That SOB is leaving us sitting ducks.

The President of the United States is a liar.

Laws against image-based abuse protect people only when images are sexual. Eva Blum-Dumontet argues that's the wrong threshold: any photo shared without consent can be a weapon, and legislation should reflect that.

Consent, Not Nudity, Should Define Image-Based Abuse Laws

Eva Blum-Dumontet argues image-based abuse laws should focus on consent, not nudity, to protect people from non-consensual image sharing.

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MAKE NO MISTAKE REPUBLICANS DID THIS HEARTLESS DIRTBAGS THAT THEY ARE

Peter Morley ♿️@petermorley.bsky.social · 6h ago

Coming to YOUR city/town in 2027, via GOP & Trump Administration: SLASHING of SNAP by BILLIONS. SLASHING of Medicaid By 1 TRILLION. LISTEN to Rep. Jim McGovern: They're turning America into "A Tale Of Two Cities". UNCONSCIONABLE! (Please REPOST for AWARENESS!)

At last we see how far the right has to transgress in its antisemitism before the BoD sits up and takes notice. And it's pretty damn far.

Racism only promotes more racism...and hate...and anger...and violence.

God@thegodshow.com · 2h ago

Racism will never bring down the cost of groceries or gas.

Plans to close the U.S. Consulate in Winnipeg mean the United States will "lose touch with a broad swath of Canada," a former employee says. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

U.S. to close Winnipeg consulate as cost-saving measure, Trump administration says | CBC News

Plans to close the U.S. Consulate in Winnipeg mean the United States will "lose touch with a broad swath of Canada," a former employee says.

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it’s cool that if you turn on ESPN nowadays you’re fairly likely to see the 24th best QB in the NFL discussing the lab leak conspiracy with a man in a tank top

I wish my late father whose first name was Abdul was alive to see Abdul El-Sayed win the nomination for US Senate!

Dean Obeidallah@deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 3h ago

It's official per NY TImes, NBC news and more: Abdul El-Sayed has won!! He was outspent 9 to 1. Democratic leaders in DC like Chuck Schumer and in Michigan opposed him despite his views lining with 75 to 90% of Democratic base on Medicare for All, Abolishing ICE, Palestine/Israel and more!

Just as planned from the Republican party.

Global Project Against Hate and Extremism@globalextremism.bsky.social · 1h ago

New polling finds Americans are increasingly fearful of political violence and less confident in the electoral process, with concerns about voter intimidation and election integrity remaining widespread as President Trump continues to promote false fraud claims. Read more:

The dude was born in West Bloomfield is a doctor, Rhoades Scholar who also went to the University of Michigan. He also didn’t change his name for political purposes like Raphael Cruz.

CIA is barred from influencing our domestic politics. Not by custom, not by norm — by law. Congress should demand to know who wrote these docs, when, and who tasked them. Those questions have answers. None are secrets. I break it down with @granthermes.bsky.social and @stevencash.bsky.social

Did Trump Use the CIA to Lie About 2020? Ex-Intel Officers Say Maybe

Cheers to two Years of Make It Make Sense! Independent journalism only works with your support, so thank you!

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This 👇🏼

The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · yesterday

BP's quarterly profits more than doubled to £4.2 billion in the three months to the end of June. These are the profits of war and climate chaos. It's time to make the biggest polluters pay.

seems bad

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 4h ago

🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵

His victory speech was also gracious. He specifically repudiates supporters who aren't magnanimous in victory.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 12h ago

El-Sayed: There is so much more that unites us, however much we might disagree with our democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. And so to all of our supporters here tonight watching on TV—tomorrow, we begin to mend fences.

💙💛 Bodies of the dead lie in body bags on a railway platform at the site of a Russian strike, while electricians repair a damaged power line nearby on August 5, 2026 in Brovary, Ukraine. During a massive attack on Kyiv Russians damaged commercial warehouses near Kyiv and caused casualties.

NEWS — Haley Stevens has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan U.S. Senate race against Republican Mike Rogers.

Trump cancelling food stamps and health insurance is causing an "explosion in misery" youtu.be/fi_FHZOAaXM

An Explosion of Misery

YouTube video by Paul Krugman

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The winning will continue until morale improves.

Reminder: it ain’t over

Saw a bit on MSNow recently about how AES was winning in part because of Medicare for All, but the pundit talked to voters and "they don't understand the policy, they just hear it as having a right to health care." 1) great! 2) Has lack of "understanding" policy ever applied to Trump voters?

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 6h ago

Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell received an unordered pizza delivery to his Rhode Island home addressed to a name that sent chills down his spine: Daniel Anderl.

Sinister deliveries and death threats hound judge each time he rules against Trump: report

U.S. District Judge John McConnell received an unordered pizza delivery to his Rhode Island home addressed to a name that sent chills down his spine: Daniel Anderl.The name belonged to federal Judge Esther Salas's son, who was shot and killed in 2020 by a disgruntled lawyer targeting his mother, and...

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Murderous heat, an endangered food supply and no net zero: this is the life the radical right wants you to have www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Very nice statement from Haley Stevens congratulating Abdul El-Sayed and vowing her support: "We must elect Democrats up and down the ballot." haleyformi.com/news/haley-s...

Haley Stevens for Senate

Haley Stevens is running for Senate to continue to fight for Michiganders and our economy while standing up to the Trump-Musk chaos agenda. Learn more here!

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This is maybe the perfect example of @gregpak.net bit that replacing every instance of “AI” with “cocaine” gets to the deeper truth of the attitude.

Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 17h ago

There is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.

Have you noticed no one is claiming this is an escalation?

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 9h ago

⚡️ A North Korean missile unit is deploying to Russia, with plans to operate 120 ballistic missiles against Ukraine. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳

This is just rank Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, based on the bigoted idea that there is something inherently scary about a president with the last name "El-Sayed." It is incumbent on all of us to call it out.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "

A 🧵 Nepo baby David Ellison’s recent OpEd deflected attention from the reality that the Paramount attempted takeover of WarnerBros is corrupt to the core, a debt-time bomb, a natl security issue, would decrease diversity of voices in film/media/ journalism +a press freedom issue. #BlockTheMerger 1/n