What a surprise, the alleged abuser was jacking himself up on testosterone.
@rynpeyton.bsky.social
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
The U.S. Constitution begs to differ.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Congress: “We’ve tried nothing and we’re fresh out of ideas.”
Oh, cool. Maybe while they're playing around with it, they can fuck with GPS & run a few more planes into mountains. Oopsie.
Noah Shachtman@noahshachtman.bsky.social · yesterdayNEW: The US Army is about to sign a landmark, first-of-its-kind deal to equip its forces with LASER WEAPONS. The official announcement could come as early as this week for the anti-drone systems. By me in @wired.com ... www.wired.com/story/landma...
You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
This is so true. Texans you have to turn Texas back to blue. You have to want better.
Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
Why do we bother obeying the law and paying our taxes when the President does neither? He is playing us all for fools!
Yup. You did. And cancer research for children was first to go.
A video taken Saturday shows former NYC Mayor Eric Adams in sales pitch mode in Wisconsin Rapids, as he's heckled by residents opposed to the data center he's trying to sell them on. "My name is Eric Adams," he begins, as the boos begin to rain down. "You belong in prison!" one attendee shouts.
Eric Adams Is Selling Data Centers in Wisconsin Now
The former mayor had a wild weekend, and other links to start your day.
hellgatenyc.com
Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.
Japanese engineers develop a technique to recover and recycle 90% of Lithium from old EV batteries.
Scientists recover 90% of lithium from old batteries — here's why it matters
A metals plant in Tsuruga of the Fukui Prefecture has positioned itself as a major player in the battery recycling industry by achieving near-record levels of lithium recovery.
thecooldown.com
I can’t believe it. All my childhood punishments have become my adult goals. • Eating vegetables • Staying home • Having a nap • Going to bed early
Means-tested programs like SNAP are shaped not just by benefit levels, but by hassle. And hassle is regressive: it hits hardest when you lack a car, flexibility, cash, or time. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-snaps-new-rules-make-eligible
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
futurism.com
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
California produced over half its May electricity from solar, a world record - Los Angeles Times
Until we see a GOP plan to issue FREE VOTER ID to every American, we aren’t fooled — their aim is VOTER SUPPRESSION and that’s totally UNAMERICAN… WHO AGREES?! 🤚
Very ugly day in American history when our country is attacked by a foreign government and the President refuses to call it what it is, let alone do anything about it, then blames his own countrymen instead Indefensible
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."
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Performative bullshit. Fauci is a hero. Besides, they’re trying to ban an 85-year-old retiree from a job he already left.
Probably worth reminding everyone who dismantled our cybersecurity and infrastrutrue security agency (CISA), as our water systems are being hacked in seven states right now. Trump. He has intentionally made our country less safe. Then he went and picked fights. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
Republicans shunned the nation’s cyber agency. They’re urgently trying to save it.
Concerns about powerful artificial intelligence with hacking capabilities and the security of the upcoming midterm elections have shifted the opinions of some influential Trump allies.
politico.com