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Proud IAM 751 Retiree, Nature lover, health fanatic, environmental supporter, working to save our democracy. Strong Democrat. [email protected]

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

This sentence from the White House “report” on the Smithsonian is everything you need to know about it.

The arrogance of these sociopaths is mind-boggling.

Why would people who hate America work at the American History Museum?

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Leaked video reveals Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton in London with his mistress on the 4th of July.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Reuters: ABC URGES FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TO DECLARE "THE VIEW" IS LEGITIMATE NEWS PROGRAM, CAN FREELY INTERVIEW POLITICAL CANDIDATES -- FILING

[Andrea R. Flores @Arosaflores]

The First Amendment attacks keep coming. Speak out against Trump’s mass deportations, and you’re a target. Glad David Streever is fighting back.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

In 1898, Louisiana adopted a new constitution which incorporated a “grandfather clause” into voting requirements.

It stated that a person may only vote if their father/grandfather was eligible to vote on/before January 1, 1867, disqualifying almost all Black voters.

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

NEW #UkraineAlert | "Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are currently trapped in frontline areas of the Russian-occupied Kherson region, where they face severe risks to their lives, food shortages, and a lack of medical assistance," writes @T_Oll_.

Read ⬇️
https://t.co/LYVpG20ymz

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

Thousands of incarcerated people are legally eligible to vote but have been blocked from casting their ballot.

This widespread erosion of voting rights is driven not by laws, Bob Libal writes, but by a lack of infrastructure and misinformation.

Here’s the solution: https://t.co/rVEM9VDTtQ

[Anonymous @YourAnonCentral]

Belgium’s team celebrated their victory over the US by mocking Trump’s signature double jerk off dance move.

[The Insider @InsiderEng]

Ukrainian drones attack 10 Russian “shadow fleet” tankers carrying fuel for occupied Crimea in the Sea of Azov

The published footage shows what appear to be hits on the vessels; however, the Ukrainian side did not report on the extent of the damage.
https://t.co/SOdLjOFyb0

[Justice Connection @Justice_CXN]

Justice Connection has brought together more than 1,200 former DOJ employees to oppose Todd Blanche’s nomination for AG.

Our letter warns Senators that a vote to confirm Blanche is a vote to undermine the independence of our Justice Department. Read it: https://t.co/HpYlF1UeJB

[The Insider @InsiderEng]

UK imposes sanctions on institutes and scientists named in The Insider’s investigations into Russia’s political assassinations program

The new sanctions are part of London’s efforts to counter Russia’s chemical weapons program.
https://t.co/wtkURMTTlU

[UNITED24 @U24_gov_ua]

In a single week, russia killed 50 people in Kyiv alone. It took them 2 days.

These deaths weren’t accidental — russia targets civilians deliberately, purely to sow terror.

It will never work. But we need to to protect people from this viciousness:
https://t.co/4Os08VprA0

[steven monacelli @stevanzetti]

Not at @proteanmag!

[Katherine Clark @WhipKClark]

Where’s the “golden age” we were promised?
https://t.co/S4T4ZQugYl

[Mikhail Khodorkovsky @khodorkovsky_en]

Wrote about this in a bit more detail on Substack as well — It's free, check out and subscribe here: https://t.co/87g6MyEEFH

[Mikhail Khodorkovsky @khodorkovsky_en]

No Ukrainian drones have done as much damage to the Russian economy as Russia's own government. The war handed the FSB more power: their answer to every problem has been to 'tighten the screws', crackdown even more.

The economy worsens, they attribute it to the enemy action and tighten again, and the spiral continues.

[11/12]

[Mikhail Khodorkovsky @khodorkovsky_en]

If the strikes continue and half of European Russia's refining stops completely, no games with the product will cover the gap. That is real trouble—and harvest season is approaching. Remember: today the crisis is about gasoline, the harvest runs on diesel.

[10/12]

[Mikhail Khodorkovsky @khodorkovsky_en]

After every strike, repair crews do the impossible to bring capacity back. I cannot even imagine what those brigades are pulling off right now. But patches accumulate, and at some point a plant fails outright.

The Moscow refinery has already been stopped completely.

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