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Programming the weather or something like that.
Because of course they are. Really can’t leave without making everything worse.
NPR@npr.org · yesterdayFar out in the Pacific Ocean, there are tiny islands that few have seen. The oceans around them are full of marine life, from thriving coral reefs to sharks and tuna. The Trump administration is rolling back protections for these places. NPR got a rare visit to a remote area to see what’s at stake.
This better be a key talking point in every single contested congressional seat come November.
Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity (Gift Article)
The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.
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lol, actually lmao
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d ago“Time is not Paramount’s ally. Beginning Sept 30, the company owes Warner shareholders a $650 million ticking fee every quarter .. out of a firm with .. free cash flow of $96 million last quarter and $123 million the quarter before ..” @jeffsonnenfeld.bsky.social fortune.com/2026/08/03/p...
Nothing more cowardly than a GOP senator
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is such complete and utter bullshit on the part of Thom Tillis and John Cornyn. Giving the Trump crime family immunity from tax audits remains as corrupt as anything we’ve ever seen in this country. Todd Blanche should be impeached, not confirmed.
The best time to make “Republicans want to take your kids into school a bathroom, pull down their pants, and inspect their genitals” stick to the entire party of Epstein file protectors was when they said that’s essentially what they wanted to do years ago back in Ohio. The next best time is now.
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
theres a million things like this, the caribbean boat murders for example. these ghouls need to be punished but it needs to be immediate, public and to the fullest extent or else it will all happen again
We need to send everyone involved with this to jail for a long long time
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d agoFLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.
‘I bought this before he went crazy’ sticker on a 1938 VW Beetle
who could've foreseen that Donald Trump might put himself over country and could be out of touch with regular people, there was unfortunately no way to know this from the previous 80 years of his life
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 7d agoTrump absolutely cratering by many metrics in new CNN poll: 66% say he puts himself over country 61% disapprove of ballroom, arch, etc 57% say lacks sharpness to serve (!) 73% say he's out of touch w/regular people (!!) His personalist project is over. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2137...
Being a stock analyst must be rough. Just pull numbers out of no where lol
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d ago“.. Tesla reported an operating profit of about $400 million, about $1.3 billion short of analyst projections. That was a problem ..” @barrons.com $TSLA www.barrons.com/articles/tes...
This stolen money needs to be returned to blue states by the next administration with interest.
Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · last wk.“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
The most predictable progression in the world... Tip to reporters who don't want to look like absolute tools: don't report on what Musk *says* as if it means anything at all.
You may need a magnifying glass to find the "corporate tax" box.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w agoA reminder that we’re running $2 trillion deficits. Here it is in visual form: (via B of A)
I’ve never met anyone who actually likes Johnny Depp.
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 2w agoFirst poster for ‘EBENEZER’, a new film based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Johnny Depp. “Before he was Scrooge, he was Ebenezer”
A beautiful metaphor for America here at Glacier National Park: a bunch of people standing under a melting glacier that could collapse onto them at any moment despite all the signs warning them.
People need to stop using the term "lobbying". It's bribery. Call it what it is. Get (more) people pissed off about it.
Soccer is the only sport that actively prevents fun things from happening
The clips of a huge Russian missile barrage battering Kyiv with Ukraine barely able to launch any Patriots to intercept, paired with clips of Kuwaiti or US or Jordanian Patriot batteries launching dozens of missiles to intercept individual Iranian missiles aimed at US bases... man...
Eighty years of American science is bleeding out from bullet wounds on the sidewalk and these mfs are sitting inside talking about whether we should force 18 year olds rake leaves in national parks
Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social · 3w agoKlein asks Allen what liberals should prioritize if they win the trifecta in 2028. Allen suggests the following: 1) Putting an end to Citizens United; 2) Creation of national service; 3) Ending gerrymandering
This is always the tell that he just learned something
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTrump: "Most people don't know that 'dumb' has a B"
Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans
Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soyb...
Two Minnesota solar farms planted 66 native species under their panels. Five years of counting revealed a staggering result that nobody had written into the engineering plan.
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the food safety stuff is another reminder that a large, huge, gigantic part of being a republican is going “lmao why are we spending money to prevent horrifying disasters from happening if they never happen 🤪”
Get rid of your imposter syndrome (which tends to afflict smart people more than dumb people anyway). NO ONE is a "real expert." You have every right to be there. And you can make an enormous difference if you're in the room at the right time. Get involved. Participate. You can matter.
Just elect people and do stuff. Thats all it is. There is no secret. It’s all made up.
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 3w agoAn amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
the 2026 men’s world cup has produced so many memorable things— next to pausa de hidratación, absolute chimneys is stuck in my hippocampus forever
Seth Rosenthal@sethrosenthal.bsky.social · 3mo agosaw a truck for a company called Absolute Chimneys and I can’t stop saying that to myself as if I’m an English soccer announcer calling a free kick that sailed over the crossbar