BIG DEAL on voting rights this morning: Governor Spanberger just restored the voting rights of some 60,000+ Virginians. Her move reverses Youngkin's abrupt decision in 2023 to end automatic voting rights restoration, which brought Virginia back to a system of default lifetime disenfranchisement.

Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - Bolts

This is the only state that, absent action by the governor, bans people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November.

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“This unlawful seven-figure payout to an anti-abortion extremist is all the proof the Senate should need that the so-called anti-weaponization slush fund is far from dead,” Katie O’Connor at the National Women’s Law Center told Jezebel in a statement www.jezebel.com/slush-fund-n...

@rredmondsart.bsky.social I read there are wild fires out there. Stay save my friend.

Interesting take about uses for data centers. Not benign.

Every coastline will flood Global warming is exponential

It should be pretty clear by now that if Elon Musk is supporting you, you’re an awful candidate who shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near power. But you’ll be good for billionaires.

Portland Press Herald@pressherald.com · 5d ago

Elon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins’ U.S. Senate bid

Red hat cult-

US "We re-elected the felon." The world "Let us know how that works out for you."

🎯🎯

If true, the political discourse in this country is so broken....

Russia has spent decades undermining confidence in vaccines in the West.... Russia mandates vaccines for itself. Non vaccers have been played.😑

I am pleasantly surprised to see something politically relevant and morally upstanding coming from TMZ. Like Harvey Levin, I also lost many friends to AIDS in the 80s and 90s, but many are alive today because of the hard work of Anthony Fauci. This commentary is worth watching.

Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · 7d ago

Watch it till the end. This is moral clarity -- TMZ understands the moment, and what that Rand Paul kangaroo court was, better than any coverage I've seen so far. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zaO...

The #MoscowTurtle.

CatWoman@catwomanresists.bsky.social · 6d ago

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"The Trump regime is trying to usher in a “Golden Age in Science” where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps." The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift .

The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift

Trump wants to run scientific research like his family business.

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TRUTH!!!

Miaganga@miaganga.bsky.social · 6d ago

Really in need of some movement on this, even shares are incredibly helpful!

Liz as in lizard 🏳️‍⚧️@sloppers.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m sorry to be constantly flogging this shit it feels like but I need to get some more padding on the unspent hotel budget to handle deposit fees and generally make sure I’ve got enough to get a few days handled by the end of the day tomorrow #MutualAid #HomelessSky #HelpSky 💕💸🏳️‍⚧️

Even if we started drastic mitigation measures today, the climate will force us to change an order of magnitude more than anything we do will force it to change. This isn't doomerism. It's realism. (And some might even say, optimism.)

The 227th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), representing over one million members and nearly 8,000 congregations, voted 454-15 on June 30, 2026 in Milwaukee to officially declare Israel's war in Gaza a genocide and a violation of international law.

Any surprised by this were not paying attention the first time he was in office.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · last wk.

The Trump administration has admitted to canceling $7.6 billion in clean energy grants to blue states for political reasons.

Only when it's to damn late.

@billkittle.bsky.social · last wk.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiUM...

Carbon dioxide pumphandle - 2026

YouTube video by CarbonTracker

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We should've put this guy in charge.

America Is Divided@petrep.bsky.social · 2w ago

"You have to unrig a political system that right now is built to allow a handful of far-right billionaires to write the rules for everyone and face no accountability."

Under Todd Blanche, the DOJ is prosecuting Trump's political foes and refusing to charge companies accused of actual criminal wrongdoing, like Chinese retailer Alibaba and Pharma giant Abbott. He stands for the rule of Trump, not the rule of law. The Senate must REJECT him.

No amount of spin can change the plain truth. If confirmed, Todd Blanche would be Trump's defense attorney disguised as Attorney General.  He cannot be the people’s lawyer while the sitting president is his client. He must not be m my confirmed.

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.