Jennifer of the Malcontents

My eldest just voted in person for the first time at 24. It was odd prepping him for what to expect. The whole team at the polling place really gave him the “first time voter” cheers and applause experience. Get out and vote. #Vote2026

The Israeli Foreign Ministry is lying. No coordination was required, and we were never told that it was. We were not in a restricted security area. We did not pass any checkpoints.

Today, while protecting Palestinians, Brad Lander & a group of American rabbis & others were taken by the IDF. Releasing Brad isn't enough, the Israeli govt must release them all.   If this is how they treat Americans, imagine how they treat Palestinians. Trump & Rubio's silence fuels this impunity.

A sophisticated organized crime gang hacked into Staples, issued millions of dollars worth of gift cards, and went on a spending spree across the U.S.

U.S. budget deficit swells to almost $2 trillion for fiscal 2026, up 12% in a single year

www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar... WTF! Beyond how it always seems to be fascists, what in the actual hell is wrong with people?

There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at @pogo.org, Dan Friedman at @motherjones.com, and me, who have previously reported every other aspect of this story, including that the sale prices were very high.

Mike had a joke and stopped himself, you know he did. Amused that they showed that celebration again too

This could be triggering. Careful. If you able to, read this.

Beyond parody: "At the strong request of the Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch, into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers..."

Imran Ahmed founded the Center for Countering Digital Hate to hold Big Tech accountable by studying & exposing online hate and uncovering AI chat bots that threaten kids. Now the Trump admin is threatening to detain & deport him for his work. This cannot stand.

Here are the 33 Democrats who voted with Republicans to block federal funding to American colleges if they engage in boycotts against Israel — a foreign country that's committed genocide and killed Americans using American tax dollars:

Gloria Steinem, an icon of American feminism, dies aged 92

Parents, what would you do with four hours of child-free time? 
We launched a Parents’ Night Out program with NYC Parks to give NYC parents a little time back for themselves, because we’re committed to making it easier to raise a family in the greatest city in the world.

NEW: Teen boys are using smart glasses — mainly Meta's AI Glasses — to film themselves harassing classmates at school, following girls around and "rizzing" them or "ragebaiting" them w/ insults. In several videos we reviewed, girls plead w/ the poster to stop filming. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Stole this from the comments because this shit shouldn't be behind a paywall.

i've been covering national security for decades, on and off. i've never heard of anything like this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill

Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org

Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized

www.lemonde.fr/en/internati... Not an encouraging outlook. The power of propaganda on most of the lot is disturbing. The youngest seem more concerned about beach plans being canceled.

News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW

is there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it

It’s extremely disappointing when a huge storm blows through and the weather is just as hot and humid as it was pre-storm. #weathercomplaints

No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...

BREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.

what a fucking asshole

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

Happy Canada 🇨🇦 Day! Enjoy your big holiday, you lucky ones!

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.

Ossoff: "The president was so humiliated in Hormuz he threw his toys out the stroller & refused to sign the affordable housing bill. That's after he gave some felon donor a no bid contract for the reflecting pool & it filled up with algae, which for some reason required the deployment of the Guard."

And PAGER is up. Very likely more than 1,000 dead from this earthquake and likely in the 10,000 range. Damage estimates in the $10+ billion range, 2% to 20% of Venezuela's GDP. Shit.

I don’t know man, who is “the Democratic Party” if it’s not the voters?Democratic voters choose candidates, not party leaders. And party leaders need to listen to what voters are telling us - and right now they are demanding our party be bolder.

What do Levi’s, Hanes, and Chewy have in common? California AG Rob Bonta just revealed evidence alleging that Amazon used its power to pressure them, and countless other brands, to inflate prices of listings on rival online marketplaces as part of wide-ranging price-fixing scheme.

EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...

Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂

#Research found “ghost gear” makes up as much as 75% of the #plasticpollution found on the world's #coralreefs. Ghost gear is abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in the ocean, including nets, lines, traps, and pots. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

Damn Colbert is a treasure. He very knowingly and intentionally played Linus and Lucy on the air, and the copyright holder joyfully got a fine out of CBS for it and then donated it to World Central kitchen. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

CBS Propaganda was forced to pay a fine after Stephen Colbert played an unlicensed song from Peanuts during his final show. The owner of Peanuts donated that fine to hero Chef Jose Andres’ amazing World Central Kitchen. A beautiful final fuck you from Mr. Colbert. Love it. 💙👊

We're hearing reports that police have tear gassed a group of protesters outside the Senatobia Walmart where an officer shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.

the usual point of holding the World Cup is to mount a global charm offensive, but Trump and his cronies think that anything other than the iron fist in the iron glove is fake and gay, so what we're getting is more along the lines of 'what if we held the World Cup on the Death Star'

1. FYI: Kushner is leading the Iran peace negotiations and now the Trump administration is pursuing a plan to tank the negotiations by transferring billions in frozen assets to the foreign governments that have Kushner on their payroll.