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Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

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Kudos to Gov. Beshear for pouring cold water on the Aug 3 'deadline' BS - the McConnell memes have dried up a bit as nobody gives a shit if or when he died as Republicans are just protecting a corpse for nothing. Or if he's not dead, he's still irrelevant. win-win

So RFK Jr lost his shit when Dana Bash asked some basic follow-up questions about his quack anti-vax BS. This should serve as a lesson to all interviewers when talking to Trump cabinet members. Hassett smiling and saying gas prices are low? Call him out. Rubio/Hegseth need to own war crimes.

"The few, the proud, the teamsters." "Join the Army, and learn to drive a truck" Nothing against driving a truck (I used to drive bee trucks), but are they trying to imply this is what veterans are good for? Veterans aren't a resource you can assign to a specific job classification.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

VA Secretary Doug Collins: "These are some of the most highly skilled, highly trained, highly motivated, determined people we have in the workforce. Hey, why don't we put them behind a truck? ... they're gonna do it safer, they're gonna do it better"

This is Katie Phang From the Midastouch network. Pulitzer is inevitable, but more important, she is hanging the DOJ and Todd Blanche out to dry. Well done Katie, a true hero. -Jack Cannon

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Pool isn't so bad if you get in before 9am when it's not over 100 degrees outside. At 115 it's almost counter intuitive how little it helps.

Looking up at the palm trees in the morning sun More palm trees Selfie floating on my back.

Today I learned that baby cranes are called "colts" because their legs are so long and they can run around like idiots shortly after hatching. This is delightful, I enjoy knowing this.

photo of two sandhill crane colts that are about 50% leg and 50% neck and head and taking some big steppies.

PSA - if you find yourself in Palm Springs for whatever reason, and you'd like a little Mexican food (there are dozens of good places to eat) but want something you haven't had before, try the Poblano taco at Clandestino. Simple, fresh, delicious. You won't be disappointed.

Beet root taco shell with poblano, squash blossom, corn, onion, mushroom, and Oaxaca cheese with rice and refried beans...fuckin' delicious.