The new National Youth Poet Laureate is hoping his art can spur social justice, political participation and self-exploration. https://to.pbs.org/4pqQW7I

REP. @aoc.bsky.social on #MissingMitch McConnell: “People just go missing without explanation?? I don’t even know how this is legal. The line has been crossed. This is not normal. At all.” (From @therecount.com )

Flash flood emergency strikes Texas year after Camp Mystic disaster reut.rs/4ygeHmS

Some of the AQI readings in the northern Midwest and Northeast are downright scary. Stay indoors. If you have asthma or difficulties breathing, consider taking steps to keep yourself safe. Air filtration can make a huge difference.

Maga is the party of death and destruction

“But insists he’s not an election denier.” But he is an election denier, though, right? @forbes.com? This makes him one. Why present even clear corruption like it’s an open question?

It sure would be nice if the democrats voted 'no' on every single one of trump's picks.

Phang: "Blanche didn't produce the handwritten interview notes about the Donald Trump sexual abuse and physical abuse. You know what Blanche said? 'The handwritten notes? Trust me, bro.' I don't have to trust you, Todd Blanche or the Trump DOJ. And the law doesn't have a 'trust me, bro' exception."

Donald Trump is a stone-cold liar. He lies about his height, his wealth and his golf game. He lies about his accomplishments and his failures. He lies about everything, large and small, important and insignificant. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-the-media-h...

ICE murders people, yes. But they also blind, injure, and permanently incapacitate many more people. ICE is a plague on America.

And for the “how did the GOP come to be like this?” crowd, one of the speakers is the founder of the Pat Buchanan Society. Pat gave the prime time speech at the 1992 RNC.

We have money for this

with alt text of what Jim McGovern is quote-skeeting: Sen. Susan Collins (on X): "While the investigation of the Biddeford shooting is not yet complete, it raises sufficient critical questions that I spoke with DHS Secretary Mullin last night and urged him to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops."

new from @tusk81.bsky.social: In less than a week, ICE agents shot and killed two fathers who were driving to work. Neither was the intended target. This isn't a series of isolated tragedies. They’re “another example of a Kavanaugh stop that turned deadly.”

Absolutely perfect and this is how every single Democrat should be talking about Susan Collins who wrote the blank check(s) for Trump/Miller's ICE army. ↘️

Every single person in Maine and everyone around the country with a sense of humanity and decency need to remember this today. mainebeacon.com/collins-vote...

Murder.

Blanche is trying to sell himself. Absolute NO member of @democrats.senate.gov should buy Blanche's BS. Call your Senators and tell them "HELL NO" to confirming Todd Blanche: 202-224-3121

It was fucking intentional!... "mistake", my ass!

Just in the past week or so, 3 people i know, who are disabled, just got cut off from Snap. No real recourse. This corrupt government that is hell-bent on killing people, are doing it any and every way possible. It's sickening and outrageous. This is the shithole country!

An outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasitic infection has hit more than half of U.S. states, including Illinois. The state has seen 194 confirmed and probable cases of cyclosporiasis as of Monday, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. https://to.wttw.com/4ylPrvB

The safest communities are the ones with the most resources. Not the ones with the most ICE agents shooting people. Terror is not public safety.

You just voted to give these thugs another $70 Billion. You’re complicit in this and every other murder committed by Trump’s secret police.

Also, it reminds me. If you live in Neal’s district you should vote for @jeromiewhalen.bsky.social.

This POS is a fucking menace to everything in this country.

Major wins in NY, Virginia and other states

As the judge just said in the ruling: “This was an attempt to use the Court to provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer immunity to people and entities affiliated with the President and to earmark billions of dollars from American taxpayers to redress grievances not defined in the law.”

GREAT NEWS: A judge just voided President Trump's settlement with the IRS granting him immunity from audits and referred a ​Trump lawyer and DOJ officials who signed off on the settlement ‌to ⁠state bar authorities to determine if their actions violated legal ethics rules.

whoop there it is

Get rid of her, please.

I'm so glad i didn't buy a Stanley cup/mug, although, I was looking at them because I needed something like that. I didn't realize they were maga-coded until very recently...

Former IRS lawyer: “This is relatively new. It's always been the case that you could try to get a whistleblower award, but it's never been so blatantly put out there that, 'hey, there's a reason for you to report these people.'" www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

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Appreciate a dem running in Texas who will say this so bluntly

Maybe the worst thing you can say about Lindsey Graham is when he did these awful things-like helping a “xenophobic, race baiting bigot”, pushing a Supreme Court nominee accused of sexual assault, taking away lifesaving public benefits The worst you can say is-he knew better, but did it anyway

Members of the Senate are taking steps to regulate and restrict how the Department of Defense develops and uses AI in its operations. Sarah Wilbanks and @jwrchappell.bsky.social (John Ramming Chappell) break down the different proposals underway:

============= BREAKING NEWS 8:30AM "A person was killed. ICE was involved. State Police and the Department of Public Safety are now on scene to gather details and would expect the FBI to investigate as well. These are the details that I have at this time." Ryan Fecteau, Maine Speaker of the House.

Resign.

He's beyond embarrassing

It is a truth universally understood that when you install surveillance tech, you are also being surveilled.

I love these live camera posts. This is art.

I do not fear the man who has posted 10,000 different posts once. I fear the man who posted one post, 10,000 times. -- Bruce Lee

Dana Bash: What would you have wanted Israel to do when a bunch of civilians -- these were peacenicks -- were murdered brutally on October 7? Lander: I wouldn't have killed 5000 Palestinians under the age of 5. Bash: Israel says they tried hard to avoid this -- I'm just playing devil's advocate.

Quick post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS on the idiocy of liberals punching left.

In a hearing where residents grilled officials on data centers, a resident of Tyrone Township, Michigan, asked a simple question: Have you signed an NDA with any party regarding developments that could affect the town? The majority of the township's officials refused to answer.

Massachusetts to Maine and back is always a nightmare in the summer 😬

The largest nurse and healthcare professional strike in Massachusetts history is underway in Boston this morning.

One of the best/easiest thing to do for YouTube, at least, is making sure your settings don't allow the next video to automatically start. Obviously, that's like the minimum thing that can be done. And the algorithm is nuts. I really hope this changes some things. SM companies are out of control.

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"