Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
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Tess of The D’Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy #ClassicLiterature Two things stand out in this book. The double standards and abuses women endure in a patriarchal society, and the strength and self-reliance of women under patriarchal oppression. Kudos, Thomas Hardy, Kudos. #books #read #history #women
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
In general, RFK Jr is a person who doesn't trust science because that involves accepting something he himself hasn't proven. The problem with this is that you have to trust science in order to prove science. You have to trust the elements on the chart are real to prove anything.
A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.
60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Vanished After CBS Ousted Sharyn Alfonsi, Dem Senator Reveals
Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity
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Trump's "Big Ugly Bill" benefits the rich & powerful at the expense of working families. The MAGA Republican budget takes away our healthcare & tariffs increase our costs for groceries, clothes & electronics – all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremism
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Yup. You did. And cancer research for children was first to go.
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
I’m not going to give RFK Jr. credit for saying the right thing on vaccines only once strong-armed into doing so after his fueling of vaccine skepticism led to outbreaks and death.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoBASH: I want you to use your bully pulpit to tells parents who have not vaccinated their kids that they should vaccine their kids for measles. Will you do that? Look into the camera RFK Jr: I'll say it right now. Parents should get their children vaccinated for measles.
I’ve been yelling about it this all year. Municipalities still act like these are unfortunate incidents instead of what they are. They’re attacks on critical infrastructure. We’ve underinvested in modernizing essential systems and infrastructure while degrading cybersecurity.
RIP 💔❤️
Resister Sister Nicki Hates tRump for Free@worldtraveldiva.bsky.social · 5d agoIn 1944, MN teenager Jeanne Gibson went to work in the Seattle shipyards welding destroyers for the Allies. She then moved to Juneau and joined the Army Transportation Corps supplying ships in the Pacific. She later got a Master’s and her pilots license. RIP, hero. 🫡 www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...
Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.
Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 6d agoICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests
The Oklahoma City Human Rights Commission will host volunteers on Saturday to review the city’s plats and identify clauses that restrict housing for minority groups, part of its effort to remove discriminatory language from official land records.
Oklahoma City seeks volunteers to identify discriminatory language in plats
Community members are invited to continue sorting through the city’s 6,000 plat documents as part of an ongoing Human Rights Commission project.
kosu.org
News: The U.S. economy grew at a disappointing 1.5% in the 2nd quarter of 2026. Congratulations to @sarahbca.bsky.social for her “Bookmark this” comment last December when Howard Lutnick said 2Q of 2026 would be “amazing.” @atrupar.com
Rand Paul--who doesn't believe in evolution--holding a hearing of Dr. Fauci--a retired, life-long public servant-- while we are *actively* in the midst of SEVERAL disease outbreaks due to unnecessary public health cuts and corporate lobbying shows exactly how unserious Republicans are.
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn This book is a historical fiction based on the world’s deadliest female sniper, Lyudmila (Mila) Pavlichenko, nickname Lady Death. This book is a solid read. #books #historicalfiction #read
One country is in a league of its own. Our silence helped make it possible.
I can't afford shirts for a while but I have decided to make the next shirt for James Byrd Jr. (1949 – 1998). Martin Luther King Jr and others are well known names. Mr. Byrd was very marginalized. He should not be forgotten. My shirts educate.
The conflict over transgender athletes is “breathing new life” into old conservative arguments against women’s competitive sports.
The Heritage Foundation only wanted to protect women's sports when it was about trans athletes
Not anymore.
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NBC's kristen welker was caught laughing it up with Stephen Miller. Stephen Miller who architected the family separation policy. Stephen Miller who pushed the Muslim travel ban. Stephen Miller who oversaw the killing of Americans by ICE agents. This is why independent media is crucial.
Epstein survivor Dani Bensky: You can’t say that you want to make sure sex offenders and sex traffickers are behind bars and then vote for him. Every vote for Blanche is really a vote against survivors. If Thom Tillis wants to call, I’m happy to talk to him. We’ve been trying to get in touch
I am thrilled to pieces to be In possession of my friend and collaborator @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social’s book (the first of what I expect will be many excellent books over the course of his career), Rural Pain, Republican Gain. Buy it and give it a read! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
