How it probably happened: Trump: I can’t make this Epstein mess go away. Even some republicans are starting to cave. Ungrateful cowards. What would they do without me and my rich friends? Bondi: It will not come to that. 1/5

Gas supplies from Greece to Ukraine will begin in January, President Zelenskyy said. Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the pipeline will run from Alexandroupolis to Odesa, making Greece an LNG hub for Central and Eastern Europe.

Force-feeding propaganda for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Worth remembering:

Remember when Harvey Weinstein suddenly became frail and infirm in a desperate attempt to gain sympathy? I wonder when Trump and MAGA make the pivot from "healthiest President to ever live" to "shame on you for harassing this frail senior citizen! Dems hate the elderly!!!" I give it a week.

I don’t think US taxpayers should subsidize treason against the United States

🇺🇦🇫🇷 France vows to increase pressure on Russia after massive attack on Kyiv The French Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the massive Russian attack on the night of November 14, which left more than three dozen people injured in Kyiv.

“Quiet! Quiet!” 😬

bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken

Wow.

How much of a moron do you have to be to STILL, after all the shit that has gone down, remain an enthusiastic shill for this obviously incompetent con man.

“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”

Epstein’s War

Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.

Tbh I'm quite happy with usb-c, even as the situation is far from perfect. The same plug will charge my VR headset, various laptops in the house, iPad, various phones, headphones...

reminds of this xkcd:

Reupping this story from a year ago. Your airplane seats still have USB-A plugs and will for years. If you own the “old” Mac keyboard or AirPods Max you’re stuck with Lightning unless you want to spend hundreds of dollars again, just for a common port. And then the amperage/wattage confusion.

Analysis: Like the half-cent coin killed off in 1857, the penny probably has outlived its usefulness. But the typical lifespan of any coin is about 30 years, so no need to pinch your pennies at the moment.

❌ Russia loses 860 soldiers over past day

”The North Karelia Border Guard apprehended him in Kitee on 17 June after he crossed illegally from Russia in a wooded area along the border. The man was detected through the agency's surveillance system.” Not the kind of individual we would want to have in Finland right now. yle.fi/a/74-20194338

UPDATE: 💀

"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents. They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..." abc7.com/post/ontario...

Marjorie’s getting a taste of how many of us have been living under the Trump regime for years. If this is what it takes to break the MAGA mass psychosis, so be it.

My theory about Marjorie Taylor Greene is that she knows the way the wind is blowing.

🎯

This is real. Our govt is Tweeting like a 14 year old and calling Americans imbecilic morons. We worry about children being bullied but this is the example set by the U.S. GOVERNMENT. This is so shameful. I’m embarrassed for any of you that think this is okay or make excuses for it.

A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in Jan 6 —he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip—has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex...

Somehow, Poilievre will find a way to blame Mark Carney for US inflation. #economy #inflation www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

New from @adambonica.bsky.social on the shutdown data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-compas...

So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.

it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability

“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”

It’s so cool how senate dems can’t get healthcare for the poorest and have no desire to fight, while the president pardons people who wanted to kill them

i find every story about costco's brand strategy and overall approach completely fascinating.

Trump on affordability: It’s a con job. Costs are way down. Ingraham: So you are saying voters are misperceiving how they feel?

‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’

Trump: First of all, the East Wing… was a poor, sad sight. I could have built the ballroom around it but it would have not have been -- we are building one of the greatest ballrooms in the world

💯. It wasn't about just the ACA subsides—it was about those and … everything else.

How did you celebrate anti-communism week? Lining up at a food bank? Finding out you’d lose access to healthcare? Being unable to afford housing?