In Bari Weiss' Free Press, Olivia Reingold reported from El-Sayed's watch party that "there were keffiyehs as far as the eye could see ... keffiyehs on heads, keffiyehs as belts, keffiyeh-printed phone cases." Not a single one made it into images from Reuters, a local ABC station, or Detroit News.

Speaking publicly for the first time in an interview, Sophie Dennison-Gibby said shortly after she plucked peeling liner from the Reflecting Pool’s water, an officer approached: “I wish you hadn’t done that. Now I’m going to arrest you.”

Arrested at Reflecting Pool, woman details ‘heartbreaking’ toll case has taken

Sophie Dennison-Gibby was one of three defendants charged with a misdemeanor related to Reflecting Pool damage. The charges were all dropped.

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In New Mexico, people are furious over Trump stealing precious water supplies and demanding an end to it.

As anger mounts, feds tell border wall contractors to stop drilling for water in New Mexico

Ranchers along the U.S.-Mexico border are outraged that the federal government is drilling unpermitted wells to pump water from the region's drought-stricken aquifers.

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"Safe streets advocacy group Transportation Alternatives, which has been leading the charge for cracking down on the sale of illegal e-bikes and e-scooters, lauded Mamdani’s cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday. 'Online retailers have been preying on unwitting customers.'"

Mamdani admin warns over 40 companies to halt selling illegal e-bikes or face thousands of dollars in fines | amNewYork

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration is putting more than 40 online retailers on notice, alleging that they are illegally selling motorized two-wheeled

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fuck that's a smooth answer

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 4h ago

Banger

Amid outbreaks of measles and cyclospora, RFK Jr. is focusing his priorities on the most pressing health issue of our time: the need for an out-of-touch, government-sponsored cooking show.

Let Them Eat Salmon Cakes

'RFK Jr's MAHA cooking show is the latest media production from an administration that favors profitable content creatio

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Blanche refuses to say whether he was aware that Pirro was going to drop the charges against Hearn or approved her decision

no they don't

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 10h ago

$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."

This level of spending actually makes me deeply angry. Let's never do this again in a primary ok

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 17h ago

Unfathomable

“We should return to an older and more accurate name for the Civil War: the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. If a country unquestioningly adopts language that obscures its bloodiest crimes to absolve their worst perpetrators, how can we expect successive generations to remember the new assaults on democracy

Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)

To face our own history, we must be honest about it.

nytimes.com

Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.

The NYT could have written a news story about this, with actual sources. Or at the very least they could have interviewed Ellison & asked him some tough questions. Instead they just handed over the most valuable media real estate in the world to a billionaire nepo baby to lobby for his company.

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 20h ago

I spoke with 10 CNNers about David Ellison's essay in The NYT, in which he tried to convince the public he'll be a good steward of CNN. Suffice to say, no one at the network is buying what he's selling. “We all have eyes and ears and see what’s happening at CBS." www.status.news/p/david-elli...

Ban “A.i.” from the schools.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 21h ago

The role of ChatGPT in the accused FSU shooter’s case goes beyond providing tips, our investigation reveals. In the 12 months before his attack, he messaged with ChatGPT more than 6,600 times—including conversations revealing he was aggrieved, focused on extremist violence, and suicidal.

This is why this is not just about Max Miller. It’s about “devout Christian” House Republican leadership who is standing with this guy because they crave power above all else. It’s the culture of MAGA and it comes straight from Trump. Vote them out.

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

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BOOM. The AAUP is suing Texas A&M University System over their censorship policy that prohibits faculty from discussing topics & viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, & gender. www.aclutx.org/app/uploads/... 1

Send this to your favorite self-impressed contrarian who says both parties are exactly the same

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Sen. Jim Banks refers to American citizens as "the babies of invaders" and compares them to Nazi spies and terrorists

Another moment in this interview: Lander says it's important to him to be a Jewish voice speaking up for the basic human rights of Palestinians www.liberalcurrents.com/mr-rogers-wi...

Mr. Rogers With a Steel Spine (Out of the Jaws #8, with Brad Lander)

Being a better neighbor can lay the foundations for resisting authoritarianism.

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There are no trans women in the WNBA. There are no trans women NCAA basketball players. Hell, who knows if there are even any trans girls playing HS basketball.

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · yesterday

Did we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?

"Trump is violating criminal & civil laws flagrantly, incl. the terms of these very budget agreements. And yet every time funding for the govt has lapsed or has neared expiration, Democrats have provided votes required to end debate & even to actually pass new funding." Fight for democracy ffs!

Brian Beutler@brianbeutler.bsky.social · yesterday

I was appalled (though not surprised) when I learned Sunday that Senate Dems intend to help Republicans fund the government through the election, with one minimal concession that has nothing to do with election subversion or ongoing Trump theft of federal dollars from blue states. And I remain so.

Correct, “Vote Blue No Matter Who” assumes a sane person’s understanding of “vote” that does not extend to a large portion of this website

Jeff Fecke@jkfecke.bsky.social · yesterday

If AES wins the nomination, I will treat him the way I treated the last guy to secure a senate nomination after I expressed serious reservations about them. It was better that Fetterman won than Oz. That doesn't mean Fetterman's good; it means in the general, you vote for the least bad option.

If you’ve used up “virtually all” of your stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles then you are well past raising concerns over readiness for future conflicts. You are, in fact, in a state of unreadiness until your stocks can be backfilled.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

"The Army has used up 'virtually all' of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, raising concerns about the military's readiness for future conflicts"

Anyone else think it’s weird that Trump alleged massive election interference by the CCP… but never really followed that up with any action? It should be abundantly clear these claims of election fraud are just a pretext to justify interfering in the midterms.

Stop the false equivalence. No other President sued his own government to secure immunity for himself and his family, created a fund to reward cop beaters, and demanded prosecution of his political enemies. Trump’s weaponization of DOJ is unprecedented and you just endorsed it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Tillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"

This is why people don’t report domestic abuse. The cops love to say “This is a family fight” and “there are 2 sides to every story” until the abused party winds up dead.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

NN: The abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller -- Moreno says he should resign, but President Trump disagrees. Do you think Miller should step down? REP. JIMMY PATRONIS: No. I agree with the president. This is a family fight. Unfortunately, divorces are messy. There are two sides to every story.

Wow. If this isn’t the mentality of Trump’s party in a sound bite I don’t know what is.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"