Once again, annual subscriptions to my newsletter are on SALE! I'm fundraising so I can cover something out of town and related to Border Patrol and ICE, though I can't say what at the moment (bc of other journalists taking my story, not because the agents are doing something secret).

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"spreadsheet people"—please. they're called cellcels. put some respect on their name

New: 3 yrs ago I published exposé revealing Richard Hanania used pseudonym to write for Nazi sites Ever since I've watched centrist media rehabilitate him, accepting his ludicrous claim to have left white nationalism behind. My look at what it means, for @marisakabas.bsky.social' The Handbasket

You don’t have to hand it to Richard Hanania

The so-called "former" white supremacist's work doesn't show accountability—or that he's actually moved on from his earlier views, Christopher Mathias writes.

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NEW: ICE attorneys have been detailed to work as prosecutors in DC Superior Court.

"Sacrificial Lambs": The ICE Attorneys Working as DC Prosecutors

ICE lawyers are now working in DC Superior Court

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Sharing this since Paul Ingrassia is back in the news.

Ed Martin Believes He Will Be Confirmed as DC's US Attorney

Yesterday, Forward published US Attorney Ed Martin’s claim that he had no idea pardoned J6er Timothy Hale-Cusanelli had photos of himself dressed as Hitler, or that Hale-Cusanelli was described as a “...

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amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In an attempt to help guarantee I can drop whatever I'm doing and be on the ground wherever ICE is causing havoc, I'm offering 15% off annual subscriptions to my newsletter.

Every time.

James Goodwin@jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My god. The Heritage Foundation, which mercilessly attacked transgender kids in order to protect the "integrity of women's sports," is now attacking the legal basis for women's sports. The transgender student decision is barely 2 weeks old.

NEW July 13 2026 - Los Angeles, CA LAPD Regularly Pulled Over Innocent People Because License Plate Readers Flagged Their Cars As Stolen via @404media.co #flock

LAPD Regularly Pulled Over Innocent People Because License Plate Readers Flagged Their Cars As Stolen

The Los Angeles Police Department let its Flock contract expire over the weekend in part because it was regularly "investigating" and surveilling innocent people.

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Believe it or not the Constitution doesn't say anything about due process in Senate races

Balu Puppy@balupuppy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Omfg

I wrote about the best 4th of July of my entire life.

The Great American State Fair's Great Bellyflop

How a Trump-centric celebration of the nation's semiquincentennial succumbed to terrible weather and worse planning.

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"I am grinding my teeth like Don Jr at 4AM. Or 4PM. Or whenever."

Laura Jedeed@laurajedeed.bsky.social · 2mo ago

IT'S UP! An article about the rain-soaked disaster that was July 4th in Washington DC this year, including all the videos I couldn't upload of the sad and angry crowds, plus details that didn['t make the thread. Please check it out if you would like to!

I suffered outside for the past couple of weeks to bring you all this.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2mo ago

I went to the Great-American State Fair. It was a flop.

Once upon a time, while studying disinfo about the civil war in Syria, I posted my thoughts on Gabbard as a down-the-rabbit-hole serial repeater of Russian-Iranian-Syrian propaganda. Then Jack Dorsey jumped into my DMs telling me I had it all wrong. Strange times. And yet still not as weird as this.

Aaron Schaffer@aaronschaffer.com · 3mo ago

You're gonna want to read this. Gift link: wapo.st/4viLSnW

love to learn what rights the Guardian Council has deleted by decree this week

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Supreme Court's fifth and final decision is Blanche v. Lau, another 6–3 split. Per Thomas, the government does NOT require clear and convincing evidence that a green card holder committed a crime before divesting them of their lawful status at the border. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Dispatch from my new home, the Reflecting Pool — with @dfriedman.bsky.social

Trump is losing his war on algae

A weird weekend of pond scum, lots of cops, and no antifa at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

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Me and Dan rn.

Dan Friedman@dfriedman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The president's announcement that the July 4th event in DC celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence will be a "TRUMP RALLY" completes the MAGA takeover of the country's birthday that started last year. www.motherjones.com/politics/202....

If you would like to SUPPORT the assault victim, Rihanna has a Venmo account up because crowdfunding websites have shut down her campaigns. You can verify her identity through the FB post or contact info she's provided. Please share 👇

Samir Sirk Morató@spicycloaca.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Ríhanna doesn't have an official legal defense fund because multiple crowdfunding websites have shut down her campaigns. please donate to her directly and send her well-wishes on Facebook. Venmo: venmo.com/u/Rihanna_Ke... www.facebook.com/share/p/18uT...

The reality of the situation is that it’s been over 7 months since the Nazi tattoo thing broke and if all of the progressive schmucks that had bolstered him in the beginning (Bernie, Khanna, Warren) had called for him to get out of the race, we wouldn’t even be arguing right now.

Prencer Spatt imo

New two part series out now: The San Diego Mosque Attack, Part I: What Happened www.wewillfreeus.org/sandiegomosq... Part 2: The Online Ecosystem Behind the San Diego Mosque Attack

San Diego Attack: Online Extremism and Accelerationism

An analysis of online extremist networks, accelerationism, and propaganda ecosystems linked to the San Diego mosque attack.

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"Yet the collapse of these organizations did not produce the collapse of the culture that surrounded them. . . . The network survives because its infrastructure is social and digital rather than organizational." Great analysis, read both parts 👇

Alissa Azar@alissaazar.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New two part series out now: The San Diego Mosque Attack, Part I: What Happened www.wewillfreeus.org/sandiegomosq... Part 2: The Online Ecosystem Behind the San Diego Mosque Attack

IF YOU ARE IN AN ACTIVIST SIGNAL CHAT please check if there’s someone named “AJ” with a trans flag in bio OR someone named “Teddy” with a pink Signal name attempting to access, joining, or already in your chats. That’s a fascist infiltrator. Reset your group link after you boot em!

New with @brandibuchman.bsky.social: Andrew Paul Johnson, a Jan. 6 rioter serving life in prison for child molestation, wants federal compensation. “Its truly a blessing to hear Mr. Trump has not forgot his people,” he told me via a prison emessaging service. www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-...

He’s Serving Life In Prison For Child Molestation. He Thinks The Trump Admin Should Pay Him.

Jan. 6 rioters are betting that Trump will still have their backs — and there’s an easy way he could pay them.

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These people have no fucking spine. Platner walked around over a decade with a Nazi tattoo that he knew was a Nazi tattoo. If you have any sense of moral compass, you have to acknowledge that’s a problem. He posted extensively on Internet forums acknowledging that it was a Nazi symbol.

There's an active German Nazi infestation on Bluesky, most of them following AfD accounts. I've added a handful to the block list, but that whole corner needs a clean out. Lots of homophobic and Islamophobic content, easy to see regardless of language barrier. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Ken Jones, a retired San Francisco firefighter, has died from lung cancer after Blue Shield denied his treatment claims Any 2028 candidate who does not champion universal healthcare is a non-starter. I will not vote for someone who kills my neighbors for "shareholder value." You can go burn in hell

Look at my Director of National Intelligence dawg, I’m getting drone strike’d.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 3mo ago

i have no words

Look at my Director of National Intelligence dawg, I’m getting drone strike’d.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 3mo ago

i have no words

ICE is targeting journalists at Delaney Hall. They’re hitting photographers, breaking fingers and smashing off lenses.