I've not tried this recipe yet, but it sounds like an excellent way to deal with an over-abundance of zucchinis from your garden this time of year. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024...

Chilled Zucchini Soup With Lemon and Basil (Published 2023)

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DURBIN: You wrote an article in which you claimed 'Black inmates are most like to become sexual aggressors.' Why should people of color believe you've changed? CRONAN: I co-authored the article. I haven't re-read it in a long time. DURBIN: Do you believe it? CRONAN: I'm not in a position to opine

"So he can feel a bit more manly by making an AI video" is a direct callback to this image that deserves a second life in this campaign

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 3h ago

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: Mike Rogers is a guy who wants to put a data center in your backyard so he can feel a bit more manly by making an AI video. If you want a senator who's gonna lick some boots, go vote for Rogers. But if you want a senator who's going to stand up to Trump, you've got your option.

* It's unreal how terrible Trump's nominees are * DURBIN: You wrote, 'Feminists advanced a theory that rape is meant to perpetuate male domination.' Do you still oppose Violence Against Women Act? CANDEUB: I haven't really thought it D: In 2023 you did an interview & decried harassment laws ...

If It Happens because the president installed an incompetent reality TV star as Transportation Secretary ....

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h ago

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CONFIRMS MARINE ONE WAS BRIEFLY TOO CLOSE TO PASSENGER AIRPLANE - STATEMENT

This is an astounding loss for the US if it comes to fruition. One of the biggest strategic losses the US has ever endured—perhaps biggest?—and all from a war the US chose to start for no reason, illegally.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3h ago

Iran and Oman have reportedly agreed that all ships transiting Hormuz have to go through an Iran-controlled corridor, and are finalizing tolls of 3, 5, or 7%. This would close off the path outside Iranian waters the US encouraged ships to use during the MOU, then started bombing again to keep open.

An alleged pedophile promoting a book by another alleged pedophile is a professional courtesy.

Prosecutors say Maduro’s regime hired the street gang Tren de Aragua to kill a political dissident in Chile. The Venezuelan leader suspected of ordering the hit continues to be a key player in the country’s Trump-backed government.

He’s Suspected of Hiring a Venezuelan Gang for a Political Killing. Trump Officials Still Work With Him.

Authorities say former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime hired Tren de Aragua to kidnap a dissident who had taken refuge in Chile. The suspected mastermind, Diosdado Cabello, remains powerf...

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Blanche: blah, blah, blah, horseshit, blah

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

Q: The president has publicly criticized Pirro for her decision to drop the reflecting pool case. Do you agree with the move to dismiss the charges? BLANCHE: *stammering word salad that doesn't answer question*

The company president said investors "insisted that we move forward with other projects that we have in friendlier communities." Translation: Edgecombe County beat them. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/the-trump-...

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: Mike Rogers is a guy who wants to put a data center in your backyard so he can feel a bit more manly by making an AI video. If you want a senator who's gonna lick some boots, go vote for Rogers. But if you want a senator who's going to stand up to Trump, you've got your option.

So comforting to know our acting AG is independent, and has the back of all of the DOJ's US attorneys. /snark

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

Q: What message does it send if Trump fires a US attorney because she determined there was not sufficient evidence to charge four people with a crime? BLANCHE: If he fires a US attorney, it turns out he's allowed to do that because he's the president

This notion that they've done anything to improve DC in any way including re: crime is ludicrous. Ask anyone who lives in DC. They've done nothing, zero, bupkis.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

Blanche credits Pirro with transforming DC "into a place that we can all now walk around in after sunset" 😆

Russia just used a cluster bomb in Kyiv Cluster bombs used against civilians is a war crime This has to end Putin has to be “put away” People can only take so much and there is absolutely no reason for this other than Russia are blood thirsty criminals

Thank god for @marcelias.bsky.social and Democracy Docket. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 4h ago

Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳

FFS What will it take for Dems to realize this is a losing proposition? Let’s see: How well did campaigning with Liz Cheney work out for Kamala Harris? Voters want fighters, not appeasers. A Team of Rivals is the wrong message today. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...

Arizona’s Democratic Governor Set to Pick a Republican Running Mate (Gift Article)

Gov. Katie Hobbs, locked in a competitive re-election battle, plans to tap a moderate former mayor of Mesa, Ariz., John Giles, to serve as her lieutenant governor if she wins in November.

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Precisely. ⬇️✅

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21h ago

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

Yep. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️✅

D. Earl Stephens@dearlstephens.bsky.social · 20h ago

📌Susan Collins is voting "no" on the repulsive Blanche because she has been given political cover by Thune. Her vote doesn't matter. This isn't a heroic decision, it is pure politics, and whether anybody wants to admit it or not it's how she has survived like a parasite in that chamber for 30 years.

📣 #NewMexico: Voting Rights Rally, this Saturday, 10 AM, Roundhouse, #SantaFe. Register at mobilize.us/s/FH1RNj.

This generation of politicians who are the leaders of both parties have saddled succeeding generations with a mountain of crushing debt that continues to rise unabated. When they are all gone, their children and grandchildren will curse their selfishness and irresponsibly. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h ago

BREAKING: Republicans are no longer worried about deficits and debt Bessent: "I'm not as bothered by it ... if '26 is flat to slightly up, this isn't wasteful social spending "

🗣️ Say it louder for the people in the back: We need to give up on nostalgia for the past. Donald Trump has decimated the government in some profound, irreversible ways. The only way forward? Building something newer and better, Marc Elias says. Watch below👇 https://demdock.com/4w4O9mk

Just reread Article II of the Constitution. Nowhere in there is any mention of the President as being the nation's art director, gilder-in-chief, or interior decorator. Maybe we need to amend the Constitution. Or maybe we just need to get Trump out of office. HE MUST BE STOPPED

And here's our story from early June on her detention. taskandpurpose.com/news/veteran...

Video shows National Guard detain Army veteran in Washington, DC

King served in the Army from 2005 to 2009. She faces assault charges after being detained by the National Guard.

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A powerful warning. The Dems & our democracy can't afford a failure of imagination to stop them from preparing to prevent the doomsday scenario from happening, or planning a powerful response to it, if it does. I hope to god Dem leadership are heeding this warning. This is no time for timidity.

Zeteo@zeteo.com · 2d ago

‘Doomsday Scenario’: How Trump and Republicans Could Steal Power – Even If They Lose Jan. 3 could be the new Jan. 6 if Republicans challenge election wins by Democrats and try to steal power in the House. From @justinglawe.bsky.social & @swin24.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/doomsday-s...

My painting LAKESHORE

Why do we bother obeying the law and paying our taxes when the President does neither? He is playing us all for fools!

Contrary to what even some liberals believe, we do NOT have a liberal biased media. We do have a conservative biased media, a RW Disinformation Machine. CC: @upine.bsky.social

💉Josh Rubin, MD@drsandman11.medsky.social · yesterday

Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media

Jesus expressly instructed this “Christian pastor” to feed the hungry. He did not, however, say one thing about LGBTQ people. Honestly, I have jewelry and houseplants that are better Christians than many Christians.

PinkNews@pinknews.bsky.social · 22h ago

Christian pastor shows empty food bank shelves after rejecting donations from LGBTQ+ allies ➡️ https://bit.ly/4gcKkpt 📷 Envato

Here is the good news: DOJ is now 0-20 in lawsuits to gain access to voter files and tomorrow is the 90th day before the election which means states can't purge voters -- even if DOJ wants them to. The bad news: Trump won't give up trying to use DOJ to undermine the elections.