Michael Conte, @michaelconte.bsky.social

@BBCWorld Segment Producer based in DC. Six strings or none. #LFGM

[Michael Conte, @michaelconte.bsky.social @MichaelTConte]

When iNews tells me my script is thirty seconds too long

[Mike Mayer @mikemayer22]

Pete Alonso on Statcast saying his home run last night only went 429, "I think the computer is wrong."

[Shane Harris @shaneharris]

From Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee

[Glenn Thrush @GlennThrush]

This is really, actually, no-kidding the disclaimer Hannity ran after his interview with Todd Blanche

[🏴‍☠️Maddox🏴‍☠️ @realmaddox]

This is an insane story. The DOGE whistleblower who said that login attempts were made to the NLRB from Russian IP addresses minutes after DOGE got access had his brake lines cut and photos of him walking his dog from a drone taped to his door after Musk attacked him on Twitter

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

37 years ago the Chinese army killed large numbers of people in Beijing and elsewhere when it cracked down on student protests. I was there and saw it happen myself. Nowadays China tries to claim the Tiananmen massacre was invented by the international media. That’s a total lie.

[Olivia Messer @OliviaMesser]

The kind that happens when one conglomerate buys all the largest papers in the entire state and invests heavily in aggregation-based trending news coverage because it’s less expensive than original reporting and relies on earlier career journalists

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

Zelensky’s message to Putin (and Trump): “We have heard that you were promised in Alaska the resolution of certain issues concerning Ukraine and Europe. But you can see for yourself that Ukrainian and European issues are not decided in Anchorage.”

[Zachary Cohen @ZcohenCNN]

Another reminder the US military has killed over 200 people in these strikes, yet has still not released footage of at least one instance where they conducted a ‘double-tap’ — prompting allegations of a possible war crime — nor any evidence proving drugs were onboard any of these vessels and/or alleged drugs were headed to the U.S.

[Michael Conte, @michaelconte.bsky.social @MichaelTConte]

Here is the correct all-star ballot

[Julia Macfarlane @juliamacfarlane]

Actually not wrong…

[Caroline Rose @CarolineRose8]

“Despite the rising body count off the South American coast, researchers say cocaine is as easy to get in many parts of the United States as it was before the strikes began.” https://t.co/q5lV5vFkq0

[Spencer Allan Brooks @SpencerSays]

DC United soccer club says its friendly match against the Ethiopian National Team has been canceled due to complications with securing visas and the heightened measures surrounding the recent global Ebola outbreak.

The match was scheduled for July 11 at Audi Field.

[Emily Goodin @Emilylgoodin]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clarifies he never threatened to punch Bill Pulte in the face.

“I actually said I was going to kick his a–," Bessent told the Senate Finance committee.

[Michael Conte, @michaelconte.bsky.social @MichaelTConte]

@GoodFundies Unless he starts hitting like Aaron Judge for 4 months, he’s not opting out. He telegraphed as much to Ken Rosenthal with this bullshit

[Erin Banco @ErinBanco]

SCOOP: The CIA has stopped contributing to some ODNI intelligence assessments, including those related to the Iran war, as a result of a year-long feud between the agencies over turf and mission.

[Cuneyt Dil @cuneytdil]

National Guard didn't reduce D.C. violent crime, report says https://t.co/nykexL3cHF

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

Putin is increasingly criticized at home for being weak as the Russian military offensive stalls and as Ukrainian midrange drones paralyze Russian logistics to Crimea and the rest of southern Ukraine.
So he delivered fireworks of psychological release to all these Russians who want to see Kyiv burn. At least 11 Ukrainian civilians killed, more still under the rubble.
Near-zero impact on Ukraine’s ability and determination to wage the war, of course.
And yes, the civilian deaths could have been avoided if Raytheon were making more Patriot interceptors and if Trump were willing to sell more of them to Ukraine. Or if MBDA and Thales weren’t still making SAMP-T missiles in homeopathic doses, on year five of the war.

[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

Not coincidentally, this attack is underway shortly after the U.S. delayed delivery of air defense missiles to Ukraine and after Zelensky wrote an urgent appeal to Trump writing, "I ask for your help in protecting Ukraine's skies from Russian missiles."

[Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe]

Relatedly:

The last Pete Hegseth press briefing at the Pentagon was May 5.

The last Pentagon press briefing by a Hegseth spokesperson was Dec. 2, to a new right-leaning press corps that also has since been pushed out of the building.

Last year, Hegseth's team promised the "most transparent Department of Defense in history."

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

Bloomberg News exclusive:

Vladimir Putin has been told by senior Russian officials that the war in Ukraine is becoming unaffordable, the most serious sign of internal division in Moscow since the full-scale invasion began

https://t.co/gpk6OChdlC

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Remarkable story from @propublica of how the Pentagon got a call from the White House and rushed to lend $620 million to an obscure company -- with links to Donald Trump Jr. The company's valuation rose 10-fold to $2 billion. https://t.co/yIJ9bXb9Jb