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Basically going about as well as progressives/Democrats could possibly hope.

Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...

Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.

Here’s how we did our analysis.

(Published Feb. 2025)

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"Cockroaches" the exact literal term most used in Rwanda by Hutu ultranationalists against Tutsis in the lead up to when they killed hundreds of thousands of them in a matter of weeks. Also used by Begin to describe Palestinians, "drugged cockroaches in a bottle."

I mean if we’re doing reality programming, I want to watch him do a foot pursuit

We’re getting our Deborah Bix moments with his top aides already.

A shitty map created by ChatGPT5. it purports to be US States with an R in their name, but it's wrong and dumb and worthless just like LLMs.

My goto is to ask LLMs how many states have R in their name. They always fail. GPT 5 included Indiana, Illinois, and Texas in its list. It then asked me if I wanted an alphabetical highlighted map. Sure, why not.

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

Every day @stephenking.bsky.social proves he is a really good writer.

She’s absolutely right, and more folks ought to understand what Trump and his cronies are doing.

Occasionally I come across an article in the foreign press that’s strikes me as so important that I want to share it with you. The following was originally written by an Israeli professor of law named Orit Kamir. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal-of-the-victims-of-the

A developing political scandal in Florida has Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive A developing political scandal in Florida has put Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive. Republican lawmakers are investigating how $10 million in state money was diverted for use in a campaign.

A developing political scandal in Florida has put Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive. Republican lawmakers are investigating how $10 million in state money was diverted for use in a campaign.

The Art of the Deal

This is part of what’s so insane. As they talk about re-shoring and manufacturing they are actively trying to destroy an entire us manufacturing industry that already exists.

I’m currently employed in manufacturing. Tool and diemaker simply do not have the capacity to actually make the amount of tooling that would be necessary to reshore even like 5% of currently overseas manufacturing. We’re already at like 16 week lead times.

The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.

I am also dying to know how this White House list is ordered. It's not alphabetical, it's not by tariff rates, it's not population, it's not GDP, what is it???

The GOP are scheming to bankrupt Social Security and cripple the US with debt at the same time. The future is a bleak. Where are the politicians who care and feel responsible?

We bought a product for our house from Britain, and got hit with a tariff charge!! It's not charged at the point of sell, but UPS collects it on delivery. So online orders may have an unexpected 25% surcharge!

The Trump regime and DOGE are rolling out this playbook to attack Social Security — one of the most popular and effective government programs.

They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services.

Why? Because they don't want it to work.

This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

Good day in Port Angeles, WA - went to the “Not My President Day” March in my little city of 20,000 people. I found it hard not to cry. SO many people driving by, honking their horns in support!
Take your hope and good feelings wherever you can find them. This is only the beginning.

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

We back!! @hignfyus Season 2 kicks off tonight. CNN 9/e or stream it tomorrow on @StreamOnMax

NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block.

The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.

A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.

Again, this isn't about efficiency.

Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.

Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile — as part of broader Energy Department layoffs, according to four people with knowledge of the matter.

Nothing will put the “co-president” meme to rest better than an exclusive joint interview of the co-presidents.