FT: "... Since attacking Iran in February, Trump’s immediate demands have shrunk from a sprawling list of concessions .. to just one: that Iran allow the Strait of Hormuz to return to its prewar state ..” @financialtimes.com #SuezMoment www.ft.com/content/87b0...

Donald Trump trapped between escalation and an Iran deal on Tehran’s terms

US president faces few good options to exit a war he once said would end swiftly with the Islamic republic’s surrender

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Yes sir

The decisive failure of GOP referenda in Kansas Amendment 1 and Missouri Amendment 4 yesterday is yet another reminder of something I've been saying for a while: Voters, even Republican voters, now regularly despise and repudiate GOP attempts to use them to destroy democracy.

“In other words: generative AI is catnip to the men who miss female sycophants.” @katemanne.bsky.social is provocative and insightful, as ever, with this feminist approach to AI.

A Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female Sycophants

And we have missed a central reason why AI is a feminist issue

katemanne.substack.com

One of the last opportunities for Cassidy to show even a semblance of dignity.

Steven T. Dennis@steventdennis.bsky.social · yesterday

Last thing standing in way of Blanche’s confirmation now is votes of 3 key Rs Lisa Murkowski Susan Collins Bill Cassidy All voted to convict Trump re 1/6 Cassidy is retiring Collins needs Trump voters this fall but also indies / some Ds Murkowski was elected mostly by Ds/Is + R establishment $

The only thing that I personally would notice is not having to scroll past the AI overviews after a search. And that would be nice.

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 20h ago

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

Seeing this take a lot. Copium, I think. I hope everyone realizes how toxic the R brand will be in November. Shit will be bad, and the last thing Dems need is a juiceless moderate. And, of course MAGA strategists think AES is the easiest candidate to beat. They are white supremacists. News at 11.

it's Candy Love@candylovely.bsky.social · 16h ago

I wanted to remind you that in one of my posts this week I alluded to that actual MAGA Republicans we're actually voting for Abdullah Sayed, the Republicans are saying that he will be easier to beat in November if he pulls it out and win tonight

Not surprised that people who keep feeding a government bombs to kill untold numbers of children are willing to turn a blind eyes to a colleague who severely injured his own baby. But still, sick stuff.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6h ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

The only thing that I personally would notice is not having to scroll past the AI overviews after a search. And that would be nice.

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 20h ago

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

Seeing this take a lot. Copium, I think. I hope everyone realizes how toxic the R brand will be in November. Shit will be bad, and the last thing Dems need is a juiceless moderate. And, of course MAGA strategists think AES is the easiest candidate to beat. They are white supremacists. News at 11.

it's Candy Love@candylovely.bsky.social · 16h ago

I wanted to remind you that in one of my posts this week I alluded to that actual MAGA Republicans we're actually voting for Abdullah Sayed, the Republicans are saying that he will be easier to beat in November if he pulls it out and win tonight

Super team who? Play the song.

Cubs Win Flag Waving

Alt: Cubs Win Flag Waving

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Honestly my expectation is that El-Sayed wins comfortably and every pro Democrat to the right of, like, Chris Murphy, is about to get really racist.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 17h ago

MI UPDATE: Abdul El-Sayed is currently surpassing expectations across the board in the Michigan Democratic Senate Primary.

I, too, cannot figure out why an Arab-American epidemiologist from Michigan chose right now to run for office, so it must be because he hates the Democratic Party. I have the brain of a goldfish.

If a feminist author wrote a satirical novel where domestic abusers are literally mainlining a drug they think makes them more manly everyone would be so pissed off

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h ago

TAPPER: The story says when you were picked up for drunk driving, you have ecstasy in your system. When is last time you used illegal drugs? MILLER: I mean, the last time -- I don't know, several years ago? TAPPER: Two? 20? MILLER: This is testosterone replacement theory. Secretary Hegseth ...

I mean, "ideologically motivated distortions" are the main thing that these things are about.

Truthout@truthout.org · 21h ago

Echoing comments by Musk and others on the right about “woke AI,” a recent FTC statement claims AI companies may be required by state laws or simply “tempted” to train LLMs such as Claude and ChatGPT to deliver “ideologically motivated distortions” to consumers expecting objective answers.

If he's talking the upper heights of elite boys' HS basketball, like Oak Hill Academy, which has 2-3 future NBA players on the roster at any given time, okay. But if you could somehow average all boys state champion teams in the country, the worst WNBA team would run them out of the gym.

Sonicscrewdriv4@sonicscrewdriv4.bsky.social · 2d ago

What sort of delusional BS is this??? www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...

One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterday

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Man what an embarrassing position for a member of the US Senate to hold. I'm not saying a thirst for power is good, but why run for Congress if you are going to ABDICATE power?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

Definitely the thing we've learned about centrist Democrats in the 2020s is that they're very trustworthy people.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2d ago

Haley Stevens makes the case for why Michiganders should support her healthcare policies. "I'm the only person in this race…who has stood up to Big Pharma to lower the cost of prescription drugs."

Barely a mile from my house. Absolutely wild story.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2d ago

A Black teen from Milwaukee went missing in 2022. In May, officers in a Virginia town more than 700 miles away went to a home to investigate a domestic dispute. The caller said she was the missing teen and had been held against her will for years. https://wapo.st/3TNvYUI

This is the exact type of Democrat that needs to be run clean out of the Democratic Party, other than voting. It's not just that the bigotry is unacceptable and antithetical to beating MAGA, these people will actively try to sabotage party momentum if they don't get their preferred way.

"Every regulation is written in blood" is a pretty good slogan but this stuff was also written in a book that everyone should have read in high school, or at least undergrad.

Reuters@reuters.com · 2d ago

Michigan reports two deaths in ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak reut.rs/4w4bd4E

Michigan reports two deaths in ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak reut.rs/4w4bd4E

Michigan reports two deaths in ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak

Two deaths have been identified ​as part of a cyclosporiasis outbreak affecting Michigan, ‌the state's health department said on Monday.

reut.rs

This fall, WA voters will weigh in on a ballot measure to bar trans athletes from participating on girls’ sports teams. The initiative requires girls in K-12 school sports to undergo sex testing, including an examination of their reproductive anatomy. My latest: www.thecut.com/article/wash...

The Push to Force Genital Exams on Student Athletes

In just a few months, Washington could become the first state to require sex-verification tests for girls playing sports in K–12 schools.

thecut.com

I knew it was bad, but this is way beyond what I had imagined. So horrible. #fires #wildfires

Time to add another formerly respected institution to the garbage pile, this time @aau.edu, which just worked with the Trump admin to endorse resegregation in high education, embedding MAGA fraudsters as faculty, and banning student expression. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Scoop: The Trump administration is sending a letter to college presidents asking them to pledge a series of policy changes by the end of the year. Unlike last year's Compact, this effort was devised with input from higher ed leaders. Free link to my exclusive: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

McMahon Asks US Colleges to Pledge Campus Reforms by End of 2026

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter Monday to the leaders of US universities asking them to commit to a slate of campus reforms by the end of 2026 in the Trump administration’s lates...

bloomberg.com

This is the gas station our family uses most often, and for months after, our kids wouldn't want to stop there because they were so freaked over what had happened. The whole topography of the city changed for them.

Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · 2d ago

On Jan. 11, Gregory Bovino watched as his Border Patrol agents dragged a man out of his car at a St. Paul Speedway, knelt on his back until he lost consciousness, and dragged his limp body into the back of a van. The man's name is Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano and this is his story.

There is way too much conspiracism. Do not give Elon Musk the credit for rigging multiple state voting systems, each with multiple failsafes--before, during and after the voting process--and in which 98% of all votes have a paper trail. Does that sound like something he can do? It's just free PR.

He is the single most unlikable person in America (the competition is stiff) and his plan is to dump a bunch of money behind Republicans. That was his plan last time too, plus handing out $100 bills or whatever.