There's a very good murder-mystery by Ethel Lina White (who also wrote the books that The Lady Vanishes & The Spiral Staircase were based on) called Wax that has lots of spooky waxwork atmosphere. #TheFilmCrowd
Dr. Tea, Cake, & Revolution.
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Dear America, If you want protests to succeed, you have to be in the streets, every day, for weeks or even months--just like the people of Albania have been. Just like Hungarians were last year.
Luca Migo@victinibcn.bsky.social · 50m agoDAY 67 & UNSTOPPABLE! The Flamingo Revolution is fighting for Albania’s protected Vjosa-Narta lagoon! Selling this vital, geopolitical coastal stronghold to the Kushner/ Trump couple is NOT an option. We stand united for our land, wildlife & future! Albania is NOT for sale! 🇦🇱
Young people under 40 better wake tf up- this 80 year old dirty stink is destroying your future. The 5 guys running this country put this party fluffer in charge of “cosmetics”, so you don’t notice them.
The recent addition of 43 Chinese companies, including aluminum producers, to a US government forced labor list underscores the need for car companies to disengage from suppliers linked to Uyghur forced labor.
US Government’s Uyghur Forced Labor List Targets Aluminum
The recent addition of 43 Chinese companies, including aluminum producers, to a US government forced labor list underscores the need for car companies to disengage from suppliers linked to Uyghur forc...
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He flat-out boasts about stealing "hundreds of billions of dollars" from Venezuela. He's lying: He's stealing a lot less than "hundreds of billions." But: -There's no legal basis for "taking out" ANY money from a sovereign nation. And: ♦️Not one DIME of it is going to the US Treasury.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h agoTrump on Venezuela: "We're taking out hundreds of billions of dollars"
The Populist Left Has a Theory. We’re All About to Test It. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/o...
Opinion | Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right. (Gift Article)
Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.
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Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
Private prison firms CoreCivic and GEO Group donated $2.8 million to fund Trump's 2024 election. bsky.app/profile/reic...
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1h agoICE has now spent over $2.2 BILLION on purchasing 4 private prisons from CoreCivic, with the company banking half a billion dollars on the most recent sale. Of course, ICE will not actually operate these facilities; CoreCivic keeps the contracts to run these places for the foreseeable future.
El-Sayed Challenges 'Corporate Sellout' and 'Coward' Mike Rogers to Five Debates www.commondreams.org/news/abdul-e...
El-Sayed Challenges 'Corporate Sellout' and 'Coward' Mike Rogers to Five Debates | Common Dreams
Abdul El-Sayed challenges "corporate sellout" Mike Rogers to five debates after winning Michigan's Democratic primary for US Senate.
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El-Sayed: "Mike, I'm gonna say it right now, I know you're gonna say no because you're a coward: Five debates, alright? ... By the time we're done, you are not gonna have safe quarter from people holding you accountable to what you've done for them here in Michigan. We will send you back to Florida"
You know what screams logical conclusion on this question and puts everything back right? Trump cheated. He cannot have had the votes. Therefore he did not.
Honestly is anyone surprised? I'm not. This is what you get when you elect a criminal who wants to be king to be President. Project 2025 told us exactly what was going to happen. And here we are.
What the moon looks like today, courtesy of Elon and SpaceX
A Ship doctor warns exhausted sailors may go insane on the USS Abraham Lincoln. After 9 months at sea & 5 consecutive months in combat operations, conditions are deteriorating incl moldy showers, food shortages & severe lack of basic supplies. All for Trump's war. www.rawstory.com/uss-abraham-...
'Ripe for accidents': Families fume at Trump as ship doctor warns sailors may go insane
Families of sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are raising urgent concerns about deteriorating conditions on the aircraft carrier, which has now spent nine months at sea and five conse...
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I have a theory regarding Flynn. Back in 2013 he met w/the then head of the GRU, his Russian counterpart, in Russia. At that time it was publicly known that Flynn was disgruntled, unhappy with DOD leadership, & w/Obama who had made him head of the DIA because he'd been very public about it. 1/
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 8h ago🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵
suspiciously green bananas is sadly one of the funniest things i’ve read in awhile
the biggest presidential scandal in history. jeffrey epstein was a close friend and business associate of trump and they did crimes together! against children! its all pretty much out in the open now but its a smaller story than hillary's email server was for some reason
Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 4h agoBREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
You could think, this Hawaii Supreme Court justice should mind his own business. Or you can recognize how bad the situation must be for him to have devoted a share of a decision to warning about the U.S. Supreme Court's hard-right turn.
A Blistering Critique of the Roberts Court, From Hawaii’s Supreme Court
In an extraordinary opinion, the state justices accuse the SCOTUS majority of undermining democracy.
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👀 "A court that systematically dismantles democratic safeguards, steamrolls constitutional liberties, and tramples human dignity” is one “driven by agenda and intent on swiping power that belongs to the people.”"
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 4h agoYou could think, this Hawaii Supreme Court justice should mind his own business. Or you can recognize how bad the situation must be for him to have devoted a share of a decision to warning about the U.S. Supreme Court's hard-right turn.
At some point we are going to have to reckon with what percentage of the Thought Leadership we get from this class of people is just drug addiction. Either a lot of credulous reporters have never listened to someone tooted out of their mind go on a monologue or they're afraid to call it out.
Richard Kadrey@richardkadrey.bsky.social · 4w agoThis from the guy who has to hire people to play his video games for him.
Michigan Primary: How Standing Up to Israeli Genocide Could Win Democrats Congress in November www.commondreams.org/opinion/mich...
Michigan Primary: How Standing Up to Israeli Genocide Could Win Democrats Congress in November | Common Dreams
What we are observing today is not just a minor shift in national American politics. It is a tectonic realignment.
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We lost the Renaissance promised by the spirit of Kamala’s hope of the best of futuristic diversity—we lost our celebration of the first woman president so painfully stolen from us with Hillary’s last minute sabotage by Comey. We lost the best Christmas and New Year of our lives. Future nostalgia.
I can’t bear to think of the alternative timeline if Gore had been president, and Hillary, and Kamala. The Climate Crisis would have been a priority for Gore. No Iraq war. No Iran war. Covid met sensibly. A lot of people would be alive today, and in well-being. Trump has blighted everything.
Whenever you read a hot take from Politico that casts Dems in an unflattering light, remind yourself that the owner asked the executives to pray for Donald Trump’s reelection. It’s propaganda.
😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮 During a hearing, Blumenthal made Trump nominees squirm by asking them who won the 2020 election -- a question they refuse to answer -- but then Schiff upped the ante by asking them *who won the 2016 election.* Here's a supercut:
😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
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They indicted an Olympian for damage their own contractor caused. 5 hours cuffed. National smear. Then dismissed “without prejudice” so they can do it again whenever they want. Prosecutors get immunity. Does this poor man even get an apology? #USDemocracy #RisingBlue apple.news/AEfSKoBgCSa2...
Opinion | How the former Olympian accused of Reflecting Pool vandalism could get justice — MS NOW
David Hearn has several options for recourse – but none of them are easy.
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BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.