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An important paper about protecting science from political interference. Europe needs to defend its science against the kind of attacks unfurling in the US. By Martin McKee, Christina Pagel & Tiago Correia in the European Journal of Public Health: academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...

Indiana election officials have rejected the voter registrations for many immigrant residents under a recent proof of citizenship law. Tomorrow, we will address these issues with Charrie Stambaugh, a longtime Hoosier whose registration had been revoked. www.newsfromthestates.com/podcast/stor...

India just generated 50% of its electricity from clean sources. For 15 minutes. Sounds trivial? That's how every record starts: first minutes, then a day, then a month, then a whole year. Some states are already there: Karnataka crossed 60% clean power last year.

‘New terrifying levels’: 10 people fatally shot by immigration officials in Trump’s second term #TheGuardian

A government report claims DOGE didn’t access sensitive systems. It also says the agency deleted records that would show if they had. Signal handle: Vittoria89.82

Platner has canceled all in-person fundraising events and pulled as spending. No official withdrawal yet. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

A note of clarification: cyclops is a one-eyed giant coming from Greek mythology that will likely appear in a major movie this summer, cyclospora is a food borne illness which causes explosive diarrhea that is currently appearing in many places this summer.

While Texans celebrated July 4, Senate candidate Ken Paxton was seen walking the streets of London with his alleged mistress. Just like Graham Platner, he should never become a U.S. senator.

Don’t feel defeated or destracted, we don’t need Maine to win the Senate! Maine created the Platner Drama, now Maine has to worry about fixing it. Focus on holding MI, GA, & NH & Flip👇

The fucker is not leaving: Platner just placed an ad for a "research director". He's either staying in the race or doubling down on picking his replacement - the staffer's job includes "opposition research", "vetting plan", and "anticipate opponent lines of attack". h/t @lily77.bsky.social. 1/

Here's the source and the original post. Do you understand now why candidates who lie compulsively and have never faced consequences are a bad idea? He cannot accept reality now. He's never had to. He's always been bailed out; he's never accepted responsibility. Not for the tattoo, or anything. 2/

Why does it seem like all the real voter fraud is coming from Republicans?

One thing this article underscores is the importance of federal contracting, grants, and subcontracting. Who do we want to have access to data—federal systems only? Private companies? What rules and enforcement should they follow? And the OMB proposed grant rule looms over all of this. 1/

Yes. Reform the Supreme Court. Term limits. Expand the Court. Enforceable code of ethics. It’s time we address corruption on the highest court.

I signed. I wanted to be on record that Todd Blanche’s nomination for Attorney General is a bad decision for the rule of law and an independent Justice Department: www.thejusticeconnection.org/1200-former-...

Nothing suspicious about this.

THIS 👇 HERE TOO.......

A federal judge in Louisiana — Trump appointee David Joseph — has orderd the release of a nursing mother of a 6-month-old (and 3 other minor US citizen kids) who was detained in vioaltion of ICE's policy against detaining most pregnant/postpartum mothers. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A federal judge has rejected Elon Musk's bid to void the jury verdict finding that Musk defrauded Twitter investors by trying to drive down the company's stock price after agreeing ‌to a $44 billion takeover.

Whoever Trump hired to do the fireworks show did a Me-awful job

🚨NEW: FEMA is threatening to withhold terrorism-prevention funds unless states adopt Trump’s anti-voting demands — including citizenship checks and paper ballots. Trump can’t run state elections, so he’s trying to use public safety money as leverage.

"Long after Hegseth has left his office, the echoes of his decisions and unexplained actions will still be reverberating in the leadership of the military." ICYMI:

Apparently hell has frozen over. I’m reposting Glenn Beck now.

DHS Is Spending $1.5 Billion to Block ICE Oversight #MotherJones

Democrats have to win back the Senate if we’re going to stop Donald Trump’s daily, nuclear-grade corruption. The assault allegations against Graham Platner are disqualifying and he should be replaced as the nominee. But this can’t happen as a party insider backroom deal.

DOGE didn't "self-delete" over the weekend, they were all absorbed into National Design Studio, under Joe Gebbia. They are still around and still very much breaking things and making bad decisions.

It's an attempt at hiding them and rebranding them as something other than doge while continuing their work. It can't be ignored by the media.

NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” with @texastribune.org

NEW: The Treasury Department has scrapped its decade-old plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Meanwhile, the same Treasury plans to put Trump’s signature on future U.S. currency and is reportedly preparing a proposed $250 bill featuring his portrait

On Monday, new reporting revealed that at least $90 million in national park entry fees had been diverted to pay for the President Trump's beautification projects in Washington, D.C.

NEW: The Maine Democratic Party is calling for Platner to drop out. Source: VoteHub. I feel like someone should have listened to us earlier on this.

The Supreme Court's ruling upholding birthright citizenship has triggered a wave of extreme proposals from MAGA figures aimed at restricting pregnant women from entering the United States, and one writer argued Monday that the reaction revealed something deeper about the movement's psychology.

AF Major Jason Watson understood that he was going to face discipline & discharge for his protest in uniform. But what he did wasn’t nearly as bad as Scheller, who only got a $5,000 fine, a discharge, and later REWARDED with a DOD appointment from Hegseth. taskandpurpose.com/news/pentago...

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...

Trump is now using his platform to attack kindergarteners because they are Muslim

NEW: As acting attorney general and deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche has repeatedly elevated the president’s interests over the DOJ’s and the American people’s. Every senator should reject his nomination. We just sent them a letter saying so.

Everything Trump touches dies Everything

A federal judge blocked part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, citing the president's own "preference" for white immigrants.

A new report threatens to end Graham Platner’s Senate campaign in Maine—making clear how irresponsible it was for Democrats to support his candidacy in the first place, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues:

This explains the reason for the tarps still being up. The felon is fighting to get his name put back up.

This is not today's most important news but THAT IS THE POINT. Anyone who doubts that the Roberts Court deliberately hides their most partisan rulings with careful timing should consider how little reporting there is today on NRSC v. FEC. It gives Republicans a major boost in November's elections.

1/6 🧵 GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound have become a major health story, and a source of a lot of confusion. What do these medications actually do? Why are they considered such a breakthrough? And what does the conversation around them reveal about how we think about health?