This crazy, sad, beautiful world will break your heart. A young person who isn't an anarchist has no brains; an older person who isn't a socialist has no heart. "There's no success like failure, but failure is no success at all." - Bob Dylan.
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Here's the response from Paul Bryant, the Black veteran and lawyer whom the govt arrested in part bc he had a legal weapon in DC, to USG attempt to get him detained. It leans heavily into the lack of Body Cam proving he shoulder checked some Guardsmen. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Nine former directors of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention joined forces to warn Health Secty Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is “endangering every American’s health." RFK Jr MUST be charged with manslaughter. Dem State AGs must charge him for killing Americans.
By chance, I met this ancient oak near Mauchline, Ayrshire. My hiking pole on the right gives an idea of girth. Trees this age and size are so rare in Ireland that this would be celebrated. But in Scotland, they seem no big deal. Irish nature is a mere shell of what it once was. Time to rewild!! 🌏
Together with the labor movement of Maine, together with Bernie Sanders — We will defeat the oligarchy, and we will defeat Susan Collins.
Thank you on this labor day!!
Also announced at the same time was a posthumous Medal of Freedom for Adolf Hitler. According to Trump "Hitler wasn't a bad guy. It's a lie of the Woke Media. In fact he was a loyal German and trying to do the best for his people. He deserves to be recognized" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.
My inexpert opinion is still that, on balance, this figure is likely too high by a large degree. That’s because the analysis relies on a presumption that immigrant survey response rates haven’t changed, and I’d bet dollars to donuts they have.
Trump: I FEEL GREAT NOTHING IS WRONG HERE LOOK A PHOTO OF ME GOLFING FROM A WEEK AGO Giuliani: I WAS HELPING SOMEONE DONT SPREAD CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT MY CAR WRECK Trump: EPSTEIN IS OVER HE DIED A LONG TIME AGO GET OVER IT Sure, guys.
Jerry Nadler ends his remarkable career, conceding that his brand of politics on the Middle East is over. “I don’t know what to say at this point,” he said. “I can’t defend what Israel is doing.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
Netflix is putting its money where its mouth is: 💰 $2M to back Newsom in the redistricting fight 📺 A deal for Sesame Street — new episodes and the full archive free to watch. That’s how you pick a side.
Kressly: I expect in the next couple of weeks, this is going to get worse. You’re going to hear from the same administrative people who have gutted the expertise needed to promote child health — pushing false narratives like, “we need to look at the link between vaccines and autism.” That is a lie.
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
This attachment to a fixed self generates suffering, for it is the basis of our fears, desires, and conflicts. As long as we see ourselves as separate, we are bound by the duality of subject and object, self and other, inside and outside. Goodnight sleep tight.
RFK Jr is not a “vaccine sceptic”. He’s an anti-vaxxer and an adherent of Eugenics. He also believes that microbes (viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites) don’t cause diseases but rather that disease is caused by “Miasma”. Let’s not soft pedal his beliefs and actions.
Vaccine sceptic RFK Jr has called for the retraction of a Danish study that found no link between aluminium in vaccines and chronic diseases in children — a rare move... “Kennedy has demonstrated that he wants the scientific literature to bend to his will”, says Oransky. Scientific American
fuck nate silver
It is so weird to think Nate Silver believes he knows how "normal" people think.
This ‘blue states closed schools too long’ narrative is becoming increasingly entrenched in the Polite Center but it’s arguable at best. Republican states had far more deaths during COVID and their students have roughly comparable learning loss.
Exactly, the entire argument for this narrative is that kids rarely die of COVID. That’s true, but it wasn’t the justification for the policy. Teachers *do* die of COVID and kids *do* spread COVID. Some studies find school closures were the most effective intervention for preventing cases!
California and Florida are on opposite ends of the school-closure spectrum and the differences in test scores are a wash. Some individual schools and districts definitely stayed closed too long but it just isn’t the case that this is some huge, obvious, foreseeable blunder.
No one is "disregarding" this, it has been the subject of relentless coverage from media and politicians since 2020. Everyone knew school closures were going to be very hard on kids. The trade-off was that not closing them was going to result in mass death. No win-win scenario was on the table.
He certainly looks very tired and weak. Just speculation, but perhaps he’s had a cardiac issue arise recently. Or maybe he’s recovering from stent surgery.
It’s been almost a week since Trump made a public appearance or spoke to the press, apart from being spotted leaving the White House, allegedly on his way to the golf course. This is very unusual. What’s going on?
Someone please kill me right now.
Michelle Obama: kids should have healthier school lunches RFK Jr: maybe if we let the plague run wild we can build a master race Media: wow these are the same thing
The chaos at the CDC in the wake of last week’s firing of its Director and the resignations of four senior officials is fallout from the latest skirmish in RFK Jr.’s war against vaccines. Make no mistake, RFK Jr. is working hard to take away your vaccines, if he can. Here’s a progress report.
Netflix just gave Gavin Newsom 2 million for the redistricting fight and made a deal with Sesame Street. New episodes will air there and the backlog of old episodes will Be free to watch. Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.
Lies, lies and more lies. Lies upon lies upon lies. And even more lies.
Yep a good-faith critique of learning loss would lead to proposals for a massive, New Deal-scale investment in public education. The people pushing the narrative are doing precisely the opposite.
Exactly. It’s not a “good faith” critique at all. The opposite is true: it’s just a convenient pretext for justifying an underlying agenda that includes outlawing all public health (including vaccines) and completely eliminating public education.
Trump is certainly the stupidest, most ignorant, most incompetent person to ever hold a position of power that any of us have ever seen, heard about or read about in human history. He combines this unprecedented imbecility with greed, hatred & immorality to create the worst regime in human history.
Beef prices have hit record highs this Labor Day Weekend — in part thanks to Trump's tariffs. Remember when Trump said he would bring down the cost of groceries? https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?feature=shared
Well, surprise surprise! I wouldn’t believe anything that comes from Trump and the Trump Regime. It’s all lies, propaganda, misinformation and more lies. Always.
An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes. - Sun Tzu
Difference between a husky and border collie... 👀😅🤣 #dog #dogday #bluesky
The problem isn’t refugees on boats. The problem is oligarchs hoarding obscene amounts of wealth while most people fight to stay afloat. Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
"WEAK LOSER" DONALD TRUMP (CRAPPY HAIR!) IS A BROKEN-INSIDE MANCHILD. (SAD!) HIS TYRANT FATHER (KKK!) DESTROYED HIM AND NOW WE ALL MUST SUFFER AS A RESULT. YOUR FAVORITE WRITER (ME!) EXPLAINS THIS IN A GREAT POST THAT MANY ARE SAYING IS THE GREATEST POST EVER. READ IT HERE: bit.ly/3HD7AQd
Of course. It’s always been the objective of the White Christian Nationalist wing of our current authoritarian government to not only outlaw all abortions no matter the circumstances, but also to outlaw all contraceptives. They’re just pouncing on whatever seems like a useful pretext true or not.
You guys see where this is going? Right?
Trump calls for more Covid vaccine data to stop CDC ‘being ripped apart’ on.ft.com/4lY4Qej
On this Labor Day I am remembering Ronald Raygun & Orin Hatch, profound enemies of the labor movement, as well as all of the working class fools who voted for them time and again. America's march to massive inequity received real momentum under Raygun, and that inequity now threatens our democracy.
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.
I've never seen such a disconnect between Dem elected/staff/consultants and actual Dem voters. The latter understand what's going on. The former are awash in right-wing brainrot, hence @schatz.bsky.social blaming COVID mitigation and BLM marches for the GOP's wanton destruction of public health.
![@EsotericCD It was in this moment that many of us hanging on to a thin sliver of trust in our institutions irrevocably lost faith in them. One of the most poisonous blows to public trust in living memory - worse than the effect of the Iraq War in many ways. RFK Jr is a direct result of this. Quote Steve Guest @SteveGuest · Aug 31 Politico 5 years ago: [screenshot of article falsely claiming public health officials lied about COVID measures then abandoned them for BLM protests] Views](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ddvus7otnqtlh7fdooxm6qat/bafkreihsypwydo5rcis7mc54cwct6h33l5co477nvh7g7hs7na2fz4jl3q@jpeg "Click to view full size")
The Democrats have proven themselves to be clueless, useless and incompetent for decades. They’ve been busy vying for and cashing in from corporate bribes while the extreme right wing took over everything. And now we are paying the heavy price.
9 Former CDC Directors who were all qualified for their posts are warning that deranged chaos agent RFK Jr is a danger to public health. I’d say he’s actively destroying public health and committing murder on a daily basis with his destructive monstrous agenda.
Trump on RFK Jr., the CDC, and vaccines (a translation). He seems to be saying that he was shown data about COVID19 vaccines being safe and effective, but that the pharma companies didn’t show those amazing data to anyone else, like RFK Jr. He thinks this is why there is a “mess” at CDC.
Trump’s post is completely idiotic as always and filled with lies, misdirection and misinformation. However, we can gather one thing from it: he would be perfectly fine if RFK Jr effectively banned all vaccines. As long as he is the first on line to get one.
I didn’t really need more evidence that RFK Jr is nuts and delusional.
One psychopath praising another psychopath. It’s like Mussolini praising Hitler for being “the most compassionate person I’ve ever met.”
Nine former CDC directors basically said RFK Jr is a threat to public health.
this is the guy that the modern right wing considers one of their finest intellectuals
Here in the US, “two weeks” actually means never.
“Full military funeral honors” must be Esperanto for “Fascist Overthrow Participation Trophy”
Basically if you look like a sundowning pixelated walrus covered in sunburnt mayonnaise you nailed it
Trump is certainly the stupidest, most ignorant, most incompetent person to ever hold a position of power that any of us have ever seen, heard about or read about in human history. He combines this unprecedented imbecility with greed, hatred & immorality to create the worst regime in human history.
💯%. I've come to accept how morally depraved Donald Trump is. But I'll never get over how blindingly imbecilic he is. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
At least while alienating all of our allies, Trump has been instrumental in bringing others closer together.
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I wouldn’t believe anything that comes from the Trump Regime. It’s all lies, propaganda, misinformation and more lies. Always.
The entire ruling class needs to resign.
NEW: Since corporate media won't call for Trump's resignation, I will. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trump-must...
ICE procurement activity since August 22, totaling ~$19M. Companies highlighted in yellow are new to the "Who's Profiting from ICE?" map, available here: bit.ly/3TgUZEq Source: USAspending.gov
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
So awkward to be living through a dystopian novel about techno-fascist billionaires who have banded together with white supremacists, Christian nationalists, and international dictators in an attempt to overthrow democracy and commit genocide, all to establish tech-enabled fiefdoms in their wake.
🚨 “The people united will never be divided!” Happening in OUR nation’s capital today. 1/2
Great point!!
And like all mass murderers, he wants to take as many other people with him as possible.
He obviously knows where he’s going.
The police version of the crash, as relayed by a local Manchester reporter, is unsurprisingly quite different from what Giuliani's spokesman says. The whole thing is even more murky now, however. manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
“Jobs disappear and the markets cheer.” On Labor Day 30 years ago, I issued a warning the growing divide between workers and the super-rich. Watch. youtu.be/8rW1kkAV-gw
Mainstream Media isn’t reporting about the children who have died that ICE Gestapo snatched! #iceout #arrestnoem #arresttrump
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
📌Are we finally done listening to a party that is telling us out loud “we are all going to die” and then doing whatever they can to kill us? Are we finally done with people like Captain Death himself, RFK Jr., who is currently doing more to intentionally wipe out people than any man since Hitler?
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders wants RFK Jr. under oath. He’s demanding a special Senate hearing on the CDC disaster RFK Jr. helped create. Go Bernie!
'The findings add weight to a growing body of evidence that beavers may be acting as ecosystem engineers, reshaping waterways in ways that benefit not just their own survival, but that of entire landscapes.'
If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
Digital tokens. They’re gonna put genocide on the blockchain. Crypto grifter-style ethnic cleansing.
Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
He won’t let the press anywhere near him. This is getting weirder and weirder.
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
Make America Healthy Again is "a great slogan," wrote Sen. Bernie Sanders. "The problem is that since coming into office President Trump and Mr. Kennedy have done exactly the opposite." www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Who voted for war with Venezuela?
The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.
I got arrested yesterday! (real drop off from being a corporate law firm associate five months ago. or upgrade.) I was blocking vehicles leaving from ICE’s Broadview, IL, staging ground and de facto detention center at 1930 Beach St. full statement (for now) below.
“They advocate the removal of almost all public officials and services, increasing the numbers of the armed forces and police, building up the capacity for repression by the powers that be, no longer public, but corporate and business. [DOGE and militia-style police (ICE)] is a trial run of this.”
Dr. Dmitri Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC says that RFKJr said he believes that Avian flu should be allowed to "burn through" the chickens and then children and others, so we can propagate a "stronger species". RFKJr believes in eugenics. RFKJr needs to resign or be fired.
AI can unmask the disgusting kidnapping goons Stealing parents away without any contact for a long time I will repost the identities of the kidnappers if I can find them Asylum is legally allowed Refugees are escaping dangerous situations America was founded on freedom!
To execute his authoritarian takeover, President Trump requires the devoted service of willing accomplices. Case in point: Trump’s appalling new effort to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors. Yet this maneuver may backfire. trib.al/wddoKBF
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