โWe delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.โ โ Maya Angelou
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Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independent, trusted science the agency produces is protected. act.ucsusa.org/4kajJuk
A commission of United Nations human rights experts said on Monday that Israel was committing genocidal acts against Palestinian civilians in Gaza despite a cease-fire agreement there and carrying out crimes against humanity in the West Bank. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...
Israel has committed the 'crimes against humanity of extermination, torture [and] rape' in the West Bank and is continuing to commit genocide in Gaza, a major new UN report has concluded โฌ๏ธ
www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Mark Carney on Elon Musk crippling Ukraineโs Starlink:
โI search for the right adjective to describe whoever took this decisionโฆ against a country that is literally fighting for the lives of its citizens against naked aggression."
If this is accurate, Elon lied about not having control over Starshield, and he lied about the administration making the decision.
More importantly, why is a private citizen even *able* to make decisions that could hinder US military operations?
The tech industry is made up of individuals who genuinely want to help people and society, and snake-oil salesmen who want you to buy their lies and comply.
Elon Musk fits directly into the top-tier of the latter category.
I wrote about watching You Can See Everything at a moment when the tech industry has really adopted a zealous, faith-based approach to the future and whoโll get us there. Itโs about the cult of the builder, vc betting and the problem with โnever wrong, just earlyโ www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia.
I wish it werenโt that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.
Mike Johnson: "The nightmare scenarioโฆIf this group took over, heaven forbid, they would turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body. They'd spend every day investigating the president, the first family, the Cabinet, donors to the party."
The Talarico nonsense being spread by GOP influencers is a typical republican โscandalโ - lots of BREAKING!! And ๐จ but no actual substance.
If anyone from the Paxton campaign coordinated with influencers to spread these lies, people should go to prison, and Talarico should sue the fuck out of them.
Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power.
We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.
Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.
๐จBREAKING: A Florida lawyer who previously pleaded guilty to illegally accessing election websites monitored the primary election in Maricopa County, Arizona for the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to records viewed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
๐จBREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
NEW: In a major break from past norms, the Trump administration sent criminal prosecutors and an FBI agent to monitor voters in Arizona's primaries earlier this year.
The push comes as Trump exerts pressure on state elections as part of an ongoing attempt to find fraud before the midterms.
A new poll from Marist shows us ahead of Susan Collins, but we canโt let up for a single second. Polls donโt win elections โ working people showing up at the ballot box do.
Early voting has started! Check your registration or register if you haven't already, make a plan to vote, and VOTE!
The Quinault Indian Nation is examining the impact of invasive European green crab on native Dungeness crab populations. The study could carry important implications for crab fisheries. #treatyrightsnwtreatytribes.org/quinault-tra...
It's as if he is TRYING to lose the midterms.
With historically low approval ratings, it would be wise to avoid the press altogether.
Instead, he gives TIME magazine this bonkers, unhinged & l-e-n-g-t-h-y stream-of consciousness interview, pathologically lying throughout. shorturl.at/PMvVB
Do any #Seahawks fans remember this adorable ESPN segment on 3-year-old Kalee Buetow?
Elite ball knowledge. I hope sheโs doing well!
This came across my YouTube feed and brightened my day ๐๐
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Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
Nurses and community members are protesting in San Francisco today as part of the
"People vs. Palantir" Global Week of Action. Organizers say the demonstration is focused on Palantir's work with ICE and concerns over immigration enforcement.
TODAY: Andy McCabe and I discuss the Judge Aileen Cannon dilemma that could result in either her violating her own court order or releasing Volume II of Jack Smith's final report. All ahead of Smith's testimony on the Hill Tuesday. Always free. Occasional swearing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
CNN is about to travel the same dark path of WaPo and CBS News. They will say it's not true. They will ask you to ignore what you see and disbelieve what you hear.
Instead, I suggest you support independent media. You can start with Democracy Docket but there are many others. demdock.com/4w6emld
Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."
No matter what side of the aisle youโre on, this argument should be chilling.
Trying to limit freedom of the press under the guise of national security is what tinpot dictators do. Thatโs not how a functioning democracy works.
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. Weโre making them pay $131.5 million โ the largest worker settlement in City history.
This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
Harry Truman once said, โSocialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.โ
He was right then, and Republicans are proving him right today. Watch.
Weโre being run by an unhinged, corrupt egomaniac who thinks heโs a king and has no use for the constitution.
And most of the media still just covers it like itโs normal.
While the U.S. is getting their asses handed to them by Iran and our stock piles of munitions are depleted, Pete Hegseth is worried that every man in the military isnโt waking up with a hard enough boner.
Thatโs interesting.
The Kennedy Center is a memorial to a fine president who was assassinated in his prime.
It is a center that honors and celebrates the arts.
Our current president is such a malignant narcissist rapist that he will destroy it if he canโt put his name on it.
Fucking monster.
#KennedyCenter
Heads up: The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations seeking to undermine public confidence the midterms โ using a familiar playbook in an attempt to inject chaos into the voting season, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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