dining room demon

I’ve been choosing myself lately

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

Deeply disturbing story. Survivors of US boat strikes allege they were kidnapped and tortured for days by the US military. The prosecutor investigating the claims was just assassinated.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Just a reminder: This Oklahoma Plumber (pictured here hiding from Jan 6 terrorists) is the Secretary of Homeland Security.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The next step in Trump's plan to end American democracy.

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

All the docs released by the President clearly say:

-China accessed public data and didn’t interfere

-Russia interfered, spread lies about Biden, Burisma, and “rigged” elections to benefit Trump

They just expect MAGA to be too dumb to read.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Trump just confirmed ‘Russiagate’ was real, lol

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

This is election interference.

[☀️ WAKE & FAKE 🎨 @Stucasso]

this scandal alone is 10x worse than watergate was. ain’t even on the radar.

[Louisiana Police @LouisianaPolice]

Please send us feet pics

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

This is what the Republican Party did to you.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

This is a big deal.

A research scientist at Google DeepMind has broken cover & is calling out Google’s leadership on a deal it’s signed with the US govt that could see its AI used for military & surveillance purposes.

Kudos. So rare to see this. 👊

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

a diarrhea plague and a killer heat wave while we’re doing a Middle East war, the emperor’s army is killing people in the streets, and everyone outside the palace is facing an affordability famine — we’re in the middle of one of those apocalyptic Biblical prophecies

[Michal Tal, PhD @ImmunoFever]

Last year some regrettable cost cutting decisions were made about foodborne pathogen testing, ending 28 years of screening for cyclosporiasis and quickly catching and quenching several outbreaks. Now we still have no idea what the source of this outbreak is. This is the price!!!

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

Elections have consequences

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

OH MY LINDSEY GRAHAM

[Tim @trouble_man90]

I’m going on the record, this photo is AI generated. The words on the newspaper should be at least somewhat recognizable but when you zoom in even just a little bit the letters and words are completely destroyed and distorted by the AI

[anyone_want_chips @anyonewantchips]

I’ll never forgive glitch Mitch McConnell for stealing Obama’s SCOTUS pick, claiming 8 months before the election was too close - then stealing Biden’s SCOTUS pick, claiming 8 days before the election wasn’t. He’s responsible for this shitshow.

[NASA @NASA]

Happy 250th birthday, America! We got you a present. 🇺🇸

The red, white, and blue stars of this globular cluster shine like a sparkler waved on a dark night in this image from @NASAHubble, released in celebration of the United States' 250th anniversary.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of Americans signed their names to a piece of parchment and made a promise no nation had ever made before: that we're all created equal, endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights — life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

We're the only nation in history built not on ethnicity, or blood, or geography but on an idea. That's always been what makes us exceptional. We chose that path 250 years ago but that’s where the work began, not where it ended. Every generation has had to choose it again. At Valley Forge, at Gettysburg, on the beaches of Normandy, in the streets of Selma. Americans recommitted themselves to the principles on which our nation was founded.

Now it's our turn.

There's nothing guaranteed about our democracy. We have to fight for it, defend it, and earn it. Over and over, year after year. That's not a burden. That's what it means to be an American.

250 years in, we still haven't fully lived up to those words in the Declaration. But we've never walked away from them, and this July 4, I hope all of us can commit to one thing: that we never will. I don't believe we're as divided as we're told we are. I've bet my whole life on the American people, and I'm not stopping now.

Happy 250th birthday, America. Our story isn't finished. Let's keep writing it together.