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"I don't think there is any upside for me to go over to the Capitol and sit down with the president's personal representative in the United States House. That's what the Speaker has become."

@captmarkkelly.bsky.social talks Mike Johnson and more with @samsteindc.bsky.social:

Jim Ratcliffe says the UK has been “colonised by immigrants”. Well, (1) it hasn’t; (2) he’s an immigrant (to Monaco) himself; & (3) 30,000 of Monaco’s 38,000 residents are immigrants like him who have thereby, yes, colonised that Principality. He needs better comms/PR advice!

Called it.

Verge headline: The rise of the slopagandist by Mia Sato Photo: Nick Shirley's head pasted onto an old timey newspaper boy's body. He's also holding a selfie stick with a phone attached

Nick Shirley and others like him are reminiscent of yellow journalism of the 19th century, updated and turbocharged by social media algorithms.

Read more: www.theverge.com/news/869824/...

NHS expands access to prostate cancer drug in England to save thousands of lives Charity hails ‘momentous’ decision to give abiraterone to about 8,000 newly diagnosed men each year The NHS has expanded access to a prostate cancer drug across England in a move expected to save thousands of lives. Abiraterone, which starves cancer cells of the hormones they need to grow, will be offered to men who are newly diagnosed and whose disease has not spread beyond the prostate. Continue reading...

NHS expands access to prostate cancer drug in England to save thousands of lives

damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis

NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Trump Takes Another Blowtorch to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Potentially $2b was just cut from a key HHS agency with bipartisan support.

For an admin that claims to care so much about drug addiction that they're blowing up boats, it's strange that they're cutting $2 BILLION in funding for substance abuse and mental health services…

Read @citizencohn.bsky.social's Breakdown only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-take...

It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg I remember him as a racist bully, and his allegation that other ex-Dulwich boys and I are liars tells me he hasn’t changed, says former Dulwich college pupil Rickard Berg

It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg

Who’s he?

Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025 Legal action has brought important decisions, from the scrapping of fossil fuel plants to revised climate plans

Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025

vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans

Dominic Grieve’s response to Nigel Farage’s ‘let’s leave the ECHR’ stunt in parliament is spot on.

Who’s this?

Headline reads: Deranged

A British newspaper (The Mirror) reacts to Trump’s speech.

🧵A week ago, these words were spoken at the HB city council meeting by local Proud Boy Luke Dennis.

Along with accusations towards @chriswarcraft.bsky.social and OVSD Trustee Clayton-Tarvin, his suggestion that he thinks that Kanan is capable of 💀 is an incredibly dangerous one.

What happens if you don’t do background checks or training for thousands of people and you give them all total authority?

ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles

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Elites and institutions have not “collapsed.” They have not “changed their tunes.” They have not “failed.” They are not “cowards.”

They were and are simply been focused only on their own self-preservation and profit.

Nothing has changed. They simply made a cost benefit analysis, and fascism wins.

Trump Corruption Eric Adams and Emil Bove Selling Teslas UAE Jet Presidential Library Payments Cryptocurrency Allows for Secret Bribes Colbert Cancellation for Merger Approval? Weird Brand Deals for Perfume and Shit Mar a Lago Membership Cost Increase Vietnam Hotel Approval for Trade Favoritism Pardons for Donors…Joe Arpaio. Roger Stone Ginni Thomas Election Plotting DJT Stock Deustchr Bank Loan Forgiveness (with Russian exposure) Paramount Lawsuit Settled with Library Monsey

Maybe gonna do a “Trump Corruption Tier List” here’s what I have so far. Trying to focus on things that are pretty cut and dried “using the power of the presidency for personal enrichment.” What am I missing?

Starmer and Reeves should consider wealth tax, says former shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds urges government not to duck ‘big decisions’ in autumn budget * UK politics live – latest updates The Treasury should consider a wealth tax to close the growing gap in the public finances, according to a Labour former shadow chancellor. Anneliese Dodds, who held the role under Keir Starmer in opposition, said ministers must have a “full and frank discussion” with the public about the “really big decisions” they had to take at this autumn’s budget. Continue reading...

Starmer and Reeves should consider wealth tax, says former shadow chancellor

Who Are the Climate Deniers Fighting the Endangerment Finding? DeSmog has been tracking the efforts of fossil fuel trade associations, policymakers, and industry backed-groups out to demolish U.S. climate policy for years.

This is just a sampling of the vast armada of fossil-fuel front groups and captured lobbyists they have out defending the $700+ billion annual subsidy we provide these polluters, by tolerating their pollute-for-free business model. Epic corruption.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 - "A Space Adventure Hour" Review – Trek Central A Holodeck episode in Star Trek? Sounds crazy, right? But being serious for a moment. A Holodeck adventure in Strange New Worlds? Yep, that is crazy! Well, this week's episode, titled "A Space…

🚨 NEW - Star Trek: #StrangeNewWorlds Season 3 - "A Space Adventure Hour" Review!

A Holodeck episode in #StarTrek? Sounds crazy, right? Well, Strange New Worlds has gone there in the latest episode!

🖖 Our review:
trekcentral.net/star-trek-st...

Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change El...

In addition to seeking to cut short environmental reviews, the executive order would open the door for the federal government to rescind sections of the federal rule that seeks to keep the public safe during rocket launches and reentries.

By @heathervogell.bsky.social & @tophersanders.bsky.social

There's a ton of great stuff in @lioneltrolling.bsky.social 's 'When The Clock Broke' deserving of a fuller review

...but this tidbit about "new class theory" feels particularly relevant to how Trump uses populism to shield (favored) corporate elites from scrutiny.

Israeli strikes kill at least 38 in Gaza as ceasefire talks reach critical point Benjamin Netanyahu travels to Washington as momentum gathers in negotiations for a US-sponsored deal Israeli warplanes launched a wave of strikes in Gaza on Sunday, killing at least 38 Palestinians, according to hospital officials, as talks over a ceasefire in the devastated territory reached a critical point. Officials at Nasser hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis said 18 people were killed by strikes in al-Mawasi, a nearby coastal area that is crowded with tented encampments of those displaced by fighting elsewhere. Continue reading...

Israeli strikes kill at least 38 in Gaza as ceasefire talks reach critical point

"Don't speak ill of the dead" is gaslighting by people who won't behave while alive.

Charles Dudley Krenz, 72, died from complications of bile duct cancer on May 29 at his home in Winston, Oregon. Charles spent the majority of his life making poor use out of every opportunity and privilege awarded him and attempting to make everyone around him as miserable as he was. Bright but lacking curiosity, confident but devoid of empathy, Charles was given second, third, even fourth chances throughout his life, but squandered them with a predictable consistency that borders on deliberate. At the time of his death, he had alienated himself from almost all who cared for him. Those people will not be surprised that there was no deathbed change of heart here. Chaz remained unpleasant until the very end.

Charles is preceded in death by his partner Jacquelyn Sullivan, whose warmth and good graces provided a reason for others to tolerate him for 27 years until her death from ovarian cancer in 2017. He is survived by his two children, AC Sullivan and Hank Sullivan, who, in the years since their father stole a bunch of money from them and skipped town, have been both relieved and dismayed to learn that breaking generational curses only really takes a modicum of personal effort.

the Star Tribune just called me and told me they would not be publishing the obituary I wrote for my father as it is “unfair to him” and “in poor taste” so here it is and fuck the strib ✌🏻

Many of the air purifiers available on the market right now are underpowered and overpriced.

In a world where AI answers blindly regurgitate sponsored product reviews and manufacturer’s marketing materials, it’s important to know what to look for and what to ignore.

Here are our 10 tips for choosing an air purifier you won’t regret buying 🧵

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started