Context

Canadian Political Cartoonist Michael de Adder Let Go for Submitting A Too On-The-Nose Cartoon.

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Damn, I miss Sketch

Nature's music

Grim New Report Shows Rent Is Unaffordable In Every State

Greenland is melting

Sled dogs wonder where the snow is.

Donald Trump and the Art of the Lie By Andrew Sullivan

Nails it.

“I like the truth. I’m actually a very honest guy,” President Trump told a slightly incredulous George Stephanopoulos this week. Like almost everything Trump says, it was, of course, a lie. But it was a particularly Trumpish kind of lie. It was so staggeringly, self-evidently untrue, and so confidently, breezily said, it was less a statement of nonfact than an expression of pure power.

For Trump, lying is central to his disturbed psyche, and to his success. The brazenness of it unbalances and stupefies sane and adjusted people, thereby constantly giving him an edge and a little breathing space while we try to absorb it, during which he proceeds to the next lie. And on it goes. It’s like swimming in choppy water. Just when you get to the surface to breathe, another wave crashes into you.

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World Cup

I'm a junkie and enjoying every game. Like U.S., Australia, Germany, Brazil.

A loss would be good for the U.S. A little humility.

Oh my!

Full-time: USA 13-0 Thailand

And there it is. The United States have kicked off their World Cup title defense with a resounding statement, getting a record-setting 13 goals from seven different scorers, also a record. Cold Cutthroat. Clinical.

Morgan (12’, 53’, 74’, 81’, 86’)
Lavelle (20’, 56’)
Horan (32’)
Mewis (50’, 54’)
Rapinoe (79’)
Pugh (84’)
Lloyd (92’)

Progress

Headline in The Guardian:

Four in 10 Americans prefer socialism to capitalism, poll finds

• Axios poll reveals 55% of women aged 18-54 prefer socialism
• Majority of men would rather live in a capitalist country

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All the more reason to elect LOTS of progressive women.

Go Bruins!

Headline of the day

New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ Starting in 2050

The climate change analysis was written by a former fossil fuel executive and backed by the former chief of Australia's military.

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Headline of the day

Obama receives 'MVP' chant and standing ovation in

 Toronto, Trump gets protests in UK

"Nobody gives a shit"

I watched a documentary about the explosion of flight TWA 80, arguing that evidence points to a missile, not the official gas tank explosion explanation. They convinced me. But what stuck was the comment of a family member who lost someone on the flight, significant years later: "Nobody gives a shit."

Which can be said about many issues today.