Symone Sanders asked Bernie Sanders why he ran as a Dem when he ran for president. He completely sidestepped the question. Awkward to say “I ran as a Dem to access their money”?🤔

Now available: Chapeaux!! 🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢 Easy peasy, chic and breezy. (a comma after chic seemed counterintuitive, but i’m open to being corrected.😬)

Benjamin Dreyer@bcdreyer.social · 6d ago

merch alert just added caps in navy and black, 'cause people asked

this must be how he looks when he says, “i love you, sir.”

CNN@cnn.com · 3d ago

Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, said late Sunday he is formally rescinding the president's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund," after Senate Republicans threatened to block his nomination over the controversial agreement. https://cnn.it/3U8d7DW

🚨BREAKING: California’s top election official demanded the (DHS explain how it concluded that thousands of noncitizens may be registered to vote in the state, bluntly questioning both the department’s results and how it obtained California voter data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘Serious doubts about the reliability of your data’: California bluntly challenges DHS over sweeping noncitizen voter claims

California has not provided its statewide voter registration list to DHS or any other federal agency. State law prohibits the disclosure of sensitive voter information, including Social Security numbe...

democracydocket.com

If you don’t already follow Taniel (and Bolts), take this moment to do so bc his election coverage is excellent.

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · last wk.

The election calendar in August is sooo crowded with major things. I hope readers of my elections guide are ready, it’s going to be the biggest of the year so far.

For people listening to this post, this is Rep. Jim Clyburn. That he doesn't know about Chat GPT—and he can't be the only one— is no laughing matter. Rep Clyburn is a member of the subcommittees on "Energy and Water Development" & "Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies". He needs to learn.

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 2w ago

Like yeah, I think the stuff about having a good staff that can fill in the gaps in your knowledge is good, but this seems like a pretty big blind spot in 2026.

Normally, I would write about last night's shameful display of the legacy media fêting Donald Trump. But with only 101 days until the elections, they are a lost cause. If you want to stay informed about Trump's attacks and how we fight back, subscribe to Democracy Docket. demdock.com/4w6emld

I heartily agree with Andrew Weissmann: you don’t get better than Nicolle Wallace.

Blue Heron is on Criterion Channel today in the US. it's the best film of 2026 in my humble (and admittedly biased) opinion.

Criterion Channel@criterionchannl.bsky.social · last mo.

💙 MARK YOUR CALENDARS 💙 Director Sophy Romvari’s stunning feature debut BLUE HERON will begin streaming exclusively on the Criterion Channel starting July 21! Watch a clip from Romvari’s episode of MEET THE FILMMAKERS, which will accompany the film on the Channel before having

omg 🫢👍

mensrea@mensie.bsky.social · 2w ago

German broadcast. Nailed it

my ‘grammar crush’ weighing in on ‘spain win’

Benjamin Dreyer@bcdreyer.social · 2w ago

If you’ve only ever heard Americans speak English, then American English is all you recognize.

Infantino telling Trump ‘just a few more steps.’ 🙄

I was just thinking: do we really need a half time show for the World Cup and then Dudamel and the muppets came on and I’m okay with it.

#LFGWired!! Keep up the excellent work!

WIRED@wired.com · 3w ago

A statement from WIRED leadership.

i wonder if this hearing will end with grassley declaring “i love you, todd blanche!”

tillis cannot be counted on for anything.

i would expect dems to push back on these absurd claims of political weaponization by biden’s doj. letting those claims go normalizes something quite dangerous. so frustrating to see such an abysmal lack of preparation.

age and term limits for congress. 🙄

This is part of the larger problem with populism, regardless of whether it sits on the right or left: It depends entirely on the creation of in and out groups, and gives followers permission to demonize the latter.

Platner’s Rise and Fall Revives Old Questions About ‘Bernie Bros’ and Women

The collapse of Graham Platner’s Senate bid in Maine after a rape allegation renewed attention to a movement built by Senator Bernie Sanders that some say is too forgiving of male misconduct.

nytimes.com

with more to follow

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4w ago

Alarming story that confirms my own reporting along similar lines: Dan Moraff, the political strategist who plucked Graham Platner out of obscurity to run for senate and barely vetted him, was barred from Rep. Summer Lee’s 2022 campaign after three complaints of sexual misconduct.

To call the Platner situation a "controversy" is to frame respect for women as controversial.

🙄

@aznananc.bsky.social · 4w ago

The campaign reportedly contacted former Sen Barbara Boxer and asked if she would support Platner staying in the race. She told them no.

bsky.app/profile/dean...

Dean Barker@deanbarker.bsky.social · 4w ago

From neighboring NH, I've admired Maine's SoS Shenna Bellows. A life dedicated to public service, great on the issues, relentlessly optimistic, and once put herself at great risk to serve her constituents (the Trump 2024 ballot disqualification saga). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenna_...

Valerie has just dropped her peach in the Seine.

🧵

Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com · 4w ago

I think what’s most surreal about watching the Graham Platner debacle … Black people were completely horrified

oh! this made me choke up

Rabbi Jill Zimmerman@rabbijill.bsky.social · 4w ago

I wonder what it would be like to live in a society where we give women the benefit of the doubt.

not so much of an unknown at this point, is it?

lafourchette@lafourchette.bsky.social · 2mo ago

(it remains to be seen if he’s a fighter for the ppl of maine. to date, we have evidence that he’s a fighter for platner. what he does with power is an unknown.)

Western automakers, engines of the middle class, in trouble years after Elon Musk got away with EAR violations by handing China US funded EV tech.

German car industry warns of job collapse unless ‘bold decisions’ made to address Chinese threat

VW to propose 100,000 job losses to board and says car plants could be put under foreign ownership to save jobs

theguardian.com

#MakeShameGreatAgain

Cheer up, USA. One of your soccer teams has won 4 World Cups.