arsonist says “just ignore the fire” www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

Amid tension, Cunningham says she wants to 'get back to basketball'

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said Wednesday that she wants the focus to return to basketball after her comments on transgender athletes sparked heated national debate, three rallies and social media reaction all the way to the White House.

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welp.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12h ago

Max Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."

wrote this 13 months ago, after Mamdani won the primary…Islamophobia (and now likely transphobia) is the one universally acceptable form of bigotry in the US. and somehow it’s getting worse. www.contrariannews.org/p/what-the-a...

What the attacks on Mamdani reveal about us

The status quo isn’t working for the majority of New Yorkers in the same way it isn’t working for the majority of Americans. Shouldn't Democrats rally around someone pledging to fix it?

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we can’t let this day pass without recognizing Chairteenth, the day of the Montgomery boat brawl 💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾 (that hat toss is everything)

I’m kind of an atheist…when they say they’re guided by “what would Jesus do,” does He say standing by a violent piece of shit is a-ok if you need his vote in the house?

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

watching the video of him answer this…it’s one of the most insincere things i’ve seen

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 14h ago

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social [Moulton con't] New Moulton: "To the trans community feeling the weight and the pain of the Trump administration policies. I deeply recognize your trauma, and I'm sorry if my comments hurt you." Nice try, Seth. www.advocate.com/politics/ele...

At the risk of ruining my mentions, I want to remind my centrist friends that “vote blue no matter who” also applies when Dems nominate a leftist. We need to be single focused on winning back the Senate. We cannot do that without Michigan.

do they have a bag off-camera with random phrases in it and they just pull out one or two before they go on camera? like wtf is this? nfl players were just dropping unconscious from the covid vaccine?!? the amount of damage the mfs are doing is incalculable.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Ron Johnson: "Aaron Rodgers was smart enough to take ivermectin when he got covid ... unfortunately, more people didn't follow him. We wouldn't have had as many of athletes falling unconscious, sometimes dead on the field of play. You've seen the video reels of this happening in 2021."

📍roxbury, ma

1-he only did this after the public found out and was angry at his initial reaction 2- he still had much stronger words for dr. fauci.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Moreno on Max Miller: "My daughter lives in constant fear of this man ... you can't fathom what that makes me feel like when the dad's number one job is to protect your kids... if there's any minimum standard for being an elected official, he feels to meet it. I don't care about the politics at all"

this is some truly obnoxious - and frankly, noxious - shit from jonathan martin. not all white men, but almost always a white man.

Politico@politico.com · yesterday

Would a 2028 Harris campaign mean reliving 2024? Pete Buttigieg says no. “This is about bigger things than whether somebody gets their feelings hurt by a page in a book,” he said. “This is about the trajectory of Western civilization.” 🔗 politi.co/3RSLiin

Nicholas Ferroni is a nationally recognized high school history and cultural studies teacher. Ferroni profiles Horace Mann, the reformer known as the father of America's public schools, who championed free, universal education as democracy's great equalizer. #WeAreAmerica250

so it’s just a matter of time til i leave here too because I’m getting racist and violence-threatening messages. cool, cool.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

i know this is one of his pull-the-string-and-watch-the-doll-talk regurgitations, and it’s not that we don’t have our share of problems, but boston, particularly under mayor Wu, is kind of awesome. she is investing in the people in ways big and small. and she basically told pam bondi to eff off.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: "Look at the blue cities. What do they have in common? They're all dirty. They're filthy dirty. Their streets are dirty. Their streets smell. Their storefronts are broken. Their trees are all gross. Everything about the place is dirty. It's really all of them."

Any Remaining Objections? — A cartoon by Nick Anderson

there’s a reason legacy media keep propping up this dinosaur. people are starting to wake up and see what these dem “leaders” really are. Carville’s an op, as my athletes would say.

Donie O’Sullivan@donie.bsky.social · 3d ago

"I am not going to be in the same party with Hasan Piker ... if he becomes a force in the Democratic Party, I am out of here," James Carville says on Fox this morning. Reminder: The Left Insurgency airs tonight on CNN at 8p ET.

Gov. Hochul, along with other Democratic governors and candidates, are listening to voters and refuse to be bullied and silenced by AI oligarchs pushing data centers.

Undaunted

Standing up to AI oligarchs.

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if you aren’t a Josh Johnson fan you absolutely need to be. he creates new sets every week based around current events and posts one to youtube every tuesday this week’s features a takedown of elon’s meltdown over ‘the odessey’, his racism and his dipshittery that is incredibly satisfying

Josh Johnson@joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · last wk.

youtu.be/3RF2lkn-lwA?...

the wnba is willingly letting maga types who give zero actual fucks about the league or women’s basketball or most women generally destroy what took 30 years of work, primarily by Black and/or queer women. peachy.

Defector@defector.com · 6d ago

WNBA suspends Seattle Storm minority owner for being rude to transphobic shitheads:

What's even worse about this is that the Knicks owner, James Dolan, was caught specifically tracking trans women for years, including when they went to the bathroom. No suspension there but speaking out against transphobia nets you a 5 game suspension. www.them.us/story/jim-do...

MSG Security Allegedly Tracked a Trans Woman’s Movements, Including Bathroom Breaks, Down to the Second

A bombshell report in Wired details an extensive use of the venue’s facial recognition system.

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Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 6d ago

Seattle Storm co-owner suspended for 5 home games. The WNBA has chosen a side. Now, transphobic protesters have an incentive to goad players, team staff, and fans into reacting to get them kicked out or suspended. sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article...

I’m…speechless. mango moron was telling people to drink bleach, and this [redacted] has the audacity to say this to a man who dedicated his entire adult life to protecting the health of the american people

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

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

Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...

wait…what is happening? in 2026 they are still terrorizing dr. fauci? (sorry, I can only keep up with so much)

Nikki McCann Ramírez@nikkimcr.bsky.social · last wk.

Sen. Rand Paul threatens Dr. Fauci: "There will be repercussions to your refusal to testify today."

in case you need a reminder, the US’s first target in Iran was a girls’s school. when shitty mfs die, you say a shitty mf is dead. their sociopathy isn’t erased by their death.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · last wk.

GRAHAM: “We’ve done it — I almost cried. We’ve been pushing this for years… Trump loves blowing stuff up.” WSJ releases a new doc showing dead Republican Senator Lindsey Graham laughing that he helped Bibi convince Trump to attack Iran and get us into another deadly costly war

NBC’s Kristin Welker was having a jolly old time with Stephen Miller, the human colostomy bag responsible for this tragedy, at the whcd Friday night.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · last wk.

A Guatemalan couple’s attempt to reunite following an ICE deportation ended with the two being shot to death in a sugarcane field in the country. The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying near their bodies. trib.al/kDYRBvl

“The revolting decision to strip Tyler Feehan, Isabella Gonzales, Angel Rampersad & Michael Swinton of recognition as U.S. military personnel killed in action is among the most cynical, selfish, & petty actions of a regime that repeatedly has shown it cares nothing for the sacrifices of our troops”

The Contrarian@contrariannews.org · last wk.

This administration made the decision to deny 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, Sgt. Angel Rampersad, and Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton recognition as U.S. military personnel killed in action during Trump's war of choice.

Boston-area folks and art lovers: make the time to see Derrick Adams’s “view master” exhibit at the ICA. took my younger two last Thursday (Thursday nights are always free!) and was stunned in the very best way at the scope, joy, color and audaciousness of his work. open til sept 7

Chad Livengood@chadlivengood.bsky.social · last wk.

BREAKING: Husband killed his wife, six kids before taking his own life in west Michigan, police say www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

I’ve been offline almost all day - has cnn said literally anything in support of Kaitlan Collins after decaying Donnie’s disgusting attack? any of her colleagues?

this is so, so vile. and everyone just sat there. doesn’t look like anyone left the room, and when they cut to Kaitlan people are just looking at her. that’s worse imo.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump creepily says CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to never smiles at the White House Correspondent Dinner