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While scientists have long braced for climate change, the growing severity of its impacts is shocking them. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Re: Graham Platner, I felt like I was being punked when people acted like he wasn’t obviously dishonest and untrustworthy this entire time. Starting with the unbelievable defense of his tattoo, which I was shocked to see people fall for

".. Through its operation and maintenance of the Data Center, Defendant has emitted, and continues to emit, unreasonable and excessive noise onto Plaintiffs’ properties, thereby causing property damages through private nuisance and negligence." $MSFT www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

NEW: The ICE office that customarily probes employee misconduct is being refocused to investigate ICE critics, opening hundreds of "doxing and threat" cases and subpoenaing tech companies to unmask anonymous posters. Detention facility inspections, meanwhile, are plummeting. by @regret.bsky.social

If you read just a few comments on any article about Graham Platner it should become crystal clear why victims don’t come forward earlier. The level of cruelty people direct at victims is gutting

I can't believe we still have to remind people of these things but: most rape victims don't file police reports. (You're reading one right now.) Shock, denial, need to appease the rapist, nominally friendly behavior toward the rapist, etc. are all common reactions

“.. They may have realized it was simply bad business to say that your great new product will destroy the economy.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-w...

Watching Trump on TV, I fully understand why the rest of the world would hate us. The most loathsome, dishonest person in our country is president. It's a dumbshitocracy.

This passage from @davidlat.bsky.social perfectly captures the false dichotomy you see so often from the Supreme Court's defenders: The Court is held out as "independent" because it doesn't *always* rule for Trump. That whitewashes (1) how often it *does*; & (2) its bad behavior in non-Trump cases.

Trump just admitted on camera he doesn’t know ball, called the ref “suspect,” and bragged about pressuring FIFA to overturn a red card for “our best player.” Absolute clown show. US soccer is cooked. Disqualify them immediately.

JUST IN: A federal judge in Ohio, describing hostility toward nonwhite immigrants expressed by President Trump/VP Vance, becomes the latest judge to order the administration to unfreeze immigrant benefit applications frozen by USCIS. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is insane. There’s a reason they blur faces of real children on TV. Even some friends of mine, not famous, cover their kids’ faces in photos.

Needless to say, some of the greatest anti-Communists were Social Democrats. Trump wouldn’t know since he never was an anti-Communist—he wanted to cut business deals with the Soviet Union and admired the brutal repression of the Chinese regime.

The Patriot Front's usage of masks to shield their identities in DC on July 4 served dual purposes, per former DC police offer Michael Fanone 1) It adds to the impact of menacing 2) It shields the Front members from being identified and fired from their jobs

“.. The Trump family’s earnings, experts said, have moved him into an echelon of enrichment more associated with strongmen in Russia and Turkey.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/w...

*Maine Democratic Party calls on Platner to quit the race

We are about to see whether Graham Platner will do what's good for Maine and the country by dropping out and giving Maine Democrats time to put on the ballot someone who can beat Susan Collins.

“He was handed a speech that required him to mouth words that reminded us what a real president would say. But there’s no getting around how sad and tattered those words sound when uttered by a man who believes none of them.” www.americaamerica.news/p/the-defili...

Judge Emmet Sullivan orders more arguments in @katiephang.bsky.social lawsuit, which seeks release of more Epstein Files Justice Dept defied Sullivan's order to release more files by July 2 So Sullivan says Phang can make additional filing and he orders Justice Dept to respond by July 20

UEFA: “.. Football, like any other sports, relies on rules .. We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision.” www.uefa.com/news-media/n...

All I’m saying is, while not foolproof, a good way to not elect sexual predators is to stop electing men.

Imagine you see your little kid on a cute day of ceremony being demonized by the president of the United States and their face targeted in front of the world.

The degree to which Trump has screwed up the World Cup and screwed over the USMNT is…a lot.

this bitch already got kicked out of chicago, no?

".. The city added 38,682 units to its housing stock last year—the most new apartments completed in a single year for the city since 1965 .." @wsj.com #NYC www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

Seems like if we want elected officials who aren’t sexual predators we need to stop voting for men. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

A Colombian journalist/activist detained since June 16 on Secretary Rubio's order has been denied emergency relief by a federal judge in Louisiana. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Anthropic is accusing other companies of--get this--unfairly copying their work. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/t...

And then Eddie Murphy knocked out Samuel L Jackson … oh wait, that was Coming to America

JUST IN: Judge Ali says alleged J6 pipe bomber Brian Cole is NOT covered by President Trump’s pardon, despite his effort to claim he was covered by Trump’s Day One blanket pardon for those “convicted” of Jan. 6 offenses.

Whatever happens now, the USA's entire World Cup campaign will be forever stained by Trump's interference.

this is knicks game 3 all over again isn’t it the trump curse lives!

"In this perverse period of our lives, we are stuck with a broken buffoon, a desperate braggart, a shallow con artist, a corrupt authoritarian who only cares about money and power." open.substack.com/pub/america/...

yeah idk why y’all are getting mad at me, i’m not the one who made up a rule that basically says “lol we can do whatever we want” i just read it and told you guys about it don’t shoot the messenger okay!!

“Mother Nature tried her best to stop it with lightning and thunder. But her fury could not keep this man from forging ahead and defiling the night.” www.americaamerica.news/p/the-defili...

Looks like it was parts of the processing units that were hit in the Omsk attack, which is a much bigger problem (for Russia) than storage tanks getting hit.

I believe Jenny Racicot and the other women who have come forward against Graham Platner. The attacks on their credibility and character as a result are deplorable, as is tolerating misogyny and victim-blaming of any kind. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

GO GET EM @katiephang.bsky.social

This was always the goal

Some of the same guys who act like there’s an unexplainable gender war going on are simultaneously the ones trying to equate masculinity with being sexually abusive to women. Gee I wonder what could be causing tension

One thing Nigel Farage hates more than ethnic minorities is facing accountability for his own actions.

The discourse around the Supreme Court term would be much improved, I think, if people focused on the center of the Court as being very much part of the GOP coalition, rather than focusing entirely on whether it is or is not doing Trump’s bidding specifically.

(NOTUS) - A draft report inside the Treasury Department is set to warn of the risks posed by the artificial intelligence market, likening key aspects of it to the dotcom bubble that upended the U.S. economy when it burst in the early 2000s. @notus.com www.notus.org/economy/trea...

Get out now. (The Democratic Party has until July 13 to replace Platner on the ticket if he withdraws from the Senate race in Maine, according to state law. )

The best possible movie of one of the best plays birthed of our nation. I need it tonight, even though I know it’s going to hit me hard. Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.

“In Jim Comey’s misguided attempt to preserve the independence of the FBI, he set in motion a series of events that has basically undone the 50 years of reform and traditions and independence that had been carefully carved out and guarded since Watergate." — @vermontgmg.bsky.social

I’m not a Social Democrat. But the tradition of George Orwell, Sidney Hook, and Lech Walesa is an impressive and honorable one. Will any of Trump’s intellectual defenders and sophisticated apologists say so? Will any of them step up to defend Social Democrats against this calumny?

I checked with his staff Latest update: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) "appreciates the outpouring of support he’s receiving while he continues his recovery in the hospital. The Senator continues to improve, and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky & Senate matters while the Senate is out"

I believe stanning a politician hard enough to put them on a phone background should be an impeachable offense. No grown adult willing to humiliate themselves like that is fit for public office.

"Taking time to reflect on the best path forward" is a fancy way of saying "suspending the campaign"

> @apnews.com

Trump's attorney general, Todd Blanche, is covering up the Epstein files in violation of federal law. Trump's commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, lied about his business and personal ties to Epstein. Trump and Epstein were sex predator pals. The Trump administration is the Epstein administration.

Maine’s Dem nominee for governor, Hannah Pingree, says Platner should drop out. Also posts: “Platner tapped into something real — voters hungry for change showed up with real passion and energy. That energy doesn't have to go away. It needs a new candidate to carry it forward.”

The fuck is this game yo!!??

“.. consumers and businesses will now be compounded by a period of more expensive loans and mortgages than might otherwise have been the case.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

JUST FILED: A hangover in DC after July 4th Trump party Pivotal moment in battle for US Senate CBS won't comment on some of its top NFL voices donating to a MAGA candidate who denounces birthright citizenship A bunch of enterprise reporting here: open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

DOGE finally collapses…. in what its critics consider a pile of wreckage Just filed ===> youtu.be/rSDNoag1V5o?...

I need everyone in Europe to stop pretending that “automatic” means “non-derogable.” It doesn’t mean that. We all know that it doesn’t mean that. Are y’all okay???

nice to have the methodology spelled out here. If we lose we say it was rigged.

Republicans are unintentionally trying to convert me to Christianity so I can believe in a Hell they’re going to when they die.

BREAKING: new order just out in our East Wing debris & golf course dumping case. Judge has some tough questions for the Trump admin--& wants a preservation protocol pending Court action. H/t cocounsel @democracyforward.org & Lowell & Assoc. & of course my colleagues at @democracydefendersfund.org

Trump got $2.2 BILLION richer in his first year back — from crypto, foreign deals & industries he oversees The most brazen self-enrichment in presidential history My piece w/ Richard Painter & Virginia Canter on why Congress must ACT: investigate, legislate & protect the public 👇 -TN

it can still be 0-0 if infantino has the courage

Isn’t it an empirical fact that, net-net, immigrants are makers, native-born Americans are takers?

Yeah yeah yeah, it all looks bad—the Trump call, the lack of transparency, etc. I agree. But Belgium et al. are making a textual argument about what words mean in the FIFA regs/code. And the words plainly don't mean what they're suggesting.

Dam Breaks As Elected Dems Withdraw Support, Urge Platner to Drop Out of Maine Senate Race talkingpointsmemo.com/news/elected...

here's the relevant “lol we can do whatever we want” clause as you can see, it's broadly applicable. sub-section 4 only excludes one category of disciplinary measures—those stemming from match manipulation—from its scope. that's not relevant to the Balogun case

Maybe we should put AOC in charge of the Democratic Party.

If you've not yet checked out Ken's piece, do so. A good reminder of yet another way the court is less and less accessible and accountable to the people as it is making more and more decisions harmful to our democracy.

NYT reported Trump made $636 million on his meme coin alone while American investors lost $3.8B The American people are paying the price for his bizarre self-dealing & that should alarm every single one of us A timeline of Trump’s crypto corruption👇 www.democracydefendersfund.org/crypto -TN

I don’t know what Platner did or did not do. The Nazi tattoo was a clear warning though and this is too important to risk the Senate on someone with so many skeletons. Four more months of damaging stories like this is not sustainable. Drop out.

www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/06/p...

As Trump-friendly “media capture” continues with the Ellisons’ fast-tracked bid for CNN, it’s heartening to see MS NOW keep getting better at telling the ugly truth about MAGA fascism. My latest Stop the Presses newsletter.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court won't stop Texas from enforcing its age-verification and parental-consent mandate regarding mobile app downloads (Texas Senate Bill 2420) during litigation. There were no noted dissents.

[Trying to craft 1066 joke] [Looks at my timeline] Oh… apparently this has already been done. Extensively. Okay. Umm… I’ll try to go back further and workshop some general Danelaw humor before the next game.

The guys that are supposed to be "investigating allegations of employee and contractor misconduct" at ICE are instead ... investigating people who say mean things about ICE on social media. Great story from @regret.bsky.social ... www.wired.com/story/ices-i...

Turns out the guy with the massive Nazi chest tattoo is a bad dude. If only there was some sort of sign.

A source that has been directly in contact with my team has told us that Senator Mitch McConnell has been unconscious in the hospital for the last 3 weeks, and this has been kept a secret. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM2S...

update: we are going to need more sage

well, he endangered my life, but at least it was in the cause of decreasing my air quality

Worth constantly reminding that the National Guard are not trained in civilian law enforcement and shouldn’t be patrolling with weapons routinely on US streets:

There is a reason Democratic Party committees favor candidates who've won before and have been vetted.

New UK sanctions on individuals linked to the poisonings of Alexei Navalny and Dawn Sturgess, including a number of individuals first identified by Bellingcat. www.gov.uk/government/n...

A mushy Trump Admin response to racist rally in DC on July 4 youtu.be/an0ywO0glco?...

Anyone who's listened (as I have) to Kevin's "White Flight," about the straight line from southern segregationists to today's GOP, or Joanne's "The Field of Blood" about members of Congress beating each other to a pulp, often over slavery, knows how absurd this argument is

creeping anti-semitism, all the same old canards

pol pot just with grant revocation and punitive "investigations"

If you are reading a Supreme Court term recap that talks about how the Perfect, Principled Supreme Court doled out some wins to Trump and some losses to Trump, you are reading the analysis of a professional water-carrier who has the memory of a goldfish

(WSJ) - Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired missiles at two commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday, according to a senior U.S. official, marking an escalation that threatens to complicate negotiations to end the U.S.-Iran war. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Politico reports this afternoon that a woman who dated Graham Platner says that he sexually assaulted her: www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Ordinary Americans have lost over $1 billion on Trump's meme coin as its value plunged 95 percent Trump's take? Reportedly more than $600 million in profit @democracydefendersfund.org remains vigilant in holding this admin accountable for its crypto dealings More on the disclosure disaster👇 -TN

Yeah, I thought that this was implied what with me being Law Dork and all, but if you don’t care about the law, no, you probably don’t want to follow me.

Why are people holding and talking into little tiny mics? Clip the damn thing on, get a hand held size… or a mic stand. This is nonsense and it has to stop.

Objectively speaking the mere presence of his administration increases the number of violent criminals in dc significantly

Graham Platner minutes ago posted a video calling these allegations of sexual assault him "categorically false." He goes on to say: "we're taking the time to reflect on the best path forward" but also: "you never turned your back on me, and I will not turn my back on you now."

I was insanely jealous that @ryanjreilly.com thought of this anniversary and I didn’t. If ever there was a date that called to me anniversary-wise!

Can’t make this shit up. Love this game

This is a real Trump social media post from this past weekend. Instead of treating Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as a valued ally, he ridicules her in a bizarre, sexist way. Trump uses the language of sexual harassment because he knows a lot about that.

Everything Trump touches something something