As Sen. Elizabeth Warren puts it, the regulatory approval announced late on Friday "is the most brazen act of self-dealing our system has ever seen." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Trumps’ crypto project just got one step closer to becoming a bank

A regulatory charter for World Liberty Financial could be "the most brazen act of self-dealing our system has ever seen."

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That cardboard box in your home is fueling election denial... A boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country. (Published 2022)

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial

A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

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I wrote earlier this year that the shingles vaccine is the best-evidenced longevity intervention. New 2026 data: 24% dementia risk reduction. overmatter.substack.com/p/your-anti-...

Your anti-ageing stack should include this injectable

The shingles vaccine seems to reduce the risk of dementia. There is speculation that it might slow down ageing

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"Last year, Trump tried to send kids alone to Guatemala in middle of the night, before judges halted him. But if there are no lawyers present, such eleventh hour rescues become impossible. That appears to be the point of the let’s-eliminate-the-competent-lawyers scheme." — @anatosaurus.bsky.social

Stephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kids

That it's happening in the shadows doesn't make it less of a moral blight.

publicnotice.co

A drought is exposing weaknesses in the government's ability to deliver water. It's begun rationing. In one building in the capital, 10 families have rearranged their lives around their faucets. n.pr/4gfdN1W

One Puerto Rico condo building, 10 families, no water

A drought is exposing weaknesses in the government's ability to deliver water. It's begun rationing. In one building in the capital, 10 families have rearranged their lives around their faucets.

n.pr

It's medicine's clock moment. We don't age linearly or synchronously (our organs and cells). That leads to an inflection point for promoting health and preventing diseases. erictopol.substack.com/p/medicine-i...

Medicine is Moving From Calendars to Clocks

Proteins Tell How Fast Our Organs and Cells Are Ticking

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ALL EYES ON THE SUPREME COURT: We at @statesnewsroom.com on this muggy morning in DC are watching today for opinions on birthright citizenship, TPS, transgender athletes, Trump's firing of a member of the Fed Board of Governors, cancer liability, mail-in ballots and more. Stay tuned.

Good things happen when San Franciscans show up for each other! 💜 Volunteer with LWVSF and help your neighbors vote with confidence in November. Learn about volunteering at an election kickoff meeting - online on Wed 7/15 @ 6:00pm or in-person on Sat 7/18 @ 10:30am. RSVP lwvsf.org/calendar

From immigration court appointments to routine ICE check-ins, the stakes for immigrants in the city have risen exponentially, often inciting fear of going to appointments that come with steep consequences if not attended. www.sfpublicpress.org/network-of-h...

‘Network of Hope’ Doesn’t Let Immigrants Visit ICE Alone

San Francisco parents and educators provide support at daunting federal check-ins.

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Speed of response is everything, and it's still lagging far behind. Essential explainer on the Congo Ebola outbreak from @JeremyKonyndyk. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | Why This Ebola Outbreak Could End Up Being the Worst One in History (Gift Article)

The situation in eastern Congo and Uganda combines some of the most dangerous aspects of the 2014 and 2018 Ebola outbreaks.

nytimes.com

Police officers across the country are abusing their unfettered access to Flock's nationwide network of automatic license plate readers to stalk their exes. This is a dangerous violation of our privacy. Our communities must continue to fight back against this invasive surveillance tech.

Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.

404media.co

It looks like Mike Johnson still doesn’t have the votes to pass the MAGA spending bill that would shovel $70 billion more to ICE and CBP. We need to turn up the heat on the House GOP. Email your representative and demand they vote NO on the reconciliation bill: act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-ba...

April US transit data is in today, & all of the 10 largest US rail networks are growing! SF is seeing a real boom, with ridership up 17% on Muni & 15% on BART SEPTA (Philly, 10%) and PATH (NY/NJ, +7%) are also seeing strong growth, while MTS (San Diego, +0.8%) is the slowest🧵

Last month, a pop-up exhibit in New York City displayed over 3,400 printed volumes of the Epstein files. How the lead organizer and funder, David Garrett, intends it as a “pressure campaign” to push for accountability: on-the-media.visitlink.me/L3QDN6

On the Media

The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.

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This story is so short, and totally devastating. “Power is always within”

On the Media@onthemedia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Last month, Brooke visited the “Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room” in Tribeca, a pop-up exhibit with 3,400 volumes of the Epstein files, printed. How the lead organizer thinks an IRL experience is the key to forcing accountability: on-the-media.visitlink.me/8kE80E

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie was momentarily drowned out by protesters at City Hall on Friday as city leaders kicked off Pride month.

Mayor Lurie heckled over budget cuts during Pride Month kickoff at City Hall

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie was momentarily drowned out by protesters at City Hall on Friday as city leaders kicked off Pride month.

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Even when local police have no formal contracts with ICE, some departments still provide critical help to ICE agents. But in many jurisdictions, 911 call records are subject to public records law—providing watchdogs a tool for tracking ICE activity.

How State and Local Leaders Are Responding to ICE: Your Questions Answered - Bolts

How are states restricting ICE activity? Can local prosecutors charge federal officers? How can local leaders prepare for ICE deployments? We provide answers about local responses to the immigration crackdown.

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The "Overpaid CEO" tax is losing 55-45 and needs to make up ground in order to pass. But in today's vote drop, it merely lost by less. Almost half of ballots are still outstanding. via @io-y-g.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2026/06/sf-o...

Election update: Overpaid CEO tax continues to bleed votes in most recent ballot drop

The CEO tax measure is merely losing by less after Thursday's release of another 15,000 ballots.

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When I explain that CA takes time in part because it's got "lots" more mail ballots, I mean lots lots. Mail ballots (from the 2024 general election): CA 13,185,566 next closest (WA) 3,927,132 median state 307,185

Justin Levitt@justinlevitt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

1. So so so many votes by mail. LA just 1 county, and it’s the size of Georgia. 2. Postmarked ballots arrive up to 7 days after E-day. 3. We take cures (really) seriously. Up to 22 days. 4. Huge student population using EDR, which takes longer to verify. It’s not “worse,” it’s “more.”

San Francisco Dept of Elections released the Thursday update an hour ago. With received uncounted ballots, the estimated turnout is 50.3%, higher than the 2022 midterm at 46.4%. Turnout could go up as more ballots arrive by mail. #SanFrancisco #elections #sfelections

Jane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍@wafoli.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Oh hey look, turnout is actually GOING UP. Please quit saying that this was a low turnout election in San Francisco until we actually know what the turnout is. Right now it looks like it will be higher than our last Midterm Primary www.sfelections.org/results/2026...

New World screwworm is a fly whose larvae eat living tissue, causing severe wounds in livestock, wildlife, & occasionally humans. Its return to TX after elimination in the US since the 60s is concerning—but surely gutting public health infrastructure & the fed workforce had nothing to do with it 🙂

Flesh-eating screwworm returns to U.S. after 60 years, threatening cattle herd

The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said.

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What Landback isn't is a demand for Non-Natives to hand over their housekeys or master plan to rid the land of Non-Natives. Landback is a framework, a set of ideas & possibilities that can take very different shapes depending on the land in question, the tribe involved and people doing the work.

Covering Netroots Nation 2026 in-person for @50501movement.bsky.social, to help make the largest annual progressive conference in the U.S. more accessible for organizers, activists, & volunteers across the country

Oil and gas companies pay more in taxes abroad than they pay in the U.S. thanks to excessive tax breaks and subsidies. But as Americans face higher fuel prices, even more handouts to this industry will not lower prices. itep.org/major-oil-an...

Major Oil and Gas Corporations Pay Little in U.S. Tax

The oil and gas industry has long been known for widespread tax avoidance. Now, thanks to new disclosure rules, we have a better picture of how this occurs.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has returned Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe to the Eighth Circuit for reconsideration, continuing a key case on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. NARF and our partners will continue to defend Native voters. Read more: buff.ly/Clr3Jjk

Supreme Court Sends Voting Rights Case Back to the Eighth Circuit - Native American Rights Fund

Today the U.S. Supreme Court voided the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit’s previous erroneous decision in Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa ndians et al. v. Howe, a voting rights case in…

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More than half of the publicly identified donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion during the past six months. Yes, that's billion with a "B." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds

President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the gifts as a boon to taxpayers, but critics of the project say the administration’s refusal to release a full list of donors creates the potential for co...

washingtonpost.com

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... #immigration #justice #NoICE

Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP

Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP We need you to take action NOW! For the last couple of months, Members of Congress have stood firm against funding for ICE and CBP thanks to constant pressur...

actionnetwork.org

Vote today! San Francisco yes one A&D. No on B&C. More help voting in the comments.

🫨 Haven't registered yet? You can still register and vote today. Visit a polling place or the City Hall Voting Center to register conditionally and vote provisionally. That's a fancy way of saying the SF Department of Elections will verify your eligibility before counting your ballot.

❌ Do not use a blue USPS mailbox today. Changes in mail processing mean your ballot might not be counted. Instead, use an official drop box, bring it to a polling place or the City Hall Voting Center, or walk into a post office and ask for a same-day postmark.