Barry Coyne

[Motasem A Dalloul @AbujomaaGaza]

The little boy DIED

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

I’m trying to imagine being 20 years old and being ordered to torture an elderly celebrated physician who’s being endlessly detained without charges. Most would refuse that order. It’s an indictment of Israeli society that they seem to have no problem finding people to do it.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Over this past week, Russia used around 2,200 attack drones against Ukraine, more than 1,730 guided aerial bombs, and 106 missiles of various types, nearly half of them ballistic. Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Dnipro, as well as our border and frontline communities, are under fire almost every day. There was a massive strike on Kyiv that claimed the lives of 31 people and injured another 102, including four children. My condolences to their families and loved ones.

Every day, we must protect lives from these attacks. We already have the capabilities to effectively shoot down more than 90% of drones, but, unfortunately, not all ballistic missiles are intercepted. And it is ballistic missiles that Moscow is now leaning on to continue its war. And every day, we are working to strengthen air defense for Ukraine: through PURL and through our bilateral contacts with countries that have not joined PURL but do have the missiles we so urgently need. We are also strengthening our air defense through joint work with Europeans on anti-ballistic capabilities. We need answers from our partners to our requests for air defense. Every package of interceptor missiles provides real protection for lives. I thank all leaders who are finding ways to help in this particular area.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Last night's massacre in Kyiv is all on Trump. His refusal to sell Patriot ammo to Ukrainr is primary cause of all dead today.

[Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) @ColMoeDavis]

.@SenMikeLee and Fox News host @IngrahamAngle both claimed the Patriot Affront march through DC on the Fourth of July was really an Antifa rouse.

That’s interesting. So Antifa dressed up in Patriot Affront uniforms and tricked the founder of Patriot Front, Thomas Rousseau, to lead their march. Now that’s some next level Antifaing!

Rousseau founded Patriot Front in 2017 following the rally in Charlottesville VA that resulted in the murder of Heather Heyer. He told Capital News Service in 2020 that “he believes Trump is a white supremacist who uses the same rhetoric as his group.” He added “It’s encouraging to hear him [Trump] call African countries ‘shitholes’ and say now and then that Mexican illegals are criminals and rapists, and sometimes he even utters some truth about the Jew.”

So, Senator Lee and Fox News host Ingraham say that the march yesterday (complete with confederate flags) that Rosseau led was Antifa disguised as Patriot Front. Hmmm? Perhaps it’s the other way around and it’s Patriot Affront that pretends to be Antifa (see article below).

If Lee and Ingraham had any integrity they’d tell the truth . . . the marchers in face diapers with confederate flags spewing hate and division are part of their own klan.

https://t.co/UgvHb83xUl

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel is blowing up entire neighborhoods in Bint Jbeil, South Lebanon right now.

During a “ceasefire.”

Not military targets. Civilian homes.

Entire communities are being erased so families have nothing left to return to.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Fun fact: Trump and his father were sued by the DOJ in 1973 for allegedly refusing to rent apartments to Black tenants.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Gavin Newsom goes off on the Trump Family corruption:

Newsom: And I’m not talking about the $100,000 watches. I’m not talking about the guitars that he’s selling that you didn’t even know about, or the Bibles, or the sneakers. I’m not talking about all that.

I’m talking about what’s happening substantively with these kids and these investments, and the Pentagon contracts they’re receiving on rare earth minerals and drone companies, and all the stuff that’s happening with the Kushner family, the Witkoff family, the “Board of Peace,” which is about getting a piece of the Middle East.

Let’s talk about the UAE and high-value chips, where they’re getting a piece of our national security, where the Biden administration held off. But as long as you can get a deal done with the UAE on the private family businesses, then all of a sudden national security becomes less of an important talking point.

Or how about the tariff relief in places like Vietnam for the golf courses and the development deals, and the dozen other countries that he’s doing business in? How about all the corruption as it relates to the self-dealing with his resorts and all of his assets that the Secret Service and taxpayers are subsidizing? Or directing G7 investments? Or the emoluments issues across the spectrum every day? Or just the day trading literally behind the Oval Office desk, or showing up on your calendar at a company that you just invested in because you know that stock’s going to pop because you’re going to promote it the next day?

All of this happening—this open sewage system. You talk about draining the swamp. He gave it a presidential suite with gold leaf.

And you’re seeing this gross corruption at a scale and scope never before seen in modern American history. This is stuff I don’t even imagine exists at this scale in a year and a half, even in Putin’s Russia or Kim Jong-un’s North Korea.

[Democratic Coalition @TheDemCoalition]

This criminal president made $2.2 billion last year, with plenty of help from his own political decisions.

This is called corruption, folks.

Read more here: https://t.co/yCU6EPwIeX

#TrumpCrimeFamily

Read more here:
https://t.co/dWob4ECDgw

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

Hunter Biden used the Fourth of July weekend to unload on “King” Donald Trump and his family, accusing them of turning the American government into a “family business.” https://t.co/21kTA6xBSP

[Nancy Sinatra @NancySinatra]

This:

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️Zelenskyy: Our warriors showed good results today in downing Russian drones and cruise missiles, but unfortunately not against ballistic missiles.

“The reason is the insufficient supply of interceptor missiles. While the missiles for the Patriots remain in the warehouses of our allies, this only encourages Russia to keep ‘winning’ against residential buildings. The United States and Europe have enough strength to stop this terror.”

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The Supreme Court dramatically reshaped elections in recent months, sharply limiting a law that has been a cornerstone of minority voter empowerment, allowing states to gerrymander maps and loosening campaign finance regulations. https://t.co/nbYy58M4E7

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

"I have not yet begun to fight!" — John Paul Jones, born on this day in 1747 at Arbigland, Scotland.

Amazingly, the exploits of America's first naval hero were mostly forgotten until a campaign was launched a century later to restore his name.

See https://t.co/VgITkF4921

[Hanan Ashrawi @DrHananAshrawi]

The US Administration is committing a war crime by building its “embassy” to Israel on stolen Palestinian land (private property) in Jerusalem. It is also in violation on international law by recognising the occupied city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

[ABC News @ABC]

Russia bombarded Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least 14 people. The attacks hit residential buildings and left emergency services battling fires.

Read more: https://t.co/mqhh80331Q

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Footage appears to show an Israeli soldier firing a stun grenade into a car full of young Palestinians during a raid on the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.

The soldier seemed to force the car door closed as it went off.

[Parody Jeff @Parodyjeffx]

THIS IS SATANIC ✡️🇮🇱

An Israeli soldier throws a stun grenade into a car carrying a Palestinian family, trapping them inside to absorb the blast.

Reports confirm one of the children inside is now permanently blinded for life.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Intelligence once again indicates that the Russians are preparing a new massive strike. This is typical of Putin: right after America’s Independence Day and before the NATO Summit in Ankara. Russia wants to bring more evil and kill people. Please stay safe and heed any air raid alerts.

Separately, to partners: any delay with missiles for our air defense – missiles for Patriots – means the loss of lives, and it encourages Russia to continue the war. The world has the necessary quantity and quality of air defense. What is needed are your decisions to ensure real protection of lives in Ukraine.

Above all, these are, of course, decisions by the United States, decisions by the strong countries in Europe and around the world. Please be active in your decisions and protect lives. Missiles for Patriots are needed not in warehouses right now, but in Patriot units in Ukraine. I thank everyone who is providing real help.

[Kateryna Lisunova @KaterynaLis]

‼️Only weak and morally bankrupt people target civilians, families, and children. It is disgusting and depraved to the core.

And it should be seen as a sign of russia’s loosing this war, because attacking women and children is the lowest and cowardliest step imaginable.

Watching the Kremlin deliberately target residential buildings, and then seeing russian bloggers and propagandists celebrate it, makes me sick.

We're fighting people without dignity. We should never feel sorry for them, because they are disgusting.

VIDEO/PHOTO from Kyiv on the night of Monday, July 6.