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Demand for data centers is booming as ChatGPT and other AI tools become integrated into our daily life. The Trump administration is investing over 1 trillion. It’s a new data centers in the next five years, but what’s the true cost of the AI revolution?
📌NOTE: Apparently, our legacy national media suddenly have other things to do than report on the failing health of the greatest threat to America since the Civil War — which is odd when all we heard about for two years leading up to the 2024 election was Joe Biden’s age and fitness for office ...
This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime. A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering. 1/4
Here’s where and when protests against President Donald Trump and billionaire-influence over politics are expected to take place on Monday, organized by the AFL-CIO and dozens of partner organizations.
"To me, there are six clear reasons we should be talking about this more than we are and why the press corps should be digging more deeply and more seriously around this topic." — @vermontgmg.bsky.social Garrett Graff on the health of the current president. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
We all have to make a stand somewhere!! I may not agree, but I support your right to say it.
Sorry to hear this, looks like it’s been hard for him these past years. Hope he gets well soon.
This should have ended Putin. "Journalist was tortured..and her organs removed in Russian captivity, report says" “'abrasions..hemorrhages on..the body/broken rib/neck injuries/possible electric shock marks on her feet'...missing organs.."
Good morning☕ at #Bluesky💙🤝- with @jayinkyiv.bsky.social ⬇️ #Ukraine is the razor's edge. The world tips over into rapidly expanding authoritarianism and decades of war against the western world or democracy wins, human rights, all the things we still take for granted. 1-2
I like Adam Mockler's comments & future plans. All people & generations working together make a better society. #Resist Full: Trump SCREAMS in TOTAL White House DISASTER www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z-S...
Zohran Mamdani’s Albany record is more nuanced than foes would suggest He did things. Just didn't focus on public recognition.
Despite quiet plans by the Israeli government to relocate Palestinians from Gaza, it remains difficult for most Gazans to leave, even if they need urgent medical care.
Why this well-known Jewish leader is endorsing Mamdani | NY1's You Decide. Icon. And pretty damn smart. When my neighbor steals my chickens I know what to do. When my government steals my water – I need help -Mexican farmer
ICE Detained a Peekskill Mother and Her 4-Year-Old. She Just Shared Her Story With Us. @schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social Tell me again why I should be worried about a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayoral win?
Ouch.
Do everything.
What if we established a tax-exempt Church of Democracy and sued the government for infringing on our religious freedoms when it does authoritarian stuff?
BREAKING: Congresswoman Maxine Waters just called for Trump’s cabinet to invoke “Article 25” of the Constitution to remove him from office. “Something's wrong with this president!" Who agrees?
"This has to stop" Yes. It really does.
They don’t care if you have papers or not. What they care about is whether you look like an immigrant from south of the border.
🇩🇰🇺🇦 Denmark plans to contribute around €1.4 billion in 2025 toward weapons production by Ukrainian defense companies, — Defence Minister Poulsen. ❗️€600 million in contracts are already placed last year.
Republican Rep. Barry Moore was heckled so badly at his Alabama town hall that he literally left out the back door in the middle of the event. Moore didn't offer concluding remarks or even bid good night to the rowdy crowd as they chanted "Shame!" during his exit. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Yep. Peter Thiel loyalist Jim O’Neill CDC Director. -Ex–Thiel Foundation director -Worked at Thiel’s Mithril Capital -Embedded in Thiel’s inner circle -Pushed FDA “reforms” echoing Thiel’s agenda Meet the new CDC—brought to you by Palantir. @JasonBassler1: x.com/JasonBassler...
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.
Better use of that labor force than terrifying and kidnapping people. Not "cost effective" however. And another reason to bring back FDR era's WPA - deploy those in need of jobs to tackle jobs that need doing? Or just keep deporting people who are working and helping to build our country.
Trump wasn't seen yesterday by the White House press pool. He wasn't seen today. He has no public events scheduled this weekend. Trump hasn't been seen in public since Weds, and it's unclear if he'll be seen in public until Tues. That's pretty damn weird.
LOL
BREAKING: Trump has canceled former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection, effective September 1, 2025. Imagine being so petty and hateful that you put someone’s life in danger to “own the libs”. Piece of crap.
Some Democrats Panicked Over Mamdani. Obama Called Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o... “You may not agree with every answer he’s giving, or every idea he has, but he’s certainly asking the right questions, which is how do we make the country work for working people?” - David Axelrod
The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly barring states and organizations that receive government funds from helping undocumented immigrants. This will make it harder for the most vulnerable people to get help in the aftermath of disasters. It was always about cruelty.
If critics are saying big risks, then we know, we may be seeing big risks. Such courage of convictions !!
“It feels like the CDC is over.” Current and former CDC officials say that the departure of several top leaders will further undermine the agency’s ability to provide reliable guidance to Americans, Tom Bartlett reports.
Infectious disease diseases, which I do not support, are poised to kill millions of Americans, who I also do not support, now that Robert F Kennedy, who I do not support, has banned all vaccines, which I also do not support. by Glenn Greenwald
When Trump publicly claims “the right to do anything I want to do” and the news media *still* won’t say his goal is a dictatorship, that’s both cowardice and complicity. And a shameful dereliction of duty.
Though DNC Chair Ken Martin got attention for admonishing the party for only bringing a “pencil to a knife fight,” the message conveyed to those attending the DNC meeting this week was to avoid any internal debate about the direction of the Party. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/democrats-...
Other countries didn’t start from where we are in their moves to UHC. All but a couple of those that switched to UHC, happened a minimum of 30 yrs ago. Before the digital age when health care was much simpler and not as asset intensive The USA is in a far different situation than any of them were
Require transparency down to the contract level from all providers. Maybe to the point of general ledger entries. Segregate formularies from PBMs. End steering. This allows everyone to dig in and see what care would actually cost and determine a path, that everyone can discuss
Everyone gets healthcare. Anything that is paid is based on your income. I pay more you pay nothing or less That’s what I think could work. Obviously it needs a lot more than a few posts.
🚨 The Smithsonian quietly erased Trump’s impeachments from history—then claimed it was just a design issue. No warning, no vote, no accountability. Only after public outrage did they promise to fix it. Who decides what counts as history—and what gets deleted? open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
A federal judge barred Kari Lake, an ally of President Donald Trump whom the president picked to lead Voice of America, from firing agency director Michael Abramowitz.
U.S. companies have an unwelcome message for inflation-weary consumers: Prices are going up
Meiselas: It seems that the outcome that Republicans want is whatever the worst possible outcome could be. More disease, more deaths, more murders, a horrible economy. And let’s literally pick the worst people for each possible position at every level.
Did anyone really think a guy who dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park and made it look like a bicycle accident would be a superb guardian of the public health?
Brett Meiselas: Israel’s assault on Gaza City has killed 61 in 24 hours, over 62K since it began, and injured 159K. Entire areas are leveled while propaganda claims “all is fine.” Propaganda tries to hide famine and devastation, but we must speak out against these genocidal actions.
Reframing Jan. 6: After the Pardons, the Purge www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...
We’ll wait…🤔
This is why they go after women.
📌This is what a hero looks like. This is Dr. Susan Monarez, who just announced she WILL NOT resign her post as C.D.C. Director underneath the anti-vax monster, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She is standing up for the health and well-being of hundreds of millions of Americans, and we MUST stand up for her.
Some Democrats Panicked Over Mamdani. Obama Called Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
Call to Activism your video from twitter x.com/CalltoActivi...
🚨BREAKING: Trump just announced at his cabinet meeting that they'll seek the death penalty for anyone killing someone in the Capitol building. Families of the police officers who died at the Jan 6 insurrection and saw their murderers walking free would like to have a word.
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Donald Trump has assumed full federal control of Washington DC's Union Station and has taken it over from Amtrak. Trump isn't "fixing" anything - he's consolidating POWER in the nation's capital, one takeover at a time.
Grateful for amazing lawyers like @markzaidesq.bsky.social and Abbe Lowell who are fighting for truth and transparency. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Important.
This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters. Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Happening RIGHT NO! Texas Democrats hold a conference in Boston! To members of the media, they didn’t FLEE. They are doing their jobs.
"Jeffrey Epstein is dead. And as long as Donald Trump is alive, Donald Trump should face questions and suspicions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein." — Lawrence O'Donnell
PRITZKER: "Trump knows he's going to lose the Congress in 2026. That's why he's going to his allies and hoping that they can save him. It's cheating. Donald Trump is a cheater. He cheats on his wives. He cheats at golf, and now he's trying to cheat the American people." Boom! 🎯
Can it be more than one?
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
⚡️Russian oil refinery in Samara Oblast in flames after drone attack, media reports. The Novokuibyshevsk refinery has a production capacity of 8.3 million metric tons of oil per year. The facility reportedly halted production in early August after being damaged by Ukrainian drones.
Some Democrats Panicked Over Mamdani. Obama Called Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
And the post! www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/26/a...
Let’s not forget this www.newsweek.com/did-trump-sn...
How could the Air Force go along with this? Where are the leaders to reject it?
This is the same administration who want a year for burning the flag and a pardon for beating cops with one, attached to a pole.
Who would want to have had those brave officers job that day? www.reuters.com/pictures/har...
🚨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...
LOL I first read this and thought "why is that bad"? before I noticed who sent it.
Me, trying again, on how John Roberts gave Big Balls access to all our Social Security data. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzdH...
IMO many Americans don't even buy guns for personal protection or to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. They simply have a shopping addiction
How NOT to Stop Trump "Don’ts ...give to a PAC using crummy/deceptive fundraising tactics (claiming to have 3x matches, or..that if you don’t give right now the world will explode) ...give to a PAC you’ve never heard of before just because they have a vague anti-Trump-sounding name" and more...
JB Pritzker, Governor of Illinois, "President Trmp is not in good shape.. He's living in 5th grade.. And he's a bully"
🚨Trump: “I’m not a dictator… but I can do anything I want. I’m the President of the United States.” Millions of Americans have worn the uniform and sworn an oath to defend the Constitution, not one man’s ego. Trump is spitting on that sacrifice and shredding the values we served to defend.
Mind Gone.
I asked for the latest COVID vaccine this week at my VA clinic and they didn't have any. They said they are "out" but maybe more is on the way. The don't have an ETA.
Redistricting arms race: These are the states in addition to Texas and California where parties could redraw maps
"In June, some of the opponents of renovations to Wagner & East River parks helped to derail a long-planned, Habitat for Humanity-backed, affordable housing development for low-income seniors in a very well-to-do stretch of Lower Manhattan." Shockingly ALL of them had housing.
The incredible feat has landed the former socialite in the Guinness Book of World Records.
These people have a sickness. And it isn't just about the money.
It appears the administration didn't like being shown wrong on National news. Was just too much happiness with him reuniting with his family.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who the U.S. wrongfully deported to El Salvador, was taken into ICE custody on Monday, his lawyer said, after the Trump administration indicated it planned to deport him again, this time to Uganda.
Jimmy Carter, President and Citizen. open.substack.com/pub/fallows/...
Interesting and fair assessment.
The second amendment guarantees the right to a militia to guard against federal tyranny. But if a president can use that force against its own state, against the wishes of that state, then it is no militia at all and a clear violation of the second amendment.
BREAKING: @marcelias.bsky.social's law firm is seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent Texas' map (which violates the Voting Rights Act) from going into effect once signed into law by Abbott
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If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
"The House Freedom Caucus isn’t just losing, it’s evaporating..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
🚨BREAKING: One day after Texas passed its new map, my law firm, in partnership with @redistrictfdn.bsky.social, has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to block the use of the new congressional map for the 2026 election. www.democracydocket.com/cases/texas-...
Over a quarter of all homes sold in the first three months of 2025 were bought by real estate investors. If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared
Today I met with 20 great resident doctors at University of Chicago, Northwestern and University of Illinois hospitals. Very distressing. These young doctors have formed unions because of 80 hour work weeks, inadequate pay and stressful working conditions. They deserve better.
When President Trump called Gavin Newsom “Newscum” earlier this year, the California governor likened him to a bully and refused to engage. These days, Newsom is starting to act as the aggressor.
A rainbow image to commemorate those who died at this site of a horrific mass murder of gay people. This is sick.