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Please, parents. Know good sources that use empirical evidence to make recommendations. This is heartbreaking. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/w...

Fascinating, disturbing, and so much more. We must stay on message: release all the files. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/o...

Inside the White House: panic over the Epstein files. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/m...

A warning to anyone planning to attend a World Cup game: Do not attend a World Cup game in the United States. Even American citizens are at risk of being kidnapped, beaten, murdered, or placed in an inhumane detention facility. A football (soccer) game is not worth the risk. STAY HOME STAY SAFE

Such a disgrace. This guy’s worked his whole life to be selected for the World Cup. He’s earned it.

Are we talking about the expose' CNN posted about the online rape academy, where men to go learn how to drug and rape their partners? #Pelicot used this source to fuel his horrific treatment of his wife and now we have learned this is widespread. Shocked is an understatement. #horror #rape

I find it extraordinarily hard to deal with people who are unreasonable, who feel little or no empathy, who act purely on the basis of impulsivity and self-interest. We must find a way to survive him.

Chris Murphy: "We're gonna give Iran $14b to fund this war with the US? We're gonna give Russia billions to fund their war with Ukraine? We're literally putting money into the pockets of the nations we're fighting. We've never seen this level of incompetence in war-making in this country's history"

Gosh. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This is abhorrent. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Senate war powers vote fails 52-48. Funny how they always have just enough votes to stop these things!

Jesus. F*cking. Christ.

I can’t shake that for Donald Trump, casualties are for suckers and losers.

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians. We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

Welp

"Assemble the Board of Peace - I'm starting a war".

“Every minute spent sowing fear is a minute not spent investigating murders, crimes against children, or the criminals defrauding seniors of their life savings.” - Gov. @abigailspanberger.com Gov. Spanberger is exactly right. President Trump isn’t making us safer. He’s terrorizing our neighbors.

You made history last night

What was hardest for me to watch was all the fawning, applauding, standing, and pretending like this man has an ounce of sanity or humanity. #SOTU

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court. Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business. As well as everyone else who stepped up.

Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas dissented. Who is surprised? #Epstein files

Tricia McLaughlin is reportedly out at DHS, according to multiple sources. She’s a very close ally of Noem. That news, plus stories like the below which are coming out daily, strongly suggest the knives are clearly out for Noem inside DHS.

PEDO Bowl. Where billionaires cheer, victims are ignored & the files stay sealed Sickening the PEDO Bowl gets wall-to-wall coverage, but accountability for child predators gets buried Sponsored by silence, settlements, and sealed records #ReleaseTheTrumpEpsteinFiles #SheShed #DefendersOfDemocracy

If true that Greg Bovino is being demoted and forced to retire, it’s because of us. The resistance. Now let’s step it up and get rid of Kristi Noem for good.

Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.

Non-critical question of the day: Why is the Beckham family conflict front page news on more than one reputable paper? I don't get it.

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

At some point, satire taps out and reality keeps typing. A U.S. president telling a foreign leader he no longer feels obligated to think “purely of peace” because he didn’t receive a Nobel Prize would once have been dismissed as parody.

The irony of ICE detaining and disappearing the original Americans should stop everyone cold. As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.

Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom release a joint statement:

Lori Chavez-DeRemer the subject of internal Labor Department misconduct complaint: Report Chavez-DeRemer and two of her top staffers were named in a formal complaint filed with a Labor Department watchdog, according to multiple reports.

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You don't like me, you really don't like me! #Trump #MAGA

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I need a new book to read or listen to. I enjoy Louise Erdrich, John Irving, Amor Towles, Ann Patchett, plus some SciFi escapes, like Andy Weir. I don't enjoy romance and I can't handle particularly gut-wrenching stories right now, even when wonderful. Ideas? #booksky

If you haven't already read Stephen King's guest essay on Rob Reiner, you should. Childhood formative memories are their own soft beast. ❤️‍🩹https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/opinion/culture/stephen-king-rob-reiner-stand-by-me.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E8.WX6g.joD4o74Pb7di&smid=bs-share

Maybe all this backward movement will offer a ray of hope. Can we last until the midterms?

The circus that is ACIP is meeting to review Hepatitis B vaccine policies. My uncle (a non drinker) died of liver cirrhosis. I will never forget how his belly looked towards end of his life. There is no cure for Hep B infections. 25% of children who develop chronic Hep B infections will die. 🧪

The Trump administration indicates that it will begin withholding SNAP benefits from recipients in most Democratic-led states starting next week after those states refused to provide the Agriculture Department with data, including recipients’ names and immigration statuses.

About that phone call being perfect…

"Trump has been functioning as a dictator...but it’s a vulnerable dictatorship. Virtually none of these abuses are popular with the American people...and it’s coming home to roost for Trump." On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat: newrepublic.com/article/2037...

Are you old enough to remember when the news was actually news and you didn't have to pay for it? Trust Walter Cronkite to deliver. I am dismayed at how vetted information is now for sale (as are lies, of course). What you think is true is based on the media you buy. No wonder we're a mess.

Yes we have a problem with it along with members of your own party.

"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."