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the thing is, they literally do. The claim is that the Arab world *once did* great things and *no longer does,* and that second part is not true. Conveniently, they keep records of who gets those prizes, so you can see that it is not true.

A year ago I got what I originally thought was a scam call. The caller claimed to be FBI, said that I had been indicted for a conspiracy, and told me to schedule a time to self surrender if I did not want to be arrested at my home. It was not a scam call, at least not in the manner I suspected.

We wanted to understand how working-class Americans in the midwest will vote next Tuesday. So we talked to three Free Press staffers at a Cheesecake Factory in Glendale.

I created this photo using recent research so it relaxes your brain when you pause to look at the details. As I'm sometimes too unwell to post here (not good mental health due to PMDD & recovering from a breakdownA) it would help so much if you could maybe RT my photo. Many thanks 🌿

“losing brand deals for dissing Mao” is darkly funny in several different ways

El-Sayed on Trump's cognitive tests: "I went to medical school...In my neurology unit, I would have to give that MoCA exam...The only people that you give a MoCA test to are people who you worry may have cognitive deficits. By definition, if you're taking one of those tests, something's wrong."

It's insane that the campaign against El-Sayed is basically that he has some secret relationship with the people that the president's family has a secret relationship with.

On and on it goes www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

do people understand that Alito's definitely going to retire within Trump's term and that's why the Senate is important? these people were alive in 2016, right? do they want Trump to appoint another goddamn Kavanaugh so things get worse, and if they do not want that, why are they acting like they do

And other than maybe a scattered incident here or there we probably won’t see ICE enforcement activity at or near polling locations. ICE showing up at polling locations isn’t as great a threat as US Attorneys & US Marshalls showing up at a tabulation centers.

Greenblatt is only interested in making nice to MAGA. It’s not only immoral, it is colossally dangerous for Jews 

In a sense, I do miss Chris Cillizza hopping on TV to explain in his little whiny voice how Democrats could be undone by suburban chain restaurant voters

More women have accused Donald Trump of rape than seen him in a Cheesecake Factory

68 now! if anybody wants to borrow this for their other Bluesky meetups it's on github; i'm willing to host it to get you started:

If this happens it could actually be a twofer: 1) help her win and help the normie wing of DSA and 2) further discredit the freak show national DSA.

This is one of the two signature in-state polls. 51-45 for El-Sayed. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

3 Big Losses for Trump in One Long Day of Setbacks talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Texas now over 60% of its 2022 *total* vote. Hidalgo County (large 92% Hispanic border county) is over 70%

58 year old Tennessee GOP House candidate dismisses unsolicited dick pic he sent as a 53 year old as "youthful indiscretion" www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

Please honor Mao as the democratically elected rule of law leader he was!

Ouch. Insider Adavantage jumping out of the plane

The Trump explanation on Iran is we already won, it was great, Trump is anti-war. The reason they think it'll work is because he escalated multiple conflicts in his first term, including with Iran, and voters bought the "anti-war" BS anyway. The answer to many things is "because you voted for it."

Don't worry, Flavio! Your future is guaranteed by Donald J. Trump! That's a bet no one has ever come to regret!

JD Vance: I don't know the names of countries I'm doing war diplomacy with and won't learn, put me in charge of foreign policy Susan Collins: I have no idea what any judge will do, I don't look at their record, put me back in position to oversee judges GOP voters: Thank you, this is what we want

It's amazing how editors will say "we can't see inside this public figure's mind," "we can't assume their intentions" — and then write stuff like this.

It’s vastly underated that one of the main reasons the far right hate Zelenskyy so much is he stayed & fought for what he believes in while they go from posting like this to fleeing the country within 48 hours

new at the patreon: john and i talk vivek ramaswamy's terrible campaign for ohio governor www.patreon.com/unclearpod/p...

NEW: The DOGE operative who gutted USAID -- firing thousands of employees and canceling lifesaving programs -- never actually signed the paperwork that's legally required for him to be employed by the agency.

it's cool how there is at least as much evidence atp for voters viewing Abdul as a perfectly normal Democrat as there is for voters viewing him as a scary radical

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I had never heard of this 🥹🥹

You cannot retort every accusation against Israel with "We're the only democracy in the Middle East" and then demonise and malign 21% of the electorate for voting because they're Arabs. Netanyahu is an self-preserving authoritarian. Like Trump, there's nothing he won't trade for self-interest.

It's VERY useful right now to watch elections in other countries: like Serbia, Brazil, & Israel. It's fascinating to see democracy emerge victorious in 2 countries. And to discover how panic over the impact of mass voting--democracy--will affect a 3rd BIG numbers of people voting are a GOOD THING

The polls are open in Israel for several more hours, and the voter turnout rate is already the highest its been since 1969. Total vote has already exceeded the last election. I say again: this is *with* several hours still left to vote. Really, really not a great sign for Netanyahu.

In all best-of-seven postseason series, teams with a 3-0 lead have gone on to win the series 42 of 43 times (98%), with 33 of those series ending as sweeps Only two teams have forced a Game 7 after trailing 3-0, and only the 2004 Red Sox, in the ALCS, have come all the way back to win

blocking just isn’t a super serious thing, it doesn’t have to be saved for a massive transgression “I didn’t enjoy interacting with this person on the internet” is a perfectly good reason now you won’t find each other annoying anymore, everyone wins

we have ample evidence that you can be a bad person and make good art and I think andy weir is showing us that you can be kind of a dipshit and also make good art his books are good solid adventure stories! they make fun movies! we would all be better off if that's all we knew, but so it goes

1. Lose election 2. Assume Trump will steal election for him 3. Trump is flailing around and failing to steal his own election 4. Oh shit oh fuck

I thought this man loved his father! apparently he doesn’t even want to spend time with him in prison, smh

yes, lay the groundwork for investigations with teeth targeting the Republican billionaire media conglomerates in 2029 oh they’ll bias coverage against you in 2028? what else is new, how’s that working out for them in 2026

There's so much else wrong with this stupid lawsuit but on this specific point: despite being "busy" with "lives" and "jobs," Alaskans were able to spell M-U-R-K-O-W-S-K-I when they reelected her to the Senate as a write-in candidate in 2010 after she lost the GOP primary.

we are all beautiful human submarines

research your local elections! the reason I haven’t turned in my ballot yet is that my wife and I are still talking to folks about some local city council and school board stuff! local things matter even if you can’t vote in a national swing race