Putin: “Russia is exploring the possibility of cooperation with the US in the Arctic.”
Just a reminder of Trump’s lies that he wanted Greenland to keep Russia out of the Arctic.
I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.
Peter Medawar (Physiology or Medicine, 1960) [As an aside, the man also had a great prose style. His take down of Teilhard de Chardin is a great read].
Moungi Bawendi (Chemistry, 2023)
Abdulrazak Gurnah (Literature, 2021)...
The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.
My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.
Lula:
"We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world.
We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."
Goldcrest
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Netanyahu wanted Israel’s military to take action against Iran just before the election. Probably to help him in the election. I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump does something similar. Hegseth has already fired the people who may have opposed it.
www.timesofisrael.com/in-unprecede...
In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.
Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day.
Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.
One benefit of holding leaders accountable for crimes is that if Flávio Bolsonaro tries to overturn this election, he knows exactly where he’d end up. In prison, next to his father.
Comedian Clare Blackwood imagines a post-referendum Danielle Smith trying to make a truce with the political opponents who wronged her. #abpoli#ableg#canpoli
EL-SAYED: I get that the President takes personal offense to my first name. He doesn't mind as much when it's the Saudis who are funding his son-in-law's private equity. Doesn't seem to mind as much when it's the Qataris who are giving them a $400 million private jet…
Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government.
They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.
A popular uprising of Serbian students — who put forward a list of experts and technocrats to oust the country's corrupt mini-Putinist strongman — have succeeded spectacularly. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
It's important to remember the cowards. The people with the power to stand up but chose not to out of fear or favour. They could end this whenever they want but choose not to.
Whenever Russia's invasion of Ukraine is in serious trouble, Elon Musk is called upon to lend a helping hand.
In 2022, Russia needed Musk's help to stop Ukraine from liberating more territory. This month, Russia needed Musk to clear the path for jet drones to kill more civilians.
Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights:
“I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”
Because Bari Weiss knows that science is a fraud if it contradicts the interests of the Ellisons and her other masters. www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-ne...
just saw this absolutely cracked ad during the michigan game about how thanks to aoc and ilhan omar, white people can't show their faces in public anymore
Vivek just released a new ad with Acton’s estranged mother that cut out the part where she claimed Acton lied about living in a tent after proof came out that she did live in a tent, so basically the bitter old hag is now just saying Acton lied at 12 about being sexually abused.
RFK Jr. suggests Americans can more easily afford groceries if they start eating liver instead of beef:
"Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. You can buy liver or the cheap cuts."
Trump said he had to takeover Greenland to keep China and Russia out.
And then he snuck Russia onto the North Slope.
Literally just ... inviting them in.
www.ft.com/content/e9cf...