easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”

I believe this time around, normal people will lead the resistance..and there are so many artists among them.

Elon Musk's X Appears to Be Violating US Sanctions by Selling Premium Accounts to Iranian Leaders While publicly supporting protesters in Iran, Elon Musk's X appears to have been selling premium accounts to regime officials. Checkmarks were removed from certain accounts after a WIRED inquiry.

"X did not respond to a request for comment, but within hours of WIRED flagging several X accounts belonging to Iranian officials, their blue checkmarks were removed. The rest of the accounts identified by TTP but not shared with X continue to display a blue checkmark."

Elon Musk's X Appears to Be Violating US Sanctions by Selling Premium Accounts to Iranian Leaders While publicly supporting protesters in Iran, Elon Musk's X appears to have been selling premium accounts to regime officials. Checkmarks were removed from certain accounts after a WIRED inquiry.

While publicly supporting protesters in Iran, Elon Musk's X appears to be profiting from the very same government officials he railed against, potentially violating US sanctions in the process, according to a new report from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) shared exclusively with WIRED.

The Trump Administration Wants White Men to Claim Discrimination. This Is What Happens When They Do Jeff Vaughn says it was a 2022 billboard that convinced him being White and male was becoming a liability.

White men who sue for discrimination are confronting the same blunt reality as countless employees belonging to other demographics: Bringing a lawsuit against your employer may well damage your career.

Deaths in Iran's crackdown on protests reach at least 7,000, activists say Activists say the death toll from a crackdown over Iran’s nationwide protests has reached at least 7,002 with many more people still feared dead. The U.S.

Activists say the death toll from a crackdown over Iran's nationwide protests has reached at least 7,002 with many more people still feared dead.

To be clear, they aren’t immigration detention facilities, they are ICE-Gestapo concentration camps that the MAGA regime are using to torture, starve and murder adults and children of color as part of their fascist takeover.

Abhorrent.
Monstrous.
Evil.
Crimes against humanity.

NEW: A page from Bondi's burn book. This is a list of the searches by Rep Jayapal of the unredacted Epstein files. That means the DOJ grabbed her search terms from the computers they set up for members of congress to view the Epstein files to use as ammunition. The photo is from Reuters.

Tech executives have finally amassed their ultimate, long dreamed-of power: to summarily fire anyone who speaks ill of their desire to have sex with robots

Most of software engineering isn't coding, for that matter.

Rep Ted Lieu speaking at a congressional hearing

Ted Lieu: “Were there any underage girls at that party or any party that Trump attended with Epstein”

Pam Bondi: “There is no evidence that Trump has committed a crime”

Ted Lieu: “I believe you just lied under oath”

image from today's hearing

Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them

(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)

interviewed Ramirez about her plans to dismantle DHS, abolish ICE, and put money towards housing and health care for communities ICE is terrorizing. www.publicnotice.co/p/delia-rami...

Rep. Lieu: “Howard Lutnick must resign… The Epstein Files new release shows that not only did Howard Lutnick lie to the American people, he went into business with Jeffrey Epstein, he visited Epstein Island, and Howard Lutnick did this knowing how evil Epstein was.”

First guy I looked up, Salvatore Nuara: “According to several reports, Nuara previously served as a detective with the New York Police Department.”

No surprise there.

This article immediately labels @emilymbender.bsky.social and I as "curmudgeons" because we don't think that the spicy auto complete has a concept of the self.

So You Lied About Your Relationship With a Sex Trafficker. Now What? Howard Lutnick searches for a way out of his Epstein pickle.

"I did not have economic relations with that man" was not true

OpenAI: we're not like other tech companies. We're a cool tech company
Also OpenAI: *doing the most tech company thing possible*

Waiting for the White House to blame Obama for Howard Lutnick's visit to Epstein Island. "Because of the Democrats' economic mismanagement, it was difficult to get lunch on the high seas ..."

Current state of Republican Party politics: The president posted an image of the first black president and First Lady as apes; no one at the White House will publicly say that is not appropriate; the most likely person to face consequences is the party’s sole black senator — for calling it “racist.”

They're Coming for Our Daughters The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures

The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”

The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...

“Republicans could lose a wave election thanks to Trump, so he’s laying the groundwork to seize voting machines, intimidate voters, and limit participation.”

@justinglawe.bsky.social documents evidence that Trump is preparing to disrupt the midterms.

Read here: zeteo.com/p/trump-thre...

Seriously, we need to bring back some shame to this society!!

"Did the serial execution or exile of dissidents including Marxists make Iran a better fighter for Palestinian rights, or a worse one? Does keeping your boots on Iranians’ throats get better if you also shove “Free Palestine” down them?"

people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.

They accuse anyone besides white christians of not being real Americans but it's the MAGA folks whose patriotism is conditional.

The headline made me laugh 😂

This Week in Democracy – Week 55: Trump's Racism Isn't Distraction. It's Policy Zeteo's weekly round-up, documenting the growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

"This Week in Democracy – Week 55: Trump's Racism Isn't Distraction. It's Policy"

Zeteo's weekly round-up, documenting the growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

Topol: The same thing occurs with all these wellness influencers—the latest being Peter Attia. There are hundreds and hundreds of these so-called longevity hackers. One cardinal rule I have is this: if somebody is selling something, they have no credibility. Zero.