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NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

yup.

NEW: A Florida cybersecurity company promised to help clients recover data from ransomware attackers. In a 2019 story, we found the company was making secret payments to hackers and pocketing hefty fees from clients. The CEO was just indicted for fraud.

right wing nationalist authoritarians on the run: first Hungary, now Serbia and Brazil, next Israel, and then America. Let's do this.

Genuinely I don't know that it comes across to people who haven't been here to watch how almost unbelievable this was, just people taking something that looked impossible and dragging it kicking and screaming all the way to inevitability.

New — I wrote about Vivek Ramaswamy’s weaponization of Amy Acton’s childhood sexual abuse and how it’s only the latest symptom of a Republican party flush with rape apologists, led by an adjudicated rapist:

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Amanda Janoo has mobilized a large and enthusiastic grassroots base and is running the most credible Democratic campaign for governor of Vermont in a decade. prospect.org?p=146383

A data release that would’ve shown the efficacy of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill has been delayed indefinitely in one of the latest examples of the Trump administration compromising public trust in the federal statistical system.

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

you have to watch every second. i…wow.

The next congress is going to be very good for democracy.

No corporation is gonna silence our message! ❌👑 Keep helping us amplify #NoKings today so we can drive HISTORIC early vote turnout, and overcome Trump’s election sabotage.

“I was brutally attacked by 50 masked men… they just kept kicking me and kicking me…” Jewish @washingtonpost journalist Heidi Levine describes getting attacked and robbed by West Bank Israeli terrorists (backed by the IDF & 🇺🇸 taxpayers)

Republican politicians are *obsessed* with schoolchildren coming home a different gender because of pro-trans teachers, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS. But they are completely indifferent to schoolchildren not coming home *at all* because of guns, WHICH HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!

"The fate of the Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest, hangs in the balance. Its stepped-up destruction will likely dramatically accelerate global warming." newrepublic.com/article/2162...

BREAKING: Trump administration cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday at the East Potomac Golf Course after giving less than a full-day notice, with more tree-cutting planned, so plaintiffs challenging the effort went to court seeking a TRO tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

DHS claims the man ran in front of their SUV. You be the judge.

Trump is helping Russia who is helping Iran attack and kill Americans. So that means Trump is knowingly taking steps to weaken the US and bolster Russia and its close ally, Iran. Does that make him a traitor? Let's have the debate.... www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

U.S. surpasses 4,000 measles cases with infections confirmed in 45 states. Most cases are among those unvaccinated or with an unknown status. abcnews.com/Health/us-su...

Tillis voted to confirm Hegseth. He cast the decisive vote.

An incensed @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social talks to @mrjamesob.bsky.social He makes the point that “this is not normal. How do you put this genie back in the bottle? How do you repair a country? Kids will find a way of watching. What do you say to children? This is a country that has lost its way”

It's continuing to get worse with these entitled bastards in the GOP, with Trump as their role model. This is what no accountability looks like.

Beautiful monarch enjoying my end of season zinnias. It's been a fabulous summer of flowers in #Vermont #VT.

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🚨⚖️👇 #LA #SanDiego

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🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...

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The Green party motion on Zionism shows little understanding of what Zionism is, who Jews are or how antisemitism works. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

Surveillance State run by Conservative Communists.

To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states

God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins

JUST FILED: Sitting behind her desk in central North Carolina, Amy Beros warned me: “It’s really hard for people in the United States to understand the scale……” of what’s about to unfold macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/they-dont-...

how is silicon valley real

"Cornell has failed to protect its students. Cornell has failed to address the growing issue of sexual assault on campus with its pathetic task force. Cornell has failed the student allegedly raped by those seven men at Chi Phi in October 2024. Cornell has failed her. Cornell has failed us."

Doctors in Pennsylvania estimate at least six babies have been born with measles https://www.nbcnews.com/video/doctors-in-pennsylvania-estimate-at-least-six-babies-have-been-born-with-measles-270483013746 #USA #Health #Measles #Pennsylvania #Healthcare

GOPsychopaths salivating over how many more people they can kill, especially children. HHS Appears to Be Prepping for Big Changes to Childhood Vaccine Recommendations talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-hhs...

John Roberts’ SCOTUS is more racist than the Supreme Court in [checks notes]…*1873*. Court expansion is the moderate position.

You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?

NEW: The Trump Administration is planning to slash human subject research regulations by redefining informed consent. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trump-plan...

NEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.

AI will take over the boring work! What could go wrong?

Well they finally did it. DOGE got rid of my friend Anne, the only remaining person at the web design system for the entire US government. The replacement appears to be AI-generated code with no dedicated human oversight.