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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Sen. Deb Fischer on Democrats: "They want to demilitarize the police. It's everybody's worst nightmare on what this society would become ... people have deep knowledge of what happens in countries that say they are democratic socialist ... look at Russia"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

New in PN: Why Trump deserves all the blame for high gas prices "No POTUS has ever deserved to be hoisted on the petard of gas prices more. That’s not only bc of how he weaponized the issue before, but bc unlike almost every other POTUS, he's actually responsible for where the price is right now."

publicnotice.coWhy Trump deserves all the blame for high gas pricesNormally blaming the president is unfair. But not this time.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rep. Jeff Van Drew: "Canada isn't working because they are so far left. This should be a warning shot to them. You better come to America, say, 'We're sorry, we're gonna mend our ways and do what we used to do and groom and maintain the forest.'"

God@thegodshow.com

Now they're singing Toby Keith's jingoistic, warmongering song "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American). This song features the lyric "we'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way." Happy 250th.

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social

They were baked in one of the hottest summer days D.C. has experienced in a long time, and now, they're being evacuated because of a thunderstorm approaching the National Mall and scrambling to find shelter. It's as though the writers did way too much cocaine during this script meeting.

rat king 🐀 👑 @mikeisaac.bsky.social

more news: Mark Zuckerberg is telling lieutenants to pursue partnerships with Polymarket and Kalshi with Meta's new prediction market app called Arena, per sources Meta is targeting 18-34 year old users with a goal of 100 million regular "predictors" www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/t...

nytimes.comZuckerberg Urges Meta to Explore Working With Polymarket and Kalshi

Brian S. King@briansking19.bsky.social

Yesterday's results make loud and clear that political extremists like Adams, McCay, Lee, and toadies for data centers are not the elected officials Utahns want. Fool around and find out. Congrats to @BenMcAdams and other Utah Democrats who are advancing to the November general election!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Markwayne Mullin: "We are just now hitting our stride to go after the worst of the worst and get these illegals that the Biden administration let terrorize our cities and streets back to the country that they came from"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump shares a post calling for Obama to be immediately incarcerated and tried for treason

Ben Winslow@benwinslow.bsky.social

We know what today is. 😏

The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com

Republican lawmakers and Gov. Cox are investigating if Justice Diana Hagen had an inappropriate relationship — claims a Utah commission already found to have “very little credibility.”

sltrib.com‘Very little credibility’: Claims against Supreme Court justice found to be ‘misleading’. Cox, GOP lawmakers investigating anyway.Republican lawmakers and Gov. Cox are investigating if Justice Diana Hagen had an inappropriate relationship — claims a Utah commission already found to have “very little credibility.”

Weedle@weedle.bsky.social

Exactly one year ago today:

The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com

BREAKING: Kathleen Riebe, struggling to raise money, has dropped out of the race for Utah’s new Congressional District 1. She endorsed Ben McAdams, while calling fellow state Sen. Nate Blouin a “loose cannon” who is “too inflammatory.”

sltrib.comKathleen Riebe exits Utah’s 1st Congressional District race — and backs a familiar DemocratState Sen. Kathleen Riebe dropped out of the packed race for Utah's blue-leaning 1st Congressional District, endorsing former U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

"...Lyons became so distressed when ICE agents couldn’t locate a migrant on their target list after a ride along with top administration officials that one of his bodyguards took a portable defibrillator from a nearby government office to Lyons in case he needed medical intervention..."

Mark Hamill@markhamillofficial.bsky.social

Clearly, he spoke to a former president using a Ouija board.

Matt Splat@mattskyblue.bsky.social

That would quite possibly take years. There is an excellent book on the whole ordeal called "Fantastinen floppi" though unfortunately, I believe it is only in Finnish. But basically, it was an unholy marriage of a number of spare parts that the execs decided could be turned into a gaming device...

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co

Netflix has declined to increase its offer to buy Warner Bros Paramount is set to win the bidding war

Kim Kelly@kimkelly.bsky.social

When faced with a shockingly exploitative new employment contract that would’ve forced them to sign away their IP, their likeness rights, and their power of attorney, Jupiter Jetson and her coworkers at Sheri’s fought back—fast. They organized a union in SIX DAYS. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

thenation.comHow Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor HistoryThe courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.

The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com

U.S. House Republicans and Sen. Mike Lee’s marquee voter ID legislation has hit an immovable object: Senate Republicans.

sltrib.comMike Lee’s SAVE America Act hits a roadblock: Senate Republicans who support the filibuster U.S. House Republicans and Sen. Mike Lee’s marquee voter ID legislation has hit an immovable object: Senate Republicans.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com

Relevant to today's conversation about AI's inherent sexism, here's an email from cognitive psychologist and early AI theorist Roger Schank, arguing to Epstein that women can't be truly intelligent, because they care too much about what other people think.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

"Tech companies like Palantir now stock vending machines with nicotine pouches in the hopes of boosting their workers’ productivity."

statnews.comBiohackers and wellness influencers are pushing nicotine as part of their ‘stacks’As smoking rates fall in the U.S., startups and influencers are pushing the purported cognitive and health benefits of indulging in nicotine.

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com

INBOX: the police chief of Quakertown, Pa., led a group of plainclothes officers to disrupt a peaceful high school student sidewalk protest yesterday. They threw an underage girl to the ground, choked her, and disconnected all calls to the detention center where she and others are currently held.

phillyburbs.comQuakertown parents, groups demand release of students in police clashCivil rights groups and parents gathered in front of the Quakertown Police Department Saturday demanding answers for the violent confrontation Friday.

Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster@chriswarcraft.bsky.social

This is one of those areas where California can (and will) hold the line, simply due to how many cars get sold in this state. I remember the smog as a kid, and I’m sure plenty of others do too. We’re not going back to that.

The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com

People along the Wasatch Front reported feeling the rattles of an earthquake Thursday afternoon. The epicenter was in Utah County.

sltrib.comA minor earthquake, centered in Utah County, rattles the Wasatch Front People along the Wasatch Front reported feeling the rattles of an earthquake Thursday afternoon. The epicenter was in Utah County.

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social

It will not surprise you to learn that Judge Jeanine — the US Attorney for Washington DC — does not understand what climate change means.