This an official Vatican photograph of Leo at Lampedusa, Italy - one of the world’s heaviest migrant sites - where he went this morning to pray for migrants who died at sea. This is after turning down the offer to come to the United States.

the same fear mongers are trying to dissuade californians from voting for a wealth tax by claiming all the businesses will leave. it’s bullshit. there’s a reason they like CA and NYC, and having to pay a little extra that basically amounts to a rounding error on their taxes won’t drive them out.

I learn so much from this podcast, every time. (And I'm grateful to Jena Friedman and Elise Hu for doing it!) www.patreon.com/cw/EpsteinFi...

This was an eye-opening episode. If y'all aren't following our new show, the Epstein Files Book Club, yet, this is a good place to start

"Russia now loses an average of at least 30,000 troops a month, killed or gravely wounded. For those sent to the front, the average life expectancy stands at around two or three weeks, according to one Russian military blogger who follows the fighting closely." via @theatlantic.com

With Patriot Front on a loser class trip to Washington, D.C. today, it’s worth revisiting their heritage. I have no doubt that they chose to march 100 years after the last big Klan march in DC (the article is about 1925; they did it again in 1926).

This isn't made to be a criticism of Phil specifically, but I think this photo is a good example of when it's important to put race as a descriptor in alt-text for screen reader users. This photo is extra horrifying because it's a Black woman who is surrounded by Patriot Front on the metro.

Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.

Some of you are still posting about politics and I need you to understand that Bluesky is now a Cabo Verde stan platform thank you for your attention

Simply not allowing employers to massively destabilize people’s lives like this for no reason would make people feel better about the economy imo

Not gonna lie, the fact that AI data centers are being cooled while Americans die in the street from heat stoke is really pissing me off.

For the people saying critics of Democrats on immigration from the left don’t have an alternative, I always say “go look at the Statue of Liberty, that’s our immigration policy.”

This is also the flavor of pushback the university received from those weird alums who hate that people like me were ever allowed to enter the hallowed halls of Mr Jefferson's university

Everyone’s enjoying the excommunication drama but there are also lessons for pro-democracy political actors. Decades of accommodating and appeasing this sect did not work and only emboldened them. You have to go whole hog. When you have power, break the back of the reactionaries. Shut them out

Early in Trump's first term, David Frum wrote that every time Trump and MAGA say "the deep state" you should hear "rule of law," then it'll make more sense. That stuck with me. And I thought of it again as an unqualified and unconfirmed director of national intelligence conducts political purges.

For America's 250th, I read Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” on the House floor—for the first time in history. His speech endures as a mirror & mandate for us all—to confront our inequities while fighting for an America as good as its promise.

Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"

The Society of St Pius X is about as concerned with praying in Latin as Gamergate was about ethics in news journalism. 🙄 Oh my God when Vance comes out pro-schism someone has to check his Latin liturgical chops ON THE SPOT

In our magazine: "The state is increasingly transphobic—but so is our country. Trans people represent a sense of possibility and self-determination that undermines the colonial project that is America."

“In almost any other conflict, these haunting truths would be seared into national memory.” As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children apnews.com/article/iran...

The AP, like so much of the American press, gets this wrong. The sect that Leo's attacking here isn't "traditionalist". These are fascists, and Leo is acting to break the power of fascists within the Church.

if Josh Shapiro is saying this 👀

I feel like I should repost this every day until everyone reposts it every day and demands this simple change with big impact

THE VATICAN IS CALLING IT A SCHISM I REPEAT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A SCHISM

this is for everybody but in particular for @clairewillett.bsky.social

"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil." -Hannah Arendt

Masterclass. Never accept their premise, never have their argument - force your own. Give people a clear origin story for their pain and concrete reason to believe you are the one to address it.

Right-wingers are waging war on Reconstruction. Yesterday’s decision in Trump v. Barbara was a narrow 5-4 victory, but the reactionaries are not going to stop. Shame on some people for serving as foot soldiers for MAGA. My essay for @liberalcurrents.com: www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-r...

Israel and Russia are both engaging in genocidal wars of conquest and should be stopped.

It's just like MAGA, except it wants a more tolerant, egalitarian society, where everyone has healthcare and the material prerequisites of a life of dignity. I guess from the perspective of the theater critics in media, that difference is invisible.

The knowledge of how many innocents’ deaths he is directly responsible for is clearly tormenting Musk psychologically, and I think he should be confronted with it roothlessly at every opportunity until he has a psychological break like the guy in The Tell-Tale Heart.

That time Amy Goodman and I interviewed Alan Greenspan about the failure of trickle down economics, his role creating the 2008 financial collapse and the oligarch class, as well as his support for the invasion of Iraq and of shock therapy in Russia. He was mad. www.democracynow.org/2007/9/24/al...

The wonderful @marisakabas.bsky.social let me go long on the grim historic parallels between the Prairieland defendants and 19th century America’s brutal repression—and execution—of anarchists, union organizers, and political dissidents. We are all antifa now. www.thehandbasket.co/p/haymarket-...

Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.

this is heartening!

the minnesota 15, indicted by the federal government for their work against ICE, leave the federal courthouse in downtown minneapolis after their first appearances and are joined by supporters waiting outside

NEW 🧵: My essay today in @thebulwark.com exploring one of of the most surprising findings from reporting ON COURAGE: the posture many dissidents took toward people not yet on their side. Dissidents repeatedly told me they regretted not granting people the space to shift their politics without shame

You could have invoked Rule IX and forced them to vote on impeaching the corrupt criminals in the executive branch. but you chose to post on social media instead. With guys like you in Congress, the orange tyrant really has nothing to worry about.

Breaking: An active service member, Major Watson of the U.S. Air Force, was just arrested on the steps of the Capitol building after calling for the impeachment of corrupt Trump administration officials.

I’ll be on tonight with Dean to discuss the historic event we just staged on the Hill and our brave active duty Air Force Major Jason Watson, who is currently in custody for calling for Trump’s impeachment and removal from the Capitol steps. #hero

Today, our friend Jay USAF Major Jason Watson read his oath to the Constitution and demanded that Congress do its job to IMPEACH this President and cabinet. He was arrested on the Capitol steps. #DOOR @defendersofourrepublic.org @removalcoalition.bsky.social @citizensimpeachment.com

WELCOME TO SCHISM WATCH 2026 WITH CLAIRE

Not every day you get to see a bunch of folks burn their catechism to the ground for white supremacy.

Radical centrists normalizing #fascism, part the millionth Ezra Klein lets Chris Rufo crank out pure eliminationist Nazi propaganda with no pushback. The worst of the worst kind of irresponsible pseudo-journalism. #Medienversagen #BrokenTimes #NYTimes

"Unrivaled moneymaking run." No, #BrokenTimes, it is unprecedented CORRUPTION. Use the word. If you can't say this, you can't report what is actually happening.

I really thought American Vandal had maxed out its niche, but a LOT of new listeners finding us this week. Thanks, avaricious EdTech investors, I guess. If you’re new to AV, & you enjoyed “The Secret History of Canvas,” here are a few episodes you might want to check out next… 🧵

Today @dairinstitute.bsky.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. labor.dair-institute.org

June is Black Music Month! We're pleased to share MUSIC IN THE COLORED CONVENTIONS. "As participants convened from near and far, music was an artistic and emotional expression of their religious, personal, and political sentiments." Learn more in our newest exhibit: coloredconventions.org/music/

Zooniverse has reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 BILLION classifications contributed by volunteers! Want to learn how 1 billion classifications have made a real-world impact? Read our blog post and learn why we’re excited for what’s next: blog.zooniverse.org/2026/06/29/o...

It is SUCH a dis/spiriting feeling to see the Colored Conventions in yet another Supreme Court opinion by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. See more: www.coloredconventions.org/about-records/