Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick. Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

Mao Zedong adopted Trofim Lysenko's methods starting in 1958, with calamitous results, contributing to the Great Chinese Famine of 1959 to 1962, in which some 15–55 million people died. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/th...

He's doing such a great job "protecting" 🇺🇸, ain't he? To the 🇨🇦 tourist: we love you. He doesn't represent all of us. REPOST. PLEASE.

The escalator was stopped by a White House photographer who bumped into the emergency stop button, and as for the teleprompter, that was the White House's responsibility to load his speech, which no one did.

Today an amazing medical breakthrough was announced and you know how it was achieved? FUNDING RESEARCH www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevz13xkxpro.amp

> @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

LE BATARD, on Kimmel: “.. you can’t look at what’s happening here and NOT say that this is a kind of threat that you have not seen before in the United States ..”

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

This is why they’re deleting studies

Melissa Hortman - RIP #melissahortman

Yes, Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade really said this about homeless people: “Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill 'em."

They used to say of Trump ‘ask him what time it is and he will lie to you just for the practice’. That should be the new Rolex slogan.

Massie (R-KY) is just on fire: "I don't know if that's precedented in this country to have a president call legislators to say that they're engaged in a hostile act, particularly when the so-called hostile act is trying to get justice for people who've been victims of sex crimes." #TrumpEpstein

I AGREE, ZELENSKYY SHOULD GET THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE! substack.com/@jdelrossipa...

What’s happening at CDC is horrifying and unethical. Forcing out a director who refused to rubber-stamp reckless policies, followed by the resignation of four top leaders, is nothing less than a political assault on science and public health. Lives are at stake. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."

This song remains incredibly relevant in 2025. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes ft Teddy Pendergrass performing "wake up everybody"

I’m shocked Trump didn’t block this. It’s exactly the kind of history he wants to whitewash. Thousands of pages dropped on how the DOJ, FBI, and Civil Rights Commission handled Emmett Till’s murder. REMINDER: It all began with a lie from a white woman that became a death sentence for a Black kid.

Omg, JD Vance getting heckled by people yelling ‘COUCH F*CKER’ as he visits Union Station to survey Trump’s militarization of D.C.

OMG YES. 10 10 10

Yeah, this is a highly unusual all-hands-on-deck meeting that wouldn’t be happening if Alaska was productive. 5 European leaders, the head of NATO and the head of the EU don’t just drop everything and fly to DC. H/T: @radiofreetom.bsky.social

BREAKING: Massive protest in Washington DC against Donald Trump right now.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Wake the fuck up to what's going on in this country... We're going to put everything on the damn line... People haven't given up yet. We're going to do this. We can win this November. We can win next November, and then we can get this country back on track."

Koh: If he were serious about cutting crime he wouldn't be proposing cutting $400 million from the ATF or cutting $500 million from the FBI, 700 agents or the DEA with with drug enforcement or the office of violence against women, 100 million from there

If you're serious about crime prevention you don't cut $1 billion from D.C.'s budget or put language in your signature bill prohibiting DOJ from funding community violence intervention and prevention initiative programs, not that anyone will call you out for it

Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office. 

Where are the hard-working Americans who screamed, “They’re stealing our jobs”? You’re getting your wish. Immigrant workers aren’t showing up, and farm owners are hiring.

"So the tariff is paid in this country by the importer, is that right?" -- Eugene Robinson guides Scott Bessent into acknowledging that tariffs are in fact paid in the United States, not by foreign governments

It drives Jonathan Turley crazy when I remind everyone that he is just Mike Lindell with tenure. So, please make sure not to amplify this message.👇 Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

Good on her 🔥

United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero - Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.

It's telling that Donald Trump's takeaway from Jeffrey Epstein hiring Virginia Giuffre away from Mar-a-Lago is to feel sorry for Donald Trump because he lost an employee, not to feel sorry for Virginia Giuffre because she was trafficked and raped.

Holy shit. Did Trump just admit he had a falling out with Epstein because he “stole”16 year old Virginia Giuffre from him?

Satire and ridicule are important tools for a civil society working to stave off authoritarianism.

From Stephen Colbert's Late Show:

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com Josh Johnson

NYT: “.. During the inquiry, Justice Department officials diverted hundreds of F.B.I. employees and federal prosecutors from their regular duties to go through the documents at least four times — including once to flag any references to Mr. Trump ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/u...

I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge? 900?!

The salient fact is that the DoJ didn't drop the charges becausehthey didn't have a case. They dropped charges because they supported his crimes.

Not only did this scammer take $100K in his scam lying to kids, he also destroyed more than $28K of federally-purchased vaccines - taxpayers paid for - when vaccines first became available. It’s not just RFK and it’s not just “skepticism.” Our government is willing to lose money to promote antivaxx.

George Retes, an American citizen disabled US Army veteran who has been held in federal custody since Thursday, was released without charges this evening. 1/

I French, we call them "Les Collabos" (short version of collaborators). Helping the ennemis to serve their own interests.

It isn't fair to blame the disaster on "Texas" or a "Texas mentality". Multiple counties were affected by these floods. ALL did their jobs, except ONE. All except one communicated with NWS. All except one took steps to warn residents. This is a Kerr County problem.