And though the word “abortion” did not appear on the ballot in either state on Tuesday, voters resoundingly shot down Republican-backed ballot measures that could have made it easier to ban the procedure in the future. #NoAbortionBans #RepublicPoliciesSuck #Blues

Abortion Foes Backed Ballot Measures in 2 Red States. Voters Said No. (Gift Article)

Voters in Kansas rejected a proposal to start electing Supreme Court justices, while Missourians declined to make it harder to amend the State Constitution.

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New Mexico’s attorney general sued the JD on Wed. over its refusal to share unredacted documents from its files on Epstein, arguing that the Trump administration was obstructing the state’s criminal investigation of the disgraced financier. #EpsteinFiles #ZorroRanch #Blues

New Mexico Sues Trump Administration for Unredacted Epstein Files in Zorro Ranch Investigation (Gift Article)

The Zorro Ranch outside Santa Fe, where Epstein victims said they were abused, is at the center of an ongoing feud between the state and federal government.

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When the El Paso facility’s power plant is complete, it could emit as much planet-warming carbon dioxide in a year as 360,000 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles over the same period. #DataCentersSuck #Pollution #TrumpPoisoningTheEnviroment #ClimateChange #Blues

Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution (Gift Article)

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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." MLK

Turns out that we were able to learn that names aren't scary; people and their actions are.

Bigotry is a tool of the rich to stay rich

Florida man finally has been named!

Feels like we are gonna be hearing about "Mike from Florida" a whole in the next few months.

El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"

This is how GOP clowns answer the question when they think Trump will never hear it (because they thought grand jury proceedings would remain sealed):

DGM@notredale.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Graham on the political question of our time.

It was funny watching Guy 1 go through the first few like he was winning at Trivia Tuesday before it got up to 2016, then realized what he was walking into.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Omg 🤬. #AbolishIce #Blues

ICE detainee reveals video of drinking water apparently contaminated with worm-like creatures

‘Disturbing’ footage shared by California detainee surfaces amid wider complaints about conditions in ICE detention

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This is how it’s done…challenge, take the field, attack…don’t let up!

I like this guy. Pity his name isn’t Bob Henderson.

Looks like Michigan got itself a fighter! Yay!

Other Democrats, take notes! This is the way

Finally some fighters on the left side of the house.

The primary is over. When Mi Democrats say vote blue no matter who, we mean it! All eyes on Mike Rogers, all in for Abdul. Let’s go Michigan!!

This is more than a movement. This is a full-force frontal attack on the corrupt GOP establishment. And that's exactly what it's going to take in Trump's America. El-Sayed is the right Democratic candidate at this moment in time. We need more like him all around the country.

This is the fighting attitude that has been mostly lacking in the party for about a decade.

He’s calling out his opponent, I won’t try to twist anything out of what he said. He angrily called out his opponent for 5 debates, I didn’t hear him mention anyone other than his opponent.

Every Democrat should be angry! This 💩 has gone on for long enough, this isn’t strongly worded letter time, it’s in your face time!

And the gauntlet has been dropped. 😆🙌🏻 Let’s if Rogers is like all the other chicken shit republicans that can’t stand on a debate stage and defend their positions and policies.

AI is a gimmick for grubbing money out of governments and investors.  “AI isn't going to wake up, become superintelligent and turn you into paperclips—but rich people with AI investor psychosis are almost certainly going to make you much, much poorer.” Corey Doctorow

Love this level of aggression.

Already swinging. Love it!

Something real is happening in rural Iowa. Voters who backed Ernst, Grassley, & Trump are turning out for Josh Turek because they’ve finally had enough. That’s not a fluke, that’s a movement building right in front of us, and we’ve got 90 days to keep it growing. #BlueWaveIn90Days

#MusicChallenge #AuralVisualConnection day 5 Elevation U2 some of the instruments on this one sound mechanical to me youtu.be/19KstSgU-c0?...

U2 - Elevation (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by U2VEVO

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Donald Teplyske- Fervor Coulee: Roots Music Opinion [he/him]@fervorcoulee.bsky.social · 21h ago

Day 5 of August's #AuralVisualConnection #MusicChallenge #MusicSky (Day 61/63) Post a song that comes to mind based on the provided album cover 🔽⏬⏬ BUT it can’t be a song/cover from the record/the featured artist. Explain reasoning. No one has yet announced the theme, but I'm sure it's been sensed.