Calmer Than You Are

Sometimes there's a man

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Lamentation (flipped, detail), by Gerard David, 1515-23, 📸 by Roberto Schmidt

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Houston Mayor John Whitmire: For the Salgado family, life will never be the same. At no fault of theirs, Mr. Salgado was chased by a unmarked vehicles. Before he could identify himself and speak as a Houstonian, he was shot and killed. We will use all of our resources to pursue an independent and transparent investigation.

[Babe Laufenberg @BabeLaufenberg]

July 9, 2019. Luke was doing well (we thought) after a t-cell transfusion after his cancer returned. He was working hard to get to @UTEPFB training camp. 3 days later, we walked into an exam room where doctor told him he had 8–12 weeks to live. At 21 years old. Strangely, I am happy that I was the last one to throw him passes. We were a team.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump: "Intel came in. They had a problem. I said, 'I can solve your problem, but I want 10% of the company' ... somebody said that's not very American. I said, 'No, I think it's very American, actually.' And I've done that with other deals."

[Matt Angle @LSPmatt]

Texans, reminder that our state has been under 1-party Republican control for 30 years. Property tax collections have gone UP every year @GregAbbott_TX has been governor.

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

"Not only did your community get invaded by a bunch of murderous criminal illegals but they... made your home and community more valuable." 💀Great analysis.

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

BREAKING: Donald Trump has just called Gianni Infantino and asked FIFA to “just find 4 more goals.”

[Alex Svanevik 🐧 @ASvanevik]

Now that the US is knocked out, I am formally extending an invitation to the American people to support Norway.

Why?

1: The Vikings discovered America before Columbus.

2: There are more ethnic Norwegians in the US than in Norway.

3: Next weekend we can pillage the English peasants together.

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[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

And if it wasn’t for America the insignia on the pub would be written in German.

[vids that go hard @vidsthatgohard]

Coldest celebration in history 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“How thoughtful of God to arrange matters so that, wherever you happen to be born, the local religion always turns out to be the true one.”

— Richard Dawkins

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Happy Fourth of July from Willie and me!

[Hans senfuma @senfumahans]

Its funny how everyone's idea of heaven is a complete untouched paradise, crystal clear waters, lush green forests, enough food for everyone, classless, moneyless, stateless, a Utopia of peace, unity andhappiness. But here on earth it's considered a leftist ideology.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Over 400 white nationalists are marching in DC for America’s 250th, with some flying a flag of an American enemy, and touting this moment under Trump as a “total Aryan victory.”

And people still want to pretend that immigrants are a threat to our country.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Fucking legends if you ask me.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

MAGA is a paper tiger and it's soaking in the piss of Donald J. Trump's adult diaper.
The algorithm pushes MAGA accounts like they're the majority, they're not. They're not even 33% of the population, Elon wants you to think they're 75%.
Liars fear the truth.

[Damin Toell @damintoell]

They probably should’ve just written an amendment that granted citizenship to freed slave and their children, then. Legislation would’ve been easier and more appropriate given the time-limited nature of the relief. But somehow they did a big whoopsie doodle and passed an amendment that said nothing of the sort.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

One is so struck by the meanness and ugliness of nativism that one sometimes forgets its sheer stupidity.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Ronald Reagan: “You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman…But Anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American…This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America's greatness.”🇺🇸

[dan d @DanJDeBrak]

I'm always for being open about mental health, but important context is that Kean, as a state rep, voted against the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act, which established 40 hours of sick leave for employees a year.

Kean just took *4 months* of paid sick leave.