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I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
Thread (1 of 5). Time to set the record straight, MAGAs will say “fake news” but it’s not, and the truth is the truth. A thread on US assistance to Ukraine. Total U.S. defense spending from full scale invasion to today: (Feb. 2022–mid 2026) ~$4.2–4.5 trillion Cont...
The lazy sociopath who golfs instead of working (on, say, a plan to win a war with Iran) wants terminally ill patients to work for benefits they’re entitled to.
Please read this and pass it on. This is not just about Ellison but about your 401K and the fact that investment banks are once again ignoring reality for the almighty dollar. There is no end to their greed.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d ago
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said dramatically that 'innocent people don't evoke the fifth'. President Donald J. Trump pleaded the fifth over 400 times during a recorded civil deposition in the civil fraud investigation into the Trump Org. in NY State. I provide receipts.
I don’t think the Dr. Fauci diary “scandal” is going to lower the price of gasoline or ground beef. I think voters care more about the economy than an 85-year-old doctor who got star struck by Barbra Streisand. 🎶The Way We Were🎶 is iconic so I get it.
A reminder that people who know anything about politics -- what the parties are, what they stand for, their record, who they've elected, how government works -- are a freakish minority. Most people know *nothing at all* past the vague mythologies that sift down through pop culture.
Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social · last wk."Who's better on..." 🔵Women's Rights: D +18 🔵Environment: D +17 🔵Democratic Norms: D +10 🔵Cost of Living: D +4 🟣Political Violence: Even 🟣Wars/Terrorism: Even 🔴AI: R +1 🔴Corruption: R +1 🔴Guns Control: R +3 🔴Immigration: R +5 🔴Crime: R +14 Ipsos / July 26, 2026
My bank allows me to choose my own personalized ID question to prove I'm me. So now when I call, they have to ask me 'Who's the black private dick who's a sex machine to all the chicks?' And I must answer, 'Shaft.'
You want to know why too many people don't respect the media? It's because the media doesn't respect itself. We're all embarrassed for you. Have some fucking dignity.
Jon Passantino@passantino.bsky.social · 2w agoAfter insisting the correspondents' dinner was worth reviving, the WHCA handed Trump a nationally televised platform to smear the very journalists it exists to represent, effectively turn the stage into a Trump rally. It was a disgrace. My latest @status.news www.status.news/p/the-white-...
As Trump returns to tariffs, it's worth checking out what we've gotten from the trade war so far.
I previously reported that the growth rate and composition of Trump's wealth gain in office are unprecedented in recent history. Upon request, here is the data on the relative size of Trump's presidential windfall. The extent of his self-enrichment is even more striking.
What this says to me is that renewables with BESS to provide firm 24/7 power is as yet not cost effective. It will be, but if it were these capitalists would be building it. That could be overcome by a carbon tax on natural gas plants being built by hyper scalers to equate the costs. Won't happen 😡.
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2w agoMeta has officially abandoned all pretense of giving a shit about clean energy or decarbonization. Truly an evil company. If you work there, you should quit. If you use their products, you should stop.
"Before filmmaker Chris Nolan raised eyebrows with the casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy in his blockbuster The Odyssey, Orson Welles had cast Eartha Kitt in the same role in his 1950 stage production of Time Runs..." #FilmSky wellesnet.com/eartha-kitt-...
Eartha Kitt was cast as Helen of Troy in 1950
Eartha Kitt co-starred with Orson Welles in "Time Runs."
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Nobody in the U.S. Senate is more responsible for the overturning of Roe v. Wade than Susan Collins. In November, we will defeat her.
News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.
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SpaceX has lost roughly $320 billion in market value since its initial public offering (IPO) price, and about $1 trillion from its mid-June peak value.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 3w agoSPACEX FACES A POTENTIAL LOSS OF $1 TRILLION FOLLOWING A 38% DECLINE IN VALUE.
Donald J. Trump’s Chart Sent to reform school Cheated on the SAT Academic failure in college Draft dodger Adulterer Cheated on taxes Filed bankruptcy seven times Raped children Raped adults, too Caused a lethal insurrection Committed fraud Obstructed justice Started a pointless war
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "When I go to Dover I read charts on all of the young people, and some are unbelievable. Some, they've got a couple of little bad things put in. This is a son who is like a flawless, perfect person. His sheet read so beautifully."
The President's war with Iran is such a fiasco that he's now back to threatening to commit war crimes. This is wrong and must stop. Congress needs to end this war, not rubber stamp a $1.5 trillion military budget.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "From this point forward, any time Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the US will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the Capital City of Tehran."
Trump’s tariffs haven’t just hurt American business. They’re about to be a growing drain on public finances as the government pays back tariffs ruled illegal by the Supreme Court. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
Imagine if a woman president spent most her time raving and crying about an election she lost 6 years ago. Emotional. Unstable. Hysterical. Unfit to lead.
The Top 1% of U.S. earners now have more wealth than the entire middle class
Real wage growth has fallen sharply, and is just -- only just! -- barely positive.
Ceasefire is over. Energy markets noticed. Notice that this isn't a one or two month story: It's concern about higher prices over a period of several years.
