3-year-old Orlin was murdered after ICE separated him from his mother, Wendy. This can never happen again. Today, I’m introducing Orlin’s Law to stop family separation and prohibit ICE from detaining or deporting immigrant parents unless they pose a public safety threat.

It's a sign of how shockingly corrupt this country has become that a nominee for Attorney General is given a hearing by the Senate *the very same week* he has been referred by a judge for possible disbarment for unethical behavior. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Secretary of Forever War, Pete Hegseth, just announced they are going to provide hormone therapy to male service members who don’t have enough testosterone. Let’s be clear: This is gender affirming care and it completely debunks all of Republicans’ attacks on trans people.

"A government that conceals its identity cannot demand perfect recognition from frightened civilians," writes @jamilsmith.bsky.social. "ICE mistook Lorenzo Salgado Araujo for another man. He was expected to identify ICE instantly. Only one side was allowed to make an error."

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

VERY DISTURBING www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/b...

Private prison company LaSalle Corrections' nonprofit arm will run new ICE kids facility. Whether they're violating tax rules is "a valid question," said former IRS attorney. "It doesn't pass the smell test for what I would expect a private foundation to be operating." www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

apnews.com/article/memp... Tyrin Johnson. Say his name. He was shot by the National Guard. According to Posse Comitatus, they are not allowed to act as police. Another law broken.

It's like we have been sent an appetizer because the main course is taking too long.

Think. About. This. The U.S. Treasury receives the revenue from most of Venezuela’s exports, then disburses it gradually to Venezuela through the country’s private banks…. Mr. Rubio and his team set the conditions on what that money can be spent on, and by whom. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...

After a months-long occupation, Minnesota is still recovering from a retribution campaign waged by the federal government. Now, Minnesota stands with Houston in demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This bloodshed cannot be normalized.

USDA had to revise its late June U.S. beef export numbers DOWN 90%. Quite the "error."

Microsoft: $101 BILLION in profits. $12.5 BILLION in tax breaks. $176 BILLION in stock buybacks. 4,800 workers fired this week. 9,000 workers fired last year. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did. Nothing trickles down.

ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.

NEW: Brig. Gen. Eric Widmar, senior legal adviser to the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he is retiring “for personal reasons.” His is the latest high-profile departure among the military’s top leaders and lawyers in the Trump administration.

Maggie Haberman is always telling us about stuff that happened a few years ago but she never tells us about what's going on today, because she doesn't have a book to sell yet.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo lived in the United States for 35 years, built a small business, and achieved his dream of building a home for his family. Yesterday, on his way to work, ICE shot and killed him. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social talked to his sons about who their father was.

Did you know you can put candles on anything, doesn't even have to be a cake. Hell, it doesn't even have to be your birthday. There are no rules!

Someone should ask Trump if McConnell is dead. You know he's just going to blurt it out.

Yes. Reform the Supreme Court. Term limits. Expand the Court. Enforceable code of ethics. It’s time we address corruption on the highest court.

An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

flips "go usa" shirt inside out to reveal "go norway" shirt

I blame Trump. Everything Trump Touches Dies

Good teams punish mistakes

That's not ideal

My interview: “I came to this country as an infant and became a U.S. citizen,” Roswell Encina said. “So sitting there, on the Fourth of July, I couldn’t help but think about the promise of America and the work still required to protect it.” www.advocate.com/news/people/...

Trump has thrown the karmic balance out of whack. The only remedy is to insert a being of pure goodness and light into the XI: a footballer so ethically immaculate that he bends the universe back toward justice. An apostle of the beautiful game. Someone the Soccer Gods simply cannot root against.

Hey @chicagotribune.com Editorial Board: Why did you describe me as a “bomb-throwing influencer”? This is wrong, inflammatory, and racist. Change it. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/e...

China's Tianwen-2 probe is matching orbits with space rock (469219) Kamo'oalewa, in a 0.90 x 1.10 AU x 7. 8 deg solar orbit. The rock is about 20 meters across and has a mass around 7000 tonnes, and is the smallest asteroid so far to have been visited by a spacecraft

Happy Friday! youtu.be/6mKtt7F0rPU?...

With Trump forcing companies to allow the government to take an equity stake, one question I think we should ask is who votes those shares?

Damn, some good shows coming; 16 Volt, Devo. Time to do a little damage to my hearing.

The Founders didn't risk the gallows because they hated America. They risked everything because they loved it enough to confront tyranny. Patriotism isn't pretending everything is fine. It's defending the republic when it isn't. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Wow, that's some bullshit

Seattle looking good for the match today.

🇺🇸 As we approach the 250th Anniversary of the USA, I'm posting this video so we NEVER forget what Trump's Patriots did on J6. Instead of honoring our Constitution's Peaceful Transfer of Power, seditious Donald unleashed a deadly MAGA MOB on our Capitol to overthrow our fair & just election results.

The only judges in America who stated that Trump had the ability to do away with birthright citizenship were in the Supreme Court. And there were 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 of them. Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social on the decision this morning to strike down Trump's order to end birthright citizenship.

if I were Germany, I would simply score four goals against Paraguay, like the United States men's national team

Mamdani just showed up at Penn Station, wristbands in hand, helping World Cup fans find their trains like it was nothing. Panama vs England, MetLife bound, and the mayor was just out there in the crowd. No big deal. Very big deal.

Pepi has not been impressive.

Goddamn what a start

🚨 BREAKING: Judge Sullivan just GRANTED Katie Phang's motion for a preliminary injunction, ordering the Trump admin to move forward on key transparency measures in the Epstein files case—including defending redactions, producing additional records, and publishing the disclosure log required by law.

Sen. Thomas Pischke (R-SD) is set to step away from his party duties as he faces two felony counts for forgery in election documents. We found election fraud. And once again it's from Republicans!! www.mediaite.com/politics/top...

Today marks four years since Republicans ripped away the national right to abortion. Every single Republican in the Senate helped enable this new and horrifying reality. I'm not going to let Americans forget.

Your regular reminder Republicans in Congress are okay with this.

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

Scientists in Atlanta were stopped from criticizing the Trump admin at a scientific conference, so let me do it here: Trump is destroying biomedical research in America, and it will take decades to get back on track.  Spread the word. Stand up for science.

There are reasons I say never trust a conservative.

"Something just brushed past my leg!" — Luke Skywalker, #StarWars Image credit: tempestkc on Threads #LincolnMemorialReflectingPool #USA