Paula Schaap

Elizabeth Warren: "We have Republicans, in theory, they could stand up to him. But I say 'in theory.' It's the most spineless bunch of people I've ever seen."

ELIZABETH WARREN: What Zohran is saying is 'I want people to be able to afford to live in NYC'

FABER: But raising taxes in order to do it?

WARREN: Oh my goodness! Oh dear! Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?

Q: Why did you cut snap and health care research?

Rep. Flood: We do not have unlimited money in the United States.

[Crowd booing]

The 20 Elections to Watch in August - Bolts Out of 40 special elections for congressional and legislative seats so far in 2025, only two have seen flips; both were Democratic gains. That’s to be expected: Nationwide, most districts... Read More

It’s a huge Election Day tomorrow:

–Detroit votes for mayor
—Seattle votes for mayor
—Topeka votes for mayor
—South Tucson officials face a recall for caring about housing
—Dems defend two competitivish seats in DE & RI
—Seattle’s parks system is on the ballot
And… more!

Your cheat sheet:

So we're in August when there is NOTHING on network TV. Anyone got suggestions for a cable series? Comedy/detective/medical/legal -- all welcome.

If liberals had any discipline at all, we wouldn't let a Republican say "Sydney Sweeney" without immediately talking about abortion rights.

Nothing says MAGA is a party of incels more than goggling over semi-clothed boobie pictures, while denying rights to people who actually fuck.

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Took me a minute, but yeah.

Holy shit.

“Mamdani sold out! All politicians have a price!!!!!”

What happened?

“He no longer believes in defund the police!!”

He never said he would defund the police. He never campaigned on that. You’re listening to right wing propaganda and hurting your own feelings

Scoop @puck.news: Carol Leonnig, a 25-year veteran of The Washington Post, is leaving the paper and joining MSNBC.

The latest in the long and extensive exodus of Washington Post journalists under CEO Will Lewis.

i have two tickets to tonight’s guster show in NYC that i can’t use! first handbasket subscriber to email me gets em! mkwrites4000@proton.me

One, I am not sure the highest priority here is the victims, justice for the victims or combatting child exploitation, or at least I do not feel this way. If there was justice for the victims we would see some kind of accountability for the years they allowed this horrible human being, if you can call him that, to prey on underage and young girls while jet-setting around the world with high-profile individuals and/or entrapping his victims in his various mansions and/or his notorious private island. And to make matters more severe continued to traffic, rape and assault victims while on prison work-release and/or even after being a registered sex offender for about a decade. Rather, I feel like the DOJ’s and FBI’s priority is protecting the “third-party”, the wealthy men by focusing on scrubbing their names off the files of which the victims, “know who they are”. To learn that our own president has utilized thousands of agents to protect his identity and these high-profile individuals is monumentally mind-blowing. That is their focus? Wow!

One of Epstein's victims calls out Bondi's DOJ for protecting the powerful men in the files.

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"Ukraine’s state-owned Oschadbank seized Russian assets in France worth approximately €87 million ($99 million) as a part of an award of damages in Ukraine’s favor following Russia’s expropriation of the bank’s assets in annexed Crimea."
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What Does It Take to Write a Global Conservation Report? A New Assessment of Sharks Offers Answers • The Revelator A two-year effort reveals the latest shark conservation statistics, while providing insight into the process to protect large groups of species.

Ever take a look at one of those BIG conservation reports, assessing HUNDREDS of species and wonder "how did they DO that?" Well, we have answers: therevelator.org/global-conse...

This thread neatly summarizes the main divide I see in the energy and climate community. Do you think we need political intervention to intentionally wind down fossil fuels, or do you think if we make clean alternatives cheap enough then companies will voluntarily wind down fossil fuels?

Days after $5 million donation to MAGA Inc., Trump freezes Medicare waste crackdown Trump pledged to root out "waste, fraud and abuse." Then a big contribution to his Super PAC came in.

1. On February 24, Extremity Care LLC, a company that sells very expensive bandages made from placentas, donated $5 MILLION TO TRUMP'S SUPER PAC

Days later, Trump froze a pending rule that would BAR MEDICARE FROM COVERING EXTREMITY CARE'S PRODUCTS, which are overpriced & not backed by science.

The dark age ahead

The actual double diamond graphic off Wikipedia with the four stages labeled discover, define, develop, deliver.

two things can simultaneously be true:
1) the double diamond is a cliche, oversimplified process
2) pulling new stages for the double diamond out of your ass is not going to improve that process

I'm always put in mind of Steve Martin's "You Can Be a Millionaire," when I see stuff like this.

Minneapolis!

Economist Amartya Sen won a Nobel in part for asking: Why did India avoid the mass famines that killed tens of millions in China? His answer: a free press. Journalists could expose suffering and shame governments into action. Silence and avoidance, by contrast, can be deadly.

"i can't believe you don't like that politician just because you disagree over ~one single thing~" & then the one single thing is whether minorities should have human rights

Fuck AI as death care I want my wife to get a hologram of me performing The Fuck Shop by 2 Live Crew at the interment all the true homies will sing along as they lower me into the dirt

They're literally doing it every day. The latest effort to corner the GOP on this was YESTERDAY. They stole Mike Johnson's majority for a week doing this. Over and over they've done this. It has even been covered in the Emm Ess Emm.

No way older grey Epstein could go into a mall, or a fitness club, and entice children to go with him - only a posh sounding woman can do the enticing, fishing, and entrapment. This is Maxwell - she is NOT and never HAS been, a victim. She is just as evil and guilty, if not more so.

Transphobia is infuriating AND self-defeating. If you're AFAB, you're going to go through menopause...HRT has been a lifesaver for me. It may even stave off dementia!

If HRT is banned for trans folks, think it'll be easy for us cis folk to access it?

A little solidarity just might save YOUR life.

New books in the e-reader: @lioneltrolling.bsky.social's When the Clock Broke, and Zarna Garg's This American Woman.

On the occasion of his death, I rewatched a number of his videos, and man, the guy was dark.

Missed it and sad that I did! It's always that moment when you're: I coulda sworn this was the reason I don't live on the West Coast and here we are.