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Donald Trump’s campaign manager IS IN JAIL.

5 members of his campaign have PLEAD GUILTY to charges brought by the Mueller probe.

And the media is acting like it’s perfectly normal that this obviously guilty man is going to NAME HIS OWN JUDGE.

WAKE THE FUCK UP.

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) July 10, 2018

Since we're evaluating Supreme Court Justices based on their personal habits now, can we replace "Kavanaugh the carpool dad is a great guy" with "Kavanaugh is a dangerous fool to rack up $200,000 of debt in fucking baseball tickets…and that's only if we take him at his word"?

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) July 12, 2018

Ok, West Virginia pals: you're up.

Manchin gave this interview this AM: "…he will defer to his constituents when casting his vote [re: Kavanaugh]".

You know what to do. INUNDATE HIS OFFICE WITH CALLS. 📞📞📞https://t.co/fkH7HPdW1E

— Celeste P. (@Celeste_pewter) July 12, 2018

Millions of dollars in ads are coming in to support the evil supreme court nomination, and we don’t know who is paying for them, and we won’t.

Trump & Kennedy were negotiating over whether:

(a) Kennedy would retire and
(b) if Kennedy would get his preferred successor (Kavanaugh) while
(c) Kennedy was deciding whether to hold Trump's professed motives for the #MuslimBan against him.

That is NOT ETHICAL BEHAVIOR! https://t.co/xKI9gHwMkl

— Jeff Hauser (@jeffhauser) July 10, 2018

North Carolina early voting debuts a diabolical new republican ploy to suppress black turnout

The House Administration Committee's Democratic minority released a report today on the states with the most serious election security vulnerabilities: https://t.co/cyUyWuG6sz Unclear why the committee's Republican majority didn't participate. pic.twitter.com/nbkHtlhbxd

— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) July 12, 2018

Vote. Vote in numbers that make suppression and gerrymandering not matter. Vote because progressive turnout is generally low during midterms. Vote because it matters to you, and because it matters to those who have less than you.

— Hank Green (@hankgreen) July 10, 2018

Russia spent years building up Twitter accounts that posed as sources for Americans' hometown headlines.

The accounts posted real local news, building trust and readership for some future, unforeseen effort.https://t.co/BfWjvWMEr1

— NPR (@NPR) July 12, 2018

WATCH Hillary at Oct 19, 2016 debate warning Trump will try to break up NATO because it's on "Putin's wish list." She also predicts Putin was hacking 2016 election to help Trump win which was just confirmed by GOP led Senate Intel Committee. Like today Trump denies Russia did it: pic.twitter.com/fjeOlYi9EH

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) July 12, 2018

Letters from moms whose children were taken away

1 year old —in immigration court. He drank milk from a bottle, played with a small purple ball, and occasionally asked for water before being called before the judge. https://t.co/A7ObQXcZ99 https://t.co/GIKDwPYm6v

— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 8, 2018

Pregnant women miscarried in ICE detention and did not get care they needed

Migrants describe hunger and solitary confinement at for-profit detention center

Immigration policy change threatens non-citizens with deportation if they lose status — like, even if they’re on a student visa, if you ask to change your status and they say no, then they can rescind your student visa(!)

Over 2,000 kids were ripped away from their parents by the @realDonaldTrump Administration and still have not been reunited. Is #GOP doing a hearing on that horrific issue? No.

But #GOP is holding another hearing on the investigation into Hillary's emails.#ThursdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/Z1M1e9LsVW

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 12, 2018

Detaining immigrant children has become a growing business for private contractors, who stand to earn $1 billion this year – a tenfold increase from 2007 – an AP analysis has found. https://t.co/yicU9jYo0p

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 12, 2018

Only 57 kids have been reunited so far.

You see the vacant stares on the faces of the few kids being reunited & read about the unwashed infant returned to its Mom with lice & know there is real urgency here. It’s not that the gov’t can’t do it on the court’s schedule, it’s that it won’t commit the resources it takes. https://t.co/Wz7CsRRfO5

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) July 6, 2018

Investigative reporters find some of the girls.  Really amazing reporting.

Private prison company moves annual conference to Trump-owned golf resort

The thing about Stephen Miller getting cursed out by a bartender and then throwing away his 80$ sushi is that there are still children separated from their parents, and Republicans are coming for your healthcare and social security.

— Denizcan Grimes (@MrFilmkritik) July 9, 2018

Judd Legum lays out Friday’s indictment in a few tweets

This graph.

So, basically, GOP senators went to Moscow on the Fourth of July to see if US companies could make a few bucks off of the president’s coming capitulation to Putin. The Republican Party has now completed the trashing of America’s bipartisan victory in the Cold War. https://t.co/ehbcmW1dNw

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 6, 2018

Completely neutral race blind college admissions questions

Most racist moments in Disney movies and cartoons

Fired (Areanet) guild wars 2 writer was given no warning.

Game Workers Unite releases statement about areanet firings

Women developers are now being attacked en masse because of AreaNet’s decision.

Don’t sleep with your students!

This week in Not the Onion

Here’s Trump attacking George HW Bush’s call for volunteering... I just… why are we living in a super villain comic book without super heroes to save us?  (We must save ourselves.)

Yes, the number of food recalls has been much higher this year than in recent years.  Vegetable trays.  I don’t have a link, but also throw out your honey smacks cereal.

Money only buys happiness for a certain amount ($95K/person)

Ways to feel rich

She is interesting

#scientistorserialkiller

Ily = I love you
Imy = I miss you
Brb = Be right back
pV = nRT
F = ma
KE = (1/2)mv^2
p1v1 = p2v2
E = mc^2

— hakaishin rulitos. (@w_svmid) July 5, 2018

Cold noodles in chilled broth

This is cute (though not 79 pounds plus work cute)

Texts from mittens

New orangutan

Gorilla first steps