Senator Kennedy: Are you and trump friends? Blanche: “I’m his lawyer. I was his lawyer.”

#satx #weather Ominous low clouds near 1604 and 281

The US can still win the World Cup if Donald Trump has the courage

@mikefinger.bsky.social great question to Fox at the presser re: history

Taste the rainbow? Still workshopping this.

(walks into Oklahoma City) Sir this is a Wemby's

@kumail.bsky.social I salute your bravery.

A chaotic overtime is proof that these teams have given their all in the first 4 quarters. #nba

Working 9-5 as a math teacher isn't so bad because that's just 4.

Kumail is correct. When he's not advocating for Starlighters, he is great on this delightful show.

I love the smell of NBA playoffs.

Had me dying. Clip via @alexgoldennba.bsky.social

I appreciate nature more when it's outdoors.

wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Does Jesus support the end justifying the means?

America is now at the heavily armed secret police doing warrantless door-to-door house raids in search of undesirable ethnicities and/or political dissenters stage. The difference from well known historical cases is down to scale.

Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.

This is murder.

The best essay about this film that I've ever read, and I've not only read dozens, I've written a few myself. Hooray for Mary!

Our kids broke the "LAUGH" and "LOVE" candles already so our bathroom has 1 candle just pleading, "LIVE!" like it's an attending physician in the ER doing chest compressions

I thought this was a joke. It’s real.

In March of 1945, the US Army issued this "fact sheet" to guide conversations with soldiers on the topic of fascism, paying particular attention to the ongoing threat that domestic fascist movements posed to the US. Their analysis of what a homegrown US fascism would look like is interesting.

Right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns all these local media stations and many others all across America. This is not journalism, it is scripted propaganda.

Meanwhile…

"You know who else was a demon hunter?" - Youth Pastor

July 18: If we have a smart president, you're never going to let the dollar slide. If you have a dummy, that could happen. July 25: A weak dollar makes you a hell of a lot more money. It doesn't sound good, but you make a hell of a lot more money with a weaker dollar than with a strong dollar

REPORTER: Families are upset because warnings didn't go out in time. What do you say to those families? TRUMP: Well I think everyone did an incredible job under the circumstances. Only a bad person would ask a question like that. Only an evil person would ask a question like that.

The iconic Red Panda just left the court in a wheelchair after falling less than a minute into her famed halftime act. She briefly got up, with assistance, appearing to hold her back, before she was eventually taken to the back of Target Center in a wheelchair

This is absolutely incredible -- Kristi Noem repeatedly refuses to acknowledge that Trump brandished an doctored image of Abrego Garcia's tattoos, prompting Eric Swalwell to have a staffer of his brandish an image of them right in her face. Totally dystopian.

RFK Jr on the cost of drug rehab treatment: "There are many really gold star rehabs that do it for a tiny fraction, like $20,000 to $40,000 a month."

What if people refused to volunteer for churches who did not speak for the marginalized?

silly.

Oh my god you want me to find "evidence" before putting someone in jail? Every time?? Do you have any idea how long that would take

Simply outstanding #survivor

Just a reminder: having a functional moral compass right now is going to make you feel bad all the time; don’t mistakenly hate yourself for that.

Idiocracy was a documentary

Jose Barco, a decorated U.S. Army veteran once based out of Fort Carson who served 2 tours in Iraq, was taken into custody last month by ICE because his citizenship papers, which were supposed to be processed while he was in the Army, were lost. Read his story:

Left: Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin dismisses Jan. 6 case of Jose Padilla on Jan. 21, 2025 Right: Interim US Attorney Ed Martin seeks withdraw as Padilla’s counsel of record on Feb. 5, 2025 He signed a dismissal for a client he was still recorded as representing.

acting head of public diplomacy at the State Department under the supposedly normal Marco Rubio. fired for going to a white nationalist conference in Trump's first term, but apparently now that's no longer disqualifying

Settle down, CVS

My son's school research paper is a hot take

My grandfather send a WW2 trophy back home to be recycled.

@robcesternino.bsky.social the butterfly emerges from its cocoon into a beautiful new world!

So this is pretty damn cool: You can watch Bluesky grow in real time. bcounter.nat.vg