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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… 🧵

All these so-called “independent” Republicans will go right back to voting for Johnson as speaker, confirm every Trump nominee, vote with Trump on everything, and continue doing zero oversight on his corrupt regime. A vote for any one of them is a vote to continue all of that.

David Axelrod and David Brooks clutching their pearls because El-Sayed didn’t roll over for a racist is such a perfect example of America’s white guy politics that it would sound made up if you put it in a novel

“He's gunna go up to the Upper Peninsula and get a pretty cold welcome.” And the UP said…

A theme running through the progressive dems running this year is just going to voters and talking to them instead of listening to the consultants and focus groups who say they need to spend all their time peeling off disaffected republicans

Is Ken Paxton going to be asked to disavow white supremacist Elon Musk and his $158 million life raft?

AI shouldn't be able to fire you, fire a weapon, or deny you healthcare.

You know who actually broke immigration rules? Melania Trump. Elon Musk. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.

So Danny Trejo was manipulated and tricked into being in Ben Shapiro's newest film. Holy shit.

Donald is worried that the price of diesel is hurting his poll numbers. Solution? Give Russia money to murder and kidnap Ukrainian children! He’s so selfless that way.

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

Modern conservatism began with Goldwater and his opposition to civil rights legislation (it’s why MLK endorsed Johnson). That led to Reagan which led to both Bushes which led to Trump. This aren’t occasional interruptions. Bigotry beats in the heart of the right.

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than 1 billionaire.

Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.

Don't walk. Run. 🏃🏾‍♀️ Register to vote by October 5. That's this Monday. Then vote by November 3. Change isn't waiting on us, so we're not waiting on it. #AngieForFlorida

#FreeSpeech News Hollywood Reporter reporting that YouTube, TikTok and Meta platforms are refusing to take even paid ads for Alex Gibney's documentary which takes a, let's say, sceptical and questioning view of Elon Musk's career, personality and alleged achievements. "Musk" opens on 9 October.

Maybe Trump thinks that if he puts his name on enough buildings people will forget how many times his name is in the Epstein files.

When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.

If you're a Dem who thinks you'll gain something by going anti-trans, look at Gallup's "most important problem" and Fox News' "most important issue" polling and see where trans issues rank. Whoever told you going anti-trans is a savvy or necessary move spends too much time on X and should be fired.

"The commies stole your morning wood, private, and we are going to Greenland to get it back."

Mike Rogers couldn't be bothered to show up to the debate, but here's what I would have asked him if he wasn't such a coward:

The credulous coverage of Trump’s claimed “historic deal” in Greenland — which changes nothing of substance about the existing security agreement — is yet another embarrassing instance of the media “treating the kayfabe as real.” Why would a self-respecting reporter participate in this nonsense?

if you’re the white woman who was picking up a bat in downtown minneapolis on hennepin ave between washington & 3rd on 9/15 at noon, the minnesota department of health would like to talk to you because that shit was RABID! i would also like to talk to you because girl, wtf

If Biden or Obama had started a war that led to attacks like these on American bases—and then covered it up for months—the political backlash would eclipse Benghazi. One service member: "We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed." www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...

This is a weird way to frame it. More like "Kennedy Center Board Packed with Trump Apparatchicks Votes to Close It Down After Trump Wrecks Its Finances and Has Toddler-Like Meltdown After Courts Rule That He Can't Just Crayon His Name On the Building"

Kraft was in the Epstein files btw.

Only 49 more days until the November Midterms! Are YOU registered to vote? Do you know where to go to vote?

if we’re still pretending that Mitch McConnell is alive then we should be able to criticize him for his silence on the anniversary of 9/11

After booing him, the crowd breaks out in a loud, “Ted Cruz sucks!” chant.

this somehow manages to be wilder and funnier actually hearing it. it's not some vague "boo-urns" kind of thing. it's full on "ted you suck"

I say it's a non-issue insofar as there's no reason for any Democrat to go on Fox News and talk about how people's concerns are valid. It's not a non-issue or a symbolic right; getting trans kids out of sports is not the end goal. It's the way to get Dems on board for more attacks on trans people.

If the media is going to demand that Democrats disavow a Twitch streamer they’ve never associated, they better demand Ted Cruz disavow the Republican convention attendee who responded to Cruz’s own attacks on Democrats with calls for their murder.

If Mike Davis were just some asshole with a Twitter account, his racism might be a personal problem But his proximity to the federal judiciary? That makes his racism a public problem

Corporations spend more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5 billion they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions.

I think MAHA is very straightforwardly the triumph of the snake oil salesmen and the way we beat it is the same way you always beat snake oil salesmen: regulate their claims

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Right. Like, MAHA isn’t a push for equitable access to care. It’s eugenics under the guise of “healthy living.” There’s plenty of somewhat normalizing woo and almond mom and ~natural~ in the mix, but that’s just noise. The signal is the strongest survive, and no regard for the lessers who don’t.

A pedophile worked for the campaign of Ohio GOP Senator Jon Husted. Husted fired him. The pedophile donated money to GOP gov. nominee Vivek Ramaswamy. Ohio's Democratic nominee Amy Acton called out Vivek for accepting the money. Today the brother of the pedophile tried to assassinate Acton.

Once you notice this, it's the most obvious double standard in the political press. Democrats have to answer for the smallest voice even if it has no actual tie to them, but Republicans never have to answer for the insanely racist billionaire donor driving their entire party.

Seems worthy. On the other hand, these untrained, unscreened thugs are entirely capable of shooting people dead after engaging in even the most ordinary street disputes. So folks, be careful.

...scientists say the tomb of former president Donald Trump has earned the dubious distinction of becoming "the most urinated-upon spot on Earth". Outpacing the previous record holder -- the 1987 Wrigley Field Men's Room piss-trough -- by several thousand decaliters per hour.