New in PN: Trump's red-baiting won't work "With capitalism failing so many Americans, it’s not enough for Trump to just shout 'Commies!' and assume the votes will follow -- especially when, in all his corruption and greed, he is the living embodiment of capitalism's worst version."

President Trump capped a NATO summit in Turkey meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and saying that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot air defense systems. n.pr/4vUzbzW

July 8, 2026 After the U.S. resumed bombing Iran yesterday evening, Iranian forces retaliated early this morning with strikes on U.S. military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait. In Ankara, Türkiye, for a NATO summit, President Donald J. Trump told reporters….

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III issued a defense of the National Museum of American History to staffers, in response to a caustic White House report accusing the museum of pushing “extreme political activism.”

* US Back-to-School Spending Expected to Decline 6% y/y @reuters.com www.reuters.com/business/fin...

New in PN: Trump's 'great' fair limps to its conclusion "The Great American State Fair on the National Mall was more than a national embarrassment. It was the endpoint of a MAGA-fication of the nation’s historic birthday, transforming it into a vehicle to glorify Trump and line his allies’ pockets"

July 7, 2026 In Ankara, Türkiye, for a two-day summit of the countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), President Donald J. Trump told reporters he was “very disappointed with NATO” because it had not backed its war on Iran….

"Don't worry about those lying women, bro; nobody believes them. Hey, cool tattoo!" - If Graham Platner had run in the GOP

"Trump violates the public trust in large ways all the time — through his monumental corruption and self-dealing just for a start. But his smaller acts of revenge and point-scoring arguably highlight his abuse of power even more clearly." — @nberlat.bsky.social

A...uh...special military operation

But a world in which playing fields are level is not the world Trump wants. He wants one in which people in power can ignore the rule of law for their own ends.

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.

ELIZABETH WARREN calls on Platner to drop out: “There can be no tolerance for sexual assault… With so much at stake, the best path forward is for Graham Platner to step aside as the Democratic nominee and address these serious allegations outside this Senate race.”

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...

UPDATE: CNBC responds, says it only includes the disclosure of their financial relationship with Kalshi when it is "directly relevant to the story" These are examples of stories where CNBC determined it wasn't "relevant" to disclose that the company invests in Kalshi and gets paid for new customers

A grown man, a billionaire, and the president, using his massive platform to sick a digital mob on literal 5 year olds. It’s not just pathetic; it's predatory, cowardly, and deeply broken behavior.

New in PN with @juddlegum.bsky.social: How Kalshi infects the news "Since last December, both CNBC & CNN have promoted Kalshi to viewers extensively, frequently vouching for its accuracy. The existence of financial ties between the networks & Kalshi, however, is disclosed to viewers inconsistently"

July 5, 2026 Going into the weekend during which Americans celebrated the 250th anniversary of the day on which the Second Continental Congress accepted the Declaration of Independence, President Donald J. Trump was facing a whole lot of bad news.

by all accounts this is turning out to be a hilarious shitshow

New in PN: Declaring War on The Declaration "The one connective thread that bound together the revolutionary patriots was their opposition to, and fear of, absolute and unchecked rule perpetuated by autocrats."

July 3, 2026 And on July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life,...

Our new analysis found that the Supreme Court is deciding more cases through largely unsigned orders (the “shadow docket”) than through its standard procedure. Many have allowed the Trump administration to enact some of its most controversial policies. Read more: https://propub.li/44KNj2O

It's weird to me how trump never lets go of a grudge, he still bitches about Obama, Biden, Hillary, and even Rosie O'Donnell for some reason. He never says a word about any of the people who supposedly tried to assassinate him. Nothing. Weird.

U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned 11 people on Friday, a White House official said, all but two of whom had been convicted of violating the Clean Air Act by modifying or disabling emissions controls on trucks.

The Trump admin went too far going after trans people for even Judge Reed O'Connor. Great writeup by @chrisgeidner.bsky.social www.lawdork.com/p/ftc-wpath-...

As I predicted. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Corruption on top of corruption on top of corruption... #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jun...

This should be happening everywhere! Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed SB 397, requiring ICE & other law enforcement to operate without masks & with visible identification, while expanding accountability for constitutional rights violations. Transparency & accountability matter! #SheShed

June 2, 2026 On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress passed a “Resolution for Independence” declaring “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection...

The ultimate irony to all this may be that policy and ideology probably will *not* decide this race in the end, even though there will be a massive rush to interpret the results through those lenses: newrepublic.com/article/2126...

What congress?

July 1, 2026 Today President Donald J. Trump took his first flight on the new Air Force One, a gift from Qatar. The Constitution prohibits presidents from accepting gifts from foreign governments without the consent of Congress, so Trump’s announcement he would accept the $400 million plane from...

Paramedics responded to a ‘cardiac arrest’ at Mitch McConnell’s home on day of hospitalization share.google/oKFuGCdlqtHH...

New in PN: A vote away from undoing the civil war "The only role for a functional SCOTUS would have been to deny a cert request by saying, 'Did the lower court stutter?' Instead, we came within one vote of letting the worst people in the country run roughshod over one of America's sacred compacts."

The two most plausible explanations for this most dangerous move are: 1) Trump plans to sell this extremely valuable information to foreign states and make billions and billions. 2)The US is run by an agent of a foreign country that desperately needs this information.

June 30, 2026 On January 20, 2025, the day he took the oath of office a second time, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” Fulfilling a campaign promise, the order declared that, contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment,...

A radical legal theory emerged half a century ago—and a new Supreme Court decision just made it American law, Peter M. Shane argues:

New in PN: The Christian right is emboldened and on the march "America, today’s right says, may include people of many faiths, but is fundamentally of, by, & for Christians — & only Christians. Everyone else is merely *tolerated*, here at the sufferance of believers in the country’s true religion."

Quote Kirk, Make Bucks

June 29, 2026 “To show the importance of the Slaughter Case, 90 years of precedent has been COMPLETELY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY OVERRULED, greatly increasing Presidential Power at a time when it is most needed!” President Donald J. Trump wrote this afternoon. He continued: “Today’s Historic Slaughter...

ALL. OF. THIS.

A family of 4 making $130K is "in the red after covering just the basics, such as housing, an ACA marketplace health care plan and day care. The family has over $1,000 less than it did a year and a half ago. Rising costs have more than wiped out any gains from higher wages and recent tax cuts."

New in PN: Trump hates democracy, housing edition "Real dictators don’t care about policy; they win by cheating. Trump doesn’t want to be a baby man; he wants to cheat. The SAVE America Act is the way. Any other approach, especially trying to help voters, enrages him. He refuses to sign the bill."

June 28, 2026 A wide range of Democratic voices are in the process of shaping new political language to move their party, and the country, forward. James Talarico is one of those new voices. On Friday, June 26, he delivered his official acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for U.S. ...

Pro-natalist, anti-abortion MAGA & MAHA men are canceling teen pregnancy prevention programs—which will drive up unwanted teen pregnancies & STDs 😢 These men are WEIRD. Dr Oz says the US is “under-babied,” RFK Jr repeatedly talks about teen boys’ sperm (😳), Trump says he’s “the father of fertility”

"But never, ever blame the officials who tore up America’s last chance like it was a losing lottery ticket and laughed as the pieces scattered in the wind." From July 2024. As always - @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's writing holds up.