I don’t get the point of spending a trillion dollars on “national security” when they can’t defend us against breathing in wildfire smoke or getting explosive diarrhea from eating lettuce

Booker: "Did your interview with Miss Maxwell lead to a single additional person being charged?" Blanche: "No." Booker: "Did it lead to a single new investigation." Blanche: "I can't answer the question." Booker: "Were you involved with [Maxwell's] transfer?" Blanche: *doesn't answer*

Quote of the day: “I am his lawyer.” ~ Todd Blanche, Attorney General nominee

A 28-year-old man was brutally murdered in Florida by ICE thugs who chased him onto the path of an oncoming semi-truck. The driver of the truck stopped his vehicle and immediately attempted to aid the victim while the ICE thugs stood around, hands in vests.

While tRump plots to race cars down Pennsylvania Avenue at 190 mph like a toddler with a Hot Wheels obsession, he's giving a cushy Senate seat to Lindsey Graham’s sister. Spectacle and cronyism for the connected, f*ck-all for everyone else. www.jefftiedrich.com/p/race-cars-...

At this point, it's basically a monthly thing where the NY Times has some boomer Dem write a piece saying the party should abandon trans people.

Ossoff: "The abuses of federal power, the misconduct is unprecedented. That's why Donald Trump so deeply fears his impending losses in these midterms, because he recognizes that when there's a change in the balance of power, there will be real accountability imposed"

If any of the Supreme Court justices were in the hospital for 30 days without indisputable proof-of-life and the clearly demonstrated ability to carry out their duties of office, Trump would have long-since declared them 'retired', nominated another justice, and bulldozed their senate approval.

Murray: Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate? Dahl: Yes. Murray: And what is the rate for someone making $1,000,000? Dahl: 2.2%.

NEW: President Trump has walked back his demand for collecting a 20% toll from ships that transit through the strait of Hormuz. Instead, the president said Gulf States would make major investments in the U.S.

I can pretty much post this every week after each new death where there remains zero accountability for any of the agents or their supervisors. Lowered standards, unqualified people, rushed through shortened training, toxic culture & leadership, lots of weapons. A perfect storm.

Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...

Haha! This was an LOL!

Iranian anti-ship cruise missiles are being launched towards commercial vessels off the coast of Abu Dhabi. Reports of explosions.

so, - war is back on (but new!) - national average of gas 🆙⬆️ to $4 soon - ICE continues to kill, this time in Maine and Texas - G****m P*****r is out of the race in Maine - rehashing 2020 election bullshit on Thursday in an address to the nation yeah. I’m not worried

so, I went semi-offline for half a day and came back to find four stories any one of which could have been a weeks-long banner headline story in the before times.

My privilege to share some lovely stories from the science community about what Sam Neill's timeless performance as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park meant to them—and why it will continue to inspire kids to chase their own discoveries for years to come.

Our local newspaper, The Portland Press Herald, has lifted their paywall on coverage of the ICE shooting of a man in Biddeford, Maine this morning. They have excellent reporters and will have much more accurate information than natl news as we learn more: www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...

More questions than answers right now. Mainers deserve a full, transparent investigation and clear answers about what happened. THIS is why federal immigration agents must be required to wear a body cameras. How many more people will be gunned down by this lawless, unaccountable agency? #ICEOUT

This is one of the reasons you bid the work out. Applicants get vetted. No bid contracts are a way for some to steer projects to their friends, which is corruption.

They were silenced. No longer! survivorsisters.org tells the fact-based story of Epstein's abuse network—from the 1st FBI report in 1996 to today's fight for accountability. A resource for survivors, advocates, & truth. Keep talking about the #EpsteinFiles.

2015: “[Donald Trump] is a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. He doesn’t represent my party. He doesn’t represent the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for.”

“For the first time ever, a presidential administration now claims that species protected by the Endangered Species Act shouldn’t be safe from habitat modification that destroys where they live, raise their young, or search for food” -Kristen Boyles Despicable. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Column by Michelle Singletary: Trump accounts are projected to grow to about $6,000 by age 18 if you don’t add anything to them. That’s a helpful cushion, but it’s a far cry from the president’s proclamations that kids will get rich.

The New Mexico Attorney General is claiming that the Justice Department — effectively acting at the behest of Trump — is obstructing the investigation of Epstein's former Zorro ranch.

Here's why you may not know that: 64% of Memphis residents are Black. There are other reasons, but mostly that.

CDC stopped monitoring parasite now causing explosive diarrhea across the country

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"Otay Mesa Detention Center valued at quarter of $739M feds paid, records show Because the federal government doesn’t pay taxes, the county will lose about $2.1 million in property taxes each year.' This is a CONCENTRATION CAMP that you paid for. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/c...

Wow: Trump says he just finished yet another physical at Walter Reed and has requested another cognitive exam as rumors and evidence continue to pile up about his declining health and mental state.

Important statement from the New York Times

ICE lied about how Renee Good was shot. They lied about how Alex Pretti was shot. And now they’re lying about how Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot. Don’t believe their story for a second.

The Times says federal agents turned up on the doorsteps of several of its journalists to force grand jury testimony next week over their coverage of the Air Force One plane gifted to Trump by Qatar. n.pr/4bwYQ9F

Trump Expected to Destroy More of the Country as Soon as Monday

This is another attempt by President Trump to interfere in our elections and make way for more executive overreach. We’re not going to allow politicians to weaponize their power against the people.

Congress spent months negotiating the most significant bipartisan housing bill in a generation, one that finally cracks down on Wall Street speculators buying up single-family homes, cuts red tape, and helps families struggling with the cost of living.

Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency unable to act - Votebeat apple.news/AwLHTFVH1RHa...

ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.

I know the person that did the orientation for the new & not yet sworn in reps back in 2011, which was when Duffy went through it. One morning I get a call from that person who immediately starts to vent about this one new reps who's on his last nerve for being a complete ignoramus. It was Duffy. 1/

NEW: Bill Pulte has been on a firing spree since Trump tapped him to be his acting director of national intelligence, but some of his personnel choices at his other job atop FHFA are deeply questionable ― and the agency is threatening to sue reporters who cover it. www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-p...

One step closer… USA! USA! 🤦🏻‍♂️ bible.usccb.org/bible/revela...

Reuters confirms. 11 more people captured by ICE have been sent to a maximum security prison in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), a country where they have no ties and committed no crimes. reut.rs/4wpbIGU

I will never forget listening to a friend vividly describe a “terrible blind date”. She was describing rape. She was describing forcible penetration without consent. She just wasn’t using the word “rape” or “sexual assault”. She downplayed what happened as a coping tool.

DOGE officially ended over the weekend. One of its crowning achievements was cutting $15M from the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program. Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1B to combat the screwworm outbreak. "Efficiency."

University administrators promoting AI as "inevitable" need to reckon with the damage that it is doing to the culture of teaching and learning, whatever promise it may have in some fields. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

This mf admits he made it all up to get "media attention"