The Wanderer
@thatwanderingguy.bsky.social
Medical Technician, politics tracker, enormous nerd, and all around snarky git. May disappear the moment you stop looking at me. He/him. Not all those who wander are lost.
James Talarico: Today is the the anniversary of Ken Paxton’s famous mugshot. What's fascinating about that story is that he was scamming his own friends. If Ken Paxton is willing to scam his own friends for a quick buck, what makes you think he's not going to scam you in the United States Senate?
Should be a huge scandal. And yet we know it won’t be.
HuffPost@huffpost.com · yesterday“A careful review...suggests that the United States has killed individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking," Kaine stated.
Republicans can't handle shit. They are so inept they are killing people. Regulations are written in blood, and we're learning that lesson all over again. How many more have to die in the name of deregulation? www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Michigan reports first US deaths in cyclosporiasis outbreak
A cyclosporiasis outbreak that has grown into the largest on record in the United States has caused its first known deaths, two people in Michigan, the state's health department said on Monday.
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Stop Trying To Pretend Fascist Ideas Are Worth Listening To
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Leftists think Protest Votes will shake up politics. If they withhold votes for flawed candidates, the DNC will offer better candidates. But they never think about the other side. By showing up to vote in numbers too big to ignore, they could shift demographics and become a bloc worth catering to.
For years, institutional Democrats have been telling leftists that if they want a seat at the table, they need to show up and vote. Well, that’s exactly what’s happening, and DSA candidates are making significant gains.
Fossil fuel oligarchs and their paid propagandists can plaster the media and politics attempting to downplay the reality of climate change as much as they want but they're not going to convince insurance companies
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov · 3d agoThe Great Climate Insurance Collapse is beginning before our eyes. How does it happen? Gradually, and then all at once. Buckle up. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
As U.S.-Canada relations worsen, Michigan’s Sault area has lost an estimated $62.7M due to decreased crossings. It’s bewildering, a state senator says. He recalls Canadians helping locals fix the grid after a storm: “This is our best friend in the entire world.”
As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice
Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with a president intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sig...
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"But AI could be used to cure cancer!" Babe with the carcinogenic materials AI data centres release into the water and atmosphere they're far more likely to cause cancers, plural
@mayor.nyc.gov started cracking down on delivery apps’ shady tipping practices in January. That policy has now delivered about $104 MILLION in additional tips to deliveristas. These workers have been fighting Big Tech’s greed for years. Kudos to them and Mayor Mamdani for putting workers first.
Real talk: if someone says they don't want to pay to house the homeless, and that they should be thrown in prison, they actually do support paying to house the poor and homeless. They just want that housing to cost millions to build, millions to maintain, and still more millions to staff. 1/2
New disclosures reveal the number of corporations and trade groups lobbying on data center issues has doubled since last year. Meanwhile, Big Tech companies are pouring millions of dollars into the midterm elections. We must stop the AI takeover before it’s too late.
If you cannot condemn genocide abroad, you cannot be trusted to protect democracy at home. Reject Angie Craig. Vote Peggy Flanagan for US Senate in Minnesota.❤️✊🏽
In a time when the world needed brave investigative journalists more than ever I chose to not do a journalism because it might mean I Lose Access™ - every cowardly corrupt fascist friendly journalist in 2026
The pro-Israel lobby AIPAC and affiliated groups have spent ~$30 million backing Senate candidate Haley Stevens—their largest investment ever in a single race—as they seek to defeat progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Aug. 4 primary. Stevens has emerged as AIPAC’s flagship candidate.
AIPAC has spent a record amount on Michigan's Senate primary, the biggest test of its influence yet
U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens is benefiting from tens of millions in pro-Israel spending in her race to be the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan.
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Fascinating Fiction: Snowpiercer Terrifying Fact: Firepiercer www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R6i...
Video shows wildfire closing in on CN train
YouTube video by The Canadian Press
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Wonderful essay on the conditions that give rise to tech madness, which are structurally and normatively anti-democratic
Henry Farrell@himself.bsky.social · 3w agoThiel sees tech entrepreneurialism and kingship as intimately bound together: acting outside the rules to build the future that no-one else has the long term vision to grasp. “There have to be CEOs and founders. Those people are expected to wear the crown.” www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-politi...
1. TERF activist J.K. Rowling is threatening to bankrupt Amnesty International (UK) with lawsuits because the org dared release a report criticizing anti-trans organizaitons. The UK's laws are designed to allow rich people to suppress speech they do not like. Subscribe to support our journalism.
TERF Activist J.K. Rowling Threatens To Finance Wave Of Attacks On Amnesty International Over Report On Anti-Trans Groups
“They have sued organizations into the ground.”
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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE. His three sons called him “El mundo entero” — the whole world. They watched as their whole world died in a video posted on Facebook. Lorenzo was our neighbor and fellow Texan. He deserves justice.
I'll specifically add my thoughts to this, so there's no confusion. Lindsey Graham was a terrible person who used his political power for evil. We should absolutely call that out. But don't be homophobic about it. We can criticize his hypocrisy without the punchline being, "Ha ha he was gay."
A definitely real job is when a billionaire takes a flier on your future political career by staking you as a venture capitalist.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 4w agoVance: A lot of the people who are going and getting 4-year degrees, they're not like engineers and doctors. They have fake jobs
Oh she is toooootally gunning for Tulsi's position
Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com · 4w agoHaley Stevens spent the debate lying about Abdul El-Sayed rather than defending her own record. Because it's indefensible. $40M AIPAC. Voted to thank Trump's ICE. Voted to arm Israel through genocide. Michigan: Here are the receipts on why you should vote for Abdul El-Sayed.
400 masked cowardly Patriot Front bros walking through D.C. once, then fleeing ain’t shit, peeps. They are a tiny fetid drop in the American bucket. Remember Minneapolis at -20F. We are bigger, braver, and stronger. By a mile.
On America’s 250th, don’t be fooled by self hating immigrants who seethe at the success of immigrants who love themselves for who they are, not for who racists want them to be.
By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Trump: widening inequality and the unchecked power of billionaires. There's no "center" anymore between a takeover of the government by oligarchs and true freedom. Dems need to learn this.
MINNESOTANS!!! Jury nullification is legal and good. But you can’t talk about it while you’re doing it, and you can’t learn about it after you’ve been selected for jury duty. You gotta read up now! beyondcourts.org/sites/defaul...
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Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · last mo.A group of Twin Cities protesters accused of conspiring to impede immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota pleaded not guilty to their charges. The hearing drew several dozen demonstrators to the federal courthouse, calling for the charges to be dropped.
