New — I wrote about Vivek Ramaswamy’s weaponization of Amy Acton’s childhood sexual abuse and how it’s only the latest symptom of a Republican party flush with rape apologists, led by an adjudicated rapist:

Vivek Ramaswamy and the Grand Old Rape Party

As Election Day closes in, the party's values have never been more clear.

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Clayface was incredible. I get squeamish easily, but it was an incredibly satisfying movie with an ending that is pitch-perfect for the character. It was made all the better by watching on a gigantic screen.

I am so freaking excited to order this the first moment I can! imagecomics.com/press-releas... @stephenrbissette.bsky.social

no kings includes draftkings

Finally we're fighting back! This ad goes so fucking hard youtu.be/Gt_IZoM9KuQ?...

Republicans In Your Bathroom

YouTube video by Progress Action Fund

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This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

I just read Voyager Homecoming written by @tillybridges.bsky.social and @susanlbridges.bsky.social and holy shit, this is peak Star Trek. Same feeling I have after watching a favorite episode. I would subscribe immediately to any Trek ongoing if they were part of the creative team. Thank you both!

Fifty-six pitchers were used in the Guardians-White Sox series. Batters managed only 63 hits while striking out 112 times. I'm happy for Cleveland and their fans but this brand of baseball sucks ass.

Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”

Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.

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Turns out he is a loser, baby @josie.zone with a hell of an excerpt from beckbook.com. I'm weirdly fixated on the fact that this cult simpleton never returned Leigh's stuff. www.vulture.com/article/beck...

Losing Beck

His acclaimed album, Sea Change, was inspired by a breakup. For his ex-partner, it was the story of how the Church of Scientology took over his life.

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“trauma is not a license to inflict more”

Emperor Alexipros I Komnenos@attackerman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've spent my entire career reporting on the War on Terror. Many this week have asked me for my extended thoughts on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Here they are.

Memories of Giselle will break you open a bit. What an incredible read, and one that will sit with me for some time. Thank for creating this important and profoundly moving piece of art. @katiavecchio.bsky.social @imagecomics.com

Katia Vecchio@katiavecchio.bsky.social · 4mo ago

MEMORIES OF GISELLE is finally here. 🩵 Holding my very first graphic novel in my hands feels surreal. Thank you @imagecomics.com for making this possible. Available now in comic shops, with bookstores and online retailers following in July 🧡

Hang it in the … free public museum ;) @jimdibartolo.bsky.social knocked this one out of the park!

Can you spot the point where he learned a Black woman was going to be in a movie

An important read by @aselrod.bsky.social "Democrats need to wake up and realize what time it is. And I’ll be clear, I’m not a radical. The moment is." www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-ne...

Democrats Need to Realize What Time It Is: On Conjuncture, Revolution, and the Next American Republic

We are living through a revolutionary moment, whether Democrats want to do their jobs or not.

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"Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody." Inspiring quote from the President.

Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.

some wisdom from james wilson, framer. "The truth is that, in our governments, the supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power remains in the people."

yes. change the statute on which this decision turned and redistrict according to the legitimacy conferred by the people of the state

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Virginia Gov @abigailspanberger.com and Democratic legislature should pass immediate legislation to redistrict anyway. If the old confederate states can do it post Callais - so can Dems in Virginia if they care about saving our democracy.

I tried to warn everyone what the Roberts Court was about almost ten years ago www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Supreme Court Is Headed Back to the 19th Century

The justices again appear poised to pursue a purely theoretical liberty at the expense of the lives of people of color.

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The mood on the ground in Tennessee today.

YOUR CHILDREN ARE NOT YOUR PROPERTY

ProPublica@propublica.org · 6mo ago

NEW: Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

Every time some dingus talks about AI, I feel Gabe's anger coursing through my veins www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-1j...

Shut up about the sun

YouTube video by Retrothecow

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Seems reasonable, think about everything that the attendees needed to deliberately ignore in order to show up in the first place

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The dinner will resume, announces WHCA President Weijia Jiang.

this is the chaplain btw. wonder why he was fired.

Birthright citizenship argument happening on Passover is kind of wild/appropriate. Gd hates slavery, chag sameach.

An overconfident Team USA getting embarrassed by a much smaller country in front of a global audience is their last and most beautiful tribute to the American military yet

The world is on fire, but you gotta find joy somewhere. For me, that's watching perhaps the most talented player to ever play the game do his thing. www.mlb.com/world-baseba...

Ohtani's back in business at Classic -- and he's already breaking more records

TOKYO – When Shohei Ohtani plays in Japan, he makes sure to put on a show. He regularly takes batting practice on the field \-\- something he rarely does in the Majors -- making sure to reward his hom...

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The federal government is gunning people down in the streets, lying about what happened and then preventing any independent investigation of the killings

Why conservatives hate civil rights www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Why conservatives hate civil rights

Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know. In December, the Trump administration ...

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