I've lost about 60% of my hearing. And, oops, batteries in the hearing aids died. I also wear glasses with a strong prescription. I didn't hear anything. I didn't see anything.
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I've lost about 60% of my hearing. And, oops, batteries in the hearing aids died. I also wear glasses with a strong prescription. I didn't hear anything. I didn't see anything.
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
NEW: my office has received disturbing whistleblower reports that the Trump administration plans to separate 700 children from their families, lawyers, and support systems. Disappearing vulnerable children beyond the reach of American law and oversight is beyond depravity.
“Wellness has come to represent a wonderland free from constraints of scientific scrutiny. The industry flows with pseudoscience & to say it’s lucrative would be an understatement…The term has morphed into dollar signs, drawing us into a never-ending cycle of treating problems we didn’t know we had”
The wellness industry has long been known to have a not-so-secret love affair with the anti-vaccine movement. thewalrus.ca/wellness-ind...
"Israel is engaging in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that the Committee to Protect Journalists has ever documented." cpj.org/full-coverag...
Ukraine: Russian hitman disguised as a courier assassinated Andriy Parubiy in Lviv today. City on lock down, manhunt underway. Parubyi was the commandant of the Euromaidan protests against Yanukovich & Russia through 2014, coordinated volunteer security corps for the protesters.
It’s Fred Hampton’s birthday
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
My students, who attend a working-class rust-belt college, openly talk abt how much they hate AI & are afraid of its consequences. I wonder how much of the oft-reported student enthusiasm for the tech is the merely result of the NYT’s Ivy League bias
This is so well articulated ‼️ It’s a class war‼️ Working class Americans need to unite and fight‼️
2 new dead people 4 new killer cops Officer Stori Bright, with the Fort Wayne Police Department since 2022 Officer Lucus Hays, with FWPD since 2017 Officer Michael Carrier, with FWPD since 2022 Officer Spencer Munger, with FWPD since 2014
"The FBI did some shady and crappy things" does not begin to cover the havoc J Edgar Hoover and the FBI wreaked on my family for the crime of being Jewish communists. I'm sorry but this is a horseshit take. I will always use this example as a referent for whatever power they have WHENEVER.
Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from software company RealPage, the subject of a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior. By @heathervogell.bsky.social
Any questions?
I need you to understand that if you heard a song you liked in the 80s, you couldn’t Shazam it. You couldn’t Google the lyrics. You had to sing it to the guy at Tower Records.
Tonight in Washington D.C. The sign reads: “The Bondi order is unlawful you are not obligated to follow it”
The activist, known as Afeni, is being charged with a felony—they’re saying she just told the police “fuck you” and was filming. Arraignment at 2pm
get a load of how excited Trump is to see Putin
Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.
These are actually the baby stairs
Blumenthal: "My stomach turned when I heard the president of the United States characterize Vladimir Putin as his fabulously good friend. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal."
BREAKING: The scheduled luncheon between the U.S. and Russian delegations has been CANCELLED after no deal was reached. Trump is returning to Washington immediately.
Don’t let this fade away
As I worked over the winter on my new book, there was one chapter that felt particularly heavy—the accounts of Jewish refugee scientists fleeing Hitler's Europe and how democracy succumbed to fascism. Much of this feels too familiar right now: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/fleeing-on...
starting to realize why all the maga dipshits are resorting to using AI slop images of trump instead of actual photos i mean yikes
Republicans are in charge of Congress, why would they want it closed? I’ll explain.
He's right, and it's not just Brazil. Around the world, at least 31 democratic leaders who committed similar crimes have been jailed or banned from office since 2010. The failure to hold Trump accountable in the US was a unique and systemic failure of our institutions and political culture.
EXCLUSIVE: Not only does an Excel spreadsheet of Trump mentions in the Epstein files exist, but so do training videos explaining how to flag the files for Trump mentions. Plus, the number of people who had access is larger than previously known. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
Did you know that for $5/month, you can get PBS Passport, a service that unlocks the vastness of the @pbs.org libraries? Feed your mind while you help PBS stay on the air.
AOC on Mamdani: Get to know him. If anybody is skeptical, get to know him, when you get in a room with him, kick the tires and make your own assessment instead of making assessments from what you see on television.
Gold everywhere. Paintings of mug shots everywhere. A new cheesy Mar-a-Lago style ballroom. Now a UFC fight. The crass and classless ass continues to sully the understated grandeur and dignity of the people’s house to turn it into one of his failed Atlantic City casinos.
Really proud of this piece,,, it’s something I’ve never done before and out some really TIME and thought into something real important. www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
This year it feels more like the Farce of July.
I am heartbroken to learn that several people have tragically lost their lives in the flash floods that struck Kerr County. I urge everyone to use caution, get to higher ground, and stay safe. www.tpr.org/2025-07-04/k...
NEW from me co-pubbed w/Rolling Stone: The elite panic about Zohran Mamdani is about him being the first candidate to defeat the oligarchy & its master plan in a nationalized election. They fear they've lost power to determine political outcomes. It's also why Obama-era Dem elites are panicking.
Zohran Mamdani says, "For too long, politicians have pretended that we're spectators to that crisis of affordability. We're actually actors, and we have the choice to exacerbate it, like mayor Adams has done, or to respond to it and resolve it, like I'm planning to do."
When ordinary Republicans understand how Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” would affect the after-tax incomes of American families, it turns out they don’t find it beautiful at all. “I was really shocked."
reminded of how when India decided to go ahead and develop the bomb one of the things they discussed was how to handle US reaction & they decided that Clinton could be handled by simply making sure there were good looking women in the delegation when he came to yell about it...and they were right
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.
Fuck you. Look at what you've done.
Take note.
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
Host: Are you saying the US did not see intelligence that the Supreme Leader had ordered weaponization? Rubio: That’s irrelevant Host: No, that's a key point Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
How about the "5 Stages of Grief" which was based on interviews with people who were dying in hospice, not their survivors.
NEW VIDEO: Last Tuesday, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was manhandled and arrested by ICE officials while serving as an advocate in immigration court. Comptroller Lander joined me to discuss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbY3...
“Pramen”, a social-revolutionary anarchist & info resource group has now been added to the Radical Guide. “Our goal is primarily to get the truth about happening in Belarus over to the public and to serve the struggle of the society and the individual for their rights, for liberation for everyone.”
Meanwhile, the federal government of the United States of America is hard at work hunting down and arresting random beloved local bagel shop managers. Neighbors and friends respond: pix11.com/news/local-n...
Padilla: I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest. And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway repeatedly asking, why am I being detained? Not once did they tell me why. I pray you never have a moment like this
Here’s a video of Stephen Miller in high school screaming that he’s “sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash, when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us.” This is the sociopath shaping our immigration policy and so much more
Trump has ordered 500 active-duty Marines to be mobilized against unarmed US citizens practicing their 1st amendment rights. The regime contingency will arrive now that the protestors have largely gone home for the week. They’ll guard empty streets.
The White House has posted a new executive order authorizing the federalization of the National Guard to support DHS and ICE functions. The most serious indication is the inclusion of “rebellion against the authority of the Government.” www.whitehouse.gov/presidentia... 1/8
True story bro.
In the last 20 or so minutes I’ve seen LAPD officers shove women to the ground without provocation, rip a sign out of a man’s hand and then swing a baton into his leg and raise a less-lethal launcher to aim directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)
Thoughts and prayers for the MAGA warriors who are being personally traumatized by this scene
"In our federal system, the National Gov. possesses only limited powers; the States and the people retain the remainder. The States have broad authority to enact legislation for the public good—what we have often called a 'police power.' The Fed. Gov., by contrast, has no such authority."-SCOTUS '14
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
A private lab quietly altered voting machines used across the U.S. Then it vanished.
This is why *none* of his nominees should have been approved by Dem senators. An absolute abomination.
Zelenskyy: "Trust me, we understand the Russians much better, the mentality of the Russians, than the Americans understand the Russians. I know for sure Putin doesn't want to stop the war."
If you need a breather from all this bullshit, here's a photo of Earth. From Saturn. We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
Loyalty tests have officially arrived in the federal hiring process. The Trump administration just unveiled a so-called “Merit Hiring Plan”, which includes a quiz asking job applicants to name their favorite Trump policy or executive order.
COOL!
my takeaway from this feature is that in a functioning political system there would be televised congressional hearings over the fact that one of the most influential people in the white house is a total maniac www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
FBI agents are now visiting Charlottesville’s public defenders *at their homes*. It’s naked intimidation of our justice system.
Honolulu police say they are launching a review after attorneys accused officers of arresting sober drivers to meet quotas. The ACLU of Hawaii says it has identified at least 127 people arrested from 2022 through 2024 who had blood alcohol levels of 0.00.
2/ So it'll be a combination of a FOX TV talk show & a video game? Got it. "A new PDB could include not only graphics and pictures but also maps with animated representations of exploding bombs, similar to a video game. The problem with Trump is that he doesn’t read”
HOLD UP. Are you telling us that the President of the United States is refusing regular briefings about threats to the country so his minions are creating a briefing TV show just for him? WHAT THE HELL? www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Not just oil workers. It's rampant and we've got to stop it for everyone. www.fox13news.com/news/desanti...
holy cow, I totally forgot about this game. .... got it in 4
These people were following the law and went to check in with immigration like they are supposed to. This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented. So ICE took her into custody. The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck. "I can't breathe."
Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people
WATCH - @jessicatarlov.bsky.social on Fox: “If that was a Democratic dogemaster who showed up with a shiner and there was a report he did so much Ketamine he couldn’t pee straight… you would be leading your show with it.”
Not sure if democracy remains on the docket? My law firm is litigating 53 voting and election cases in 22 states. ⚖️🗳️ When we fight, we win.💪
yeah that quote from adam squires is genuinely chilling
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During his closed press crypto event, Trump pretended to be hit in the ear after an unexpected, loud sound was heard.
It seems to me that this administration will keep firing intelligence analysts until they can find one who will lie to justify the regime disappearing perceived enemies to foreign torture dungeons.
My love of reading is strongly link to this man…
At this point I really need every single American to be at this level of rage. I don’t recognize this country anymore. And he hadn’t even seen the news yet of the mayor being taken and congress members being assaulted by ICE. This is appropriate levels of rage.
Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
MUST-WATCH — SMALL BUSINESS OWNER @haleypavone : “Even if Trump’s tariffs go away tomorrow, my year through the fall is shot.” Always extremely impressive and clear, Haley testifies about how Trump’s trade war is hurting 🇺🇸 small business owners.
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked the Trump administration from further dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services!
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the government can expel legal residents from the country based on 'past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations that are otherwise lawful.'" Again: the SoS said that he can expel legal residents from the country for "expected beliefs"...
Missed a spot
All of this on a weekday we’re in complete awe of you. You always rise to every call to action. You’re amazing, and words can’t express how much we love and appreciate you all.
As Tennessee continues to extend its relationship with Core Civic despite failed audits and way too many deaths (letting them run 4 private prisons when our law only allows 1) — they were just ordered to pay $28 Million for failing to protect a prisoner. t.co/pJJ0Hr8QjS
This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977. Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Never forget what ordinary russians (not just putin alone) are doing to my people every day. #Ukraine #UkrainianView
I mean, it's not like we didn't point out that a loudmouth drunkard with poor impulse control and a history of abuse wouldn't make a great SECDEF...
One point that's going to get lost in the discussion of #SCOTUS's intervention in the Alien Enemy Act case: This is the *value* of nationwide injunctions. Without them, you have to go district by district, and the government can try to play games by moving people to districts without relief (yet).
The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.
A lot of these steps apply to bystanders as well. Video, reach out to news orgs, ask the questions even if they don't answer, etc.