It feels like the summer of 2020 when Trump was limbering up Remember what happened. He tried 63 different vectors of attack & lost all but one We need to be vigilant ... But be confident too @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social👇 -TN
Tom Shafer
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Cat-dad, former IT professional, actor, photographer. Enjoying retirement.
LOL they literally settled as I was typing. Only $17 billion but product changes are major: •limit minors’ access to 2 hours/day •blocks from midnight-6am •Notifications blocked between 10pm-7am & during school hours •concealing likes for minors •banning beauty filters •can deactivate the news feed
David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 6h agoMeta is in the midst of a trial for addicting children to its websites. It could cost them $200 billion (or even $1.4 *trillion* by some accounts). It could be the end of social media as we know it, and @ryanlcooper.com feels fine: "Social media... is a gravely toxic institution."
Massive political spending is an avenue for the sort of undue influence that most American voters view as corrupt. Restoring confidence in government will require major reforms to address the concentration of private wealth and public power. bit.ly/4xN3MQt
Cyclospora Outbreak Shows Why So Many Americans Are Angry About Corruption
Following major lobbying and campaign spending from the food industry, an important safety rule has been delayed for years.
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Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’
Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’
The federal judge, who cited Dolly Parton in his ruling, found that the state law violated the First Amendment.
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⚖️ This entire document, released by the White House and promoted by John Solomon, contains corroborating evidence for the Steele dossier. Even Trump's "pee-pee" (or orgy) tape in Moscow had been reported before Steele discovered it. Christopher Steele was right, and the FBI knew it. 1 /@PiperK
If "He gets it done!!!" means neutralizing a co-equal branch of government, sure.
Judge Talwani, reaffirming her injunction to the USPS order (which has now issued), holds that the US violated the prelim injunction by moving forward on finalizing the order. Also invites Ps to file an amended complaint since Rule has issued. Battle joined. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum & Order – #201 in League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump (D. Mass., 1:26-cv-11549) – CourtListener.com
Judge Indira Talwani: MEMORANDUM & ORDER entered. For the foregoing reasons, the court finds that Defendants violated the court's Preliminary Injunction but imposes no remedy other than identifying th...
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Pairs nicely with the Melania statue in Slovenia.
Greg Olear@gregolear.bsky.social · 23h agoReal $1 coin. He looks like he fell asleep in the tanning chair with sunglasses on.
@thepoliticsbar.bsky.social @silversmith1.bsky.social @jodyhamilton.bsky.social I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but it's definitely worth sharing from writer Mike Schur, courtesy of Sen. Warren. Hollywood mega mergers hurt everyone except the people at the top #BlockTheMerger
Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov · yesterdayHollywood mega mergers hurt everyone except the people at the top. If you read one thing about the potential Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, let it be this: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
It is not up to the president what the Kennedy Center is called. It is not up to the president what the Department of Defense is called. It is not up to the president what the Gulf of Mexico is called. It is not up to the president what Lake Ontario is called.
So has anyone asked the White House yet about why they need a second bunker?
Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
The president has no role in elections. Six disgraceful partisan hacks on the Supreme Court have just given him a lawless green light to manipulate votes by mail for voter suppression. The Roberts Court majority fits more in Putin’s Russia
#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Dem. appointees, #SCOTUS has *granted* the Trump administration’s request to freeze a district court injunction that had blocked the mail-in ballots executive order. But Trump’s EO remains blocked by a different injunction in a different case—at least for now:
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Justice Jackson: This "violates well-established precedents concerning this Court's equitable discretion and needlessly injects chaos and uncertainty into the upcoming midterm elections. It also lets another shoe drop in the Kafkaesque nightmare that our precedents have been steadily creating."
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d agoReuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT LIFTS JUDICIAL DECISION THAT BLOCKED IN 23 STATES AND WASHINGTON, D.C. TRUMP'S ORDER RESTRICTING MAIL-IN BALLOTS
@stephaniemiller.bsky.social @jodyhamilton.bsky.social If I may pre-rebut your interview with LA Mayor Bass, she is calling for talks to resolve issues in the Paramount-WB Merger, presumably with goal of protecting jobs. Mergers have *never* resulted in the protection of jobs. #BlockTheMerger
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California Cancels Talks With Paramount Over Warner Bros. Merger
Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, accused Paramount of leaking and misrepresenting earlier settlement discussions. He is leading a group of 12 states that have sued to block the $111 billion d...
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https://ow.ly/iSHH50ZEn0A SAG-AFTRA remembers longtime union leader Shelley Fabares for her remarkable career and service to fellow performers. A #SagAftraMember since 1953 and former National Board member, she served on the SAG Awards Committee, 2003-2018, helping celebrate the work of performers.
Shelley Fabares, Star of ‘Coach’ and ‘The Donna Reed Show,’ Dies at 82
Shelley Fabares died on Aug. 22 at the age of 82. She first enjoyed success as Mary on ‘The Donna Reed Show’ and later received Emmy nominations for her role on ‘Coach.’ She also had a No. 1 single with ‘Johnny Angel’ and starred in three movies with Elvis Presley.
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Make a band bigger: 1,000,000 Maniacs
Ruth Ben-Ghiat@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 3d agoMake a band bigger Truly Massive Attack
On 9/11, US airspace closed, Canada launched Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a town of 10,000, received 38 airliners. Residents immediately sheltered, fed, clothed, and supported stranded passengers for days, providing this hospitality free of charge. interestingengineering.com/culture/oper...
🤡 Howard Lutnick tries to justify tariffs on Canada by absurdly claiming that Canada is hostile toward unions. 30% of Canadian workers belong to a union. Only 10% do in America. They either don’t know what they are talking about or they are lying. @magalietracker.bsky.social