AJ Mirabelle
@ajmirabelle.bsky.social
Dogs, politics, social issues. Good in small doses. LGBTQIA & BLM ally. There will be cussing. Blocks malicious ignorance. Colorado blue. Don't have words big enough to express how much I loathe what's coming & the people who've enabled it.
Colorado Republicans Attack Jewish Gov Candidate With AI ‘Cartoon Devil Horns’ Graphic talkingpointsmemo.com/news/colorad...
Colorado Republicans Attack Jewish Gov Candidate With AI ‘Cartoon Devil Horns’ Graphic
Colorado Republicans are using an image showing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser...
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Every last person that truly cares about democracy in America can understand what Judge Mehta feels.
Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · yesterdayNEW: A wistful Judge Mehta closed the book on the last lingering Jan. 6 case — the seditious conspiracy conviction of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, a man Mehta has called an ongoing threat to society/democracy but whose case was spiked by DOJ. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
On my list of "things I didn't realize I was holding my breath about".
Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · yesterdayNEW: Voters have rejected Republicans' scheme to unseat the Kansas Supreme Court's Dem-appointed majority and overturn abortion rights. Amendment 1 would have let the GOP replace the system of a nominating commission, gubernatorial appointment, and retention elections with direct partisan elections
So many Republican male lawmakers have been accused of physical and sexual violence against women that the report about this guy, who harassed his employees with unsolicited gifts, inappropriate comments, and demands for dinners, seems almost quaint. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
House Ethics Panel Finds Rep. Chuck Edwards Likely Violated Sexual Harassment Rules
The Ethics Committee called for the censure of Representative Chuck Edwards, Republican of North Carolina, who showered two female staffers with lavish gifts and affection.
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Remember when people packed picnic lunches to go to the public hangings? A festive outing for the family.
Jacob Gellman@jacobgellman.com · yesterdayThere is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...
We are deciding whether we want to be a country of ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 2d agoBREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
UN Human Rights Commission: "So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity."
Flawed ‘Epstein Files’ disclosures undermine accountability for grave crimes against women and girls: UN experts
GENEVA – The so-called ‘Epstein Files’ contain disturbing and credible evidence of systematic and large-scale sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls, UN experts* said today.Acco...
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Lisa Guerrero@lisaguerrero.bsky.social · yesterdaySeveral women have now come forward saying that there was SEX TRAFFICKING & TEEN RAPE at the Playboy Mansion. Many similarities to the Epstein crimes and they were happening here in LA and glamorized on television. Watch Karissa Shannon’s heartbreaking but important story. youtu.be/DQLe35lkj2c?...
Two AI accounts wanting to connect and stay in touch with each other in the mentions of a post I wrote about AI is fucking hellscape material.
Really bad www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Jerusalem’s most important Muslim religious site facing ‘imminent’ threat of Israeli takeover, says Jordan
Country convenes emergency meeting of ministers from Arab and Islamic world, fearing such a move could ‘trigger a religious conflict’
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Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.
So Kansas votes tomorrow on whether to elect its Supreme Court justices. In 2022, Kris Kobach said doing exactly this would let Kansas “slowly and quietly” put anti-abortion judges on the court. Now it’s on the ballot. If you know somebody in Kansas, they should know this is going on.
And the bottom has yet to fall out for Bari Weiss at CBS Mornings. Two weeks after posting its lowest-rated week ever, CBS Mornings set another record. According to Nielsen, the program averaged just 1.568 million viewers and 213,000 in the key 25-54 advertising demo last week -- both new lows.
John Mulaney Trump and Hobos #johnmulaney #funny #hilarious #comedy #standupcomedy #comedyshow
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Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 7d agoDeputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized
What “they” did to your kids. Remind me again, who was president in the spring and fall of 2020 when the majority of in-person school closures happened?
I'm watching a show that was filmed in 2013 but set in 1949 London & this character is giving a speech that is straight outta the mouth of Stephen Miller. Immigrants, Jews, those with disabilities... they've been the scapegoats of angry little bullies with no real solutions forever.
Its day number 407 with temps above 100° w/ no ac. Had a Häagen-Dazs bar for breakfast. May pour soda straight into the ice cream container for lunch á la @joyfullcat.bsky.social Won't be taking questions at this time. #ILoveMyOldHouse #SleepingInSatansAhole
Death wouldn't make me dance in the street. Handcuffs & a perp walk would.
It's illegal and you're going to get got in a year or two.
Reuters@reuters.com · last wk.EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws reut.rs/3RzNU4A
I keep thinking about how often the mass layoffs in media, government and big companies, especially women and people of color, will lead to poorer outcomes for years because the people who would point out potential problems or blind spots were deemed non-essential, a "bad fit", and/or too expensive.
Swimmingly. In debt, they're going to be swimming in debt
Conor Sen@conorsen.bsky.social · last wk.“The $250 billion guarantee would cover the data center lease and debt needed to fund its build out, but not the Nvidia chips that would go inside it. Nvidia, which has invested $30 billion in OpenAI, is also discussing a deal to finance the chip purchase for OpenAI, which could total $350 billion”
This is the bike of one of the cyclists who was "bumped" by the pick-up truck driver. This sort of language is one way that media outlets downplay traffic violence.
The Durango Herald@durangoherald.bsky.social · 2w agoMedics and law enforcement responded Tuesday to a crash south of Durango where a pickup truck driver – suspected of impairment – allegedly bumped several road cyclists and seriously injured one.
The President of the United States of America is a failed Weeble. 🫤 #TrumpTumble
All Warner employees just received a memo from management acknowledging that the merger "will remain paused" until a trial date is scheduled, and stating that "when there is meaningful and confirmed information to share, you will hear it directly from us."
Our health officials are ignoring outbreaks of terrible diseases while concentrating on boosting dubious peptides and beef tallow. The Kennedy-Trump legacy will be grim.
Jolly Green Giant as my personal bodyguard Mr. Peanut's vast wealth to maintain control of the Burger King and his state power, plus Little Caesar's legions
Discontinued Foods!@discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 2w agoThings aren't great, let's have some fun
ATLANTA (AP) — US surpasses 2025’s record-breaking tally for measles cases, with 2,318 cases and 5 more months left in the year.
