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NEWS: JD Vance had the Army Corps of Engineers raise the water level of an Ohio river so he could improve the kayaking conditions for his birthday outing (The Guardian)

Bombshell reporting by the NYT shows Trump is coordinating directly with Cuomo in the NYC Mayor's race.

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Generational public health sabotage

So, as I suspected, the police response to the shootings of Democratic elected officials in Minnesota was actually a complete disaster www.startribune.com/new-details-...

As we discussed on your podcast and as I noted in this interview as well…

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I think it's time for us to view Kennedy's actions as an attack not just on our public health but the country itself. He's an incredible monster.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 25A11 DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. U. MARY BOYLE, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [July 23, 2025] The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted. The application is squarely controlled by Trump v. Wilcox, 605 U.S. _ (2025). Although our interim orders are not conclusive as to the merits, they inform how a court should exercise its equitable discretion in like cases. The stay we issued in Wilcox reflected "our judgment that the Government faces greater risk of harm from an order allowing a removed officer to continue exercising the executive power than a wrongfully removed officer faces from being unable to perform her statutory duty." Ibid. (slip op., at 1). The same is true on the facts presented here, where the Consumer Product Safety Commission exercises executive power in a similar manner as the National Labor Relations Board, and the case does not otherwise differ from Wilcox in any pertinent respect.

This is enraging.

SCOTUS shadow dockets the end of another agency’s independence.

The majority refuses to call it precedent, because they know that would be laughable on its face. They just say one like ruling “control[s]” another. And you, district judges, need to figure out if it’s so.

If you say deficits are a dire threat to the country but raising taxes is somehow off limits, then you do not actually think deficits are a dire problem.

Are you guys dead? What's happened to NoVa Caps?

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.

Trump Goes on a Charm Offensive as He Woos Holdout Republicans

The sheer level of cynicism—of lying to their constituents—that the pro-Trump right has engaged in makes me sick. It should make you sick too.

We'll be dealing with the consequences for years to come. But don't worry—some guy got merch. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...

A statement graphic from DNC Chair Ken Martin reading, “Today, Donald Trump and the Republican party sent a message to America: if you are not a billionaire, we don’t give a damn about you. Health care. Basic food benefits. Dignity in old age. These are the values that Republicans have abandoned to give their billionaire friends another tax handout. This massive scheme to steal from working families, children, and seniors will devastate communities in blue and red states alike. We know the numbers: 17 million Americans will lose health care, over 5 million will lose food assistance, and millions will lose their jobs. But we must also know the stories: Had this bill passed when I was growing up, I would not be here today. Republicans may see Americans’ livelihoods as ‘immaterial’ — joking ‘we are all going to die’ and telling petrified Americans to ‘get over it’ — but that doesn’t change the hell they are unleashing on America’s families. While the GOP continues to cash their billionaire donors’ checks, their constituents will starve, lose critical medical care, lose their jobs — and yes, some will die as a result of this bill. Democrats are mobilizing and will fight back to make sure everybody knows exactly who is responsible for one of the worst bills in our nation’s history.”

Today, Donald Trump and the Republican party sent a message to America:

If you are not a billionaire, we don’t give a damn about you.

Alligator Alcatraz has troubling echoes — of Dachau When Louise and I lived in Germany in 1986-87, we visited Dachau with our family. The crematoriums shocked our children, but even more so because this was simply a “detention facility” and not one of Hitler’s death camps. The ovens were for those who had been worked to death or killed by cholera.The...

When Louise and I lived in Germany in 1986-87, we visited Dachau with our family.

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.

Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.

If you have a R representative, call and leave a message saying you don’t want to raise taxes on clean energy. Reps.fyi.

If you’re a reporter, there’s a story here. Why is the Senate putting the grid and American’s lives at risk? Sec. 5000E-1 is the new wind and solar tax.

The new bill in Congress puts a new tax on wind and solar. They’re taxing clean energy to give your money to billionaires.

With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.

10:30am: "Brevard County Sheriff Sheriff Wayne Ivey: "If you throw a brick, a firebomb, or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at, because we will kill you graveyard dead." 10:49am: law enforcement officials say they made a proactive check at Rep. Hortman's home after a lawmaker who lived nearby was shot and found a "police vehicle in the driveway with emergency lights and what appeared to be a police officer at the door coming out of the house." He was actually the gunman.

Jesus.

The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...

Who was MN Rep. Melissa Hortman in the MN Legislature? READ about her consequential leadership in this THREAD by @taniel.bsky.social.

Take the time.

When Stephen Miller gave the orders to ICE to conceal identity, Miller helped get these elected officials shot. He’s complicit in these attacks.

Impeach, remove, prosecute, imprison.

Statement from DNC Chair Ken Martin on the targeted murder of Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and the shooting of Senator John Hoffman, which includes the following: 'This morning, like so many Minnesotans, my heart is broken. My family—and our entire DFL community—are devastated to learn of the targeted, senseless murders of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, along with the attack on Senator John Hoffman and Yvette Hoffman. Melissa, Mark, John, and Yvette—these are not just names, and this is not just politics. These are people. They’re longtime friends to me and Jenn and so many others in Minnesota. They have children, loved ones, neighbors, and friends. Speaker Hortman was a leader in every sense of the word—from ushering in free lunch for our kids, to protecting women’s rights and reproductive care, to standing up for Minnesota families.'

Continuation of the statement from DNC Chair Ken Martin on the targeted murder of Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and the shooting of Senator John Hoffman, which includes the following: 'Jenn and I also pray for the swift recoveries of Senator John Hoffman and Yvette Hoffman, and thank the medical personnel who operated quickly and tended to their injuries. For the Hortmans’ family, friends, loved ones, for the DFL community, and for all Minnesotans, our souls ache today. This senseless violence must end. These heinous murders are a reflection of the extremism and political violence that have been fomented in our country. Lawmakers should be able to do their job without fear for their lives. I thank the law enforcement officers and first responders for their ongoing efforts to catch the perpetrator who committed this heinous act.'

My full statement on the targeted murder of Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and the shooting of Senator John Hoffman:

THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT.

ANY PSYCHO CAN GO COSPLAY A COP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF WHAT THE BROWNSHIRTS IN ICE ARE DOING, WITH TACIT APPROVAL FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION. SICKENING AND TERRIFYING.

"Tilt to the right"

He called Dr. Fauci a "m*dg*t f*ck", he threw a temper tantrum over Notre Dame having a black student be its mascot and oh yeah, multiple sexual assault allegations.

WTF.

Earlier today ICE agents hit someone with a car and tear gassed a neighborhood, sparking several fires and disrupting businesses.

Immigrants, by contrast, did not.

I have argued one reason they made A Big Deal out of Elon's departure was to neutralize an Appointments Clause problem with DOGE.

And it should be repeated nonstop that DHS completely abandoned there “harboring rioters” claim in their statement afterwards.

Instead, claiming that they were doing a wellness check, on the very staffers they were terrorizing

Similar to how ice agents claim they are doing wellness checks

Thugs really stormed a Congressional office without a warrant. Are we ready for this escalation?

Trump/Musk and the entire GOP has spent the last four months systematically liquidating disease cure research in the United States. Lots of critical cure studies shuttered mid-way through. Research shutdown everywhere. It's all hands on deck to prevent new treatments for cancer, ahlzeimers etc.

They're mad? I wasn't born yet and I'm angry football history was deprived of possibly the greatest Super Bowl match: the '85 Bears v. the '85 Dolphins.

Wouldn't have been a 46-10 drubbing if that had been the case. Alas, perils of postseason.

Dick Butkus's chances of canonization has improved