The laws of physics will be enforced

Take Action: Keep protesting until all Congress realizes that being "primaried" is not the problem they will be facing. Make it clear that all of those who broke their OATH to support and defend the Constitution of the United States will be removed from the Congress that they are *not* serving

It was "the gamefication of education" that let religion ruin us.

2 WEEKS FROM TODAY: Vote in numbers too big to rig & make his prediction come true. #MakeAmericaNormalAgain

Today in deep peeves, because IMF WEO keeps insisting the global mirror/counterpart to Chinese trade surpluses is US fiscal deficits, I gotta say yet again, the issue is not excessive US G (Medicare is actually cheaper the pvt. HC), it's excessive US C, specifically pvt health C.

If you are shocked this am that Trump’s government executed a search warrant against a Democratic Member of Congress and ignored a judge’s order then you haven’t been paying attention. Stop saying this isn’t how it works in the US. It is exactly how it works under Trump.

It’s that time of year for my 2010 joke.

In two years we've gone from a standard where the President's budget proposal was a set of suggestions Congress would ignore to where Congressional appropriations are now a set of suggestions the President ignores.

The membership and performance of Congress will improve when those elected come to fear poor people more than they fear rich people.

28 years ago.

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EVERYTHING to him is zero sum with a winner and loser, no mutual benefit. He's a chronic loser whose super power is finding even bigger losers to hold the bag when it falls apart. As a businessman, it was the banks. As a criminal, it was his lawyers. As president, it's going to be US citizens.

This time, it's not: "It's the economy, stupid" nor even: "It's interest rates, stupid" nor: "It's the war, stupid" This time, it's: "It's the President: stupid"

Implementing a universal, single-payer healthcare system would save the U.S. more than $1 trillion and some 114,000 lives every year, according to a recent Yale University preprint study

Miller Lite stats o' the day +51,000 -23,000 -ICE arrests in July -change in non-farm payrolls in July It's almost like the immigrants are taking your jobs narrative is complete bullshit

As in it was your money. Now it’s your ex-money.

Another word I'm sick of, when used in connection with Trump, is "agenda." Trump has cravings. Trump has impulses. Trump has pathologies. And he can't see beyond himself. I have a tough time hearing his cravings, impulses, and narcissistic pathologies reframed as an "agenda."

This is not today's most important news but THAT IS THE POINT. Anyone who doubts that the Roberts Court deliberately hides their most partisan rulings with careful timing should consider how little reporting there is today on NRSC v. FEC. It gives Republicans a major boost in November's elections.

Turns out the 'leaking' reflecting pool was a feature, not a bug:

When you say "everyone", it takes only one counter example to disprove the assertion. Will no one call him out on this?

Trump's executive order reaffirmed the administration's intentions to model US childhood vaccine recommendations after those of Denmark—a country with universal healthcare, less diversity, and a population about the size of Maryland’s.

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

My submission for the Trump $250 bill. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

As we may or may not be negotiating with Iran. As an alleged threat is shot near the WH. As Trump drones on about the ballroom. As gas prices are $4.50/gal. As nothing came of the meet with Xi. As inflation continues to rise and incomes do not keep pace. Remember: STILL NO EPSTEIN FILES.

"They leaked his tax returns, they tried to destroy him." If revealing your official tax returns -- something every single president and VP for forty years before Trump did voluntarily -- could possibly "destroy" you, that is the scandal.

He's not planning on leaving. That's what the ballroom bunker equipped with drones is for. It's why he's calling for Thune to fire the parliamentarian who's refusing to allow the $1B for the ballroom in the reconciliation bill. It's why he's paying the insurrectionists with his slush fund.

People have in-depth conversation with LLM and wonder "maybe this thing is conscious?" Maybe the lesson is: *our* conversations are sufficiently mundane/predictable that perhaps our conversations do not require consciousness?

NEW: Donald just STOLE $1.7B from us to pay insurrectionists. I have some important info about this. Please share widely.

@frankabruni.bsky.social in newletter nails it:

Incredible- Trump's $2 billion taxpayer-subsidized slush fund comes with a legal disclaimer that basically says "we are not responsible for any crimes committed with this money"

The greatest political deceit of my lifetime is one that's been perpetrated for decades. It predates Trumpism. It's the notion that the Republican Party is more fiscally responsible to the people than the Democratic Party. It's never been true.

Conservatives: The epidemic of male loneliness is a scourge and we need to have compassion for all the incels worshipping Nick Fuentes. Also Conservatives: Men who have male friends are gay.

She's concerned. About Platner beating her.

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ https://theonion.com/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong-1819573211/

Expanding the court will not help long term unless Congress can/will use its power to impeach & remove. If Congress will impeach & remove we don't need to expand the court. bsky.app/profile/char...

/3 But the REAL story here is that the Trump Administration is just shouting LOOK HOW TOUGH AND MANLY WE ARE WE SHOOT PEOPLE because they have nothing to offer in terms of competence, accomplishment, policy, or character.

We are all on the spectrum to some degree... www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

We don't have to actually get rid of the "electoral college"; (constitutional amendments take a long time) It would suffice to have electors selected in proportion to the vote in each state (vs "winner take all") Or the "National Popular Vote" compact. Either of which are simple *state* laws.

here’s what would be better than this performative bullshit: if he looked out into the crowd and saw … no crowd. because reporters who actually care about the first amendment kept they asses at home. (via @status.news, a newsletter well worth paying for)

Corpus Christi Texas will run out of water and Republicans are doing virtually NOTHING!!!

So, about the GOP’s argument that you need ID to prove you’re old enough to drink, so why not in order to prevent “voter fraud”? www.ms.now/opinion/save...

The documents required are expensive. If voter ID is so extraordinarily necessary, the federal government could spend money to create a free universal proof-of-citizenship card. Why hasn't it? Perhaps because it's really NOT that necessary? Or because that would help poor people vote?

#EveryAccusationIsaConfession

Now we learn the billionaire owner of a bridge that will compete w/the new Canada-MI bridge met with Lutnick right before Trump issued his threat to shut down the new bridge. The Trump admin is a lawless mafia gangster extortion racket existing to enrich oligarchs at our expense.