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Here’s something you should know about minks: They have lungs and airways remarkably similar on a cellular level to those of people. They’ve spread flus and infected humans before with COVID-19. Right now, bird flu is spreading on a Utah farm filled with thousands of them… 🧵

From @theathletic.com: The worst owner in sports; the worst owner in the history of NY sports, Fat Jim Dolan, sent emails to Knicks employees promising them championship rings It was a lie; a test to see who would click on the link. All they got was a cyber class Dolan is scum

Monet ‘s "Iris" sells for 50 million euros ($56 million) in Paris, becoming the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in France u.afp.com/SCyN

This is one of the most holy sh*t stories I’ve ever read in my life. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch obtained NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN photos and videos revealing devastating damage to U.S. bases from Trump's Iran war. Troops and military families describe being abandoned by their own government. “It’s so much worse than people realize.”

Russia was never a hoax

the routine, pay for play pardons are all by themselves one of the worst corruption scandals in american history!

The “possibility?” Try, the “certainty.”

Despite assurances from the Trump administration, ProPublica found the government has turned its vast security and surveillance apparatus against the Tohono O’odham Nation. “The drones flying over us all day,” one tribal member said, “it’s a lot.”

it's a pretty sobering stat that tourism in the US fell from July 2024 to July 2025, and then fell again in July 2026 despite the presence of a bloody World Cup Miller et al succeeded in making the US undesirable to foreigners, great job a holes

It’s been really amazing this past week to watch so many people FINALLY waking up to the fact that Trump is on Putin’s side, that Trump is actively trying to help Putin win the war, that Trump is a Russian asset. It’s ALWAYS been the case, but I’m glad people finally get it.

“A marketing gimmick that fails basic engineering reality”

Want to help kids do better in school? Get cellphones out of the classroom. That’s what my new bill is all about.

The next Dem president should force the sale of Twitter, Instragram, TikTok, etc, to the US government under threat that if they do not sell, the US government will smash them into pieces with the hammer of antitrust law. Then the US government should sell the pieces with strings attached.

A 52% gain in price. In a year. 🇺🇸 @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Both home plate umpires today have rung up a batter on strike two

(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Kinda wild that there have been wild protests going on in Albania for months set off by a corrupt Kushner luxury resort project and there has been barely coverage of it here 🇺🇸 and Trump never gets asked about it.

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Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"

NEW: Utah's Republican top election official said the Trump administration doesn't want to hear that noncitizen voting is a nonissue because it goes against its mass fraud narrative. The comment comes after the state found only 27 noncitizens out of over 2 million registered voters on the rolls.

The only world fascists envision is one of metal beams that protects their concrete prisons. These trees did more for our world than any one of these fuckass brownshirts ever could.

Umpires and coaches discussed what happens if a ball were to hit the roof during the ground rules meeting pregame before Game 1 Brewers Third Base Coach Matt Erickson joked, "Haven't seen it here in six years, so it will happen tonight"

The layoffs — occurring just three days before President Donald Trump's rally on Saturday at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area. https://to.pbs.org/4zgbIuz

The Big Ten is falling further behind the SEC as a television product. awfulannouncing.com/college-foot...

Breaker employee arrested.... https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/employee-accused-of-stealing-over-17k-worth-of-sports-cards-from-broward-business/3867631/

The most disappointing video you’ll see today.

Live shot of Howard Nutlick doing what he does best; feverishly lathering up Donald Trump. #DonaldTrump #HowardLutnick

From @theathletic.com: “It’s extremely frustrating as a home player,” one Astros player said about the jeering crowd in Houston. “We’re here, playing at home; we need cheers. We need energy. We don’t need boos.”

Last year’s fires and the recent flooding at the Grand Canyon have been hard on local businesses that rely on tourism. If you’re looking to support those communities, think about planning a visit soon. It’s one of the most special places in the world.

It's a meme now.

missed this earlier, but an enterprising staffer in Schmitt's office apparently added a picture of the Atlanta Hawks arena to the senator's posterboard

NEW: Sen. Eric Schmitt exposed Jack Smith — as a Caitlin Clark fan. Schmitt's erroneous effort to catch Smith in a lie resulted in Smith confirming he went to see Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes play the Terrapins in Maryland in 2023. w/ Chris Marquette www.politico.com/live-updates...

🔁 Reposted @BryanHoch

UCLA has improved more in four games under Bob Chesney than I've seen at USC in five years under Lincoln Riley.

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Will the real Zilla please stand up? 😳

From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."

Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?

Alex Bregman was hit directly in the face with a foul ball while waiting on deck He started bleeding and was removed from the game

BREAKING: according to live GasBuddy data, 10% of the nation's stations are now seeing diesel over $7 per gallon... $7.01/gal, while the bottom 10% average $5.83/gal. Median price of diesel $6.39/gal. Expecting further increases to all of these metrics.

What a scene Ole Miss fans lined up on the staircases where Lane Kiffin arrived ahead of tonight's game

Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com

stop interviewing it ya dumb dumbs

THEN STOP COVERING HIM, White House Correspondents Association STOP LETTING HIM THREATEN FREE SPEECH - and you GO IN, TELL HIM TO HIS FACE THAT HE'S LYING TO YOU, AND THEN WALK OUT STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY - THIS HAND-WRINGING IS JUST PASSIVE COLLABORATION

HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Louisiana firefighters find feline native to sub-Saharan Africa while responding to house fire