Jane Rabbit
@janerabbit.bsky.social
Ukraine. Our integrity is aligned with Ukraine. First get TFG out. Then the hard work starts. Organize. Donate. Participate. Vote. Do everything you can and then a little more. There are more of us than of them. We shall overcome. Again.
this is gorgeous. at the time, I was old enough to appreciate her courage. but not old enough to appreciate her wisdom.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 9h agoRepresentative Shirley Chisholm, 1972: "[W]e have looked in vain to the Nixon administration for the courage, the spirit, the character, and the words to lift us, to bring out the best in us, to rekindle in each of us our faith in the American dream."
Colorado Republicans Attack Jewish Gov Candidate With AI ‘Cartoon Devil Horns’ Graphic talkingpointsmemo.com/news/colorad...
Colorado Republicans Attack Jewish Gov Candidate With AI ‘Cartoon Devil Horns’ Graphic
Colorado Republicans are using an image showing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser...
talkingpointsmemo.com
science is wack...and wonderful
Science News@sciencenews.bsky.social · 9h agoA jab of a protein produced by bullfrogs rescued mice from a lethal dose of saxitoxin, a neurotoxin that's deadly to many animals and causes paralytic shellfish poisoning, researchers report. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bullfrog-antidote-shellfish-poisoning
When he was Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Mike Rogers (the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan) publicly took the position that "you can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated." Colbert had some fun with that: crooksandliars.com/cltv/2013/10...
Colbert Savages NSA And Rep. Mike Rogers In 'See No Evil' Segment
Colbert Savages NSA and Rep. Mike Rogers in 'See No Evil' Segment
crooksandliars.com
And I think it's notable that the actual candidates recognize this, know that the factions have far more in common than separates them, and are quickly moving to mend fences and look toward winning in November.
Neither faction is dominant, securing a Senate and House majority will rest on voters from both backing candidates of each.
My ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.
The Comey prosecution is dead. But the assault on the rule of law it represents is alive and well.
The Comey Prosecution Is Dead
But it’s no time to rejoice.
lnk.thebulwark.com
👇🎯🧵 And on the IR side, the Berlin Wall had not come down yet, half of Europe lived under authoritarianism, global poverty & underdevelopment was orders of magnitude worse, & we were still seriously worried about nuclear war between superpowers.
Jonathan Bernstein@jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 17h agoOh and while everything about politics and government is a lot more complicated to assess than it was a few years ago...in 1986 there were e.g. two women in the Senate. Two. And I could keep giving examples like that all night.
👇🎯 Seeing this here in WI, where the choice (as everywhere) is No More Far Right Authoritarianism vs Yes More Far Right Authoritarianism, & so many folks are driving themselves crazy over parsing policy platforms & positions on stuff a WI Governor has literally zero power to do anything about.
Stan Oklobdzija@stano.bsky.social · 19h agoThe best thing about Vote Blue No Matter Who is that it unloads a lot of cognitive burden. I wanted Tom Steyer to be in the Governor's race, but he's not so I'm gonna vote for Becerra. I don't follow his campaign at all: I'm voting for him because he's not a Republican.
9/ Here is the move for Abdul El-Sayed, and he is sharp enough to see it. Go find Haley Stevens voters now, before the ads & other nudges hit. Tell them plainly. You are about to see posts pushing you to stay home or back Rogers, from the same billionaires who spent $54 million to defeat AES.
New Jersey recently disclosed a registration glitch that led to noncitizens being added to the state’s voter rolls. Now, the DOJ claims the rare occurrence is proof that Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order needs to be implemented — and the Supreme Court could weigh in at any moment.
Urging Supreme Court to greenlight Trump’s mail voting order, DOJ seizes on New Jersey registration glitch
It’s just the latest example of Republicans exploiting the error to advance their anti-voting agenda.
democracydocket.com
In South Dakota, the Democratic challenger to Sen Mike Rounds withdraws from the race in favor of an independent candidate. Polling now puts them neck and neck, imperiling what was previously viewed as a "safe" GOP seat. www.sdstandardnow.com/home/bengs-t...
Bengs touts poll showing him running close to Rounds — The South Dakota Standard
Editor’s note: The poll referenced by Lawrence follows his column below Brian Bengs is touting a poll his campaign paid for which makes the case that he can run a very competitive race aga...
sdstandardnow.com
Powerful AI models have once again gone rogue. This time, they were particularly sneaky. A UK government-backed AI research institute said Tuesday that during routine tests, models built by OpenAI and Anthropic unexpectedly took “autonomous, unsanctioned action on the live internet,
AI Just Went Rogue Again. This Time It Turned to Deception.
A U.K. government-backed research group said OpenAI and Anthropic systems took unsanctioned actions and behaved deceptively during testing.
wsj.com
North Carolina Republican Drops Re-election Bid After Ethics Rebuke www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Rep. Chuck Edwards Drops Re-election Bid in North Carolina After Ethics Rebuke
Chuck Edwards made the announcement after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct” toward two female staff members.
nytimes.com
"The Fed chair likes to praise financial markets, regardless of what they say; does not offer substantive economic explanations; is not overly concerned about logic and consistency" www.ft.com/content/cbc7...
The Federal Reserve goes Wacko
Warsh’s Awful Communications: Knowingly Opaque. Also in this newsletter, the BoE shows how it’s done
ft.com
she has a way with words. and then some. 🤣
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11h agoAnn Telnaes
This is wise, and hopefully his supporters and the supporters of his opponent will all model his behavior, rally together, and try to win the seat.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 18h agoEl-Sayed: There is so much more that unites us, however much we might disagree with our democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. And so to all of our supporters here tonight watching on TV—tomorrow, we begin to mend fences.
🔥 Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “America can do glorious things, but to love 🇺🇸 isn’t just to dress up in some colors and pretend everything’s fine. To love 🇺🇸 is to will 🇺🇸 to do the hard work of being better… we can’t control the past 250 years, what we CAN do is build the next 250.”
Stolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.
Laptop class doctors Scott Atlas and Podcast Jay are bashing Fauci, as usual. Since they want you to forget it, let's remember what they actually said in 2020.
Since They Won’t Remind You, Here’s What Drs. John Ioannidis, Jay Bhattacharya, and Scott Atlas, Actually Said 6 Years Ago
The next time these doctors claim they were right, let's remind them exactly what they claim to have been right about.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
🎉 Pro-tip: Look for the candidates saying things like this today
🚨TIL the 1877 Super El Niño killed more than 3% of the world’s population. Our modern world should be resilient enough to prevent that — but then came Trump’s perfect storm of dismantling government, abandonment of international institutions, and war related bottlenecks.🚨
Keith Fitzgerald@keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · last wk.This is potentially very important. If history repeats, it could be catastrophic. youtube.com/watch?v=69o-...
It’s exactly the same if the U.S. government had come to me, a voter, and asked “how many Americans would u be ok with dying so Donald trump could eat a piece of cheesecake today” except it’s worse because the administration never really asked, they just did it
It's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...
