John Lewis had John Roberts' number from the jump: takebackthecourt.substack.com/p/john-lewis...

it occurs to me that with the Callais ruling, Alito and the Roberts majority are essentially validating the core of critical race theory -- that systems and structures in America can be supposedly race-neutral (like redistricting under Alito's arguments) and yet discriminate against people of color.

OMG. 🇰🇪 Sabastian Sawe becomes the first man ever to break 2 hours in a marathon (legal conditions) in 1:59:30 at the London Marathon! Yomif Kejelcha 🇪🇹 runs 1:59:41 in his DEBUT. Jacob Kiplimo 🇺🇬 takes third in 2:00:28 All under the previous WR.

The amount of misinformation we’re getting about an incident that just occurred in front of 1,500 news reporters is truly the metaphor of our generation.

One of the very first lessons I learned in journalism was that you have to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Events like the WHCA dinner - even before this year - where reporters cozy up with the people they’re supposed to be holding accountable- violate that principle.

“To Protect and Swerve” is imperfect but both unforgettable and LOL funny and thus brilliant. Also, what a hell of a story and a perfect example of what I often say - great investigative data journalism does not require rocket science-level skills or tools.

NEW: The Trump administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from some of the nation’s top law-enforcement agencies, even as it vowed to crack down on crime, according to ​records obtained by Reuters. www.reuters.com/world/trumps...

I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals

Satellite imagery reveals that US has damaged or destroyed an estimated 7,645 buildings in Iran (including 60 schools) while killing at least 3,300 individuals since 28 Feb. Nearly 3,000 of those buildings were in Tehran

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Just War Doctrine.

1. For $500,000, you can have a one-on-one meeting with Trump tomorrow, according to an email solicitation obtained by Popular Information. Follow this thread for details. 🧵

hey @jonbois.bsky.social it's kinda weird, for a couple of days I haven't felt like I'm getting any older

I didn’t think we’d get to this point but here we are. Please support our fight for a fair contract by honoring our strike today. The sooner we can reach an agreement on the contract, the sooner we can get back to doing journalism in this urgent time.

This is what every media outlet should be doing. Don’t try to interpret and smooth Trump’s statements. Just report them exactly as they are. For months, the WSJ has been far superior to the NYT and virtually every other US media outlet at this.

What's the last time a team that good was dismantled so badly? Maybe Duke getting stomped by UNLV in (quick search) 1990, by 30 points? Also, best announcer line of the night was (iirc) after a lob pass to the rim and somebody said "He was waiting for Cadeau!" Beckett and basketball, A+, no notes.

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

Pam Bondi still has to testify, under oath, in front of the Oversight Committee regarding the Epstein Files. This does not get her out of that bipartisan, lawful subpoena. We will see her soon.

Someone sent me this.

Trump speech is implicit recognition that Iran war is not going well & US options for escalating its way out are bad. 1/

“When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object. I knew immediately what it was. That was a home run ball hit off me in 1937 by Jimmie Foxx.” – Lefty Gomez

The NYT says today’s #NoKings protests had “no shortage of skeptics,” and then quoted exactly one of those skeptics: The chairman of the Ole Miss College Republicans (as of 2025.) But of course, the Times doesn’t ID him as such. He’s just a Concerned Youth.

Don Henley is as annoying as fuck but he definitely nailed it in that second verse of "End of the Innocence" back in the day. You can trot it out for every Republican admin and its more apt each time.

When we talk about AI, people often point to The Terminator -- the SkyNet AI system becoming aware and nuking humanity. But there's another John Carpenter movie that's more relevant. Brilliant piece from novelist @chuckwendig.bsky.social . terribleminds.com/ramble/2026/...

1.5% drop in the S&P 500 == TACO

I find the “the mean leftists were rooting against Team USA because they hate America 😠” schtick very funny as someone who remembers what their lot had to say about the USWNT when Megan Rapinoe was playing.

Being represented by a bunch of joyless guys led by a leader who doesn’t know the most basic rules and suffering ignoble defeats at the hands of adversaries who all come across as far more likable. I guess every day is our own little World Baseball Classic.

Hassett: "If the war were to be extended, it wouldn't really disrupt the US economy very much at all. It would hurt consumers, and we'd have to think about what we'd have to do about that, but that's really the last of our concerns right now."

Gasoline is up 69 cents a gallon since a month ago, about 23.5 percent. ($3.63 / gallon, regular.) IOW if it cost you $40 to fill your tank then, now it costs $49. Also, nearly half of that increase has come in just the last week. gasprices.aaa.com

Defense secretary openly states that a pro-Trump billionaire taking over a news network (following regulatory help from the administration) will result in coverage more favorable for the administration.

An ongoing military investigation has determined that the U.S. is responsible for a deadly missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the preliminary findings.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

I had to confirm this for myself, and then saved the actual web page because they'll probably make it disappear. An actual Department of War press release on a soldier's death, made a mockery through what seems like AI. www.war.gov/News/Release...

Wondering how long Noem gets to keep the Coast Guard chief's house that she appropriated. Wondering if she gets to keep any of the flying love nests paid for with tax dollars. Really, really looking forward to Mullin's confirmation hearing, if those are still a thing.

This. Adding what Tillis (really) said yesterday about Noem’s stonewalling: No votes on nominees, no consents, absolutely nothing.

The NYT style guide

The costs of this Iran war debacle will likely be more than the cost of extending the ACA health insurance subsidies. If you asked Americans, which do you want: another war in the Middle East or lower health care costs at home, is the margin 90 to 10? 95 to 5?

NEW: "It is true that air campaigns can destroy things. What they cannot do, by themselves, is build political outcomes." Really superb piece from our @markhertling.bsky.social. www.thebulwark.com/p/bombing-ir...

So to summarize, the Pentagon and White House can murder any business or any people, foreign or domestic, without explanation or accountability.

I have said this before, but eliminating programs that teach a lot of students but don’t have many majors is like a restaurant not buying flour in its grocery delivery because people aren’t ordering flour on the menu.

Breaking MS NOW: Agents with the FBI's elite evidence response team were delayed in reaching the scene of a mass shooting at Brown U. in December because there was no FBI plane available. Kash Patel was in south Florida at the time with one of the FBI's two available jets.

The first thing I and many others thought of was the slave ship diagram. But as this thread points out, there are so many more horrible parallels.

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people local newspaper reporters are rarified elites instead of ink-stained wretches driving their Honda Civic to a crime scene so you know don’t have to rely on Nextdoor and the police press release.

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

Oh well. Was hoping for the game-winner to be from Sidney Crosby, coming out of the trainers’ room to fill in the depleted Canada ranks in the 9th overtime.

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

last one, I promise: Hilarious yet also infuriating to see "strict constructionists" Alito and Thomas tap-dance their way around Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, as well as James Madison in The Federalist papers. But hey, I'm sure they know Madison's intent better than Madison.

Now, let's do Trump's wars not authorized by Article I, section 8 of the Constitution.

Oh, to be a fly on the wall in the Oval today as Trump gets a double dose of bad economic news *and* sees the Supreme Court -- including two of his nominees -- slap him down on his signature (basically, only) economic policy. And to see stock prices soar with Court ruling, no less.

Traveling back in time 250 years and asking folks in the Revolution to guess which country ends up with a king and untouchable royals.

UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.