NEW: Voters have rejected Republicans' scheme to unseat the Kansas Supreme Court's Dem-appointed majority and overturn abortion rights. Amendment 1 would have let the GOP replace the system of a nominating commission, gubernatorial appointment, and retention elections with direct partisan elections

Talarico’s argument is simple: Stop treating marijuana like a crime. Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Stop wasting police resources on low-level marijuana offenses. Clear the records of people whose lives have been derailed by nonviolent marijuana convictions.

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

Something to remember whenever you hear far-right media talk about how underfunded the Democratic party is. (which is also a lie)

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 8h ago

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.

@shieldscartoons.bsky.social

The relevant definition of lifted here is: 4 - Stolen; to steal

“They don’t need food they need me to have a BALLROOM!”

And we can fuck up the Deflecting Pool, gold plate statues, tear down the East Wing in anticipation of a ballroom & billion dollar bunker, say he's going to buy 250 Escalades, put his name on the Kennedy Center, wage an undeclared war, & plan an Arch de Trump in DC. DOGE Priorities.

Cruelty is a feature, not a bug of the Trump administration.

“We’ve forced moms to beg in front of grocery stores—they LOVE it!” 🤬 And Republicans voted for this.

Trump brags about making people go hungry: "We've lifted nearly 100,000 Nevadans off food stamps. And they don't want to be on food stamps."

1/ On Tuesday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., read our reporting into the congressional record during a committee hearing on Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general.

Oh, sweet Jesus, yes. Kill it now. There is no aspect of AI that is making my life materially better. There are several that have already made it worse and it’s barely started being deployed in all a the gawd-awful ways it’s about to be.

The Survivors’ Truth Commission meets today, Aug. 5, at 1 p.m. MDT to present its interim report and walk through its mission investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. nmpoliticalreport.com/2026/08/04/e...

Epstein Truth Commission to present interim report Wednesday - New Mexico Political Report

By Kevin Hendricks The Survivors’ Truth Commission — formally the House Special Investigatory Committee — meets Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 1 p.m. in State Capitol Room 307 to present an interim report and ...

nmpoliticalreport.com

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.

Breaking News! Code Bonkers! As of August 3rd, Nino 3.4 has crossed 2.5°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. The Climate Casino predicted August 1st for this crossing and now has a lot of fake-bets to pay out. Was the fix in? Next up, 3.0°C by August 21st.

This is the very definition of irony.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Dr Oz: "This is corruption on the underlying system ... when everyone is doing it, that's a real pathology. Bc if you're not part of the corrupt system, you're a fool. When I'm lying to you & you know I'm lying & I know that you know that I'm lying, & on & on & on, that's how countries collapse."

I was in a friend’s rental car and in place of a rear-view mirror there was a mirror-sized digital video feed of the back of the car. They replaced one of the most reliable & intuitive safety features in a car with a digital surrogate that could glitch at any moment. KEEP ANALOG SAFTEY FEATURES

Burnham considering public inquiry into UK activities of Jeffrey Epstein

Burnham considering public inquiry into UK activities of Jeffrey Epstein

Minister says PM has agreed to meet victims of sex offender – and is mulling separate inquiry into Mohamed Al Fayed Andy Burnham is considering launching a public inquiry into the UK activities of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a minister has said. The victims’ minister, Alex Davies-Jones, said the prime minister had agreed to meet Epstein’s victims, was “looking into” an inquiry and was “taking this very seriously”. A separate inquiry into the alleged actions of the former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed is also being considered. Continue reading...

theguardian.com

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

Yes. Most of them are unreachable. Tho as long as they're unreachable anyway, I figure I may as well ask them the most important questions: What media do you trust to tell you the truth? Who owns them? Why do you trust the owners? The cult was built by Right Wing media bsky.app/profile/upin...

Julie Hotard Ph.D., writer, effects of disinfo on social systems@upine.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Most media & social media consumed in the U.S. are Right Wing. Sinclair alone covers 40% of households. RW media keep repeating pretty lies about T/GOP & ugly lies about Dem/minorities til the lies wear a groove into ppl's brains. upine.medium.com/the-vast-rea...

Men who think the Epstein files are a “women’s issue,” aren’t smart enough to engage with.

I'm guessing we're going to be super-fucked when the birds die

Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀@mackayim.bsky.social · 3d ago

"While we can't predict what exactly will happen from now with the virus's spread, any wishful thinking it wouldn't establish in local birds is past." www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Phang: "The fact that it's taking France and England and other foreign countries to be able to launch investigations, and yet our American DOJ is sitting on it doing absolutely nothing, including not cooperating with those foreign nations, is such a big red flag."

Did he not comment some years ago that anyone who takes the 5th is guilty? Guess he's really guilty of a lot since he took it 400 times during a deposition.

I mean, move on already. His service to the country--for decades--& managing an unforeseen pandemic while an idiot admin was in charge, 85 yrs old, now, FFS, we've got problems now to tackle. So tired of these unreasonably revengeful idiots.

#30million8/30 Waiting for the media to correct the mistake? Waiting for politicians to correct the mistake? Waiting for midterms to correct the mistake? Waiting for you to take to the streets and do something by showing we are a large force should not be a waiting game.

The GOP is desperately trying to rewrite history, but just a reminder that Donald Trump was president during the lockdowns, and he awarded Fauci a presidential commendation for his work on COVID. Thank you for your attention to this matter.