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The Omidiyar network is NOT A DARK MONEY GROUP. I have always disclosed my funding. I have never taken dark money. These creators have not disclosed funding and have taken dark money. I have never taken funding from 1630 and I have zero financial ties to the 1630 fund.
Full statement here. TLDR millions of people on TikTok are currently falling for ChatGPT misinformation. Apparently one if the influencers used ChatGPT to “research” my “funding.” Unsurprisingly, it was completely wrong. Please help me amplify this correct information.
Welch: Am American president talks to other American citizens like that, and propagandists come on TV and normalize this behavior. And nothing about this is normal. Nothing
I wonder why Bill Pulte didn’t send this case over to DOJ with a criminal referral along with his selective targeting of Adam Schiff and Lisa Cook? apnews.com/article/paxt...
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On Sept. 2, 2005, on a telethon to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina, Kanye West went off script and said, "George Bush doesn't care about Black people." 20 years later, would those words have the same impact today?
Jesus
Just when you think Trump can't get any lower, he does something like this for Ashli Babbitt
wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them? This is an insane person.
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
Brutal. A humiliation ritual.
Health care is a human right and the only solution to this crisis is universal health care! #MedicareParaTodos #MedicareForAll apnews.com/article/abor...?
These stories are horrendous! There’s a bad boss epidemic at Starbucks, and it’s not just a few bad apples. THIS is why it’s so important to have a union!
Graham Platner: "If we are going to build a political system that represents working people, we need to send up working people... When working people organize and fight together, they can build power, and they can use that to get the things that they deserve."
1/5 🧵 Once again, this admin makes us all sick to our stomachs - This time... literally. 😷💩 CDC had to drastically cut back FoodNet surveillance because of funding cuts. Deadly outbreaks from Listeria, Campylobacter & others are now harder to spot, putting millions at risk.
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
I am heartbroken and furious over the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. Kids should be learning, laughing, making friends — not running for their lives on the very first week of school. How many more children will live this nightmare before our elected leaders do something?
They're never going to do anything as long as guns are a powerful and effective wedge issue and we don't get money out of politics.
Trump says he is praying for all those involved in the school shooting
Police are at the scene of a shooting at a Minnesota Catholic school, Gov. Tim Walz said. A "significant number of victims" has been reported
Trump let DOGE employees put your Social Security Number at risk on a vulnerable server. Completely unacceptable and a betrayal of Americans’ trust. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
WATCH: Tune in for AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler’s State of the Unions address, where she will discuss what lies ahead for our workers, for our labor movement and for our country. Aflcio.tv
Does anyone know what happened between May and August this year?
A whistleblower complaint says that the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.
So please, sign up on my website, Saikat.us to join a voter call with me. I look forward to meeting you!
Every day I get really great questions from San Francisco voters. Here was a question about what tactics the Democratic Party needs going forward. Instead of talking to big donors and lobbyists, I am talking to voters every day. And I want to talk to you!
My Impossible Burger from BK isn't 🍔 but I get your point
The party of free speech wants to deny you entry into this country if you post anything against Trump. Because nothing says ‘free speech’ like silencing dissent.
Boooo! Jk
Bless Maryland Governor Wes Moore for refusing to authorize National Guard deployment!
No way
He mixed up Wes Moore, brilliant Governor of Maryland, decorated vet, Rhodes Scholar... with Tim Scott, moron hack maga stooge boot-licking Senator from South Carolina (former VP hopeful who didn't even get a cabinet nom from his boss). Because they're both black.
Epic clap-back by Wes Moore 🫡
We're building a BLUE WALL one state at a time! LET'S GO! #EconSky
Love my Governor Wes Moore
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore shown at left while serving a tour of duty as a captain with the Army's 82nd Airborne and leading soldiers in combat in Afghanistan. Donald Trump is at right doing whatever the hell he did when Daddy sent him to an Upstate New York ̶c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶r̶y̶ ̶c̶l̶u̶b̶ ̶ military academy. #WesMoore
It’s incompetent and irresponsible.
Is that what the Trump administration calls gutting the union rights of over 400,000 workers? Trump hasn’t put “American workers first.” He's been the union-buster in chief.
He cut overtime pay for millions of American workers.
He cut the overtime pay of millions of American workers first.
Here comes Joe Rogan running to defend Trump and lie about Walz. Smh
Tim Walz: "I always get in trouble for it and I'll continue to say it, I don't think we do any favors when we don't name it -- these are fascist policies."
Tim Walz: "Think of how easy it would be to be a damn Republican. 'Oh, what should I wear today? This stupid frickin' red hat. What should I say today? I don't know, just make sure it's cruel. Who do we listen to? That guy -- the felon in the White House.'"
I think this piece by @pbump.com is great www.pbump.net/o/the-power-...
The Proud Boys are a foreign gang (Canada). Trump is associated with this foreign gang.
The democratic establishment, whose lame response to the threat posed by Trump and MAGA, got us into this shit in the first place’s shunning of Mamdani is disqualifying. newrepublic.com/article/1992...
Jeffries Again refuses to endorse Mamdani. Meanwhile Mamdani’s popularity keeps growing & he’s further exemplified that his messaging and policies are wanted & real. The Dem establishment has missed its chance to step up. They’ve failed the bare minimum—reminding us why Dems have 26% approval.
Thankfully with not enough charisma to win the presidency. The current guy is a once in a lifetime fluke with faux populist, Boomer appeal.
It's an act. He should have gone to the Yale School of Drama. Thankfully for us he doesn't have the charisma and faux populism appeal that the Big Kahuna has.
This guy is the vice president, a venture capitalist, and a Yale Law grad. And completely ignorant about the basics of World War 2. Sheesh.
Four killed in crash on I-15 in Temecula as BMW leaps center divider; driver survives
To prove it's possible, a region of Germany cut itself off from the national grid & ran its own regional standalone grid purely on renewable energy & batteries. No nuclear, no fossils.
Trump’s militarization of Los Angeles seems to have been just the start of an authoritarian takeover of American cities. This is not leadership. This is a scary, unlawful grab for power, and we should all be deeply concerned.
I asked ChatGPT and Perplexity what Trump's IQ is and they got defensive.
SMITE!!!
Are Republicans in Congress really that scared of him? Generals? 🤔
World War II began when the Allies chose appeasement — handing over Czechoslovakia’s land to a murderous dictator for “peace in our time.” We all know how that turned out.
Impeach after the mid-terms. This is shameful and criminal behavior.
No matter what you think about Mr. Abrego Garcia, if you believe in due process you should be infuriated by this. The Trump admin is threatening to dump him in Africa as punishment for not pleading guilty to criminal charges they brought to avoid complying with a court order.
youtu.be/16sCWQaWJe8?...
NOW: The FBI is executing a search warrant on John Bolton’s home. www.newsweek.com/john-bolton-...
Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
Do you know how insane and infuriating it is to live in a country where one party claims, with media and public support, the mantle of being the ‘tough on crime’ party while its leader openly calls for convicted criminals to be released from prison ‘or else’?
maybe this administration should listen to its own people instead of focusing on photo ops no one asked for
Why does he put "hottest" in quotes? Is he implying that we aren't hot? Either commit to it, or don't write it! 😅
This headline is misleading. What they're doing is cheating, and the headline's tone implies that it's something ordinary and not a big deal. Smh
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: “Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”
Unions boost wages 🚀 On average, a union worker earns 12.8% more in wages than their nonunionized peers. But unions don’t just help union workers—they help ALL workers by raising standards. Read our new report about how unions are good for workers AND communities: www.epi.org/publication/...
Today, Texas House Democratic Leader Rep. Gene Wu will introduce an amendment to Republicans' congressional gerrymandering bill that would block the redistricting scheme until the complete release of the Epstein files.
On Monday, Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows ordered that the returning lawmakers could only leave the House floor with written permission and a 24-hour police escort until the House reconvened on Wednesday. Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier stood her ground.
I really thought this schtick would get old but they're getting better at it. Ding dong!
That's fascism. Say no to fascism. You're not on the team no matter how much you think you might be. There is no team really, just fear, greed, and funneling money upwards. This applies to all forms of fascism.
This is what it’s come to.
Poverty wages have nothing to do with the “value” of the work, and everything to do with the ultra-rich hoarding wealth and power.
Kompromat seems like the answer to Trump's obeisance to Putin...
Ukraine: FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles with 3,000km range and 1,000kg warhead (2,200 lbs) are already in serial production. Ballistic missiles are coming as well. They will undoubtedly be used against Russia this year.
Tomorrow, the European leaders will have to decide the fate of Europe for the coming decades. They can continue to appease Putin as he invades the continent, or they can stand up with their military might against the tyrant. The US will just support the stronger party.
Nations that capitulated to Hitler. The war only ended when Germany was defeated militarily in 1945. 1. Austria 1938 2. Czechoslovakia 1939 3. Denmark 1940 4. Norway 1940 5. Luxembourg 1940 6. Netherlands 1940 7. Belgium 1940 8. France 1940 9. Yugoslavia 1941 10. Greece 1941
The media lost its MIND when Obama tried to make some small changes to the press pool system. Now Trump is quite openly rendering it into a North Korea-esque state-media system and ... has a single journalist or outlet stood up to protest?
Apparently, the wannabe diktator wants to ban mail-in voting now even though he has himself voted by mail. 🙄 His own FBI Director, Christopher Wray, in his first administration found no evidence of coordinated national voter fraud effort. #Voices4Victory www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/u...
BREAKING - Zelensky: “Russia must end this war, which it itself started.”
👇🏽
Do these guys think they’re in an 80’s cop comedy? They’re obviously stalking Letitia James’ house and they’re obviously feds. Jesus.
Can-artist talk. Make up your own definition of what “illegal” means and assert that you stopped it. He’s good at it, and unfortunately it works.
Every accusation is a confession.
⚡️ Update: 3 killed, 30 injured in Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia. The number of injured in Russia's missile strike on Zaporizhzhia has risen to 30, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov.
Pam Bondi, one former official said, is turning the Justice Department into “a pure and unfiltered tool of politics and revenge.” Ruth Marcus reports.
The Washington Post has removed the word "beat" from the title of their story about the arrest of a moped driver in Washington DC.
These are full on Russian talking points. Every few words is disinformation. Did Putin write this content for him? TLDR What Trump is saying here is that he can forgive 11 years of war crimes if the conflict began “peacefully”. What kind of world does that leave us with? 🧵
And now, some facts: 1. The person who has had the power to end the war immediately is and always has been Putin. 2. Remember how it started: in 2014 Putin invaded a sovereign country.
Democratic Governors, you have to play hardball. Red states can't function without your economies. They clearly want to F around. It's find out time.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Wake the fuck up to what's going on in this country... We're going to put everything on the damn line... People haven't given up yet. We're going to do this. We can win this November. We can win next November, and then we can get this country back on track."
Tonight in Washington D.C. The sign reads: “The Bondi order is unlawful you are not obligated to follow it”
Beautiful scenes in Anchorage, Alaska.
"I can't hear anything"
Putin sent his double to meet with Trump in the US and achieved all his objectives: - No new sanctions on Russia nor its allies. - No ceasefire in the invasion of Ukraine. - Advanced potential reset of relations with the US. - Embarrassed President Trump and the United States.
Of course, this isn’t 1930s Europe, so no swastikas and brownshirts. This is fascism in the 21st century: detention camps in El Salvador, a media strategy that combines memes with manhunts, and a president who openly says: “I don’t know” if the Constitution still applies to him.
In May, three prominent scholars of fascism announced that they are leaving the country, saying: 'The lesson of 1933 is that you get out sooner rather than later.' www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/...
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