Such and incredible talent and grace in having to represent for so many.
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Such and incredible talent and grace in having to represent for so many.
Last days of summer scenes, Kenai River Alaska.
Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”
As good of a takedown as I have ever seen.
California stepping up.
HB 8 will more than TRIPLE state-mandated, standardized tests in Texas public schools. Call your House member & tell them to vote NO on the senate version of HB 8. We must do better for our kids. #txlege
I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Postscript by Seamus Heaney who died twelve years ago today
I agree. They have records and they need to give it all back.
Last January, a source shared evidence with me that DOGE was installing devices on govt servers to upload data to the cloud. Some hosts were FOREIGN. On Friday, a whistleblower resigned and came forward to share the same. Listen to what we found in January: www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-fork-in-...
“.. I never have seen an instance of an advanced, affluent country with among the finest scientific resources .. under assault, not from small pockets of the public or people who have unusual beliefs, but from the government itself.” @mollyjongfast.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Enjoy the Rev!
This part. Everyone should be taking notes from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social’s @mizzwelch.bsky.social
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
This is a reminder.
Scott Bessent is crying, oh, poor little man.
Good.
Garcia: We finally got word from the Epstein estate. They're going to be providing the actual Epstein book… the estate is actually going to actually now get us that book and a bunch of other documents that they have that's actually not been reported yet.
A federal judge has ordered Florida to shut down "Alligator Alcatraz," after the state spent a staggering $218M to build the now-vacant detention camp. Closing it will run taxpayers another $20M. An utterly cruel and costly waste.
someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
"Colorado joined the lawsuit and had 10 of 11 grants retained. 💪 Wyoming, Utah, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma collectively lost 55 grants" 🤣 coloradosun.com/2025/08/28/t... Blue States WINNING!!!
WSJ Page One: @wsj.com www.wsj.com/business/ret...
The same people who villainize Dr. Anthony Fauci, an actual doctor with a speciality in immunology and research in virology, are praising RFK Jr who has never seen the inside of a lab.
FL officials are rejecting valid NJ driver's licenses for immigrants, turning traffic stops into immigration checks. “This absolutely heightens the fear even more among immigrant communities, and continues to use what has been good government to the political advantage of some,” said Senator Cryan.
"The function of the mere critic is of very subordinate usefulness. It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle of life and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger." -Teddy Roosevelt GN 💚
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
“You can silence 50 scholars with 1 fact, but you cannot silence 1 idiot with 50 facts” America today.
My youngest made a friend at his new school. This friend doesn't eat lunch - doesn't bring one from home nor buy one at school Youngest shared some of his lunch yesterday and asked if he could bring extra for his friend, so now we are just going to send an extra meal with him Proud of my kiddo
Children have to deal with mass shootings in schools while certain adults can't even handle a logo change.
Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”, With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr. He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
Just found this 2021 story about Galveston County TX police staking out a funeral, then pulling over at gunpoint a car that they assumed had gang members in it because it took too many turns onto side streets. Turn out, it wasn’t fleeing gang members but a guy who’d just buried his murdered brother.
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I'm tired of this theater where Donald Trump asks Republicans to do something, they seem to push bank and then cave. The only two factions of the current GOP are proud MAGA and scared MAGA. Anyone who thinks Republicans are acting in good faith is delusional.
It’s outrageous that Sec. Kennedy is trying to fire the CDC Director — after only a few weeks on the job — for her commitment to public health & vaccines. The Sen. HELP Committee must hold a hearing with Kennedy & the CDC Director as soon as possible. Vaccines save lives. Period.
The story of the human race is a story of refusing to accept violence as ordinary and normal. But Donald Trump celebrates and uses violence - and the threat of violence - everyday. Our nation under him is bathed in violence. We are heading backwards.
🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals REJECTS right wing challenge to Arizona's signature matching process. Another VICTORY for my law firm's clients and the voters of Arizona. www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
NEW: Washington’s Department of Natural Resources is setting aside more than 77,000 acres of forest lands in Western Washington for conservation, the largest such effort in a generation, according to Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove.
If the US hits a major public health crisis without credible experienced leadership the toll could be grim www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
I heard that the plaque from Alzheimer’s is an inflamatory response to a virus and that the shingles vaccine greatly reduces the chances of getting the disease. Don’t know if that’s true, but the vaccine is effective against shingles so I’m gonna get it anyway.
The most lethal military machine in human history
EPSTEIN Epstein Epstein Epstein Government buying stake in private companies: socialism Epstein Epstein Epstein President having stakes in those companies: corruption Epstein Epstein Epstein Worrying about Cracker Barrel logo instead of governing Epstein Epstein Epstein EPSTEIN
Undermining the Fed to get lower rates now is like ripping the batteries out of your smoke alarm because it’s beeping. It’s quiet for a bit. Then your house burns down. Credibility anchors expectations; expectations anchor inflation.
Going to be wild to have Clarence Thomas and other members of the court write that even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient to allow the President to remove Federal Reserve members from office, and then head off to Harlan Crow’s yacht
I celebrate every victory for voting rights, but this one is particularly special. No issue has been more hotly contested or more important to PA voters than this one. The DSCC and DCCC fought hard and it is great to see them prevail. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
You Can't Make This Up GOP Quotes Goebbels on the Floor!
🚨BREAKING: Third Circuit STRIKES DOWN Pennsylvania requirement that mail-in ballots that arrive in undated or misdated return envelopes be discarded. Court holds that Constitution requires they be counted. A big victory for our clients DSCC and DCCC and PA voters!
"For those people out there who ... say, 'Well, I just don't like those people either' ... You could be next. ... This is not about any one individual, this is about our rights as Americans, and our right to have a justice system where choices about prosecuting are made without fear or favor."
Witkoff: "There's only one thing I wish for: that that Nobel committee finally gets its act together and realizes that you are the single finest candidate since that Nobel award was ever talked about."
Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
Tump's right hand is nowhere to be seen.
Epstein survivor Liz Stein: we want details of Epstein’s ‘sweetheart deal’ #BelieveTheGirls #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #TrumpEpsteinPedoCoverUp www.cnn.com/2025/08/25/u...
Thank you, Your Honor, and way to go, Utah! The state’s Legislature will now be forced to quickly redraw its congressional districts after a judge ruled Monday that lawmakers had sidestepped voter-approved safeguards designed to prevent partisan gerrymandering.
We all know the goal was always to “own the libs.” And in chasing that, too many have given up their own freedoms just to claim a hollow “win.” What they don’t see is that the monster they fed never stops, it eventually comes for us all. And now their silence is deafening.
Have you noticed some days Trump seems slightly more coherent than others? It seems when he has a big event, like the summit with Putin, he’s usually seen with an unknown substance on his right hand, as if he’s received some sort of medical treatment. Is Trump juicing? Or is it something worse?
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Arrested for filming it. And look how excited they all are to get some *action*. 🇺🇸 Watch fascism work.
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Asking as a Veteran, how rare are we who honor and stand by our oath ?
Enjoy the always brilliant @hcrichardson.bsky.social and the savvy @jimacosta.bsky.social It’s well worth the listen. youtu.be/WZg69x9G8po?...
Welker to Lavrov: "Here are the facts. Close to 50,000 civilians have either been killed or injured in this war. Russia has hit maternity wards, churches, schools, hospitals, a kindergarten just this week. So either the Russian military has terrible aim or you are targeting civilians. Which is it?"
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/22/c... Over 100GW of "new energy storage" (excludes hydro), mostly Li-ion, is now deployed in China. It doubled YOY. Grid-scale batteries are well and truly with us.
This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
The Economics of Stagflation, Part II open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Kid Rock: I will no longer sell my music in California. Scott Baio: I will no longer act in California. Governor Newsom: My policies are working.
They gaslit you all throughout the election.
Wow!!! This is fantastic #climate #science 👇💯👇
Just heard a 56yo guy I play hockey with passed away after a heart attack. He played 3x a week and was in great shape. He's the last guy you'd expect. Guys north of 40: stop being stubborn about your health. It's time to visit your doctor and make sure you're as healthy as you think you are.
Referring to yourself in the third person is weird. Saying you are always right is dishonest. Wearing a ball cap in the Oval Office is tacky. Using your left hand to cover up medical issues on your right hand is concerning. And has he stopped being able to tie a tie?
The Venn diagram between men who self ID as high value males and the men who cause me to cover my drink in bars is a perfect circle.
Fuck the Texas GOP.
🚨🚨🚨 Homeowner in Houston, TX, kills 2 masked men wearing bulletproof vests — claiming to be police. 🤷🏻♀️ #wehavegunstooassholes
“I was r*ped sometimes 3 times a day on that island… and I was not the only girl on that island… Ghislaine must die in prison, because I’ve been in hell and back for the last 17 years.” Listen to the survivors.
Virginia Giuffre's family: "The content of these transcripts is in direct contradiction with felon Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction for child sex trafficking. During DAG Todd Blanche's bizarre interview, she is never challenged about her court-proven lies, providing her a platform to rewrite history."
A nation rebuilt on privileges in law essentially eliminates freedom. It's a bad look for the U.S.
Hold on, hold the fuck on… the Trump administration is spending $500 million taxpayer dollars to paint OUR side of the border wall black? The wall HE said MEXICO was going to pay for? That wall? But we “can’t afford” pediatric cancer research?!?
Virginia Giuffre’s family denounces “DAG Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview” of Ghislaine Maxwell in a statement. www.allrisenews.com/p/maxwell-tr...
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It’s my opinion that humanitarian and musical genius Dolly Parton (as well as Chef José Andrés) deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. tucson.com/life-enterta...
If the fossil fuel industry didn’t have our president and corporate America by the throat, we could have nice things like this too.
SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.”
Here’s what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files
Trump and his team have sought to use government power to go after Bolton since his first term even when it meant ignoring normal standards, so much so that his own assistant attorney general quietly resigned rather than go along any more, as disclosed in "THE DIVIDER" w/ @sbg1.bsky.social
“Agencies cannot get away from responding to FOIA requests by intentionally degrading their capabilities to conduct searches for records…This is like a fire department saying, ‘We don’t have a hose, so we’re not going to put out the fires anymore,’” @laurenleharper.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
Rule one of the rigged game: Socialize losses, privatize gains. www.laurabenjaminforcongress.com/about
I'm watching a town hall with a man in his 70s in Iowa saying he was there when we were told computer jobs would replace our manufacturing and other jobs and give us more time off and more money. In that same time $75 trillion dollars flowed from the working class to the one percent. They lied.
If only John Bolton had had the Epstein Files, his house never would have been raided.
Between Norway’s dam sabotage and Poland’s narrowly-averted water shutdown, Russia’s global cyber campaign is escalating. That's why DefConFranklin & partners like CyberpeaceInst @cltcberkeley.bsky.social @istorg.bsky.social stand ready to help with free tools, volunteers #CyberCivilDefense #take9