This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective.
Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive.
Hard to describe how bad this is.
“Every action needs to be assessed in the context of his psychological dysfunction, his cognitive decline and his untethered relationship to reality—rather than the typical framing of a sane president managing the nation’s affairs.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/america-we...
Flood victims in Durban say they have no choice but remain on the pavement with their belongings after the court dismissed their bid to get the eThekwini municipality to provide further emergency housing.
Read groundup.org.za/article/floo... by Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
I used to be a Social Security trustee.
The real reason the program is in trouble has nothing to do with the postwar baby boom or increasing life expectancy.
It's because of widening inequality. Watch.
Trump's approval ratings are at all-time lows. He's flailing on the economy. His "little excursion" in Iran has become a forever war. Even Republicans are beginning to revolt against him.
He's not all powerful.
He's a failed president.
When the community note proves that the reason the initial post made him sound like a piece of shit is because he's a bigger piece of shit than the initial post made him out to be.🤷♂️
Foreclosures increased 21% in the first half of this year.
Student loan defaults are at a record high.
Total household debt is also at a record high of $18.8 trillion.
Meanwhile, corporate profits are the highest they’ve ever been.
“New Golden Age” for whom?
Dear media,
You don't have to say "E Jean Carroll accused Trump of defamation and rape." You can say "Trump defamed and raped E Jean Carroll." It's been adjudicated.
Thank you
Hi! I'm Danna. I love my job, my university, & my students. For 20 years, I've been teaching young leaders in politics & communication at UD. Our university has a celebrated *leadership* program, entire units dedicated to civic engagement, & freedom of expression. Which is why this is so upsetting:
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sent a public letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell requesting a full update on his health, citing weeks of limited information since McConnell’s June 14 hospitalization. Beshear called for transparency about his ability to serve.
Who agrees this needs to go viral?
Justice, accountability, and democratic rights should never depend on who is in government.
Watch. Share. Let the conversation reach everyone.
#FreeDC#Justice
really cannot be emphasized enough that the drafters of the birthright clause very much considered cases analogous to undocumented immigrants and *included them too*
People have shown up to watch the removal of the orange felon’s disgusting name from the Kennedy Center including thousands more watching live streams. It’s coming TF down!
Ossoff: He’s trying to put his face on the money. He's building a monument to himself . But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone… because he's a failed president and a national disgrace.
My Go Big or Go Home thoughts for this Saturday: I make the case for why we should consider amending the Constitution to create a fourth branch open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
Let's prioritize installing solar panels on structures like car parks and building rooftops instead of agricultural land, as this approach embodies sustainable development.
Effective tax rate paid by Jeff Bezos from 2014 to 2018: 0.98%
Effective 2025 federal tax rate paid by Amazon: 1.4%
Typical tax rate paid by the average American: 14.5%
Just thought I should point that out.
MeidasTouch: What do you make of this $1.776 billion fund—
Gavin Newsom: It’s a criminal enterprise. It’s not just corruption, it’s not just graft, it’s a full-on criminal enterprise and it needs to be shut down.
The work of Peter Aaby and Christine Stabell Benn has long been controversial. Until Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became US health policy chief, most vaccine scientists tended to ignore it. Now they can’t. www.wired.com/story/a-dani...
When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.