I’m now looking to blistering follow-ups from the local media in each of those states, to see the larger picture.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 47m ago

RFK Jr: "I'm announcing that HHS has begun the decertification of Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization."

Eighty whole bucks! Let me know when we get serious about this.

NJ.com@nj.com · 2h ago

Arrowhead Regional Computing Consortium (ARCC) — which offers payroll services and student data systems to about 50 school districts in Minnesota — was hit by a cyberattack in 2023.

Lidar is such an interesting addition to the archeological toolbox. Every one of its applications is fascinating.

kottke.org@kottke.org · 3h ago

Lidar and other discoveries continue to show that the Amazon rainforest was home to a “sprawling ancient civilization much bigger than researchers expected” (possibly up to 3 million people around 100-300 CE). [smithsonianmag.com]

There’s the counterpunch. And that’ll play until someone goes up to the hill and says “I’m not a presidential historian, Senator. But if you need some help with that …”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

holy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!

Someone could make an argument that senate confirmation hearings have become the final test in the loyalty program.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

the squirming Candeub does in this clip ... absolutely brutal

Roll the footage for Mr. Cook.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cook, was the Capitol attack on January 6? COOK: I hesitate to use the word 'attack'

Time and again Meta shows me that no longer using their platfotms was the right choice.

Matt Burgess (WIRED)@mattburgess1.bsky.social · 4h ago

NEW: Over the last few months, Meta has run dozens of paid ads that included AI-generated CSAM. The ads, some of which were linking out to “nudify” apps, targeted men in the US, UK, and a dozen European countries. Some were running in the last few days

Deploying troops or armed federal agents to election sites is illegal under federal law. And voters have the right to vote free from fear and intimidation. Here is what you can do to protect your vote if federal agents show up at your polling place. bit.ly/4wpSGAH

Vote Safely in 2026

Sending troops or ICE officers to the polls is illegal. Here’s how you can protect your vote and your community’s voice, even if federal agents unlawfully show up.

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“The group warned the markets could create financial incentives for arson and criticized what they described as profiteering from disasters affecting vulnerable communities.”

Jacob Gellman@jacobgellman.com · yesterday

There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

We’ve gone from being re-invigorated by Artemis 2 (the only crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972) to “the moon is kinda hoopty, tbh” in four months. The lack of vision, the inability to project anything inspiring, will ultimately be these guys undoing. That and that pool.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

I had the good fortune to talk about Rep. Chisholm at a conference some years back and doing the prep for that was such great and interesting fun.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 6h ago

Representative 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."

I’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs.

For as much money as has been pumped into this … making a micro industry, really … you’d think that polling in general would be an item to fix? And, after that, you’d think better instruments would be used during primary season because predictive economic values, leading indicators, futures and all.

G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 10h ago

What is truly "shocking" about the polling miss in Michigan is that it is completely average for a primary "The expected error on the margin between two primary candidates in a race for governor or U.S. Senate is a whopping 13.0 points." blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/2026-texas...

So there is no one in this guy’s life who saw his Tuesday appearance on CNN that cares enough about him to say “Don’t go on TV again.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

Rep. Max Miller on his ex-wife: "It's sad to see that the only person this affects is our daughter, someone I don't think she cares about very much"

He did this for you. The least you could is read this for him.

Michael Mirer@michaelmirer.bsky.social · 7h ago

I spent 10 days with Fox's shoulder programming during the World Cup. I've got some more visits planned to Planet FIFA as well.

Who is the government?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

Rick Scott on spending: "Government is the problem. It's not the Iran war." (Who is waging the Iran war?)

I can’t even find many Republicans who are still backing Max Miller after yesterday. Except the moral paragons Donald Trump, Mike Johnson and the Republican leadership of the House.

HuffPost reports: ICE officials did not report the death of someone who had been detained at Delaney Hall immigration detention center last month because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, a U.S. congressman alleged Monday. www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...

A Man Died After Being Detained By ICE — And They Didn't Report It, Congressman Says

Rep. Rob Menendez made a stunning allegation while addressing the recent death of another man who had been detained at Delaney Hall.

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Rude

Rua M. Williams@fractalecho.bsky.social · 19h ago

Attention all academic burnouts who kept saying yes to things because they weren't until fall semester. It is now fall sester.

Willing to become a big supporter of whatever team, league and/or sport laughs these guys out of marketing meetings.

Mediagazer@mediagazer.com · 19h ago

Polymarket expands its live sports offerings, including partnering with the ATP Tour to integrate official tennis match streams into its platform (Sara Fischer/Axios) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Attrition is the word we need to start using.

NPR@npr.org · 20h ago

The U.S. and its partners depend on Patriot interceptors to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles. But Russia and Iran are firing their weapons at rates far higher than Patriots can be produced. n.pr/4yXQ9iQ

Seeing this post earlier than everyone else was worth 100K though.

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21h ago

This is a man who has a hard time looking in the mirror

We are deciding whether we want to be a country of ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 2d ago

BREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

BREAKING: We’re suing Texas A&M University’s Board of Regents to challenge their censorship policy that restricts instruction on race, sexual orientation, and gender. Public universities can't ban ideas they don't like.

If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"

That was quick. Speak up, people! Bullies are cowards; the would-be vote suppressors backed down. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrage

The plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters

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Disney sold 10 percent of ESPN to the NFL, and 50 percent of A&E. One or two more deals like this and it’ll feel like a trend.

Mediagazer@mediagazer.com · 23h ago

Hearst announces an agreement to acquire Disney's 50% interest in A+E Global Media for around $1.2B in cash and expects to close the deal in September (Nellie Andreeva/Deadline) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

This apparently happened underneath (and maybe because of of) a sign she had hung on her house that said: "National Guard Stop Being So Embarrassing."

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · yesterday

"Get away from me right now," King, a retired U.S. Army captain who served in Iraq and earned both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, can be heard telling the three male guard members in the video as they approach her on the bench. "You have absolutely no authority to detain me."

Some people get elected because the local people don’t want them in town. Ron Johnson might be one of those people.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 24h ago

Ron Johnson: "Aaron Rodgers was smart enough to take ivermectin when he got covid ... unfortunately, more people didn't follow him. We wouldn't have had as many of athletes falling unconscious, sometimes dead on the field of play. You've seen the video reels of this happening in 2021."

“If hospitals controlled by a public university can reap the benefits of state funds, then they must be bound by the same constitutional and equal protection mandates as all other state-funded institutions.” They should also be bound by the same open records law. Just sayin'.

Penn State Health sued for citing Catholicism to cancel gender-affirming surgery

Penn State University has been sued for canceling gender-affirming surgery for a non-binary individual because it would have violated Catholic principles.

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