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This is garbage. It's very easy to say: "My opponent is a creep who wants to inspect your children's genitalia. I think government should mind its own fucking business." Makes me sick that Turek doesn't have the guts or the interest in fighting for the underdogs here.
Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.
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Mind you, these robot dogs have existed for nearly a decade and plenty of people could tell you “oh, that’s gonna be used by the police to harm protesters.”
Dozens of employees at Boston Dynamics have petitioned the company to stop the sale of its robot dogs to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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It sounds like hyperbole to suggest the current administration WANTS measles to become common again but I can’t think of much they’d be doing differently if they didn’t want that. (I think some of them really are eugenicists who legit prefer disease spread to prevention; others just don’t care)
The CDC denied a request from California, Hawaiʻi, Oregon, and Washington to validate a high-volume measles test, citing “other priorities.” 🤨
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all of this has always been about getting back at the uppity women who wouldn’t fuck them
“Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp states ‘AI will undermine the influence of highly educated, often female voters and give it to working class men. We have feminine energy running our cities and our courts,’ he complained.”
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BREAKING: Trump's head of FEMA just told states to prepare to handle disasters on their own. The Trump admin's disaster chief told state officials they must increase their financial reserves and emergency capabilities to handle most disasters on their own — without federal help.
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SoCal driving culture is incredibly stupid but I think it has evolved out of the awful infrastructure that forces everyone to drive cars on packed 20+ lane freeways every day. I always signal, as I was raised in a civilized society of drunk drivers.
I remember a friend who grew up in LA told me her dad taught her to not use a turn signal. Basically "everyone else in the road is an aggressive asshole. You gotta get on their level to protect yourself" kinda thing
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We finally found the paid protesters Trump keeps talking about
Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.
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Replying to @cwebbonline.com
Why is anyone paying attention to this misogynistic old dinosaur? thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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1. he’s so open about it this term! so basically republicans have had to move to “this is good, actually”, can’t deny it’s happening 2. it hits different, even for republicans, when everything is so damn expensive trump grifting billions stops feeling like owning the libs and more like owning you
Suddenly, Trump's corruption feels like a salient political issue. I don't know why it took this long, but it's happening. Even Republicans are telling pollsters they're souring on Trump's grift.
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pretty wild how all the actual sabotage of the democratic party is coming from the centrists and nobody outside the left wants to acknowledge that.
Josh Gottheimer just wrote an op-ed for The Free Press arguing that the DSA is a threat to the Democratic Party. …for The Free Press. …yes, that Free Press.
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washington dc is not trump’s personal property and must be given statehood to prevent this kind of abuse in the future
This design appears to completely eliminate the much-beloved loop road and public park at Hains Point, and cut down the cherry trees which line the road. The park is a public space used by tens of thousands of Washingtonians and heavily visited by tourists. /photos not my own.
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this is a useful point to make clear "holy shit, if you think AI is your friend or lover or confidante" you are deep deep deep into LLM psychosis and need treatment ASAP
Character.ai update. I have heard from my therapist that one of the people they treat has gone to the hospital after learning the app is being shut down. For Self harm. 😭 I don’t know who the person is, but my therapist knows I do HCI/AI policy so they thought it was worth telling me
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Headline makes it sound like the DCCC spent all their money on hookers and blow and now rent is due but the real reason is Trump and the Republicans are so toxic the DCCC thinks it can compete in districts Trump won by 13-20 points.
House Democratic campaign arm says it needs $17 million, and fast politi.co/3Wh1xra
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The DOJ beclowns itself again.
BREAKING NYT: The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.
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I want people to ask "are you a guy or girl" and for me to answer "som thing close to girl, mostly by preference, but I am beyond your baseline human definitions of predefined immutable sex"
honestly i should get some art of me when im in my more androgynous mood flat chested beyond-gender space being you know you know
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In this house Nicolas Cage is a hero — end of story variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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they also announced this week they are weakening food safety regulations and enforcement
FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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It decimated the federal workforce - not overhauled it. The elimination of expertise. The destruction of capacity. It also did NOT slash government spending. Spending is UP. It has been reallocated to the secret police and military. Stop publishing falsehoods.
DOGE overhauled the federal workforce and slashed government spending — moves that inspired nationwide protests and lawsuits. The backlash has given Democrats nationally an opportunity to reclaim the government efficiency mantle.
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