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RFK Jr cut half a billion dollars in research funding for mRNA vaccines. He & Marty Makary claim mRNA vaccines are “risky” so they’ll shift to “traditional, older” vaccine tech that’s “safer.” Guess what? We used to immunize people by blowing powdered smallpox scabs up their noses. 1/
Oh my gosh!! I totally forgot that one! How funny lol! I loved the brady bunch. I had the biggest crush on Peter when he (and I) got a little older! Greg never did it for me, and Bobby was too young
Awww! Happy birthday girls! I’ve gotta ask, how did George Glass get his name??
Lol! Yep I know! Not to validate complaints from idiots, but I do like the addition of real pumpkin to the drink. But now I’m done for the year. Too many calories and I would want one all the time. So I stick with my iced quad espresso with a splash of NF milk for my daily
They are good, though! I limit myself to one hot and one iced once a year to compare to previous year’s. I like this year’s version. Might need to rename them pumpkin & spice lattes ;)
Here you have it, an ALL NEW @talkingfeds.bsky.social w/ @jasonkander.bsky.social , @normornstein.bsky.social & @tarasetmayer.bsky.social. Bolton raid, a militarized DC, & the gerrymandering arms race. We ask: can Trump sustain his mounting lawlessness—and can the country endure it? bit.ly/BoltonTF
I bet my retirement savings that they didn’t listen to a thing you had to say in response
There’s nothing quite like stepping out and doing something fun after one’s gotten their hair done! It’s too bad the couple’s (imo rude) request had to somewhat damper the experience. I hope you did indeed enjoy your time out!!
Yellow, red, and purple are true! Don’t know abt the green area but I suspect it’s also true.
👀 That's a hell of a Freudian slip given that he's supposed to be meeting Putin IN ALASKA...
The weirdest thing about Trump deploying the National Guard to the Nation's Capital is that he still hasn't released the Epstein files despite campaigning on that pledge, probably because he's directly complicit in a massive sex trafficking operation that targeted children.
Today is International Cat Day
What cuties!! Happy Friday!
I don’t get people piling on Kamala Harris for taking a break from politics when GWB and a whole lot of other influential republicans sat out the 2024 election season and let a murderous psychopath win. But go ahead, keep piling on Kamala while giving the GWB’s of this country a pass. We see that.
It’s a fucking joke & stain on the network forever that CNN spent a month of programming in the middle of all this autocratic insanity selling books about Biden. When the history of this era is written, that will deserve a chapter. Write what you want, but don’t hijack a network.
Ears to the weekend!
Trump was impeached, twice. Considering posting this every day until the Smithsonian corrects its exhibit. Feel free to join me.
Yep, absolutely agree w you on this !
Big news in today's #jobs report are the revisions. The labor market is much weaker than originally reported the last two months. While payrolls grew 73k in July, May and June data were revised down a total of 258k to 19k and 14k, respectively, bringing 3-month average growth down to 35k. #EconSky
Awesome!!! I’m so happy for you and Missy! She’s one tough cookie and you are a great cat mom
LIVE NOW: Join us for a conversation about how federal law impedes reporting on U.S.'s prisons, featuring Jeremy Busby, an incarcerated writer calling in from Texas, @aclu.org's Corene Kendrick and Nina Patel, and @seth-stern.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiGx...
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Love this lol! What a talent he was
6. Binder clips
Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, Kirsti Noem, Joseph Mazzara, Emil Bove, Drew Sargent, and everyone else involved in planning, executing, and obstructing justice around the CECOT imprisonments are responsible for Andry's torture and rape. Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it.
MAHA: "Marketing Anti-science Harms America." Contrary to RFK Jr.'s lies, vaccines don't cause autism. www.autismpolicyblog.com/2025/07/rfk-...
if the fed renovations are too expensive, why don't we lower the cost by reducing the 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum?
I know everyone’s already seen this so please forgive the repost. BUT, Jerome made my day! I’m actually kinda surprised by Trump’s restraint. I expected him to start hurling insults and accusations after Powell’s bold push back. God bless Jerome Powell
I try to avoid the topic in online forums. But I find it impossible to reconcile the judiasm that I was raised on with the acts of leaders in the current Israel government. How one could be so calluous to human suffering is beyond my understanding of our faith www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
Great to catch you on MSNBC tonight! You are doing some great work in TX.
Heyyyyyy @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social is an amazing farm sanctuary I work with here in Vermont. They are almost to 30,000 followers - can you help them get there?!
I agree! Whichever side of the debate, an important aspect is consistency: either use it through out a document or don’t (with few exceptions for understanding or context). I prefer them because they make it easier to read and understand, without having to re-read
The growing old part of pet ownership is so harrowing. It never gets easier. We just have to take solace in giving them as much ease and comfort as we can at the end. They know we love them so much.
Andry Hernández Romero, the innocent make-up artist imprisoned without trial for 4 months in El Salvador by the Trump admin, is FREE. He was wrongfully accused of being a gang member because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, and illegally sent to El Salvador without due process.
Wow! That looks delicious! Just checked… my fancy grocery store carries the brand. I’ll have to try it. I do love a good coffee ice cream 😊
New bombshell from my investigators on Epstein's sex trafficking operation: the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.
Fun list! I hate to admit that I mispronounce a lot of them. Now I know and will have to work on them. I don’t think I will ever be able to correctly pronounce February lol! I can’t seem to string together the correct sounds without getting tongue twisted
Christians
Seems totally reasonable that just to vote they want you to have 6 forms of ID and a notarized statement from the doctor who delivered you, but law enforcement gets to use “Trust me, bro” when asked for ID when kidnapping people off the streets.
But it was an accident!
On Trump cologne for men: 1. who would want to smell anything like the felon; 2. i would want the liquid tested and retested for toxins; 3. can you imagine the kind of people Trump cologne would attract?? no thank you. my public service announcement for this Sunday.
There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US. Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them? Or just the brown people?
Today is historically the dirtiest beach day of the year. After the fireworks and celebrations fade and the crowds go home, our beaches are left covered in trash. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #CoastalCleanup #July5 #DirtiestBeachDay
The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.
This book is riveting and so, so infuriating. It follows 5 families in Atlanta who are struggling to remain housed and paints deeply compassionate portraits of each unit. It reads almost like a novel but is outstanding journalism
From March 5 …
"There are Americans that are not going to be advantaged by this bill" is one of the most heinous examples of doublespeak I've heard in a long time. Fuck you, senator.
Uh oh!!! Binx’s tail is floofy! I appreciate his boldness. In 6 months it is possible Scarycat will be the scared one lol! Very cute and a much welcomed distraction from the reality we are living through
I’m not kidding you when I say my work exposed Border Patrol’s rape culture, illegal coverup teams, the atrocities of deterrence policies, corruption,…Find out why BP Chief Rodney Scott has stated my writings/work have caused the Border Patrol a lot of problems. Available everywhere online.
Take your masks off ICE, show us how proud you are adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
The Trump admin in a nutshell; in order to justify their own mistake, they’re going to release a violent felon with five deportations so he can testify against the guy with no criminal record they mistakenly deported. In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
The Trump admin has freed Jose Hernandez Reyes because he can testify against Abrego Garcia. Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for: —DUI w/ a handgun; —cocaine possession; —illegally transporting migrants; and —drunkenly firing a gun. Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
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🚨 🚨 If Project 2025 had had a chapter outlining the role the federal judiciary could play in putting all its dark promises into place—and allowing authoritarianism to advance quickly and broadly—here are what the key elements would be: 1/
IMO Jacob Soboroff is one of the best on-the-ground investigative reporters today. For all the criticism our media deserves, he and the others like him, have been doing important, thorough work to help keep us informed. I’m glad he gets to do something fun like this! Seth is awesome too!
My comments with @reportergoodman.bsky.social @cnn.com
So the people that Republicans deem worthy enough to keep their health insurance at all are now also going to be told by the government where they can and can’t go to get birth control and pap smears and cancer screenings? Got it. Gross.
One kind of sad thing about all the hate rn is that Zohran Mamdani is actually living the classic American dream story. It's what they've told us the United States is all about all our lives. They're the ones who're changing the rules to serve themselves, and we don't have to go along with it.
I spent most of today seeking to meet with one of the many victims of ICE raids currently jailed in Downtown LA. While @chrclla.bsky.social focuses its efforts on impact litigation, my team boosts efforts on the ground whenever possible. What I saw speaks to the crisis in LA & beyond.
Marco Rubio needs to be asked whether he believes his grandfather who remained in the U.S. after receiving a deportation order from our govt should have been treated the way the father of 3 Marines was treated by ICE this weekend in California. ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.
Perfect!!! Love it!
“He always paid his taxes on time..” & asked his son to finish the landscaping job he was doing when he got detained… Omg I can’t even process this cruelty. I hope ICE is sued up the wazoo - if it even was ICE.
Omg! Those are adorable!! Binx needs one too!
I get annoyed at the narrative that all the awareness and work on climate change hasn't done anything. Yes, global CO₂ emissions indeed continue to climb, but we don't know the counterfactual. When I was in grad school, we were on track for 5°C of warming. Now it's below 3°C. That's progress.
BTW it looks like Dougie has joined the bluesky. @douglasemhoff.bsky.social give him a follow and welcome him to the sky.
Yep he is. Enjoy the pool while you can.
You too can buy the hat President Trump wore in the Situation Room when bombing Iran for just $55 at Trump Store dot com. www.trumpstore.com/product/45-4...
By 3,000 BC everywhere in England that trees could grow was covered, sometimes called the ‘wildwood’ As Nature intended The introduction of agriculture about 3,000 BC started the steady reduction until 1900 AD it was 5% Currently the figure has increased to 10% 1 of 3
Got an email from a buddy this morning that brought me up short, asking if it was time for people to start hiding immigrants who risk deportation. My initial reaction was, No. We're not in Anne Frank territory. But the more I thought about it, I had questions . . .
It's the unaccountability
Awwwww! Good Binx! Midge hang in there. The storms will pass.
Heavy day, folks. Well, heavier than usual. But then we stumbled on OWLS in TOWELS!!! 🦉And it brought us joy owlsintowels.org Which one is your favorite? Personally, we're vibing with owlsintowels.org/great-horned... With that, we bid you good night 💚
It’s almost like this is the EXACT reason the founders added the 2nd amendment. But it’s so weird how the NRA isn’t encouraging its members to “refresh the tree of liberty” now….
Wow. Me too.
Happy Father’s Day! To the dads who work hard all day and still come home with a smile – we appreciate all you do!
ok maybe the American flag scolds had a point, this photo goes hard
I’m far from home today but so heartened to see the massive #NoKings protests all across the country. There’s so much *bad* right now that this affirmation that people get the danger looming and are standing up to say NO gives me a glimmer of hope amidst the horrors of the past months & years.
There are over 1800 planed protests on Saturday. Il be at one in Palatine, Il. Near a 35’ chicken!
I got on so much TV after the lawsuit was filed, just basking in the attention. These officers’ day is coming. ☺️ If you’ve been hearing about me and want to show your support, give a follow and pass it on!
bedtime
“If you care about our Constitution, about due process, about civil rights, watching a U.S. senator forced onto his knees for asking questions should be a terrifying wake up call.”
Just want to raise the point that Secretary Noem certainly knows that Alex Padilla is a U.S. senator. She could have easily instructed security to knock it off. (Also did the Secret Service not know he was a Senator, either??)
So we’ve progressed from “throwing out rapists and murderers” to “we’re liberating LA from their duly elected government” real damn fast
Wish that was my schedule!!
Counterpoint: Robert E. Lee was a treasonous loser who gladly slaughtered his fellow Americans in defense of slavery while being a mildly above average military tactician. He should’ve been hanged in Lexington.
What the immigrant community needs to do is refuse to work. Go on a national strike. Let America experience life without immigrant labor.
I’ve spent years covering both immigration and Los Angeles and sending National Guard troops to LA feels like “a thinly-veiled message to Democratic-run places that retribution awaits those who would stand between immigrants and the administration’s deportation machine” economist.com/united-state...
If you really want to drive the point home about how fucked up ICE is then people should start forcing Star Wars themes on ICE. Protesters should start playing the imperial march whenever ICE shows up and should also start dressing like the rebel alliance.
So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!" And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
Today, we honor the brave service members who stormed Normandy on June 6, 1944—fighting tyranny so democracy could endure. Their sacrifice inspires us to stand against hate and build inclusive communities as we carry their legacy forward. #DDay #Honor #Normandy
Today is International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. "The purpose of the day is to acknowledge the pain suffered by children throughout the world who are the victims of physical, mental and emotional abuse." This day originally focused on victims of 1982 Lebanon War, now expanded.
Soon we'll discover that cats are somehow using Quantum Physics to vanish those times we search *everywhere* and can't find them.
"if you wanted to find a way to really destroy American manufacturing, what you would do is figure out a way to jack up the cost of steel for American manufacturers."
Psst…those 1950s manufacturing jobs Trump loves so much? They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs. Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher. Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.” It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.
Btw thanks for the link! Those are awesome! They are pricey but what great patterns. I’ve never seen any like that. I’m going to have to get one. They truly make a statement
Lolol! It’s most certainly a fun way to spend the afternoon and a good distraction which we all seem to need these days. And how often do we buy shower curtains right??
Man, that’s a cool shower curtain! With that, your bathroom is complete- no other adornments are needed! Seriously, I think you should get it
Awesome! I was thinking of binging it today myself. One of my favorites! And one of the the best, sad, finales