The conventional wisdom is the Democrats' big climate law failed to deliver votes and then died. That's wrong. My new study finds its factories moved 2.5 million votes—more than Trump's margin. And the law's still alive. My latest in @theatlantic.com. Gift link! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Bidenomics Was More Successful Than People Think

Conventional wisdom holds that Joe Biden’s bet on climate investment was a bust. The data suggest otherwise.

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“She wanted to. I secretly didn't.” "secretly" That little puke was never in a relationship; he was just using someone. This is not new. Ghosting might be a trend, but I still believe that the ratio of a'holes to normies is fairly constant. The a'holes are just finding new ways to be shitty.

WIRED@wired.com · 2d ago

The communication-free form of breaking up has become ubiquitous. “I no longer had to bear her energy,” a man who ghosted his partner of four years tells WIRED. www.wired.com/story/people...

Is there a less-strategic, more-wasteful activity Border Control staff could choose than harassing people working the fields? Just smash windows, do donuts in your car, watch Netflix, or something. All are less destructive. We are gonna shoot ourselves in the foot over & over again.

Yael Schacher@yaelschacher.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is the definition of a raid that isn’t going after people with criminal records or removal orders. It’s literally stopping cars and arresting people at gas stations calmatters.org/economy/2025...

Today Interior Sec. Burgum, Agriculture Sec. Rollins, DOI Wildland Fire Service Director Brian Fennessy, and USFS officials briefed Senators on keeping assets in the Northwest as we are at a Preparedness Level 5, an extreme wildfire designation. (1/4)

A background issue is the long-standing global agreement to Not Toll Straits: right of free passage under international maritime law, which the US heavily lobbied for & enforced. Trump's failure invites copycat tolls elsewhere, at the very least as a bargaining tactic.

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · 4h ago

This is an astounding loss for the US if it comes to fruition. One of the biggest strategic losses the US has ever endured—perhaps biggest?—and all from a war the US chose to start for no reason, illegally.

It's sad the way Seattle voters have lost touch with the Seattle Times editorial board.

So far, voters overwhelmingly approve Seattle library levy

A property tax levy to fund the city's public library system over the next seven years is solidly ahead after the first release of vote totals Tuesday evening.

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UW public lecture series has lost its effing mind. Conservatives are literally, actually banning words, professors, entire curricula that they disagree with. But sure let's talk about the "plight of conservatives" in higher ed. Is this trolling? Or paranoid delusion?

If a Dem POTUS gets us out of Iran and the media go ripshit over it, so help me god I'll cut their fiber optics and laser-melt their transmission hardware. I will take them off the air, off the intertubes, off radio. I will shut it all down and gift the country a few weeks of sanity & peace.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18h ago

“Most Americans thought from the start that the Iran war was a mistake. Now, five months later, they can see it is a fiasco.” Very clear, tough oped from … the WSJ editorial page. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...

Suit Against Officer Who Took Nude Images From Women’s Phones Settled for $4 Million (Gift Article)

Julian Alcala, who was a police officer in Eastern Missouri, had illegally obtained the private images during traffic stops, the authorities said.

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Suspected arsonist caused the devastating Spokane fires. What an infinitely depressing story. www.npr.org/2026/08/04/g...

Arson suspect makes first court appearance as Spokane wildfires rage on

Aaron Farinacci, a 37-year-old convicted felon, is accused of "knowingly and maliciously" causing the Old Trails Fire, the most destructive of the three blazes burning around Spokane, Washington.

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The liability-evading cobweb you're caught in when you use a hospital, rent from a corporate landlord, or (increasingly) interact with a government service, is offensive. Every hand-off is a multi-faceted risk. Details of that inexcusable Seattle-911-AMR fatality: www.ems1.com/legal/amr-se...

AMR settles wrongful death lawsuit over Seattle woman's 10-hour ambulance wait

Legal experts say the confidential agreement limits public insight into a case that prompted concerns about ambulance delays, contractor oversight and accountability

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I have every kind of problem with every US corporation/hospital/landlord/government outsourcing every damn function to a "subcontractor," creating a 3D shellgame of accountability evasion. But this Seattle-911-AMR disaster, settled in secrecy, absolutely boils my blood:

So emblematic of Trump's expansive corruption and contemptible pettiness.

Lisa 🇨🇦@pinkmouse.bsky.social · yesterday

Trump doesn’t seem to be much of a hockey fan — though it would surprise no one if he proclaimed his abilities on the ice. What we know is he’s demanded Canada surrender sovereignty to become the 51st state. #Canada #GordieHoweBridge #TrumpsTantrum #TrumpTariff #Blues

At 24, this firefighter got cancer. Here's why: "Many countries now routinely offer wildfire crews half-face respirator masks. But in the [US], the Forest Service tells its workers not to wear masks on the fire line. The agency says firefighters could... 1/3 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...

‘If I Live to 25, I’ve Lived a Good Life’

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Estée Lauder (cosmetics conglomerate) heir. Like the Victorias Secret a'hole. "He gave $5 million to MAGA Inc., a super PAC backed by Mr. Trump, in March 2025." Effing demoralizing how women have unavoidably, unknowingly through their most mundane routines, funded this omni-bigoted shitshow.

Mike@half-witt.bsky.social · yesterday

Billionaire GOP Backer Closes His Wallet www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/n...

JFC. A medevac flight no less. 😩

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · yesterday

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

One sign of the rise of male supremacy and the decline in women’s status is the ubiquity of online porn lingo in casual speech.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d ago

It was this one, and, yes, I do believe that was an All In first.

Personally I feel that this rhetoric depicting pregnancy, motherhood, and children themselves all as evidence of women’s sexual degradation is pretty bleak all around.

Todd Blanche doesn't believe in the rule of law. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis don't care. www.lawdork.com/p/blanche-co...

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · yesterday

BREAKING: The nomination of Trump's former personal lawyer to be Attorney General just advanced to the full Senate. Judiciary Republicans caved: All 12 Republicans voted in favor of Todd Blanche. All 10 Democrats voted against.

The US Conservative movement built this.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · yesterday

Whitehouse: "Today, I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee. As it looks like on a party-line vote, we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general of the United States..."

This is DHS beta-testing totalitarianism. It's the Trump regime inventing thought crimes, and attempting to coerce confession through US Thug Force (ICE SOP abuse of authority and intimidation). This is as deeply effed as it gets.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · yesterday

REVEALED: The Scope of ICE’s Surveillance of Its Online Critics talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Meanwhile someone's sitting there like "If we've challenged our readers, we've done our job," a ninth grader's understanding of the function of a news organization

We Should Kill Protesters, by Sen. Tom Cotton Reasonable Point, by Michelle Goldberg You Should Like Me as I Buy and Destroy Everything That Makes Life Worth Living, by His Excellency David Ellison

Was searching up something about cats and AI served up: "Binturongs: secret a fluid from glands under their tail that smells like hot buttered popcorn."

Shouldn’t be shocked at any lie RFK Jr tells, but he whined to Dana Bash that businesses were shut down during the pandemic “with no just compensation.” There was an almost trillion dollar PPP loan program, and his organization got millions from it, none of it paid back, to make payroll.

Lots and lots and lots of cynicism about Trump Administration's claim that it's halting the Trump sweetheart IRS immunity deal Here's why ======>

No words “She should have been eligible for Medicaid. [DHHS staff] just basically said that they missed that she was pregnant. So there’s a lot of confusion going on.” "a lot of confusion" The confusion was manufactured by Republicans, and Gov. Pillen poured gasoline on it and lit a match.

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA@arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 2d ago

"No additional staff have been hired to help with the implementation of the new Medicaid requirements as the state grapples with a budget crisis." nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...

Republican health plan: Die for the Dow. Also, in case anyone's wondering, the SAVE Act would disenfranchise women voters precisely the same way. The state offices you would need to interact with to obtain your "voting papers" would be intentionally under-funded and unable to process requests.

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA@arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 2d ago

"No additional staff have been hired to help with the implementation of the new Medicaid requirements as the state grapples with a budget crisis." nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...

I am Spanish and we understood from the first minute that it was a scheme to get people revolt against our government. That will not work, people died in their attempt to get through our border. That’s a tragedy and Trump has again blood on his hands for having orchestrated that attack.

The image White House officials allying themselves with state-actor destabilizing propaganda... This caused ~ 70 deaths. With zero penalty for dangerous lies and manipulation, you get more lies and manipulation. I don't know how we fix this. It's the wall I keep running into.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3d ago

Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...