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Major news in the California governor race: – Gavin Newsom officially endorses Xavier Becerra – Tom Steyer concedes and throws his support behind Becerra: "It would be a travesty for Steve Hilton to win the governorship, and Californians must unite behind Xavier Becerra to ensure he does not."

This is Henry. He was so focused on his goal of meeting a fish that he accidentally became one. 12/10 (TT: buckquacks)

Today’s Thought….

Among the West Bank atrocities, the Hebron killing of 9m old baby hits me most. Broad day light. Soldiers wave for car to stop. Car slows down and stops. Then the soldiers shoot live bullets at the car. Middle class family. The dad is a university professor. This could be me or you.

Aaaaannnnnddddd—it’s official, and unanimous: a one year moratorium on large data centers in the city of Seattle! 💃🎉🔥

I can't get over Spencer Pratt insinuating that his loss was rigged at the same time he had a Trump statue in front of his campaign trailer. This is Los Angeles. Read the fucking room.

substack.com/@demwinsmedi... Texans the ball is in your hands, flood the polls this midterm.

Following the U.S. entry ban on Omar Artan, Africa's best referee of 2025, FIFA could reassign him to a match in Canada or Mexico in less than an hour. Instead, it does nothing. FIFA is complicit.

🚨BREAKING: In a shocking find, scientists have discovered the world’s first dog with two fully functioning assholes. 🐕

It was a really stupid idea to host the World Cup here. There were plenty of opportunities to change locations. Yes it would have cost a lot of money but at least non-white players, officials & fans would be allowed to play coach & attend the games. The president of FIFA should be ousted asap.

World Cup players are being denied entry to the US. Some are being detained, searched and treated like criminals. They have one thing in common…. They’re not white. The US has no business hosting the World Cup when it’s hostile to those from other parts of the world.

My Daily Reminder: RELEASE THE EPSTEIN/TRUMP FILES!!!

Referee denied entry. Officials denied entry. Players denied entry. Fans denied entry. The U.S. is proving exactly why it never should’ve been chosen to host the World Cup.

Hope our next president isn't a convicted felon so we can actually focus on people's needs.

Bernie Sanders and his progressive allies are on a hot streak. The senator’s support has been instrumental in powering unknown candidates to major wins this cycle, a demonstration of how much political influence the 84-year-old progressive leader still commands.

Dog ensures his older sister gets attention at doggy day care: 🥹 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/dogsbeingb...

Farm bankruptcies have surged 700% since 2024. Tom Tiffany voted for the tariffs driving Wisconsin farmers out of business. It's time to hold him accountable.

The only legitimate elections the GOP recognizes are the ones they win. They only challenge elections they lose. This is what it means to be a traitor to the U.S.A. This is sedatious activity. Anyone voting GOP hates the USA. I don't care how many red, white, and blue bumperstickers they have.

Just when you thought they couldn’t be any stupider…well by now we all think they can get stupider. Regardless, there is another grift that needs to be called out.

Just learned that, in my state, only 450,000 cast a vote out of 3.3 million registered voters 🫩 Y'all I'm so tired of this. If you hate Lindsey Graham, only you have the power to get rid of him. PLEASE vote Annie in November. I'm begging at this point. Just show up. Bare minimum.

One observation I have about the Dem Party primary in-fighting is that a lot of the political operatives with proximity to the power center of the Dem Party seem to be incredulous as to why Americans organically don't like to support candidates being bribed by right-wing corporations and dark money.

I went to Delaney Hall to follow up on conversations I had this morning with family members of detainees. ICE and GEO Group did not let me speak with detainees. Why do they insist on hiding the truth even after getting almost $1 billion of tax dollars?

We're going to have a rough go of it, even after Traitor Trump is gone. Other countries won't trust us for a long time. We elected that stupid fuckhead twice, and did nothing to remove him from power during the entire time he's been ruining our nation and the world. I wouldn't trust us either.

Data centers are asking just too much for too little in return. I'm pausing the release of any new data center tax incentives in Illinois — and I'm calling on the General Assembly to act in veto session to make sure data centers are paying their fair share.

And that’s one of the reasons why we’re in this current situation.

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Lord how can a whole country of supposedly smart people allow one corrupt ignorant stupid man to do this much damage to our country democracy and our lies

Want some good news? Just found out the SAVE act died again in the Senate. It was close, but your pushbacks and your calling and your rage worked. They wouldn't be working overtime to silence all of us if it didn't matter. Keep fighting, keep resisting. 💪

The Albanian people have been massively protesting for several consecutive days against slumlord crook Jared Kushner and Crimestress Ivanka seizing land in their country to the sum of billions of dollars to build a trashy resort. I hope they don’t stop until their evil corrupt deal is reversed.

I Want ICE Completely Dismantled and INS reconstituted…. “NEWS: A leaked memo reveals that ICE wants to stop reporting deaths in the 30 days after an individual is released. Congress needs to defund them ASAP.”

The far-right majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, acting as a political, rather than legal, body, has stripped us of many of our most fundamental freedoms and threatens our country’s most deeply held values. TAKE ACTION: www.scotusreformnow.com

Q: Real Madrid or Barcelona? Pope Leo: The Pope is for all teams, but Prevost is for Real Madrid.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... This is how to do it folks! #USDemocracy

82 years ago today my grandfather, who lied about his age to enlist in the military, was in one of the first waves of landing crafts to hit the beaches of Normandy. He's been gone a long time now, but today I remember him and the other brave souls who fought and died for a righteous cause.

Albania is erupting for the second consecutive day in angry mass protests against the Kushner land seizure deal worth $4 billion.

The amount of corruption in this administration is astounding.

EXCLUSIVE: Judge J. Michael Luttig tells MeidasTouch that a major shift has taken place in American politics—and credits the federal judiciary for bringing about “the effective end to this presidency.” Read his full statement:

Greg Abbott thinks Texans will keep footing the bill for his grift. We disagree. Tonight, during the Spurs-Knicks game, we’re launching our first general election ad—taking aim at the Greg Abbott Corruption Tax. Watch:

One of the most competent politicians we’ve ever had, but stooopid voters screwed us.