This is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING.
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Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
It’s completely nuts that Trump won by less than 2M votes with near universal media help and worldwide rage at incumbents and the media treated this like a permanent sea change towards MAGA and now less than 2 years later he’s the least popular President in history and there’s no media reckoning
"“You can’t get rid of 30 percent of your staff and expect to be functional,” says Traci DiMartini, the former IRS human capital officer who was one of the first high-ranking officials DOGE pushed out last year. “Things are starting to break.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The IRS is imploding.
The CEO says the agency is proving it's possible to have “less people and better results.”
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AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into the walls of our civilization and our descendants will be digging it out for generations: pluralistic.net/2026/04/08/p... 36/
Pluralistic: Process knowledge (08 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
My quote of the day We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. Ray Bradbury
I think the main takeaway here is he’s terrified at the prospect of a Dem majority capable of conducting meaningful oversight and desperate for a pretext to meddle in the midterms.
Ossoff is a extraordinarily effective questioner in tone and substance — and understands the importance of listening and responding when a witness is blathering.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoOSSOFF: Are you aware that Gabbard was present at the Fulton County raid? CLAYTON: ... O: What is going on here? C: ... ... O: Are you aware that members of this committee are probing Gabbard's potential misconduct? CLAYTON: .... Uh uh .... COTTON: Senator Ossoff your time is expired!
The MAGA plot to subvert the 2026 midterm elections is coming into focus. 1. Declassify docs to claim 2020 was stolen. 2. Declare a "national emergency" to seize control of the election apparatus. 3. Hope the "national security" predicate keeps courts out. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
MAGA media's laughable propaganda about Trump's popularity is instrumental to the plot to subvert elections
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoit's even dumber than you think
once again, it is clear that donald trump has not had a new or even vaguely original thought since the 1980s
NERV IRB Coordinator@professormusgrave.bsky.social · 3w agoTrump's proposing a 20% surcharge on traffic through the strait of Hormuz. It's another calamity that Americans will play off but the rest of the world won't forget--and it's exactly what he proposed in 1989: open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...
RIP Lindsey Graham. You taught me it was okay to be a coward whose only skill is debasing myself until death for a tiny, ultimately illusionary crumb of power.
The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society.
It's interesting that this is clearly just trying to affect media coverage of gas prices and not gas prices themselves.
USA TODAY@usatoday.com · 4w agoThe White House launched gas stations, it announced on July 7, but the prices aren't much lower than the national average. See where they're located.
When Biden did literally this exact thing the media organized Biden Is Unfit parades in every major city until he dropped out
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w agoTrump repeatedly refers to Zelenskyy as "President Putin"
Well, we may have lost but at least we look like we cheated
Years ago, in a match between Naples and Verona, Verona had a banner saying “Let’s go, Vesuvius” and Naples had a banner saying “Juliet, you are a slut”
glad congress isn’t alive to see this
Bill Prady@billprady.com · last mo.There were two entities: America 250, a bipartisan organization chartered by Congress, and Freedom 250, a Trump-backed group. Companies intending to donate to America250 were supplied routing and account numbers that directed their funds to Freedom 250. wapo.st/4fe4Whs
Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. took four months off from Congress, fully paid, to treat depression. Time and again, he’s voted against paid sick leave legislation. www.levernews.com/sick-leave-f...
Sick Leave For Me, Not For Thee
Rep. Tom Kean Jr. took four months off from Congress, fully paid, to treat depression. Time and again, he’s voted against paid sick leave legislation.
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lovely out today; love summer what a great time of year
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One reason the US is considering acquiring Greenland is to secure access to seafood that could potentially bring back unlimited shrimp at Red Lobster. Not a joke! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
