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1. Not sure when a new, on-the-record rape allegation against a sitting president isn’t considered news — especially considering Trump was found liable by a jury in a similar case — but it was ignored by most mainstream media outlets

Nearly 4,000 absentee ballots in North Carolina could be rejected because of an envelope not being sealed correctly. North Carolina voters now must seal their absentee ballot in two envelopes, or risk their ballot being void. Follow Democracy Docket to stay up to date on the latest election news.

Elon Musk has spent at least $366 million since July to boost Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms. That’s just 0.0385% of his total net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.

I disavow the Broligarchy

NEW: A high-ranking Republican tried to curb the unchecked growth of West Virginia’s school voucher program. Then three PACs — bankrolled by pro-school choice billionaires like the Koch family and Jeffrey Yass — worked to take him down. with @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social

Putin bombs maternity hospitals; Trump claims Ukraine’s attacks on the refineries fueling Putin’s war machine are a “disgrace.” It’s sick. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Donors of $333 million to the ballroom include "contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member." From @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4yiUDPx

This is illegal and (a) it’s not even close to defensible and (b) shouldn’t be tolerated.

In 1987 Trump visited Moscow. Since then, "He has changed his mind about abortion and crypto, he has supported different political parties, but his dislike of America’s democratic allies and his preference for Russia have remained remarkably consistent." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.

#ELB: Ballot Seizures Now on the Agenda of the Extremist Election Denier Fringe https://electionlawblog.org/2026/ballot-seizures-now-on-the-agenda-of-the-extremist-election-denier-fringe/

There is, writes @davidfrum.bsky.social, an "implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

CDC is reporting one US measles death in 2026, but won't say when or where. Pennsylvania clearly reports that four people have died with measles in their state. The obstruction of public health data serves no one (except for an administration hellbent on saving face).

KFF’s new survey of 25,000+ adults shows that uninsured adults with multiple or complex health conditions struggle the most to afford and access health care. Most report struggling with their medical bills (72%) and half report cutting back on household spending to cover their health costs (50%).

Biden checks his watch at a ceremony and Fox does nonstop segments on it for weeks. But Trump falls asleep repeatedly at the 9/11 ceremony and they won’t even show it. But national broadcast news networks won’t show it either because that would be impolite.

Haaretz alleges Netanyahu was warned by the UAE president about a possible Hamas attack before Oct. 7, which Netanyahu has called “a complete lie.” Now former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says, “I have a good reason to believe that this is absolutely accurate. Maybe one day I’ll have to say it in court.”

Oh my gosh, the best political video on YouTube just got updated after a decade and a half and it's still just perfect! It visualizes something that I've talked about a lot since the first video came out: The real problem is the billionaire class. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gxl...

Justice Alito's delayed financial disclosure report for last year his been posted. Confirmation that, as of 2025, he's still holding on to oil & gas stocks ahead of the big climate change case being heard in October.

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

There should be an emergency meeting among Dem leadership tonight and the entire Dem delegation should be on the Capitol steps tomorrow morning denouncing this and describing steps they’ll take in light of this latest dangerous insanity.

At least six people, including a four-year-old boy, have died due to severe storms and record flooding in Indiana. Floodwaters peaked in Indianapolis, causing widespread damage and power outages. Rains are expected to ease Sunday. #IndianaFloods #News

NEW: CNN is reporting as an "exclusive" that the former CFO of SPLC, Heidi Beirich, was arrested in California today. They have a quote from Blanche at a news conference and say this is "part of a superseding indictment," but the docket does not yet reflect the superseding indictment.

Private equity is price gouging firefighters now. Yes, you read that right. Firefighters. Is this the most evil thing they've done yet?

On August 8, 1974, Pres. Nixon resigned, due in part to information uncovered by an investigation of the U.S. Justice Department, and under pressure from congressional Republicans On August 8, 2026, Todd Blanche was confirmed by Senate Republicans, ensuring DOJ will never investigate Pres. Trump.

Chicago teenager details his horrifying experience in an ICE detention center: "My mother and I were separated for 2 months. They kept me in solitary for 2 days for no reason, alone in a room with just a toilet. At some places we were strip searched. We ate horrible food and it made us sick."

Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.

Wolfers: For nine out of the last 10 presidencies, if you’d said, “How much should we blame the president for what’s going on with the economy right now?” I would have said that the president is just one factor among many. That’s what I would have said nine out of 10 times. This is the 10th time.

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More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program www.propublica.org/article/snap... #Project2025 #SNAP #hunger #CrueltyIsThePoint

The proper response is resilience not panic

This man is ascending.

Tyrese Haliburton Gave LeBron James Pitch to Join the Pacers "I said hey, if you wanna come to Indiana, we can make something crack." -Tyrese Haliburton Everything we learned from Thursday’s live episode of Mind the Game with LeBron & Haliburton👇 www.si.com/nba/pacers/o...

Other than McConnell, no senator did more to build the Supreme Court's six-justice conservative supermajority than Lindsey Graham. He saved Kavanaugh when many Republicans (even Trump) were ready to give up, and his flip-flop on election-year confirmations got Barrett over the finish line, too.

Here's my Lindsey Graham obit. While most people are focused on his late career villian arc, I will never get over his sneering, hysterical defense of an alleged attempted rapist. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Wrote about the Roberts Court’s highly selective aversion to identifying racism, echoing the logic of the infamous Korematsu decision, which the Roberts Court has both condemned and imitated. Call it Neo-Korematsu doctrine. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

BREAKING A federal judge NULLIFIES the purported “settlement” behind Trump’s $1.776B slush fund, finding there was never a “case or controversy” — and referring his attorney for possible professional discipline. Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"When Donald Trump first appeared in U.S. politics, Graham recognized him immediately for what he was: the spokesman for an alien ideology, one radically different from the idealistic patriotism that Graham had practiced and preached since childhood." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

one thing i forgot to mention, as an illustration of his character, is the way he sat back and said nothing when trump attacked his late friend, john mccain.

A few words on the passing of South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham, who spent the last ten years of his life eagerly helping Donald Trump in his quest to destroy American democracy. youtu.be/z4HMequIiiY

“Remembered as Trump’s little assistant.” Jamelle, as ever, got to the heart of things in this scathing remembrance of a man who knew better.

A script to call your representatives to demand they defund and dismantle 🧊 via Mr Williams PreK Pause on Insta

- Rumble of freight trains at dusk - Tuesday delivery at scrap metal yard - Broom sweeping floor of bar in Sheboygan at closing time

The Supreme Court's decision to uphold birthright citizenship is less a victory than a reprieve, Adam Serwer argues. theatln.tc/UCSdf8h2

"Every serious legal mind must inevitably face a fundamental choice: Read the Constitution and apply its words as the bedrock laws of the land, or transcend its tired text and interpret the super-secret invisible version that tells you exactly what you want to hear."

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Second apparently this was a close case for this Court. As it stands the decision is 6-3. In 1898 the Court’s decision protecting birthright citizenship, Won Kim Ark v. U.S., was 6-2. That means this SCOTUS is either on par w/or to the right of the 1898 Court - the same SCOTUS that decided Plessy!

As we celebrate the 250th year of this great country this summer, I just want to take a moment to say there has never been a more perfect movie than Wet American Summer! It’s absolutely the best!!! Now I got to go hump the family fridge. After all, if is late Friday night 😚