Stolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.
Mark Rosati
@msrosati.bsky.social
Communications leadership for nonprofit organizations. Playwright, member @DramatistsGuild. Published short-story writer. Former journalist; ex-editor Associated Press @AP Washington, Chicago. #defenddemocracy #voteblue #LGBTQIA+ ally #fightfascism #resist
David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.
Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.
You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
This is devastating
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2d agoBREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
These are concentration camps. #defenddemocracy #fightfascism www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...
Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say
The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo. The New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.
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The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
“Many people say that I look like a young Elvis Presley.” *By “many people,” he means absolutely no one on Earth.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding at Madison Square Garden? $30 million. The amount special interests have spent against @abdulelsayed.bsky.social in the Michigan Senate race? $60 MILLION. Twice as much to try and buy one Senate seat. It’s the many vs. the money. Vote for Abdul.
BASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me?
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936
Elon Musk is planning to spend at least $100 million to help Republicans in this year’s midterms. That’s just 0.014 percent of his current $702 billion net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.
University officials say finances have taken a hit from declines in research funding and foreign student enrollment. Faculty say leaders’ slow response and lack of transparency have deepened the crisis.
Illinois Institute of Technology cuts 160 faculty and staff just before fall semester
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Performative bullshit. Fauci is a hero. Besides, they’re trying to ban an 85-year-old retiree from a job he already left.
At the start of the Civil War, there were 4 million people who were enslaved in the US. Families were separated so some members could be sold to plantations in other parts of the country, including children.
Trump's approval ratings are at all-time lows. He's flailing on the economy. His "little excursion" in Iran has become a forever war. Even Republicans are beginning to revolt against him. He's not all powerful. He's a failed president.
High gas prices caused by Trump’s Iran War are boosting the oil industry's profits. And they’re still getting billions in tax breaks every year — meaning you’re effectively getting charged twice. Here’s what you need to know about Big Oil’s one-two punch.
The Secret Behind High Gas Prices
Energy prices are soaring. So what is Trump doing about it?Gutting clean energy projects while showering his Big Oil don
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To develop what Silicon Valley companies say is revolutionary AI, they’re feeding every available dollar into the cash-incinerating maw of AI machines. Tech superstars that once had cash left over at the end of each year are now flipping into the red.
America’s biggest companies are burning cash on AI. It’s risky for everyone.
The fates of the U.S. economy and millions of retirement accounts are entangled with a giant bet on artificial intelligence by leading tech firms.
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A senior health official with the State Department presenting at an international AIDS conference in Brazil used a map of Africa to illustrate U.S. government funding for HIV programs on the continent. There was only one problem. The map incorrectly identified several African countries.
U.S. Government Mislabels Map of African Countries at AIDS Conference
Nigeria, a coastal country in western Africa, was landlocked in the Sahara, among other errors. The department said it had been “hastily altered.”
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Only 2 GOP Senators have the guts to prevent Trump’s personal pro-pedophile attorney from becoming the USAG. This should terrify everyone.
Just learned a TON. Had no idea he was so tied to Chicago // #GlenHansard, Irish singer with deep roots in Chicago, dies at 56 chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2... by @chicago.suntimes.com's Mitch Dudek
Glen Hansard, Irish singer with deep roots in Chicago, dies at 56
Mr. Hansard came to Chicago to perform as a young musician in 1998 and for the next 27 years he came back every chance he got.
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I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.
