BREAKING The Trump Admin has just ordered the removal of 2,000 National Guard troops from Los Angeles.

In other words California and Gavin Newsom did a great job at getting things under control even though Republicans pretended that it was some sort of emergency.

Scientists have released the closest images ever taken near the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles above the solar surface.

See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3

I do seem to remember that, yeah.

How it started How it’s going

Charlie Kirk suddenly trusts Epstein’s “closest friend for 10 years” edition

NYC Chief ME Barbara Sampson conducted Epstein’s autopsy in late 2019, witnessed by Dr. Michael Baden at the behest of Epstein’s legal team. The conclusion was that his death was more consistent with a homicide than a suicide.

#JeffreyEpstein #DonaldTrump #PamBondi #FaschPatel #BillBarr #USPol

U.S. Government Seizes Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean with Unprecedented Closure Vice President JD Vance’s surprise visit to Disneyland caused ride shutdowns, security sweeps, and guest outrage—prompting backlash over political privilege during peak vacation season.

insidethemagic.net/2025/07/u-s-...

They don't care about working class Americans. It's all about them.

Can we agree that MAGA is not compatible with America?

Raise your hand if you agree. ✋✋

Miller is the devil´s spawn.

How funny is this sign????

Obama’s blunt message for Democrats: ‘Toughen up’ Former President Barack Obama issued a call to action for Democrats at a private fundraiser in New Jersey on Friday evening, urging those frustrated by the state of the country under President Donald ...

Barack Obama issued a call to action for Democrats, urging those frustrated by the state of the country under Trump to “stand up for the things that you think are right.”

“I think it’s going to require … Democrats to just toughen up.”

Sunday Swirling Shoreline Starling Swarm

#bird #birds #starling #Sunday #swarm #swirl #soundon #nature #hypnotic #beauty

Why the hell was a wildfire allowed to burn at the Grand Canyon in the middle of July during one of the driest years on record?

I’m demanding answers and a full investigation from the Department of the Interior.

🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

I want the full FBI report on Jeffrey Epstein — including all evidence collected over many years, along with his client list — released because I’m not in any of it.

Pass it on.

ICE Campaign of Violence Will Lead to More Deaths Jaime Alanis’s death shows the horrific consequences of a secret police force behaving with utter impunity.

Jaime Alanis’s death shows the horrific consequences of a secret police force behaving with utter impunity.

theintercept.com/2025/07/12/i...

More American than the president…

CREW, 10 groups call on House to support bipartisan ban on congressional stock trading  - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington The House of Representatives should pass a comprehensive, bipartisan bill to ban congressional stock trading, once and for all.

Ban congressional stock trading.

Ban congressional stock trading.

Ban congressional stock trading.

DOGE’s big illusion: the heavy costs of the Trump administration’s so-called efficiency - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington CREW’s review of some of the programs targeted for cuts by DOGE and the Trump admin found that the elimination or reduction of these programs have directly cost over 50,000 people their jobs. DOGE’s c...

Nearly all of USAID's 10,000 employees were fired, placed on indefinite leave, or otherwise removed.

US based organizations stand to lose $28.9 billion from domestic contracts and assistance.

Don't Let Home Insurers Fool You. They're More Profitable Than Ever The industry paints a gloomy picture, but nationwide, property insurers still cleared $25.4 billion in underwriting profit in 2024, and their net investment income surged to $164.3 billion.

Excellent read from @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social : "To suggest, as the insurance industry does, that underwriting losses incurred in less than 10% of the country constitute an existential financial threat is to miss the forest for the trees. In over 90% of the country, insurers are winning."

“What makes someone American is not just blood or birth, but allegiance to our founding principles.

And the faith in the idea that anyone, from anywhere, can write the next chapter of our great American story.”

— President @barackobama.bsky.social

WHEN WE’RE IN CHARGE is now out!!

Based on a decade+ of experience + 100s of interviews, I wrote a practical guidebook for millennials and gen Z on how to be an effective leader without being an asshole.

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Four senators bought AI stock while Senate considered deregulating AI - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Senators Capito, Moran, Fetterman and Boozman all reported purchases of Google, Nvidia, Meta or Amazon stock while considering AI regulation.

"Four senators bought AI stock while Senate considered deregulating AI"

How many more headlines like this are we going to need to write before Congress bans congressional stock trading once and for all?

Goddamn, that is truly spectacular

Bari's career isn't based on writing, or reporting, or journalism. It's based on identifying billionaire marks and then running games on them.

I just added a few dozen congressional reporters to this Starter Pack of, well, congressional reporters (and some others who track congress to varying degrees).

Let me know who I'm missing, and please share it with the political nerds in your life this holiday season

go.bsky.app/FGvDSdR