WATCH — Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on Trump’s insider trading: “If you pay Trump $100,000 a month, he will give you early access to White House announcements on economic and trade policy. None of this is normal, and a lot of this is illegal.”

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

How come I don’t feel it’s a coincidence that Minneapolis is 30 million in the hole probably for police overtime and St Paul is 26 million in the hole for some unexplained reason

Wedge LIVE!™@wedge.live · 2d ago

City of Minneapolis might not have a massive budget problem right now if they'd simply forced MPD to stuff an envelope full of cash and write "overtime" on the front, so that police could see and feel the impact of spending beyond their means.

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...

What the Hell Happened to Sean Duffy’s Road-Trip TV Show?

Three months after it was announced, the secretary of transportation’s summer show—funded by companies he regulates—hasn’t aired a single episode.

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#BigBeautifulObituary

A proposed $10 billion AI data center in the Columbia County town of Pacific quietly vanished after the town chair says he told the developer any discussions would have to happen in public in front of the town board. The latest from @tomkertschernews.bsky.social: wisconsinwatch.org/2026/08/wisc...

The Trump administration is sending tariff refunds, including $2.2 billion to Apple and $600 million to Amazon. But American consumers? $0. Once again, corporations get billions to line their pockets while Americans pay the price.

It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better

Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"

The fact that Bovino is testing the waters for a potential political campaign in the state that once hosted the largest and most politically influential klan is something that I wish more people were paying attention to amd taking seriously That's what's keeping me awake.

They have done so many corruptions that I hadn't even heard about this 321-gem, 18-karat one that he thanked "his friends in Antwerp" for in a video message until now.

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · 6d ago

lol okay www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...

Healthcare workers in Minneapolis have been forced to grapple with violence and intimidation as ICE descends on their workplaces. I interviewed several about how organizing and rights training have helped them protect their colleagues and their patients. Read their advice here:

Minneapolis Health Care Workers Are Organizing to Defend Their Patients From ICE

Organizing and rights trainings have helped health care workers protect their colleagues and their patients.

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#Shitler

What galls me is this claim that they care deeply about women's sports. They never gave a fuck about women's sports until they realized they could use it as a tool for their bigotry.

99% of the time, when someone accuses you of selective outrage, it’s a way of politically demobilizing you and shutting you up “Why are you angry about data centers instead of fast fashion” isn’t about making you care about fast fashion. It’s about shutting you up about data centers And visa versa

Hurling F-bombs at an 85-year-old scientist who won’t fight back doesn’t make you tough. Staying silent after your own daughter accused Rep. Max Miller of holding a gun to her head, pushing her against a wall, and fracturing your granddaughter’s collarbone makes you a coward.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.

Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.

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I will never get used to reading leads like this: "DOJ will no longer enforce its own guidance around...a 1999 landmark Supreme Court case that held that unnecessarily segregating people with disabilities in institutions is a form of discrimination under the ADA." www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Trump DOJ upends disability rights guidance

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Yale is on the verge of cutting a deal with Trump to change its admission procedures. Reminder for any school dealing with Trump's extortion: You can't appease a tyrant. Surrendering to authoritarianism only invites more of it.

Yale Loses the Capitulation Bowl - The American Prospect

The university’s president embarrasses herself in trying to give in to Trump blackmail.

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#EternityLeave

‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’

Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.

Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...

A decade ago, Facebook was so worried about rising misinformation that it paid various news outlets to hire writers specifically tasked with publishing Snopes-like fact-checks. Today, the company is leaping into bed with a purveyor of misinformation to toy with a tool known for getting facts wrong.

1. In major news, the Ohio Dem Party has banned the Progressive Caucus from criticizing candidate for Gov. Amy Acton's transphobia. It has now applied more pressure to quiet criticism of anti-trans politics than it has on its own nominee to stop embracing them. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Ohio Dem Party Has Banned Criticism Of Gov. Candidate Amy Acton Calling Trans Girls “Boys”

The Progressive Caucus says it was forced to take down its post.

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Just checking, are you hating AI enough? "AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale" futurism.com/artificial-i... #SarahConnorLeadTheWay

AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain

AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.

futurism.com

So many people -- so many more than I imagined -- do not *want* to transcend their basest, ugliest instincts. They do not want to be called to their higher selves. They deeply resent it when they are. They want permission to wallow in raw id shit.

So, what happens if I'm a parent and I know that my kid needs highly paid teachers, a library full of books with diverse characters, trans-inclusive bathrooms and extracurriculars, and a curriculum unpacking topics like systemic racism, colonial oppression, economic inequality, and climate change?

angie craig would not say israel is committing genocide in gaza on MPR debate just now. she called that language "unhelpful" cowardly. now she's talking about "palestinians who died in the war on gaza." who killed them, angie?

taylr@taylordahlin.com · 2w ago

red lake tribal council member thomas barrett on angie craig's visit to red lake to meet with the council as she runs for minnesota's open US senate seat he told her "i do not welcome you to the red lake nation" because of her vote in favor of sending money to israel to commit genocide in palestine

Angie Craig was the only Minnesota Democrat to vote to send $3.3 billion to Benjamin Netanyahu. She was the only Minnesota Democrat to vote to send 2,000-pound bombs to Netanyahu's government. We should be using taxpayer dollars to feed kids, not bomb them.

There is a real choice in this race, and the stakes are sky-high. I'm running for U.S. Senate to make sure Minnesotans can afford their lives, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to explain my bold vision for our future. 🧵