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Schrodinger's Diagnosis?
Nobody is talking about this, but Casey Means was nominated as surgeon general on and referred to the Senate HELP Committee on June 2. As of July 31, the committee has not advanced her nomination due to missing paperwork. The Surgeon General has to have a medical license, which she does not have.
The myth of America that so many of us had drilled into our heads for decades makes it incredibly hard for many of us to accept the current reality of America.
I was just thinking earlier... Pretty in Pink makes no effort to justify why Andi likes Blaine or why he likes her. There is no scene that establishes any basis for why it matters if they get together or not.
For a sec I thought that was Donald Sutherland
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.
Nelvana, one of Canada’s most biggest animation studios has reportedly shut down after 54 years. (1974-2025). Workers are saying the studio has closed down its doors last Friday.
If the last 25 yrs is any indication, we'll either get through this or we won't. WW 1 & 2 happened. Things looked bleak. Coulda gone much worse than it did. But the world went on. Sometimes it goes on in ways we never could have imagined. We're at a point where status quo is no longer sustainable
Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future. (I'm already halfway there, honestly)
I feel like the whole idea of "the future" has been debunked as a destination for all things wonderous & amazing.
This is absolutely heartbreaking news.
I thought that whole drowning/floating test had merit.
America’s vicious cycle: Corporations crush workers to protect their bottom lines, then use their profits to lobby for policies that allow them to keep crushing workers. Labor Day is the perfect time to remind ourselves it doesn’t have to be this way. https://youtu.be/JSralhrpK44?feature=shared
Who's the editor?
BREAKING Belgium to recognise Palestine at UN General Assembly, says foreign minister
youtu.be/559eWB93jW4?...
Ben dressed as Columbo for this would've been next level
Oh, and another Thing…!
Nine former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are speaking out, saying Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is endangering the health of Americans. abcnews.go.com/Health/forme...
🚨𝗡𝗘𝗪: 𝗖𝗡𝗡 📺 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝘃𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿 #𝗖𝗔𝟰𝟴 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵! Tune in to see why I support Prop. 50 CA redistricting initiative. Share if you agree @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is showing principled, aggressive and transparent leadership!
Local immigration attorneys and relatives of people detained by immigration agents in recent weeks are raising alarms over what they say are dire and inhumane conditions at ICE’s field office in Northern Virginia. READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/v...
So @dominos-pizza.bsky.social No longer offers the option of talking to an actual person to get customer service. And there is a donation to St Jude on their ordering page that you cannot opt out of.
And the encouraging result of these conversations has been some slightly more measured reporting, with a bit more background and context on Russia’s long-term electronic warfare against Europe. “EU chief von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming” www.bbc.com/news/article...
I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
⚡️ Ukraine says it destroyed 2 Russian Mi-8 helicopters, tugboat in occupied Crimea, shares footage. Drones struck the Russian military air base in Hvardiiske near Simferopol, destroying helicopters worth an estimated $20–30 million, according to HUR.
Norway has agreed to buy five new British warships in a deal worth £10bn. Defence Secretary John Healey says the deal "deepens our strategic partnership" with Norway news.sky.com/story/norway...
"A writer drafts a screenplay and submits it to various competitions. They get some buzz, maybe even placing in a few, though their script ultimately doesn’t land anywhere. Then, they see a movie that feels similar to what they wrote...." #scriptsky www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
I don't remember if Waid had written JL before but I like his approach.
I love Von Eeden's art
Only three prints left of my collab with @pattonoswalt.bsky.social , signed by me AND him 20% off for Labor Day www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/patto...
Solid tips and THEY WORK: “It was the second Iowa Senate seat Democrats flipped in 2025, and the fourth straight special election in Iowa where the Democratic nominee overperformed BY MORE THAN 20 POINTS, compared to the November 2024 presidential results.”
I rarely read comics anymore but I try to keep up with what's going on with various characters. I have however been pleasantly surprised with Waid's current run on Justice League.
I just love that her name is sparkle. 🎶Fairy tales can come true. It can happen to you...🎶
MORE: Sparkle Sooknanan is still awake -- and she wants a fourth status report from DOJ. The judge orders the government to update her when all putative class members have been returned to ORR custody.
Yeahhhh...suffered through one of those myself. Just horrifying.
If an action would be regarded as an attack if done by a foreign adversary, it should also be treated as an attack if carried out by an elected official.
Or Simonson
I think so too
Honored that Mark is now a Democracy Docket member.🙏 The force of democracy must be with us!!!🥳
The Trump regime wants us to forget that the Kent State massacre happened — that pitting the National Guard against American citizens is a recipe for disaster.
Right now in Michigan, we’re in the middle of a budget showdown. The Republican Speaker of the House slipped a provision into the budget that would kneecap our Attorney General – and make it near-impossible for us to take the Trump Administration to court.
I was just thinking about the waning days of institutionalized slavery...& how some of the people whose entire livelihood relied on abundant unpaid labor might've considered that their whole way of life might have an actual crime & that the end of slavery might mean being held personally accountable
Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on. Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime. www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
When only yesterday it was merely a nice day for a white wedding.
I wonder what kind of Bond Patrick McGoohan would have made?
FEDERAL AGENTS TAKE NOTE… It’s not just Chicago standing strong. Other blue cities and governors are ready to unite against Trump’s federal invasion. I’m not an attorney, but this point seems huge: if federal agents break state or city laws, they can prosecuted. And Trump cannot pardon them.
Why has Trump been attacking unions and workers’ rights? He wants working people to feel helpless and divided. Trump and his billionaire backers realize that the collective power of a unified labor movement outweighs their own power. Know this: Workers outnumber the oligarchs.
@joshsteinnc.bsky.social
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!
You're obviously a remnant of a previous timeline
And as @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I argue in #ScienceUnderSiege, it really IS appropriate, William J Broad, to compare the current assault on science by the administration and its enablers in congress (and, yes, the press): bsky.app/profile/mich...
That's a good note. I'm gonna hang onto that.
Pure fucking evil. Everyone involved in this shit needs to be held accountable.
The press is harder on Dems because Dems treat the press as legitimate & take hard questions. Hassling Dems is how the press gets to cosplay at the jobs they used to do legitimately.
Imagine a time traveler whose primary focus is telling famous people when the best time would be for them to die to secure their best legacy.
WTF are all you commie libs talking about? He looks great!!
I think it's the unwarranted capital tea you're drinking,
The Trump administration on Sunday pushed to deport 10 unaccompanied migrant children between the ages of 10 and 17 to Guatemala, their country of origin, just hours after a federal judge temporarily blocked the government from pursuing the action.
Trump is a terrorist. He spreads his hateful fear to our families, friends, & neighbors. His cancerous hate is much more widespread than any gangsters. He is an abuser. A recidivist. A serial killer. This man continues to kill the most innocent among us. Trump is committing crimes against humanity.
Remember all those times Trump's people went to court over various voter fraud claims. They held big press conferences but offered no evidence when they actually went into court?
Important story At a recent Manhattan protest, security guards snatched two brothers, dragging them inside the Egyptian Mission to the UN where they beat one with a chain and choked the other. NYT notes foreign govts have used embassies and diplomatic outposts to crack down on dissent. Gift link!
To grow what & for whom?
BREAKING: Judge Sooknanan has now expanded her restraining order as she attempts to block ongoing efforts to remove hundreds of Guatemalan children, which their lawyers say are currently underway. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
The DOJ is telling the court that all unaccompanied children Trump is sending to Guatemala have parents or guardians in that country who have requested their children be returned to them. The plaintiffs are saying that's not at all true. You can read the back and forth here:
If Jonathan Swift had written his Modest Proposal anytime in the last 10 yrs, there would have been 10 websites promoting the practice of baby eating 5 mins after the thing was published.
During a town hall Wednesday in Worth County, Iowans urged Hinson to “stop lying” after she claimed that the president’s key legislation had ushered in “higher wages” and an improved cost of living. “Higher wages?” shouted one woman incredulously. “For who? For you?” trib.al/KGFzxKS
It's amazing that despite Trump's efforts to bring the media to heel, a lot of language still gets through that depicts this insanity as not your normal run of the mill govt activity.
There are no facts that support Republican priorities/policies. You can therefore see why they'd have a problem with objective reality.
Its a bit like the Chomsky quote where some media person thinks Chomsky is accusing him of being a groomed liar in his position and Chomsky is like "obviously not... But you wouldn't have this job if they didn't know what you were going to say" See also: thomas, clearance: bribery accusations
Notice how no one mentions Trump's inaction on the wind fires there?
How can it hope to be recognized as fantasy if everyone isn't speaking with English accents???
Because in their view, cancel culture is the problem. Not the actions that lead people to get cancelled. What an efficient way of invalidating their entire project's credibility.
Donald Trump is once again threatening to issue an executive order targeting voting. This is an effort to subvert the Constitution and the 2026 election, which grants states and Congress but not the president power to regulate federal elections. If he does this, we will sue and we will win (again).
NPR's Scott Simon talks to a pastor and parishioners at East Washington Heights Baptist Church about crime in Washington, D.C., and whether the National Guard deployment helps or hurts the city.
The sad truth is that what Democrats are selling is sanity & a significant portion of the United States has been twisted into such a psychotic cynical mess that they can only view such a positive message as some kind of elaborate con.
NEWS: Trump and House Republicans' budget cuts seek to eliminate the HOME affordable housing program that’s built/rehabbed 1.3M homes in 30 yrs, including 540k in rural areas. 84% of those homes are in districts that voted for him. Rural families now face losing their lifeline.
BREAKING: A federal judge has *blocked* the Trump administration from abruptly deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children — perhaps within a matter of hours — granting an emergency restraining order after advocates called the plan illegal + dangerous. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
WELKER: Do you have 100% confidence in Secretary Kennedy? LANKFORD: I believe he's who the president picked. He's challenging some of the assumption - what is it about autism? He seems to be following the science WELKER: The science has debunked links between autism & vaccines for more than 20 yrs
GORKA: Instead of blaming an inanimate object, which is the weapon, how about addressing the human being instead? KEILAR: DHS cut funding in July to the Minnesota Dept of Safety and the Hennepin Country Sheriff's Office in July that is the kind of funding used to assess mass violence threats
Did Raddatz disclose her new position in the Trump administration before the beginning of the interview?
Trump torches the immigration deal that Lankford helped put together & he still plays the good little soldier. There are no good Republicans.
@gypsychick.bsky.social you'll enjoy this www.instagram.com/reel/DOAAEY5...
Getting so tired of these royal degrees that have absolutely no legal effect.
⚡️Ukrainian forces liberate village near Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast. The positions previously allowed Russian troops to control the road leading into Kupiansk, approximately 104 kilometers (65 miles) east of Kharkiv, the regional capital.
Think it's a coincidence that Longshot looks A LOT like Tom Petty?
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.
I have a theory that Pump Up The Volume is a Superman story
