Trump is a communist. Let him tell you himself:

Florida Republican says deporting Haitians with TPS would be ‘huge mistake’ "It's Haitians who, many times, are taking care of your mom or your dad who has Alzheimer's, taking care of family members who might be in a nursing” www.yahoo.com/news/politic... via @@YahooNews

The regime's rule was simple: lock them up, don't let them out. Eight months in a cell, no bond hearing, for a man who's lived here 20 years with a US citizen daughter. This week four appeals courts and 450 judges said no. He goes home. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/republican...

My 250th Birthday Wish for America open.substack.com/pub/grayrhin...

Breaking 4th of July and Immigration BOMBSHELL from founding father, first president and military legend George Washington‼️ WARNING: Excessive reposting of this historical FACT may cause the world’s biggest diaper explosion.

From Charleston to T-Town, severe storms and tornadoes have wreaked havoc on our communities. We will get through this together, Illinois. I want to thank those on the ground from our state agencies as well as the local first responders for the work they’re doing to save lives.

Trump's financial disclosures just came in. We’re talking big money and big looting. But he doesn’t have any conflicts of interest, really. That’s because he has only one interest: lining his own pockets. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-most-troubling-thing-about-trump

two things. first, always an irony that alito recapitulates the exact same arguments made against his immigrant forbearers. second, if this is all the 14th amendment did it would not have repudiated dred scott

I’m in Canada at the moment, and someone behind me in the grocery line said, after finding out I’m American, ‘No worries, we got you. We know you don’t support him. And honestly, it’s been a good wake up call for us.’ I almost cried.

ICE Is a Job Killer Everywhere It Goes www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/o...

The US is so paranoid about Chinese tech, they've forced Polestar to withdraw from the US. Polestar is the best alternative to Tesla with high quality sedans, not to mention the excellent Android integration. What an absolute mess and self-own by the government. finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...

My Latest: When we accept that the president lies, we cheapen the value of truth. When we accept his attacks on Democratic leaders and opposition figures, we destigmatize and thus enable the weaponization of government. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

This is Vinnie. He just got a new splish splash pad and literally can't contain his excitement. Thinks this is going to be the best summer ever. 13/10 (FB: Claudia Carr)

The ruling marks a major win for voters before the midterms. It halts the USPS from refusing to deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration.

DICTATORS AND THE HIGHER EDUCATION DILEMMA: Important new book from Saied Golkar, hot off the presses www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/dictators-an...

Since it's World Cup time, I think the appropriate term for this is "own goal." www.fastcompany.com/91561329/wid...

Are You Okay? At the Hope, Not Fear Project, we're building America's National Index of Hope and Fear—one honest answer at a time. Take 30 seconds to answer our one-question quiz and add your voice to the conversation. Take the quiz today: hopenotfearproject.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLR6...

Important new @brookings.edu research quantifying economic damages from the Trump ICE surge. Spending tens of billions of dollars to destroy lives, tear apart families and communities, and damage businesses and hurt the economy.

AP: Workers started to remove Trump's name from the #KennedyCenter but left around 3:30 AM EDT. They put up tarps around the scaffolding so the public couldn't see, but a photographer found a gap and got a picture of a letter being removed.

Behind the scenes, Trump radically remade the immigration judicial system to get more deportations. Excellent reporting from my excellent colleagues, www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

Yesterday evening's storm rolling out over Lake Michigan. Breathtaking.

By shutting off ocean observation, the United States is making itself less prepared for a climate-changed future at a time when China is doubling down on ocean monitoring, writes Erin Sikorsky.

Is this big? Because it seems big. www.notus.org/2026-electio...

"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).

Borjas boo-boos. braddelong.substack.com/p/crosspost-...

In today's Complex Machinery: One AI tokenmaxxer in particular regrets their unchecked spending spree. (Also: newsletters by @randyau.com , @arnicas.bsky.social , and @wucker.bsky.social are on the summer reading list.) newsletter.complex-machinery.com/archive/063-... #AI #dataBS

Shortly after the 2025 elections, I published a list of seven voting laws every blue state should enact. While I stand by all seven, I want to highlight three. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...

This is really important. “More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…” and its members believe deeply in “principles such as the rule of law, checks and balances, and the peaceful transition of power.” Follow @astronauts4america.bsky.social

Just completed a congressional oversight visit with members of the New Jersey delegation. Delaney Hall should be shut down. This is not America.

Today’s Litigation Tracker updates: -Judge temporarily freezes Anti-Weaponization Fund -Judge orders Trump name off Kennedy Center, blocks its closure and more: 👇

Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.

Sen Thom Tillis FTW

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“Honey, they’re hitting us.” 💔 That’s what a woman says her husband told her from inside Delaney Hall. She says detainees were beaten, gassed, and injured. Now she says they’re cleaning up the blood. Every elected official should be at Delaney Hall demanding answers RIGHT NOW. #SheShed

If I’m sitting at 35% approval the thing I definitely want to do is to cause apocalyptic levels of chaos at all of America’s largest airports

Markwayne Mullin advises places of worship worried about acts of violence to "hire their own security"

The Illinois Accountability Commission just released its report on the misconduct and crimes that ICE and CBP committed during Operation Midway Blitz. Now, prosecutors and police departments have more evidence and information for investigations.

“Because of the contract’s low price tag (about $12,000 per year), it appears to have eluded public discussion. It only needed to be signed off by a state clerk, circumventing the typical approval process for major contracts that require sign-off from the governor, Secretary of State,” and the AG.

When are companies going to figure out that people REALLY HATE IT when their first attempt at solving customer service issues is an incompetent AI bot?

How Music Therapy Is Helping Stressed Out Dogs, Cats And Staff At City Animal Shelter blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/15/h...

The Russ Vought hearing is starting now. It's the first time Vought has testified before Congress since his confirmation hearings, so it's the first time Congress will be able to question him about the onslaught of illegal budgetary actions he has undertaken. I'll be posting in this thread.

Check out "The Art of Managing Risk" on Friday's Next Big Idea Club Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/12Rw...?

This is Sadie. She was finally reunited with her human, astronaut Christina Koch, after her mom’s voyage around the moon took her the furthest any human has ever been from their dog. She can't wait to hear all about the universe. 14/10 (IG: astro_christina)

I know it's risky to read much into state-level elections, but the difference in these two maps is pretty striking. The left shows county-level votes for Trump and Harris in 2024 in Wisconsin. The right shows the results of yesterday's Supreme Court race, where the Democrat won in a landslide.

NEW: Trump has backed himself into a corner with Iran. Any deal risks appearing, in his eyes, like a humiliating failure. The weight of that constraint presents a dangerous dynamic as the president threatens escalation, argues Hussein Banai newlinesmag.com/argument/the...