if establishment candidates want to start winning primaries again all you have to do is say that rich people have too much money and that youll prosecute trump admin staffers and republicans that have broken the law

In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/

Our Team - BURKE LAW GROUP, PLLC

Our Team

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Politico@politico.com · yesterday

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

Essential point here. In saying migrant farmworkers help the economy, Markwayne Mullin was speaking for a genuine constituency inside the GOP that continues to get overruled by Stephen Miller, who knows he absolutely cannot open the door a tiny crack to the idea that immigration is ever good for USA

Anna O. Law@unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 2d ago

Their coalition was a fragile one. There are fissures and larger cracks.

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

Agreed. On Monday @polphilpod.bsky.social and I explicitly tied Musk USAID cuts to his "belief" that white civilization is embattled and white nations must be saved from invasion to preserve the "West." We argued Musk's "zero died" claim is code to global far right: newrepublic.com/article/2135...

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last wk.

Agree with @jamellebouie.net that it's pretty clear Elon Musk wanted to eviscerate USAID *for the purpose of killing as many African people as possible.* Mass death wasn't an accidental byproduct of his "deep state" paranoia; it was a key mission of DOGE. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...

this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb

I know his term only has 6 months left, but Colorado Dems should impeach and remove Polis anyway

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · last mo.

Gov. Jared Polis passed over other deserving inmates to give clemency to Tina Peters, according to two members of his clemency board who revealed Polis overruled the unanimous recommendation of his experts. Polis has now fired both of them.

If you over-regulate capitalism you get totalitarian communism. If you under-regulate capitalism you get a ruling caste of insane monopolists. Please ignore the fact that one of these things has never happened and the other keeps happening over and over

the cars don't drive themselves and we're still nowhere near Mars, but you can't question Elon Musk's ability to deliver screwworms and racial violence

The easiest way to end up in the NYT Opinion section is to be someone they perceive as “progressive” arguing that progressives actually have to capitulate to the right on x issue

Laura Chapin@laurachapin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So @nytopinion.nytimes.com ? Why the hell was Zaid Jilani, who has ZERO professional expertise or experience on abortion, given space to write about it in the New York Times? It's not just wrong, it's insulting. We've won doing everything he says not to do. We don't polls. We have actual votes.

not all that shocked that republicans think it is scandalous to have stable, consensual relationships with age appropriate partners

First day on the job and you want respect? Go right up to the most recognizable and respected guy in the newsroom and have him yell at you until you cry. Then it's time to send him a weepy email telling him how disappointed you were that he did all that. Shouldn't have any trouble after that.

The cancellation of Donald Trump’s restitution fund could have a chilling effect on future presidents’ ability to give billions of taxpayer dollars to criminals who break into the Capitol on their behalf.

this fucking guy rules

I am struck again and again by how much the language of the anti-Reconstructionists continues to serve as a template for backlash rhetoric.

Larry Glickman@larryglickman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Gov Jeff Landry, 2026: "No one gets extra rights." President Andrew Johnson, 1866, Civil Rights Bill Veto Message: "safeguards which go infinitely beyond any that the General Government has ever provided for the white race."

This is absolutely outrageous. SCOTUS reinstated Texas gerrymander 15 weeks before primary because they claimed it was too close to election to block it but now allowing Alabama to gerrymander one week before primary after trial court found map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS issues “GVRs” in the Alabama cases—vacating district court injunctions & remanding for further proceedings in light of Callais. In practice, this means Alabama can now redraw its congressional districts in time for the midterms:

Modest Mussorgsky: “When a German thinks, he reasons his way to a conclusion. Our Russian brother, on the other hand, starts with a conclusion and then might amuse himself with some reasoning.” American voters are, in this sense, very Russian. They like who they like; then backfill policy reasons.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is some fine doom from @jvl.bsky.social and it will remind you of what voters are like in the real world. www.thebulwark.com/p/people-wan...

Double amputee Rodney Taylor revealed the horrific conditions he endured in ICE detention: “They refused to feed me for 3 weeks because they expected me to walk the length of a football field to get some food." https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org/double-amputee-rodney-taylor-released-from-ice-custody/

Double Amputee Rodney Taylor Released from ICE Custody - Capital B News - Atlanta

The Georgia barber said he endured horrific conditions in the Stewart detention facility.

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Alabama House speaker said he hopes SCOTUS “will overturn Amendment 14,” the one that made Black people citizens and guaranteed equal protection under law. It wasn’t just a slip. Today’s newsletter. 👉 link.al.com/public/45636...

the most anti free speech administration in this country’s history

Science Magazine@science.org · 3mo ago

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

Meta comms guy brings up the historical record. Ok let’s go. I revealed: —FB allowing ad targeting of “Jew-haters” —FB allowing ads to block being shown to Black users —FB promoting Stop the Steal groups prior to J6 —FB guidelines showing “white males” as protected class but not “black children”

Andy Stone@andymstone.bsky.social · 3mo ago

After (checks historical record) over a dozen years worth of public criticism from Julia, this kind of gleefully reductive take from her is nothing new. But there is a word for it: projection.

Man, that sounds terrible. Killed with impunity by agents of the state for just being on the street and protesting? Hard to see how regimes like that can continue to claim a popular mandate.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Rubio: "You've got friends who have been shot in the head because they're out protesting, and it's heartbreaking to him to see these people are abused in this way and have no measures to take against their own government as a result of it. This is a vicious regime."

Oh, the people who blow up ships are the bad guys? Huh.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Marco Rubio: "You're the bad guy in this. You guys should be not be blowing up ships."

This passed today :) Up to eight stories, actually.

alex baca@alexbaca.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I do not like to take credit for “wins.” I’m an ~advocate, and decisionmakers who do the things we support are the ultimate movers. That said, it is notable that the D.C. Council voted unanimously for the One Front Door Act today, which would legalize point-access blocks up to six stories here!

Did you guys hear about Will Stancil leaking the Tinder ICE Honey Trap details just to take credit for the work done by women for months (ruining the entire operation by doing so)?

Two nights ago, I said Trump had been using our troops as pirates in Iran and a Republican got mad. Well… the president just admitted it. He literally bragged about doing piracy.

The cut to SSI for families who also rely on SNAP was not the Social Security Administration’s idea, even though that agency runs the SSI program. Instead, it was initiated by top White House and DOGE officials last year, ProPublica has learned.

The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...

propublica.org

"Electrifying industrial heat in India is now cheaper than producing heat from natural gas and oil across all temperatures, and cheaper than coal in three of five temperature bands, representing 55 percent of the country’s industrial heat needs."

Electrifying Industrial Heat in India

Cheap solar prices mean electrifying industrial heat in India is cheaper than producing heat from most fossil fuels, cutting costs and air pollution.

energyinnovation.org

I'm crying, this is so funny, he has absolutely no idea.