Daniel Shular

Today, Brandon Russell was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for his involvement in a plot to destroy Baltimore area power plants. He encouraged others to do the same through a loose, violent neo-Nazi network, Terrorgram

Read my coverage of his trial from earlier:

It’s amazing how quickly the incipient dystopia of ubiquitous private surveillance bloomed into a real dystopia

The leading voice for visual journalists may be silenced. You can help. We talked with the National Press Photographers Association’s Mickey Osterreicher about why NPPA’s work is more important than ever.

Without photojournalism, the news stays out of sight.

@nppa.org fights to protect the lens that keeps the public informed. Their work is more important than ever, but they need your help.

Read about their work and support them if you can.

The FBI released its Uniform Crime Report *today* showing that all categories of violent crime are down in Washington DC, returning to pre-2020 levels.

Headline from Harvard Crimson: "Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump."

Text of story: Harvard prez Garber says report of a deal "was apparently leaked to the press by White House officials." NYT ran with it as a story.

Important details from this story:

1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."

3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.

Unmasked: the man behind one of the fastest growing far-right YouTube channels Chris Booth’s channel – rife with neo-Nazi ideology, antisemitism and racism – garnered 2.3m views and likely thousands of dollars from YouTube in about two months

New: I identified Johnathan Christopher (Chris) Booth as the man behind the openly neo-Nazi Shameless Sperg YouTube channel. He had gained 52,000 followers in just two months; YouTube shut the channel down after we contacted them for comment www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

So wait, let me get this straight…they didn’t want to forgive our student loans but they want us to forgive theirs??????

The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”

NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”

Cannabis farm worker in California dies day after chaotic federal immigration raid The manager of one farm, Edgar Rodriguez, a U.S. citizen, said he was handcuffed, thrown to the ground and had his arm twisted behind his back after he asked to see a warrant.

Cannabis farm worker in California dies day after chaotic federal immigration raid www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Rep. Jimmy Gomez: •@WhiteHouse - If you're now concerned about child exploitation release the Epstein Files. Your base wants to know.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez has replied to the White House’s AI image of him with a photo of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.

White House: ICE: Raids marijuana farms filled with illegal aliens Cryin' Jimmy: “ThEy'Re JuSt StRaWbErRy PiCkErS 😭” That ain’t produce, holmes. THAT'S PRODUCT. 🌿 Rep Jimmy Gomez: How many MS-13 gang members are waking up at 3 a.m. to pick strawberries? O’yeah, zero! Trump said he’d go after “bad hombres,” but he’s targeting the immigrant farm workers who feed America. Either he lied — or he can’t tell the difference.

The official White House account.

Trump is deploying 200 Marines to support his secret police force in Florida in actions targeting immigrants... as he increases the militarization of this effort.

Happy Fourth of July.

How is the "Free Press" handling the fact that it's their ideological allies who are very clearly posing the most significant threat to free speech and the press? With assurances that, actually? Everything is as great as it has ever been.

Peace demonstrators have been beaten, foreign students have been disappeared, and educational institutions have been broken and tarred for being "antisemitic" through a series of tortured jingoistic inferences, while Donald Trump constantly and explicitly tells us what he thinks of Jews

"No death tax, no estate tax, no going to the banks and borrowing from, in some cases, a fine banker. And in some cases, shylocks and bad people."

Imagine someone paying top dollar for you to stay in a hotel room and still going hungry. That’s the reality for many homeless families in New York who are placed in hotels.

Listen to ProPublica and @nysfocus.bsky.social reporter Spencer Norris break down his investigation ⤵️

Post on X from DNI director Tulsi Gabbard that reads: It has come to my attention that Washington Post reporter @nakashimae appears to be actively harassing ODNI staff. Instead of reaching out to my press office, she is calling high level Intelligence Officers from a burner phone, refusing to identify herself, lying about the fact that she works for the Washington Post, and then demanding they share sensitive information. Apparently, publishing leaked classified material wasn't enough for the Washington Post, so now they’ve decided to go after the Intelligence professionals charged to protect it. This is a clear political op by the same outlet and the same reporter who harassed and stalked my family in Hawaii.

Let’s assume what she’s saying here is true. Calling senior intelligence officials and using a non-personal phone to do so is just called reporting with good opsec. I’d expect that from someone trying to keep sources safe when reporting on national security.

‘An Existential Threat’: Food Banks Brace for Fallout From Trump Cuts

The domestic policy bill championed by President Trump calls for cutting $295 billion in federal spending over the next decade from SNAP, according to the Congressional Budget Office. New York City food banks aren’t sure how they will survive.

Looks like Elon's threats ended up being less effective than Trump's threats.

The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France Aix-Marseille University is wooing researchers who feel targeted by the Trump administration.

The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France
www.politico.eu/article/meet...

Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."

Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed. Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.

The Trump admin has freed Jose Hernandez Reyes because he can testify against Abrego Garcia.

Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:

—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.

Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt

Senators prep for a weekend of work to meet Trump's deadline for passing his tax and spending cuts The Senate is expected to grind through a rare weekend session as Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks and spending cuts by his July Fourth deadline.

BREAKING: Trump's big bill clears key test vote in Senate as Republicans race to get measure to president's desk ahead of his July Fourth deadline.

Listen to my conversation with @elizawell.bsky.social about my experiences covering protests and extremism

Thousands attend Bernie Sanders' 'Fight Oligarchy' tour Saturday in Tulsa The Vermont senator spent 50 minutes criticizing the Trump administration for policies he said were attacking low-income Americans, all while admonishing large corporations and billionaires for contri...

Thousands attend Bernie Sanders' 'Fight Oligarchy' tour Saturday in Tulsa tulsaworld.com/news/local/a...

Chants of no more war break out during @sanders.senate.gov Fighting Oligarchy rally in Tulsa as it is announced that the United States has struck Iran @tulsaworld.com

Thousands of people wait in line as the doors are opened at the Arvest Convention Center in Tulsa to see @sanders.senate.gov speak at his Fighting Oligarchy event today @tulsaworld.com

CBP under Trump:

"I encountered a young woman, in tears, begging the guard for information. He told her he had no information to give her and that none would be forthcoming. 'That woman,' he said, pointing to a bundle of blankets in the corner, 'has been here for four days.'"

Remarkable.

MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."

Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.

Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.