This is rape culture.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 20h ago

TAPPER: Hold on -- hold on, 'cause I'm not done with the list of women who have accused you of violence. Are all three of them lying? REP. MAX MILLER: Yes. And I'm not getting out of the race because in 2016, President Donald J Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world ...

Trump’s justice department can grant him immunity from audits but I see no reasons why a subsequent administration can’t say: that was patently illegal, toss it out, and crawl all the way up his ass.

At 1pm PT on Mon, Aug 3, I'll have a live update on the historic wildfire disaster that unfolded over the weekend in Spokane, Washington, including causes and context, then discuss the very active wildfire conditions currently present elsewhere in West.

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Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · 3d ago

On Mon, Aug 10 at 1pm PT, I'll host another livestream focused solely on El Niño. I'll offer a deep dive into El Niño's remarkable trajectory to date, the extraordinary latest forecasts, and additional thoughts on implications from California to global scales.

Jeannine Pirro should be disbarred.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d ago

So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

If you haven't been to DC lately, the new gilded statues look really, really, really fucking tacky

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)@repstansbury.bsky.social · 5d ago

While you were over here trying to figure out how you were going to cover the rent and food—this guy was over there using $5.1 million in taxpayer money YOU paid into the system to cover these statues in 23 karat gold. Yeah, he did that.

In an administration full of liars this smirky jerk is one of the biggest liars.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."

Is booing bad? It seems bad?

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 6d ago

Vivek Ramaswamy tells a crowd of young Libertarians in Ohio "The truth of the matter is, people in my generation have already made it. We're gonna be fine." He is then booed off of the stage

The GOP is desperately trying to rewrite history, but just a reminder that Donald Trump was president during the lockdowns, and he awarded Fauci a presidential commendation for his work on COVID. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Some Republicans protect their colleagues who sexually abuse women and children, while others turn a blind eye to their colleagues who physically abuse them. It's a big tent.

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 6d ago

Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) stared off into space today when I asked if he thinks fellow Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller should end his reelection bid amid allegations by his ex-wife that he abused her and their 2-year-old daughter. www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...

bought candy at the pool for a 13yo and she tried to give me cash. i was like nahh it's nbd, and she goes "girl i have seen your car." 13yo girls remain undefeated. you think you're talking to a child but you're actually talking to whatever gods used to send to punish mortals for their hubris

Not satisfied with just bringing back measles, the Trump regime is now bringing back acid rain.

EPA: Data center power not subject to acid rain restrictions

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story  EPA exempts data center plants from acid rain rulesThe Trump administration announced Monday that it is excl…

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Republicans largely erasing their party id advantage among Americans without a college degree seems like a finding from the Pew NPORS study that should be getting more attention www.pewresearch.org/politics/fac...

Rand Paul--who doesn't believe in evolution--holding a hearing of Dr. Fauci--a retired, life-long public servant-- while we are *actively* in the midst of SEVERAL disease outbreaks due to unnecessary public health cuts and corporate lobbying shows exactly how unserious Republicans are.

man I will just never get over the fact that the collective response to the pandemic, and an absolutely miraculous vaccine development, was to destroy public health in this country and smear everyone involved I generally take a positive view of humanity overall but it's so depressing

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

“I had a million doses of Joker venom that my henchmen and I were prepared to pour into Gotham’s water supply. And the Bat-Man got Commissioner Gordon to stop me from doing that.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Peter Navarro: "I had a million doses of hydroxychloroquine in warehouses as the defense policy coordinator that I was trying to distribute to hospitals. And Fauci got the FDA stop me from doing that."

Wow, a way to lose all my savings *and* tell the world I support the white nationalist CSAM emporium? SIGN ME UP

The Verge@theverge.com · last wk.

X Money is launching in the US starting today

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Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · 2w ago

The extraordinary wildfire outbreak across Oregon, eastern Washington, and southern British Columbia has become even more alarming amid critical fire weather conditions. Over 500,000 acres have already burned in OR & WA alone, and that number could be >1 million acres by Mon.

it feels shallow and reductive to say that trump is the cause of why things feel so terrible, but it isn’t, he really is that bad, he really has made everyone’s life worse, he is bad vibes personified and he’s been an uninvited part of our lives for ten fucking years

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 2w ago

i think this is (mostly) true but that it varies wildly across age groups, but it’s *most* true for age groups who are most likely to be very active on social media sites

If you get upset about this, right-wingers will call you humorless. Meanwhile, well-meaning folks will say you shouldn't get upset b/c it's just a distraction, and you should focus on policy fights and on winning in November. As for me: This isn't funny, and it's good to take time to be angry.

Growing signs of prolonged & potentially intense heatwave across SW by early Aug. A broad Four Corners ridge will strengthen far beyond usual levels on its western flank, possibly due in part to indirect effects from a yet-to-develop East Pacific hurricane. Details TBD. #CAwx

Opinion | When I vote for Trump, it’s a strategic triangulation that doesn’t reflect my real values. When urban Democrats nominate a leftist in a deep blue district, it’s proof that every member of their party is an America-hating extremist.

My kids have measles, I can't breathe the air, I can't afford gas, and I have explosive diarrhea from a parasite RFK Jr. ordered the CDC to stop monitoring. But at least now the Saudis have a nuclear program.

He never misses a chance to sound like a rapist

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump on data centers: "You have to convince your communities how great these things are. You can't fight it. You have to go with it."

November can’t come soon enough.

I’m sorry what

what if we do want to see u…oh…*cry* got my hopes up there nm

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump: "The Democrats are gonna terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance and then they're gonna approve DC and Puerto Rico as states. They get 4 more senators, 12 more congressmen, like 40 electoral votes ... you don't want to see me cry."