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I don’t just vote. I’ve donated monthly to the Wisconsin Democratic Party for the past 6 years, among other regular donations—and I live in Illinois. I’ve also gone to Milwaukee to canvas, including for this past special election where Musk’s preferred candidate

It was supposed to be Graham Platner. He was going to be the whatabout. The attempted gotchas at El-Sayed about Platner’s tattoo would’ve alone made for weeks of coverage.

Hispanics working in the USA 👏🏽

An Arab man invented algebra when Kennedy’s ancestors in Europe were still blowing their noses into their fingers and sleeves.

REALITY CHECK Send this to all the clowns saying, “The prices were higher under Obama.”

Remember when I've asked you all if any of you had figured out whether fat boy sold Alaska to Putin. Well guess what?

Bats are just sky puppies anyway.

Absolute gutter racism. This fucker wants to incite a massacre.

🧵🧵🧵 10 ways the planet’s richest person, Elon Musk, has been busy making the world worse. A thread. 1. Buying crooked politicians like Ken Paxton.

@bruceshark.bsky.social you’re a jaunty lap desk.

Good. Make him sleep on a concrete floor for a while first.

Life is better with cats.

"Politically correct" and "Virtue Signalling" really are both Rush-isms that took being respectful, decent, empathetic, and recognizing the dignity of others as being markers of "elite" hatred of "the common" (read white) person, and signs also of personal weakness

It must matter that these guys all see women as "breeding stock." It must matter that these guys want slavery back. It must matter that these guys want every middle class child to spend their adulthood one missed paycheck away from the abyss.

Why would you accuse Jill of hiding Trump’s obvious decline?

“[t]he people the [angry vote voters] send [to Congress] are going to do things differently with tech companies.“GOOD! It’s past time.

Chicago Botanic Gardens annual Night of 1000 Jack-o-Lanterns.

Chicago Botanic Gardens annual Night of 1000 Jack-o-Lanterns. This is from the “nature” section. Yes, these are hand carved. Each one takes about 7 hours.

Wait till you see the comparator!

Dems need to haul Zuck up to Capitol Hill every week to answer for this shit treat these people like the political enemies they are

Doesn't matter who is technically responsible. Starlink can't be trusted with work loads that are important. That's what this episode proved. Hopefully every responsible government, organization acts appropriately.

Paxton must be polling about as well as diarrhea in a space suit.

Honey I Shrunk the Kids for Tax Purposes

New project for you all: I produced “Musk,” Alex Gibney’s extraordinary documentary, rolling out now.

#ME/CFS has the worst quality of life of any disease, including cancer and schizophrenia. there are no FDA-approved treatments or medications. we endlessly suffer alone in our beds, without help or relief, for years. many chose to end the suffering.

The US knows Ukrainian air defense relies on US early detection of Russian launches. Without telling Ukraine, the Trump White House (and Elon Musk's SpaceX) withheld that info and hindered countermeasures. The US just facilitated a Russian attack on Ukraine, making it more effective and deadlier.

Imagine working for Starlink in TX, CA & WA, going home to your own family at night knowing the product Musk sold to Ukraine for battlefield Wifi use is now being turned off so Putin can murder children in Kyiv. There must be some kinda ‘paper trail’ in your offices. Leak it now.

See this 8-legged nightmare? Its location on the ceiling was right over my pillow the other night. I’ve had a phobia about spiders all my life. But in the spirit of “don’t start none, won’t be none” I turned out the light & tried to keep my mind off the little intruder. Maybe I’m finally a grownup?

By the time this election cycle is over I will singlehandedly have written 800 postcards.

This little beauty sprouted by the side of a busy four-lane road, with no other flowers around it or anywhere nearby.

St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago has placed more than 100 crosses outside the parish. Each bears the name of someone who died in ICE custody or during an immigration enforcement action. Union workers built the traveling memorial, which began at Holy Name Cathedral last month.

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie 

0 days without being an international embarrassment.

“What most political analysts miss is how strong and specific the authoritarian appeal is for white evangelicals, and how critical it is to at least weaken it.” You Can’t Run From Christian Nationalism By @hollybfletcher.bsky.social

Again, it's not actually that complicated to find the right slogan. ST does it all the time! "In Gaza and Sderot, all children deserve to live." Fin.

For the second day in a row, it appears ICE is heavily active in Rockford, IL this morning. Rapid response groups report activity in the area since at least 7 a.m. Not yet seeing any reports of detainments.

I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.

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As always: fuck Facebook.

Trump’s ballroom must be instantly torn down for rule of law, fire code hazards, damnatio memoriae, and symbolic reassertion that We the People are sovereign. But also clearly for national security. Like the bribe plane from Qatar, we know foreign interests are involved but don’t know all they did.

And looking gorgeous, to boot!

3. Schmitt's story is part of a broader attempt by the GOP to punish Smith for prosecuting Donald Trump's treason. If we say goodbye now, we miss a chance to say that.