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"We cannot build bananas in America" is an all timer

From @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.

If you’re overstimulated, please report to the Bluesky cooldown tent where we have orange slices and someone who doesn’t understand the concept of jokes waiting for you

This is what Joni Ernst wants.

The stupidest timeline somehow keeps getting stupider.

A Karen I’m in love with 👍🏻👍🏻👏👏 👇👇👇👇

This guy Lutnick is an SNL sketch every time he speaks. Really a buffoon

I just want to say that the DoJ attorneys handling the DOGE cases deserve every bit of how humiliating this is going to be. I hope they suffer.

This is a great development

If you want to watch something that will make you feel smarter instead of sucking brain cells out of your head with today's crazy, The Autocracy and Democracy Series: Dahlia Lithwick on the Courts This matters a lot more than watching Trump & Musk feud open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

We got the job done this budget for the future of Illinois. Like the families who need high-quality childcare and pre-k, workers who want to go back to school, and Main Streets who are being revitalized by our grants. Those are the folks that our budget is for.

Please bring this back to the White House.

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More relevant than ever (unfortunately).

Today, the fourth #mpox emergency committee is taking place.

Sad news from Ontario: "It is with deep sadness that I confirm that an infant, born prematurely and infected with measles, has tragically passed away in southwestern Ontario." -Dr. Kieren Moore, CMOH tinyurl.com/mckw73bu

Sen. Susan Collins is concerned about several provisions in the White House’s $9.4 billion rescission package. “The PEPFAR cuts make no sense to me whatsoever, given the extraordinary record of PEPFAR in saving lives,” Collins tells @frankthorp.bsky.social. “So I have a lot of concerns.”

On June 4, President Trump issued an executive order which seeks to restrict the entry of foreigners who are entering the U.S. to attend classes at Harvard. Read the EO, from Katherine Pompilio. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” — Greek proverb

Harvard isn’t violating a law. They’re just killing, you know, the vibe. (The vibe is state-imposed ideology on higher ed.)

Stephen Miller is privately raging over deportation numbers he deems too low. So he's shifting huge amounts of law enforcement resources away from fighting serious crimes and into his immigration crackdown. If voters knew about this, they'd recoil. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1961...

Massive layoffs at Proctor & Gamble www.wsj.com/business/ret...

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him? KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents

I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost

I have resigned as Executive Director of the Skadden Foundation. This moment in history calls on us to provide more and better support for public interest lawyers. I look forward to finding other ways to contribute to their vital work.

My kid got ear tubes and we don’t have ear infections anymore. Go fuck yourself

The woman who shouted "people will die" at Joni Ernst, India May, is a nurse and a librarian who first got involved in politics by going to a town hall about bills aiming to defund libraries. Now she's running for state house. eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

BREAKING: Judge Boasberg GRANTS class certification for the people held at CECOT and gives the government ONE WEEK to explain how they're going to facilitate due process for EVERYONE sent there under the Alien Enemies Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Should a president have unchecked authority to impose tariffs on foreign nations? On a new Insider podcast, @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss the trade court ruling striking down Trump’s sweeping tariffs: cafe.visitlink.me/0PMkBA

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#MarcoRubio

Well, not quite all of them. But it will be a start.

MAJOR BREAKING Democrat Keishan Scott WINS the special election for South Carolina's 50th State House District, defeating Republican William Oden by over 41 points in a district Kamala Harris won by about 5 in 2024. 🔵 Scott - 70.6% 🔴 Oden - 29.4% 🔵 Harris 51% 🔴 Trump 45.8%

Are you fed up? Have you turned off the news? Join me and @msjournalist.bksy.social for info you can’t look away from delivered in a way to keep you in the fight and prepared to vote and speak persuasively about elected Democrats in Nov 2026. Show link: www.politicon.com/podcasts/why...

“Dr. al-Farra said that most of the victims were children aged between 10 and 13, many with gunshot wounds to the head or chest.” The @nytimes.com edited out this quote from its reporting on the mass killing of people at a food aid distribution site in Gaza—here’s the original: archive.ph/oeRCf

In this moderately tense exchange lies the end of the American Constitution. Here, a chief officer of the executive branch tells a member of the body that has exclusive constitutional authority to allocate the American people's money that the executive branch has no intention to follow those laws.

EXCLUSIVE: A top Democratic strategist has launched new policy research and messaging hub, called Searchlight, with a goal of pushing the party toward the most effective, broadly popular positions.

This morning I wrote that "the sudden falling out between Donald Trump and the Federalist Society is a ruse." To access this and all of Democracy Docket's premium content, subscribe now. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-meblu...