Slaughter is an earthquake: SCOTUS has overturned a 90-year-old precedent that facilitated much of modern governance by granting many agencies meaningful independence from the president. Now SCOTUS crushes that independence ... for seemingly every agency except the Federal Reserve.

I would love Alito to explain to me how he thinks elections worked in the 1790s

Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Zuckerberg's increasingly bizarre war on whistleblowers; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/06/27/z... #Pluralistic 1/

Ruling against TPS for Haitians, the Trump justices on the Supreme Court have set a new impossible standard for proving discrimination against non-whites: if there is any other reason *in addition* to the racism, the racism doesn’t count www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Any "prediction" website is just gambling but with more opportunities to cheat. That's all it is and if you think you can play this system in any positive way you're an idiot

Me: compares Shabana Mahmood's plans for a self-selecting group of "concerned citizens" on kangaroo courts doing mass deportations to the Gestapo. Sensible centrists: you oaf! You buffoon! You imbecile! You dolt! You cretin! Shabama Mahmood is nothing like the Gestapo. Shabana Mahmood:

"As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, 33% of U.S. adults say they are 'extremely proud' to be an American, the lowest reading in Gallup's trend dating back to 2001." news.gallup.com/poll/711938/...

Albania has just over 2 million people and 1 million people are showing up to these protests. Kushner and his billionaire pals are insane if they think the Albanian people are going to let them get away with this. Though I'll admit I'm shocked the countries leadership hasn't resigned

Injustice is as American as cherry pie But the outrageous 30-to-100-year sentences for the Prairieland 9 anti-ICE protesters mark a new low in punishing Americans for their ideas Progressives get virtual life sentences. Right-wingers get pardons. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/prai...

Fire survivors say “it’s morally reprehensible,” and experts worry the wagering could lead to arson.

My dear lord. lareviewofbooks.org/article/dang...

This review really goes for the jugular.

Talk about bike infrastructure, and someone inevitably assumes the goal is to replace every car trip with a cycle. Nothing could be further from the truth. The goal is choice. Most people don’t want to use the same vehicle for every journey, just as they don’t use the same shoes for every occasion.🧵

In the concept art this arch was supposed to be a perfect miniature of Trump's planned 250 ft (76m) tall arch. The rushed and limited planning time led to this Home Depot scrap plywood wrapped in vinyl debacle.

Everyone is talking about Trump’s mock up arch at the Great American State Fair, so I filmed it from top to bottom and front to back for everyone who can’t see it in person.

The especially fun thing about this is that the mainstream papers of record will continue to run stories about how some random thing a Democrat said is "raising the temperature" and inciting violence while not writing about this at all

I know the list is endless but I genuinely think trashing the legitimate congressionally chartered org for celebrating the 250th to instead hijack our national assets and taxpayer funds for his personality cult grifter crap should, in and of itself, be fully sufficient to merit removal from office.

this is a profound misreading of what i said here. which is that if you want to build new housing WITHOUT gentrification, you build it in places where rich people already live while providing amenities in places where low-income people live

“Well, we’re all workers…These aren’t just things happening on TV. They’re happening at SEA-TAC, at our work. It’s our home, man, and we can do something about it. We have to do something about it.” “If we’re not taking care of our neighbors, then who is going to take care of us?”

Fox set up a whole-ass news desk for the Great American State Fair and barely anybody showed up. ☠️

Honestly fitting for the continuation of the apparatus that murdered Lumumba to deny the celebration of his memory. Happy Birthday America www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/...

dog shit country, truly

full comments by emilia gonzalez avalos, a longtime organizer but new american citizen and first time voter in minnesota, on why she is choosing peggy flanagan for US senate over angie craig because of laken riley and the ICE occupation. really powerful words here www.youtube.com/watch?v=6arV...

what a hit by Wissa. DRC are through you love to see it

These cases repeatedly show that, because there are few limits on what police can use Flock for, they are often able to abuse the system for months or years before being caught. www.404media.co/cops-keep-ge...

a reminder LAPD and the city of los angeles have a contract with flock expiring july 11th that hydee feldstein soto is re-negotiating with flock for one (1) dollar and neither mayoral candidate running in november has said whether or not they would cancel the contract

“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.

I'm excited that a Bolts story has just received a Distinguished Coverage award from the Society of Professional Journalists (their San Diego chapter). It's our story on volunteer patrols monitoring ICE activity in San Diego. Congrats to @robcamachosd.bsky.social! Reread his piece:

When we talk about places contracting with ICE's notorious 287g contract, it's usually county sheriffs or even state-level agencies. But some cities are so zealous they contract with ICE directly. In Arizona, there's only one such city: Mesa. That's now an issue in the July elections:

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?

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

The Board of Criminals - arrest them all, lock them up, and throw away the key. #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Side note: as a DC resident, I feel less safe lately with so many heavily armed strangers roaming the streets 😬

SCOTUS overturned a jury award for a man who claimed Roundup caused his cancer, a decision expected to block thousands of similar lawsuits. EPA says Roundup is safe but the International Association on Research on Cancer labels glyphosate a probable human carcinogen linked to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Scotland Fan at the #WorldCup2026 spots an Israeli Flag & shouts Free Palestine — "I was a nurse in Gaza. I volunteered. I saw it for myself. It is a genocide." Refusing to Be Silenced. 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 #Scotland #FreePalestine #FIFAWorldCup #Gaza

Whatever we do, we CANNOT let “predictors” gain traction as a term. He doesn’t get to sanitize this. Meta wants gamblers. 100 million regular, 18-34 year old gamblers.

discourse NUKE just dropped

Everyone involved in the ai bubble must be held accountable once it bursts, and nobody is more responsible than Microsoft. They were the catalyst for this entire era, and the reason it kept going too. Satya Nadella may do more damage to the tech industry than Sundar Pichai in the end

Shocking that even after trying to cave to Republicans on trans issues, the GOP is still attacking Talarico for being pro-trans. Almost like caving only makes you look like a flip flopper and doesn't actually help. 🫨🙃

helpful coverage from @elpais.com english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...

The Supreme Court doesn't think Rastafarians enjoy the same religious protection for their hair as other Christians enjoy for their bigotry. To get there, The Court launched a frontal attack on the foundation of civil rights laws. I explain in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

What's happening? - Uber recently capped employees’ use of AI tools after telling workers to use AI as much as possible - GitHub is charging customers per token rather than a subscription - Accenture reportedly started requiring senior staff to start using AI or risk losing out on promotions

The Alan Dershowitz school of "To my fellow Jewish Democrats"

“oooo, he went on a BIKE RIDE, look at him having a nice time on a beautiful sunny day, what a monster” it just doesn’t work

"They will also receive a packet of literature that provides a sanitized, Trump-approved view of American and South African history, one that criticizes racial equity and civil rights laws and promotes claims of discrimination against white people." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u...

Labor share of income--the "fraction of economic output paid to workers as wages and salaries"--is at its lowest-ever level since WWII. @federalreserve.gov

BREAKING: All 3 of Mayor Mamdani’s picks for Congress have won their primary elections! •Lander DEFEATS Goldman •Valdez DEFEATS Reynoso •Chevalier DEFEATS Espaillat 3 people funded progressives who condemn Israel’s genocide on Palestinians have defeated 3 corporate Dems. The future is bright!