3/ I previously covered Petter Törnberg’s @pettertornberg.com argument that “polarization” can hide the political right’s radicalization. Mason takes us deeper into what that right wing backlash is trying to reverse. Here's the earlier thread for context: bsky.app/profile/digi...

Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo@digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1/ The fastest way to lose a democracy is to convince the people defending it that they are as dangerous as the people attacking it. That is the trap we are in, fighting each other while one side burns the rules. Here is the scientific proof. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the CDC have stopped recommending seven vaccines for children, including vaccines that protect against hepatitis B, RSV, and meningitis. These vaccines have kept millions of children out of the hospital and saved countless lives. I'm suing.

The editorial cartoonist's pen is one of the sharpest tools in journalism, whittling issues down to basics for satire or rage. I'm proud to say that my long-ago colleague, Milt Priggee, is unafraid to shock with a tough point of view.

again, let me reemphasize, every bit of info we have points that this is an INDUSTRY of child rape and trafficking trump and epstein were FRIENDLY COMPETITORS in the INDUSTRY of raping and trafficking children to A LARGE SHARED CUSTOMER BASE

James Ball@jamesrball.com · 10mo ago

This stuff was just on an absolutely industrial scale. This is a girl who was aged 14 to 16 and she alone saw Epstein *100 times*. This, btw, was at the peak of Epstein's influence and his celebrity friendships:

The should be VP is here!👇

Governor Tim Walz@governorwalz.mn.gov · 2y ago

Any Minnesotans on here?

BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”

Spain to enshrine gay marriage and abortion rights into its constitution so 'they cannot be undone in the future' - Olive Press News Spain

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain's constitution so they 'can never be undone'. The left-wing PSOE

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“There are so many Hegseths. They might not be rich, or famous, but they are still dangerous. Now that they have a president in their own image, their fortunes are rising” — to women’s detriment. flip.it/VVgNBO

The Creep Cabinet Is No Accident

In Trump’s inner circle, misogyny is still the byword.

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@stevesawyer12.bsky.social @11tulips.bsky.social @beachpebblegirl.bsky.social @kilonovagold.bsky.social

Heath Brown@heathbrown.bsky.social · 2y ago

According to people I interviewed for my book, Patel, Vought, and Ratcliffe were the three officials blocking the Biden-Harris transition…FBI, OMB, and CIA is their reward www.amazon.com/Roadblocked-...

Read this "Democrats need to organize their future politics around the simple reality that the establishment media is structural hostile to the Democratic Party. This doesn’t mean every journalist individually, of course. But the establishment media generally — the Times, the Post, the Journal, CNN,

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 2y ago

Wired for the GOP talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/wired... via @TPM

Essential for anyone who wants to understand what happened in the election that just happened & why we face Trump again. fuckery happened. thread @rickpetree.bsky.social @kilonovagold.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social @stevesawyer12.bsky.social @beachpebblegirl.bsky.social @11tulips.bsky.social

Tom Bonier@tbonier.bsky.social · 2y ago

I've been looking at the universe of voters in GA who cast a ballot in 2020, but didn't vote in 2024 and are still registered in the state. There are just over 1 million such voters. Not surprisingly, they are modeled as more likely Dems.

the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment

Have you heard this good news? SUSHI FOR BESSIE THE COW Feeding and raising livestock accounts for roughly 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, but new studies show that giving grazing cattle a seaweed supplement reduced methane emissions by almost 40%. www.popsci.com/environment/...

Feeding seaweed to gassy cattle can reduce methane

Methane emissions were cut by almost 40 percent in grazing cattle who ate seaweed pellets.

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"Strong civilizations don’t pray for mercy from microbes; they crush them." Why aren't we preparing to crush a bird flu pandemic should one cross over to humans? [Tabarrok channeling Tukefci] marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...

A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History - Marginal REVOLUTION

Zeynep Tufekci writing in the NYTimes hits the nail on the head: The H5N1 avian flu, having mutated its way across species, is raging out of control among the nation’s cattle, infecting roughly a thir...

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All of that damn economic anxiety disappeared in time for Black Friday/Cyber Monday 🙄🙄🙄🙄

The news media is so broken.

It’s also they are NOT PROVIDING the proper context for the pardon which is that Trumps incoming head of FBI personally vowed to keep investigating Hunter the MSM is in cahoots with Trump

Mikel Jollett@mikeljollett.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Hunter Biden story is a perfect encapsulation of what’s wrong with American media: Is it a story? Sure. But every newspaper in America devoting front page headlines to Hunter fucking Biden while Trump appoints a cabal of rapists, racists and con-men to positions of enormous power is MADNESS.

The Hunter Biden story is a perfect encapsulation of what’s wrong with American media: Is it a story? Sure. But every newspaper in America devoting front page headlines to Hunter fucking Biden while Trump appoints a cabal of rapists, racists and con-men to positions of enormous power is MADNESS.

1. In April 2024, California raised the minimum wage for fast food chains to $20/hour The industry claimed it would be devastating & require significant job cuts and prices increases Here is what really happened: workers got a raise, prices went modestly, and the industry continued to add jobs

What really happened after California raised its minimum wage to $20 for fast food workers

What would happen to the fast food industry if it had to pay its workers something closer to a living wage?

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Today would be a great time for our federal government and leaders in Congress to take a hard look at the Insurrection Act and national emergency processes and figure out what their plan is if they are implemented illegally. That would be great guys.

New: The FTC struck settlements with two major data brokers in what could be one of Lina Khan's last big actions on data privacy as chair. Spoke to the head of their consumer protection bureau about the cases: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

A few important fact to remember: S. Korea lived under some form of military dictatorship from 1965-1988! Brazil lived under a military dictatorship from 1964-1985! Democracy is not an abstraction to these folk, it's a vulnerable thing that they want to protect.

@11tulips.bsky.social @jakichantler.bsky.social @tepizep.bsky.social @hcandler.bsky.social @dennowayne.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social @stevesawyer12.bsky.social @rickpetree.bsky.social @yellowfevre.bsky.social @kilonovagold.bsky.social Crisis in our press

Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2y ago

Why did Jeff Bezos appoint Rupert Murdoch's right-hand man to the top job at Washington Post? To do his bidding. And when he did journalists & readers rebelled. This week, I write about a parallel revolt inside the Guardian & Observer & why press ownership matters open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

The eradication of disease through vaccination is likely the greatest achievement of mankind. Please remember that when the barrage of bullshit begins.

I'm GLAD President Biden pardoned Hunter. Hunter already paid his back taxes with interest, and has maintained his sobriety despite the harassment, attacks and baseless accusations. It had NOTHING to do with law & order - it was about revenge. www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...

Statement from President Joe Biden | The White House

Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I

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Don't forget to sign up for tomorrow's National Grassroots call with VP Harris and Governor Walz! events.democrats.org/event/745010/?

National Grassroots Call with Vice President Harris and Governor Walz · The Democratic National Committee

Join us for a National Grassroots call with Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz to thank supporters like you. Learn how to stay involved in this fight.

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Oklahoma folks, check out what Tokyo Sand is saying. Call your senators to help keep them inspired! Sen Langford 202-224-5754. Sen Mullin 202-224-4721

Tokyo Sand@dhstokyo.bsky.social · 2y ago

Heads up, Oklahoma. MAGA is mad at both of your Senators—Mullin for being against Gaetz and Lankford for questioning the Tulsi Gabbard nomination. MAGA will be flooding them both with angry calls so may I suggest you also make your calls to stiffen their spines.

I joined Rev. Sharpton on @politicsnation-msnbc.flipboard.com.ap.brid.gy last night to talk about antisemitism, white supremacy, racism — and the urgency of ensuring our pro-democracy coalitions don’t fracture at this critical moment.

This is not pro-life. It’s pro-death when Dr’s can’t perform emergency D&C for a miscarriage when a woman is hemorrhaging out of fear. This is infuriating.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2y ago

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all. Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.