Hey Dick, its difficult to square this with your vote for his confirmation. What will you do to protect the people of Connecticut from this fascist regime? If you can't step up then get out of the way for someone else in 2028
Hey Dick, its difficult to square this with your vote for his confirmation. What will you do to protect the people of Connecticut from this fascist regime? If you can't step up then get out of the way for someone else in 2028
robot pop star on the charts every day humans lose no one cares its a hit yay
Netanyahu's callous disregard for human life is staggering. The U.S. cannot send another penny to the Israeli government to be used to kill innocent Palestinians, doctors, nurses, and the journalists who are working to give each of them a voice.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag & then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution & then wraps themselves up in the flag." - Molly Ivins Me too. And oh how I wish Molly was still with us.
If you aren’t uncomfortable learning our country’s history, you are learning propaganda.
Speed bumps are dope
Colorado always felt like an AL market to me. Thin air, power hitting, and splits the Mountain timezone between both leagues
“Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don’t, then you are wasting your time on Earth.” Roberto Clemente, born on this day in 1934
Great day for it
Breaking | Six people, including two children, were killed when Israeli forces targeted the Musa bin Nusayr School, which was sheltering displaced families in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City. Source: m.saed.Gaza (Instagram)
Steve Martin turns 80 years old today. In 2007, Martin wrote an essay for The New Yorker in which he was unusually candid about the early years of his career, and his struggles to figure out what he wanted his act—and his life—to be. Revisit his piece.
Folk-Legacy is a very cool label that included some of the best literature with their records. Little booklets up to 30+ pages! Also was located in CT so bonus points :)
Instead of forcibly “removing the homeless” from DC as Trump wants to do, we need to build millions of affordable housing units in America. Instead of giving tax breaks to Wall Street billionaires who are buying up housing & jacking up rent, we need to put a cap on rent prices.
Wow! Incredible recounting of King Philip's War which happened exactly 350 years ago. Important to maintain the history of these early events in the ethnic cleansing of what is now New England
BREAKING: At least 87 Palestinians, including 52 aid seekers, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/2etx3o
BREAKING: Two Epstein victims write letters slamming the Trump DOJ and FBI for its handling of the Epstein case. "I am not some pawn in your political warfare. ... Why not be completely transparent? Show us all the files with only the necessary redactions! Be done with it and allow me/us to heal."
Gov. Lamont isn't giving up on keeping the Connecticut Sun in CT. He says a local bidder has made a competitive offer and hinted the state could provide funding. "We're doing everything we can to keep (the team) here in the state." www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together. With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection. If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
Medicare and Medicaid were created 60 years ago today. Medicaid now covers more people than Medicare. But, when we created this timeline for @kff.org's San Francisco headquarters, we couldn't find any news headlines from 1965 that mentioned Medicaid.
NEW: We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT by the Trump administration. Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw. All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.
If they don't adopt Sam's song as their intro music I'll do the same
BREAKING: At least 43 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces across Gaza since dawn today, including six aid seekers, sources in Gaza hospitals tell Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/kguo3g
Palestinian activist and participant in the Oscar-winning film, No Other Land, Odeh Hadalin was shot in the chest and killed by an Israeli settler in the Occupied West Bank. The shooter, Yinon Levi, has been under sanctions by both the EU and the US.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. 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.
🟥 The Associated Press, AFP, BBC News and Reuters on Thursday issued this joint statement about journalists in Gaza: We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families.
NEW: Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show. “They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
Zia, an Afghan interpreter who risked his life to help U.S. troops, is being detained by ICE in Massachusetts. He's been living in the U.S. LEGALLY for fear of retribution if he returns to Afghanistan. Targeting Zia and other Afghan allies is dangerous and wrong.
The White House releasing the files of MLK as opposed to Epstein despite the family protests is not a "distraction" even though it's being used as one it's a continual public degradation and humiliation of Black folks intended to incite duress and division by how flippantly folks will talk
74% of teens use AI for friendship. Half talk to their AI friend EVERY DAY. One-third report the AI has said something that makes them uncomfortable. AI friendship bots are a freight train headed for our kids. It's malpractice not to protect them.
"more than half of the properties where the owners’ names were made public are owned by Black families, even though Black people comprise less than 20% of Altadena’s population." Great long-form article, not only on the Eaton fire, but Katrina, and the long history of injustice in housing in the US
Industry insiders say other states in the northeast, led by New York, are investigating tapping clean energy projects off the province of Nova Scotia. from @nationalobserver.com via @climatedesk.org
The downsizing of the National Weather Service and the NOAA appears to be part of an effort to privatize the work of such agencies. In several instances, the companies poised to step into the void have deep ties to people tapped by Trump to run weather-related agencies. apnews.com/article/trum...
Many NAmerican forest types are experiencing similar demographic declines, with little/no reproduction. Examples include oak forests in CA and the Midwest, whitebark and western white pine in the West, cottonwoods in some dryland settings. Forests of the 'living dead' are all around us.
I have major issues with NYT coverage of the Gaza genocide among other topics but features like this are why i can't pull the trigger on cancelling. Here's a gifted article for bsky: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/b...
yeah, this sounds panicked.
BREAKING: Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 98 Palestinians since dawn, including 38 aid seekers, medical sources have told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/2nui5x
Advocates say 20-year-old American citizen Sayfollah Musallet was ‘lynched’ while US officials stay silent.
He certainly left his footprint on the game
BREAKING: Israel killed 10 more Palestinians seeking aid at a GHF site in Rafah, southern Gaza, this morning, Al Jazeera reports.
#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1914: Joe Hill, popular singer and songwriter of the International Workers of the World union, is sentenced to death by firing squad. He’d been convicted of murder despite scant evidence against him, and some scholars believe he was railroaded for his politics. /1
NEW from me — FEMA staffers say the response to the Texas floods is horrifyingly slow, and it may be because of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's recent increased control over how the agency spends money. "If this is how they are going to do a major hurricane response, people are fucked.”
We don't have a NWS app thanks to the lobbying of Accuweather.
BREAKING: At least 61 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn today, medical sources have told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xx2jrh
At least 24 dead in Texas flash flooding, sheriff says reut.rs/3IdRxbp
Nice. Greetings from "package store" New England!
checking in on the United States on July 4th:
Yesterday, Trump illegally cut off funding for public schools, precipitating a huge crisis for thousands of schools. This is a result of the recent Supreme Court ruling neutering federal courts. 1/ A dystopian new reign of lawlessness is likely coming. Let me explain.
Videos show flames and thick smoke in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. Firefighters say a heatwave and strong winds caused the fires to spread quickly.
Sure wish we didn't have 3 D reps die of old age so far this term
Under Reagan's tax cuts, the average tax cut for the top 1% was 68x larger than the average cut for middle-class households. Under Bush's tax cuts, it was 16x larger. And under Trump, 36x larger. The GOP has always governed for the privileged few.
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My immediate thoughts on the most monstrous, immoral piece of legislation I’ve ever voted on in the Senate. But I’m not done fighting. I know you aren’t either.
It should be worse. It's a travesty.
NEWS: Israeli forces shot and killed 13-year-old Rayan Tamer Anwar Houshyeh during a military raid in Al-Yamoun, near Jenin, on June 25, according to Defense for Children International – Palestine.
Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, who held up a Sudanese flag with “Sudan and Free Gaza” written on it during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show, has been arrested.
NEW: 130 Iranians Arrested Across U.S. in Past Week, 670 Now in ICE Custody 🎥 Footage from Los Angeles yesterday shows immigration officers detaining several Iranians who had reportedly applied for asylum.
Over 500 Palestinians have been killed since the US- and Israel-backed GHF took over aid distribution in Gaza, a process condemned as a ‘death trap’ by UN officials. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/o4qgv9
Portland's Yang Hansen pick is going to be laughed at around the league; it's one of the more shocking picks of the past decade-plus. Was also told by sources that a few agents were intentionally not sending their guys there because they didn't love the current state of the franchise.
I saw the video of Zohran's walk and I was like, "our guy's been doing that for years!" Love ya bud
BREAKING | From Nasser Hospital: Israel has finally allowed hundreds of blood units into Nasser Medical Complex via the Karm Abu Salim crossing, donated by residents of the West Bank.
Map: New data shows CT's wealthiest and poorest neighborhoods www.ctinsider.com/projects/202...
Whenever I see Dems claim they are out of power, there’s nothing they can do, I think of Brad Lander and how he escorted people to court while being comptroller and running for mayor. Do something or get the f out of the way so there can be more Brad Landers.
Zohran Mamdani was the first mayoral candidate to swiftly condemn the arrest and disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil as a violation of his First Amendment right to advocate for Palestinian freedom.
. Just a reminder . . . ... there is an international arrest warrant out for Netanyahu for war crimes... but nobody cares. Our world is really 💩 in so many ways. 💠 😔 💠
We have gone from the margin of error to the margin of effort. On the day before the election, we stand on the verge of toppling a political dynasty and winning a city we can afford. But we can only do it with you. zohranfornyc.com/gotv
gotta appreciate the little things in 2025
This man has never supported raising the minimum wage. He calls welfare programs “addictive” but defends billion-dollar subsidies for fossil fuel companies. It’s a rigged game—and Mike Lee’s helping deal the cards. #RaiseTheWage #EndCorporateWelfare #MikeLee
At the end of the Cold War, many Americans believed the rest of the world would embrace liberty and become more like us. Instead, we’re becoming more like the autocracies we used to oppose: corrupt, secretive, paranoid, and reliant on intimidation, propaganda and excessive police powers.
BIIIILLLLLL you're crushin it
Too much money in too few hands.
We’re seeing one of the hallmarks of authoritarianism: the criminalization of dissent and its suppression by violence.
I don’t think this lapse into totalitarian dictatorship will prove very popular, but aside from that, the very fact the US has lapsed into it shows how old and stale we’ve become—we’re no longer leaders in ideas—in science, culture, education, economics, government, improving the human condition
EXCLUSIVE: David Hogg lost his vice chair job at the DNC amid his threats to take on “ineffective” Democratic incumbents in primaries.
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
good morning and fuck ICE
Happy 100th birthday RED SMILEY guitar player and vocalist of iconic bluegrass duo RENO & SMILEY (5/17/1925 - 1/2/1971)
The Year of Service I spent with NCCC AmeriCorps was among the most impactful of my life. I am heartbroken that the current administration is removing that opportunity for our young people