ICE announced yesterday that a $16.7 million contract had been awarded for electric shock gloves to be used by the agency. A majority of ICE abductees have never committed a crime, and have no history of violence.
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NBC news projects that Dan Sullivan Jr will advance in the Alaska Senate race. This means there will be two Dans Sullivan on the general election ballot.
genuinely cannot imagine anything like this ever happening again.
Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
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Really interesting Table from @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social about how well the two COVID-19 originhypotheses explain the evidence we already? There are a lot more pieces of evidence the lab leak hypothesis CANNOT explain that the zoonotic one can. www.protagonist-science.com/p/biased-med...
tl;dw: the job of the dem majority over the next two years, should it materialize, is to make life hell for the white house, not find points of cooperation
What Democrats can learn from Mitch McConnell
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The Netherlands will not take part in Eurovision 2027, due to the participation of Israel. The Dutch national broadcaster stated that the competition can "no longer" be seen as neutral, due to the participation of the genocidal state. Israel's participation led to 35 million less viewers in 2026.
No no, it's the stupidest fucking own goal in recent world history SO FAR
Craig Calcaterra@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 4d agoHaving a friendly and prosperous country on your border is something societies have hungered for for thousands of years and we've now intentionally fucked that up by antagonizing and disrespecting Canada for no good reason. Just the stupidest fucking own-goal in recent world history.
We're done kicking the can down the road. Here's how we're fixing the city-owned section of the BQE.
a big problem with american politics is that one third to one half of voters are essentially pakleds.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is a failure.
Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d agoThe only meeting Hakeem Jeffries should be having with Jared Kushner is to tell him he’ll be subpoenaed by the House for a corruption investigation on day one of Democratic control of the House. This is just pathetic stuff from the House Dem leader. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...
Carney says the US tried to restrict Canada's ability to make trade deals with other countries as a requirement for negotiation. Sources tell CBC this included making Canada impose new tariffs on other non-US trade partners in compliance with the United States www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
U.S. tried to restrict Canada's ability to get new trade deals - Carney says U.S. 'asked too much and offered too little' after trade talks fall apart
In the final hours of negotiations, the U.S. tried to include restrictions on Canada's ability to strike trade deals with other countries, Carney said. "Unacceptable," the prime minister said flatly.....
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American politics is like if you're trapped in a room slowly filling with blood but the person next to you is screaming about how the world would end if every bug was a banana
in fairness, i can see why N. Biggar might want a little leeway here specifically
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · last wk.A Scottish Tory peer has spoken out in defence of using the N-word. Nigel Biggar argued in a blogpost that it is 'stupidly unjust' for people to be punished for using the N-word if they did not mean it in a racist way. Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
The Super Mario Galaxy reference in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a wonderful easter egg.
He remains one of this nation's genuine national treasures.
Al Yankovic@alyankovic.bsky.social · last wk.
I've long said one of the best ways to attack Trump is to always film & photo him from the side. Every bit of his body movement/posture is clearly designed so that, at a full-front POV on TV, he looks trim and (relatively) muscular. But from every other angle it makes him look like a blobby weirdo.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Trump, clearly feeling low on attention today, is outside the White House ranting and raving like a lunatic about his various vanity projects around the White House
There's a lot of cool art in the replies and quotes if you need a nice little art break
Butt teeth! Butt teeth! Butt teeth!@panic.gay · last wk.If you could own any one piece of art and wake up and look at it every day and be like "wow, this is a piece of art I'm looking at" what would it be?