I'm going to throw this out on the internet because I don't know what to do. I've been informed that my nephew, who's worked for SpaceX for four years, has been meeting with Elon personally on a regular basis in Texas for the past month. He is one in a group of five other young men.
Over 2,700 in attendance. DeVos Hall (yes, that DeVos family) usually holds 2,500. They turned people away. AOC, Bernie, and Abdul were on fire.
We're officially off the scale. I've hit my asthma inhaler twice already.
ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. It cannot be reformed. It cannot be retrained. ICE must be abolished.
let this be a lesson to deal with your feelings of gender anxiety and masculine inadequacy with a hobby or therapy or something and not a high stakes senate election
Germany breaks all-time high temperature record. “Germany saw its highest temperature ever recorded on June 26 at 41.3C [106F], according to preliminary weather data, as the country braces itself for the possibility of even higher temperatures over the weekend." www.straitstimes.com/world/europe...
Germany sees hottest temperature on record of 41.3 deg C, says weather service
The weekend could see highs of up to 42 deg C. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Abdul in town tonight. This guy is an incredible speaker.
They do not want *this*, no matter how ill-defined, or possibly undefinable, *this* is. And they certainly do not want people who are super into crypto or AI or funding ICE but training them better, basically, they do not want the Dem waiter to KEEP BRINGING THEM THE SOUP, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT 7/x
It must be nice to be wealthy, & somewhat insulated from the effects of Trump’s destruction of America. Instead of wringing your hands over this, take some time to reflect on WHY progressive candidates have swept the board in NY. Consider Starmer’s downfall here in the UK. We are tired of centrists.
The Department of Justice will take on enforcement of civil rights in education, while the Department of Health and Human Services will oversee special education, administration officials announced.
Trump ramps up Education Department's dismantling with changes on special education and civil rights
President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
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In another timeline Donald Trump could have gone down as the Bill Cosby of child molestation
Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...
China is building a sprawling web of launch pads, bunkers and communications nodes near its nuclear missile silos in the country’s northwestern desert, satellite imagery shows reut.rs/4aenKdy
China is building launch pads near its nuclear missile silos
Satellite images show China is constructing a web of launch pads and other infrastructure near the isolated nuclear silos that hold the country’s longest-range missiles.
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It's funny what happens when someone like good Alan here posts a thought-provoking piece like this one. It drives out the profiles that warn all of preemptive blocking for anyone who disagrees with them, and usually, they're the ones who think anyone to the left of John Kerry is Angela Davis.
Alan Elrod@aselrod.bsky.social · 5mo agoGood morning. Wake up and smell the coffee, Democrats. The coffee of history! www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-ne...
Alabama Legislature is meeting on redistricting; we are under a tornado watch, and it’s flooding in the building. These metaphors are too on the nose.
My rep, who took over $400,000 in AIPAC funds and supports building data centers, just endorsed her AIPAC sister, Haley Stevens, who's accepted over 5.4 MILLION DOLLARS. Stevens was shouted down and booed off the stage at the Dem convention in Ann Arbor three weeks. READ THE ROOM, IDIOTS
Enshittification continues! New IKEA chair cushions - GARBAGE compared to previous purchases. New wastebasket arrives damaged in packaging process. New chair joint is peeling. New ceiling fan is dropped in transit - glass globe shattered. New pack of t-shirts - garbage compared to old H&M.
