Two major polls this week found Graham Platner trailing Susan Collins by significant margins among working class voters. So I asked a top Platner adviser, Rebecca Katz, to respond to this and discuss the way forward. The conversation got pretty interesting: newrepublic.com/article/2126...

There was no hint he would be like this except for every act he has performed for his entire life.

This is what was chosen for Saudis

Ayatollah funeral was attended by high level delegations from the Gulf states. Iranians chose verses from Quran for each delegation. Ex: For Qatar they chose: That Allah may forgive you of what preceded of your sin and what will follow and complete His favor upon you and guide you to straight path

“Heat and humidity as severe, prolonged and far-reaching as this week’s would have been “virtually impossible” in the Northeast and eastern Canada before humans began warming the planet, a team of scientists said on Friday.” #ClimateCrisis This should be well understood by now.

Huh. Apparently it is the fault of centrist Democrats that USAID was shuttered. Whatever next?

If you look for free Covid test kits on the official usps site: the link directs you to wh conspiracy Hell. These are official government sites

Not a conspiracy. Not pattern matching. Mention a document that makes people look silly, and they will wipe years of documents and paid-for research to save face. Only some forward thinking to save a copy prevents oblvion. Or as the Internet Archive calls it, Friday. Anyway. archive.org/donate

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

This is how you do it. This is what we should be talking about rather than “no one’s doing anything,”

NATO is the most important military alliance in the totality of human history. Putin's top objective has been to smash it. Trump is his agent in this process.

2/2 And while I'm at it: Reminder that DC has more residents than two entire states w total of 3 Reps and 4 US Senators (WY and VT, closing in on ND). We pay *more* federal tax per capita than any other jurisdiction—really, top even NY and CA. And have zero vote in Congress. Statehood for DC.

Good LATimes piece leading its front page this morning: "anniversary events throughout the nation’s capital centered on President Trump" have turned Independence Day into "a celebration of an imperial presidency rather than a revolution from kingly rule." www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

NEW: Magistrate judge orders Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros into court over "potential violations" of seal order in case touted by top DOJ officials. From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

it will always be the right time to speak ill of the gravedigger of democracy

Don't want to speak ill of the dead, so getting this Mitch McConnell take out now. He saw Trump with complete clarity, as a danger to America, but protected him anyway. Perhaps more than anyone, he had the power to end Trumpism, but chose party over country. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/jan-6-and-...

The future of our planet depends on people willing to stand up for science and the truth. I’m so grateful to the scientists who walked to D.C. to deliver letters demanding action on climate change.

What's the hive mind opinion, on this?

“Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult." George Orwell, 1984

Breaking: Per MSNOW’s Vaughn Hillyard, acting DNI Bill Pulte is now firing dozens of intelligence officials at agencies beyond his own office as part of removing the “deep state.” Reportedly, the officials may have refused to provide him requested intel.

The idea that both political parties share the blame for the dysfunctionality of federal politics is a hoax. One party is flagrantly lawless and actively undermines democracy because it doesn't believe that the people should govern themselves. The other party upholds the law. It's that simple.

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I might just repost this every day until y’all take a moment to watch it.

Will it be any easier for voters to see through the word salad when Weirdo Beardo is the source of the noise?

List of things that JD Vance thinks are a disgusting butchering of the Nicene Creed: 1. Yard Signs 2. Lyrics to We Didn't Start the Fire 3. Ending Monologue to Trainspotting 4. The Cat in the Hat 5. The movie Creed 6. For some reason Puppies

TIL malls throughout the country are increasingly restricting minors. Some even require mandatory ID checks for anyone who looks young. So teens can't go to the mall, they can't be online...where exactly do we expect them to go? www.youthrights.org/issues/age-d...

I mean, I sort of feel this but at least some of this is just changing preferences. The number of coffee shops per capita has gone up, and anecdotally, that + boba tea shops are the go-to third space for teens in my town.

It turns out good graphs can be very difficult to do. This chart of modern sumo wrestlers height & weight would be worse with a zero-based graph. Every one would be clustered to the upper right.

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NEW from @timstarks.bsky.social — someone tasked with looking into NSO Group found Pegasus on their phone as they were investigating the spyware company cyberscoop.com/pegasus-spyw...

John Brennan didn't wait to get indicted. He sued first—to force the government to preserve records he'll need to defend himself. The complaint alleges judge shopping, forum shopping & a direct presidential demand for indictment. Worth your full attention. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

And here is an article written in January by @doritreiss.bsky.social, who is the person from whom I learned about this in the first place, in which she outlines the legal aspects of the case. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...

This report is important regarding #Freedom250 #America250 House Natural Resources Committee and Ranking Member Jared Huffman expose the truth behind the hijacking of America 250 to T's Freedom 250's celebration of Christian Nationalism, DJT, corruption and fraud.

I liked and commented on YT- it helps the algorithm, and hey, now I'll repost with my comment since this investigation the House Natural Resources Committee with ranking member from CA Chair Rep. Huffman needs to be common knowledge ASAP.

"Restraint is the real mastery." youtu.be/eCa5vFQjGKc

This report on #Freedom250 #America250 is worth a moment of your time. Share it! At the moment it has only 253 "likes" on YouTube, which is wild. youtu.be/-ydXJ3HhXy0

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito took a luxury fishing trip to Alaska with billionaire Paul Singer, whose hedge fund then had repeated business before SCOTUS over the years that followed. Alito never disclosed the trip or recused himself from Singer's cases. (Published June 2023)

is a "force reduction review." But now much of the White House staff view him as a rash dimwit. Which of course is just what he is. But the incident suggests in any event that the White House is still unsettled about when and how to destroy NATO.

Hegseth understands that his mission is to put a stake in the heart of NATO. He therefore planned to drop a bombshell at a recent NATO meeting—the US was going to withdraw troops from Europe. But then he shared his plan with Rubio and others at the White House—and the plan got nixed. His back up

260 agents to Atlanta on the most insane fishing expedition in the history of fishing expeditions. Truly nauseating. F.B.I. Assigns Scores of Analysts to Examine Election Records in Georgia www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...

Imagine how different things might look if Donald Trump’s daily corruption got even a sliver of the coverage Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding is generating.

President Zachary Taylor fell ill after attending a July 4th ceremony in scorching heat in Wash. D.C. in 1850. He had large quantities of iced water and cherries afterwards. He became very ill & died 5 days later. Historical records cite the intense heat exposure as a primary factor in his death.

The effective way the clarinet player does a musical call and response to the singer is just mesmerizing. "Tu vuo' fa' l'americano" by Renato Carosone: cover by Hetty and the Jazzato Band, an Anglo-Italian jazz quintet. @Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum #music #jazz

For the record, someone elected President is a public servant. He’s not there to steal from the public or stuff his own pockets. Donald J. Trump needs to be held accountable for abusing the office and taking our money.