Abby Brody

Let's take the conceit that Trump is running America like a business. Would you give all upper management a two month paid vacation so they can focus on starving their customers because you're so dedicated to uninsuring millions of said customers?

Voters’ anger at high electricity bills and data centers looms over 2026 midterms Electricity costs were a key issue in this week’s elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, a data center hotspot.

Voter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into the midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights over who's footing the bill for energy-hungry data centers.

Fung-wong: Super typhoon hits Philippines as nearly a million evacuate Typhoon Fung-wong, with sustained winds of 185 km/h (115mph), made landfall on Sunday evening local time.

Yet another record breaking storm supersized by a warming world 😢

Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.

That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.

How Congress Can Rein in Surging Political Corruption Federal lawmakers can protect the American public by passing a new law to fully implement the Constitution’s oldest anticorruption safeguards.

Corruption is hardly a new problem, but the abuses taking place now are unlike anything seen in generations. Here’s what Congress can do about it: bit.ly/43MmpHM

Terrifying. When most media is state media we are fully under authoritarian rule.

Absolutely, positively. And for the Caribbean boat strikes, too.

The Mafia Presidency Trump is saying, essentially, If you don’t want to get hurt, you’ll do what I say.

The longevity of the Mafia in Italy serves as a warning that, once this style of rule embeds itself in the state, it is “very difficult to extract,” @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.

Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.

Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.

Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.

Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.

Getting new details on this now:

As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.

Wait, did they edit an interview? Did they not air every second?

I heard that’s grounds for a multimillion lawsuit

Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here. Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.

Only about a third of the Trump interview aired on "60 Minutes." CBS has published the transcript of the complete interview here —> www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...

With the president’s blessing, Skydance merged with Paramount, gaining control of CBS News. Now the giant might eat up Warner Bros. Discovery, which includes CNN

Trump is surely hoping to accomplish what Orbán’s regime has done, controlling some 80% of Hungary’s media market trib.al/DQtQpsA

Andrew Desiderio V @AndrewDesiderio X.com Funny moment just now in the Senate: Lindsey Graham whispered something into his phone and then Siri responded with full volume: "Calling Sean Hannity mobile" 8:57 AM • 10/28/25 • 276K Views

We live in an episode of Veep

Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi

BREAKING | Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi

I still think it should have been all over when he said, “find 11,780 votes.”

The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.

He said this out loud.

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now."

ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

Kamala Harris: "It feels chaotic, but what I would offer you is what we are witnessing is the swift implementation of a plan that was decades in the making. Project 2025 didn't just drop out of thin air. That's a product of decades of work. Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation ... "

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.

Energy chief suggests Trump administration is altering previously published climate reports | CNN Wright said the Trump administration is updating the National Climate Assessments that have been previously published, which the administration recently removed from government websites.

The Trump administration has deleted all previous National #Climate Assessments from government websites and fired the scientists working on the next report. Now they say they're going to rewrite the previous ones.
This is scientific sabotage and a rewriting of history.

www.cnn.com/2025/08/07/c...

VA Just Terminated Most Federal Union Contracts, National Nurses United Included The VA has terminated union contracts for over 360,000 healthcare workers, including nurses—raising urgent concerns about staffing, patient safety, and veteran care nationwide.

NEW: The Department of Veterans Affairs just terminated union contracts including AFL-CIO (AFGE), NAGE, NFFE, SEIU, and nursing unions NNOC and NNU. nurse.org/news/va-term...

Alabama immigration advocate detained by ICE in traffic stop, family says: ‘Just heartbreaking and discouraging’ "Her detainment is not only legally questionable — it is morally wrong," a petition demanding her release reads.

In Alabama, another horrible ICE detention story— pulled over for going 1 mile over the speed limit and then put into detention, a woman who earned a masters degree and has become a beloved community advocate. Not a criminal. Someone who contributes to America. www.al.com/news/2025/08...

Fact check:

mRNA vaccines for respiratory viruses are meant to prevent severe illness (bad Pneumonia).

This means beefing up our immunity in the *lower* respiratory tract, eg the lungs.

Kennedy talks about the *upper* respiratory tract and vaccine efficacy in nonsensical gibberish.

Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.

Guess someone at the Labor Department is getting pushed out a window today

ZOHRAN reacts to Trump threatening to deport him and admitting to squashing the Mayor Adams corruption case👇🏽

A vote for Adams is a vote for Trump

Where is the courage of a John McCain when we need it the most?

It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.