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Several people remarked I seem sober and serious in this hit w/ @chrislhayes.bsky.social. Got that right. There is no higher duty-none-for a prosecutor then not to indict when evid is insufficient. & there is no lower blow then firing a USAtty for discharging that duty. www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...

Trump and his cronies claim they support immigration as long as it’s done legally. But today, thousands of Afghans in the U.S. lose their Temporary Protected Status. They’re here legally and would be targeted by the Taliban if they had to return home. The cruelty is the point.

China’s ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, suggested that even broader economic ties between Australia and China could be possible in light of the disruption to the global trading order being caused by our closest strategic partner, the United States. http://satpa.pe/LMTdt1x

ICE GOONS hanging out in the lobby of Glendale Memorial Hospital

Chelsea’s dominant 3-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup final should have ended in a straightforward trophy presentation.

Good use of receipts, @gtconway.bsky.social. More please. More. I love it.

Millions will die by 2029 if US funding for HIV programs isn't replaced, UN warns: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-13/millions-will-die-hiv-programs-us-funding-un-warns/105079144

People might not like hearing this, but it was MAGA and the right-wing that kept the heat on Trump about Epstein. Both Dems and corporate media played it safe and civil and were easily distracted.

A cancer-killing virus could soon be approved for use after shrinking tumours in a third of people with late-stage melanoma

The Bondi-Bongino-Patel drama is a bit beside the point. They all work for Donald Trump. Trump was and is well aware of what each of them has said at every stage So the issue isn't Bondi, Bongino, or Patel. The question is: What did Donald Trump know, and when did he know it?

Lest anyone had missed the plot line, he is claiming the powers of a full-blown dictator for himself with this www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/u...

In cages, human beings is a human zoo

📌BAIER: “Trump talks to the press far more than Biden.” 📌ME: “If talking means relentlessly lying, raging, insulting and comporting yourself like a lewd slob, I’ll agree. Otherwise, save with it with this complete bullshit, you bought-off, propagandist tool ...”

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"

Damn, I was so close.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...

​"Holy shit, a real masks-off moment," one professor said of the Trump IRS letting churches endorse political candidates. "The divide between church and state is already falling. The divide between church and political group will disappear." www.commondreams.org/news/johnson...

In a quiet court filing, the IRS gave churches the green light to endorse political candidates from the pulpit with no consequences. It’s a direct blow to the constitutional wall between church and state. Critics say it’s a backdoor for dark money for campaigns looking to weaponize faith for votes.

We are sharply condemning the IRS’s stunning decision to openly abandon enforcement of the Johnson Amendment when it comes to churches, which could effectively turn them into unregulated political action committees subsidized by taxpayers. ffrf.us/4lsyb0P

So LM get this straight… Ghislaine Maxwell is in prison for trafficking girls to… nobody? No client list, even though AG Pam Bondi literally said it was sitting on her desk. 2,000 names in the little black book, but the court sealed it and the media shut up.

If Benjamin Netanyahu tried to deliver his Nobel Peace Prize nomination for the felon president in person he'd immediately be arrested for war crimes and crimes against humanity and sent to the Hague.

Trump, Bondi, Patel, Bongino, Vance, etc, etc all lied to their followers about the Epstein list/conspiracy, and now that they’ve been caught in that lie, they’re all like “uh…Epstein? Why are you still asking about this guy Epstein? CNN sucks.” They all deserve all the shit they’re getting.

Epstein and trump in happier times

NYT: Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies The case was a key test of the extent of President Trump’s power to "rapidly reorganize the government" without input from Congress.

This is bad news for federal workers, and for the principle that the president has to abide by laws and appropriations passed by Congress. The Supreme Court majority are firmly on the side of unhindered executive power. Not a healthy balance.

The right wing of the Supreme Court wouldn't call this cruel and unnatural, I presume?

Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff and homeland security advisor, disclosed owning between $100,001 and $250,000 in Palantir stock. Given Palantir's contracts with ICE, and Miller's work with the agency, that raises ethics concerns.

🚨 The Senate’s new budget bill goes even further than the House — cutting over $1T in health care. ❌ Millions of kids could lose Medicaid, food, and care. ❌ States face brutal choices. Children shouldn’t pay the price. More from @georgetownccf.bsky.social: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/24/t...

Now we know why they canceled today’s intel briefing for Congress. Most of the Iranian complex is still intact. Trump administration officials are flat out lying. www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...

Not the most important part of this story, but the fact this Vance meme is currently circulating the globe at light speed is a moment of quiet joy.

NEW: Norwegian tourist detained by ICE and refused entry to US because he had a JD Vance meme on his phone. Yes, this is a real story. 🧵

What is the argument that this isn’t driving up energy use again? Enough to power a million homes. Millions of gallons of water used per year. All for one company, Anthropic. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/t...

Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards. Me, via “One First”:

#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries *without* giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:

The Supreme Court just ruled that Trump can deport people to countries they’re not from. He can now deport you to a gulag in Russia or Saudi Arabia if he wants to.

Justice Sotomayor, on the import of what the Supreme Court did today: "The [Trump administration] thus openly flouted two court orders. ... [E]ach time this Court rewards noncompliance with discretionary relief, it further erodes respect for the courts and for the rule of law."

Ugly decision

Today the GOP justices on the Supreme Court endorsed migrants being sold into slavery. They'll claim otherwise, but that's the reality — today's decision permits Trump to send people from countries around the world to any global hellhole that accepts a U.S. financial incentive.

Armed conflict with Iran stands to contract global oil supply and increase prices. Trump’s not happy about that, because it’s reversing the prices drops caused by the contractionary trade policy of his first 5 months in office.

Was Australia a partner in Trump's Iran strike, knowingly or unknowingly? And don't miss this interviewee's view of possible Iranian retaliation in the last minute of the interview. youtu.be/e2hsTWQOVro?...

Regardless of who wins the July 19 state election, Tasmanians want the govt to rip up the dud stadium deal with the AFL. Our research reveals more than two-thirds of Tasmanians believe the stadium deal is unfair and want Parliament to stand up to the AFL and negotiate a new deal.

Japan calls for de-escalation of Iran conflict reut.rs/3TBhVOI

Mossadegh was replaced by the Shah who destroyed his opposition except for the Moslem leaders. Hence the U.S. created today's Iranian leadership. Read Stephen Kinzer's excellent book "Overthrow" for details on this and 13 other times we removed foreign governments with bad results mostly.