A lot of great results in this election. This could be my favorite.

Dixit defeats Bingle, completing a progressive sweep in Spokane council elections The progressive candidate for City Council in northeast Spokane eked out a win in an almost-final count posted Monday.

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Protecting American Energy From State Overreach By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

If there was any question about Trump and his allies calling for federal protections to be undone (like Roe v Wade) as a state's rights issue being bullshit, here we have "protection from state overreach" as thier latest move to pile horseshit on top of that.
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Val Kilmer, Star of ‘Batman Forever,’ ‘Tombstone,’ Dies at 65 Val Kilmer, star of "Batman Forever" and "Tombstone," has died. He was 65.

He was a part of so many projects that characterized the last 40 years. A sad loss.

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At 8 weeks since the inauguration, Americans and refugees are under attack by the US government, federal agencies are in chaos, household costs are up, stocks are down, and the US is no longer viewed as a global leader. Who wants emergency do-over elections...today?

SpaceX Starship breaks apart after launch in second failure in a row SpaceX made multiple changes in the wake of a January Starship failure, only to suffer a second straight vehicle breakup Thursday.

If I'm following this correctly, Musk can't do something that NASA has been able to for nearly 70 years, and his solution has been to reduce expert NASA staff and airspace regulators rather than admit that those agencies have value. Explain the genius of Musk again?

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ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical deta...

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Musk Mulls Sending All Americans $5,000 Checks Using DOGE Savings “Will check with the President,” billionaire Elon Musk replied to a tweet proposing a refund check to taxpayers funded by DOGE’s savings.

If a $5,000 per taxpayer refund on a $25,000 per payer (over 18 months) funding cut is the best thing DOGE can offer they need to quit immediately. The services and support that they are cutting are worth far more than that. www.forbes.com/sites/mollyb...

Could I have the people who help make the flights not explode instead, please?

Uh...I feel like SpaceX engineers make things explode in flight more often than not. Can we have the flights that don't explode people instead?

Cool, cool, cool. That's a chart. Do you know what that chart shows? You certainly haven't supported an argument with it. You need to present a thesis, the data, an interpretation, and conclusion. If that's too difficult go back to school and leave the qualified government staff alone.

DOGE is destroying the US. What will the servile children of Musk cost us in the end?

This guy! Massive fraud and abuse!

Reflecting on it, I think the good points were accidental. It's true that math isn't partisan. Too bad Republicans think you can have a partisan opinion about facts and data.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: GOP Rep. Schweikert urges Congress to avoid 'financial armageddon'

While I don't agree with Republicans on much, this one makes some very important points about how many Republican proposed cuts are inconsequential for addressing debt, but have real negative consequences for US standing around the world.
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YouTube video by Ocie Elliott Ocie Elliott - Life I Know

Fitting lyrics for many in the US right now.
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Does Kennedy or any of them think Musk does anything out of the goodness of his heart? They must be getting a great deal out of this, or they're dumber than they think we are.

Are any Republicans capable of looking at Musk and honestly asking themselves why someone so wealthy, who probably hasn't wasted a moment or squandered a decision to reach that level of wealth and status would choose to do what he is now doing?

As I watched Senator John Kennedy defend Elon Musk and talk about how blessed we are to have someone so rich and intelligent rooting out wasteful spending on our behalf I feel like justice is now beyond our reach.

What does the word 'woke' really mean, and where does it come from? One word has become unavoidable on the campaign trail — woke. But what does it really mean and where does it come from? The word has a long and serious history in Black culture.

It's wild to me that the anti-woke rhetoric isn't being called out more for being overtly racist. And on top of that MAGA has expanded the meaning behind woke to attack more communities. Though NPR covered it well www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1...

The denial of personal expression and self identity is dehumanizing. MAGA does not understand the difference between right and wrong at a fundamental level.

Since MAGA thinks that personal pronouns should not be clearly stated to express personal identity, should we randomize which ones we use for Trump, Musk, and the others? How many times would it take for Trump to publicly be referred to as "she" for pronouns to become important to them? 😃

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We have good people in Congress fighting to protect the Constitution and the freedoms of the American people. Write to your representatives. A peaceful reversal of the Project 2025 acts of terror is possible. Our voices are their strength.

A Guide to Emergency Powers and Their Use The 150 statutory powers that may become available to the president upon declaration of a national emergency.

Trump has aggressively worked to make people feel like the executive is unchecked. Is his plan to push some people to violence? Is that how he will justify that a sweeping emergency declaration is warranted? Emergency powers in the wrong hands are terrifying. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Members | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions is holding the nomination hearing this week for RFK, Jr. for Secretary of HHS. This nomination has the potential to cause significant harm to a lot of people. Our senators need to hear from us! www.help.senate.gov/about/members

BlueSky seems like the new place to be for connections and conversation. Though my account will probably be mostly about my dogs and garden. 😜