Stephen Williamson
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The garbage, utterly f*cked up White House we have because of our garbage, utterly f*cked up president And you're paying for every cent of this nonsensical vanity-project slop White House reporters say Trump spends 70% of his mental energy focusing on this sh*t rather than you
Rogers is also for you paying higher gas prices so Trump can lose a war over nothing in Iran.
Michigan Democrats bash Mike Rogers for downplaying Iran war’s effect on gas prices • Michigan Advance
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers reportedly told a potential voter at a Michigan campaign stop that “we’re gonna be fine” as oil prices spike due to the Iran war. The interaction between R...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 11h agoMike Rogers is for Medicaid cuts that will close our hospitals, for total abortion bans and for ICE ripping our neighbors out of their homes. But at least he lives in Florida.
It’s worth reading this interview from Dr Fauci. Full article below, this exact is a long way down.
Far-right media and reactionary politicians seized on the Ceuta tragedy to fuel a dangerous and racist anti-immigrant narrative.
What if I told you Ceuta is an occupation, not migration crisis?
Far-right media and reactionary politicians seized on the Ceuta tragedy to fuel a dangerous and racist anti-immigrant narrative, writes Olivia Hooper.
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A House probe found he violated House rules by creating a hostile work environment and repeatedly acting inappropriately toward two young female staffers.
GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards Drops Reelection Bid
GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards Drops Reelection Bid
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This is a very important article, the rush for ‘normalcy’ did not factor post infection risks & the need for layered mitigations. The COVID vaccines were designed to reduce severity of infections, rather than fully prevent & any infection, however mild or asymptomatic can lead to #Lomgcovid. 🧵
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-84-... For the moment, we are not even trying to stop making things worse. Let alone trying to fix the problems.
Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025 - Carbon Brief
Most countries failed to meet a 2025 target to identify all of their subsidies that could be “harmful” to biodiversity, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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Losing track of how many maybe dead Republicans there are
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday😳 Rep. Pete Stauber indicates there's something gravely wrong with Tom Emmer's health: "You have no idea what Congressman Emmer is dealing with right now. If you did, you would've never made that comment. He's fighting for his damn life today!"
www.reuters.com/business/hea... CDC expands largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states. Michigan, the hardest-hit state, reported 11,508 cases on Tuesday, up by more than 200 from the previous day's update. Missouri, which is reporting 1,095 cases, is one of the states being added.
CDC expands largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states, Washington Post reports
The U.S. CDC is adding six more states to the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce, widening the number of affected states to 15, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing...
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New from @theenergymix.com: Wildfires Rage Across 2 Continents as Shell Posts ‘Scandalous’ $9.8B Quarterly Profit www.theenergymix.com/wildfires-ra...
Wildfires Rage Across 2 Continents as Shell Posts ‘Scandalous’ $9.8B Quarterly Profit
As devastating wildfires continue to burn across swaths of Canada, the United States, and Europe, oil major Shell posted $9.8 billion in second quarter profits, more than double its earnings from this...
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Institutional investors on North Sea drilling: “If what you’re trying to achieve is the trifecta that most governments appear to be looking for ... affordability, energy independence and decarbonization,” then increasing North Sea drilling “doesn’t achieve any of those."
Investors Raise Alarm on Prospect of More UK North Sea Drilling
Institutional investors are raising concerns over the prospect of UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham supporting more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.
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I'm coming to the conclusion that there is something fundamentally wrong with all of the Tech Bros. They talk of BlueSky being a 'bubble', its users find it a safe haven for civilised discussion yet that is somehow not allowed, it doesn't feed the outrage machine they make their $$$'s from I guess.
The new CEO of Bluesky wants to change Bluesky from being a leftist bubble. The thing is, there’s nothing wrong with being a leftist bubble: the idea that everything has to be all-encompassing and suitable for everyone is a trap. 🧵 1/4
The Times, one of the leading voices when it comes to 'protecting women and girls' calling a man who assaulted his young pregnant girlfriend, said he would rape the kids if he was a teacher and called for child sex abuse porn to be legal, 'brilliant'
Blanche’s written update to the slush fund and IRS immunity for Trump is nothing more than a shell game. My thoughts in @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Trump Still Has That IRS Immunity. Don’t Be Fooled
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s assurance to senators about the $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” and President Trump’s immunity with the Internal Revenue Service is nothing more than a ho...
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Telegram has been mired in other recent controversies including allegations by Russia of aiding terrorism and criticism by Australia over its handling of violent content.
Telegram Briefly Removed From Apple’s App Store Over Alleged Child Sexual Abuse Content
Telegram has been mired in other recent controversies including allegations by Russia of aiding terrorism and criticism by Australia over its handling of violent content.
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That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
“If this was true, I would be in jail” is not a real profession of innocence; it is a brag about how strenuously the state protects the male right of private sphere violence against women and children.
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3d agoThose who believe things like this are working hard at not understanding the finite options available to someone whose abuser has not been prosecuted, found guilty, etc. by the law. And how rarely those things happen to abusers, esp. high-status white male abusers.
[Voters prefer Democrats over Republicans on economy for first time in a decade] “Americans picked Democrats over Republicans as better stewards of economy 1st time in nearly a decade in Reuters/Ipsos poll, approval of Trump's performance falling to 35%“ www.reuters.com/world/us/dem...
Voters prefer Democrats over Republicans on economy for first time in a decade, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Americans picked Democrats over Republicans as better stewards of the economy for the first time in nearly a decade in a Reuters/Ipsos poll, which also found their approval of President Donald Trump...
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25 States Sue Over Trump's New Tariffs, Arguing SCOTUS Smackdown Applies #HuffingtonPost
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25 States Sue Over Trump's New Tariffs, Arguing SCOTUS Smackdown Applies
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“NSC 131, have them pay a fine and order its leader, Christopher Hood, to do community service.” that’s it? a fucking fine?
Scott Kelley Ernest - CEPI x HEIR | #mtpol 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️@mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 2d agoCourt order will disband neo-Nazi group in New Hampshire www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vci...
"[A] 2021 partial review of New York's Department of Correction practices ... discovered that thousands of privileged legal telephone conversations between incarcerated individuals and their defense attorneys were illegally recorded and disseminated to prosecutors and law enforcement."
Truthout@truthout.org · 4d agoTelecom companies also strip privacy en masse from incarcerated people and those who communicate with them.
