Land Back happening in Wisconsin 💜

I do appreciate that Coach Fleck shows up in a tie.

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

If they really wanted to stop enriching insurance companies, they would revisit Medicare Advantage not ACA subsidies

You misspelled "douchebag" @npr.org

roses are red some wolves are dire

Hell yes! Come to the fountain pen side!

A hearty FU to Chuck "spineless and should never run again" Schumer

I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-) he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit

20 years too late

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

I’m good with my taxes subsidizing social welfare for people who can’t afford food. I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.

I keep thinking of that video where a young woman explained the point is that they are exempt from the rules most of us have to follow

When the Republican convention was held in Milwaukee, some restaurant owners required payment up front because of the party's reputation.

Took time out while on vacation to stand at the #NoKings protest in Rockland ME. People overflowed the park and were several deep across the street. I heard an estimate of 1700

Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today issuu.com/idsnews/docs...

I don't disagree that Markey should step down, but why did it have to be Moulton entering the MA senate race. 😖

does your presentation make people think, gosh, that's an individual of mysterious and indistinct gender? we have a shirt for that

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story. "The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

I rarely watch or listen to Sunday talk shows, only get snippets here and there, and does anyone else find it weird that Vance often seems to say "President of the United States"? What other president would he be referring to?

How cool is this!

WTAF

Good evening #BookSky Well, #BannedBooksWeek may be wrapping up but the fight for the right to read continues. Here's a quick thread of things you can do all year to help...

That illustration tho

Paging Gov Maura Healey @massgovernor.bsky.social

Amazing ebooks on sale at Bookshop! If you haven't read RF Kuang's Babel, get it now for a steal.

You can pick up a powder compact for like $10 or $15 at any drug store to take the shine off your head

Why does the NFL have so many teams whose colors look terrible next to each other? I propose only have teams whose colors coordinate play each other.

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

How many shows about old white dudes going to places without a lot of white dudes do we need

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The @nytimes.com repeatedly making me glad I cancelled my subscription.

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

This guy is 1000% right about officiating in college football. It's shameful that the NCAA does so little to improve it. It's also shameful that holding officials accountable to do a good job is considered "criticizing" them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dCC...

Sounds like the DNC needs a new leader.

Waiting for Scott Simon of @npr.org to point out to Sen Ron Johnson that Congress DID pass appropriations and the president has repeatedly ignored them, so why would the Democrats "compromise", OR maybe suggest take the $1T for healthcare from boated budgets in other areas

yeah we're into LLMs (Large Lamb-bridge Models)

Very excited for this game!

I'd LOVE to see this

WTAF

Watching college football gives you a sense of the breadth of research done at many universities around the country, as all of those universities run ads

One of the key ways you refuse to comply with fascism is by becoming even louder and more fearless in supporting vulnerable people. You SHOW that you are unwilling to throw the "undesirables" under the bus if only for self-preservation because under fascism you will also become undesirable one day.

Pretty much

I can boycott all day #CancelDisneyPlus

TNC identified as the last well known American columnist with a spine: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

I am sorry to do this because we need news coverage but the WaPo seems to want to be an unquestioning tool for the current administration, and I can't support that. This was the last straw.

The American people, including a majority of her own party, support transparency and accountability. But this week Susan Collins cast the deciding vote to block the Epstein files from being released. I’m running against her for US Senate because the people of Maine deserve better.

I am HERE for those in the audience singing along to the #GoldenGirls theme #Emmys