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Videos show thousands of attendees at Spain’s San Fermin festival chanting in support of Palestine and forming the shape of its map in the Spanish city of Pamplona.

A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims [From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]

DOOCY: So what happened to the Epstein client list that the attorney general said she had on her desk?  LEAVITT: I think if you go back and look at what the attorney general said  DOOCY: I've got the quote. She said, it's sitting on my desk right now to review.

Met police chief slammed for defending arrest of 83-year-old priest over Palestine Action placard - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/met-police-chief-slammed-defending-arrest-83-year-old-priest-over-palestine-action-placard

Democracies do not use their military to try and intimidate their own citizens with “shows of presence”. This is fascism.

If he talks like this in public…

Video shows the aftermath of an Israeli strike on a school in Bureij refugee camp in Gaza where forcibly displaced families had been sheltering. Multiple casualties were reported.

More than 880,000 workers will get a raise this summer due to state minimum wage increases. Anyone upset about this should consider the following: If the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.

Pete telling it like it is. youtube.com/watch?v=vMFY...

BREAKING: The creator of the ICEBlock app — which tracks ICE agents in real time — dares Donald Trump to arrest him. “Come after me. Demonize me all you want. I’m not backing down.”

The Big Ugly Bill throws millions off Medicaid and SNAP, gives ICE more money than most militaries, and makes the wealthiest households in America even richer. Heather and I break it all down on today's Klatch. https://youtu.be/Yc4xl3nz_Ac?si=nj70FlizV909V1Y6

Angus: Canadians need to be really ready. We are upping our investment in military spending significantly. We are now procuring from the Europeans—whereas before, we would have just gone to the United States as usual to buy gear. We’re not buying gear from the United States.

Wondering why your 4th of July barbeque feels more expensive than last year? Well, it is: since Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs, cookout costs have risen at a 12.7% rate. Is this what “freedom” is supposed to look like?

I am seriously depressed by the passage of the monstrous bill today. I know people that are going to get hurt seriously as their healthcare goes away. I am going to end today with Luke’s take on the subject. I agree with every word he says. Goodnight everyone see you tomorrow. Tony

This has been one of the most controversial videos I have ever made. It has elicited hundreds of abusive and sometimes threatening messages. It is 7 seconds long. I don't ask people to do anything, and I am not rude. I simply, unapologetically, state that I exist. This is why we still need pride.

Broadacres Marketplace, a vibrant hub at the heart of Las Vegas’ Latino community, has temporarily closed, deepening fears and financial uncertainty for thousands of vendors and small business owners left without income. nbcnews.to/4l9ni3H

BREAKING: At least 41 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, sources have told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0vqffz

Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July

Can’t make this up.

Patriotism isn't about building walls, punishing immigrants, cutting taxes for the rich, attacking the press, or dividing us by race & faith. True patriots don't pander to divisiveness or hate. They work to confirm the "WE" in "We the People of the United States."

The official White House rapid response account is just blatant lying. No taxes on Social Security is not in the bill.

With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

64% of Israelis agree that there are no innocents in Gaza. That includes the nearly 20000 children that have been murdered by Israel in Gaza

Dr. Coni: One patient had been receiving treatment with eye drops, but then I didn’t see her for months.. I wondered what had happened to her. When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.

Truth,

Crockett: How is it that you can explain that we still are running up the credit card and we have nothing to show for it except for the fact that we won't have food on the tables and we won’t have health care.

turns out Trump's big bill is going to cost all of us our healthcare, because Mike Johnson is just going to leave the vote open until we all die of natural causes

Pursued relentlessly by the government of Vladimir Putin, the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison. He left behind an account of his final years—and an admonition to his country and the world.

Bartiromo: "We are waiting any moment now to get the jobs number for the month of June. The expectations call for the numbers to be up 95,000. Right now seeing the number -- actually, uh, showing a decline in jobs, uh, down 33,000, uh."

Riley: Don’t tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you are doing is shitting on the middle class

Dashcam video captured a huge explosion next to a road in Ashdod in Israel, as Iran launched a new wave of strikes following Israeli and US attacks on its nuclear sites.

Major news—two terrible parts of the big beautiful bill were kicked out by the Senate Parliamentarian. Congress will not be able to limit a federal court’s contempt powers. Spread the word and keep speaking up. Tell your Senators to reject the bill.

1 day apart

Schiff: "It's not an operation that should've ever been authorized by the president in the absence of intelligence showing that Iran had made the decision to break out and build a bomb."

"Does bombing a country count as a war? We don’t know, but we’re pretty sure it doesn’t count. Unless people like it. If they like this, it’s definitely a war. If they don’t, it’s not a war." @charlotteclymer.bsky.social captures the moment & the era, god help us. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

Launching the U.S. into what could be yet another unpopular and costly forever war, while simultaneously pushing for an unpopular budget bill at home that will take food and healthcare away from millions of people. The "peace president."