🚨 Abdul El-Sayed is the Michigan Democratic Senate nominee. Now he’ll have to unify a fractured party to hold the seat for the party. 🔗 politi.co/4xrMXut
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Octavia Butler knew her stuff….. feels like she was friggin psychic. You know the trick to 3 card Monty? The queen was never on the table. -words to live by
#GA Did you know that Jon Ossoff spent years exposing corruption as an investigative journalist? Now in the Senate, he refuses corporate PAC money & is leading the fight to ban stock trading by members of Congress. When you don't take checks from special interests, you're free to work for families.
@jamestalarico.bsky.social for Texas US Senate gets it - under his opponent Ken Paxton and Gov. Abbott, data centers are running amok in TX. Talarico has a sensible plan to regulate data centers. Texas, he is the right choice for your next senator, not the corrupt, 15 home owning Paxton.
Footage taken from computer game Xplora 1, with Peter and Roger working on transcriptions of 'Blood of Eden' together. Read Peter's full tribute on his website. petergabriel.com/news/roger-b...
Roger Bolton - PeterGabriel.com
So sad to learn of Roger Bolton’s death. He was a remarkable man in many ways. Kind and generous are the first words that come to mind, Roger was always as enthusiastic about helping others as he was ...
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SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
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.
Today is the start of the "quiet period" before the midterm election, a longstanding legal protection for eligible voters. Forty-four states, plus Washington, D.C., are banned from doing mass purges of voter rolls within 90 days of a federal election under the 1993 National Voter Registration Act
A federal law bans late voter roll purges. Republicans are pushing to reinterpret it
There's a ban on most states systematically purging voter rolls within 90 days before Election Day. Republicans are pushing courts to reinterpret that longstanding protection for eligible voters.
npr.org
Good morning! Start the day with a buzz. A bee's bum is the gift that keeps giving. 😉😂🐝
Rep. Ayanna Pressley has once again broken ranks with House Democratic leadership over endorsements, this time to support former Missouri Rep. Cori Bush. Pressley’s endorsement sets her squarely against the establishment wing of the party.
Pressley breaks with Jeffries over Missouri primary race
It’s the second time she broke with the Dem leader over endorsements.
politico.com
Republicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy. Feel like we've been here before? Here's why it keeps happening.
August 4, 1984: Prince's "Purple Rain" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks.
Wildfire veterans fear federal tactics, extreme fires could put crews at risk
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Wildfire veterans fear federal tactics, extreme fires could put crews at risk
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longish piece on El Niño's impact on global commodities w/ nice quotes from Sarah Kapnick and @ccallahan45.bsky.social i've stared at this quote for a while now though and I can't figure out what this Allianz economist is saying: "“El Niño acts as an intermediate between economics and the climate"
Record El Niño Threatens Fragile Economies Squeezed by War
The El Niño could be the most powerful in decades, fueling major threats to fragile economies around the world.
bloomberg.com
This went a little different than his nightly interviews with Sean Hannity.
The Heritage Foundation asserts that women never needed sports in the first place. To prove that Title IX has become a tool of “feminist social engineering.” To demonstrate that women don’t need sports and that “clubs, intramurals, and exercise classes” is enough. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Give Them an Inch...
And they'll take away women's sports...
open.substack.com
Proud that Elias Law Group is helping the Democratic Party fight for voting rights and free and fair elections. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Marc Elias Firm Rebounds as Key DNC Litigator for Midterms
Marc Elias and his firm have reemerged as a top legal adviser for the Democratic National Committee after the party organization cut back work with the prominent elections attorney during the 2024 cam...
news.bloomberglaw.com
RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."
#Ukraine accuses #Russia of war crime after video shows drone attacking vegetable seller in Kherson #StandWithUkraine #RussiaAggression #RussianCrimes #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship #RussianWarCrimes #PutinsWar #Muscovy www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Ukraine accuses Russia of war crime after video shows drone attacking vegetable seller in Kherson
Footage shows the drone pursuing a man around a van being used as a street stand before exploding as he dives for cover.
reuters.com