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tbf "cyberbully ppl with vague death threats" does in fact describe the stunted political theory of a decent chunk of this site

The problem is that everyone assumes that anti-incumbency was caused by inflation and is therefore over now when it is in fact caused by the internet and is continuing or even worsening

This quote was her response to an attack that she had some ideological reason for supporting trans women in women’s prisons as the AG of California. She was explicitly defending following the law in California. Hilarious to lecture others for not watching clips when you’ve not watched her interview.

He’s already forgotten who Kirk was

This is really important journalism.

MEMPHIS — Senator Akbari on Trump sending the National Guard to invade against the wishes of nearly all local officials: “This is an abuse of power… Memphis deserves real solutions, not more political stunts.”

Sabrina Carpenter, in spite of obvious edicts to "leave your politics at the door, showed up to the VMAs with drag queens, trans women, queers in general and a bunch of signs about protecting drag queens and trans rights.

Tell me again she's playing it to the conservatives. Go on.

YouTube video by MTV Sabrina Carpenter Performs "Tears" | 2025 Video Music Awards

Sabrina Carpenter says TRANS RIGHTS at the VMAs

actually, you DO have to hand it to sabrina carpenter

Sabrina Carpenter wins Best Pop Artist at the #VMAs.

sabrina carpenter at the vmas with signs around her about protecting trans rights

this is the sabrina carpenter photo of all time i love her

As a guy who got a cancer that was probably caused by a virus, I think we should have /more/ vaccines.

I LOVE WHEN BLACK WOMEN.

Why Is Martha’s Vineyard Going Vegan? It’s All About Tick Bites. Islanders’ diets are being upended by an onslaught of alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-induced allergy to meat and dairy.

A condition known as alpha-gal syndrome is changing the way many people shop, cook and eat on Martha’s Vineyard, an island long known as a food-lover’s retreat. A single tick bite can leave people with this life-threatening allergy to most meat and dairy.

This BBC clip is wild: intense contrast between folks in Union Station yelling "Free DC!" as JD Vance, Stephen Miller, and the SecDef walk by, and then a hard-cut to that same trio in a Shake Shack belittling the hecklers while standing in front of sandwiches and…surrounded by literal soldiers?

a few pics i took with my girlfriend's camera on b&w film at the Houston "No Kings" protest

WATCH: Texas Republican speaker “locks the doors” to keep Dems in until Trump gets his new maps and Republicans steal him 5 seats

DC National Guard Is Being Trained to Carry Pistols Known to Fire at Random The Sig Sauer P320 has a reputation for firing on its own. The National Guard is training to use them on the streets of D.C.

the internet's least favorite handgun is probably coming to a DC national guard deployment near you

“Your microphone works. Do you condemn this?”

I asked my Republican colleagues — who say they care about antisemitism — if they condemn Trump pardoning neo-Nazis.

Unfortunately, the party of “Jewish space lasers” doesn't give a damn about stopping antisemitism.

BREAKING: Texas Rep. Nicole Collier tells us she was just forced to leave a DNC press call and threatened with a FELONY charge if she didn’t comply.

Republicans are out of control.

“If you want to know the state of our democracy, look no further than this house floor. Representative Nicole Collier has been held here, against her will, for two full days."

"She’s being surveilled and detained in her own capitol simply for dissenting.” - Rep. John Bucy #txlege

Honestly, the funniest thing about this is that over the past 50 years, there have been more Republican presidents who were male cheerleaders than those who have been in combat.

Obama Endorses Newsom’s Redistricting Proposal as a ‘Responsible Approach’ The former president suggested that Democrats opposing G.O.P. efforts in Texas and elsewhere should advance their own gerrymandering plans.

Barack Obama has offered his approval to Democrats’ mid-decade redistricting attempts, praising Gov. Gavin Newsom’s bid to reapportion California’s House districts as a “responsible approach.”

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (contained within docket no. 46) is DENIED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (docket no. 3) is GRANTED such that Defendants and their officers, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, servants, employees, successors, and all other persons or entities in active concert or privity or participation with them, are PRELIMINARILY ENJOINED from displaying the Ten Commandments pursuant to S.B. 10. The Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) security bond requirement is waived. It is so ORDERED. For those who disagree with the Court's decision and who would do so with threats, vulgarities and violence, Grace and Peace unto you. May humankind of all faiths, beliefs and non-beliefs be reconciled one to another. Amen. SIGNED this 20th day of August, 2025. FRED BIERY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Hey Texas School Districts!

If you put up posters of the 10 Commandments in all of your classrooms because #txlege told you to, a Federal Judge just dropped an injunction telling you not to.

So get them down ASAP

"Residential ratepayers in Texas could pay about 23% more in 2035 than they would have if the bill hadn’t upended the market, while industrial customers could see bills surge 54%, according to Energy Innovation Policy & Technology..." 2/2
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"Oil and gas get most of the attention, but clean energy has been the Texas
economic boom’s secret ingredient. All but 6% of new electric capacity
added to the state’s grid since 2020 has come from renewables or batteries."

And energy use is up over 25% in that time! 1/2

A now hiring sign is displayed as job seekers fill out applications for employment at a United States Postal Service (USPS) job fair hiring automotive technicians and motor vehicle operators at the Los Angeles Processing and Distribution Center in Los Angeles, California on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

Job creation over the last three months was just 106,000 — the lowest rolling three-month total since the pandemic. Excluding 2020, it was the softest three months of job creation since late 2010.

Pets are being abandoned, surrendered amid Trump’s immigration crackdown The heightened need is colliding with a shelter system already stretched thin by post-pandemic overcrowding, chronic staffing shortages and plummeting adoptions.

Animal welfare groups across the U.S. say they’re fielding a surge of calls about pets left behind when their owners are detained, deported or self-deport in fear — straining a system already burdened by overcrowding, staff shortages, and falling adoptions.

Budapest mayor questioned by police for defying government to hold Pride parade Hungary’s government has tried to roll back LGBTQ+ rights, including by banning the Budapest Pride parade in June.

The mayor of Budapest has been questioned as a suspect by police for having organised the city's Pride parade in June, which authorities tried to ban as part of a series of regressive policies targeting LGBTQ+ rights.

http://jrnl.ie/6780402

Potatoes have their roots in ancient tomatoes Knowing potatoes’ origin story could help future-proof the crucial crop against climate threats.

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A history mystery solved: where do potatoes come from?

Nine million years ago, as the Andes were rising, a tomato cross pollinated a plant from the S. etuberosum lineage. Each plant contributed a gene, that together enabled underground stems to form tubers.

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