This is a love letter to this country from The Establishment Bar:
My America
Posted by Liberal Librarian
July 02, 2026
Let me tell you about my America.
My America is where my neighbors set off fireworks when Mexico wins a World Cup match. It is also where my neighbors set off fireworks when the US wins.
My America is a Salvadoran cook making Japanese sushi at a restaurant owned by Koreans.
My America is where my white sister-in-law lives with her Black ex-husband in a platonic relationship and takes care of her daughter’s golden doodle.
My America is where my Black grandniece dresses as a different anime character every Halloween.
America is not, and never has been, a land of blood and soil. At least, not when it is true to itself.
My America is an America which recognizes the crimes it has committed in the past and rectifies them.
My America is the America of Langston Hughes, Dolores Huerta, Dorothy Day. And this America is far stronger than the one of Andrew Jackson, Joe McCarthy, and Donald Trump.
My America is the America where its people strive to make perfect an imperfect Union, knowing that it will never be perfect, but in the struggle is where life and hope lay.
Yes, like Malcolm X, we can say that the chickens have come home to roost. And boy, have they. All the poisons in the mud are springing forth, as those who used to be the majority see their numbers decrease. But why are their numbers decreasing? Because this imperfect country accepts people from all over the world. It accepts those fleeing death and destruction and welcomes them. It accepts those seeking to create something new, and honors them.
My America is a nation of refugees, of those fleeing tyranny and oppression, who make a new life in this haven.
My America is the America where its former slaves are now the center of American arts and culture. Without Black America, we would be a much poorer country. We wouldn’t be “America”.
My America is where Jew and Muslim, Christian and Hindu, can and should live side by side, secure in their own beliefs, not bullied or suppressed by anyone else. That America seems to be hidden. But it’s there. And it’s our work to make it the America.
My America is the America where people want to live their lives in peace, to welcome the stranger as their own, and not be roiled in the culture wars. Whether you’re trans has no impact on me. All I care is that you are a good person, and a good citizen.
My America is where citizens finally realize that any power derives from them, not from the wealthy, not from the powerful. Politicians don’t rule us. Oligarchs don’t rule us. We rule them.
And that has been this country’s promise. That ordinary men and women, from all walks of life, are competent enough to govern themselves, and that power does not exist save from the will of those people.
We are in a dark time. I won’t deny that. But is it darker than centuries of chattel slavery and Jim Crow? Is it darker than centuries of Native genocide? Is it darker than conquest and war?
There are many times I want to give up on this experiment. But my sainted parents did not flee a dictatorship for their son to sully their sacrifices. I will not do that.
This is the time for all Americans of decency, of moral clarity, to say “this far and no further”. That this last, best hope will not fall into the darkness like so many empires.
The democracies which America has helped foster since the end of the Second World War are new in human history. In the ten thousand-year sweep of settled human life, mass, participatory democracy is an aberration. And this aberration has brought a level of wealth and stability which humanity has never known before. Too many are complacent, and this is why we face the danger we face now. But the answer is not to throw up our hands and give in to the inevitable replacing of democracy with tyranny, as if we are the Roman Republic just before Augustus. We have agency. We have all the power we need to ensure that government by the people and for the people will not perish. To think otherwise is to abuse the memories of all those who came before us, who strove, bled, and died to hand us this world.
This world is a gift. Our lives are the most precious things we have. And while I may get dejected, I will not surrender to yesterday’s men. They are a dying race. Let them pass.
Found this tweet from Wendell Pierce:
Wendell Pierce
@WendellPierceThis Fourth of July is a Reawakening. We celebrate 250 years of the Declaration of Independence and Freedom made centuries ago. While many have died from the beaches of Normandy to the mud of Mississippi protecting that declaration and the constitution that followed, it has never been a document of enforcement. We have had to fight to make sure it lived up to the hallowed creed it claims, that all men are created equal. For 250 years the people had to fight to make sure government lived up to its written promises and values. We’ve had to be ever vigilant to enforce the laws of our most sacred document, the Constitution. This weekend I choose to celebrate those fighters who loved the idea of this democracy more than this country loved them. Who died not only on foreign wars but by the hands of their neighbors and fellow Americans who didn’t believe in equality for all. As the American democracy is dying we fight to save it and honor those who lead the way over these 250 years. Add the names you honor to this list. These Americans I honor:
James Armistead Lafayette
Stagecoach Mary
Sojourner Truth
Nat Turner
John Brown
Denmark Vesey
Sitting Bull and the Lakota Warriors
Chief Gall
Crazy Horse
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglas
Robert Smalls
P. S PinchbackThose who fought and died to form a more perfect union:
Desolonde and the insurrection of 1811
The Colfax Massacre of Louisiana
The Thibodeauxville Massacre
The Wilmington Revolt
The Tulsa/Greenwood Massacre
Rosewood Massacre
Red Summer of 1919Those who defended us:
The Massachusetts 54th
The Deacons of Defense
The Black Panthers
SNCC
SCLC
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
The National Urban LeagueIn Memorium
Goodman Chaney and Schwerner
Emmitt Till
Caesar Chavez
Meagan Evers
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Fred Hampton
4:58 PM · July 3, 2026
https://x.com/WendellPierce/status/2073088928739954966
Ragnarok Lobster
@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social
Weird how the DSA is actively targeting progressive Democrats like Dan Goldman who were instrumental in the fight against Trump innit
And many of those victorious DSA candidates also share a sympathetic view of Russia. I’m sure its just an unfortunate set of coincidences tho 🤔
https://bsky.app/profile/eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social/post/3mpoluoag4s2u
Rich Raho
@RichRaho
NEW: Pope Leo has written a letter to the US marking its 250th Anniversary; Leo writes: “Defending human life also includes welcoming, protecting, and assisting immigrants.. “
https://x.com/RichRaho/status/2073080627130245235
Rebekah Jones
@GeoRebekah
A white man is shot, killed after attacking a Black woman over a parking spot.
And white media is freaking out, using headlines that say how many kids he has, his service record, etc.
Was the woman who told him to leave her alone a dozen times as he continued to come after her supposed to let him attack her because he has kids and was in the military?
What is your point?
2:20 PM · Jul 3, 2026
https://x.com/GeoRebekah/status/2073049159695831191
Hope 🦬💙❤️
@HopeisaBison
For years Kamala Harris has been loud and intentional about supporting and mentoring younger public servants and about building a pipeline.
But she focused on Black women (and the challenges we face). Given current resentment, I guess that no longer fits the party’s vibe.
https://x.com/HopeisaBison/status/2073152544033984926
The Shallow State
@OurShallowState
The fact that Todd Blanche has refused to comply with the court order to release the Epstein files following Katie Phang’s lawsuit, should be a more significant story.
The fact that the Epstein Estate ACTUALLY PAID a settlement to one of the women who alleged that Donald Trump raped her as a minor, and it was paid AFTER Epstein died, as told under oath by Epstein’s longtime accountant, should be a more significant story.
The fact that Trump said he wasn’t ever on Epstein’s plane and now we found out he was, should be a more significant story.
The fact that senior officials gathered in the Situation Room to concoct and coordinate an Epstein coverup should be the most significant story of all.
And when you combine ALL these stories and add to it his hiring of Alex Acosta, the birthday card, the movement of Maxwell to a more lenient facility, and then – especially – his panicked behavior on all things Epstein, it really should be the end of his presidency.
12:03 AM · Jul 4, 2026
https://x.com/OurShallowState/status/2073196086446239972
uh huh
uh huh
@resistancesean.bsky.social
@ResistanceSean
If they could win without Democrats they would do it. They are not running as Dems to do us a favor. They have no path to power without the Democratic Party. These are not even controversial statements. The numbers and voters don’t lie.
2:41 AM · Jul 4, 2026
https://x.com/ResistanceSean/status/2073235697343869390
The United States versus Elon Reed Musk
@Needle_of_Arya
Because of course they are.
A conversation needs to be had about how white DSAs have always illogically considered the Black center-left to be their archenemy and the principal reason why Bernie never became president, but never their Republican family who voted Trump 3 times.
https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/2073070473743942072
ueenMother👸🏻
@QueenMother1976
“I work the front desk at a small doctor’s office, and I wish people could see what happens on the other side of the phone.
Every day, older patients call us confused.
They are told to use the patient portal, upload documents, check lab results online, fill out forms before the visit, and confirm everything through a link.
Some of them do not know what a portal is.
Some do not have a smartphone.
Some have one, but they are afraid to click the wrong thing.
Last week, a man in his late 80s called about his test results.
He said, “Ma’am, I don’t mean to bother you, but the computer says I have a message and I don’t know how to open it.”
He sounded ashamed.
That broke my heart.
He should not have to feel ashamed for needing a human being.
Technology can be helpful. I understand that.
But when people who built this country are made to feel helpless because everything became a login and a password, we have gone too far.
Not everything needs to be an app.
Not every answer should be hidden behind a screen.
Sometimes people need a voice.
A patient person.
A real human who says, “Don’t worry, I can help you.”
Progress should not leave seniors behind.
Because one day, the world will move faster than us too.
And I hope someone is kind enough to slow down.
~Unknown
3:27 AM · Jul 3, 2026
https://x.com/QueenMother1976/status/2072885019501015166
I remember 2016
They told us repeatedly that
” You can’t scare me into voting for Hillary by commenting about The Supreme Court”
I remember them.
union moderate that support Dems, not socialists.
@reesetheone1
The far left didn’t listen.
Democrats continue to lose ground with moderates and blew a golden chance to have a 5-4 dem SCOTUS.
Now they’ll run on packing the courts which will scare moderate white folks away.
All Rubio and Vance need to do is SOUND REASONABLE in 2028.
https://x.com/reesetheone1/status/2072685986962682321
outrageous
The Tennessee Holler
@TheTNHoller
“Get your hands off her!”
A MASSACHUSETTS crowd yells at a cop who grabs a 14 year-old girl speaking out about data centers
https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/2072755619707179156
“All I do is” Nguyen
@Nguyen_anime3
When I was a kid my parents told me about the racism they faced from the right. They said Vietnamese ate their dogs, we couldn’t assimilate, we might be Viet Cong.. I thought those times were past us, as we’ve proven to exceed expectations in every way. Now it’s Haitians and Somalians they are after. And still Latinos. And still African Americans. Racists never change
1:12 AM · Jul 3, 2026
https://x.com/Nguyen_anime3/status/2072850854663856337
👑 Mr. Weeks 👑
@WonderKing82
More Democrats won elections than DSA.. Democrats are winning all over the country without mentioning Palestine & socialism while praising other Democrats & attacking Republicans. DSA is running against Democrats and ignoring Republicans. Yall are some whining ass motherafuckers.
https://x.com/WonderKing82/status/2072843861030760652
I can relate to this contempt of the MSM
scary lawyerguy
@scarylawyerguy
You got what you wanted 18 months ago when Trump came back to office. You fucking hated Joe Biden with a white hot passion b/c he bored you to death and you were desperate for the dopamine hit Trump gives you every day. Fuck all the way off.
https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/2072685728346116268
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Democracy Docket
@DemocracyDocket
NEW: On the surface, election deniers and far-right activists shifting their rhetoric away from “stolen” elections to “rigged” voting might seem like a minor shift in terminology.
It’s not. Here’s why:
https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/2072983738191880498
Jonathan Lemire
@JonLemire
“The FBI is assigning an army of 260 investigative analysts to a “priority” investigation related to the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., a reflection of President Trump’s ongoing push to prove his baseless claims that the 2020 election there was rigged” nytimes.com/2026/07/02/us/…
https://x.com/JonLemire/status/2072978851831927182
👑 Mr. Weeks 👑
@WonderKing82
We’re behind because DSA handed our White House, Senate, House and Supreme Court to Republicans on purpose. The last 10 years has been disastrous for people in America because DSA stood on ideology over the betterment of this country. We’re in this mess because of you fuckers.
https://x.com/WonderKing82/status/2072700378085199896
A NUN!!!
ABC News
@ABC
Questions about why ICE arrested a nun continue to grow after her release from custody.
The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville said that on Sunday, Sister Leticia Ugboaja was detained by agents as she was walking to attend mass in McAllen, Texas. abcnews.visitlink.me/FkqGWa
https://x.com/ABC/status/2072744434840543548
You noticed that too….
Covie
@covie_93
It’s crazy how the right spent years falsely accusing Joe Biden and his family of profiting off of the presidency and now they have actual evidence trump and his family are doing it and suddenly it’s not a problem.
1:02 PM · Jul 3, 2026
https://x.com/covie_93/status/2073029689833042379
Ron Filipkowski
@RonFilipkowski
I remember when Trump abducted Maduro all the FL politicians like Rick Scott, Salazar and Giminez told their constituents that Trump was going to bring freedom and democracy to Venezuela when we all knew he just wanted to steal their oil.
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2073009142566896038
Travis Akers 🇺🇸
@travisakers
In the past hour, the Trump admin has deleted their web page that recommended setting thermostats between 75-78 during heat waves, and 85 if you are not home, after the GOP learned that Mayor Mamdani was urging New Yorkers to follow White House guidance.
https://x.com/travisakers/status/2072774165271105823
absolutely horrific
CNN International
@cnni
An international police operation spanning seven countries has uncovered highly organized networks of offenders who drug and rape their partners and use online chat groups to aid and encourage their “horrifying” assaults, authorities said. cnn.it/4womVrw
https://x.com/cnni/status/2072938461275857111
Riddle me that….
James Tate
@JamesTate121
If socialist policies are bad, why is the entire recruitment drive for our military about pointing out all the socialist benefits? Free healthcare, free college, free housing, etc.🤔
2:48 PM · Jul 2, 2026
https://x.com/JamesTate121/status/2072693795208954230
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽
@JoshEakle
Chris Cuomo (of all people) just effortlessly unmasked Tucker Carlson as a Russian propagandist.
Cuomo: “I’m a journalist. I’m not allowed into Russia. Why are you allowed in?”
Just watch how Tucker squirms.
https://x.com/JoshEakle/status/2072881662787043424
THEE DMVGMC
@gwenmcdonald1
This is why the DSA will never see success.
1. Clueless as to what’s going on; Biden passed a climate bill.
2. IF they’re aware, refusing to acknowledge that basic fact or give Dems any credit.
3. Having NO SMOKE for the GOP which is presently GUTTING EPA rules and regulations.
https://x.com/gwenmcdonald1/status/2072664716686528735
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𝓝𝓲𝓴𝓴𝓲 𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓼
@NikkiBarnes
Republicans have controlled Florida’s Legislature for 30 years and the Governor’s Mansion for nearly three decades. Now they hold a supermajority.
Insurance is unaffordable. Housing costs are crushing families. Teachers are underpaid. Infrastructure cannot keep up with growth.
At some point, Republicans have to own Florida. They have had 30 years to fix these problems.
Last night’s GOP debate made one thing clear: none of those candidates have the answers.
It is time to turn the tide. Elect David Jolly and Gwen Graham, break the GOP supermajority, and send ineffective lawmakers home.
11:33 AM · Jul 3, 2026
https://x.com/NikkiBarnes/status/2073007092483363173
endangering our national security
Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Follow
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Dozens of intel officials have started receiving notice of their terminations under Trump’s unqualified acting DNI, Bill Pulte.
The individuals are officials “who they believe are deep state” and whom leadership claims have not provided complete pictures of available intel.
10:06 AM · Jul 3, 2026
https://bsky.app/profile/kylegriffin1.bsky.social/post/3mpqt3vqgbk2r
Lips so pursed
Chris Geidner
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
DEVELOPING: It does appear that DOJ and DOI might be working overtime to be able to take action against the slavery materials at the President’s House in Philadelphia before July 4.
Information follows …
12:43 PM · Jul 3, 2026
https://bsky.app/profile/chrisgeidner.bsky.social/post/3mpr3v6amtc2a
Give A Shit About Nature
@giveashitnature
A rural Arkansas school district was hemorrhaging $250,000 a year and couldn’t keep teachers. So residents voted to take out a $5.4 million bond, upgrade every building in the district, and install 1,400 solar panels.
Three years later, the deficit flipped to a $1.8 million surplus.
The project wasn’t just solar. Energy efficiency upgrades across all six schools, new lighting, HVAC systems, windows, and thermostats cut energy consumption by 1.6 million kilowatts annually.
The panels, some installed as a canopy at the school entrance and some on unused district land, generated enough excess electricity that the district started selling it back to the grid. Monthly utility bills dropped from $17,000 to $4,000.
The school board voted to put the savings into paychecks. Teachers saw raises averaging $2,000 to $3,000 a year, with some receiving up to $15,000 depending on tenure.
Batesville went from one of the lowest-paying districts in Arkansas to one of the highest-paying in its county. Resignations slowed and applications went up.
Taxpayers funded the upfront cost through the bond. The savings paid it back and then some. “Batesville has reduced the checks they write to utilities,” said the energy company that managed the project, “and increased the checks they write to teachers.”
At least 20 nearby districts have since copied the model. Nine thousand schools across the US now run on solar. Batesville was the first to route the savings directly into teacher salaries.
https://x.com/giveashitnature/status/2073074290711523479
THEE ENTIRE PHUCK!!
MM
@adgirlMM
Apparently a plan was proposed in March by a Trump bootlicker appointee to replace the 200-year-old columns on the White House with more “ornate” columns that match his style.
Scaffolding has gone up. The White House says it’s “routine maintenance.”
Congress is silent.
https://x.com/adgirlMM/status/2073062823614406914
lips so pursed.
Mike Levin
@MikeLevin
Trump just approved $846 million in disaster aid for nine states, and all nine voted for him in 2024.
Americans in blue states pay the same federal taxes and suffer the same floods, fires, and storms as Americans in red states.
No president in history has treated FEMA as a reward for voting the right way. Every American deserves help when disaster strikes, no matter who their governor is or how their state voted.
This is disgraceful and we will not let it stand.
abcnews.com/Politics/trump…
https://x.com/MikeLevin/status/2073097784069128622
truth
👑 Mr. Weeks 👑
@WonderKing82
There’s nothing progressive about these people. No one who’s a progressive would allow Donald Trump to be president twice…… progressives will never say identity politics is a distraction….. progressives would never say the Supreme Court doesn’t matter… fuck y’all ..
https://x.com/WonderKing82/status/2073155091566154176
truth
Fly Sistah 🪷
@Fly_Sistah
Agreed @DrewMcCaskill
That 6 month job search number was never for Black people. I personally know Black women who have been looking for full-time work for over 2 years. LinkedIn did work out for 1 via recruiters. I started preparing for this in 2016. Emergency fund is 4 years.
https://x.com/Fly_Sistah/status/2073077453916971121
No shock
Angry Staffer
@Angry_Staffer
Did you know the department of energy deleted almost 6000 web pages on energy saving, all because they matched the advice Mamdani was giving in NYC?
It’s the world’s dumbest cult.
8:27 PM · Jul 3, 2026
https://x.com/Angry_Staffer/status/2073141713502146814
YESS…..
Chicago Sun-Times
@Suntimes
“A rising generation of leaders understands that the struggle for Black America and other marginalized groups is, ultimately, a struggle for the future of American democracy itself,” writes Marc H. Morial.
https://x.com/Suntimes/status/2073155234646413561
call them out and tell that truth
THIS is who they are.
👑 Mr. Weeks 👑
@WonderKing82
You’re a whole selfish motherafucker… willing to allow Americans to suffer and be oppressed because you have this lily white agenda snd ideology that will never be achieved. Americans deserve better than you ignorantly deadly people. Picking oppression over helping people.
https://x.com/WonderKing82/status/2072795150741365193
🦂THEE Auntie with no kids♏️
@prmade313raised
Black people can’t even bless and support one another in peace without racist white men making it an issue.
Being Black in America can be exhausting, but our resilience has always been our strength. We’ve overcome too much to let hate define us, and we’ll keep showing up for each other anyway. ✊🏾 x.com/GRNasake/statu…
https://x.com/prmade313raised/status/2073058320882020412
!Nspirenaire〽️
@Inspirenaire
Diahann Carroll was an Emmy winner, a Tony winner, and the first Black woman nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award for a non-singing role for the 1974 film “Claudine.” In a Canadian television interview, she gave a masterclass in dismantling an assumption without ever raising her voice. The Reframe: Asked about race, she refused the usual framing entirely: “Being Black is not a problem for a Black person. Being Black is a problem for the community that doesn’t understand that you are a human being. It was not a problem for me. I had to deal with other people who had
problems with it.” She named it plainly: the burden was never hers to carry.
It belonged to the people who couldn’t see her.
The Assumption: Then the interviewer reached for the script. He told her she grew up “in the ghetto.” That things “must have been pretty tough.” He assumed the way people still assume… that a Black childhood meant struggle, scarcity, survival. The Correction: She wouldn’t let it stand. · A mother and father who adored her · A home they owned · A new Chrysler every year · Several family residences in the area · Weekend outings to Radio City Music Hall “Not all of the ghetto is as we see it on television.” The Lesson: She was honest that racism cost her… she said plainly she’d have had a different career, made more films, if she weren’t Black. She never pretended the barriers didn’t exist. But she refused to let anyone flatten her life into a single story of hardship. Dignity wasn’t something she asked for. It was something she already had. #diahanncarroll #blackexcellence
https://x.com/Inspirenaire/status/2073059441121907004
Good morning! This is beautiful and on time. Thank you for introducing me to this publication and this writer. Happy Fourth to you and your family, rikyrah!
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊