Looks like a 10-15 point polling miss in Michigan regardless of who wins. And people have been writing a lot of electability takes using this data. It’s dangerous out there folks be safe

Let's sit with this: the IRS can audit any working person—and audits every president—but it will no longer audit President Trump. This is a privilege that no other American worker has. When working people say the rules are rigged, THIS is what folks mean.

Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity

The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.

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What an awful violation of privacy—not that Dr Paul cares

Margaret Manto@margaretmanto.bsky.social · 19h ago

Exclusive: Sen. Rand Paul published Anthony Fauci's diary entries without redacting the names or medical details of over 20 people, including people with cancer, Ebola or HIV. www.notus.org/health-scien...

I HAVE BEEN SUBSIDIZING WALMART AND AMAZON STARVING THEIR EMPLOYEES FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

I’ve been notified of another death in ICE custody. This is the 55th death under Trump’s second term and the second reported death at Delaney Hall in less than 8 months. We must end the use of these deadly private prisons and reform our country’s cruel detention policies.

Ten of thousands of people are dying because of high heat. Tens of thousands of people make a one-day trip to Cueta. Guess what European politicians are identifying as the main problem?

Not only is this a terrible misuse of taxpayer money, it’s setting up the stage for a fascist government to oppress all dissent on Inauguration Day 2029, possibly with the aim of staying in power regardless of the election. American Exceptionalism really blinds folks from seeing the obvious signs.

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · yesterday

Trump ‘s deployment of National Guard troops D.C. “is set to cost an additional $1.4 billion through the end of the Trump administration … The estimate, which encompasses October 2026 through January 2029, adds to the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the mission to date.”

Well, at least it was for a completely lawless and pointless cause.

CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterday

U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters

Blanche’s written update to the slush fund and IRS immunity for Trump is nothing more than a shell game. My thoughts in @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Trump Still Has That IRS Immunity. Don’t Be Fooled

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s assurance to senators about the $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” and President Trump’s immunity with the Internal Revenue Service is nothing more than a ho...

bloomberg.com

If RFK Jr's facing one person, he's adept at spewing out enough things to swamp rebuttals. This may be why he gets so inordinately angry and frustrated when he's facing multiple questioners (or someone who's an expert in that area and can address multiple lies at once).

Jenn Kauffman@jennaudrey.bsky.social · 2d ago

+1 to what @colincarlson.bsky.social said: the RFK interview is seen by the Right as a win. Bash grilled him, but there were lies that went unanswered/poorly refuted — making it look like to vaxhesitant or RW viewers like maybe RFK has a point (he doesn’t). THIS is the danger of platforming him. 

“We just can't believe that a machine can replace all the decades of … clinical judgment & knowledge that we have.” Nurses laid off in July by Montefiore Hospitals in the Bronx sounded the alarm about AI in healthcare, a concern shared by nurses across the country, @evelazquez.bsky.social reports.

New York City nurses say AI is replacing them

Nurses laid off in July by Montefiore Hospitals in the Bronx sounded the alarm about artificial intelligence in healthcare

prismreports.org

New from Strength In Numbers: Trump’s immigration agenda and esp deportation operation is unpopular in every swing state — including Maine, where Susan Collins is trying to moderate on ICE www.gelliottmorris.com/p/even-repub...

"two-thirds of workers expect AI to make work worse by eliminating jobs & putting greater pressure on workers, rather than improving the worker experience by freeing up time spent on repetitive tasks & assisting with more challenging work." groundworkcollaborative.org/work/ai-at-w...

AI at Work: Gains at the Top, Pressure for Everyone Else - Groundwork Collaborative

groundworkcollaborative.org

+1 to what @colincarlson.bsky.social said: the RFK interview is seen by the Right as a win. Bash grilled him, but there were lies that went unanswered/poorly refuted — making it look like to vaxhesitant or RW viewers like maybe RFK has a point (he doesn’t). THIS is the danger of platforming him. 

As Cornyn noted at Blanche's confirmation hearing—and as Blanche agreed!—this doesn't change the underlying settlement between Trump and the government, which required the fund to be established. Trump could sue to enforce the settlement. Or Blanche could resurrect the fund once he's confirmed.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 3d ago

NEWS: Todd Blanche says he is rescinding his May 18 order establishing the “anti-weaponization fund”

Co-sign this, but I do think folks are forgetting that there was so much valid frustration at the time because it felt like kids were making all the sacrifices and adults were not. Kids were virtual while adults drinking at bars and eating indoors at restaurants were spreading covid freely.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d ago

the big complaint generally revolves around schools, but the timeline there was pretty sensible: most schools were fully remote until the vaccine rollout, after which they fairly quickly moved to in-person learning.

RFK told Dana Bash that Lyme disease “almost certainly” came from gain of function research. Which is utterly false. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Lyme Disease Did Not Come From a Secret Military Lab, Contrary to FDA Chief's Claim

Bacterium that causes it circulated long before the lab opened, decades of evidence show

medpagetoday.com

104° in Boulder, where half the housing stock in the county had no air conditioning as of 4 years ago per @coloradosun.com

Key findings from Boulder’s heat mapping project will help scientists find ways to keep the city cool

The hottest areas of Boulder aren't only in commercial areas. They’re often in places with more affordable housing residents.

coloradosun.com

Chris Bianchi@bianchiweather.bsky.social · 3d ago

Wow: 104° so far in Boulder ties their hottest day on record (Boulder Airport). Hottest day since July 11, 1954. Also hit 104° in Boulder on June 23, 1954. And still time to break that record... #COwx

Not enough people are concerned that Trump plans on having armed troops in DC until Inauguration Day 2029 — under the absolutely false premise of “cleaning up DC” — and that this could jeopardize the peaceful transfer of power. The military occupation of DC is a national threat to our democracy.

Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 3d ago

What is the National Guard allowed to do when operating in a hybrid status where the mission is defined by the president but the governor retains command and control? @nkorpett.bsky.social, @lizagoitein.bsky.social, Joseph Nunn, and @lorenvoss.bsky.social discuss: youtu.be/RJgl2oRjLhM

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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Running out of body bags, using forklifts to transfer corpses into makeshift morgues, a mortician conducting 200 funerals in a month when he usually does 30, crematories running at double capacity… And these senators just want to memory-hole it all www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/n...

‘We Ran Out of Space’: Bodies Pile Up as N.Y. Struggles to Bury Its Dead (Gift Article)

The coronavirus crisis is overwhelming New York’s system for burying the dead.

nytimes.com

So the US Secretary of Health and Human Services just claimed not only COVID-19 but 'many other global pandemics' started from gain-of-function research, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) outbreaks and Lyme disease. This is deeply irresponsible. There is not a shred of evidence for this.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:

We cannot let RFK Jr. and the like revise history and cause us to forget the reality of what the height of the covid pandemic was really like. Experts were making the best decisions and recommendations based on what we knew at the time, and it evolved as insight and resources did too.

Julia Raifman, ScD@juliaraifman.bsky.social · 3d ago

The health, social, & economic disruptions of the pandemic were challenging for each of us & our shared society Grateful to all who did their best to help us through this historic period May we one day have more constructive reflection on what we may learn to strengthen our collective way forward

Can we outlaw these betting markets already? (I refuse to whitewash their harm by calling them prediction markets.) They are introducting the opportunity for corruption and bias at every turn in the most important facets of society.

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 3d ago

“Researchers, doctors and patients said that these prediction markets threaten to undermine the drug development process…. “Turning loose a betting market in an ongoing randomized clinical trial really is a breach of scientific conduct,” Dr. Robert Califf [a former F.D.A. commissioner] said.”

Historian of abolition here 💯Garrison always called it the slaveholders rebellion, that’s the correct term. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)

To face our own history, we must be honest about it.

nytimes.com

🚨 @cnn.com and every other TV or video platform that interviews this man: if you absolutely have to interview him on camera, only do so in a roundtable with an expert at challenging antivaxxers on. You can only prep a regular journalist so far with this man — you need backup battling this disinfo.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

RFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking

It’s so deeply irresponsible to have him on as a guest — but more importantly, it’s incredibly dangerous to have him as our HHS Secretary

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

RFK Jr: Dana, you probably don't understand this because you're not a scientist BASH: Well you're not either! RFK Jr: I know you're flustered now

RFK Jr: Trump wanted to end lockdowns. In Fauci's diary, he talks about how the president was calling him trying to get him to reopen the country BASH: The lockdowns were down by governors K: They cited Fauci B: Govs were hearing from hospitals that their ICUs were overrun K: That's not true

Another fearmongering, cherry-picked piece by The Atlantic on public health. 🙄 It’s hard to take this seriously when Powell blames harm reduction for spikes in last decade, but doesn’t compare to other cities or mention the this was part of the brutal third wave that hit *everywhere.*

jtickel STAND WITH UKRAINE@tickedoff.bsky.social · 6d ago

challenging www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...