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[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Elias Law Group is currently litigating 89 voting and election cases in 42 states + District of Columbia: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI.

[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

Pete Buttigieg: “We’re not asking you to turn around and become a card-carrying Democrat, we’re asking you to consider voting the issues that you care about. I’m asking you to support whoever’s gonna be for expanding healthcare and against tax cuts for giant corporations. That happens to be Democrats. I’m not asking you to pick a tribe, I’m asking you to pick a direction for the country”

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

This is simply vile. Trump is a loser, and an embarrassment to our country.

[Black Journals @blackJournals01]

Four hundred Black women who cleaned and fed a South Carolina hospital walked off the job in 1969 — and the state answered with the National Guard, tanks in the streets, and a curfew.

They stayed out for 113 days. They won.

The Charleston hospital strike. The workers were nurses' aides, orderlies, and kitchen staff — paid under a living wage and fired for organizing.

Mary Moultrie led them. Coretta Scott King came and marched with them. So did the union and what remained of Dr. King's organization, one year after his death.

More than a thousand arrests. Bayonets on Charleston streets. The state dug in and would not recognize a union of Black women.

[MelieDub @MelieDub]

Not done with the AI slop I see

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

DOUBLE CONFIRMATION: The president is without a doubt INSANE.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Not to add to the discourse, but…

It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’

[Acyn @Acyn]

Raskin: The president talks about communists, the only communists on Earth today are his best friends and his role models, like Kim Jong un, who he writes love letters to, and XI who he's praised more than two dozen times in public. How about Vladimir Putin, who he follows around like a puppy dog? Vladimir Putin was head of the KGB. So if there's a problem with communism it's over on that side of the aisle

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

Did you know the United States has only had one African American-owned and operated automobile company?

Explore the history of C.R. Patterson & Sons and the legacy of Charles Richard Patterson: https://t.co/NsTJTNXvcX

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

For generations, Black beaches and amusement parks offered more than summer fun. Arising during the era of Jim Crow, Black-owned recreational spaces provided havens where Black people felt welcomed and secure.

Explore their history: https://t.co/1bpWB0aQ0i

[Tara Setmayer 🌻 🇺🇸 @TaraSetmayer]

Such a fucking embarrassment.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Price Increases, July 2025 to July 2026 (Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

1. Fuel oil — +39.1%
2. Other motor fuels — +30.7%
3. Airline fares — +25.5%
4. Regular gasoline — +25.3%
5. Midgrade gasoline — +23.0%
6. Premium gasoline — +21.5%
7. Computer software and accessories — +21.2%
8. Instant coffee — +15.8%
9. Jewelry — +15.2%
10. Uncooked beef roasts — +13.5%
11. Video/video-game subscriptions and rentals — +13.4%
12. Postage — +13.3%
13. Sewing machines, fabric and supplies — +12.9%
14. Tomatoes — +12.8%
15. Delivery services — +12.6%
16. Gardening and lawncare services — +12.3%
17. Apples — +11.1%
18. Watches — +10.6%
19. Dishes and flatware — +10.4%
20. Other video equipment — +10.0%
21. Home health care — +9.7%
22. Candy and chewing gum — +9.6%
23. Uncooked beef steaks — +9.6%
24. Roasted coffee — +9.4%
25. Video discs and other media — +9.2%
26. Ground beef — +9.0%
27. Turkey and other uncooked poultry — +8.4%
28. Recorded music and music subscriptions — +8.0%
29. Fresh fish and seafood — +7.8%
30. Frozen fish and seafood — +7.8%
31. Lettuce — +7.5%
32. Cigarettes — +7.3%
33. Motor vehicle maintenance/servicing — +7.3%
34. Intracity transportation — +7.0%
35. Apparel services other than dry cleaning — +6.6%
36. Vehicle parts/equipment other than tires — +6.6%
37. Nonelectric cookware/tableware — +6.4%
38. Frankfurters — +6.3%
39. Rice — +6.2%
40. Men’s underwear/nightwear/swimwear/accessories — +6.2%
41. Motor vehicle repair — +6.2%
42. Shelf-stable fish and seafood — +6.1%
43. Fresh whole milk — +6.0%
44. Newspapers and magazines — +6.0%
45. Outpatient hospital services — +5.8%
46. Other uncooked beef and veal — +5.6%
47. Sports vehicles including bicycles — +5.6%
48. Vehicle accessories other than tires — +5.5%
49. Salt, seasonings and spices — +5.4%
50. Girls’ apparel — +5.3%
51. Laundry and dry-cleaning services — +5.3%
52. Women’s suits and separates — +5.2%
53. Inpatient hospital services — +5.2%
54. Dental services — +5.1%
55. Pet services — +5.1%
56. Other fresh vegetables — +5.0%
57. Water and sewerage maintenance — +5.0%
58. Other fresh fruits — +4.8%
59. Fresh milk other than whole — +4.8%
60. Renters/household insurance — +4.8%
61. Indoor plants and flowers — +4.7%
62. Other condiments — +4.7%
63. Other tobacco products — +4.7%
64. Veterinarian services — +4.7%
65. Window coverings — +4.6%
66. Women’s footwear — +4.5%
67. Crackers and related bread products — +4.5%
68. Fresh cakes and cupcakes — +4.4%
69. Haircuts and other personal-care services — +4.4%
70. Motor oil, coolant and fluids — +4.3%
71. Utility piped gas — +4.3%
72. Electricity — +4.2%
73. Men’s pants and shorts — +4.2%
74. Nursing homes/adult day services — +4.2%
75. Breakfast cereal — +4.1%
76. Tax preparation/accounting fees — +4.1%
77. Canned fruit — +4.0%
78. Toys — +4.0%
79. White bread — +4.0%
80. Computers, peripherals and smart-home assistants — +3.9%
81. Garbage/trash collection — +3.9%
82. Citrus fruit — +3.8%
83. Musical instruments and accessories — +3.8%
84. Women’s underwear/nightwear/swimwear/accessories — +3.8%
85. Men’s shirts and sweaters — +3.6%
86. Motor vehicle body work — +3.6%
87. Distilled spirits away from home — +3.6%
88. Internet service — +3.5%
89. Parking fees and tolls — +3.5%
90. Vehicle registration/license fees — +3.5%
91. Tools, hardware and supplies — +3.5%
92. Potatoes — +3.4%
93. Elementary/high-school tuition and fees — +3.4%
94. Day care and preschool — +3.4%
95. Hair/dental/shaving personal-care products — +3.4%
96. Limited-service meals — +3.3%
97. Beer away from home — +3.2%
98. Canned vegetables — +3.2%
99. Household cleaning products — +3.2%
100. Nonfrozen juices and drinks — +3.2%
101. Rent of primary residence — +2.9%
102. Sports equipment — +2.9%
103. Men’s footwear — +2.8%
104. Soups — +2.8%
105. Beer at home — +2.8%
106. Cable/satellite/live-streaming TV — +2.8%
107. Food from vending machines/mobile vendors — +2.6%
108. Fresh sweet rolls, coffeecakes and doughnuts — +2.6%

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

It’s confirmed. The president is insane.

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

Hat tip to the League of Women Voters, who have successfully sued Trump to block his efforts to use US Postal Service to manipulate state voting rules.
https://t.co/rqAUaXzWlH

[The Obama Foundation @ObamaFoundation]

Happy Tan Suit Day from the Obama Presidential Center!

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

This week, Tuskegee University honored several students who received FAA flight certifications with custom leather bomber jackets representing the legacy of the famed Tuskegee Airmen

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

If you were to list the top 1000 real problems in the United States, voter fraud wouldn't be one of them. It's not even in the top 10,000. Donald Trump made this up in order to make it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat.

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

Also fuck your Lake America. This is Twitter and that lake is Ontario.

[MelieDub @MelieDub]

@keekadee2000 Which ones have you watched recently? Did you watch Teach You A Lesson?

[Fox News @FoxNews]

"She decided she loved her children more than she loved Donald Trump. I'm very upset about this."

President Trump jokes about Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt putting family first as he congratulates her on her newborn and praises her work at the White House during a speech in the Rose Garden.

"She's done a fantastic job. She's been a great, great press secretary."

Then, with former Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders sitting nearby, Trump carefully avoids picking a favorite: "They were both great. Okay. Is that all right?"

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: An ICE/Border Patrol agent approached a U.S. citizen at a gas station, in Lake Worth, Florida, demanded his ID, and when the U.S. citizen asked why? …

The agent’s said, “Because you’re an immigrant.”

Except that is not how the Constitution works.

In the video, the U.S. citizen is standing at a gas station when an agent walks up and says, “Let me see your ID.”

The man asks a completely reasonable question, “Why?”

The agent responds, “Because you’re an immigrant.”

And before the man has even been identified, the agents grab his hands and puts him in handcuffs.

People standing around immediately start questioning what is happening…asking the agents how they can arrest someone when they haven’t even identified who he is…

But the agents ignore them and walk the man to their vehicle.

The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures. The Supreme Court has held that roving Border Patrol agents need reasonable suspicion, based on specific circumstances, to stop someone and question them about immigration status. And apparent ethnicity, by itself, is not enough.

So, what was the actual legal basis for demanding this man show his ID?

Because if the answer is literally… “because you’re an immigrant,” that should piss off every American.

You should not have to prove you’re a U.S. citizen before the government decides it has the right to put you in handcuffs.

And this is just another reminder that constitutional rights don’t mean anything if federal agents can violate them, over and over again, with no accountability.