NEWS --> Three men who were in the van with the victim of the ICE shooting in Texas are potential witnesses, but they're now under pressure to self-deport, a rep for the families tells me. They remain in detention even as ICE's story falters. Details in this piece: newrepublic.com/article/2129...

As usual, Rebecca Traister nails it: “It seems quite possible that the candidate chosen to replace Platner will be a woman. A woman who will be asked, as Kamala Harris was 2 years ago, to mount a terribly difficult campaign in a terribly short amount of time…

The family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is asking for help with funeral and burial costs, legal expenses, everyday living costs, and the wife’s needs, who has lost her lifelong companion and sole provider.

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.

This was an *internal affairs* detective! 🤯 "A Milwaukee Police Department detective now faces charges for allegedly abusing the same license plate reader technology he was assigned to investigate another officer for misusing." www.tmj4.com/news/local-n... #deflock #surveillance #alpr

LeeAnne Hutchison has spent the last two decades using her acting skills to teach lawyers how to be more compelling in court.

NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...

A series of immigration enforcement operations across Gallatin County has left residents reeling, with community organizations estimating more than 100 people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. @jennamtphoto.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2026/07/04/i... #mtnews #mtpol #montana

The US govt, markets, and a lot of media told you there's peace with Iran and shipping is flowing. What's actually happened is the war entered a new phase: the fight for Hormuz. Trump lost his war so badly the US aim now is just to get back to the pre-war status quo. I explain in @ms.now, ICYMI:

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. It cannot be reformed. It cannot be retrained. ICE must be abolished.

There’s no place like @lowes-official.bsky.social… to find #Palantir and #Flock. Disclaimer: Lionel #Messi is an official #Lowes partner.

The Republican leader unloaded after spotting a photo of Robert Ashe, father of sheriff candidate Justin Ashe, and deputy union representative Paul Iachetta together.

Texas developer wins $35.5M lease for #Newburgh office space

Graham Platner shouldn't be a United States Senator -- and neither should Susan Collins -- and I really really hope there's a way for both of those things to be true.

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...

Credible allegations of sexual assault cannot be ignored. Voters in Maine deserve a choice for US Senate that doesn’t force them to make a moral compromise between sexual violence or corporate servitude.

Thank you @coachdspeaks.bsky.social for covering the racists of the 518. Everyday people are protesting outside their business(es). I was happy to be there and help organize as best I could. Towards the end of the protest, we held a moment of silence for Harbe where we played his favorite song.

The Albany County government of Dan McCoy is rotten to its core. Every week brings another inept misstep or shameful scandal.

Trump is watching the Fox News feed of himself watching Fox News

Us.

Who loves America more than those who have sacrificed to make it free? Happy Fourth of July.

​🚨 BREAKING: Shocking reports and footage show police brutally assaulting young demonstrators on the bridge between Ohio and Kentucky. The group was protesting Trump’s policies when police responded with extreme force.

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

What did God unleash on Pharaoh after hail when he was angry? I just want to prepare.

Some people are putting it all on the line.

The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant

With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win.

NEW: Last year, the Trump DOJ dropped its oversight of troubled police departments in several cities, claiming the reform efforts were “factually unjustified.” But officers continued to engage in the same abuses, per a new ACLU report.

Dane County in Wisconsin has finalized an agreement to purchase 165 acres of ancestral land and return it to the Ho-Chunk Nation. 🧵

@indivisiblealbany.org Missing Child Alert Issued For 7-Year-Old Last Seen In Menands - B95.5 share.google/N54EqPyizNf6...

What began as a “flamingo revolution” to protest the $1.4 billion development on Sazan Island has spiraled into mass protests against a ruling party that thousands now want out.

Trump threw America’s 250th birthday party and barely anyone came.

Another one: In January, a guy wrote an angry (but non-threatening) letter to former ICE chief Todd Lyons after the Good, Pretti killings. Last week, ICE agents tracked him down at the NYC hotel where he and his daughter were staying after returning from a vacation in Finland.

There must be tens of people there.

The cost of the Iran War has been massive. Direct military costs will likely approach $100 billion. But the total could be closer to $1 trillion when long-term costs from inflation impacts, debt interest payments, and veterans’ benefits are included. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart

Cait Conley remains undaunted in her battle to end the MAGA horror-scape, restore democracy, and reclaim the real meaning of patriotism: championing working-class people.

We know Trump will try to sabotage the midterms — and we know that he will fail.

Why Won't the Media Call This for What it Is? open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Five more June #DeFlock success stories from around the country for your Friday night viewing pleasure! 🧵 - South Portland, ME - Cayuga Heights, NY - Shorewood, MN - Bishop, CA - Framingham, MA #flock #surveillance #alpr #4a 👇

If you’re as horrified by the fascist regime’s attack on the rights of Haitian immigrants as I am, here’s one way to help. Demand your Senators vote for a bill extending their Temporary Protected Status at this link. The bill already passed the House (with 10 Republicans voting for it)!

After one year of the infamous Florida detention center—where immigrants described worms in their food, floors flooded with sewage, sweltering heat, and treatment like “rats in an experiment”—it’s shutting down. trib.al/UhVOGyQ

To our Haitian residents and immigrant communities: You belong here. @boston.gov will do everything we can to ensure you have accurate information, access to trusted legal support, and resources to understand your rights. We will never back down from protecting all of our neighbors.

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-...

A lot of discourse since Tuesday hinges on idea that some politicians are owed a seat, it’s their turn & it’s problematic to not back them. & that’s so odd to me — because not only you have to wait for 88-year olds to deign to retire, but then there’s someone else waiting who’s owed & you can’t run?

The Supreme Court's decision in the Temporary Protected Status case proves the Supreme Court *is* racist. They don't merely affirm Trump's racism, they endorse it. And while that's not "news" for anyone paying attention, it's still outrageous. My latest in @thenation.com

Trump’s Pentagon wants $80 billion to cover the cost of his illegal war on Iran. That money could… -Extend ACA subsidies for 2.5 years -Cover SNAP benefits for 35 million people -Cover Medicaid for 23 million children It’s not about what we can afford. It’s about our priorities.

The Democratic Party's control over primaries is breaking down. Why that's a good thing: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/mamdani-sw...

Amazing that when mainstream Democrats lose to Republicans - who peddle lies, sow fear & weaponize social media - lesson is Dems must change their policy priorities & messages but when mainstream Dems lose to socialists lesson is waaahhhhh no fair.

#Yakima City Council waited for community members to leave before holding another vote in the final 10 mins to pass the consolidated $250K #Flock contract 5-1 !! 😩 YCA will be there at the meeting on 7/7 at 5:30pm 🗓️ Sign the petition 👉 tinyurl.com/noflockyak #deflock #surveillance #alpr

We have an opportunity in this moment. A responsibility. To insist on everyone’s humanity, all the way through.