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Oh, wow! Sadly, this would never happen in DC. Or ... would it? 🤔

going to tell my grandchildren this was stephen miller inspecting the reflecting pool for vandals

SCOTT JENNINGS spoke to KIM JONG UN for 20 minutes. He said he was fine.

Trump’s 🍊 D.C. troop show looks less like public safety than political theatre with rifles: costly, conspicuous, and barely touching violent crime. The study’s verdict is brutal: some petty theft fell; the violence argument didn’t. 💸⚠️ #DC #NationalGuard #Trump #PublicSafety

As could have been predicted....

Demonstrations continue against the “hostile military occupation” of DC. "A report from the Niskanen Center ... found that the deployment has had no significant impact on violent crime, which has been in consistent decline in the district over the past few years." www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...

TIL, there are 2.25 Zacharias in a Scaramucci.

Yes, but were you in Atlanta for a Hawks game?

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

One thing all New Yorkers can agree on? It’s time to get your flu shot! Go to nyc.gov/healthmap to find all the free locations.

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

AOC always makes so much sense. I couldn't agree with her more.

Reading, and writing, are holy. I love reading novels because they tell me something. They say: "this is what someone believed enough to dedicate months or years of their life to say." This is just as true for the trashiest pulp as it is for the highest literature.

Shit is absolutely going down in southwest Kansas right now. This is Trump's last stand.

"why don't men wear more color." i only dress for the approval of dogs, who mostly see blue, white, gray, black, and brown in the way that we do, so i don't wear other colors.

You know when public attention can reverse a prosecutorial decision like this you almost get the sense that the decision to shrug it off in the first place was not based on an assessment of the quality of the evidence so much as an assessment of the seriousness of the crime.

ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

Samuel L Jackson: how a great actor delivers a line reading.

Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS) is just one of numerous interesting variations on how bodies can grow, but it was a useful re-calibration example for me. We may love sharply delineated conceptual categories, but arbitrary forced “binaries” fail to contend with biological complexity

No New Yorker should lose their life just trying to get around our city. We refuse to accept preventable tragedy as an inevitable part of living in New York.  That's why we’ve announced more than 100 policies to make our streets safer over the next 10 years.

Merriam-Webster wins Bluesky today!

Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal?

After decades of service to our country, a career that started as a Navy pilot and finished as a three star admiral, I was removed from my position without cause. I still have more to give, more to fight for, more work to do — and I am not done serving. Join my team at nancylacore.com

Apple Maps, I used to love you, but it's over. I'm with MapQuest now.

Dems should be clear that there will be consequences when power transfers in DC. Hearings, legislation, investigations, etc.

Let’s rename pi to “American pi” and set it to 3.0. More patriotic and easier to remember!

setting this down here also:

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The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷

tl;dw: the job of the dem majority over the next two years, should it materialize, is to make life hell for the white house, not find points of cooperation

precisely: a unified no against the things Trump wants to do and the people he wants to appoint isn't too much to ask and honestly the majority of Democrats seem on board that said, if the midterms go well, they also need to be prepared to treat a Thomas/Alito replacement like Garland

Happy anniversary to the best partner I could ask for. I love you so very much, Dougie.

Trump is not just the worst president, but the worst US citizen of my entire lifetime. A world historical failure of humanity and morality. He and his wicked entourage have burdened us with the task of repairing his damage and eradicating his evil legacy for the rest of our lives.

arguably worse than Hitler

i think one of the hidden keys to politics right now is "how can our side make sure that the 'trump is gonna kill a bunch of beautiful wild horses' story gets in front of the millions of otherwise apolitical consumers of social media horse-related content"

Honestly, the judge ought to throw them in jail 'til it's taken down.

The thing about Ossoff... is that he seems really mad. Smart, but also really mad. And that's just great politics. 1/3

This is, bar none, the stupidest fuckung thing I’ve ever heard. And the idea that there’s nobody in the chain of command - civilian or military - with enough courage to say so is a disgrace.

Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.