Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first

The gutting of the CHIPS Act central structures is probably the most important tech industry story, and is being completely biffed by outlets continuing to characterize Trump as “tech”/“business” friendly.

Many companies actually had committed to building fabs in the US under the Biden administration. But the Trump administration has destroyed the ability to build those fabs as well as central incentives.

Shocking coming from the people who upended how Title IX addresses campus sexual violence.

“Nobody came”: Hill Country flooding survivors recount anguish, neglect during emotional hearing Residents told state lawmakers about what they’ve lost and the hardships they’re experiencing almost a month after the July 4 disaster devastated the region.

The MAGA-led response to the Texas floods is going great - so great that locals are still finding rotting human body parts in the debris that no one in government appears to care about picking up:

The Epstein Saga Is Not a Game. It’s About Protecting Women. Donna Ladd reflects on her own story amid the still-unfolding Jeffrey Epstein saga of rape, retribution and the protection of sexual predators.

DEMOCRACY: "Roy Black showed photos of William Kennedy Smith’s accuser’s black lace panties and bra to the jury. I owned black lace panties, too, as did many girls and women," Donna Ladd writes.

“I was told by someone who works for Trump that he’s so innocent and during Blanche’s meeting with Maxwell, they talked at length about how innocent he is.”

If you’re going to uncritically repeat claims of “senior administration officials,” then just stop calling it a news program. Its stenography.

Opinion | Courts Hiding ICE Lawyers' Names Defies Legal Ethics Cassandra Robertson writes that the increase in anonymity for ICE lawyers and officers to protect their identities creates an ethical dilemma.

OPINION: "The U.S. legal system is built on openness, with multiple layers of legal protection that guarantee public access to court proceedings. This tradition of open courts developed as a direct rejection of secret judicial proceedings...used to abuse power in England," Robertson writes.

CTV NEWS 'Disgusting act of hate': Victoria synagogue vandalized with antisemitic statements By Lisa Steacy and Penny Daflos Published: August 04, 2025 at 2:43PM EDT

Heyyyyy, what the fuck don’t do that! 🤬

(Picture in the replies.)

In private group chat, GOP lawmakers made crude jokes about a Democratic colleague's clothing The thread was sparked by a photo that was later posted to social media, unleashing online harassment.

Kudos to @cprnews.bsky.social Capitol reporter Bente Birkeland for her reporting on this absolute horror story. www.cpr.org/2025/08/06/c...

Bill Cassidy’s oppo ads write themselves. If anyone fields a solid Dem in LA (I strongly prefer Troy Carter to JBE, but JBE is probably the most electorally viable) that’d be great.

I am going to be a massive humorless asshole about woo-woo shit, no matter how seemingly harmless, for the rest of my life due to this. astrology, homeopathic medicine, etc etc it's all bullshit and it's not fucking harmless. there are people who will die due to this who would have otherwise lived.

NE-1 has a Cook PVI of R+6, though it actually hasn’t been close in a decade.

Bard president Leon Botstein says Trump’s campaign against colleges follows ‘a classic antisemitic routine’ Botstein, born in 1946 in Europe to Holocaust survivors, has led the liberal arts college for 50 years.

“I actually think the government is playing out a classic antisemitic routine... Blame it on the Jews — ‘The reason that all the research funding is gone is because of the Jews.’” forward.com/fast-forward...

Eddie Munster is right.

This is the content I’m here for.

Sydney Sweeney advert saying she's got good genes, beneath which is a genestealer from 40K rubbing its hands gleefully

Measuring Public Opinion: Challenges • Measurement Error • Framing • The practice of highlighting different dimensions, concepts, or ideas to form an opinion about a political issue or phenomenon. • Example: • “We are faced with many problems in this country, none of which can be solved easily or inexpensively. I’m going to name a few problems and for each one I’d like you to tell me whether you think we are spending too much money, too little money, or about the right amount.” • When the public was asked about “welfare” • Too little = 13%; About right = 25%; Too much = 62% • When asked about “assistance to the poor” • Too little = 59%; About right = 25%; Too much = 16% • But these are the same thing! • Welfare has acquired a negative meaning in the US, and is a racialized term, meaning it is used as code or a ‘dog-whistle’ for policies which benefit black Americans

"Welfare" vs "assistance to the poor" was always one of my go-to examples when teaching public opinion. It might shock you to learn that using these terms returns precisely opposite results. Here's a slide from my old lectures about it:

You can find them all here: kevinjelliott.net/teaching-ame...

He fled Boko Haram and helped build an award-winning restaurant. Now he’s facing deportation. Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention feels like "a second kidnapping," says his sister.

Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister.

“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"

As the old joke goes, “Republicans run on the idea that government is incompetent, and then when they’re in office they prove it.”

Unfortunately, every group of incompetent dipshits insists that they’ll be different.

Ken Martin on Fox: "Remember, the '26 and '25 elections will be a referendum on Trump, and his numbers are actually in the toilet right now. He's sitting at 37% approval. So if I was the GOP right now, I would be worried too, which is why they're trying to cheat and steal these elections in Texas."

RFK Jr. cuts $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, dealing major blow to promising area of research The cuts add to mounting evidence that Kennedy is pursuing an aggressive anti-vaccine agenda.

We need a word for someone who is beyond perverse, sadistic, sociopathic. Blocking mRNA vaccine research means that you or someone you love will die of something you could have avoided or survived. He is intentionally killing people.

Miss United States Files Restraining Order Against GOP Rep. Cory Mills Lindsey Langston reported the Florida Republican to law enforcement for harassment last month.

As you read this eye-popping story alleging GOP Congressman Cory Mills engaged in revenge porn w/Miss USA, remember that Eagle Ed Martin refused to investigate the earlier abuse allegations against him.

So this is abuse Pam Bondi's DOJ let continue.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/miss-unite...

And the fact that he’s talked about this openly.

Speaking hours later Tuesday at a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska, alongside the state's two Republican U.S. senators, Kennedy said work is underway on an alternative. He said a "universal vaccine" that mimics "natural immunity" is the administration's focus. "It could be effective — we believe it's going to be effective - against not only coronaviruses, but also flu," he said.

Come on AP. He slashed $500 million in funding for mRNA technology and then strung a bunch of words that sound good if you know literally nothing about vaccines, but this statement is actual science fiction and reporting it without saying this isn’t how immunity works at all is frankly dangerous.

People who don’t know anything about Jewish identity trying to explain to Jewish scholars how Jewish identity works, part infinity.

It feels pretty significant to me that 18% of all US adults think that being white is very/somewhat important to making someone an American.

The target number here should be 0%. None bigots.

A very clear lesson for Americans who oppose Trump and think the solution was "what if we just leaned into the whole xenophobia culture war thing to win back the Trumpists."

It... does not work.

For folks keeping track at home, GAO has now found 5 Impoundment Control Act violations by the second Trump Administration.

And they have at least 30 more ongoing ICA investigations.