“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

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SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Compare the answer to this question that the National President of the College Democrats of America gave me in an interview a few weeks ago to the answer from the next likely Democratic Party Speaker of the House:

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

WELKER: Do democratic socialists belong in the Dem Party? JEFFRIES: What I can say is I do not support defunding the police, I do not support open borders, I do not support abolishing the Senate. We're focused on actually solving the problems hard-working American taxpayer want us to solve ...

Here's Amazon's two new planned fossil-fuelled AI data centres next to the ENTIRE POWER GRIDS OF SEVERAL LARGE COUNTRIES Together, the two gas-burning data centres will emit more than Spain's entire grid, if built

“Nobody speaks that way around me, but I think it’s a person’s prerogative to speak the way they want. There must be lots of comics in nightclubs who speak similarly and they don’t get harassed.” Mary Morello, Free Speech Activist Who Defended Explicit Lyrics, Dies at 102 (gift link):

Mary Morello, Free Speech Activist Who Defended Explicit Lyrics, Dies at 102 (Gift Article)

An Illinois teacher — and the mother of the rock star Tom Morello — she took on Tipper Gore during culture war skirmishes over warning labels on records.

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‼️📣 Our chapter is now reviewing inquiries for candidate endorsements and ballot guide recommendations! Learn more about our process and how to formally inquire on our website - cosdsa.org/endorsement-process

New: We pieced together dozens of violent incidents from the ICE agents seen in viral videos from Virginia this week. They've roamed across multiple states, but are most often working in Chicago. We also verified the identity of Martin Lagunas, the fed who pointed his gun at a woman on Monday:

Chicago ICE team seen threatening drivers has roamed from Illinois to Minnesota to Virginia

A federal agent from Chicago identified by community members as 40-year-old Martin Lagunas was recorded pointing his gun in the face of a Virginia woman on Monday. His team of ICE agents has been docu...

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Trump has… -Deleted a key anti-money laundering database -Pardoned dozens of white collar criminals and fraudsters -Dropped 150+ investigations into corporate wrongdoing It’s a “New Golden Age” alright — for corporate and white collar crime.

Hey remember when the media and gop freaked out when bill clinton spoke to the attorney general for five seconds?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is speaking at a Trump rally to endorse Bruce Blakeman

Taylor Farms' parent company has given $2.2M to GOP PACs this election cycle. That includes $1M to Trump's own PAC, just 6 days after the FDA delayed new food tracing requirements last year. Money in politics is sickening.

I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!

Hateful rhetoric has no place on the field, in the gym, or on the court. All kids have the right to play. All kids deserve to be protected from harm caused by politicians–or even professional athletes–who think they can intrude on private family decisions.

Sophie Cunningham isn’t rejecting politics. She’s cashing in on them

Sophie Cunningham’s rise says less about basketball than the incentives of a sports culture where outrage, identity politics and attention have become lucrative commodities

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Rep. Ralph Norman, who’s in a Senate runoff with Lindsey Graham’s sister Darline, secretly urged a military-backed coup in 2021 to keep Trump in power. But the NY Times thinks it’s no big deal. In its last 92 stories mentioning Norman over 3 years and 7 months, it hasn’t stated that fact once. 1/7🧵

Comparing this to your pinned skeet, wondering which is your true stance:

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 3mo ago

Accountabillty matters. Transparency matters. Truth matters. Self dealing--it needs to be documented and exposed. Especially when it involves the president of the United States. No matter what it takes. You nail it down. Expose it. Share it with the world. We did that. And I am proud.

Todd Blanche, to senators during his confirmation process, talked up his commitment to defend the law in question:

@thereloadteam.bsky.social · 5d ago

Gun Group, Republican Candidate Transfer Unregistered Silencer as DOJ Misses Appeal Deadline

One of the many school streets. A couple of years ago it was a regular street with 1 lane of parking , one lane for cars, and one tiny bike lane. Change is possible

Assortment of #eclipse photos from Leon Spain, after slight edits. Taken with Dwarf Mini and #Fujifilm X-T4. Lucky to run into @caseydreier.bsky.social who extended some amazing hospitality as my original location had questionable weather. @planetarysociety.bsky.social

48hrs left to back us at bookmedaddy.com 🎲 Featuring @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social and Beth May with Folgers Vocals by Maxton Waller ☕

A rare sight over Trinity today! Oxford got a front-row seat to the deepest solar eclipse visible in the UK in over two decades, with over 90% of the Sun covered this evening. Eerie.....

SCOOP: He was one of a handful of Democrats who joined Republicans in May to pass an anti-trans bill through the House. Last night, instead of listening to trans constituents at a meeting that I attended, Eugene Vindman got angry. It went downhill from there. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Virginia congressman's meeting with transgender Democrats erupts into profanity. Then he walked out

Constituents in King George County confronted Rep. Eugene Vindman over his vote for Republican-backed legislation affecting trans students, triggering a heated exchange.

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Hi all! I spent the summer creating an app to let my students practice legal citation and am now trying to get it uploaded to various platforms. Google Play requires me to get 12 people to test it for 14 days. If you have an Android and would be willing to check it out, would you let me know?

This memo is factually inaccurate. Bloomberg peer @hellgatenyc.com continues to cover 100% of employees' healthcare premiums, as any company with sufficient revenue should until the day this country recognizes that health care is a human right.

I proudly endorse this message from my grandparents ❤️

75 lawsuits, winning over 80% of the time, and over $1.2 billion protected for Colorado. That’s it, that’s the Tuesday tea. #Philforgovernor #COpolitics

Preferential voting primaries. STARS would be better, but ranked choice is a viable option.

Flying Mezerkis@bananapantz.bsky.social · 6d ago

Write-ins could almost be the spoiler here.

After Hong wins today, I want to see all the "vote blue no matter who" folks come around and support her against Republican Tiffany.

Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention

My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.

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Thank you, Sergey Brin. "Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight billionaire tax" techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/g...

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 7d ago

This billionaire is accidentally making the case for why we need a wealth tax better than anyone else could.

The @nytimes hasn't written a single article asking if "voters will think Tom Tiffany is too radical" because he is an election-denying, pro-ICE, authoritarian extremist. Somehow, his position on the political spectrum has disappeared completely from the National and State Conversations™️

Will Wisconsin Voters Think Francesca Hong Is Too Radical? Here’s Where She Stands.

The democratic socialist is the front-runner to win the Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin on Tuesday.

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