Calling Wembanyama “a 7 footer” is like calling Jalen Williams “a 6 footer.”

Please get vaccinated. This doesn’t have to happen. But it will happen more, and with more fatalities as long as RFK Jr and his anti-science enablers continue to spread disinformation. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

This is a credit to Indiana Republicans (and Democrats). Multi partisan commitment to Democracy is the only way it can happen long term.

Donald Trump just ended a rule that required airlines to compensate you for delayed or canceled flights. Why? Maybe because the airlines donated big bucks to Trump. Or maybe because the Secretary of Transportation used to be an airline lobbyist. Either way, you lose.

The growing Coalition of Corruption.

"The task now is straightforward: It’s to maintain momentum. It’s to keep the pressure on. It’s to make the next couple weeks as bad for the Trump administration and the Republican party as the past couple months have been." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

So apparently it is my wife’s impression that anything I watch/listen to on any topic is part of the manosphere if it is in fact spoken and presented by a man.

The primary criterion for a top college team appears to be having red as the dominant uniforms color. Go Ducks.

Got back into Blue Sky just in time for my final hour on the Thom Hartmann program @thomhartmann.bsky.social

Democrats campaigned ON democracy. We need a campaign FOR democracy.

Voting Rights Act turns 60 today but under dire threat -SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law -Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems -115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Today marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act's passage in Congress. Here's what happened next:

Finally, a united nation.

Your occasional reminder that climate change is real.

“Both of them.”

Let that statistic speak

Oh, the irony.

Democratic senators should ignore GOP attacks over not confirming Trump's nominees, and instead go on the offensive: Attack Republican senators for not voting to release the Epstein files. And urge voters to go to Republican senators' town halls or find them elsewhere to challenge them on this.

"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them." — Andy Bernard

The discourse needs to get smarter. We don’t need national profile Democrats “campaigning” as much as we need them digging in and building pro-democracy infrastructure. More grassroots, more media, more solution-making, more fundraising. And not just (or even mostly) in election season.

What would a progressive narrative look like? First, it would not be motivated by fear and hatred of women. Second, it would consider masculinity healthy and valuable rather than being ashamed of it.

With news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down due to Trump’s meddling, it’s worth watching Mr. Rogers testifying to the Senate about the real value of what we’ve all lost.

Source: NPR Trump killed a virtuous thing.

Trump Administration continues to give Epstein & Maxwell special treatment to help coverup.

Warm thoughts and sympathies go to the people of Kamchatka facing the Tsunami. Dumb thoughts and memories go to why I and other gaming kids of the 80’s know the name of that place so well.

It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.

“‘The only political liability is if we don’t push to get it released,’ Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) told me. ‘We got to get it released now…Let’s get the list released. Let’s find out everything about it and then let the public decide.’” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

What’s the most extreme thing Trump might do to distract from his close friendship & party relationship with Epstein? ✅ Threaten to deport US citizen political opponents (Mamdani, etc.) ✅ Sue conservative newspaper ✅ Accuse former President of treason ❓ More & worse? Military conflict?

Superman!

Friends—There is a deep need for interfaith expressions of love and kindness. Show your Jewish friends some love. Embarrassing that this merits mention: Harassing of Jewish Americans strictly or largely because they are Jewish is not progressive, liberal, strategic, kind constructive, or moral.

Ouch. 💔

Public broadcasting has enriched so many of our lives from providing us critical news and information to free, accessible entertainment for all ages.   The Senate must stand up to stop Trump's $1 billion cuts to these critical programs.

This could be a good thing.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, said that its Grok chatbot relied too heavily on input from users of his social media platform X after a code update, causing it to share a series of antisemitic comments on Tuesday.

“The Big Ugly” is actually a pretty good name for it.

Last day for #radiodog (I know, it looks similar to the picture before…but promise it’s piping hot and fresh from the oven!) @thomhartmann.bsky.social

Gwen had a great question: What would make a great banner for a rural hospital / pro health care / anti-cuts ongoing rally?

To Lynn’s point! @thomhartmann.bsky.social

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Radio Dog. @thomhartmann.bsky.social (His name is George Bailey. And he’s a good boy.)

Trump tonight in Des Moines, talking about the estate tax: "if you love them, or if you love somebody that you're leaving [a farm] to, think of that -- no death tax, no estate tax, no going to the banks and borrowings from, in some cases a fine banker, and in some cases shylocks, bad people."

Protect elections Win by large margins Work on local races Win legislatures Pass local election reforms

We’re gonna see more and more of this.

Don’t let Trump change the subject. The Bill is one of the worst things ever passed by Congress. He’ll say crazy stuff to change the subject. Don’t change the subject. Focus on the Bill that is tearing down America.

A thread and list of some of the worst things in the big bad bill

It is worth noting that the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" is incredibly unpopular. I haven't seen a single credible poll with support above 40% of adults. And that's just if you ask people, "Do you support the OBBB." If you poll them about the individual components, it's 30+ points underwater.

He was also described here as a great public speaker. I’ve seen him do that. Ain’t his thing.

The right wing laments about executive orders of previous presidents were all rooted in dishonesty. They care nothing of constitutional principles that to not advantage their cult.