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[Kylie Robison @kyliebytes]

this whole thing is actually incredible to witness. Real late-stage Versailles vibes this country has going on right now

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

Chris Cuomo (of all people) just effortlessly unmasked Tucker Carlson as a Russian propagandist.

Cuomo: “I'm a journalist. I'm not allowed into Russia. Why are you allowed in?”

Just watch how Tucker squirms.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

New York City Mayor Mamdani just gave one of the most amazing speeches you will ever hear:

"We are told that America is exceptional because we are richer, stronger, and more powerful than everyone else.

"The truth, my friends, is that America is exceptional because here, nothing is fixed into place. The frontier may be closed. We may have walked on the moon. But the work of fulfilling the values first enshrined in the Declaration of Independence — that work endures, and it belongs to us all.

"It belongs, too, to our newest Americans: those standing here with me today, all of whom were recently naturalized. Nearly a decade ago, I, too, felt what you feel: the joy of no longer being just a New Yorker, but an American, too.

"You each hold a special power: the power to determine what America means.

"The powerful have always known their answer. America, in their view, is an arena of supremacy where only a select few are allowed freedom; where not all are created equal. America, if you ask them, becomes less the more people it welcomes. America, they will tell you, belongs only to those with the right accent or the right shade of skin. The rest of us, they insist, should be grateful for merely being allowed to visit.

"How small they are. How weak. How unoriginal.

"At every moment in our past, those who led through exclusion and isolation have tried to win power and enrich themselves by turning us against one another. Division is the oldest trick in politics — and the cheapest.

"But time and again, including 250 years ago, those forces of division have been vanquished by the forces of progress."

[NewsWire @NewsWire_US]

America’s Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C. canceled due to extreme heat, city tells BNO News.

[Brett Chapman @brettachapman]

The faces on Mount Rushmore need to be blasted away and the mountain returned to the Lakota people

[Dan Carney @DanManCarney]

I might be breaking my NDA by saying this but Taylor Swift sang “We Are Charlie Kirk” at her wedding

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Massive hail at Mount Rushmore ahead of Trump’s speech tonight.

It’s as if the gods are saying “you will never be on here”.

[Domo Julio @DapperDomo]

This is a senator.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Justin J. Pearson: “If the Republican Party is gonna be the party licking the boot of the billionaires who are taking our land, polluting our water, and taking our jobs, then let us be the party of the working class in rural, suburban, and urban America alike. If the Republican Party is gonna be the party of AI taking away our jobs, the party of corporate handouts and blank checks for foreign wars, let us be the party to deliver an increase to the minimum wage. Let us be the party to deliver universal healthcare”

[SS @ss_scmb]

Kentucky voters did not vote for Mitch McConnell’s staffers to represent them in the U.S Senate

@LeaderJohnThune it is your duty to the United States to demand Mitch McConnell’s resignation

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

This is what the beautiful game is all about.

A young Cape Verde fan shows love to his team after the hard-fought battle with defending Champions Argentina in the Round of 32 🇨🇻

[Hugh Laurie @hughlaurie]

Cape Verde. My God.

[Polling USA @USA_Polling]

Tomorrow has the opportunity to be a big day

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Half-dollar sized hail at Mount Rushmore ahead of Trump’s speech tonight

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

A rural Arkansas school district was hemorrhaging $250,000 a year and couldn't keep teachers. So residents voted to take out a $5.4 million bond, upgrade every building in the district, and install 1,400 solar panels.

Three years later, the deficit flipped to a $1.8 million surplus.

The project wasn't just solar. Energy efficiency upgrades across all six schools, new lighting, HVAC systems, windows, and thermostats cut energy consumption by 1.6 million kilowatts annually.

The panels, some installed as a canopy at the school entrance and some on unused district land, generated enough excess electricity that the district started selling it back to the grid. Monthly utility bills dropped from $17,000 to $4,000.

The school board voted to put the savings into paychecks. Teachers saw raises averaging $2,000 to $3,000 a year, with some receiving up to $15,000 depending on tenure.

Batesville went from one of the lowest-paying districts in Arkansas to one of the highest-paying in its county. Resignations slowed and applications went up.

Taxpayers funded the upfront cost through the bond. The savings paid it back and then some. "Batesville has reduced the checks they write to utilities," said the energy company that managed the project, "and increased the checks they write to teachers."

At least 20 nearby districts have since copied the model. Nine thousand schools across the US now run on solar. Batesville was the first to route the savings directly into teacher salaries.

[onii ☆▷ @__Onixivy_]

i just know she can’t wait to release this on Disney+ in 6 months.

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

Incredible

[UW-Madison Police @UWMadisonPolice]

After careful and thoughtful consideration, UWPD has decided not to renew its annual contract with Flock Safety, which ended on June 26, 2026.

The decision to transition away from Flock was made so that UWPD can work toward identifying an automated license plate reader (ALPR) vendor that better meets UW-Madison’s public safety needs.

More info: https://t.co/PAR9ezla8Y

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

This whole thing where players celebrate, crowds go mad with joy, and then VAR reverses everything is super painful. And frustrating.

[Jake Fenner @jakefenner_]

At some point VAR went from eliminating “clear and obvious error” to trying to make the game perfect and it’s starting to ruin the sport