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Happy Labor Day even to Sean o’bri can’t even finish that
Share this with your red state friends and family. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Trump and his greedhead cronies may get a big surprise in spite of their efforts to rig the 2026 election. They could find themselves swamped by a blue wave. Americans are wising up to the fact that Trump is turning the American dream into a nightmare.
“The difference between Veep and Death of Stalin is in Death of Stalin the Jonah character gets make lists of who to abduct and murder.” Hits in certain way now podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
India Was the Economic Alternative to China. Trump Ended That. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/b...
And yet you felt obligated to pipe up.
NYT fashion coverage is so bizarre. Like, nobody looks to me for fashion insight but Vanessa Friedman says she "blames the 90s" and does go on to cite Madonna wearing Gaultier corsets but that was almost A DECADE after she made wearing visible bra straps and etc huge.
put some respect on our Queen
something's up with his mitochondria
No WAY!!!
How JD Vance sees himself
3/ But I will say that the minority of people on here who seem dedicated to driving people whose view do not align 100% with theirs on all things...or who have strategic differences...that does not help matters.
2/ ...I'm even more sure he hears this relentlessly from folks on X, and colleagues who marinate in Fox. Being on X warps what you think the prevailing view is. It's like going to a sports bar favored by one team. This place is also an often annoying bubble, but the team isn't the Nazis.
1/ Honestly this is as good an illustration about how staying primarily on X warps people. @schatz.bsky.social is among our most social media literate Senators. And I have no doubt some of his constituents voice this to him (tho' Hawaii bars...notoriously open air!). But...
I wish people would stop blaming COVID mitigation policies for the acceleration of right wing extremism, and instead acknowledge the fact that we endured a mass casualty and mass disabling event that was mismanaged by narcissistic authoritarians who shifted the blame to marginalized communities
Trump on RFK Jr., the CDC, and vaccines (a translation). He seems to be saying that he was shown data about COVID19 vaccines being safe and effective, but that the pharma companies didn’t show those amazing data to anyone else, like RFK Jr. He thinks this is why there is a “mess” at CDC.
If this is as good as they can make him look…
Nine former heads of the CDC—appointed by presidents of both parties—warn the nation of the immense peril RFK Jr is putting the country in. Gift link, please send to families and friends www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
We the People — the workers, immigrants, families, Americans — are PISSED and we are rising, with over 1,000 actions across the U.S. today! ❤️🩹 #FamiliesOverBillionaires #WorkersOverBillionaires #WeThePeopleArePISSED Find your local protest at www.FiftyFifty.one. #50501movement #SolidaritySeptember
Just an astonishing, powerful op-ed that drives home what we are losing and what's already been lost. We are so incredibly fortunate to live with the advances modern medicine and health science. Destroying and stymieing it is just unforgivable. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Leaving aside the typical histrionics, this seems to be Trump beginning to distance himself from Kennedy (who’s “ripping apart” CDC), and inviting mainstream physicians and scientists to defend the vaccines, so Trump can then say, I got them to explain it better and vaccines are OK.
Read labor historian @erikloomis.bsky.social on why so many major unions are failing to meet the moment and how they can turn that around www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Sure would be great to have friends right now. Too bad we showed them all we want is extortion. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...
Americans are standing up, taking action, and refusing to let democracy slip away. The fight for our democracy lives in communities everywhere, not just in the halls of power. We explore how each act of defiance—no matter how small—chips away at authoritarianism’s grip. www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
Musk now supporting the deportation of anyone who isn’t white. *Do not* use the term “remigration”. It’s an attempt to normalise Nazi hate.
My inexpert opinion is still that, on balance, this figure is likely too high by a large degree. That’s because the analysis relies on a presumption that immigrant survey response rates haven’t changed, and I’d bet dollars to donuts they have.
Pope Leo XIV met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. The Rev. James Martin said Leo told him that he intended to continue Pope Francis’ policy of LGBTQ+ acceptance in the church and encouraged him to keep up his advocacy.
“A [Marsha] Blackburn spokesperson said she is against the public’s use of computer-assisted facial recognition to identify ICE officials but supports police use of the technology.” www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
RFK Jr: “If you’ve ever compared an unvaccinated kid to a vaccinated kid… you see the bright eyes, the engagement, the social interactions, the curiosity. And you compare them to the child who even had one or two vaccines, and they’re completely different.“ This man is an existential threat.
Washington's speculation about Trump's health is at a fever pitch. We've seen multiple reasons this summer to ask questions — and the media doesn't seem to care. What's really going on? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
Liberals: “We could try to DO some things to reduce gun violence; ‘thoughts and prayers’ isn’t enough.” Republicans: “Outrage! Disgrace! They’re attacking prayer.” There’s no need to be polite or defensive in response to this. Invoking faith as an excuse to shun responsibility deserves no respect.
52 of 53 Republican senators voted to confirm him.
Plastic soy sauce bottles shaped like fish are popular among takeout sushi eaters in many counties. But restaurants in the state of South Australia were banned from offering the decorative containers to customers beginning Monday in a new measure enacted to curb plastic waste.
She was arrested on the morning of Feb. 20 at her home in Charlotte while caring for her three younger siblings — the youngest of whom has autism — while her mother was at work.
NEW -- Exactly 10 days after taking the oath early this year, Donald Trump nearly drowned dozens, potentially hundreds, of his own citizens in California’s Central Valley. Why? Because he is one of the most ignorant people you will ever meet. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on. Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime. www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
Blue states should team up on purchasing, protocols, distribution
“.. with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
Goodman is widely described in previous news stories as Rudy's spokesman.
The police version of the crash, as relayed by a local Manchester reporter, is unsurprisingly quite different from what Giuliani's spokesman says. The whole thing is even more murky now, however. manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
what a nightmare, to flee a domestic violence attack & flag down a passing car & out pops Rudy Giuliani — not that there’s any reason to believe that’s what actually happened
NEW: DOJ says the Guatemalan children have been removed from the planes and are "in the process" of being returned to custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Btw, this week’s @revealnews.org is on the attack on the NPS. Listen here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Make your voice heard www.regulations.gov/docket/FS-20...
Trump is trying to repeal a roadless rule that prevents loggers from denuding National Parks—something they just announced and which public only has a few weeks to speak against insideclimatenews.org/news/3008202...
is it good if the judge blames you for interrupting her sleep
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/po... from yesterday’s pool report. Feels of a piece with Rudy’s statement
Must be Gruden’s favorite golf outfit since he wore it last week at Trump’s club in Virginia.
Burning Man should die. But not before it gives us one true crime podcast www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
People will repeatedly refuse to recognize the importance of anti-Blackness to the current moment despite being given every signal of its importance.
"We're going to need a story about this accident. Say he was helping a woman. That should work. Also, is he wearing pants? Make sure he's wearing pants."
Giuliani has always been a goon and a liar. That is not a change, just age and alcohol and disinhibition has made it ever more obvious
Lol yep. I gotta drive 3,000 miles for a doctor appointment next month because I can't transfer to the VA Healthcare system where I live now due to the lack of specialty care providers. If I try, I'll get put on a waiting list and run out of the meds that keep me alive.
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
It amazing how strong the pull is to feel warm and fuzzies when you see a dad out there managing kids alone. Like: please continue to set a good example, you unicorn. I’m about to award a dude who secured some crayons a dad of the year award.
There will be 10 survivors speaking on the 3rd.
This is what hes referring to btw. He thinks the property on the left has more character than the right.
Is this a long-winded way of trying to explain why there was a woman in the car with him? Otherwise I can't figure this out.
wow
If this country ever returns to sanity, a whole bunch of people should be disbarred, at a minimum
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Watch governor of Nebraska become a moral black hole www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Gqk8pb/
This is a particularly heartbreaking consequence of the federal workforce cuts — Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
ABC News is still calling RFK Jr. a “vaccine skeptic.” The dude was one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists for decades. There’s video of him in 2023 saying that there’s no vaccine which is safe and effective. You can call him an anti-vaccine activist!
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
The DeSantis regime will do more to protect sidewalks from chalk than children from bullets.
I was doing something super heroic and cool before I got in a car accident, please do not look into this any further
Jesus fucking christ. The Trump administration tried to send a bunch of children to Guatemala at 3 am and justified it by saying that the kids just wanted to return to their parents in Guatemala, but the kids actually told the court that they are afraid of being sent back to Guatemala.
From layoffs to billion-dollar budget cuts and ideological battles over history itself, the National Park Service is facing one of the most turbulent moments in its 109-year history. This week on @revealnews.org:
Trump's contribution to our politics was exposing that conservatives don't care about any of the principles they've said are sacrosanct for 100 years, and all they wanted was to be openly evil instead of circuitously evil. The Democrats who win will be the ones who understand this and act like it
The collapse of the trad wife and blue collar wife who works from home model should be interesting for republicans. This isn’t Avon money anymore. A lot of of the female economy has kept middle class households afloat. But we will see 🤷🏾♀️
BREAKING: Judge Sooknanan says the children are being removed right now so has advanced today’s hearing to 12:30pm. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Claude Monet, "Weeping Willow"; oil on canvas [1918]
Paul Klee, Southern Tunisian Garden, 1919
This is not legal, unconstitutional. Only time Missouri Legislature is allowed to do redisticting is after a decennial Census, not mid-decade. See: redistricting.lls.edu/state/missou...
The plan is completely illegal; it’s openly in violation of black letter law. Nevertheless, the Trump admin is trying to claim that the budget bill effectively amended the law; even though it was a budget bill, and cannot by definition amend the law.
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
New York’s hottest club is Blame Zohran Mamdani for Crimes Committed While Eric Adams Is Mayor Under Laws Signed by Andrew Cuomo. It’s got everything—corrections officers who aren’t registered to vote in New York City, etc etc etc
Trump said tonight he is going to issue an executive order purporting to require enforcement of voter ID rules: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... The president has no such authority to order how elections are conducted.
The more you see Some Like it Hot—probably in my Lettrbox 4–the more you realize how subversive in so many levels it was.
This guy does a great job nailing the fact that RFK Covid rules means we have to weigh endangering someone who is immune compromised or not seeing them. It is obscene www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GBXgxK/
VA is a disaster right now. I generally don't trust the private sector with my healthcare, yet had wrist surgery three weeks ago at Baylor Scott & White in Dallas because VA couldn't handle it. First time I've had a major procedure or serious condition treated outside the military or VA since 1996.
Question: Why did US put big tariffs on India despite major national interest in cultivating a strategic counterweight to China and trying to isolate Russia? Answer: Because the US president lied that he fixed India-Pakistan and India wouldn’t go along with the lie. (Seriously, that’s the answer)
Ok I checked the AQ app and it’s says the air is good and nothing notable but…if you are having allergy symptoms today in SF and know why…
The entire goal of Musk, Zuckerberg, Andersen, Thiel and more: a world of people completely shut off from each other, relying on their tech products ALONE (sans human beings) for social interaction, sexual pleasure and more. We exist as nothing but fodder for their imagined AI juggernauts.
middle age means knowing the names of the people you knew in high school who’ll believe that trump’s been replaced by a body double, but only if you can link them to a 45-minute YouTube covering the basics of the theory
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
Someone pointed out that he could have been alive today (age 84), and it really put in perspective how recent 'history' can be.
“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.” - Fred Hampton
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order aimed at curbing the power of federal law enforcement officers and National Guard troops that he said Trump has threatened to deploy to Illinois.
The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.
6/ WI Rep Bryan Stell www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GkkqnE/
5/ Rep Mark Alford www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GkRt2n/
Right. Same thing as 2020 [see below].Through 2 debates and a session on Economics in Chicago during the 2024 campaign I never heard a reporter bring up the cost of the 2020 tariffs & the bailout to farmers WE paid for to cover Trump’s tariff folly. I’m sick of it. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
4/ Ohio Rep Warren Davidson www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GkLVjk/
3/ NC Rep Chuck Edwards www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GkRNp1/
2/ Dan Crenshaw www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GhstmW/