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El-Sayed on Trump's cognitive tests: "I went to medical school...In my neurology unit, I would have to give that MoCA exam...The only people that you give a MoCA test to are people who you worry may have cognitive deficits. By definition, if you're taking one of those tests, something's wrong."

I'm going to say this for probably the 20th time now .... Comey was an Original Classification Authority at the time he allegedly disseminated the national defense information at issue here. Assuming it was FBI information, he had the authority to declassify it at his discretion.

Lia is very pleased with the pillow she chose for today's nap. #catsky

As a former teacher, I never scrubbed in for a gender reassignment surgery, but I did instruct the kids on how to get the window screens off in case of an active shooter…

A pro-data center super PAC has just spent $1,500,000 on advertising to support South Carolina Republican Darline Graham.

The party of Lincoln has reached the butt portion of its decline.

"Fernando" works in the Salinas area and shares "We are working more than 8 hours because we fear the lettuce fields might become damaged due to the heavy rain. We, H2A workers have to finish strong to be called again next season. " #WeFeedYou

Raskin released a sweeping new Committee staff report, “‘We Have Certain Things in Common, Jeffrey’: The Case Against Donald Trump Emerging in the Epstein Files and DOJ’s Desperate Efforts to Cover it Up,” detailing evidence involving 11 women, five of whom directly accuse Trump of rape or sexual...

47 couldn’t 86 her

Thanks, Google Maps, for protecting the cow's privacy.

When a dog was raised by cats Dabbles nycacc.app#/browse/268622 #AdoptMe You end up w/ a shy, sensitive pup Who craves calm, security & moments of adventure

Hey ‘Bama: you didn’t like him as a football coach. Don’t vote for him to be your governor. #vote

🤬‼️ Trump wants to strip California of coastal protections unless state yields to list of demands - Los Angeles Times apple.news/AXY22sYeDTJ-...

The pedophile protection party’s president is laundering right-wing conspiracy theories through the most corrupt DOJ in American history. Whenever the news turns bad, this creep reaches for one name: mine. So let’s make it crystal clear. My name has always been Ilhan Omar.

It's obviously dumb to apply how-to-win-elections logic to non-candidates who are reacting out of moral outrage. But standing by this position is essential because if Matt acknowledges that his ability to predict what makes candidates successful is wrong, it kneecaps his entire approach.

I’m watching Trump at this press briefing praise Amy Acton’s abusive mom and calling her an honest woman. He’s a sick and small man. And he will be remembered as the worst person to ever serve as president.

While AirBnB is in the news today, this is your reminder that the owner is full blown MAGA and you should be avoiding them. #airbnb

#Bastards GET an HONEST job!

A haunted house for introverts: People jump out unexpectedly and try to make small talk with you. Just when you think you’ve made it out, you enter a room full of people networking, and everyone wants to introduce themselves and exchange contact information

That’s how I am with religion. Believe in whatever you want, in whomever you want and - within reason - however you want. But keep that shiz in your own yard, chief.

Nobody elected Elon Musk to anything. Nationalize his businesses and deport him before he destroys the world's democracies.

“Trump and Putin have teamed up to murder Ukrainians” is a better headline. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Let's make this the best #caturday ever!

This is pathetic. Ukraine tested Starlink speed restrictions in Europe and had no issues - the restrictions only exist in Ukraine. The Trump administration is actively helping Russia kill Ukrainians - and risking the lives of US and NATO advisors in Ukraine.

If an amendment to your constitution results in children routinely being shot in school then it's time to amend it again.

The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield comms & drone ops came from inside the White House. Leaders at the Defense Department received a message that the SpaceX Starshield service for the Ukrainian military needed to be slowed. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

My heart is completely broken for the children, families, teachers, and entire Silver Rail Elementary community in Bend, Oregon today. Elementary school should be about jungle gyms, math class, and making new friends—not learning where to hide from a shooter.

Dear Trump voters, You wanted mass deportations. Well, hundreds of thousands of people have been deported. NOW WHAT? • Did you get that job they supposedly took from you? • Did grocery prices drop? • Is rent cheaper? • Did your health insurance premiums drop? #TrumpsAbuseOfPower 🧵

Tomato pickers in Firebaugh CA earn 89¢ per 25lb bucket. Experienced workers average 170 buckets a day. Newer pickers only manage to harvest 90-110 buckets. "Joel" says "It's a very tough back-breaking job. Our hands start to swell from the 25lb buckets in each hand." #WeFeedYou

Netflix is laying off 1,000 workers — its largest layoff ever. In 2025, Netflix had a net income of $11 billion (up 26%). Its CEO was paid $53M (255x more than the median employee). And it just raised prices for the second time in just over a year. Corporate greed in a nutshell.

Pope Leo is the best, most valuable pope of my lifetime. I pray for his full recovery

Update: There is a rapidly emerging fire weather threat in parts of SoCal Thu-Fri in places that have not seen significant recent precip (esp. western LA metro). A warm Santa Ana event will bring strong, gusty winds even to lower elevs, but vegetation moisture highly variable.

No excuses are acceptable this time!!!! I have designed an 11x17” poster for the No Kings protest. If you would like a printable file of it to print out and use at the protest, display in your window, or put on your wall, please message me : )

NYC’s mayor isn’t letting DHS spin its way out of this one. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Remembering that time when some big name accounts were arguing that X is all good now and the algorithm has been de-Elon'd. Wait, that was yesterday. The same time this was happening.

Sign up! It's free and there's still some spots left. Come hear from me and two other L.A. Times expats on what we made of the latest debate between Mayor Karen Bass and challenger Councilmember Nithya Raman.