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Is Ukraine Winning? - 396 PREVIEW | Left Anchor
In this excerpt we discuss why so many American leftists struggled to get to the correct understanding in Ukraine, and why so many liberals have struggled to get to the correct understanding in Israel...
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fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social bonus episode, we are checking back in with the war in Ukraine: www.patreon.com/leftanchor/p...
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Maybe I'm missing something but shouldn't somebody have benn watching the Ukraine War and, you know, taken notes?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago"The Army has used up 'virtually all' of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, raising concerns about the military's readiness for future conflicts"
It's August 1st, which means that it's the perfect time to read and bookmark @boltsmag.org's August election guide! In fact there is so much going on they've selected 110 election to watch for the month. Take a look! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
110 Elections to Watch This August - Bolts
A string of high-profile Senate and governor primaries will headline August and set the stage for November. They include the rushed special primary to replace the late Lindsey Graham in... Read More
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i'm sorry what the fuck. gillibrand attends a church which teaches that COVID was God's punishment for permitting gay marriage?
Jonathan Larsen@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 5d agoNEW: Corporate media zero in signs of antisemitism on the left. Meanwhile, one of Rep. Haley Stevens's most powerful backers in her Senate race attends a Bible study that teaches that the Jews killed Jesus...
You're not going to believe this but Gavin Newsom is taking the side of capital over workers. In this case it's tricky because he's backing the very MAGA allies his cosplaying X account claims he's fighting. www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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Oh my godddddddd yes I wouldn't have been able to put my finger on it this well, but yes, absolutely, this is what that "this feels like it was written by AI" feeling is The unmistakable feeling of narration with no author
Will Wilkinson@wlknsn.xyz · 5d agoThe effect compounds as we encounter op-eds, white papers, ad copy, erotica, propaganda etc with a crazy diversity of subjects and rhetorical purposes all spoken by the same poorly-defined implied narrator. We learn to recognize the subliminally unmoored feeling it gives us. It’s not about em-dashes
Are you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?
missing piece in this analysis is that Dems are the party of institutions even when the institutions do not work as designed and/or are openly hostile to democracy talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-par...
A Party of Institutions In An Era of Distrust
We’ve been discussing a lot of plans and ingenious new strategies for a Democratic comeback which are variously half-baked, hyperbolic, histrionic or merely silly. Here’s one that I believe is not. It...
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Jamelle Bouie: "Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?" Musk's racist radicalisation - he is promoting remigration + openly endorsing violence against anybody who opposes it - still tends to be seen as a peripheral bolt-on to his techno-utopianism. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
NEW: We're about to enter an extremely busy stretch of elections; in August, I'm watching elections across 17 states! Referendums could overhaul election law. Liberals want to take back school boards. The far-right is targeting GOP lawmakers. And more. Enter my new guide to August elections:
110 Elections to Watch This August - Bolts
A string of high-profile Senate and governor primaries will headline August and set the stage for November. They include the rushed special primary to replace the late Lindsey Graham in... Read More
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The ruthless efficiency of Ukrainian drone strategy—which unlike its Russian counterpart is also scrupulously compliant with international law. www.ft.com/content/5ca7...
Ukraine adapts strikes on Russian energy industry to hit critical components
Kyiv is shifting its long-range drone campaign to keep plants offline for longer
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Seeing people confused about Fauci taking the Fifth even though he was pre-emptively pardoned by Biden. Pardons only cover past conduct; they don't immunize future lawbreaking. Fauci's claim is Trump II DOJ would gin up a perjury investigation into him based on anything he says today.
fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social episode, we've got @ddayen.bsky.social back on to talk about franchisees being abused by their corporate overlords, tariffs, Iran, and more: www.leftanchor.com/e/welcome-to...
Welcome to Franchise Hell - 395 | Left Anchor
Today we've got David Dayen back on to talk about his reporting on how awful it is to attempt to make it as a franchisee for the Kitchen and Bath Tune-Up company. We also discuss the flailing incompet...
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god imagine supporting someone this off-putting and Bad At This whose only ideological commitment is massacring Palestinians
Howard Mortman@howardmortman.bsky.social · 2w ago"Cool kids on the Internet. They're doing the cool kid chatter. Some of 'em might be the coastal elites, making fun of how I talk. But let's be real. They're making fun of Michigan. They're thinking they're better than us. Their jokes, their criticism, only make me fight harder." -- Haley Stevens
"The so-called protectors are now the only persons against whom, in any ordinary circumstances, protection is needed. The brutality and tyranny with which every police report is filled are those of husbands to wives, of parents to children."
Pornainen, Finland (pop 5,000) is now heated by a silo of crushed soapstone. I spoke to CNBC about it. 100 MWh, charged when power is cheap, emissions down ~70%. Days to weeks of storage, no critical minerals. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...
Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery
A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.
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A letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after he was murdered by ICE.
well it’s not murder unless we get Elon’s comms and see that the neo-Nazi cyber criminals he hired to dismantle USAID did it on purpose. otherwise it’s only one million plus cases of negligent homicide
Aaron Huertas@aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 2w agoGross to see a senator skip over the part where the aid was cut off illegally and without warning. Cooking their brains on a right wing owned social media site.
if one does not understand this, one does not understand class politics in america
CAHSR's Strongest Soldier@emoscientist.bsky.social · 2w agoNeoliberalism was really about a forced transition from a wage economy of well paid union workers to an asset economy where prosperity is based on endless asset appreciation. Union busting and housing scarcity went together as government policy. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/def...
"This time, the moral panic isn’t coming from older generations—in fact, kids are turned off by the way AI is being pushed on them by adults and tech corporations. They’re also, Green says, 'acutely aware that whatever disruption happens, their generation is going to be bearing the brunt of it.'"
Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool
“I think it should stand for ‘artificial idiot,’” one 9-year-old says. Here’s why kids of all ages are calling AI “disgusting” and “creepy.”
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Skocpol. Skocpol. Skocpol. We have forgotten what politics is. It is not policy. That is not what moves people.
Omar Wasow@owasow.bsky.social · 2w agoWhy has DSA grown? One argument from this research: not just ideology, but organization. Strong membership plus ongoing and continuous participation in social movements creates credibility, committed volunteers, political skills, and durable electoral capacity. www.niskanencenter.org/inside-the-d...
Trump using forced labor as a pretense is pretty amazing when you remember the U.S. has an enormous prison labor population churning out goods for pennies
Trump imposes double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries as his 10% levies are set to expire Friday
President Donald Trump is going ahead with new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a stinging defeat at the Sup...
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BREAKING @crisesnotes.bsky.social from @juanhanes.bsky.social and I: HUD is planning to add "special conditions to grant awards” that will require grantees to submit all invoices & individual payment information from themselves, "subrecipients" AND contractors www.crisesnotes.com/breaking-hud...
BREAKING: HUD is Planning on Hobbling Federal Financial Assistance for Housing by Burying it in Paperwork.
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"Cognitive surrender" is a fascinating concept to think about the impact of AI as it exists under reactionary tech Preventing people from thinking for themselves and imagining different worlds is a godsend for authoritarians thenextweb.com/news/wharton...
Wharton researchers coined 'cognitive surrender' to describe what happens when people let AI think for them
A Wharton study found people accepted wrong AI answers 80% of the time, as apps like Moot now let five AI personas vote on your life decisions.
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