“Black lawmakers and activists across the Deep South argue they have been abandoned by the Democratic Party to fight an existential crisis on their own. They say they’ve been let down by nearly all corners of the party.” Essential read:

ahhh this is all so good! read the entire piece!

Warner Archive is releasing Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc on Blu-ray August 25. $40.

ICE kills. ICE lies.

Mamdani got into office and instantly: • Froze rent for 2 million New Yorkers • Cut subway fares in half for low-income riders • Fully funded NYC parks • Added $680M for public schools • Launched free child care for 2-year-olds If establishment politicians actually wanted to help you, they could.

Fortunately, elections in the United States are administered largely by its 3,000 counties, as well as by the 50 states. This commission has no actual enforcement power. This one of the few levers available to Trump. His intention is clear - but this is an expression of weakness, not power.

You guys, this is going to sound crazy, but I’m beginning to wonder… what if he doesn’t actually care that much about “election security”?

imagine fucking up this bad

Marie Claire actually left a prompt from an AI in one of their recent articles. While there’s still some great journalists and publications left, this is utterly shocking. No wonder I’m trying to pivot.

update:

✅⚖️ #payup

"AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IS NOT FOR SALE!'

Let’s goooo! Static owns a lot of sites you may read, like @engadget.com and @slashfilm.bsky.social. I’m looking forward to building this union with our hard-working writers and editors

this is really well said www.liberalcurrents.com/graham-platn... @liberalcurrents.com

Aaron Reitz came in 4th out of 4 candidates in the GOP's March primary for Texas attorney general, with 14% of the vote. So next step — named US Attorney.

Not gonna lie - Rivals (and maybe Tokon eventually) is the only interesting thing coming from Marvel.

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WaPo with a new article with allegations against Platner: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.

Copilot has to be the garbage amongst garbage of AI

If we want more victims to come forward we have to make it so that coming forward is worth it. For far too many victims, it’s not worth it. For far too many victims, it’s like feeding yourself into a meat grinder.

An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

In case it wasn’t clear, I think there are a lot of mistakes and beliefs that people can change and — with effort and good faith — try to make right. Rape is not one of those. You cannot rehabilitate a rapist. There is no room for rapists in our movement.

They really do hate us and want to help their rich buddies to continue rip us off. We’re all just chumps and marks in the eyes of our own government and the well-heeled hucksters they actually work for

i have been trying to unpack why the i told you so’s here feel so legitimate despite the horrific seriousness of the allegations. i think bc it’s so enraging that he was allowed to make it this far. that poor woman was forced to traumatize herself in public because pundits are too fucking stupid

“After it ended, the Belgian team’s social media account had a message to the U.S. on Twitter: “Overturn this.” Perfect. #WellPlayed #Belgium

I wrote about the lads

Vile: Mike Johnson just said GOP might try to undo birthright citizenship with legislation, which is unconstitutional. I've noticed a pattern: He and Vance are using sleazy new language to sell this as a trivial reform. The threat is very much alive. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2127...

It’s the same attitude that exists for them in global affairs as it does now in soccer, that the US should never be subject to the same rules as everyone else. He says that it’s hard to believe other countries wouldn’t have done the same. But no one else has. This is their legacy and they’re proud.

if you just want to reprint press releases, fine, but that ain't journalism. That's barely even "writing." If you are going to knuckle under to corporations in the name of access, why even are you doing this? Speak truth to power already.

Well, at least one team who had their star player's red card overturned by FIFA lost and is going home today.

Cristiano Ronaldo still has zero goals from open play in World Cup knockout matches his whole career

He can’t help telling the truth about how much he lies

It's like when the Supreme Court started granting shadow docket requests: now everyone wants a piece of the action: www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

you can read this in the exact cadence of the Pledge of Allegiance

and there's the rape allegation he's gotta go he should've been gone a long, long time ago but he's gotta go

Donald Trump is once again openly bragging about his own corruption.

If only there were signs, like signs literally tatooed on his body.

Listen if you’re going to use your political capital to promote and vouch for this guy and say that we should trust you that the red flags are fine and not a problem and actually they’re good even. Well when you’re disastrously wrong it should destroy your ability to make such claims in the future.

oh it’s over over

"In at least 22 cases, CNBC has written about Kalshi and not disclosed its financial conflict. In recent weeks CNBC has more frequently failed to include its Kalshi disclosure, including 2 pieces on June 10, one each on the 11th, 15th, 16th, and 23rd, 3 pieces on June 26, and one each on July 1 & 2"

One thing about a bartender: they can spot a Type

i will not forget the men who downplayed the earlier allegations of abuse against platner and said accepting them was just the price we had to pay to gain control of the senate. i hope they feel like fucking assholes.

The Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine said he was assessing next steps after allegations of sexual assault were reported on Monday by Politico. Platner denied them as "categorically untrue." n.pr/4eMd6O5

FIFA reversed Folarin Balogun’s suspension, a first since 1962, after Trump called FIFA’s president. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...

Not all #cryptobros are criminals, of course, just as not all men are rapists. But if I were up for a little tax avoidance and/or money laundering, I get the crypto attraction. #NigelFarage and his cryptodonors benefit: he gets cash, they get political influence and favours. All very #Trumpian

Just need to note the obvious: Not a single American tax dollar should have gone into this Trump rally. This is a political event not a 4th of July event celebrating America’s 250.

The security guard at the door:

She’s more American and significantly stronger than every one of these cowards. The inferiority complex is astounding. Give Cheney Orr a Pulitzer.