Is this what we want the #FBI doing? It's not making our country safer. Nor are premature disclosures of investigations making us safer. It all undermines #trust. #NatSec @thesteadystate.org @johnsipher.bsky.social @kensyring.com @muellershewrote.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Patriot Front came out of their moms’ basements, dusted off the Old Navy khakis, put on the white masks so they don’t get fired from their day jobs, and headed to Washington for America’s 250th birthday celebration. Four hundred self-described patriots, not one ounce of bravery.

Happy anniversary to Republicans getting mad at NPR for tweeting the Declaration of Independence on Independence Day.

Also the electricity went out in the food area and all the ice cream melted.

In Strike After Strike, Ukraine Is Bringing the War to Crimea www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Devastating news for the two people who were there

It’s the world’s dumbest cult.

WASHINGTON—In a judgment the majority of justices said reflected the intentions of the Founding Fathers, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling this week that upheld state bans on transgender athletes, adopting an originalist vision for junior varsity volleyball rosters.

"Ridiculous, Disgraceful and Intolerable." Donald Trump.

I think this is more missions than we flew over Germany in World War II.

He's "thrilled" to report this.🙄 This is the dumbest country in the dumbest timeline.

Important point

A cat has got to be the least herdable animal in the world 😂 TT: @sonjaboostrom

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Hi all, just sent out this free July 4th post. Americans have ceased being Americans, the change is more profound than many realize and involves fundamental issues of how people see themselves, war and the world. If it doesn’t change, the country will be crippled. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

1. I will spare you the details of the rightwing reaction to the Supreme Court's decision this week to uphold birthright citizenship. I will spare you because they are disgusting, especially on America's 250th anniversary.

John Brennan didn't wait to get indicted. He sued first—to force the government to preserve records he'll need to defend himself. The complaint alleges judge shopping, forum shopping & a direct presidential demand for indictment. Worth your full attention. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

On Friday, authorities in the Black Sea city of Novorossiysk, home to Russia’s largest oil export terminal, said they were suspending gasoline sales to individuals. It is that bad... By Nataliya Vasilyeva www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/w...

Jack Smith: "I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime"

“Iran’s leaders will be tempted to have their yellow cake and eat it.” (Gift article) economist.com/leaders/2026...

No thanks, soccer. If I want to observe a bunch of men who can’t score, I’ll just listen to conversations between dudes who call themselves “alphas.”

“All Pay the Chief.” Editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich’s take on what was once unthinkable and is now common practice.

Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

Last night’s deliberate Russian attacks on civilians in kyiv were in some ways a murderous scream of frustration. The Russians seem to have no strategic answer to the growing Ukrainian strike campaign, so can only kill innocents in retaliation. A sign of growing failure.

Good morning to everyone except the Celtics front office and all of their descendants

Stock trades by President. The blatant corruption is just staggering

Insane we live in a country where journalists can report this and legislators and investigators do nothing about it. (Gift Article). History will not be kind! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Marco Rubio is against birthright citizenship. But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen. Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship. But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother. They are both shameless hypocrites.

Unconscious? How would you know?

You might disagree with Kavanaugh about the constitutionality of high school athlete genital inspections, but you can't deny he's always been very consistent in his support for nonconsensually groping teen girls.

There’s a special kind of irony in watching the “shall not be infringed” crowd twist themselves into knots insisting birthright citizenship shouldn’t exist. It’s amazing how flexible “absolute” rights become when they’re someone else’s.

One year ago UN said it was indeed us who shelled & killed Ukrainian POWs at Olenivka. This was absolutely not cos we had tortured them so badly that releasing them would've shamed even us. You'd think this would be big news.

UNFUN FACT: In the case of birthright citizenship, three Supreme Court justices found the Constitution unconstitutional.

Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient.

The dumbest idea ever. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u...

Didn’t we learn from the NOC list? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u...

Tom Kean Jr. was healthy enough to authorize stock transactions up to $190,000 during his nearly 4-month absence from the House. There’s more to this story than he’s saying.

The personal journey of a friend. open.substack.com/pub/victormo...

As garlic is to vampires, so are facts to Elon Musk.

New piece just released. The debate between legacy, human controlled systems and autonomous ones is not the right one. That debate is over the past versus the future. The real debate is about two different visions of the future. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

“some 92 percent of Israelis believe that Iran won the war,” recent polls conducted in Israel show…Another poll, by Israel’s Channel 12, shows that just 13 percent of Israelis now trust the once-popular Trump to safeguard Israeli interests.” open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...

Here's an interesting #YachtWatch: the yacht GRACEFUL, rumored to be one of Putin's personal yachts, is on the move! And it is accompanied by a Russian navy ship. Currently just north of Denmark and heading into the North Sea. 1/

Now is the time. Help Ukraine win! tomorrowsaffairs.com/putins-lies-...

omg they did!😲

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While Hegseth claims he is all about making the armed forces more “lethal,” the military had no better success in achieving its objectives in the Iran war than it did in Iraq and Afghanistan. His policies are actually undermining the military by compromising its professionalism. wapo.st/4f72PvU

Was this before or after the last time they agreed to stop attacking each other?

An agreement between between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s sons access to one of the world’s largest untapped reserves of tungsten, continuing a pattern of self-enrichment in the second Trump administration. trib.al/TDMlCHG

Just because you're not paying attention to the creeping incursion of the fascist surveillance state doesn't mean it's not paying close attention to you. DOGE has rebuilt some of the federal government’s most sensitive websites with visitor-tracking software. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...