Meanwhile back in the U.S.A, America's supreme leader is partying at the Republican Convention! Donnie says the non war will be over after the mid terms and y'all will get $5000 dividends if Repubs win. I'm so sorry you have to put up with this BS America! #FuckTrump #VoteBlue #TrumpIsAPedophile 😡🇨🇦

‘Very bad for Trump’: Mass panic as Iran war spirals with ‘catastrophic’ new threat

President Donald Trump's deeply unpopular war against Iran took a drastic turn Thursday, one that could send energy prices skyrocketing and sparked immediate alarm from analysts and critics alike.Acco...

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Being ejected from the plane entirely costs extra

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 6h ago

This airline rules so hard

A thing that we should figure out how to do is have the major AI companies help fund housing, since it is them who is jacking up prices and displacing people. "If you do that, they'll move!" No. They. Won't.

I hope everyone is paying attention to Yemen. If the Houthis are able to hold Mokha and significantly impede Bab al-Mandab, this gets really, really bad.

There’s nothing going on there that Trump cannot make worse.

The salient advice to Democratic candidates by @stuartpstevens.bsky.social in the latest Six Questions episode: “Embrace anger.” Then pursue accountability for the many criminals after winning the midterms. www.americaamerica.news/p/embrace-an...

“Embrace Anger”

In the latest “Six Questions,” legendary strategist Stuart Stevens offers this salient advice to Democratic candidates, along with a clear-eyed view of what’s possible for the midterms

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Fox News says James Talarico is counterprogramming the GOP convention with Texas food drives focused on affordability. Good. While Republicans gather in Dallas, more than 20,000 pounds of groceries went to Texans who need them. That’s a message people can feel #momsky#sheshed

“There's no reason to believe conspiracy theories about Kirk's murder will lose steam anytime soon,” Jared Holt, senior researcher at Open Measures, tells WIRED. “If anything, I expect them to escalate further.”

Charlie Kirk Was Shot a Year Ago. The Conspiracy Theories Are More Rampant Than Ever

Experts say conspiracy theorizing about the identity and motive of Charlie Kirk’s killer will likely continue for a long time to come.

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Apparently every newspaper in the world has decided to just run the president’s campaign for him

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 15h ago

Trump promises $5,000 ‘dividend’ for US voters if Republicans win midterms ft.trib.al/7sMj9wu

Anyone accepting a $5,000 “GOP Dividend” from Trump for voting is looking at a $10,000 fine and 5 years in jail. It's illegal to offer, give, or accept money for voting. 52 U.S.C. §10307(c) Trump has already violated this law. But voters they will never be liable because they will never get paid.

Trump just made a bunch of terrorist groups into world powers.

Lauren Ashley Davis@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 3h ago

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 Houthis seize key Yemeni port of Mocha in drive to take control of Red Sea coast Iran and its proxies move closer to full control of two shipping chokepoints as regional conflict widens www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

America is losing its captive creditors - oped here from Benn Sheil of the CFR. With a greater share of price-sensitive investors holding Treasuries, the US is paying a higher debt cost www.ft.com/content/a441...

Trump’s presidency is so failed and broken, he is resorting to trying to bribe the American people for their votes. An insult to Americans, to democracy, and an admission of how absolutely screwed he is.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 15h ago

Trump: "We're making a fortune. So if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump Dividend. Congratulations."

‘DeepSeek rolled out an AI model that charges as little as a fraction of a cent per million tokens, ramping up the pressure on rivals from Anthropic PBC to Z.AI Co.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A technique the Russians perfected in Syria. Russians are monsters. All Russians who participated must be brought to trial.

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 9h ago

🚨 BREAKING: Russian forces launch a double-tap strike on downtown Dnipro, killing at least two people and injuring two others.

It’s not true. I”Price of diesel was ok before the start of the conflict with Iran. It skyrocketed 60% since Feb. Trump Admin is desperate to shift the blame.

The Snowman ☭@thesnowman.bsky.social · 2h ago

I understand trump is a complete POS but the attacks on Russian refineries have made a substantial change in the price of diesel. Just because my comment hurts your feelings doesn‘t mean you can call me a puppet of all of those people I have long hated. Look it up it’s true.

So?

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 9h ago

FT exclusive: The IMF dropped the lead candidate to become its new chief economist at the eleventh hour after he was found to have made critical remarks about the Trump administration’s economic policies, according to people briefed on the process ft.trib.al/8I7TNVM

Oh come on - supply was just fine before Trump’s ill advised attack on Iran at the behest of Netanyahu. Stop parroting Trump/Bessent lies. Putin is a monster. Shut down Russian oil. Cc #NAFO

The Snowman ☭@thesnowman.bsky.social · 4h ago

Diesel prices are up in significant part because of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries

The price of diesel is bankrupting farmers.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6h ago

Over the past month, diesel is up almost 70 cents a gallon and gasoline is up more than 25 cents

This will also destroy Social Security.

John Burn-Murdoch@jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 5h ago

New from us: Anthropic just published scenarios for AI’s possible economic impacts, which range from minimal, to explosive GDP growth of 15% by 2030 as knowledge-worker unemployment hits 18%. I sat down with their co-founder Jack Clark to pick his brains on how they’re thinking about all of this.

"Explosive economic growth and destruction of the intellectuals."--why are we making Techno-Maoism?

John Burn-Murdoch@jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 5h ago

New from us: Anthropic just published scenarios for AI’s possible economic impacts, which range from minimal, to explosive GDP growth of 15% by 2030 as knowledge-worker unemployment hits 18%. I sat down with their co-founder Jack Clark to pick his brains on how they’re thinking about all of this.

There is no bigger difference between Josh Turek and Ashley Hinson than Social Security. Ashley Hinson voted to cut Social Security. She's the first member of Congress from Iowa ever to go on record on a roll call vote to cut Social Security by $452 million. #IASen

Josh Turek calls for lifting Social Security tax cap to boost solvency

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Josh Turek says he wants to eliminate the cap on Social Security payroll taxes to extend the program's solvency.

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A pro-russian, anti-vaccine party founded during the pandemic by the russian criminal who is currently hiding from Latvian law enforcement in Belarus is just one example of how ethnic russians have systematically infiltrated Latvian institutions in an attempt to destroy the country from within.

Антилатышские стрелки. Кто в Кремле курирует выборы в Латвии, шпионит под «крышей» посольства в Риге и продвигает «Русский мир»

3 октября в Латвии состоятся выборы в Сейм. В предвыборной гонке участвуют 14 политических партий, в парламент на четырехлетний срок изберут сто депутатов.…

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no room in the lifeboat (it's about ballast, don't you know) @marymcnamara.bsky.social

Fetterman oh my!

I am the last person you will find overstating the influence of Aleksandr Dugin, or calling him "Putin's brain". But I couldn't ignore the exact match between the plan he laid out in 1997 for engineering US retreat from Europe, and what the US is doing today. www.youtube.com/shorts/DPNfT...

Russia's 1997 playbook for Trump

YouTube video by Chatham House

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Fun fact: in our polling of battleground states, about 60% of voters said it is a “top” or “high” priority for Congress to investigate and hold Musk accountable. Lean into it Dems. He’s a cartoon villain - treat him like one.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h ago

Musk is already underwater in polls and if Democrats lean in they can make him even more toxic. He's declared open war on you all and is pushing a toxic, destructive, racist agenda. Maybe it's time to push back? I don't know, I'm just spitballing here.

Sucker born every minute in America.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 14h ago

At the Republican convention, Trump offered to give a $5,000 “dividend” to every adult citizen if Republicans win the House and Senate in November. It was not clear how he would go about carrying out the measure, which would likely cost over $1 trillion. It is also certain to raise legal questions.

At the Republican convention, Trump offered to give a $5,000 “dividend” to every adult citizen if Republicans win the House and Senate in November. It was not clear how he would go about carrying out the measure, which would likely cost over $1 trillion. It is also certain to raise legal questions.

Trump Floats $5,000 Checks to Americans if Republicans Win Midterms: Live Updates

The president offered a “dividend” to every adult citizen if Republicans keep control of Congress. But his sagging approval ratings could endanger his party’s chances in November.

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