Gift article: Know someone MAGA? Tell them turnabout is fair play. Tell them no one else ever went this far b/c it opens the door to big losses for your team in the future. Everyone else knows taxes are not red or blue. All taxpayers deserve fair treatment. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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This mural is titled "New York Avenue". It was created by artist Jenna Morello. It’s on the Bywater Building in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Photo credit: Rueben Garcia. #streetart #art #mural #atlanticcity #newjersey #flowers

Transmission by the vaccine? Was RFKJr in a coma during COVID? The man is cognitively impaired! Lockdows, masking and social distancing were all we had in 2020 and most of 2021. They saved lives while the medical establishment was struggling to cope. And measles do not cause autism. Impeach him!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

RFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking

Ticket Prices go up at midnight Aug. 2 Outer Rim Folm Festival hosted by @balticon.bsky.social The Outer Rim Science Fiction Film Festival. Baltimore, MD Aug 28 - 30 at the Baltimore Science Fiction Building. theouterrimfest.com Bsfs.org

I should be settling in to hear Weird Al Yankovic and @puddlespityparty.bsky.social. instead I'm home trying to get warm after a liberal dousing in the rain and hoping my asthma won't flare. And my glucose monitor tells me I'm skirting a low. Just can't do it. Some other, warmer, drier occasion.

Let it trend, let more people learn it, fine. jewsofcolorinitiative.org

Jews of Color Initiative

We are a national effort focused on building and advancing the professional, organizational and communal field for Jews of Color.

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The man has no solid core of belief, no fundamental belief, nothing to hold him up in the wind. Listen to how loud he screams about his rights when the subpoenas and warrants start falling at his feet like autumn leaves.

Fat Nixon is a Traitor 🇺🇦 🟦🟧🚩@lbusdoor90.bsky.social · 3w ago

I completely understand 1930-40s Germany now.

Sen. Booker to Todd Blanche: "Your nomination should fail. The Attorney General's client is not the president, it's the American people. You've been protecting one person for most of your career…You should not be confirmed to this job."

Testosterone poisoning as defense policy? What will he do when he learns how high testosterone levels can get in women with PMOS (formerly PCOS.) One of them should show him he doesn't have the highest level of strength and skill in uniform. Undignified twit. thehill.com/policy/defen...

Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced a new effort to annually screen service members’ testosterone levels and offer testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), framing it as a way to k…

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Because the "nice white people" up North are no less deadly, just less honest with their victims or themselves about their motivations and intents. Only the NWP are fooled. The Black people always have known better.

@pacquah.blacksky.app · 3w ago

The teenage girls interviewed here report that multiple times, when they played basketball in a public park in a white neighborhood, the basketball hoops were permanently removed the next day. "Chicago ain't shit but Mississippi with tall-ass buildings" indeed. Concrete in the swimming pool.

X-Men voice actor reflects on return to the role of Storm in X-Men '97 www.sootoday.com/local-news/x...

X-Men voice actor reflects on return to the role of Storm at SaultCon

Manitoulin Island resident and actor Alison Sealy-Smith, known for voicing Storm in the 1990s X-Men animated series and the new X-Men ’97, is meeting fans this weekend at the debut SaultCon

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"The people who make those decisions, the research suggests, are neither extremists nor victims. They are often just middling workers looking for a way to get ahead." Legions The Regime tells to blame DEI for shortfalls in their dreams, not their own failings or tax loopholes for the Uber Rich.

The Upshot@upshot.nytimes.com · 3w ago

How Regimes Rely on ‘Loyal Losers’ New research sheds light on how low academic performers with poor career options tend to be assigned the most brutal tasks, including torture and murder. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...

Blue smoke and mirrors. We don't need to direct the Social Security Board to hold hearings and write legislation. Those things are the responsibilities of Congress. They should get to it! This is just a way to avoid culpability for any increases in taxes or longer waits for eligibility.

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 3w ago

🚨 👀 HEADS UP. Democratic Senators Dick Durbin and Tim Kaine looking to team up with MAGA Republicans to cut social security.

Raising the age for retirement is a lousy idea. It just rakes us back to when the age for benefits was close to life expectancy. 2 yrs more for full benefits than when I started putting funds in have taken a toll that will reduce my late 50s cohort's longevity. www.cbsnews.com/news/social-...

Social Security recipients face looming benefit cuts. Can the program be saved?

Social Security checks could see a 22% cut in 2032 unless Congress takes steps to shore up the program. Here are 5 ideas for fixing it.

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Please stop trying to "reach" MAGA. They are not operating on your level.

Californians are pumping the AC to stay cool this summer, but we haven’t had a Flex Alert to conserve power since 2022. Why? Because California invested in battery storage to make sure we meet our growing energy needs while taking care of the planet. ⚡🌎

People don't want masked thugs terrorizing their neighbors. They don't want warehouses being turned into detention centers. They don't want billions of taxpayer dollars spent on a rogue police state. They want healthcare. They want affordable homes. They want their basic needs met.

@NYT finally enables direct quotations to @bsky.app . Happy the Old Gray Lady acknowledges the rise of this platform. Happy.

The Regime's flunkies can see a future in which they are called to account for Caribbean fishing boats, extortion at Hormuz, starvation in Gaza, collusion w Russia, all manner of things needing investigation. They should be afraid. Follow the money and crypto. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...

Trump Administration Announces New Attack on the International Criminal Court

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the United States will “dismantle” the international court that tries grave crimes “brick by brick, if necessary.”

nytimes.com

"Child-led parenting"!!! Get real. Lazy abdication of duty. Trauma is when your terribly embarrassed kid gets hassled by others about not being potty trained. Check out this article: More Maryland kids are coming to school in pull-ups. Teachers are told to help. www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

More Maryland kids are coming to school in pull-ups. Teachers are told to help.

Since the pandemic, Maryland educators say they’ve seen more children starting school not fully potty-trained.

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#gardening Today's harvest My first cherry tomatoes, that barely lasted long enough for the photo and a boat load of shishito peppers. Thank you to @tkingfisher.com for turning me on to growing them!

It's the unmitigated hubris of these people that makes watching their comeuppance so sweet. I have faith that the slow grind of justice will be fine, very fine.

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · last mo.

Literally everyone saw this coming. 🚨 Turns out firing respected journalists and blowing up 60 Minutes wasn’t a winning ratings strategy after all. CBS is paying the price.

#gardening The first blush of red on a tomato in my garden! Tomorrow? Will it be perfect tomorrow?

Good work NOAA researchers. Everybody else, take note: bsky.app/profile/jfoy...

jfoy.bsky.social@jfoy.bsky.social · last mo.

#ShareGoodNewsToo www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...

As we predicted! Everyone talking about #freedomofspeech are not allowing it! The concentration of control over communications is how democracies are murdered.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · last mo.

Since the Ellisons were given control of TikTok by Trump, they have performed their half of a corrupt bargain impeccably: comments critical of Trump and his creatures are systematically suppressed, while MAGA thought and the promotion of right-wing rage and violence is systematically stoked.

The king doesn't mind being undressed. He objects to having it pointed out.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · last mo.

I was a regular user of Facebook and was kicked off the platform without explanation within hours of my posting excerpts from Sarah Wynn-Williams' Careless People, which revealed embarrassing details from the life of Mark Zuckerberg, particularly his dealings with Chinese president Xi.

Good #election news. On Tuesday, I served as the Chief Election Judge (Democratic) at Baltimore County 08-13. Our team of 11 helped 303 voters. Our poll is 50/50 Dem vs. Rep. Everything went smoothly. Everyone got along well. No equipment hiccups. We're ready for November, normally 3x the volume.

#gardening My first zucchini of 2026 in development. Butter and parmesan await!

Of course King Charles dies not want the hassle of moving. Even though he'd never have to pack a box or lift one, to quote my friend, "Whom the gods would destroy, they first make MOVE!" Let the man be... In historic move, King Charles reveals tax bill – Deseret News share.google/6cCpiObtDDKw...

Here’s how much King Charles III paid in taxes — and why he won’t live in Buckingham Palace

Since ascending the throne, the king has voluntarily paid more than 30 million pounds in taxes.

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