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Thank you @sifill.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social and team!

Reminder that "real Maine guy" was recruited by two consultants who were not from Maine

“Reasonable people can disagree about how best to manage our public lands, but burning down the rules makes the problem worse, not better,” John Ruple writes in an op-ed.

Seen on site selling t-shirts. Gotta love it.

Image by Cheney Orr for Reuters. L Russert: …no masks to keep you safe from Covid but masks ok for cowardly white nationalists (paraphrase).

Not really stirring us like it really should be.

It’s 43 minutes past midnight. This is downtown Oslo.

Courage in a sea of cowards who mask their face bc they don't have an ounce of her strength.

YeThe first sentence blew me away: “I do not love America, and never have, especially now.”

Lina Khan is a gift to our country - she’s brilliant.

Russia’s Vladimir Putin has released an embarrassing video of himself dressed up as a soldier in an apparent bid to win back Donald Trump as Ukraine increasingly turns the tables on his war. The 73-year-old Russian leader appeared, at times, visibly nervous in the video released by the Kremlin on

Women = half the population. Loss of abortion rights, inability to pass ERA, and ppl debating taking away women’s right to vote … Yet, no mention on 4TH OF JULY? And, ppl wonder why there are no consequences for perps in the Epstein Files?

Ok, so why aren’t we talking about how half the population in USA aren’t included in the Constitution? Loss of bodily autonomy and the inability to pass ERA should tell us something. Why isn’t anyone highlighting this? They are debating taking away our right to vote!

Humans now being asked to use less electricity in favor of data centers. www.newsweek.com/teachers-ask...

Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them

ICE Finds a New Way to Dodge Congress About a Secret Protester Database New letters show ICE shifting its rhetoric—and Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Max Frost demanding answers. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

criticism and pushback and defiance from a group of americans that trump and republicans really truly do not want to face: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Ry...

Nice to be reminded that we still have people with integrity in our country.

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) is appealing a federal district court’s decision to block implementation of President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order in 23 blue states plus D.C. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump signed a stipulation: lose at the Supreme Court, pay Carroll immediately. He lost Monday. He still hasn't paid. His lawyers called asking for more time anyway. Robbie Kaplan's response to the judge is the kind of clean, precise lawyering worth reading in full. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

A bit of blue sky…

The one and only @hcrichardson.bsky.social is encouraging Americans of all varieties to post videos like this of themselves with #WeAreAmerica250 Here is our contribution - my mom @bhitch.bsky.social and me in front of our Sign of Hope chalkboard that we have operated for the past 10 years

I don’t think microplastics make Americans healthier.

Imperial March - I realize this is a few days old but it still makes me happy. The power of music.

Awwwww

Some good news

Seen on another site: If Cher sees her shadow tomorrow we get six more weeks of pride week.

Another U.S. citizen was reportedly investigated by federal authorities for criticizing ICE after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? https://www.npr.org/2026/07/01/nx-s1-5874124/dhs-tracks-ice-critic

Katie Phang is a great to everyone who cares about democracy.

What will our economy look like when he’s done selling our souls to the highest bidder … or just his buddies?

These are the folks doing our heavy lifting. Support of you can. If you can’t send $ or subscribe share their info so people know what is happening.

More info please?

The Epstein Bar Association open.substack.com/pub/american...

Perhaps we could cut tax breaks for millionaires, vanity projects like gold plating statues, marble bathrooms making Arc duh Trump, painting the reflecting pool, putting his picture and name on everything. www.npr.org/2026/06/20/n...

Supreme Court strikes down Watergate-era limits on campaign funds for political parties - Los Angeles Times

No words

Evil is not a strong enough word for what they are doing.

"That attack on our democratic system in order to concentrate wealth and power among a very small group of people... what we have now is a president doing everything he can in tandem with the Supreme Court to overturn the system that we have built since 1933." - @hcrichardson.bsky.social

The guy whose yacht Steve Bannon was arrested on by Post Office cops just got 30 years in prison. www.npr.org/2026/06/29/g...

Marc Elias is a gift to all of us.

Perfect.