Michelle Goldberg does a great job with this analysis. I would add that one of the fundamental long-term probs is developing a bench in each state. This is the kind of stuff that would have been revealed by just about any school board or city council race. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/o...

"And that's why I've today decided to dress as the greatest warrior of them all: Liberace"

How could anyone fault them for this. Doing business with Trump’s admin would have too many dangerous uncertainties.

Families share stories with Oklahoma Watch of life after their loved ones were deported amid a surge of ICE arrests in Oklahoma and across the country. | Ben Fenwick Reports:

😆 These are going to catch me off guard for a while until I get it firmly in my head that The Onion now owns Infowars.

Edmond Schools nix recently renewed contracts; taxpayers cover cost freepressokc.com/edmond-schoo...

This father and husband was a roofing contractor. I wonder how many go-get-'em folks could stand up to that job and environment even for a day. | Great reporting by Ben Fenwick with Oklahoma Watch:

NEW - Edmond Public Schools renewed employment contracts for all of the district’s top brass, only to turn around and tell many of them that their jobs are being eliminated | Andrea Eger reports for Oklahoma Watch:

Tech capability is exceeding our thinking about its safe uses. One of many problems with a surveillance state.

PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”

Fraud entered the race when Trump entered the race

help, the crowd at my event for enormous emotional toddlers is not heeding our safety warnings pls advise

This should be embarrassing; but, Fox News isn't easily embarrassed.

@governor.ca.gov announces new protections against illegal federal interference by the Trump Regime to undermine confidence in free & fair elections. CA proposes new legislation making it a felony to unlawfully seize ballots before election results have been certified by state & county officials.

Nearly one million people who bought President Trump’s memecoin have lost a total of $3.81 billion, a report from a cryptocurrency analytics firm found.  nyti.ms/4wucpPy

Eleven OKC police officers have been called to assist with security and policing around the month-long America 250 celebrations in Washington D.C. Has OKCPD been left short-handed?

"We have to decide if we want to just win symbolic victories, or if we actually want to make permanent, meaningful change. If it’s the latter, then inherently, that requires us to reform and expand the Supreme Court." Full video: youtu.be/f9ZvU1CT9T0

That’s the difference.

My resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision now has 88 co-sponsors! (You can view the full list at: congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/122) I won’t stop fighting to get it across the finish line.

“On America’s 250th birthday, our study gives a clear reality check,” said Theodore Keeping, a climate scientist at Imperial College London... “The climate the country has today is fundamentally different to the one it had when the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence.”

I’m not anti-Israel, but it has been profoundly stupid for the Trump admin to allow the current government in Israel to drag us into this war. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...

Hey MAGATS, This Here Too...... 👇👇

An attendee at the Great American State Fair says none of the booths had air conditioning so she had to go to the baptism pool in one of the tents

Corruption in full view. @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

no wonder these dudes are so angry all the time if 'eating chick-fil-a in your car while on a work call' is the pinnacle life experience for them. like damn.

Good ref piece to keep in your notes—Gift article—“The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

As Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche fired me for doing my job, then subjected me and my family to months of retaliation. My story is one of many reasons the Senate should not confirm Blanche again. Read and share my letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. www.lawyeroyer.com/p/my-letter-...

Two big galleries are included in this excellent report from the end of OKC’s Pridefest. Great write up from events reporting champion Zoe Elrod.

This 🧵 is an excellent playbook!

NEW - Factory Obscura is adding another layer to their Mix-Tape experience with RECORD+PLAY, an interactive performance designed to transform guests into collaborators | Zoe Elrod reports:

Donald Trump only cares about you if you are donating money to him. Even then, he doesn't care about you…he only cares about your money.

Corruption

Excellent treatment of the biggest blunder I can remember by NPR, Justice Alito’s non-retirement. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

The president tried to rewrite the Constitution, and even his handpicked Supreme Court told him he went too far and reined him in. If you’re born in the United States, you are an American. Period. This should have never been up for debate in the first place.

“The taxpayer carries the risk, since these loans and stakes commit public money to unproven mines. Failed projects or falling prices land on the public, while the families keep the gains.” medium.com/@GlassEmpire...

What we know about the sex trafficking that Andrew Tate is involved in is every bit as horrific and evil as the abuse that Jeffrey Epstein committed, and Tate is actually still alive, and yet there are a lot more conspiracy theories about the "Epstein class."

This birthright ruling is why I just refuse to tolerate all the Democrat garment rending over NY voters choosing progressive candidates. They are incapable of governing in this moment. The politics of appeasement and centrism gets us to a 5-4 decision on the constitutional question.

It's insane the magnitude of corruption.

This is the second time this has happened. CBS News's Investigative unit got a retired ICE agent to break down the Good shooting frame-by-frame. On the record, he said the agents were entirely out of line. The piece was only posted online and never broadcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ywL...

The most terrifying thing that a Democrat socialist has ever done in America is balance a budget.

😂😂😂😂

A Wildly Undervalued Tool For Restoring U.S. Democracy: medium.com/@carmitage/t...

The late developments in King’s thinking about economic reform were what got him assassinated, I believe. The rich become homicidal when economic reform is discussed by influential people.

I can’t stop laughing at this. This type of AI art has become the latest iteration of political cartoons.

It feels weird to celebrate our independence as a nation, when it’s pretty clear we are losing it.

Big win for privacy. Major setback for mass surveillance. For journalists, their sources, and everyone else, this Supreme Court decision is a powerful protection for location data, and potentially for other sensitive information stored on their phones.

In ALL situations like this, the big question is: What are they afraid of?

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