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WATCH: @katmabu.bsky.social blows Jennings’ mind by saying “everyone deserves health care” Reminder: this is how it is in every other developed nation, where the cruelty of the Republican Party has not killed universal health care on behalf of the insurance companies. #MedicareForAll

In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz. The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.

I keep seeing people say Musk “failed” in his government takeover. No, he did not fail. He shut down investigations into his businesses, he garnered huge contracts, and he stole the personal data of everyone in the US. That’s not a “failure.” This motherfucker won, and won big.

IOWA: “It is a complete pleasure to hear somebody speak in complete sentences.” *Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall* 👏🏽

First words by Pope Leo XIV: “Peace be with you all.” “This is the first greetings of the resurrected Christ, the good shepherd who has given up his life for God. And I should also like this greeting of peace to enter our hearts and our families.”

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We know exactly how you feel, Carney.

100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election. 70% of these donations went to Republicans. Now, Trump and the GOP are gutting the FEC — which enforces campaign finance and anti-corruption laws. See how this works?

Anyone trying to drag us away from this, this miracle of help, is in a cult of death

The Iowa State Texans

“Humanities degrees are useless” is propaganda that’s had the effect of convincing a whole generation that reading and critical thinking skills were unimportant. Now we’re reaping the results with mass illiteracy and a public eager to embrace conspiracy theories and fascism.

I'm sorry I know there's a lot going on but how are we not screaming about Ron DeSantis stealing $10 million from Medicaid and the money ending up with pro-DeSantis superPACs, funneled through a charity run by his wife? HOW IS THIS NOT NATIONAL NEWS? www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

US 7-point “peace plan” presented in London: 1 Crimea is 🇷🇺 2 End hostilities at front line 3 🇺🇸 lifts all sanctions against 🇷🇺 4 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant will be transferred to 🇺🇸. 🇺🇸 begins energy cooperation with 🇷🇺 5 No sec guarantees from 🇺🇸 6 🇺🇦 will not join NATO 7 Minerals deal to be signed

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” -Maya Angelou

👀 Kim Reynolds will NOT run for governor next year, she announced this morning on Twitter: x.com/KimReynoldsI... one day after this poll dropped btw pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/gov...

Soybeans…sigh. And China with wheat and corn. Hope Grassley manages to pass the Congressional brakes on tariffs.

This is high art

Wistfully reading all of Mark Carney’s posts (in English AND French!) and longing for this Canadian dream. Welp, back to work…

Control and management of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been turned over by the DOE to a company with virtually no history: Strategic Storage Partners, LLC, with the U.S. Government paying $1.4 billion or $280 million every year to have it managed. 😳🤔

The US’ entire existence is predicated on the best people from other places coming here to either make their fortunes or at least find safety in a place that guaranteed liberty and justice for all. If it doesn’t do these things then what is it? What is America? Nothing.

Good news, Iowa library folks: both HF 521 & 880 are dead. No more bills trying to defund libraries or censor our materials. 📚

The Golden Gate Bridge. It was about here on my walk that I started laughing like a crazy person thinking about onshoring a factory in a hurry. I’ve helped build and ramp a line for heavy equipment. It takes years to get right. This is fucking madness by men who’ve never owned steel tipped boots

“Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work”

The degree to which people romanticize farming is inversely proportional to their degree of actual proximity to farming and farmers This is basically a mathematical law

Smart strategic move: "Maersk of Denmark just bought the railway connecting the Panama Canal's two ports"

Gotta wonder how these tariffs don't entirely torpedo the AI boom. The chips, the stuff for building data centers, and then the fact that once you get it in a data center the chip immediately starts losing you money. This shit was already pretty stupid, I can't see how this goes on. What a mess.

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold…” William Butler Yeats Ladies & gentleman, we are living inside the poem. #poetry #MedSky 🛟

Shannan Martin is one of my favorite authors; I especially love her reminder that the small things we do are never really that small. Read her on Substack, or her books Start with Hello or The Ministry of Ordinary Places. open.substack.com/pub/shannanm...

I can't emphasize enough how stupid and self-destructive this law is. Many of America's greatest scientific advances have come from scholars escaping repression from hostile countries. Our freedom is our competitive advantage. We are throwing that away. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...