NEW: In a positive sign for voters, the First Circuit rejected the DOJ's request to fast-track review of three of its lawsuits seeking access to states' private voter data.The move could make it harder for the department to obtain unredacted rolls in time to help states purge voters.
A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump’s request for more time to respond to New York writer E. Jean Carroll’s demand for $5.8 million she won in a civil lawsuit against him.Judge rejects Trump bid to delay $5.8M payment to E. Jean Carroll.www.usatoday.com/story/news/p…
The Coast Guard just removed the Clearwater from the tall ship parade in NYC for having "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions” banners.They were escorted out by the Coast Guard, US Navy, and NYPD.www.instagram.com/p/DaYOP8OlIq…
Belgian diamond group that won tariff relief gifted Trump a lavishly encrusted ring All told, 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies encrust the watch-sized gold ring presented this week to Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, to give to President Donald Trump…. …
Went down to the Great American State Fair. My personal highlight might have been this Madison cosplayer arguing before literally ones of people that we’re a republic and not a democracy.
My mind as I am trying so hard to get rest or sleep. A sething hot cauldron of thoughts, pains, self attacks, and wondering if I can go forward tomorrow. Hugs. Scottie
On April 8, 2025, the day before Trump announced the tariff pause, his disclosure shows 327 individual stock purchases worth as much as $12.8 million. The trades weren't made public until yesterday, more than a year later than required by law. readsludge.com/2026/07/01/t…
A Trump supporter lost nearly $33K on Trump tokens and somehow blames Democrats and “anti-Trump investors,” not Trump, who made $1.5 billion from his crypto scam in 2025.
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) July 2, 2026
Trump hijacked US’s 250 anniversary to serve ‘political ideology and pet projects’, congressional report says | Donald Trump | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
Social Security cards for babies born through the rest of 2026 will reportedly have Trump's Freedom 250 logo printed on them.Freedom 250 is Trump's partisan group funded by private donations from Palantir, UFC, ExxonMobil, Lockheed Martin, and Oracle.
Colorado Governor Fires Officials Who Opposed Freeing Election Denier. After the commutation, Ms. Proff & Ms. Taslimi revealed the clemency review board — appointed by Polis — twice voted unanimously to reject Ms. Peters’s application 4 shortened sentence. http://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u…
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday reported that employers added 57,000 jobs in June. That figure was below the estimate of economists polled by LSEG, who estimated 110,000 jobs added."This jobs report is a disaster for Trump!www.foxbusiness.com/economy/us-j…
An EMS audio recording published by an independent journalist indicates that emergency responders were called to the Washington, DC, home of Sen. Mitch McConnell for an “unconscious” person the same day he was hospitalized last month. https://cnn.it/44ad10x
TRUMP: We had one who was very ill. Looked like he wasn't going to make it. You want to mention his name? MIKE JOHNSON: Neal Dunn of Florida had real health challengesT: His diagnosis was he'd be dead by JuneJ: Ok, that wasn't public. *audience groans* It was grim is what I was going to say
The Texas Senate race is a toss-up, according to a NYT/ Siena poll out this morning, that finds Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton tied at 47%.The result, driven by massive Hispanic support for Talarico, is Democrats' best Texas showing in nearly a decade of the pollster's surveys.
Calling bullshit on RFKJr and Trump: yet another peer-reviewed study determines that there is no connection between Tylenol and autism. arstechnica.com/health/2026/…
Orlando airport staff force 800 travelers from UK to wait FIVE HOURS for luggage – then warned them they'd be 'arrested' if they left without their bags trib.al/r7p2YGC
When she met Marla’s husband he was with a third woman as his date. I’m shocked that Marla’s husband then went on to raw dog a porn star right after his son was born with Melania. How did he find the time between just grabbing all those pu*?
Tens of thousands of people gathered in soaring temperatures in Hungary's capital to celebrate the 31st annual Budapest Pride, the first such LGBTQ+ march since former prime minister Viktor Orbán, who had sought to ban the event, was ousted in an April election
Saturday's Budapest Pride march came a little more than a year after Viktor Orbán's nationalist-populist government passed legislation and a constitutional amendment to outlaw the event. https://to.pbs.org/4ezPIDs
Iran and Egypt World Cup teams this weekend in Seattle will play in front of a sea of Pride flags in the stadium 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈Seattle’s local organizing committee is separate from Fifa and has designated 26th June a Pride Match, to celebrate the city’s annual Pride weekend#Pride #PrideMonth #WorldCup 🏳️🌈
FIFA will allow Pride rainbow flags at the Egypt-Iran World Cup game in Seattle:“The FIFA World Cup 2026 is an inclusive event that welcomes people from all backgrounds. Fans of all sexual orientations and gender identities are welcome at matches and events.”
Trump: "Our Founders invoked the Creator four times in the Declaration of Independence. Four times. I wasn't mentioned once. I'm very upset. Not once."
Pete Buttigieg says his family was effectively swatted — except, instead of calling the cops, someone called Child Protective Services, lied and said Buttigieg had admitted to 'committing unspeakably violent crimes' and that his kids were at risk.The kids are not and were not at risk.
Trump was actually 17-18 in this photo. His parents sent him to a military boarding school for behavioral issues & bullying. Now he uses the photo to pretend he was in the military.
Trump was in his 20s when the DOJ began investigating him for discriminating against Black renters
BREAKING: It happened again.Trump fell asleep during a public event in the Oval Office. Shame on his family and advisers for putting him through this. This is elder abuse.25th Amendment now!
A viral video from the Great American State Fair triggered an immediate backlash after Confederate flag imagery appeared inside a state exhibit, prompting official condemnation and a sponsor's swift withdrawal. #BreakingNews #Politics #America250
The law might have tolerated this sort of government conduct a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away — but we don’t need them here, intimidating residents and violating their constitutional rights.Read more about today's win: http://www.acludc.org/press-releas…
TRUMP IN LAFAYETTE PARK THIS MORNING: Press pool says WH says on background “President Trump walked through Lafayette Park today to personally check on the restoration progress, one of the many D.C. landmarks being made beautiful again under his Executive Order signed nearly one year ago.”
The park right now is fenced off and under renovation. The Washington Post reported today Trump wants to plant 47 maple trees in it in line with his 47th place in the presidency. (note paywall) http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…
Trump boasted of his ability to buy ‘good maple trees’ in early days of Iran war, book claims | The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-maple-trees-regime-change-book-b3001192.html
Trump: "They're cheating. The kid won. Or he was certainly in the top two. I don't know him, I never met him. Spencer Pratt. He went away quietly. We didn't go away quietly. He shouldn't go away quietly, he should protest, because it was in my very strong opinion a rigged election."
The below is sickening. All slurs, bigotry attacks, and lies but not on discussion of policies. It is all culture wars misinformation to gin up outrage built on lies and misinformation. Hugs
Gavin Newsom has doubled down on his opposition to California's billionaire wealth tax — which just collected enough signatures to be on the ballot this November.He's wrong to oppose it. Here's why.
Trump on the value of fear-mongering: "You have to say, 'They're gonna get free rent, but — in two years, everything is going to collapse and you're going to live in squalor.' When you say that, you can beat the free rent."
Tom Emmer: "We need to stand up, speak up, and take our country back from these evil marxists that are moving in"(Republicans currently control the entire federal government … )
Trump says he’s nominating Lance Schroyer as permanent director for ICE, a man who appears to have no previous leadership or immigration experience. He is apparently a long-time Oklahoma State Trooper and former Marine.If confirmed, he would be the first Senate-confirmed ICE Director since 2017.