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I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

Middle East dictators created a massive slush fund for Jared Kushner. trib.al/fXvwuJt

Be inspired! We can do it too! VOTE!!!

The fact that the president's doctors are giving him the dementia test over and over again -- tracking his decline, most likely -- and that the president keeps bragging about having to take that test should be a five-alarm fire.

Yikes! Look at that Community Note!

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In case facts still matter…

Jones: I've been told I'm too young to understand politics. Too young to understand why some neighborhoods get parks while others get police tape… But they never said I was too young to inherit the debt…. too young to inherit the consequences of decisions I never got to make

If you’re advising POTUS to declare martial law, or use other executive powers in an attempt to interfere with a lawful election that you’re expecting to lose, you’re a piece of shit human and an even worse American. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Fox commentator: Paxton doesn't have any values. I don't know how he'll vote. I suspect he'll vote for whoever the highest bidder is, which is certainly what we've seen him do in the Attorney General’s Office.

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Ken Paxton has accepted over $350,000 from the beer and alcohol industry, while blocking attempts to legalize marijuana in Texas.

Ok gotta admit the new Tesla release somehow cut through all my cynicism straight to my child core & reminded me that sometimes shit is just cool. I truly cannot wait to get my own hat (yes I think it’s stylish fuck the haters) full of infinite rabbits

“Donald Trump is a traitor. And he’s not simply a traitor in the loose sense of someone who commits an act of betrayal…Trump is a traitor in the very particular sense laid out in the U.S. Constitution…’adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.’” www.americaamerica.news/p/donald-tru...

"I don't like bigotry. I don't like the Klan. I don't like neo-Nazis," Sen. Jon Ossoff says on his Republican opponent Mike Collins.

It would be nice if elected Democrats start speaking up about the regime seeking to nullify the will of hundreds of thousands of voters in the city where masked armed agents did street executions in front of cameras

It’s corrupt Ken Paxton and his sugar daddy oligarch Elon Musk v. Talarico and tens of thousands of people giving $10-100. Choose your brand of democracy.

I’m tired of being divided into teams. Do you want a safe neighborhood? Do you want a good job with good benefits? Do you want a high quality, well funded public school? So do I. We’re far more the same than we are different. As one team, we’re unstoppable.

Paxton is bought and paid for

If you can vote in Texas, DO IT.

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Can one politician or journalist tell him he's disgusting, to his face, on camera? One. (1).

Holy shit.

Ossoff: Did you see this business about Don Jr.‘s wedding in the Bahamas? Where he received, apparently, a cash gift from a Russian oligarch connected to the Kremlin? This man, Kremlev, was apparently in China with Putin two days before he flew to the Bahamas for Don Jr.’s wedding…

If you're still on the fence about whether AI is good or bad for society, consider this: The fascists desperately want it

NOT-SO-FUN FACT: Today’s national average diesel fuel price of $6.49 is an all-time record high. ⛽️

This Day in Labor History: September 19, 1945. 24 fired female employees of the Lindstrom Tool and Toy Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut picketed outside the factory in protest of their firing to replace with returning men. Let's tell the often untold story of women workers in World War II!

AI didn’t “go rogue.” People connected a computer system they know can mess with another computer system in unpredictable ways to less advanced computer system and it messed with that computer system in unpredicted ways. As @tressiemcphd.bsky.social argues, don’t lose sight that *people* did that.

This is who the Trumps are. This is what they do.

DHS finalized its $16.7 million purchase of 6,650 pairs of electric shock gloves from Compliant Technologies. That comes out to about $2,400 per pair, plus some accessories like glove fresheners in case the ICE agents wearing these direct-contact electroshock weapons get sweaty.

Pete Hegseth is reportedly considering his chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell—who allegedly abused his estranged wife and children—to succeed US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.

Last week, the Trump administration deported eight people seeking asylum from the Iranian regime to the Central African Republic.

Another "voter fraud" allegation collapses: Trump claimed three states had more than 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote, but months later, the Department of Homeland Security is claiming only 185 such cases exist. It hasn't provided what basis it has for accusing them to Nevada:

“My parents died so fuck yours too,” is quite the argument against reasonable healthcare

Numerous studies, including from the FBI itself, show that invasive mass surveillance tech like Flock and Axon's automatic license plate readers don't help police fight crime. Surveillance is not safety.

As usual, shocking but not surprising.

Holy shit! Jim Jordan is reduced to stammering when Kasie Hunt presses him on why he continues to support Max Miller despite credible allegations that he abused his ex-wife and toddler daughter

“ZEP provides tools to tap right into students’ natural curiosity. Instead of relying on dry, standard textbooks, you access vibrant primary sources, forgotten stories, & diverse voices that get your students leaning in.” — Roy Dalisay, MS LA teacher, Schuyler, NE Donate: zinnedproject.org/donate

In 1991, construction of a new 34-story office in Lower Manhattan unearthed the remains of roughly 15,000 Africans 20 feet below ground. Many were enslaved to build the city. NPS calls it “the oldest & largest known excavated burial site in N. America for both free & enslaved Africans.” 🧵 More: ⬇️

When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)

Despite the whining about “ historical accuracy,” the racist backlash to the casting in Nolan’s Odyssey is about the right wanting to justify racial hierarchy by projecting it into a past where it did not actually exist. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

And any outlet that let Trump pretend he didn’t know anything about it should be shamed into oblivion

Three congressional Democrats say that as much as $21.5 million paid by ABC, Meta, Paramount and X to settle lawsuits brought by Trump is now missing or has been spent without explanation and requested a full accounting from the foundation building his presidential library.

SCIENCE UPDATE in the US, here's where we are (via @nejm.org) TL;DR:A political appointee decides funding, not peer review; Your grant can be canceled at any time without warning; International collaborations are prohibited; & All conferences require political pre-approval @naomioreskes.bsky.social

Could not agree more! Not only did Hillary beat the Orange Atrocity by 2.8 MILLION votes, but Al Gore got 543,895 MORE votes than Bush! The Electoral College allows candidates who received less votes to win the presidency. ABOLISH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. Thank you for your attention to this matter.