Is it too much to ask to have party leaders who weren’t eligible to draw social security before facebook was founded?
Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov · 1h agoAmericans can’t fuel their cars on wishful thinking and Trump’s empty promises @democrats.senate.gov have forced 13 votes on Iran War Powers Resolutions to end Trump’s war And we’ll keep fighting for as long as it takes to bring our troops home, lower costs, and end this illegal, unnecessary war
The dystopia is here
CNN@cnn.com · 1h agoA new company called PriorityEvac, which launched in June, is offering private evacuation flights from Florida’s coasts. For $1,250 a year, a member is guaranteed a spot aboard an Airbus A320 aircraft to Atlanta for a maximum of two hurricanes per season. https://cnn.it/4cpbgkr
Puerto Rico begins water rationing in San Juan and other major cities as crisis deepens
Puerto Rico begins water rationing in San Juan and other major cities
Residents will lose running water for up to 48 hours at a time under a rotating rationing schedule
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Lettuce, jalapeños, bacon, you know what won’t make you shit you pants? Cool Ranch Doritos and double stuffed Oreos
if establishment candidates want to start winning primaries again all you have to do is say that rich people have too much money and that youll prosecute trump admin staffers and republicans that have broken the law
A guy went out to see what his dog was up to and discovered it happily playing with a capybara. Original post
Same thing happened to me during a blood drive at work
Tyler, from the Internet@tylerfromtheinternet.com · 20h agoI remember being in one of those trucks answering questions not paying attention and then suddenly I realized I'd also answered sex-related questions and they told me I couldn't give blood, and sort of awkwardly shuffled around until I left, people outside thinking I chickened out or something.
I’m not the only one, right?
Dean Obeidallah@deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 6d agoNew: Emerson poll shows Abdul El-Sayed with 15 point lead over Haley Stevens in Democratic primary. If this holds up it shows again that Democratic voters want real change--not candidates vowing to return to status quo. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
Last week police came across a vehicle they didn't expect in a Cabela's parking lot in Wisconsin: a helicopter. When asked, the pilot said he flew as the drive was "too long."
Seems like an odd article for a news org based in the uk, but whatever
The Independent@the-independent.com · yesterdayTed Lasso fans can visit these Kansas City filming locations from season 4
You can never just move on from this, even after he's gone. Without punishment and ostracism for everyone who has participated in his crime spree over the last 18 months you can forget it- we're all just treading water until the next tyrant
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterday“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
I’m a firm believer that the reason kids in the US get assigned so much homework is so that they become conditioned to working outside of working hours and not getting paid for it
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · yesterdayIn a college sociology class in the late 1980s I was assigned a Marxist analysis of education that argued that the US education system is designed primarily to produce efficient workers for the labor market. And now Trump’s Department of Education is just tweeting it out.
We told you so. Trump deploying agents to voting stations in Detroit, Hamtramck, Lansing, & East Lansing. Keep these numbers on you in case you observe any interference, intimidation, or other bullshit. Election protection hotline (non-profit, non-partisan): 866-687-8683
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
every single time this happens the next reporter should ask the same question. and then the next. and the next. he’s not going to cut off access. he craves attention too much for that. call his fucking bluff.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
[GASP] Did Charles just curse?? Oh my stars. What’s next? Him sending strongly worded letters?
Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov · yesterdayTrump is planning to gut Head Start—a devastating blow to our most vulnerable families. That means no math or literacy requirements, no health & safety screenings, no guarantee children can access medical services. He doesn't give a damn. He thinks the government exists to serve only him.
BP's quarterly profit doubles to over $5 billion after Iran war oil surge reut.rs/3ScrS8f
BP's quarterly profit doubles to over $5 billion after Iran war oil surge
BP reported second-quarter profit more than doubled to $5.73 billion, beating forecasts thanks to higher energy prices, trading and refining margins, as CEO Meg O'Neill outlined the group's priorities.
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See what I love about Mamdani is he actually enacts fixes that will last past his term, stuff that has long-lasting effects and has science and common sense behind it. Public Bathrooms mean cleaner streets, shade trees lower the temp of entire neighborhoods, public grocery stores help more people.
But by all means, let’s cater to the centrists
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · yesterday71% OF DEMOCRATS NOW IDENTIFY AS LIBERAL, UP FROM 55% IN 2012-POLL
What a groundbreaking idea! Golly, can’t believe no one working on federal monetary policy has never thought of that before!!
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · yesterdayUS Treasury Secretary Bessent: Fed have to be thinking 9, 12, 18 months out.
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
No degree or accolade can match the feeling I get when an animal decides I'm comfortable enough to fall asleep on
seeing lots of algospeak-adjacent anti-surveillance content on youtube these days from relative normies
I love big brother #woahbros
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