i personally think polymarket and all companies like it should be regulated out of existence and their assets seized by the state
Dan
@danimalcrackers.bsky.social
Pisces ♓️, neurotically selfish but in a fun charming way
Here’s how we built the “scientific state”. Also the outline of my spring course. In 1862 in the heat of the Civil War, American Hero Justin Smith Morrill got the Morrill Act passed while the slavers were out of Congress and funded state higher ed in the public interest at the Land Grants. 1/?
@virginiaheffernan.bsky.social is Omnishambles no more? I loved that podcast (in all of its iterations), but it’s been awhile since we’ve heard from you and Cy. 😬
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Seeking Asylum Is Arrested by ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/u...
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Seeking Asylum Is Arrested by ICE (Gift Article)
Shaoping Wu was working as a contract delivery driver for Amazon when he was pulled over in Pennsylvania. He had championed personal and religious freedom for Chinese citizens.
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This episode of Meet the Press is telling me that you can really do anything you want in politics and be glazed in death on MTP.
The arm on NBA star Kelsey Plum, who throws a rolled-up jersey to her dad sitting in the upper bleachers. www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUn...
The sell-out Supreme Court acted to do Trump and Miller’s bidding and put TPS holders and asylum seekers at risk. Congress must act today to protect our communities and our country. Let’s pass the Dream and Promise Act.
“Congress's top bathroom sheriff Nancy Mace is on the ballot, and while not all of the votes have been counted yet, she is in a respectful fifth place,” Sarah McBride just said. “I don't like punching down and I believe in the politics of grace. So all I will say is happy Pride, Nancy.”
It must be said, Susan Collins is up to some Claire McCaskill levels of campaign sabotage with the timing of these platner stories.
So, why are the other journalists at 60 Minutes staying? Network tv is in a tailspin. What if everyone quit and went to NBC and said, “let’s build a new show called ‘1 hour’ and build something that will deliver the ratings that our old show got”? The network is determined to get rid of talent
The gop is going to keep the house. I can just kinda feel it. People aren’t angry or appalled enough. This SCOTUS ruling really kind of locks it in.
Remember when they said that Kamala would start a war with Iran? As with everything, every accusation, a confession with these people.
The story that Elon Musk committed voter fraud has gotten next to no coverage -- one of those things you can't make come up on a Google search. But I think it's time for Dems to go on offensive abt right wing coddling of this immigrant interfering in our elections. newrepublic.com/post/206857/...
Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk
The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications.
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"If you deserted Trump, we could get to 60 votes and end this occupation of Minneapolis." "You funded the murder." @timmiller.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social talk the complicit GOP Congress on today's Bulwark Podcast:
I choose to believe that the castle really is Alan Cumming’s personal castle. #thetraitorsus
JUST IN: CBS’s Kennedy Center Honors just hit an all-time ratings low. Preliminary Nielsen data shows only ~2.65M viewers tuned in to the Trump-hosted show, down from 4.1M in 2024. A stunning 35% year-over-year collapse.
"I believe that Americans would agree that the government can’t just make people disappear without any process or explanation. Second, because I want to give the government a chance to admit that they were wrong. So far the government has not done so." newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-us-ci...
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
Is the rapture happening on east coast time or is it time zone adjusted?
Was this press conference a guerrilla marketing stunt from Advil? #tylenol
Hey @nytimes.com maybe we don’t need a Charlie Kirk story on the home page every moment of every day. Sometimes multiple. Just thinking out loud here
Thinking about Al Franken’s recollection of Paul Wellstone’s memorial and how the right attacked it as a too political and wondering what @alfranken.bsky.social thinks of today’s events in Arizona.
It sucks to have to cancel Hulu and Disney+. I guess I will have to bit torrent the final episodes of Alien Earth.