One fascinating and yet expected thing is that none of the big foreign accounts pretending to be American are left of center, or even anti-Trump. Not a single one. Says something about the economics and geopolitics of political grifting

1. She was the only person legally eligible to the Biden war chest, campaign infrastructure, field offices, staffers etc whereas anyone else would have had to start from scratch with just 107 days *before* a convention? 2. Her job was literally to take over in case anything happened to him?

AOC has said this about Marjorie Taylor Greene retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "

Weirdly enough, this years COVID and Flu shots (same arm, Pfizer) were a complete non-event. Barely any nausea or feverish feeling, soreness subsided within two days. For comparison, all last four knocked me out for a day.

"last person to talk to him" theory of policy development is looking like an absolute lock

This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station in the harshness of space Researchers hope findings can be applied to humans living in space www.cbc.ca/news/science...

"Deadly U.S. plane crashes in 2025: Timeline" Published: May 6, 2025 “There have been 60 deadly aviation crashes in the United States in 2025. Before 2025, the most recent deadly plane crash involving a U.S. airliner was in 2009. At least 188 people have died in the 2025 aviation crashes"🤔

These are the living conditions ICE/border patrol provides for the children they kidnap. Does this look pro-Life to you?

The reason why socialism is no longer taboo in America is that our elites have successfully rebranded it as “any attempt by the state to function beyond semi-random violence“ while trying to combat it.

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.

I'd like to go back to a time when the country isn't run by the biggest hypocrites in the world being propped up by the biggest hypocrites in journalism and promoted by the biggest hypocrites on social media.

This is a heist, plain and simple. Just nonstop grift and corruption from this crooked President and his administration. They're doing nothing to make life more affordable for regular people, but they ARE working overtime to get rich using taxpayer dollars and resources.

They’re all just looting the treasury now

Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely

So… mortgage fraud?

Rep. Horsford (D-NV) introduced an amendment that would have redirected $40 BILLION from the Argentina bailout to fund Americans’ ACA subsidies for two years. Republicans blocked it. Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?

Some thoughts on the CR/minibus. 1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins. Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.

Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent. Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado. One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.

For those wondering why I posted a thread about this last night, this is why. There's a LOT of people who seem to think that either a) the entire ACA is ending or b) ALL of the ACA tax credits are expiring. NEITHER IS THE CASE.

I didn't catch this until i saw @intense.wiggling.me 's post but he literally says "I, then say your name, do solemnly swear" oh my GOD

This is a great thread and you should read it!

Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen. Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.

The 737 Max criminal case has been going on long enough that the indictment was handed down during the first Trump Administration The criminal charges had contended Boeing intentionally & willfully deceived the FAA about known defects, namely 👇

“Grocery prices are way down” Grocery prices currently sit at twice what they were during the pandemic and quadruple what they were pre-pandemic, just 5 years ago.

Austrian researchers identify persistent immune protein as biomarker for complications of Long COVID-19 PTX-3 has been identified as a biomarker for tissue damage, immune activation, and post-infection issues, offering insight into Long COVID and ME/CFS biological mechanisms. archive.li/WB5AE

Following three miserable failures, this is the result of feeding the sourdough a bit of Greek yoghurt and a soupçon of commercial yeast (otherwise also known as “cheating”). I am not too disappointed ;)

A fascinating new piece for @sciam.bsky.social by @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social about Hurricane Melissa being picked up by seismographs. Because the seismic record began long before the satellite era, we may be able to use older seismograms to learn more about past storms. 🧪

"Coronavirus found in samples from 96% of flights" Article published: 01 Oct 2023 "If you believe it's now safe to fly without a protective mask, you might want to think again. New research shows the COVID-19 virus has been found on nearly every flight tested." Source: archive.li/1S0tH

BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown. Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

Complete disregard for human life

Great piece: "The Biden administration seemed reluctant to engage in “picking the fights worth having” and sometimes took refuge in incremental policy gains due to a self-limiting “risk aversion.”

Washington state is suing the Trump Administration for illegally suspending SNAP benefits. Political games from President Trump and Congressional Republicans are harming the most vulnerable Washingtonians. We're fighting to protect the people of our state.

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.

Health insurance is not healthcare. It’s an unnecessary middleman designed to restrict access to healthcare and transfer wealth upwards by exploiting people for profit. Medicare for All: $0 premiums $0 deductibles $0 copays …and would cut spending by $650 billion per year

"What strikes me about the Argentina story is how much that country’s history holds up an uncomfortable mirror to our own history of the last few years." @raders.bsky.social on the significance of Trump's Argentina bailout: www.thebulwark.com/p/is-the-arg...

Malignant narcissists often destroy what other people love. When they do, they’re acting out of pathological envy. They have a need for absolute control and a desire for sadistic pleasure. They intentionally engage in destruction to cause suffering in order to reinforce their sense of superiority.

As Raskin says, by ordering his cronies to commit crimes, Trump makes them dependent on him to obtain pardons. Because the price of losing favor with the dictator in the Oval Office could well be a prison sentence, there's a huge incentive to do anything Trump wants, however repugnant it may be.

Norms & duct tape. That's all the Republic has turned out to be, because the laws & the Constitution do not enforce themselves. There are about 30 people in Washington who can fix this. We should stop giving them free passes all day every day & laser-focus on getting them to do their damn jobs.

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

Bash asks Santos about his commutation, which voids his restitution sentence. "You were ordered by the court to pay $370,000 in restitution to the people you defrauded. Will you still pay that back?" Santos: "If it's required of me by the law, yes. If it's not, then no." It's not. And he knows it.

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

“The man who promised to make America great again has probably ended our position of global leadership for the foreseeable future.” ~ Paul Krugman

mRNA vaccines 🧬 are already great but they can be made even more effective by making them code for virus-like nanoparticles 🦠 rather than just single proteins 🧪 This means a lower dose is required, which should reduce side effects www.newscientist.com/article/2500...

What does it mean that someone doesn't "look American"? "ICE determined she was an undocumented immigrant because she didn’t “look like” a Greeley. Greeley, who was born in Illinois, is Latina and adopted. She had her U.S. passport on her when she was detained." newrepublic.com/post/201745/...

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone. And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

Just a thought: Instead of Argentina, how about we bail out America first?