Is it possible this hospital turned hundreds of patients away preemptively in anticipation of containing a highly contagious virus that would have seriously sickened some other patients and also overloaded hospital resources?

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · 4h ago

MAGA/MAHA sycophants now claim that because mitigation measures worked 6 years ago, this is proof they were unnecessary. The stupid, it burns.

They refused to vote for Clinton, Biden, or Harris all while screaming “earn my vote” and just assume that’s how everyone treats politics cause they haven’t logged off of Reddit in 15 years.

politiburb@politiburb.bsky.social · 2h ago

It gets an actual chuckle out of me seeing people on here say "now the TRUE test is whether the shitlibs can live up to their own words and line up behind El-Sayed!" only for Stevens, Whitmer, every prominent Michigan Dem, the DSCC, etc. to have endorsed El-Sayed before they can finish the sentence.

Lots of wrecker accounts are waking up this morning.

Seth Moulton is going to cause me to form an opinion on another Dem primary against my will.

‘Absolutely Reprehensible’: Dem Senate Debate Turns Nasty As Incumbent Is Accused of Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

“What you are doing right now is absolutely reprehensible. I have never met Jeffrey Epstein. I don't know Jeffrey Epstein”

mediaite.com

Well look who lost by 30 plus!

23 year old white kid thinks she’s slick for coming up a new way to say “low information voters.”

Thank God you found a white person to explain to those poor, uneducated Black voters that they don't know what candidates believe.

It also legitimizes their arguments on things like vaccines which have been safe, and effective, since my boomer parents were children. Flat Earthers have deeply held beliefs too.

PMC Vanguardist@tylerboschert.bsky.social · 2d ago

You actually don't have to do the "well, you know, I disagree with MAHA but they're right that there are real problems with The System" thing. That's a concession you absolutely do not have to make.

To the extent there are problems with The System, they’re largely (1) poor people suffer, (2) women suffer, and (3) people of color suffer. These are all things RFK likes about The System. To give him credit for “shaking things up” is to out yourself as either a eugenicist or a dumbfuck. Or both.

PMC Vanguardist@tylerboschert.bsky.social · 2d ago

You actually don't have to do the "well, you know, I disagree with MAHA but they're right that there are real problems with The System" thing. That's a concession you absolutely do not have to make.

Federalist 51: “ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” That made for a system of checks and balances that mostly worked. Until some politicians with ambition to overthrow the Constitution met up with politicians whose highest ambition is attention on social media and a pat on the head.

The right-wing myth that if you are strongly disliked then that must mean you are feared. Not the case

Twlldun@twlldun.bsky.social · yesterday

I mean I’m sorry but I do not believe Rod Liddle did any damage to “the institutional left”

“Great news organizations like CNN and CBS News are here to tell it straight down the middle” Pretty bold to say that after hiring Ross Douthat to work at Bari Weiss’ CBS.

David Ellison Says Opposition to Paramount-Warner Bros. Is Over His Control of CNN, Claims He Will Not ‘Bend Newsrooms to My Views’

Paramount CEO David Ellison said antitrust litigation filed by 12 states and the WGA isn't about market share -- but about 'whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner’s CNN.'

variety.com

Happy birthday @barackobama.bsky.social! You broke these people's brains. They will never get over that you were so successful and popular.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · yesterday

What is wrong with these people

Almost *everything* you see in this format, whether infinite power cubes or solar powered houses for the homeless that fold out of suitcases or French "bread libraries" for the poor is liberal catnip bullshit by content farms. Stop being idiots. Thank you.

People like easy answers example one thousand. People aren’t selfish. People don’t make illogical choices. It’s a nefarious other tricking them into making these decisions, in this example capital. I found this on Twitter years ago and it’s still relevant.

Amanda Mull@amandamull.bsky.social · 2d ago

there is a strain of lefty discourse where you can’t come to any unflattering conclusions about the populace—those must be explained away by how they are being acted upon by capital—but I think you’ll understand things better if you understand capital can also exploit weaknesses it didn’t create

Every couple of months the totebaggers trot out another Hogg piece where he complains about the DNC, but fail to mention anything about Hogg’s time as an actual member of the DNC.

Malcolm Kenyatta: David Hogg has ‘very casual relationship with the truth’

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta slammed his fellow vice chair, David Hogg, on Wednesday, disputing the reason the gun control activist has said is why they may need …

thehill.com

NPR@npr.org · 2d ago

David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland High School shooting who co-founded the progressive youth group Leaders We Deserve, is calling for radical change in the "geriatric" Democratic Party. n.pr/4bmZYNm

I don’t know man, but maybe disenfranchising an entire group for a nebulous outcome isnt something we should support if we actually believe in Democracy. Max Miller is 37. Graham Platner is 41. Clearly youth is no guarantee of quality.

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d ago

Pilots have to retire at 65. FEderal law enforcement officers, 57 (with some extensions to 60.) Surely we can agree that people over the age of—70? 75?—should not be allowed to run for federal office.

Won’t anyone think of the kids who had every advantage not landing their dream jobs?

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · yesterday

A new bloc of young, college-educated voters has emerged in the U.S.’s political landscape, Jay Caspian Kang observes. They don’t have much faith in the Democratic establishment. www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d ago

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

So to make sure sports are “fair” they want to socialize kids into thinking strangers having on demand access to their genitals is totally normal? Did Jared from Subway write this?

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Such a shark jump when consensus was building for what their platform looked like years ago. That's how you know it's an op.

Clyde W Barrow@clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 3d ago

Democratic Socialism is the future! www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

"Well, if they'd send us more guys and maybe bomb the hell out of the North, they might, uh, they might give up."

Ian TB@iantb.bsky.social · 2d ago

Well, crowdsourcing a war plan is certainly a first: www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...

Europeans who side with Russia today are doing the exact same thing as WWII collaborators who backed Hitler and Stalin against their own countries. Plain and simple, they are traitors

For a special price of just $9.99 my e-book “Don’t Scare The Hoes” will help you avoid this fate

Vituperative Erb@vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 3d ago

How is his “Mr. No Bitches” forehead tattoo healing?

Holy fuck. Is there ANY white dude Tracey hasn’t tried to defend?

The Ukrainian People’s Republic was formed in 1917 while Stalin was still in Siberian exile. Galloway is just a Russian ass licker interviewing a twice convicted sex creep.

Post-Left Watch@postleftwatch.bsky.social · 3d ago

George Galloway: "Not a lot of people know that Ukraine only exists because the communists created it. Stalin took land from other people and gave it to Ukraine... And now, these countries want their territory back."

I think my most genuinely unpopular take is that a widely held and genuine consumer preference for cheaper, lower-quality goods, not private equity, is driving the decline in quality of consumer goods like clothing and housewares.

Well look who found a spine!

Dinosaur Bob@dinosaurbob.bsky.social · 3d ago

If only Bernie Moreno had the same heat for his ex son-in-law that he had for Fauci.