The one thing about this I mourn is that it deprives a reporter of finding out what really happened during Platner’s Blackwater deployment in Afghanistan in 2018, why he signed up for it, and why he left after just 6 months

"Mayo’s former director of research operations, claimed she was wrongfully terminated last year after raising concerns that lax safety standards could result in AI tools that make faulty medical decisions or fail to protect the privacy of medical records on which their decisions are based."

The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two privately-run detention facilities from the for-profit prison company CoreCivic, the company announced Monday, in a move that may serve to shield the facilities from state oversight. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Graham Platner just posted a video claiming he "intends to withdraw" and that he's "suspending" his campaign. I think he's lying. I think this is strategy. It's Nixonian. Let me explain. (thread)

*meredith brooks voice* im a mitch im mcconnell i help trump comma donald ive a turtle for a head im probably really dead

We need to resist this shit SO HARD. Fuck this guy and this data centre. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ICE has a habit of stealing people’s jewelry, watches, religious artifacts, cell phones. Blatant theft is far from the worst they do (assault, rape, leaving people to die, etc) This is not an agency that can be reformed. Abolish ICE. Abolish DHS.

▶️"GRAHAM PLATNER DROPS OUT of the Maine Senate race, leaving Democrats in search of a candidate for a seat the party hopes to flip in November" www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Something something seizing the means of production

guy who wears a lot of button down shirts: listen snowflake that's just how tough guys talk! sorry you're such an HRcel! actual tough guy: this is my shih tzu Princess Fluffy she has a different sweater for every day of the week and if you look at her wrong i will beat you to death with your own leg

Country's got a real joy deficit above everything else. Knicks win, World Cup going well until Trump ruined them is proof of that. Just create constant excuses for celebrations and parties. We need excuses to hang out more than we need maybe literally anything else, economically.

"...DOJ voting monitors — which Mellett claimed were present at some polling places in Detroit during the 2024 election — had identified serious concerns during voting. Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey ... replied that the city had no record of any federal monitors there during the 2024 election."

"Another caller, who said she was sleeping in her home, said she heard someone say the n-word twice before she heard two or three gunshots."

Just got off the phone with Sen. McConnell. He’d like to pack the court with 7 more justices, all of whom must have served in senior roles at the ACLU. He also wants statehood for Puerto Rico and DC and give them each 5 senators for 99 years, to make up for the time they lacked representation

You know who's also running for U.S. Senate? This happily married dad of two who was vetted by the FBI for a federal judgeship. 😎 Text SCOTT to 54937 and join our movement. #MississippiMatters

The U.S. ambassador to Canada has a documented history of anti-Muslim conspiracy claims and was criticized for hosting an event tied to the far-right Forum for Democracy. That matters because diplomacy requires trust, not normalizing extremist politics. #pinks #proudblue bsky.app/profile/pres...

BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

Ukraine's SBU: a strike on Saky airfield in Crimea has destroyed or damaged seven Russian fighter jets. #explodey

Trump's fair is now open for the day -- but based on this Fox News live shot, it doesn't appear there is a single human being there yet 😆😭

In a non-jury trial, 3 accused have been found non guilty of the murder of my good friend Lyra McKee. Judge argued that guilt couldn’t be beyond a reasonable doubt. We always needed someone to testify. It never happened. Everyday I think of how much we’ve lost. Her courage and talent. Her laugh.

BATTERIES Gov't at all levels should be helping fund electric school buses. The large upfront cost of new buses & initial burst of charging ports is a hurdle we should all leap together. The whole community benefits. The more backup batteries a town/city/region has, the more resilient they are.

People who spiral out overusing LLM chatbots are really just experiencing the kind of brain-damaging stream of unconditional validation that’s always been the norm for the hyper-wealthy, which explains a lot.

Great American State Unfair By Jack Ohman

A Master List of foreign espionage targets used to just be the stuff of blockbuster spy movies. You could sit back with your chosen snacks, secure in the knowledge your own gov't would never be that stupid or corrupt. Happy almost-birthday America.

BREAKING on MS NOW: Dozens of intel officials have started receiving notice of their terminations under Trump's unqualified acting DNI, Bill Pulte. The individuals are officials "who they believe are deep state" and whom leadership claims have not provided complete pictures of available intel.

A secretive international conference linked to billionaire investor and Donald Trump ally Peter Thiel has been cancelled following weeks of controversy over its planned staging at Powerscourt Hotel in Co Wicklow jrnl.ie/7089941

Scoop: Zohran Mamdani to deliver a "major" speech Friday marking America 250, hours before Trump gives his own commemorative address at Mount Rushmore Mamdani will speak from George Washington's desk at City Hall and be surrounded by recently naturalized citizens www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

...You cannot protect the climate without protecting democracy. The communities most harmed by pollution are the same ones losing voting rights, facing federal raids on their civic organizations, and getting mapped out of political power. (cont.) www.theroot.com/to-save-the-...

We would recommend getting an ICE whistle and staying connected to local alert networks as we continue to receive reports of raging enforcement activity affecting neighborhoods. Please do what you can to protect your loved ones and your community! ✊💚

the use of “performative” as an insult here is why these people are losing their primaries. yes, voters want you to perform their anger and disgust! they want representatives to represent their symbolic interests! the idea that good representation is necessarily quiet and unobtrusive is wrong!

The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant

hoping the feds don’t figure out that I haven’t used my accidental death & dismemberment insurance even once since getting it

For any presidents reading: if you owe a woman 5 million dollars for sexual assault you also owe the country your resignation.

The two most plausible explanations for this most dangerous move are: 1) Trump plans to sell this extremely valuable information to foreign states and make billions and billions. 2)The US is run by an agent of a foreign country that desperately needs this information.

One of the great themes of Our Era is right-wingers emerging from their media bubbles to try to grapple with the actual world & discovering that the world does not in any way conform to the fantasies they developed in those bubbles. Many such cases.

On Birthright Citizenship: “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” -Justice Ketanji Brown 💅💕

A University of Hawaiʻi report says that building more solar farms with battery storage is the most cost-effective way to power Oʻahu, rather than building new power plants. The electricity company doesn’t agree. Lol.

"Before the cuts, the NWS was launching weather balloons twice per day (once in the morning and once in the evening) from 100 locations. Today, the number of morning launches in the Lower 48 has been reduced by half, according to MyRadar senior meteorologist Matthew Cappucci."

Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.

First, the White House doesn't date back to July 4, 1776, idiot. It opened on November 1, 1800. Second, the tackiest man in the United States and its president should *not* be the same person. Third, nice inspiration, fascist.

And then even worse... This isn't just about cancelling science they don't like (as catastrophic as that alone would be). It's part of a long term hostile takeover attempt against 👉all of science👈. They are trying to grab the "brand", and build a pseudotechnocracy on a foundation of pseudoscience.

You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ

Been reading On Courage. It should be required reading for Dems: “This basic arithmetic problem means sometimes living with contradictions, even embracing them.” Politics isn’t about finding people who agree w/you on everything. It’s finding enough people to push the jeep out of the mud together.

Superb from David Oks. How an equally poor China in 1950s stole a march over India in 3 decades by obliterating its repressive old social order, liberating women & investing more in mass health & mass education. davidoks.blog/p/why-china-...

They're not only gorging themselves on taxpayer dollars and exclusive contracts, they're also funding the next coup attempt.

📌Decades and decades of exploration, vaccines, social progress, and righteous wars against genocide and hate, and after 250 years we end up with a lying, orange bigot who hates science and reading, and is losing a war with algae. It’s very disheartening, it really is …

Sweeping immunity & "The final section ... says that the group “shall be provided, free of charge, public premises and facilities needed for the accomplishment of the missions in Gaza. Legal experts said that this singular phrase could open the door to illegal confiscation of Palestinian property."

Ossoff is making a very strong play for the "I stand at the center of the Democratic Party ideologically, but I long to bathe in the blood of my enemies" lane in the 2028 primaries. And that's gonna be a good lane to have.

As usual, SO good and clarifying from @vermontgmg.bsky.social. For YEARS I've said the Republican party NEVER forgave the country for forcing their hero, Nixon, from power and have been making everyone pay every day since. Nixon will not be rehabilitated and J.D. Vance will never be President.

I absolutely love this one.