"Additionally, as much as the federal government would like it to be otherwise, it is very much not illegal to observe and record law enforcement agents, nor is it illegal to disseminate information about those agents." This is an excellent article A very important read:

21st century America is a multiracial democracy whose commerce, culture and cuisine reflect the influence of immigrants from every country on earth. The only people seemingly unable to assimilate into this society are white Republicans.

I assimilated all the way to Congress and this idiot still tells me to go back where I came from.

Hard to fully express the contempt I feel for this gutter racist, nor the horror of living in proximity to both him and the people who would sustain him in high office. To spend your privileged time on earth spreading calumnies about your neighbors is just incomprehensibly bleak and vile.

“He can’t even win a war against algae” 🤣

CNBC's website says "CNBC is the world leader in business news and real-time financial market coverage," which apparently means "sloppy anti-scientific conspiracy theories dredged up from the bowels of social media sites infested with Nazis."

New in PN: UFC fighter's Michelle Obama smear reveals much about MAGA bigotry "Trump did not disavow the remark. Instead, he appeared to smile. Given the depth of his submersion in right-wing derp, he probably knew what many others there did not: the grotesque slur did not come out of nowhere."

Actually, we *should* be able to expect the president of the United States to be able to restrain himself from personally threatening to kill the negotiators from another country. It's not that unreasonable at all, you pathetic toady.

Demented. His ignorance, arrogance and greed fueled megalomania know no bounds.

⚠️ WARNING: ICE abducted a pet owner, leaving two dogs to starve for a week. Only the landlord saved them. This isn't a mistake; it’s a sickening pattern. When agencies treat people as disposable, innocent lives become collateral. This cruelty must end.

I had one rule this week: no one plays on Home Court until some old friends and I get some shots up. Who’s got next? 🏀

📬 USPS is laying the groundwork to implement Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order. That’s despite expert consensus that the order is unconstitutional amid ongoing efforts to block it in court. Voting rights advocates have warned that USPS’s actions could disrupt mail voting for the midterms.

Obama shouts out "those ordinary people in the Twin Cities who braved frigid temperatures, risked their own safety, standing shoulder to shoulder to look our for their neighbors and sometimes for strangers because they knew that was the right thing to do"

Michelle Obama: "No one has the right to sit in judgment of who is American enough. And that's why, folks, we simply don't have the luxury or time to be cynical or complacent."

this is honestly an excellent celebratory and motivational speech from Mamdani at the Knicks parade. i'm ready to run through a wall, and i'm not even a Knicks fan

New in PN: Court benchslaps Ken Paxton's effort to take out ActBlue "This time, Paxton tried to use his office to kneecap Talarico. And now a judge in MA has shut him down in humiliating fashion, highlighting the difference between Texas law and 'real' law as practiced in the rest of the country."

OMG, could you imagine? Protocol is shoot at moving vehicle suspected of containing a shoplifter? Are police not trained in DEescalation, or has the overwhelming presence and abhorrent behavior of ICE set a tone of shoot first, ask questions never? 💔😠 www.nbclosangeles.com/news/nationa...

After killing one person without warning or trial, the US government let two other survivors die a horrible death by drowning after clinging to wreckage. Despite knowing this was a possible outcome, the US government appears to have deliberately chosen not to stage search and rescue ahead of time.

I know we’ve grown used to this garbage, but this is just an astounding thing for a U.S. president to say at a summit with the leaders of the world’s most powerful countries.

Mamdani: "Solidarity with a government that is committing genocide is a very different thing than a question of solidarity with people of a specific faith. I'm proud to be a mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in this country."

Do y’all see what’s happening? The real America 250 celebration is happening at the Obama Library

New in PN: Minnesota anti-ICE protesters get the Broadview 6 treatment "What's really going on here is a frontal attack on the right to protest & an attempt by DOJ to backfill Trump's delusion that 'antifa' is an organized terror group rather than a term people use to signify they are anti-fascist"

SCOOP: So remember Dialog, Peter Thiel's private society that doesn't have a public website and no public list of members? I (along with a number of other journalists) have just been tipped off that embedded in the code of their closed off website there IS what seems to be a list of some members.

Wow! Performers I’ve heard of….

A family is demanding answers after LAPD officers shot and killed their 2-year-old dog, Jameson, while responding to a call about a woman screaming during the Knicks' championship celebration. MERCADO MEDIA

Whatttttttttttttt? @ms.now www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

Cops shooting kills child. Cops must stop firing will nilly in to vehicles with innocence on board. abcnews.com/US/child-kil...

NEW: California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the DOJ has been trying to question his friends, family members and former employees as part of an investigation into him. Newsom, an outspoken Trump critic, said the probe is retaliation for his opposition to the president and his political aspiration.

Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...

As oil literally rains down in Russia, a reminder that no military can reasonably or effectively strike millions of solar panels across thousands of miles. That’s actual energy security…

Mamdani: "We continue to be proud of being a sanctuary city. We continue to be ready to stand up for our immigrant neighbors ... ICE is a rogue agency that should be abolished"

Obama: "It's a reminder that on a lot of different foreign policy problems, the notion we can just bully our way or bomb our way to solution may sometimes seem appealing ... You'd think we would've learned that lesson by now, but it seems like every so often we have to learn that lesson again."

Happy Obama Appreciation Day to all! Let's fondly remember what it was like when we had an actual human being with intelligence and empathy as President.🇺🇲

There we go!

BE CAREFUL IF ATTENDING WORLD CUP MATCHES IN AMERICA! ICE goons are trying to blend in by pretending to be soccer fans!!

ICE's flight taking persecuted people from safety into a civil war is on its final leg to the Central African Republic, a country so dangerous the United States recommends all Americans avoid traveling there for any reason whatsoever. So much for supporting the people of Iran.

BREAKING: Trump’s FBI in an act of “straight-up intimidation” raids a pro-democracy, voting organization in Ohio, with 100+ agents menacing staff & volunteers on the streets & at their schools. With Trump's DNI nominee, loyalist Jay Clayton, expect more voter intimidation. youtu.be/wQajlQlxboA?...

NEWS: Judge REJECTS last minute attempt to keep Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center. The name is expected to be torn down in the coming hours. Watch our live feed here: www.youtube.com/live/1_GNL3Y...

It’s not their flag - it’s ours. It’s a proud American symbol, and it doesn’t belong to Trump or MAGA. This weekend, take back our flag and share with us how you’re displaying your patriotism #TakeBackTheFlag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzegMq0gVmI

Hawaii just passed the first state law in the country banning corporations from making political donations in state elections. Now a Koch-backed legal group is suing to overturn it. Big Money won't get out of our politics without a fight — one that we the people must win. (via @levernews.com)

Buttigieg: Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that there have to be nine Supreme Court justices. That one doesn't even take a constitutional amendment. It just takes a readiness to set up a court that fits this country.

Trump announces "maybe I'll seize the capital of the US if voters displease me" and it'll be nothing more than a blip on the news at best

These bastards would have applauded kristallnacht. "In Germany, they're standing up because their leaders have let them down. They're trying to take their country back. All they want to be is German. They want Germany back."

Remember when Kilmeade suggested that the solution to homelessness was killing homeless people?

It matters that the president is nuts and his delusions are what is driving U.S. policy (and that his team and the GOP on the Hill are constantly enabling him.)

Iran speaks to Trump. Trump is having imaginary conversations with a country. All of Iran picks up the phone and excitedly texts him.

BLUMENTHAL: Was the Capitol attacked on J6? TRAYNOR: The actions on January 6 were deeply troubling to watch, but I'm not going to characterize it B: You are perpetuating a lie. I don't know how you can continue as a district court judge, let alone serve on court of appeals. Frankly it's shameful.

Rep. Kamlager-Dove: "I rise today to sound the alarm about a grave national security threat: Donald Trump's sleeping habits ... we cannot trust the WH on matters concerning the president's health because they are denying what Americans are seeing with our own two eyes."

World Cup players are being denied entry to the US. Some are being detained, searched and treated like criminals. They have one thing in common…. They’re not white. The US has no business hosting the World Cup when it’s hostile to those from other parts of the world.

“Did wokeness go too far?” we ask as we are governed by a man who has been explicit for years that he regards women and Black people as inherently inferior