Rebecca Burns

The fact that the US is killing people is woefully hidden by major US media. This is not a game of Battleship in which only “boats” are being blown up. Contrast the headlines in NYT and Guardian.

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

A demolition job that began Monday with the disappearance of the White House’s eastern entrance advanced Tuesday with the destruction of much of the East Wing to make way for President Trump’s planned ballroom.
https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC

41 million people (including 20 million kids) will lose access to food in a few days while a new 90,000 square foot ballroom is being added to the White House.

This political moment is profoundly disgusting.

If I were ever elected president, the first thing I’d do is take a sledgehammer to that ballroom.

The Trump administration, in one image.

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
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Most journalism this week has been like, "Legal experts unsure whether Trump shooting man in middle of 5th Avenue is murder..."

I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.

Ossoff: "We have a president who's completely out of control, a crook engaged in unprecedented corruption, who's passing one of the most unpopular agendas in history. The public is turning against him. The opposition is motivated. We can win & we have to win, but we don't have the luxury of despair"

# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon

The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions

If someone from another country explained that their president could violate their constitution's plain text but that it was completely legitimate because lifetime judges who belong to political parties said he could on the "shadow docket," you would laugh at them because their country is primitive.

“But I have to remain strong and confident that the United States still has some caring and decency left and that in the end justice will prevail.”

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They are literally canceling culture

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Any news organization with a shred of decency would fire Brian Kilmeade immediately. There is no gray area about this.

In a sane world, Fox host Brian Kilmeade would be fired and shunned for his depraved comments that homeless people should be euthanized. That’s sick (and deeply ignorant), but sicker still is that it’s tolerated.

Are you telling me these people are malicious *and* incompetent? Well, I never

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

I can

I can

Les droits de douane décidés par Donald Trump jugés en grande partie illégaux par une cour d’appel fédérale Les surtaxes imposées par le président américain à un très grand nombre de pays restent néanmoins en vigueur, l’application du jugement étant suspendue jusqu’au 14 octobre.

Les droits de douane décidés par Donald Trump jugés en grande partie illégaux par une cour d’appel fédérale

the thing that's so fucking infuriating about this is how much more that matters for the bottom 10%

$1200 can be life or death at that level of income

top 10%? $13K is nice, to be sure, but it's "maybe we'll take another vacation" nice not "oh good now we can afford to eat this month"

The Gavin Newsom adoration isn't because people love Newsom, it's because the Democratic base is going out of its mind waiting for a politician with a national platform to punch back against Trump. And you can count the number of Democrats who fit that bill on one hand.

elderly white hippies > young white fascists

If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear

Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?

Ossoff: "Democrats need to strike back. We have no time or luxury for high-minded hesitation, because Trump and MAGA are going to do everything within their power to hold on and to lock in one party rule in America. That's the reality that we face."

Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪

Product detail: A quarter of the July advance in the index for final demand goods can be traced to prices for fresh and dry vegetables, which jumped 38.9 percent. The indexes for meats, diesel fuel, jet fuel, nonferrous scrap, and eggs for fresh use also rose. Conversely, prices for gasoline decreased 1.8 percent. The indexes for canned, cooked, smoked, or prepared poultry and for plastic resins and materials also declined.

Good news: Canned chicken is cheaper.

Bad news: Vegetable prices are up 38.9%.

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Trump cold-called Norwegian minister to ask about Nobel Peace Prize American president angles for top diplomatic award while world watches his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

it's weird being part of a global laughingstock nation www.politico.eu/article/dona...