If only the GOP could read

Ocasio-Cortez raised $9.6 million in three months, smashing her own record It’s a massive haul for the progressive lawmaker who has been barnstorming the country with Bernie Sanders.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled in a massive fundraising haul amid progressive calls for her to launch a 2028 primary challenge against Sen. Chuck Schumer

Video: Protesters Rally Against Trump and Musk Across the U.S. People attending the marches chanted and held signs signaling their opposition to President Trump and his administration’s cuts to the federal government.

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The Gen X Career Meltdown Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.

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Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared” The Trump Administration is moving to prevent fair elections in 2026, the Connecticut Democrat says. “It won’t matter if we’re more popular than them.”

The Trump Administration is moving to prevent fair elections in 2026, Senator Chris Murphy says. “It won’t matter if we’re more popular than them.” David Remnick interviews the Connecticut Democrat on a new episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour. Listen here.

Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

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INTRODUCTION 1. Defendant Elon Musk is not, legally, the President of the United States, nor is he a federal elected official of any kind. And Mr. Musk is not a Senate-confirmed officer of the United States. But he and his so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE)—not, in fact, a federal executive department—are lawlessly and unconstitutionally wielding sweeping power across the executive branch. As Mr. Musk and DOGE lawlessly seize power over large swaths of federal spending, decimate the federal workforce, and dismantle federal agencies, they are severely harming, and threatening further imminent harm, to everyday Americans.

This new complaint against DOGE is truly cranked up to 11 from start to finish. What a way to start a lawsuit
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Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.

Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.

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So I’m still wondering if this is actually orthodontics for cats or if CAT is an abbreviation for some high-tech dental care.

Feel deep in my bones that the backlash to all of this is going to be enormous. Not sure how it will manifest and when it will explode into view, but confident it’s coming.

Nice video!

Japanese researchers develop method to break down PFAS 'forever chemicals' Ritsumeikan University researchers succeeded in completely breaking down perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS.

A Japanese research group has developed a new method to break down PFAS, a group of organic fluorine compounds often called "forever chemicals" for their persistence in the environment.

YouTube video by The Onion Brain Dead Teen, Only Capable Of Rolling Eyes And Texting, To Be Euthanized

Brain Dead Teen, Only Capable Of Rolling Eyes And Texting, To Be Euthanized

Opinion | What a School Performance Shows Us About Japanese Education A look into the Japanese educational system’s delicate balancing of teamwork, discipline and personal growth.

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A new mystery space on the shopping street. Previously a chocolate shop, convenience store, vegetable shop, private home. Any guesses what this will be?

KitchenAid Unveils New Culinary Mech Suit

KitchenAid Unveils New Culinary Mech Suit
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Accurate. Repost if you agree.

Trump Locks Bathroom Door So Elon Musk Can’t Follow Him In -The Onion

Trump Locks Bathroom Door So Elon Musk Can’t Follow Him In
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Relevant playlist:

ELO- Mr. Blue Sky
Allman Brothers- Blue Sky
Midnight Oil- Blue Sky Mine
Wilco- Sky Blue Sky
Kid Cudi- Blue Sky
Willie Nelson- Blue Skies
Pink Floyd- Goodbye Blue Sky
Joan Baez- Blue Sky
A-ha- The Blue Sky
Patti Griffin- Blue Sky
Weezer- Mr. Blue Sky
Big Head Todd- Blue Sky

Post by Taniel: A Wyoming judge just struck down WY's abortion bans. Get this: Judge invoked a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... that was passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare! Just backfired.

Talk about self-owns! This is rather amazing news on the abortion rights front.