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Republicans just voted to slash Medicare benefits that seniors rely on every single day. They call it “reform.” Patients will call it higher costs, fewer doctors, and longer waits. This isn’t abstract. It’s your parents’ meds. Your grandparents’ care. #RepublicanMedicareCuts
Reinaldo Azevedo – 05/08/26: Lula na frente; Brasil X Trump e Milei; vice de Flávio, ainda golpista Com apresentação de Reinaldo Azevedo, o programa do Metrópoles TV traz, de segunda a sexta-feira, das 13h às 14h30, uma análise aprofundada dos principais fatos da política, economia, Justiça e…
Reinaldo Azevedo – 05/08/26: Lula na frente; Brasil X Trump e Milei; vice de Flávio, ainda golpista
Com apresentação de Reinaldo Azevedo, o programa do Metrópoles TV traz, de segunda a sexta-feira, das 13h às 14h30, uma análise aprofundada dos principais fatos da política, economia, Justiça e cenário internacional. Com comentários afiados e contextualização dos acontecimentos que movimentam Brasília e o mundo, Reinaldo aborda os bastidores do poder, decisões do STF, investigações da Polícia Federal, eleições, pesquisas, Congresso Nacional e os temas que dominam o debate público.
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He’s not paying for it He doesn’t give a fuck www.themirror.com/news/politic...
Trump orders contractors to demolish $5M White House helipad for bizarre reason
President Trump scrapped weeks of construction on the planned White House helipad for Marine One, directing contractors to redo the work
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New GDP data confirms what working families already feel: growth slowed to 1.5%, real income is falling, and tariffs cost families $1,100/yr. Corporate profit margins just hit their highest level since 2009. Working people are paying for an economy not built for them. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...
U.S. Economy Slows as Inflation Bites
Gross domestic product grew at a slower rate in the second quarter and persistent price pressures are unsettling financial markets.
nytimes.com
Check out this tracker of the cost of the Iran War from Brown University.. Current per household cost exceeds $600. #stopallwars #peacenotwar #Iranwarofchoice #euniceforsc
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 20h agoBrown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
The United States Treasury: An ATM for the Rich and Powerful
El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.
Daily reminder that we don’t have a president. We have a mob boss masquerading as one.
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?"
One reason to rejoin the EU is it's higher standards for the cleanliness of our rivers. Please do read the below petition and sign it if you agree! Petition: Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU
We urge the government to review the regulations for new sewage treatment infrastructure and introduce new legislation to ensure high international standards are met; to safeguard people’s health, bet...
petition.parliament.uk
TRUMP IS LAUNDERING MONEY HE STOLE FROM ALL OF US!!!!!
Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
The shameless Islamophobia by the GOP is on full display. The only card they have against El-Sayed. Won't work.
A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
While Burnham contemplates more drilling for oil & gas and Reform UK continues it climate denial clap-trap firefighters across North America & Europe struggle and die to limit the inferno memes via John Paly
Satire - but accurately reflecting the views of international lawyers, ex Royal Navy officers, immigration experts, the French ... (and the multiple agencies looking into Farage's dodgy accounts) "We have released an updated and more accurate version of Operation Fortress." via We Demand UK
Since COVID, too much media coverage has stayed in permanent alarm mode: war, wildfires, climate, everything framed through fear. Psychology shows constant threat messaging can lead to fatigue, avoidance and disengagement. Fear has a purpose. Permanent fear is conterproductive.
Do me a favour - Post this link every time you see someone talking about the EHRC guidance. Help the community stay safe in a hostile world. www.essehouse.co.uk/pee-in-peace-program
Esse House UK
Esse House UK offers accessible toilet keys through the Pee in Peace Program, supporting trans rights and community needs.
essehouse.co.uk
Legal theorists obsess over the countermajoritarian difficulty, the idea that it is undemocratic for judges to stand in the way of legislation enacted by the elected legislature Voters, meanwhile, love it and will defend it
Douglas Keith@douglaskeith.bsky.social · 19h agoKansas voters sent a strong message tonight - they want a judiciary that stands up to the legislature, not one controlled by it or shaped by big money judicial elections
Shrugging Off Trump’s Warning, Max Miller Pushes Ahead in Ohio www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u.... Trump clearly doesn’t want Miller to step aside.
Max Miller Shrugs Off Trump’s Warning and Pushes Ahead in Ohio
Republicans hoped a shove from President Trump would persuade the embattled congressman to drop his re-election bid in the face of abuse allegations. It hasn’t happened.
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Might be helpful to read today's column in conjunction with this one, from January, as they point to the same root cause: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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As an aside, if any other professionals were as incompetent as certain journalists, they'd be sacked and disbarred. But in the rightwing press, gross incompetence appears to be a qualification. After all, without its bullshitters for hire, how else would capital deny, deflect and distract?
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
theguardian.com
Now is the time to do everything possible to keep it. Rebuild what is broken stronger & better!
The US started as an experiment, with the goals and aspirations put down on paper that millions fought and died for. Our founders told us we would have to fight to keep it, that it would take great people to see it to fruition. They had no idea we would squander all of it.
El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250
Seargorporal MacArthur there, with his trademark corndog pipe...
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 22h agoStolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.
