Literally everyone saw this coming. 🚨 Turns out firing respected journalists and blowing up 60 Minutes wasn’t a winning ratings strategy after all. CBS is paying the price.

“In a United States with liberty for billionaires and justice for none, what are we even celebrating?” Fantastic Sunday piece by my illustrious friend @willbunch.bsky.social: www.inquirer.com/opinion/prai...

J. D. Vance’s second memoir, “Communion,” tells the story of his decision to become Catholic, but it’s strangely distasteful of the faith he has joined. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/OZPoh-

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.

Dear Republicans: what are your expectations of FEMA going forward? 🚨 FEMA cut thousands of employees over the last 18 months. And plans to reduce the agency’s workforce by as much as 50% by October 2026. So when the next major disaster hits your town, what’s the plan?

There should be several - they screwed up the compartmentalization when they were scrubbing them for Trump’s name, so a bunch of people who shouldn’t have had access were able to see all of them. There are plenty in other nations, as well. I’m really surprised we haven’t seen more leaks.

"the ruling has implications beyond immigration law, because it suggests that no amount of evidence of racial animus against Black people will be enough to convince a majority of justices that racial discrimination has occurred." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"Greenwater Services got a no-bid contract and is partly owned by a twice-convicted felon who is a Trump friend..." www.wsj.com/us-news/linc...

I wish America’s 250th was being planned by the First Gentleman.

And welcome to Historians At The Movies! Tonight we are taking a slight detour to watch the first episode of THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT on Netflix at 8pm eastern. #HATM 1/

Here, we have a president who, by his own account, personally called a federal prosecutor to intervene in an ongoing election — and the story has barely registered. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

Condolences to all of you who were still planning to go. Both of you.

Same game. Different court. Wind energy. @whitehouse.senate.gov

"CENTRISTS UNITE!" It's 15 people. 5 of whom aren't even elected yet. All of them in districts trump won. Don't let corporate media - especially media owned by Bezos - convince you the party is somehow fractured by throngs of centrists pushing back. It's not. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Greedy corporate media owners have a lot of experience with gaslighting, and they're not afraid to use it.

#Flowers #Photography #Nature #Gardening

Trump is a convicted felon.

he is not wrong

Around the time the United States was founded, Americans' diets included Parmesan ice cream and terrapin. But what you ate depended on your social status.

The Gordie Howe bridge spans the most important border crossing between the U.S. and Canada. President Donald Trump has said he doesn't want it open yet. n.pr/4f8RJGM

City of Portland contractors began painting over the graffiti on the former Gordon’s Fireplace Shop building. Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2026/06/contractors-clean-graffiti-off-this-iconic-portland-eyesore-property.html 

In Oregon, about 80% of libraries no longer charge overdue fines.

Utah's Cottonwood Fire has rapidly grown, forcing evacuations, damaging property, and prompting widespread safety warnings amid extreme weather.

Germany marked a new record for the third day in a row with 107 degrees Fahrenheit.

NWS says the site went on the fritz around 2 a.m. Sunday.

Day one was Saturday, with a wrap-up on Sunday. There will be two more two-day editions later in the summer. Read more: https://theoregonian.visitlink.me/TaKSnA 

An IT issue disabled mental health crisis lines in three Oregon counties Sunday; the 988 Lifeline remains available.

When Moody’s is posting trillion-dollar flood loss warnings, might it be time to start paying attention? Insurance markets are already staggering. Mortgage and real estate markets follow. The warnings are real and many.

Don't believe in Climate Change? Well, Climate changes doesn't care what you believe. And neither do insurance companies.

Priorities.

Today, the Supreme Court decided to become a partner in Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign. It is shameful and cruel.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: The Austin American-Statesman article below, titled “Ken Paxton's platform is short on specifics, except for his support of a controversial crypto bill,” speaks for itself. You can access the article by clicking the link here: www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

Elias Law Group is currently litigating 80 voting and election cases in 41 states (plus DC). 4 in SCOTUS. 20 in Federal Courts of Appeal. 5 in State Appeals/Supreme Courts. When we fight we win!

Every defeat the DOJ suffers in its effort to gain access to state voter files brings us closer to protecting the midterm elections. “The road ahead for democracy is narrow and filled with obstacles,” Marc Elias writes, “but we have already shown that we can clear them.” https://bit.ly/4xKu5Yl

Brian Tyler Cohen on Trump’s health: Something is going on. His hands have become necrotic. His skin is dying. Swaths of his body are just rotting away. We can pretend that we don’t see it, but it’s happening. Also, he can’t seem to stay awake on a daily basis.

President Donald Trump’s anti-voting agenda had already hit some major legal roadblocks over the last year. But this may have been its worst week yet in the courts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This is BANANAS. A 16-point lead on the generic ballot?! In a WALL STREET JOURNAL poll?! In 2018 when Dems netted 40 seats in the House, they led the generic ballot by 14.

I'm renting out a entire bar to watch election results November 3rd in San Diego. Drinks and food on me. If you wanna come watch results live with me and other MSW Media podcast hosts, sign up to become a patron and support independent media. patreon.com/muellershewrote

so… (1) north carolina declines to pay to put up state booth at trump “state fair”. + (2) random republican congressional staffer does state booth instead = (3) cue the “confederate flag at north carolina booth” headlines… www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Trump and Republicans radically raised health insurance premium costs -- doubling them on average -- and so 5 million Americans who used to have health insurance now can't afford it. More than half the people who have this kind of health insurance live in GOP districts: www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...

Oh...this is interesting. 👀👀-- Perhaps it is time to consider being a "rational society?" Re: Trading Stocks & Bonds

Susan Collins Is Mad About This @grahamformaine.bsky.social

Now let’s do this everywhere.

I look at pictures like this and am convinced this was ALWAYS just intended as a money laundering vehicle. Trump, and also Trump's special events people, have the ability to put on a decent show, even with the partisanship. Here they didn't bother wasting the money to do so.

I’m actually a big fan of this headline because it shows that they’ve got absolutely nothing lol

Here's a gift link to this New York Times story. The Trump regime has one goal: to stuff money in the Trumps' pockets, no matter who gets hurt or what laws get broken.

Trump has a "philosophy." It's called greed. I wrote about it a couple weeks ago.