Are these people's brains so rotted that they genuinely do not remember four years ago?

Alexander Glass@alexanderglass.bsky.social · 16h ago

I have one answer.

Except for religious studies, the graduates of these "loan ineligible" majors are disproportionately women. Fans of this policy have probably never considered that social worker, cosmetician, teachers aide, etc might be low-paying jobs *because* women do them. newrepublic.com/post/213446/...

I had to code and pronounce a time of death on a respiratory therapist colleague. There's a memorial plaque for her outside the emergency department to this day. I wrote and re-wrote my will. I will never forgive these ghouls trying to rewrite history and deny our experience.

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

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>

“Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn each reneged on their promises to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, with Tillis even leaving them waiting in his office for 45 minutes before they gave up.” newrepublic.com/post/213959/...

Epstein Survivors Say Republicans Ghosted Them Before Blanche Vote

Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse say they were stood up after having scheduled a meeting to speak about Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general.

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A $1.7 billion cut to NOAA, about 27%, eliminating nearly all its climate research labs. NOAA builds the models your local forecast runs on. In a record heat and fire year. Congress pushed back and restored much of it. climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trum...

Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.

A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US

Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…

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Corporations, Not Immigrants, Responsible for Most Healthcare Fraud theintercept.com/2026/07/31/i...

Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Shows

Trump officials are focused on immigrants, but the Department of Health and Human Services report on healthcare fraud doesn’t even mention them.

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Capitol One shut down 300 accounts belonging to Trump because they were flagged for potential money laundering. That was 2021. Imagine if this were Biden. How would America react? But yes "liberal media."

"Get away from me right now," King, a retired U.S. Army captain who served in Iraq and earned both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, can be heard telling the three male guard members in the video as they approach her on the bench. "You have absolutely no authority to detain me."

A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing

Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home.

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In Texas, you can still register to vote in the November election up until October 5: www.votetexas.gov/register-to-... Also, you can check your registration at the "Am I Registered?" link in the third paragraph on this page:

Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

American Healthcare Systems is the company that owns Vista Medical Center East. Court records, tax bills, and hospital inspections indicate that AHS has been sinking hospitals into financial chaos, leaving millions in unpaid bills—while its mansion-collecting CEO gallivants on a private jet.

Lake & McHenry County Scanner@lakemchenryscanner.bsky.social · 2d ago

Over 30 employees were laid off after a staffing agency ended its contracts with Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan after the hospital failed to pay the company for its services. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/08/03/o...

I did not work countless hours in an ICU full of proned patients and go back to my hotel crying because we lost more patients in a day than a typical week to hear a moron with a worm in his brain say that the ICU's were empty. I AM SO FUCKING ANGRY.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d ago

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Maddow asked #JamesTalarico about attacks on #trans people and those who think that to win, Dems must "moderate" on trans rights. Talarico answered, "I don't believe we win by selling people out." #Texas

I honestly don’t know how anyone can be in the room when he says this kind of shit and not say ANYTHING. That’s not how you talk to people! Hit him with a rolled up newspaper or SOMETHING.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"

Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."

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

i once sat in my ambulance with a patient for 10 hours because there were no ER beds because there were no beds available anywhere in the hospital we ran through every O2 tank we had and the hospital was so low on O2 tanks that they couldn’t give us a new one

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

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>

Shouldn’t be shocked at any lie RFK Jr tells, but he whined to Dana Bash that businesses were shut down during the pandemic “with no just compensation.” There was an almost trillion dollar PPP loan program, and his organization got millions from it, none of it paid back, to make payroll.

This may dramatically slow down the attacks on science. It also provides a template for how to prevent the federal government from becoming a patronage state. It’s a big deal!

Politico@politico.com · 3d ago

Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul

Yes it was and yes we do. It killed roughly 1,300 kids in the US and caused serious and sometimes chronic illness in thousands more. Also, COVID killed a parent or household caregiver of over ten million children worldwide and over a quarter million in the US. Fuck you.

Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4d ago

Covid was- overwhelmingly- not a threat to children. Hence why (generally) we don’t vaccinate them now.

it took this long for him to speak out in defense of his own battered DAUGHTER, in case you’re wondering about the gop’s ethos on women

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d ago

GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno, who has said almost nothing about what occurred between Miller and the senator's daughter, Emily, finally now says, "If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them. He should not serve."

The points Miller makes in his video are common from abusers. He recorded her. He calls her crazy. He says she was nice to him. He says she never went to a doctor. Anyone who is a survivor of DV has heard all of it.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d ago

Anyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes.

I think it also revealed just how quickly a bunch of otherwise very hard problems can be to solve with global collective action. The fuckin Ganga was running clear water for the only time in my lifetime because for 2 weeks nobody threw garbage in it. The canals in Venice had fish.

Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 4d ago

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

The Justice Department said “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation

The Justice Department said “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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Yonette Joseph@sugarcane99.bsky.social · 5d ago

CNN: DOJ admits the damage to the pool was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism. Reminder: DOJ raised the charge to a felony and it got a grand jury to indict the Olympian.

‘Thippe had a little ‘nip yesterday morning.

The Rand Paul hearings this week were a great reminder that McCarthyism runs rife in various forms under MAGA. This was a very good interview. Also because aside from @atrupar.com, I love following @thorbenson.bsky.social on this platform!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

New in PN: @sethcotlar.bsky.social on historical roots of the new Red Scare "They’ve been saying civilization is on the verge of being destroyed since the 1950s. Somehow no one ever stops and thinks, 'Gosh, it’s been 70 years. I wonder if we’re wrong.' It’s memory-holed like religious cults do."

Democrats absolutely need to demagogue the shit out of this during the campaign. I'm beyond caring about the merits of the debate at this point. This is a 70-30 issue and the administration has planted its flag with the 30%.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."

footage of Patti Smith meeting Pope Leo is a nice palate cleanser this Friday morning

Pope Leo XIV receives American singer Patti Smith at the Vatican

YouTube video by ROME REPORTS in English

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Trump has refused to protect blue states after natural disasters and now he's refusing to side with them after attacks from a country we're at war with. (Some of) America First

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Trump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."