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Some people have questions about the creator scholarship program I co-founded, Chorus, so let’s talk about it. wearechorus.com Apologies for posting a Twitter link; the vid was too long to share natively. x.com/briantylerco...
NEW: More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.
CDC leaders on why the left: “I resigned because I could not be part of the weaponization of public health and CDC… we should always be questioning - but you shouldn’t have a preconceived idea before you have the data.”
If I were charged with a federal crime, I’d hire Pam Bondi’s brother as my lawyer. Because I don’t think this is a coincidence.
A couple of months ago, the Navy dishonored civil rights hero Harvey Milk by removing his name from a ship. Now, the Air Force is dishonoring itself by celebrating a domestic terrorist called Ashli Babbitt.
One of the firefighters arrested is an Oregonian. My office has been in touch with his lawyer who says he can't locate his client. My office is working to get more information on his whereabouts ASAP.
This is the plaque honoring the officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6. It was approved by Congress 3 years ago, but the GOP won't allow it to be installed. It is sitting in a Capitol basement utility room surrounded by tools and maintenance equipment. But Ashli Babbitt.....
It’s never been about good governance.
Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day. It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
Just casually laying the groundwork for violent repression of the opposition
Putting the military on the street will lower crime. It does in North Korea, did in Nazi Germany, and in the book 1984. The question isn’t will it lower crime. The question is do we want to be a nation governed like this. Until 6 minutes ago the GOP believed in LOCAL control.
"[B]anks are not communicating with each other ... Fraudsters know it."
Urgh… The Democratic decline in voter registration, the SCOTUS Republican majority’s increasing use of the shadow docket, state capitalism,….
Trump just signed an order creating specialized National Guard units for “public order” in U.S. cities. This is the clearest step yet toward a standing domestic force. Armies don’t keep streets safe, they turn cities into battlefields.
Reflecting on Kent State … youtu.be/MN_9VqfVQ9c?si
A one-man show — telling American businesses: * where they can invest (Apple) * who should be CEO (Intel) * where to send the kickback (NVIDIA, AMD) * who should be writing the in-house research (Goldman). 🤡 @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
US tells Orsted to halt work on offshore wind project off Rhode Island reut.rs/4mwzOv2
National Guard has been mobilized in 19 states - for now, August through November
This administration ditched free markets to embrace “state capitalism”. MAGA has gone full Marxist / Maoist. It appears that the pot (Trump) is calling the kettle (Democrats) black is right flying over the heads of MAGA’s base.
Fascism is like climate change. EVERYONE enabled this.
"Instead of tinkering around the edges, with a wealth tax the government could win the argument on fairness – and finally start to reverse toxic wealth inequality in this country." Your weekend reading, from our Executive Director @faizashaheen.bsky.social! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This story isn't getting enough traction. It's a huge WTF!
Russian drone fell in eastern Poland, Warsaw says reut.rs/4mmJJ6b
This is dark.
Dave Albee was one of the 1st I met in a Press Box when I started covering Baseball in 1987. One of the nicest guys you will ever meet. And even though he's a Red Sox fan , he can use our help finding a kidney donor . Please share this if you can. nkr.org/HJT525?fbcli...
I am beyond livid. The US State Dept is now banning children from Gaza in need of dire medical aid. Once again a reminder that the Trump regime is a fascist regime. Smh. Horrific.
To fight corruption, we need to revitalize a subservient Congress and reform an out-of-touch Supreme Court. bit.ly/4mbQKqv
We need to tax the rich! They’ve rigged the system for too long. Repost if you agree.
“The trucks, which have the same color scheme as Trump’s private jet, sport ICE’s logo and the phrase: ‘Defend the Homeland.’ The words ‘President Donald J. Trump’ appear on the back window of at least one of the vehicles.”
An unarmed veteran was attacked from behind, sustaining injuries and being dragged into a Portland ice building.
Trump wants a piece of every large corporation in America, starting with Nvidia and Intel and Apple, it seems. Centralized governments that control and take over private and public businesses are called communist countries. Once upon a time Republicans were vehemently opposed to Communism. No more.
I am once again asking you to knock on doors to win a city we can afford. zohranfornyc.com/events
Federal contracts make up most of SpaceX’s revenue yet the company has paid little to no federal income taxes since it was founded and may never pay any. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
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Federal contracts make up most of SpaceX’s revenue yet the company has paid little to no federal income taxes since it was founded and may never pay any.
The White House’s official X account has a long thread in which they’ve posted pictures of people arrested during the feds’ occupation of the city. Every single person in the thread is a person of color.
This is unconscionable. And illegal.
@kyivindependent.com Fairbanks, Alaska tonight!
A former teacher who received guerilla warfare training during World War II has this to say at the ripe old age of 102: "War must not be repeated." www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2...
Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...
U.S. taxpayers have spent $24 billion on Netanyahu's horrific war in Gaza. Instead of starving children, that money could pay for: 700,000 public housing units 500,000 low-income kids receiving health care 500,000 veterans receiving VA care 600,000 kids in Head Start Combined.
The use of tax havens by wealthy Canadians and corporations continues to rise. www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources...
@mark-carney.bsky.social Close the loopholes. Tax hidden wealth! #cdnpoli
$66 million. That’s what Meta, Twitter, CBS, and ABC have pumped into Trump’s presidential library while he’s in office. The press isn’t holding power to account. It’s bankrolling it.
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pndg...
For middle America: The politicians flatter and pander to you by calling you "Real Americans". First they came for D.C. residents... (cartoon from the archives)
More on Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith: ➡️ He said that the descendants of slaves should pay reparations to the descendants of slave owners ➡️ He urged Congress to make J6 a national holiday ➡️ He called for Trump’s birthday to be made a national holiday (“MAGA Day”)
We are all closer to becoming homeless than we are to becoming a billionaire. For many, it’s missing one paycheck or an unexpected bill.
Donald Trump announced new tariffs this morning, “emboldened by the fact that the economy had remained strong until now despite economists’ warnings—a fact that turned out not to be a fact at all,” Rogé Karma writes.
White washing economic data to advance this administration’s agenda will result in larger policy failures further along.
The National Arts Centre cut ties with the Falun Gong-associated dance troupe Shen Yun following complaints they were surveilling audience members and demanded audience members in wheelchairs be ejected for making noises related to their disabilities
When Emil Bove was nominated, whistleblowers sounded the alarm. Tonight, Republicans ignored it and gave him a lifetime appointment. He is unworthy of serving on and unfit for the bench.
This is a disgrace. He is already impeachable
Lordy, there are tapes
Why is it acceptable for the president to use taxpayer money to fly overseas and cut a ribbon at his own golf course? Don’t normalize this abuse of office. It’s blatant corruption.
Rescinding Canada’s digital service tax appears to have done little to advance Canada’s trade negotiations with the US.
phew, good thing carney killed the digital services tax to appease trump. it’s working out great!
Speaker Johnson just proclaimed that Republicans are the true supporters of law enforcement. Right.
Happy Canada Day
NEW: An EPA complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that a harmful disinfectant was being used without proper protection at an ICE facility in California. Last week, the case — filed against the GEO Group, a major Trump donor — was dropped without explanation.
🚨BREAKING: Georgia Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN four State Election Board rules concerning certification and hand counting ballots last year. A big victory for GA voters and a stinging defeat for the RNC and election deniers. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
Trump, who recently paid Ashli Babbitt's family $5 million and has floated the idea of reparations for January 6 rioters, calls protesters in Los Angeles "paid insurrectionists."
Transcript of CounterSpin's interview with Katya Schwenk on Trump's Boeing deal: "Corporations, even when, in this case, many, many people died, right, often are given deals that allow them to just pay a big fine, say they’ve implemented reforms, and get away scot free." fair.org/home/the-fam...
Breaking News: The U.S. military is deploying a battalion of 700 Marines to Los Angeles amid ongoing protests to immigration raids. Follow live updates.
The dress rehearsal is over; the curtain has lifted; and it’s opening night of “Suspending Civil Liberties” (aka provoking citizens so your administration can appear to justify martial law). The optics look terrible for this administration but Miller, Noem, etc. make great sacrificial lambs.
Hegseth is now threatening to send the Marines to LA to suppress protesters against ICE’s brutal assault on immigrant garment workers. Just process that: Sending in the *military* to crack down on protesters. We’re now at severe risk of martial law. That’s what they’ve wanted all along.
My hunch is that, as we saw with Lafayette Park, National Guard troops are not going to be as compliant as this administration thinks. It’s one thing to unleash cops consumed by warrior cop culture on neighborhoods. Quite another to send reservists who are also accountants, barbers, and teachers.
Where are all the jurists in Congress? There's a tradition in American law that goes back to medieval England It opposes any kind of military interference in civilian affairs outside of emergencies. It's the fundamental danger of turning an army on its own country’s citizens & Congress knows it
Statement from LAPD regarding protests in the city of Los Angeles.
One of the best things about Posting is you never know what obscure preoccupations your followers have. There will be a guy who has followed you for years and never said anything but then one day you disparage applesauce and he activates like a sleeper agent and dedicates his life to destroying you
The Washington Post: Trump administration races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people You don't say 🤔 #cdnpoli #Trump #ElonMusk
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism. @hannahallam.bsky.social
The 35 richest congressional Republicans are collectively worth $2.5 BILLION. 28 of them sit on committees overseeing tax breaks for the wealthy, paid for by cuts to working families' healthcare and food assistance. How is this allowed???
AFTER | BEFORE 🧵 After 4 years, we managed to close the street in front of our kids’ school to cars. Here’s what it looks like today:
Constitutional law expert: Many attacks on the judiciary don’t appear to be animated by a desire for good-faith debates… they seem instead of a piece of other efforts to neutralize any actor or institution that would “seek to limit this President’s power.”
Focus on immigration quotas means other crimes are going unaddressed. I’ll discuss with Ana Cabrera at 10:40 am ET on @MSNBC. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Unbelievable www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
VAN HOLLEN: I'm simply asking you to provide the committee with a reorganization plan, and your response is 'maybe yes, maybe no.' Am I getting that right? LUTNICK: We're going to follow the law VAN HOLLEN: The law requires to you to submit these major changes to the Senate
Trump is quietly rewriting the rules to turn nonpartisan public service into a loyalty test. If he succeeds, the federal government will serve one man, not one nation. Max Stier explains the spoils system resurgence.
"My career in public health and vaccinology started with a deep-seated desire to help the most vulnerable members of our population, and that is not something I am able to continue doing in this role.” www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
DOGE is now reviewing every NIH grant that goes out, I reported last week. That review is AI-driven and is screening for DEI, trans health, China, vaccine hesitancy, and the institutions to whom Trump has blocked funding, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social reports. Gift link: wapo.st/3HhnPSt
Confidential records obtained by WIRED & @propertyofthepeople.org show the ag industry deploying moles to infiltrate activist meetings, while functionally serving as FBI informants, in a shadow campaign to brand the animal rights movement America's biggest bioterrorism threat. My latest @wired.com:
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Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima dies at 89 長嶋茂雄さん 死去 89歳 プロ野球 巨人の終身名誉監督 | NHK www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20...
Canada’s approach to resilience
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And we intend to file a shareholders’ derivative lawsuit against Paramount if the media company settles with Trump.
According to former staffers and a deposition, South Carolina Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace has allegedly used her tech background to deploy bots across social media—and asked staffers to surreptitiously post on her behalf.
ChatGPT - “…passive consumption and regurgitation of content becomes the status quo.”
B.C.’s controversial Bill 15 is now law. Premier David Eby insists it will be good for B.C. but First Nations leaders have vowed to challenge the fast-tracking legislation in court VIA @sobittersosweet.bsky.social #bcpoli
The Squamish Nation statement on the passing of Bill 15:
Last month, after ICE agents arrested the mayor of Newark, a DHS official said on CNN that there would “likely be more arrests coming.” DHS police came close to delivering on that threat when they invaded the office of Rep. Jerry Nadler and handcuffed a staffer. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
In my first op-ed for @nytimes.com, I argue that the alliance between Silicon Valley & the US government is a threat to democracy. The Republican tax bill now up in the Senate, which would ban states from regulating AI for a decade, will only cement that trajectory. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
It's Been A Great Week for Pandemic Flu Enthusiasts. If you're feeling nostalgic for 2020, don't worry. The next pandemic will be bigger than #COVID19, by @angierasmussen.bsky.social rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/great-week... via @crof.bsky.social #H5N1
Investigators believe the man may have been framed to get him arrested & deported before he could testify in a case where he was a victim of assault. The person who spoke to the AP did so on condition of anonymity, because they couldn't speak publicly. apnews.com/article/ice-...