Please REPOST below. There are so many Americans that are not aware of these cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. It’s so crucial to create as much awareness as possible.🙏

Peter Morley ♿️@petermorley.bsky.social · 12h ago

🚨 @adamsmith.house.gov & I want to remind YOU: In Jan 2027 MORE cruel cuts from '1 Big Beautiful Bill' begin: States must contribute to SNAP, cutting the program by BILLIONS. Medicaid is SLASHED by $1T & most people MUST re-certify 2x a year! The GOP are REPEALING healthcare & making US hungrier. 😡

In 1930, a German newspaper imagined life in the 2000s, depicting people at the dinner table using telephones instead of talking to one another. Boy, did they get that wrong.

Please make sure to say that loud enough so all the peasants can hear you. It’s the tone-deafness that’s getting me today. Incredible.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h ago

Lombardo on Trump: "When the press and media runs him down, they think about 'he's taking care of his billionaire friends.' But those billionaire friends provide jobs. And unless you take care of them, those jobs are absent."

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration has detained more than 50 spouses, parents of US troops in immigration crackdown, AP review finds.

Just once when a Republican calls Democrats “communists” I want a reporter to ask, “Can you define ‘communist’ for me, please?”

Dude just answered everyone’s questions abt what kind of human being he is by speaking out agnst his (ex)wife taking his 2yo to the ER for a broken collarbone (that he allegedly broke). FWIW, my son was born w/a broken collarbone & broke it again in his early 20s. You don’t neglect that at ANY age

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Rep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."

Mexico, huh?

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2d ago

Breaking news: The CDC is expanding the cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states, adding six states where illnesses have been traced to shredded iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico, according to individuals familiar with the investigation.

Holy antisemitic shit!

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 2d ago

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

It’s true that if you don’t try, you can’t do anything.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

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

BREAKING: 56 bipartisan former judges urge SCOTUS to leave Trump's mail in voting EO blocked The EO is anti-voter & anti-constitutional. POTUS is attempting to seize power he does not have @democracydefendersfund.org @campaignlegal.org & Platkin LLP are proud to rep the judges

Are you fucking kidding me? If I didn’t understand that the point of what they’re doing is actually to have an uneducated citizenry, I would think they didn’t understand what the point of an educated citizenry is.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

The time will soon come when “they” say writing in full sentences is a sign of AI. I’m keeping my em dashes, my semi-colons, and my varied sentences. And whatever else AI is stealing from real books. It’s absurd to declare that the skilled use of the English language is a sign of AI.

Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d ago

I saw someone say that sentence length variation is a sign of AI. I’m just out here like, no:

Writers of the Greater Cambridge Area! The deadline to apply for our 2027 Writers in Residence Program marches ever closer! How are your applications coming? Click the link for all the info & to apply

Porter Square Books Writers in Residence Program

Porter Square Books will once again be hosting Writers in Residence in 2027

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Gov. Beshear makes a good point. 🎯

If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org.

Two people in Michigan have now died from the severe diarrhea-causing parasite. @jessicanix.bsky.social has more > www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Two People Die From Illness Traced to US Parasite Outbreak

Two people have died in Michigan from the severe diarrhea-causing parasite that has sickened thousands across the US, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

bloomberg.com

And there you have it

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3d ago

Breaking News: Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, the two Republican senators who threatened to block Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general, now say they support it.

I’m sure there’s a tip line you can call… 🙄

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d ago

PENTAGON: Anyone got any ideas? @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...

DOD is not letting trans service members attend their own separation hearings unless they conform with Whiskey Pete's notion of their gender. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

The tricky part for a future Dem Admin is going to be finding a way to divest the US govt from these companies without tanking their stock price & hurting them over the long term. What Trump is doing is a fundamental tenet of communism while he distracts by claiming Dems are.

People have been wondering when these words would be unironically spoken. Well, here we are.

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 4d ago

an immigration lawyer working on some of these Haitian cases today says an ICE officer told them, re: the ankle monitors: “We’re following our orders.” Direct quote Hm

This is extremely scary

Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 4d ago

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

Someone else identified a key problem here—beyond the obvious—which is that much of America doesn’t realize he says stuff like this.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Trump: “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship! Thank you very much to all of those who participated. I won with a 70, & am so honored in that, unlike the rest of the field, I’m given very little time to practice, bc I’m focused on many other things. It’s called TALENT, and I have it”

Sen. Bernie Moreno (paraphrased): On second thought, now that it's clear this is making me personally look awful, I say domestic abuse, lying about it, and failing basic standards of character like that has no place in the Republican Party, except at the top, and some other places too. Thank you.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d ago

senator bernie moreno finally makes a statement about the allegations of abuse by rep. max miller against his daughter and granddaughter after miller went live on X this morning to deny everything.

This is very good & should be widely distributed. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

As retired US judges, we’re not used to speaking out. But we cannot be silent | Michael P Donnelly and Robert F Orr

We joined a recent bus tour of 30 judges, lawyers and advocates fighting not for any partisan aim, but for the rule of law itself

theguardian.com

after he got big mad about canadian wildfire smoke he decided to just domesticate it

Trump administration denies emergency funding for 2 Oregon wildfires

U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have sent a letter to the federal agency expressing frustration with the decision.

oregonlive.com

My God

Spokane Rising@spokanerising.com · 4d ago

Holy crap. Level 3 (GO NOW!) zone now includes urban Spokane, south of Francis to Wellesley. Level 2 (GET SET!) zone now extends east of Division. Not to be alarmist, but at this rate, it’s not inconceivable that the Old Trails Fire merges with the Fairview Fire.