Rick Downer
@rkdowner.bsky.social
Just a lump of thinking meat made from stardust. Life begins at first breath. Abortion restrictions violate the 1st Amendment. Trans rights are human rights. Putin, Netanyahu, and Trump - the Axis of Evil. An #EnemyWithin
Today’s Civics Lesson Dr. Fauci honoring a congressional subpoena and then taking the Fifth Amendment: an example of someone respecting both Congress and the Constitution. Jim Jordan ignoring a congressional subpoena: an example of someone showing contempt for Congress. Lesson over.
Mitch McConnell health update: He says in a statement he was discharged from the rehab center and suggests he won’t return to work before the August recess. No timeline given for when he’ll be back in the Senate.
> He predicted that allowing broadcasters to increase scale will allow them to attract capital and boost advertising to produce news and other local programming. Three MAGA-leaning media conglomerates owning all the TV stations in America is not going to be competitive for advertisers or viewers.
FCC Removes Key Limit On Media Ownership
The FCC's has voted to remove a 39% cap on media ownership, a decision that is likely to face a court challenge.
deadline.com
It’s remarkable just how quickly EU/UK carmakers have gone from laughing at Chinese carmakers, to complaining about them to now begging them for a partnership. Partnership at Sunderland, in England & across Italy & France is just a preliminary to Chinese firms - many state owned - taking over.
No, the genocidal white settler colonial apartheid ethnostate of israel DOES NOT have a right to exist. 🙂
Air quality. I grew up in the Los Angeles basin in the 70s and 80s and remember having to stay inside because the smog was so bad - Stage 2 smog alerts, they were called. Apparently they haven't had one of those since 1988. Haven't had a stage one smog alert since 2003.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 2d agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
Sen. Rick Scott: Medicaid is the most foolish set-up program ever.
“By the way, I saw this. It happened to me. I fought Hillarycare & guess what happened when I fought Hillarycare? Justice came after me, attacked me & my company” -who defrauded Medicare/Caid & gave doctors kickbacks. He walked away with a consulting contract, $300M in stock options & no jail time.
Rick Scott tries to rewrite history on $1.7 billion Medicare fraud controversy
The Republican U.S. senator and former Florida governor cast himself as a victim of “political persecution” outside the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial.
miamiherald.com
SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
Someone’s racist enough to spend money on a banner and hang it on a fence for the province to see. We see you, asshole.
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?"
When they tell you who they are, believe them Republicans come in three categories: PEDOPHILE - more and more are qualifying daily under this category PEDOPHILE FRIENDLY - those who actively cover for Pedophiles PEDOPHILE ENABLER - those who still support and offer aid and comfort to pedophiles
Imagine being a US Senator pretending to care abt the child rape of the Epstein files; and then hiring Todd Blanche to help protect the rapists.
I think it's funny when people say modern conservatives aren't conservatives because they don't follow this or that bit of prior conservative ephemeral, false, simplistic political or economic rhetoric they may have used at this time or that as marketing to manipulate stupid people.
New Mexico Sues DOJ Over Epstein Ranch Investigation Files newrepublic.com/post/214026/... via @newrepublic.com
New Mexico Sues DOJ Over Epstein Ranch Investigation Files
The state has been trying to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s activities at his Zorro Ranch, but accuses Todd Blanche of blocking access to relevant files.
newrepublic.com
Dems. This is our target now. Send this billionaire back to Florida, where he lives. How can he represent Michigan from there? Vote for someone who is really from Michigan, who cares about Michigan, who is not bought by creed and corruption. Who represents the people. All people. Congrats, Abdul.
El-Sayed: "Mike, I'm gonna say it right now, I know you're gonna say no because you're a coward: Five debates, alright? ... By the time we're done, you are not gonna have safe quarter from people holding you accountable to what you've done for them here in Michigan. We will send you back to Florida"
This is how every Democratic candidate should fight.....
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayEl-Sayed: "Mike, I'm gonna say it right now, I know you're gonna say no because you're a coward: Five debates, alright? ... By the time we're done, you are not gonna have safe quarter from people holding you accountable to what you've done for them here in Michigan. We will send you back to Florida"
Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
Michigan voted for a Muslim man who took a strong stand on Palestine and against Israel. It’s happening 🙌🏻
sexism is stupid ⚜️@lalegault.bsky.social · last wk.The end of the Israel era
Another disaster from our incompetent Builder-in-Chief.
The woman who spoke to Smith in Edmonton and said “F@#% your fascist pancakes” and got dragged away by the police has had her free speech quashed by this premier. Rights for Smith but not for the rest of us!
A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.
60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Vanished After CBS Ousted Sharyn Alfonsi, Dem Senator Reveals
Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity
mediaite.com
Explosions and drone activity reported in Crimea and Sevastopol. Traffic on the Kerch Bridge came to a standstill as air raid alerts blared, marking a night filled with chaos and fear. The buzz of drones and the echo of gunfire painted a stark picture of insecurity in regions once deemed safe. 1/4
Microsoft: $101 BILLION in profits. $12.5 BILLION in tax breaks. $176 BILLION in stock buybacks. 4,800 workers fired this week. 9,000 workers fired last year. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did. Nothing trickles down.
