Truly don't want to hear anything more about 2024. It's like reliving a nightmare. We all know what happened. Time to move forward and fight this year's war. Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter
A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.
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This headline masks the real story. It should have read: GOP senators cave on blocking deal providing Trump $100 million in tax debt relief Even the "brave Republicans" are cowards. Trump Administration Live Updates: Republican Holdouts Say They Now Support Blanche Nomination
Trump Live Updates: Blanche Wins Over G.O.P. Holdouts; Iran Denies Direct U.S.-Iran Talks
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"Officials cautioned that they had not definitively determined who was responsible for the attack and that the preliminary assessment could change as the authorities collected more technical data." Better headline: U.S. claims with slim evidence Iran attack on Minnesota water systems
U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems
Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.
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"The Trump Administration will not cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid benefits. President Trump himself has said it (over and over and over again)." - White House press release, 3-11-2025 Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...
Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums
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This has to be one of the best rock n' roll interviews ever. #Jagger so at ease, insightful, reflective, funny, revealing, totally authentic. Kudos to David Marchese and Mick for such a great talk. Mick Jagger Knows He May Have Played His Last Rolling Stones Show www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/m...
Mick Jagger Knows He May Have Played His Last Rolling Stones Show
The legendary rock star, now 82, on how fame, touring and aging have changed him.
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I really think it’s time to tear down or at the very least rename the Washington and Jefferson monuments. It’s really not OK to honor men who held people in bondage. Enough is enough.
A tremendous thanks to the attorneys general from the 12 states who are fighting this blatant power play by the far right to expand their control over American media. Keep up the great work! Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months
The company agreed to a proposed freeze until June 2027, unless a judge issues a ruling before then on a lawsuit blocking the deal.
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A tremendous thanks to the attorneys general from the 12 states who are fighting this blatant power play by the far right to expand their control over American media. Keep up the great work! Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months
The company agreed to a proposed freeze until June 2027, unless a judge issues a ruling before then on a lawsuit blocking the deal.
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Why don't Democrats just demand that Trump resign. If this is not a blatant, proven abuse of office, the term means nothing. Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Really, how low can you get. Number of U.S. Troop Deaths Suddenly Appears Lower on Pentagon Website www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website
Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.
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Of course the #World Cup presentation ceremony had to be poisoned by the attention grabbing antics of Donald Trump. Day after day this repulsive man seems driven by the singular goal of reasserting his status as the world’s biggest jerk.
Kudos to Boston's progressive Mayor Michelle Wu for backing primary challengers to two Democratic state senators who are obstructing her pan to shift tax burden from homeowners to business sector. www.wbur.org/news/2026/07...
Payback politics? Wu backs challengers to state senators who blocked her tax plan
In a highly unusual move in the insular world of Massachusetts politics, Wu is the first mayor in recent memory to openly campaign against state senators who have blocked her priorities.
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Kudos to Boston's progressive Mayor Michelle Wu for backing primary challengers to two Democratic state senators who are obstructing her pan to shift tax burden from homeowners to business sector. www.wbur.org/news/2026/07...
Payback politics? Wu backs challengers to state senators who blocked her tax plan
In a highly unusual move in the insular world of Massachusetts politics, Wu is the first mayor in recent memory to openly campaign against state senators who have blocked her priorities.
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💙💙💙NJ Town pulled $91 Million from Citizens Bank ➡️because they fund ICE Detention Centers (aka Camps) Great job for taking a stand against the inhumanity 👏👏
This N.J. town just pulled $91M from Citizens Bank over ICE
Two N.J. municipalities have now pulled more than $330 million combined, according to the De-ICE Citizens Bank coalition.
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This administration is really going to put The Onion out of business. Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...
Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone
Pete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.
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#ImaginaryMuseum **Artist’s Birthday** Rembrandt, Dutch painter, July 15, 1606-October 4, 1669 Study of an Old Man in Profile, c 1630 Oil on panel, 7.7 x 6.3 in National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen Visit The Imaginary Museum danieljlieberman.com
Just finished this terrific book by the New Yorker's @jelaniya.bsky.social, a fresh compilation of his essays from 2012-25 that together serve as a kind of on-the-ground, real-time history of our descent into this calamitous era. Strongly recommend to anyone trying to make sense of these times.
What are the chances that Trump and Vance will claim credit for the benefits of the housing bill Trump refused to sign?
Are we are missing the forest for the trees when it comes to Trump’s corruption? Maybe the real story is not its specific shady dealings but the fact that the Trump administration is just one large criminal organization, and that its gov’t activities are merely a front for its illegal enterprises.
Maybe congressional Democrats should start putting out statements expressing condolences to the McConnell family.
Is Trump asking the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers to stand by in case he needs them to storm FIFA headquarters in the event the US soccer team does not win the World Cup?
What a picture from cheney orr of @reuters.com — a Black woman on a train surrounded by masked white supremacists, emboldened in Trump’s America. One for the history books.
So please someone remind me, what exactly are we celebrating today? Like what is great about the US? Having recently visited the powerful Legacy Museum in Montgomery, AL and on the same trip seen Confederate monuments across the deep south, my patience with #"American exceptionalism" is about spent.