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The Tennessee Holler

“How small they are. How weak. How unoriginal… division is the oldest trick in politics.” Zohran rings in America’s birthday by reminding us our story is one of welcoming immigrants, not excluding everyone who doesn’t look like us. 🇺🇸 Full:

Katie Phang

Todd Blanche claims the DOJ won’t produce additional docs or unredact them b/c the original redactions & withholdings were appropriate & he wants to protect the privacy of victims…despite already repeatedly violating that privacy. My reply to his asinine arguments:

Don Moynihan

Don't want to speak ill of the dead, so getting this Mitch McConnell take out now. He saw Trump with complete clarity, as a danger to America, but protected him anyway. Perhaps more than anyone, he had the power to end Trumpism, but chose party over country.

Katie Phang

“The lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that the officers involved in the incident broke department policy governing the use of force against animals.”

Through the Static

ICE has made 10,000 arrests in a five-day period— doubling its arrest numbers— and much of it hasn’t been reaching headlines. The U.S. has been wrapped up in festivities with several cities hosting the FIFA World Cup, including Seattle, and with Pride events and parades. Read more below & subscribe

Janna Sophia 🏔️

Please help me finish my thesis so I can finally be free of academia 🫶✨ aidetectionsurvey.carrd.co

Mark Harris

45 years ago today. Buried on page 20 on a holiday Friday just like this one, news that changed the world.

David Ho

This heat wave brought to you by ExxonMobil and Chevron.

Brent Toderian

“Heat and humidity as severe, prolonged and far-reaching as this week’s would have been “virtually impossible” in the Northeast and eastern Canada before humans began warming the planet, a team of scientists said on Friday.” #ClimateCrisis This should be well understood by now.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”

“The climate the country has today is fundamentally different to the one it had when the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence.”

The Tennessee Holler

CLARKSVILLE — UPDATE: Darrius Chappell, the unarmed man seen below being attacked by a police dog, has DIED in custody at a Montgomery County jail. TBI is investigating. The officer who put the dog on him has been placed on leave. More:

Scott Dworkin

Tomorrow, millions will watch fireworks with no idea their government's 250th birthday got sold off inside a beloved charity. We read the 927 pages. We traced the shell company. We've got the whole story—days before the fireworks. Share it before the pageantry buries it: