Shawn Connery
@shawnconnery.bsky.social
Drug development in real life. PhD, Immunology. International relations hobbyist.
U.S. Revokes Visa of Top Brazilian Diplomat, Dialing Up Tensions www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/w...
Trump Administration Revokes Visa of Brazil’s Ambassador in the U.S.
The State Department has canceled the visa of the Brazilian ambassador in Washington, deepening a diplomatic crisis between the two countries.
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U.S. Revokes Visa of Top Brazilian Diplomat, Dialing Up Tensions www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/w...
Trump Administration Revokes Visa of Brazil’s Ambassador in the U.S.
The State Department has canceled the visa of the Brazilian ambassador in Washington, deepening a diplomatic crisis between the two countries.
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God is this stupid Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.
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"A distinctly American tradition" The Right to Kill Is Growing. States are pushing to pass laws sanctioning more reasons to use lethal violence in self-defense, a distinctly American tradition. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/m...
Using a Gun to Defend Yourself? The Right to Kill Is Growing.
States are pushing to pass laws sanctioning more reasons to use lethal violence in self-defense, a distinctly American tradition.
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America’s concentration camps must be shut down now They are sites of horror: torture, rampant spread of infectious diseases, inadequate sanitation, hygiene, & medical care, & a mounting death toll Just as “better training of guards” wasn’t the answer to Auschwitz, you can’t “reform” these camps
Shawn Connery @shawnconnery.bsky.social · 2d agoImmigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The federal New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...
Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The federal New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...
Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say
The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.
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He should be impeached just for that alone
Shawn Connery @shawnconnery.bsky.social · 2d agoRepublicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity
The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham says FIFA President Gianni Infantino is not the right man to lead world soccer's governing body in the latest fallout from the now abandoned plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
British prime minister says Infantino is not the right man to lead FIFA
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham says FIFA President Gianni Infantino is not the right man to lead world soccer’s governing body in the latest fallout from the now abandoned plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
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This is not a novel insight, but the guy has no business having any kind of power. Just unsuitable.
Shawn Connery @shawnconnery.bsky.social · 3d agoThe stupidity is breathtaking
How to prepare for the next pandemic: "We need to listen to doctors on the ground" The guy has zero, absolutely zero strategy
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:
I learned this from a 1980s book about conspiracy theories (some true, some not) and it totally blew my mind. It still does
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d agoIs everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
How to prevent the next pandemic? "We need to protect our constitutional rights" Okey dokey then
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:
How to prepare for the next pandemic: "We need to listen to doctors on the ground" The guy has zero, absolutely zero strategy
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:
"RSV and Lyme Disease came from gain-of-function research" This guy is dog-barking mad
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:
I, too, grow anxious when I have an unexpressed thought.
Again, who would want *this abrasive crank* in government
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoBASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me?
If you're a political junkie--no, strike that, if you're interested in the 2026 elections--no, strike that, if you're simply interested in American politics--you'll enjoy and benefit from this lively and very well-informed analysis by Ron Brownstein. www.youtube.com/live/vIKJHQP...
Trump’s Polls Are Collapsing. Is a Blue Tsunami Coming? (w/ Ron Brownstein) | Bulwark on Sunday
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Trump wants to escalate Trump orders escalation Israeli sources leak orders GCC countries back channel hard Trump climbs down Roomba recharges
Purple hands aside, if Trump should be around for a post presidency I hope Democrats remember that their friends across the aisle had no reservations about dragging an 85 year old man in to score political points off him.
After all these years, I still can't wrap my head around the people who see this and go, "yes, that's who I want in government"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoRFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking
Mr. Trump has the support of just 34 percent of Americans in CNN’s latest poll. He had the approval of just 33 percent in a new AP-NORC survey, tying his lowest since 2017, and 32 percent in Quinnipiac University data, falling to an all-time low in that poll.
Trump’s Polling Numbers Hit a New Low. Don’t Expect Him to Change Course. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
Trump’s Polling Numbers Hit a New Low. Don’t Expect Him to Change Course.
Barely a third of Americans approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the job, putting him at historic depths for a second-term president at this stage of his tenure.
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