RIP to the incomparable Sam Neill

Thanks to Republicans in Congress and Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill"... An Indiana 40-year old, making $65k per year, who last year was paying $316/month for health insurance, will next year be paying $546/month for that same plan: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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MS NOW: Two Atlanta-based FBI intelligence analysts were fired last week after refusing to participate in the Trump admin's investigation of Georgia's 2020 election. The analysts told colleagues they did not believe the investigation was justified under FBI and DOJ policies.

Gift link. wapo.st/4f8nmiF

www.ms.now/opinion/epst... Is everyone from Blanch down included in the Epstein files? That would explain the terror every time they’re told to publish them.

When emergency responders and medical professionals arrive at a home w/geriatric person unconscious, in full cardiac arrest, resuscitation efforts like continuous CPR will break several ribs. If they get heart started: lights & sirens to hospital. If they drive leisurely patient is likely terminal.

Companies associated with Trump's sons have received $1 billion and counting in government contracts since he returned to office. We've never seen anything like this coming out of the White House. 📸: @ms.now @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social

I’d love to hear the rational behind this. It certainly looks like another Trump effort to subvert the election. It’s going to fail, but that’s what it looks like.

All 3 men inside of the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo “‘reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van…They came in and started shooting from the sides.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sent a public letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell requesting a full update on his health, citing weeks of limited information since McConnell’s June 14 hospitalization. Beshear called for transparency about his ability to serve.

I never had a teacher believe in me like this.

Trump made $636 million from his crypto memecoin in 2025. He got a cut any time someone traded the coin, which he frequently encouraged his supporters to do. The one million of them who bought it ended up losing $3.81 BILLION. Trump will grift his own supporters to enrich himself.

BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

Americans are now so used to their president cheating and breaking rules that many of them seem genuinely not to understand why the world was rooting for Belgium.

Telegram recruiters seek saboteurs in EU countries, offering $3,000 for arson attacks on Ukrainian organizations abroad, Vot Tak reports In one case, a recruiter offered a candidate $1,500 to set fire to a NATO military vehicle in Lithuania.

Member of Germany’s far-right AfD Noah Krieger says he is fighting for Russia against Ukraine, posts photos from Bakhmut The AfD claimed to have expelled Krieger, who previously went by the name Murad Dadaev, but that has not yet been publicly confirmed.

Add this to the thread /6 www.wsj.com/world/europe...

A stronger "HR lady" element in Dem politics would've nuked Platner sooner but instead a bunch of credulous & insecure dolts with podcasts & substacks just had to let their masculinity issues give Dems a candidate who imploded less than a month after winning the primary.

JD Vance urging the Ukrainians to be defensive is peak pro-Putin lobbying by the Trump administration. Now that Ukraine is doing better than they ever imagined, they want Ukraine to back off and take a deal Putin would go for. Nothing has changed. The US is with Russia.

A powerful piece by Molly McKew. An excerpt:

russia has deployed one of its few remaining A-50U AEW&C aircraft to counter Ukrainian drone strikes. Flying high, its radar bypasses the Earth's curvature to detect low-flying FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles early, allowing russian defenses to intercept them. 🧵 1/3

Why does Congress get months of sick leave at taxpayers’ expense, and other workers don’t? I’m all for people getting treatment if they need it, but don’t all workers deserve the same benefit? #TomKean www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I assumed everyone knew this was predicted to occur when they sacked 50% of the NOAA staff and started canceling weather balloons that collect data last year; but if not. 👇

America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital

Peter Thiel, radioactive. Dialog, an off-the-record conference Thiel co-founded but does not attend, has been cancelled. The Powerscourt Estate hotel, which sought to distance itself from the event, says it is “relieved and pleased.” www.thejournal.ie/wicklow-hote...

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

Please stand with USAF Major Jason Watson, Honorable Patriot, Defender of the U.S. Constitution, Hero youtu.be/tCu6YDiJVs8 If you support Major Jason Watson, please make your support visible and call the US Congress and tell your Reps to act (202) 224-3121 and replace your profile pic with this one

Breaking: Per MSNOW’s Vaughn Hillyard, acting DNI Bill Pulte is now firing dozens of intelligence officials at agencies beyond his own office as part of removing the “deep state.” Reportedly, the officials may have refused to provide him requested intel.

In front of fans and kids taking photos, a Dallas police officer starts shoving staff members of the Egyptian national team here for the World Cup. At one point, he even reaches for his handcuffs. The video is already being shared internationally by news outlets.

“Todd Blanche charged Carmen Lineberger with felony obstruction of justice..and misdemeanor theft..for emailing copies of Volume II to her Gmail and Hotmail accounts. Today, the [DOJ] filed notice to Judge Aileen Cannon that THEY wrongly emailed THREE copies of Volume II to Lineberger’s attorneys”

In related news, I am launching a campaign to save the brontosaurus.

Reminder to Colorado journalists: if you’re interviewing a winning candidate who usually claims that elections are rigged, ask them why this election was rigged in their favor.

"Greenwater Services got a no-bid contract and is partly owned by a twice-convicted felon who is a Trump friend..." www.wsj.com/us-news/linc...

'Even worse than it looks': Legal expert exposes darker motive for Hegseth military move

JD Vance just told you everything you need to know. He thinks Watergate wouldn't have taken down a president today. He sees a parallel between what happened to Nixon and what's happening now, and he's proud of it.

Who is Natalie Harp? Trump’s “human printer” has reportedly unnerved colleagues by sending him devotional letters and crafting his most unhinged Truth Social posts. Here’s a guide to Trump’s most ardent aide.

Weird. Natalie Harp's brother claims she is estranged from much of her family because she wanted to hide the fact that her dad committed suicide, and the rest of the family wasn't down with that. Brother also doesn't get how she can work for Trump. Daddy issues maybe? www.rawstory.com/natalie-harp/

Not just dead last in Presidential rankings, but a truly loathsome "human" being in his own right & the worst thing that ever happened to this country. Someone should post this on "Truth" Social or Fox "News" so he would actually see it. #Embarrassment_In_Chief

Kurt Vonnegut: In my book I drew an asshole as a cautionary tale Anthropic: At long last, we have created the Vonnegut Asshole

A federal court has blocked the Trump admin from firing two-thirds of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Trump wants to gut the consumer protection agency, but has run into yet another roadblock. thehill.com/regulation/c...

I can’t believe the reflecting pool situation reflects what’s happened to America under Trump but here we are. Incompetent, corrupt, toxic, and falling apart. A bit on the nose!

Republicans trying to make the world safe for kleptocracy newrepublic.com/article/2118...

it's not a battle unless you consider a guy with a gun made of play-doo atomized by a MOAB drop a battle

Federal prosecutors in Chicago wound up having to drop charges in this case this week after this video surfaced. Attached here is how the shooting was described in the complaint:

USA! USA! USA!