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www.stidmatt.com Productivity isn't everything, but in the long run, it is everything. #NAFO https://u24.gov.ua Any country or group that attacks civilians is no ally. It’s international law. Slava Ukraine
The century long battle for control of the Democratic Party between New Deal (Progressive) Democrats and Southern (New) Democrats continues.
Progressives and moderate Democrats both see wins in primary races while Trump flexes power over GOP
Everyone got a little bit of what they wanted in Tuesday's primary elections. It was a good night for the Democratic establishment, the progressives and Republican candidates endorsed by President Tru...
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There is no safe level of silica dust and coal for miners. The only way to end black lung is to end coal mining. The government is killing people to prop up a dying business. Despite voting for Republicans, people in Appalachia are being killed by their policies.
Appalachia's black lung rates highest in nearly 50 years as miners' protections stall
Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
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Mazel Tov, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social! Abdul’s win is a victory for everyone who supports equality, justice, and a thriving future for all - for Palestinians, Israelis, our neighbors, and ourselves!
Sinister! A lot of NYPD resent Summer Streets for sulky culture war reasons (hatred of cyclists, car hog mentality, see healthy use of public space as “liberal”) and are trying to ruin it with costly security overkill. @mayor.nyc.gov needs to stop this shit cold even if it costs him
Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · 2d agoSummer Streets attendees were stunned by the sheer number of police and their vehicles clogging many intersections — in what one cop called "overkill."
The Republicans need to clue in quickly on this issue, because otherwise we might just move these programs down to the state level to protect our schools, health, and transit. We fund the government. They will lose this bluff.
Senate Dems Push Trump to Restore Blue-State Grants Canceled for Partisan Reasons | Common Dreams
Democratic senators demand Trump administration restore canceled grants for renewable energy projects based on political reasons.
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Vogels don't fly in the sky, pajaros do. But those two mean the same thing in two different languages. Sounds stupid, right? That's how it sounds when people say we are not a democracy; we are a republic. Two different languages, but they mean the same thing.
...life in a combat zone, where the contrasts are striking. Every frame highlights just how difficult life is in Ukrainian cities within the combat zone today. You will see the consequences of war through the eyes of those who have found themselves at the epicenter of events.
Every death of every Ukrainian in this stupid war is a war crime.
Republicans are absolute clowns. It takes five to ten minutes to make a better map in Inkscape than this garbage, depending on the cartographer's skill.
US government map of Africa at summit gets every country wrong
Errant slide contained watermark signaling graphic was generated using OpenAI tools during State Department presentation.
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Most of the corruption perpetrated by the Trump admin would not be possible without the complicit enabling of the Republican majorities in the House and Senate. The only way to put any check and balance on this out of control regime is to vote them out in November.
FEMA authorized the use of funds to fight the Spokane wildfire, despite Washington being a Democratic state. Let's hope this continues.
FEMA Authorizes Funds to Fight Old Trails Fire in Washington
BOTHELL, Wash. – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Old Trails Fire burning in Spokane County, Washington.
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America’s obsession with stopping Iran from having a nuclear weapon was always Israel’s paranoia “tail,” wagging the US “dog.” For a long time, the balance of power in the Middle East sat between Iraq & Iran military powers, & Saudi Arabia controlling oil markets via OPEC. It was tense but stable.
Once he’s gone, every trace of his presidency needs to be removed.
Washington pays far more into the federal government than they get back. I hope Spokane gets all the federal support they pay for as if it was a hurricane hitting Florida .
The Spokane fires are terrifying. Citys burning down is horrifying. I so sorry to everyone affected. After the fire behind my place a few weeks ago I feel for every single person and animal in its path. Its been an ever present worry the past few years, every fire season. 😭😭😭🫂🫂🫂💔💔💔
Hey Donald. #Spokane is burning. #DonaldTrump: Shut up. Can’t you see I’m golfing? #wildfire #wildfires
Here is the Autumn Lane fire north of Spokane Washington yesterday afternoon, seen from the prodigious queue of cars evacuating the Indian Trail neighborhood. After we passed, it grew much larger and overran the road.
When I lived in Spokane I was amazed to learn you used to be able to take a street car to Coeur d'Alene, id quite easily. Now that stretch of i90 is frequently congested due to exurban sprawl. We should retvrn.
RFK Jr. is now telling parents to vaccinate their children against measles. It only took 2,371 confirmed infections, the highest number recorded in 35 years. Better late than never… unless you are one of those families that had to learn this lesson the hard way. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
🇵🇱🇺🇦 Another brutal attack in Gdynia in the middle of the day. Ukrainian woman was returning home from work and had just stopped and spoken Ukrainian when a man ran up from behind, hitting her twice on the head with an unknown object — now the victim has a broken head and needs stitches.
Every nation’s independence starts with people demanding the right to shape their own future. Today, I joined thousands of Ecuadorian New Yorkers in Queens for the largest Ecuadorian parade in the United States, celebrating 217 years since Ecuador’s First Cry of Independence.
The DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.
Democratic Socialists’ bus benches remain, city mum on next steps | Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — The handmade bus benches installed by the Wilmington Democratic Socialists of America have highlighted a problem nearly everyone agrees exists: most Wave bus stops have nowhere for riders...
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The reason the DSA folks seem to get so much attention is that they tend to talk about stuff like why your rent is high or why the bus is never on time. Voters by and large don’t really care about “democracy” because a lot of them have not gotten much out of democracy www.npr.org/2026/07/29/n...
To win over working-class voters, Democrats need to stop talking about democracy
Working-class voters have moved away from the Democratic Party. Winning them back is key to the party's future, a new reports shows. But first, the messaging has to change.
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❗️Destroyed 🇷🇺Russian Wildberries warehouse in the settlement of Novosemeykino, Samara Oblast, after a nighttime attack by 🇺🇦Ukrainian drones.
David Frum Said This July 30 2026. Frum Was The Former Speech Writer For George W. Bush........
