also there are like ten people waiting outside Mitch’s house
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Literally the entire ass paparazzi out here for one 84yo how did we get ourselves here
As discussed in the article above, Thiel was also a “major donor of dark money group [Donors Trust],” which funded Heritage Foundation (lead organizer of Project 2025) when Project 2025 was getting established.” 2/ whatisproject2025.net/follow-the-m...
“The Rockbridge Transition Project will create a ‘government-in-waiting’ with the people & plans to staff the next Republican Administration. The goal is to be ready to govern effectively…from day one.“—Rockbridge Network 2021 Budget (Thiel & Mercer reportedly back Rockbridge.) 1/ #Project2025
Follow the Money: Vance Selection Creates More Political and Financial Links Between Trump Campaign and Heritage Foundation - What is Project 2025
Vance’s rise strengthens financial and political ties between Trump’s campaign and the Heritage Foundation.
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It’s really depressing when everyone pretends the future lies with people who are like but what if I can make a deal with this person who wants to kill me over the price of eggs?
I Travel Like Sound Dog@chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2h agoHe’s not the only person who thinks this, many many people believe the only path to success in US politics is through appealing to people with reactionary politics economically while leaving them unchallenged in their bigotries etc.
talarico reminds me of how democrats spent years trying to "moderate" on immigration and getting nothing in return and now we have the best funded paramilitary force on the planet disappearing people across the country while running a system of concentration camps with no oversight
Some Dems are running away from trans people. Abdul El-Sayed, Dem Senate Candidate in Michigan, is running towards them. When asked, he fully and unequivocally support trans youth care as a matter between parents, patients, and doctors. Subscribe to support our journalism.
"The Decision Ought To Be Between A Patient And Their Doctor," Says Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed On Trans Care
Even conservatives “agree that the decision about healthcare ought to be between a person and their provider,” El-Sayed said.
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Neither Florida GOP/national GOP responded to my requests for comment. If the party can't denounce Rawson, who -condoned slavery -called for gay people to be executed -appeared to advocate lynching -marched w/ Nazis in Charlottesville -was part of League of the South not sure there's a red line
Christopher Mathias@letsgomathias.bsky.social · 9h agoNEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Israel is “dramatically intensifying its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life...the ability to get to work, take children to school or university, receive medical treatment or municipal services, meet family and friends, cultivate land or go on vacation…activities that make up human life”.
BanmarNJ@banmarnj.bsky.social · 6h agoIsrael accused of trying to ‘eliminate’ living conditions for Palestinians in West Bank
NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
I’m a bit of a book nerd, so libraries are my thing. But a library with a train running through it? I mean, come on! (Calgary public library)
If you were wondering... 🤦♂️ www.mediaite.com/politics/tru... #Flock #DeFlock #Axon #Surveillance #AxonAxoff #fyp #trending
Trump Throws His Support Behind Flock Cameras: 'I Like Them'
President Donald Trump said he understands the privacy concerns about Flock cameras, but he still likes them because they help cops solve cases
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Someone absolutely and thoroughly corrupt is not someone “who disagrees with you.” There is no “other side” of corruption. There’s just corrupt people, and not corrupt people. Pretty simple. (And meeting with corrupt people does not speak well to your associations)
Warming isn’t just confined to the surface, but extends deep into the ocean as well. The impacts of this rapid change are vast, affecting everything from the base of the marine food chain to the global economy, while also reshaping our physical climate system. www.climatecentral.org/climate-brie...
Wrote about documenting ICE arrests during a surge in southwest Florida -- and how no one wanted any of the footage.
ICE is Still Surging
Dispatch from an immigration surge in southwest Florida
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After six months of relative quiet and not acknowledging reports of damage, top military officials including the acting Navy Secretary and the Chief of Naval Operations are admitting NSA Bahrain got wrecked.
Task & Purpose@taskandpurpose.com · yesterdayIran ‘blew the hell out of’ base in Bahrain, acting Navy Secretary admits trib.al/wuEbB57
Even if you step away from culture war or political issues, you'd be hard pressed to say that the Post's editorial experiment of purging liberals has been successful in unearthing interesting voices or ideas. Like if this group was being denied a platform, maybe its because they did not deserve one
Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · yesterdayThe Washington Post opinion section is an elaborate experiment to find the least compelling angle on everything
The Gop’s concern for women and children is limited to exploiting and oppressing them goppredator.com
Republican Sexual Predators
Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayHOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"
This horrifying, deadly, degenerative brain condition may occur in as many as 1/609 unvaccinated infants infected by measles
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis - Wikipedia
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Memphis has spent a year under federal occupation. ICE would rather you didn't notice. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Memphis has spent a year under federal occupation. ICE would rather you didn't notice.
Watch as these officers arrest an activist for documenting from a reasonable distance.
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Who would have thought you'd find patriarchy in a traditionalist ethnocult
If you want to know to what Donald will say tomorrow, listen to what the Kremlin says today.
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · yesterdayTrump said he’d warned Ukrainian Zelenskyy to stop targeting oil refineries in Russia amid strikes that have shut down diesel refining and helped drive prices for the fuel to record levels.
“This is Putin’s terror ‘knocking’ directly on the doors of the EU and NATO,” said Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha. russian forces attacked a train traveling from Kyiv to Warsaw with a drones. No passengers were injured.
It's sad. Even a basic pineapple hat cost almost $100 this year.
Lois Beckett@loisbeckett.bsky.social · yesterday"Once a dadaist experiment, an attempt to create a 'temporary autonomous-zone' in the desert, Burning Man is now a marker of class status for tech bros and 'creative professionals' around the globe, a kind of west coast Wimbledon for the weird." www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
See, I can still hand letter. I definitely wouldn't want to hand letter as much as I used to pre-digital lettering but it's good to know that I can still do it. ;)
Kushner on Ukraine: “President Putin's laid out his line of what he wants to achieve. If Ukraine, you know, wanted to withdraw to that line, then obviously, you know, we have the rest of the deal set up and put together. Ukraine right now does not want to do that.” Putin’s brain cell
