congress. But here's the rub: This man, a Cuban national, was first paroled into the US in 1966—nearly 60 years ago! They were set to deport him anyway. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/1974...

With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending

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Johnny Noviello moved from Canada to Daytona Beach when he was 10 years old. He grew up in Florida and became a lawful permanent resident. On Monday, June 23, he died at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami, after six weeks in immigration detention. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Be sure to sit down with @nhannahjones.bsky.social’s latest piece in the NYT magazine. It’s a sobering reality that we should be shouting from the rooftops. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...

wapo.st/3GjK8qn This reporting needs to be repeated everyday. Policies of sociopaths. Don’t let anyone tell you differently.

Perhaps the most remarkable thing from the last few weeks is that is the official position of the White House and President that this bill does NOT cut Medicaid. And we all pretend somehow this is normal and that Trump remains fit to serve.

Important point: rank all 5 slots to block Cuomo!

I feel like “Current Republican Speaker of the House threatens political opponent with third degree burns and torture” should get more media attention than it will

As I note here, really zero reason to believe Elon is stepping away from anything. This is all a crisis comms campaign. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-...

Hey, if the media is interested in a cover-up of a senile president who's not really in control of his White House, there's one going on right now?

insurreciton welfare. probably first of many examples

66,000 tons of food are rotting away in USAID warehouses thanks to Trump and DOGE. That's enough food to feed more than a million people in the world's poorest countries for three months — including over 480,000 kids. In what world is starving children "efficient"?

The Art of Omission: Trump Erased Human Rights and Ethics Concerns from His Middle East Coverage Trump shared manipulated articles to his Truth Social platform to craft a glowing portrayal of his diplomacy meidasnews.com/news/the-art...

So my disabled nonverbal cousin will need to prove that she’s unable to work to receive Medicaid and the life saving meds that she needs! My 90 grandmother who work all her life and is now physically disabled will require a work requirement to keep her benefits? FU! www.alternet.org/amp/republic...

I'm working on a book about how the 2004 Howard Dean scream is to blame for all our problems while simultaneously ignoring the criminal fascist currently in the White House. Anyone have Jake Tapper's publisher's number?

Kristol and Bulwark with their eyes on the prize here.

She was 9 weeks pregnant. She died. The state of Georgia is making the doctors keep her alive to incubate the baby. She’s been dead for three months. This is REAL. this isn’t about what should or should not be done. This is about having a VOICE. This is about having a CHOICE.

NEW: A group of 49 “refugees” were warmly greeted by the Trump regime upon their arrival in America. Warmly welcomed because they’re white — from South Africa — and had been swiftly granted refugee status because Trump and his fellow white supremacists believe these Afrikaners were victims of…

Nobody talking about how shoveling $4-5 trillion to the richest Americans might be inflationary? Of course not.

Andrew Cuomo to me is a great sign that the rot in American political culture is deeper than Trump. Trump is symptomatic of a culture and systems of power that elevates the worst (mostly) men to power. The sad part is the people can stop this but we fail to or are tricked into thinking we can't.

NBC reports that, shockingly, during his latest Moscow pilgrimage Witkoff met with Putin and his two negotiators alone and without his own interpreter, relying - in breach of protocol - on a locally present one www.nbcnews.com/world/russia.... However, this seems half the problem (1/n)

This was the point in the @propublica.org story on pricey cancer drug Revlimid where i got angry. The price has gone up 26 TIMES since 2006. Yet, @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social found a deposition where a top exec admits the drug has ALWAYS cost just $.25 to make. www.propublica.org/article/revl...

Anti-vax imbeciles along with the worm brain running the HHS have successfully brought measles back.

"Ultimately, several service members told military.com they feel Hegseth's idea of what a defense secretary is expected to do doesn't line up with what the job actually requires of him." Hegseth is going to get troops killed. #ProudBlue #FireHegsethNow #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

Your Family: 3 dolls and 5 pencils Trump’s Family: $2.9 billion Any questions?

This is unbelievable. WTF is the trump administration doing? 😡

Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?

Congress works for us. We will be heard. Their time is our time. We hold the line. We #Resist #EndTheWarOnWomen Emily @emilyjaynef.bsky.social you’re a hero. 🙌 #SheShed www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjAHLhwW/

Israel approved plans to capture the entire Gaza Strip and remain in the territory for an unspecified amount of time: apnews.com/article/isra...

New article just dropped. Democracy sausage Australia just held one of the most boring—and consequential—elections in recent memory, delivering a landslide win for stability, moderation, and the political centre. And the sausages were tasty open.substack.com/pub/chyron/p...

Braver than basically any member of Congress AND hoping she hires lawyers to sue Lawler and local government law enforcement agencies and governments too!

“I just smoked a dude.”When police escalate instead of de-escalate: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...