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Now I'm just a simple country lawyer but this guy sounds like a criminal

oh dear did that maine man with the nazi tattoos turn out to be something of a problem after gazillions of women shouted from the rooftops that he was a fuckin creep

Mitch McConnell is fine. He's on a farm upstate oppressing people, and he's very happy

AOC staying out of the Platner race reflecting better and better on her political instincts

I said this after the first allegations last month, when it was unpopular to say, and I’ll say it again: It was incredibly selfish of Graham Platner to run for office knowing this was in his background. Too much at stake for this. He said there wasn’t more to come. That was a lie.

🚨 Investors have lost $7 billion on Trump crypto ventures, per new estimate. The Trumps are up $3.1 billion, $1.9 billion of which they have already cashed out. @danalexander21.bsky.social for Forbes

Fine. I will be the senator from Maine

Murmurings that the Maine Dem party is planning a state convention if Platner drops out for a replacement candidate, where delegates select the nominee. That's better than an opaque announcement. It's a tick worse than a statewide caucus.

New transit payment systems in NYC & around the country, run by a company with ex-military contractor executives & a partnership with Palantir, collect data on movements of riders and haven't explained what they do with it, including whether they give it to ICE. prospect.org/2026/07/06/t...

The very first thing I wrote for Splinter when I started there in early 2024 was about this chart of global sea surface temperatures. Back then I said it looked "off, malign, nefarious," "an abomination made mundane through math." It's hotter now. www.jezebel.com/the-climate-...

Seems to me like the party has a little less than 3 weeks to do a fire house primary, which would be the right thing to do and energizing in the wake of the nonsense

Donald Trump can claim he’s waging a “war on fraud,” or he can keep pardoning convicted fraudsters. To do both at the same time is ridiculous. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

The reporter and source groupchats, along with regular civilian ones, are lighting up over the news that Graham Platner has cancelled multiple campaign appearances. The rumor mill over a new story dropping has kicked into high gear #MEsen

lol

For all of the chest-thumping about immigration agents targeting the “worst of the worst,” ICE recently hauled away a nun while she was en route to mass. Team Trump’s many clashes with the faith community tend not to generate a lot of attention, but they matter. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Admittedly, I am the one who went into the other room for three minutes while something was cooling, but I am once again wondering if it is possible to electrify my counters to keep the cats off as I dismayedly survey the very large and suspicious hole that was not in this lasagna four minutes ago.

One reason Trump has been able to rug-pull his supporters is that his administration has ended essentially all crypto regulation. Congress is trying to strip the SEC of crypto oversight but the SEC has done a pretty good job of stripping themselves. Great breakdown from Eleanor Davis-Diver.

this is a most serious charge; the behavior alleged here goes against every civilized understanding of the letter and the spirit of the law under the poster’s code.

If Janet Mills couldn't negotiate the apparently boundless opportunities to defeat her primary opponent, she isn't going to beat Susan Collins.

Nasdaq notified AI Financial—essentially a holding company for Trump's WLFI token— that it was again at risk of being delisted. This time it's for trading below $1/share for 30 days. (Company used to be called Alt5 Sigma.) www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...

Sky News had a livestream from a London watch party during today’s match, and wow, these lads make Knicks fans look tame. Pure unbridled joy. I especially love seeing kids under 30 knowing every word to “Hey Jude,” “Mr Brightside” and, at the end…”Sweet Caroline”?! www.youtube.com/live/gOptUeD...

Now actively debating with family who, exactly, will end up calling FIFA over that red card on England: The King or the Prime Minister?

WATCH: The USMNT player at the center of Trump’s FIFA scandal is exactly the kind of American that MAGA keeps attacking. “Folarin Balogun is American, and that is a wonderful thing,” says Chris Hayes.

Much analysis of the "lol we can do whatever we want" clause in the FIFA regulations

Hi! I edited the restaurant section of Fodor's guide to DC a few years ago. This is bullshit.

The Great Heathen Army of Norway came to England and fucked people up in the year 865 and they'll do it again

I think it's cool that Mitch McConnell is going to get to meet his hero Robert E. Lee

Diva down

There's a certain category of commentator that is both stupid AND bad faith, so when you read their stuff, you have to judge on a case-by-case basis whether they are being obtuse or evil.

NEW: ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility—historically, ICE's internal affairs—has opened more than 130 investigations into people who criticize ICE (aka "incidents of doxing and threats" against ICE employees) online. @regret.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ices-i...

Eleven minutes??

All of England right now:

The U.S. Ambassador to Canada held a 4th of July party on Saturday — and, well, all the ✨stars✨ were there! 

Hais guest list included Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich as well as a who’s who (no really, who?) of the worst so-called media in Canada. Let's have a good cringe together:

Well that sounds like kind of a lot?

Side note: a fascinating thing about being a wire reporter is the slow but methodical erosion of your writing ego. It’s not that you don’t think you’re a good writer, etc. You just stop caring about whether anyone else thinks that, and instead care about whether your reporting is informative.

The more Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano sends unsolicited political messages to beneficiaries, the more he positions the SSA as just another partisan tool in the White House’s toolbox. The damage to its credibility matters. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

When the New Yorker reviewed my book, in addition to suggesting I didn’t include things that I did, the writer sought to criticize me by quoting a sentence and making an argument that…I made in literally the next sentence on that page. They also called me a “workaday writer” which, I mean, fine.

"Core to Moraff’s political philosophy is a belief that voters want outsiders to run for office and are willing to look past personal transgressions, as long as the candidate can connect with them." I would like to say too this political philosophy is mainly applicable to white male candidates.

Well I’m sure the Dem pundits who stanned for Platner in spite of a veritable forest of red flags will take this to heart and learn from their mistakes

Virginia maintained its tax exemptions for data centers while imposing an electricity consumption tax, a compromise that has pleased almost nobody. @gurleygg.bsky.social reports. prospect.org/2026/07/06/d...

Chuck Schumer asked us to risk (literally!) the future of the world's democracies on this Nazi-tattooed fool AND he refused to endorse Mamdani Schumer must resign right now.

This England goalie is the most English-ass looking man I have seen in some time

A different perspective on the Argentina hate.

“Forget the altitude, this is all about England’s attitude” ohmygod can you hire someone who understands some modicum of biology

I talked to @eringloriaryan.bsky.social about the "everything is gender" view of politics The latest from my newsletter:

Not sure about this new strategy of sucking at defense

None of these words are in the Bible

I still can't believe he wasn't pitched out on his ear the instant the Nazi tattoo lurched into view. Campaigning aside, instant proof that this is not the kind of person who can be trusted to make decisions that will affect millions (or billions) of people. How obvious is this

so. there’s a senate race in maine eh?

In honor of our brothers on both sides of the aisle, we need to reflect on how hard it evidently is for them not to rape people

This report repeatedly accuses the Smithsonian of denigrating Christians, arguing it pushes an "incoherent, anti-Christian, and anti-freedom narrative." E.g., it argues the Smithsonian "reframes Christian Pilgrims as colonizers, not 'founders' or 'settlers…'" www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

Looking to connect with people with post-polio syndrome who are connected with politics. For a story I'm going to write but not yet. Email is [email protected]. Appreciate this being shared with folks IRL if you know those impacted.

Ooooooh the drama continues. www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...

Via @rns.org and El Paso Matters: Catholic legal aid group for immigrants nears collapse as US govt withholds funds. The nonprofit in question, which is run by the El Paso Catholic diocese, also alleges the US govt is defying a court order. religionnews.com/2026/07/06/c...

Four years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, just 2% of Texas voters named abortion as the most important problem facing the state. Some Texas women continue to advocate for abortion rights, but not everyone in Washington is receptive. bit.ly/3T517CJ

I'm excited to be dragged into the pit of no return by the hogs on Bluesky for believing people make mistakes and can change. The SA allegations are awful. Please crucify me.

I've been watching England games for a long time and my two big takeaways are 1/ that was one of the best games we've been involved in and 2/ it's the sort of game we used to lose heroically instead of winning heroically.

Quit Amazon Quit X Quit Facebook

CoreCivic. Remember the history prof getting in trouble for outing a journalism scion for being on its board and a benefactor? CoreCivic long run prisons in Mississippi. www.mississippifreepress.org/emails-show-...

Trump bragged about grabbing women by the pussy, over two dozen women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct, and Trump was found liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll. Platner is being rightfully condemned by Dems but Republicans, sit down. The hypocrisy is mind-boggling.

Remember the GOP fearmongering about supposed "death panels" in Obamacare? Guess who wants 'em now? Also, a look at the Trump administration's latest attempt to exaggerate how much fraudulent enrollment there is in Obamacare. www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...

"SunCruz fraudster Adam Kidan who paid Trump millions draws pardon from Trump" by Dan Christensen for Florida Bulldog

The latest, very dumb instance of politics being downstream of twitter.

Business owners across the state are grappling with rising health insurance costs, as lawmakers pin the blame on health companies for consolidating and creating less competition. bit.ly/4wlLjd8

Protesters of every stripe are now defending the climate against the ravages of the oligarchs. The data-center protests have made progressives of all of us. newrepublic.com/article/2126...

I do love a penalty kick where it simply doesn’t matter what the goalie does

Our democracy is repeatedly held back by the hubris of power-seeking men with zero self awareness

feels like we're in for a pausa de ass-kicking

Okay new strategy: get fouled near the box and just let Malik Tillman do that over and over.

Well. That was a glorious minute.

A PSA: very much do not recommend looking at the comments to Platner's video on Instagram.

How.... how were there no injuries

That’s curtains for platner. Details are completely sickening. anyone who sorely missed 2024, get ready for a redux in the course of a week

This is also your reminder that the USMNT has been absolutely cooking this World Cup and has some serious momentum riding into tonight's game… …But, on paper, Belgium *should* beat us. We lost to them 2-5 in a friendly in March, and Balogun played in that one too (and did not score).

I’m counting this as a religion angle.

Gianni Infantino does not look like he’s having a great time, despite being witness to a fantastic game

Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social I feel like we gotta slow the news down somehow.

This is…a lame way to go out.

Lebron should announce where he’s signing like an hour before the USA game tomorrow just to see how much juice he has

It's like when the Supreme Court started granting shadow docket requests: now everyone wants a piece of the action: www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Somewhere in Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis sighs.

im sorry but what are these words i have just read www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

I will say this should be taken as a compliment by the USMNT. There would be outrage no matter what, but the intensity of Belgium’s response presupposes that the USMNT could, like, win — which wouldn’t have been the expectation in many past World Cups.

I mean, that's…yeah that's a red card.

FCC Chair Carr is one of the most successful sycophants of Trump II thus far, as he finds creative ways to use his post as head of the communications commission to clamp down on free speech and punish/threaten those in the media whose coverage and commentary President Trump does not like:

Huh: Cato Institute had a blog post titled "White House Self-Dealing in US Trade and Investment Policy" Doesnt' appear on the site any more. 🤔

My oldest kiddo, my 10-year-old, is at a music camp this week. It's his first time ever away from family for multiple nights. And I know it must sound silly to say it's a bittersweet foretaste of him heading off to college in a few years, but…I do feel like a limb is missing, if that makes sense?

"Sorkin brought up the fact that Kalshi gives Hilton a 9.5% chance of winning the election. Producers then cut to a Kalshi graphic depicting those odds while a Kalshi QR code was displayed on the screen. The hosts never acknowledged CNBC’s financial relationship with Kalshi during the segment."

Side note: It appears Patriot Front, while marching around DC this weekend, was also brandishing a…red, white and blue crucifix? That's…birdhouse shaped? For some reason? www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...

This is disgusting Former Afghan ally who died in ICE custody suffered an allergic reaction, death certificate says apnews.com/article/afgh... via @thebulwark.com

You know that MS NOW and other cable channels are in a super-secure position when its parent company is out buying golf simulators to find anything that draws revenue www.cnbc.com/2026/07/06/v...

Late to this, but just want to point out that Mamdani quoted Thomas Paine in this speech, citing Common Sense: “this new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty [...] hither have they fled.” A bit on the subtext here: religionnews.com/2026/05/13/m...

Give DSA the damn ball.

watching midsommar for the first time in minute. is it canon yet that the movie suggests dani is bipolar as well? because i think it should be.

I'd missed this, and it's true! Cited by Mamdani and Roberts in the span of a week! No matter how you feel about Thomas Paine, dude absolutely refuses to be irrelevant. Also: there's rising belief that Paine was involved in the Declaration —> thomaspaine.org/the-sherman-...

Ok goalie gets plenty of blame but Tim Ream, man, I dunno what’s going on

Once Trump stuck his snout in, I totally should have bet on Belgium. Game 3 of the NBA Finals is known as The Trump Game because he so utterly effed up the Knicks' and the city's vibes. (Do not bet on sports. Gambling is sinful)

*tons* of people saw this immediately, but somehow not Democratic leadership I'm going to go read the silliest novel I can find

BBC insta-poll