🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw
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as noted yesterday, Trump has now come around to treating an Iranian toll system covering the Strait of Hormuz as a given. Hard to overstate the level of strategic failure. US started the war purely as a war of choice and ends up dramatically empowering Iran and given the Iranian govt big wins.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4h agoReuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be unlikely to risk transit without paying."
We tend to think that markets reflect consumer choice. But the artificial-intelligence boom has been powered by the investment decisions of concentrated capital rather than by consumer demand.
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We tend to think that markets reflect consumer choice. But the artificial-intelligence boom has been powered by the investment decisions of concentrated capital rather than by consumer demand.
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Trump's rollback of air pollution rules is really bad news for communities who live near the gas plants being built to power data centers. It's especially bad news for Texans, where state regulators are fast-tracking approvals at an "alarming" pace.
Rather than going after the tactics of progressives this morning, establishment Dems ought to ask why in so many places so many people are rejecting their policies and seeking people-oriented solutions and candidates who are willing and able to fight for them better than the old guard has been.
This is a man who has a hard time looking in the mirror
Well, at least it was for a completely lawless and pointless cause.
CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterdayU.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
The In-N-Out Burger shooter comes from a family immersed in Trump propaganda. The shooter loved General Flynn, Elon Musk, and RFK Jr. He was pro-natalist and wanted to join ICE, but didn't have a college degree.
Andrew M. | Founder & Advisor 🇬🇷 🇺🇸@andrewmfounder.bsky.social · 3d agoThe shooter at the In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho that killed 3 people and injured 2 people is a Republican, white male. Shocked.
We've started - not in an "in your face" retaliation such as Bob Fife is describing but diversifying trade, building our economy from within - and Canadians - not the government - Canadians boycotting travel, products, produce - we are retaliating in a grassroots way. And we can do more. #cdnpoli
PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · yesterdayFife: "If nothing gets resolved -- because at the end of the day, it comes down to Donald Trump -- there is a growing call from very respected people in this country that Canada will have to retaliate." #cdnpoli
James is an eighth-generation Texan, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian. As a state representative, he’s led the fight against the billionaire mega-donors and puppet politicians who have taken over Texas. jamestalarico.com #VoteTX
If Kaine is calling it murder then I think some folks in Tampa ought to be getting increasingly sweaty.
CNN@cnn.com · 2d agoThe US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
Echo the Australian magpie annoying a tuxedo cat named Gilbert in Thames, New Zealand. The pair are known to be friends, though the magpie is often described as an annoying sibling that frequently pushes limits. They are part of a group called "Tuxedoes Unite" located in Karangahake, New Zealand.
“You’re a despicable person!” Ben-Gvir getting the welcome he deserves 🇮🇱
They found $16.5 million for a reflecting pool and can't find the budget for children's education.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Trump administration is planning to gut Head Start, a program that offers free preschool to over half a million children.
Aesop's Fables, the missing chapters.
Paul Eric@pauleric70.bsky.social · 4mo agoHow Trumps war with Iran is going 😎🤬🍊💩
"I'm in charge of 50 states and half of them are absolute dog shit" is a weird flex
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "Look at the blue cities. What do they have in common? They're all dirty. They're filthy dirty. Their streets are dirty. Their streets smell. Their storefronts are broken. Their trees are all gross. Everything about the place is dirty. It's really all of them."
An assassination effort targeting Aleksandr Chayko, chief of staff of the Russian Air Force, appears to have failed, while killing 3 and wounding 20, some seriously (including members of Chayko's family). Chayko is known in Ukraine as the "Butcher of Bucha" over the massacre that transpired there.
Russian General Alexander Chayko appears to have been the target of the Moscow restaurant bombing. He commanded troops who carried out the Bucha massacre in Ukraine. — Meduza
On August 1, an explosion occurred in a high-rise building on Barrikadnaya Street in Moscow. At the time, a private event was underway at the Balzi Rossi restaurant on the ground floor of the building...
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James Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."
Dutch doctors and activists displayed 1,400 pairs of white shoes in a square in the Netherlands in memory of fallen healthcare workers in Gaza. This is heartbreaking.
Dean Blundell lays this out: ⬇️ ⬇️ The corruption isn’t hiding anymore…it has a subscription plan. $100,000/month for faster access to the President’s market-moving posts. 😠 #USDemocracy #RisingBlue #Pinks open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
BREAKING: Trump Is Now Charging $100K a Month Through Truth Social to Let You Steal Money From Wall Street With Him.
Give Trump 100k, you get to benefit from his insider trading tips that have made him and the Trump Crime Family BILLIONS.
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every single day I am baffled by the fact that this man - this incredibly, astoundingly embarrassing man - is the one half the damn country built a cult of personality around
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump: “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship! Thank you very much to all of those who participated. I won with a 70, & am so honored in that, unlike the rest of the field, I’m given very little time to practice, bc I’m focused on many other things. It’s called TALENT, and I have it”
What the Iranian attack confirms is that Trump is no longer capable of operating in the real world when it dissents from the Trump as God Emperor narrative. He can't process information that dissents from the narrative. Thus he cannot lead or protect us; and we are in danger bsky.app/profile/did:...
Simon Rosenberg@simonwdc.bsky.social · 4d agoWhere is our government? Trump? DHS Secretary Mullin? Is the American homeland under attack? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
Via Twitter - @tcheidihatch (KUTV) "Everyone's evacuating from 9 Mile Falls and Airway Heights (northwest Spokane)" "Francis (Ave) is wall to wall cars now"
