CNN reports that only 2% of the 600+ people arrested without probable cause or warrants in the Chicagoland area in violation of a standing court order had any criminal records at all. The idea that these are the worst people on the planet only makes sense if you see them as Nazis saw Jews in 1940.

After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run. We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader. If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇

"Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.” —Frederick Douglass, speaking to Senate Democrats

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

MAMDANI: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I utter his name ...."

cc: Republicans

The New York Times editorial board thinks Democrats should “move to the center.” Where the hell is the center between democracy and fascism?

"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."

@umich.edu faculty call for an honorary degree for Trump “We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.” www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...

"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed" Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...

Updating my LEGO White House

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Be there, if you love America! #NoKings

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Mamdani serves a full, nutritious meal in an era where politics is either deadly poison or vacuous junk food. He uses the tried and true "we did, we can, we will" framework that helps abate cynicism but without papering over past harms or present injustice.

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition. www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel. Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣 This is a must-watch. 🔥

Damn, he's good, and right.

Don’t tell me that things are just fine in this country. Speak out against evil like this whenever you see it.

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday

I hope I never have to watch another NFL game streaming on YouTube.

This is an extraordinary article in many ways. But: 1) “it left unarmed North Koreans dead” is a polite way of phrasing “SEALS killed them.” 2) It isn’t until paragraph 59 that the NYT tells us the people the seals killed were civilians. They were fishing, and America killed them.

"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda How quick we forget.

Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.

At least 50 National Guard with long guns around Audi field and Navy Yard metro station as I leave the Washington Spirit soccer game. Free DC.

THE ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE IS LONG BUT IT BENDS TOWARD JUSTICE HAYNES

Great to be back in the Big House. #GoBlue

Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"

Trump calls Gretchen Whitmer "Kristi -- uh, Kristi Whitman. Whitmer."

The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.

i named a cat after Jack White and right now i couldn’t be more proud

Restaurant reservations in DC plunged after Trump announced his takeover. It’s no surprise that rolling out troops into the streets dampens consumer appetite.

If Democrats got off their asses, here’s what they’d be doing now

Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.

I understand why Trump wants a command and control economy with him at the center. What is confusing to me is why the entire Republican party is so willing to walk so far from a competitive, market-based economy.

"They're in need of you needing to feel like a man" That's a fuckin' lyric. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGH...

From this month's edition of The Onion.

Ms. Rachel remains braver than the troops and better than every politician

The timing of my family being featured in this article on the amazing @aadl.org Summer Game has given me the opportunity to tell all my local friends who text me in excitement to VOTE YES ON PROPS A and B tomorrow! #a2council, #a2schools, #a2schoolboard

Elissa Slotkin isn't the answer, Democrats. Everyone else sees this except the Dem leadership and corporate donors. Alas.

Forget snakes on a plane… 🐍 ✈️

"Something terrible has happened." 💔

BREAKING: The WNBA is returning to Detroit in 2029. The yet-to-be-named team will get a brand-new headquarters and practice facility, and play at the LCA. "Detroit played a key role in the league’s early growth, and we’re proud to reignite that legacy." www.freep.com/story/sports...

The United States tried presidents who were smart, decent, and capable of empathy, but decided it wasn’t for them. It just didn’t reflect them.

Remember that the EO purporting to limit birthright citizenship is just as unconstitutional today as it was yesterday. The constitution makes clear that babies born in the U.S. are American citizens. Period.