But what does @michaelstipe.bsky.social say?
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But what does @michaelstipe.bsky.social say?
It was better when Dan sang it with them youtu.be/mUdVeADoPOY?...
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...
Thanks, Gemini
Eye of a hurricane
It’s a big messaging problem, one the Dems have to contend with immediately
Their shirts are a shade of brown, so
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!
I prefer “anti-vaccine crank.”
55% of the country agrees with you.
Pure confirmation bias
Occasionally, you come across a paragraph in HCR'S Letters from an American that is so bonkers, you have to read it three times to make sure you've got it right: Per @hcrichardson.bsky.social
He’s either a Dalek or a Cylon
This is what I’m saying
How do we know it’s really him
Paging Kathy Hochul
Don't look away
Just an average day in America circa 2025
My thoughts exactly
Amazing, Josh! Mazal tov!
I’m sure the Trump and Kennedy families have deep enough pockets to cover the necessary funds
On the new acting CDC director. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Saw REM in a college gymnasium on the Lifes Rich Pageant tour, and my God I am as old as the hills
You’ve gotta be kidding me
Yes, the power of prayer, which has saved untold thousands, nay, millions, from gunshot deaths and wounds
America did not end with a whimper. It ended with a shrill, nasty screech.
We also need to remind Republican constituents that their elected reps don't care if they live or die.
Share widely
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Every American has to decide what they are going to do now, because your government is out to kill you. Perhaps in January, this might have seemed like hyperbole, but in late August, it sounds like just another Thursday morning in the United States. 9/
He’s pure evil.
Sure. Tennessee and Alabama can use some help!
#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
Wouldn't doubt similar stories happening everywhere.
BETRAYED YET AGAIN BY MAGA elected officials that can’t muster the courage to honor with a plaque the J6 officers who fulfilled their oath and duty while they ran in fear for their lives and from the mob she was part of. FU all cowers.
Another reminder that it's not about safety. It's about performative cruelty.
With all due respect, the Republicans have been telling us that for years, and so far, Dems have been powerless to do anything about it.
Per CDC leadership exodus, @drdemetre.bsky.social, the Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, has posted his resignation letter on Instagram. “The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies…
Strong stuff. Awful circumstances, but glad to hear it.
Fuck Hegseth and his warrior ethos.
Gosh, if only it was that easy.
Knew last year that Martin would not be the man for the moment.
Why can't the Dems do it?
Did he fire her or “fire” her
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
So you don’t need, like, the National Guard to come in and help
Communist regimes: Own companies Control their central banks Use tariffs to insulate their economies Use armies, false charges, home raids & arrests to intimidate the opposition Idolize their leaders with posters & praise Sound familiar?
All carriers in each country, or some?
Good for Katie Rogers
I don't hate it: "In front of a wall of cameras, the old 'Apprentice' host offered a clear window into the way he was running his administration, starting with an ego that appeared to need frequent feeding, and blustery stamina..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Trump will be like, "You see? Carjackings down! Sometimes breaking the police-community trust has to happen for the sake of national security!"
Dearest Martha, The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover. Yours in glaze,
Convinced that the continued occupation is being used to justify continued occupation
Nope
Appreciate the effort, Senator.
Guard morale must be surging
Bookmarking
Jesus
“I hate the smell of garbage in the morning. Smells like… losing.”
Any thoughts about the wind project being discontinued, Senators?
Where? In Louisiana?
Pee Wee German!
Oh please take this guy apart
(She would not)
(She does not(
Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593 (2024)
End of something, surely
I like to say “they,” but I guess “we” will have to do for now.
The frog is boiling
You go first, Senator
Yup
Perhaps. It’s still a red line IMO.
Trump reignites race war
To make the stakes clear, potential Dem Presidential candidates should say that if SCOTUS allows this they will fire any Trump Fed appointees in 2028. Because that is the logical endpoint.
Thanks to the Republicans for funding the Fascistic States of America
He may own it. He's also going to use it to his advantage.
It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this is - for the economy (ours and globally), for the rule of law, and for the proper and efficient function of government. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
As much respect as I have for Secretary Clinton for her service, I must say I have no idea how this observation helps anyone in this moment.
Right. The American taxpayers reap the benefits of their knowledge and expertise.
For all we know, this is ICE cosplay
Nutlick once again missing the point of everything
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
Seriously, was getting misty
Take note, Kathy Hochul and Maura Healey
But if you use flag to beat up a policeman at the US Capital, you get a job in the Justice Department.
Correct!
Gov. Pritzker: “This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city, in a blue state, to try and intimidate his political rivals…There is no emergency in Chicago that calls for armed military intervention.”
Come on, JB, say the F word, you know you want to
