If the point of America is capitalism, the story of the 250th is that this experiment succeeded beyond all comprehension. And a preposterous share of that wealth had been captured by divorced men consumed with accumulation. SO, YAY! If it's about freedom for all to succeed, that's a horrific twist.

Track the trilionaire, or the closest thing there is. stopthetrillionaires.com/trillionaire...

"Washington, D.C., served as the capital of the Union during the Civil War, becoming a constant target for the Confederate military." No, it served as the capital of the United States of America. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

If Todd Blanche gets rewarded for the last 18 months, life will get worse precipitously.

I'd really like to hear lawyers who care about rights and freedom comment on the Prarieland sentences and the Minnesota conspiracy charges. People need to have a solid grasp of their rights and not just give in, in advance.

I write things mostly to cheer my ass up: We Could Still Save Millions of the Kids Musk Condemned to Death

If you want to turn anger into hope. This may help!

Ossoff: "Citizens United was the most destructive court decision in modern history. It's unleashed a flood of secret money, corporate money, billionaire money. Trump's rise is a symptom of this deeper disease. Our task is not just to contain his wickedness, but to cure the rot that gave rise to it."

Mullin claims OK had the “highest number of 287g apprehensions” (except for maybe Florida) but idk if accurate.

Is he trying to grind up any Russian who might fight against him?

The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/r...

Katie Phang Just Made Jeffrey Epstein Central to Todd Blanche's Bid for Confirmation emptywheel.net/2026/06/27/k...

At Next Comes What, we ask and answer the big questions.

Every one of these would have been opposed by the GOP of the last 60 years. And still is if it costs MAGA-allied capital anything. I remain convinced the only reason Trump won the popular vote, beyond Musk and billionaire capture, is the fuckery around Bobby Jr.

“this fetid little episode, not yet fully resolved, provides a shorthand of everything cloudy and foul-smelling about his so-far terrible second term, especially his unwillingness to own his failures”

This is the only DSA “critique” worth your time. But I don’t follow the Mayor Pete part tbh.

(He is the most powerful human who ever lived, unfortunately. Thanks to John Roberts. Any US president with our modern nuclear arsenal is. But he’s unleashed. And don’t trust me, I’ve never caddied.)

Needy Amin is like a honey bee. Blowing smoke up his ass will lull him to sleep.

Don't buy into the moral panic pushing safety laws worldwide. This legislation does nothing to keep kids safe or hold platforms accountable. This is about monitoring internet activity. Do you trust the government or tech industry with data right now? Reject this bs. www.wired.com/story/kids-o...

Drudge ran a year of Segway headlines in the midst of his least nuanced right-wing era. And I could never tell if he was for it or against it. I think the hype was just that huge.

It’s Lottery Day! Great read on the story’s reaction, both from readers and Shirley Jackson, via @bcdreyer.social Be careful out there, everyone.

🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: It's worse than I thought! The Trump regime just published a new report officially stating that #ACA enrollment had ALREADY plummeted by over 2.6 million people as of FEBRUARY. This is worse than the prior assumption of 3.0M losing coverage thru April. acasignups.net/26/06/26/bre...

The one decent point Vance has is that the derelict Republicans on the Supreme Court have done everything they can to prevent a president from being held to any standard by giving Trump the go-ahead to thoroughly corrupt the DOJ and get away with vast crimes under the guise of official acts.

hey gretch why the fuck is your CPS spending michigan tax dollars investigating anonymous tips against known political targets instead of doing *literally anything else*

If centrists want to do a thing that isn't about destroying the Dem party brand, they could be demanding Hegseth's resignation from the right and demanding hearings into How The Department of "War" Lost Its First War?

Hegseth invited Iran to launch a mini-Pearl Harbor, and he's still got a job while he's firing career professionals because they made the mistake of being Black or a woman or both.

Happy #PrideMonth! Enjoy a Tesla getting smashed by a light rail train with a pride flag.

The new centrist Democrat group boosting Polymarket is really just the icing on the cake here.

I’m not a doomer but it feels like we’re pretty far to the right side already.

In exchange for now living in gas lines, Russians continue to enjoy the luxury of killing Ukrainian civilians for sport.

Now think about what this means if all federal grant making is under political control as per new OMB rule. Crony capitalism at its worst: do you want these people fixing your bridges, making sure your water supply is safe? @donmoyn.bsky.social

"in-hospital mortality increases for Black, but not White, patients as hospitals reach capacity... We identify rationing by wait times as a mechanism, documenting that sicker Black patients wait longer for care than healthier White patients at almost all capacity levels"

"White" solidarity dooms democracy, which is why Sam Alito loves it.

What do smart people think about this, other than Moscow trying to distract from how much of Russia now lives in gas lines over a war that has gained them nothing and now, finally, is costing them... something?

A good way to spend some of your weekend: Thinking about how we don't just have to accept the worst people on earth turning everything to shit for shits and trillions.

"The ideology they want to punish is freedom. The freedom to show up. The freedom to say no. The freedom to let people locked in a cage know that someone outside remembers they exist."

“I want my wife to have only wanted other men” ain’t Wilhoit’s Law. But I’d say it can assume the title and responsibilities of the winner if Wilhoit’s Law can no longer fulfill its obligations.

The odd thing about this Calvinball rule is it seems to favor—you’re not gonna believe this…. Calvin.

When it comes to electoral politics, there’s one question political science can’t help us with much: what happens when a flailing regime throws millions off their healthcare while cutting taxes for the worst and richest humans ever to fleece this earth? We have no data. It’s never happened before.

I hate sounding forceful about something I helped make. But EVERYONE interested in freedom and the right to speak out needs to watch Marcy explain the theory of the case against the protestors in Minnesota. They're using the law used to convict Jan6 rioters, hoping to destroy the entire left.

#DulaPeepShow #DuaLipa

2025 was a year of dude getting away with just the most depraved, ludicrous shit. Still, no one willing to stop him, except external reality and object permanence.

This is what they pretend the Maralago search was. Completely unpredicated, absurd yet targeted insinuation, and zero nuclear secrets found in the shitter.

This century has been a constant refresher in the lesson "When people tell you who they are, believe them." Which is one of those boring lessons no one seems to grok.

This is why I stopped doing these tests

Great Chronicle headline! Important to give readers a sense of the real story, sidestepping intended propaganda message.

folks, can we please stop falling for these engagement bait posts by the Culver’s marketing department

Fun fact: Jupiter didn’t have any moons until Galileo invented the telescope.

“What DOJ is attempting with the anti-ICE indictment in Minnesota is the mirror image of the Prairieland myth-making, an attempt to use one avowed Antifa figure to turn a network of anti-ICE protestors into something they are not and …, I fear, an attempt to criminalize opposition more generally.

"The two men are locked in a tight homosocial embrace of mutually assured deception about their own superior" When solid reporting is a good read.