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Here, from @energyinnovation.org, is a detailed modeling breakdown of the extensive economic damage that the [cough] "Big Beautiful Bill" will do on every individual US state. (Remarkably, yes, it would hurt *every single state*.)

Bessent won't commit to not participating in IRS audits of particular taxpayers

While Trump blusters about "law & order," a reminder that his administration has dropped or halted nearly 150 corporate enforcement actions. And Trump himself has pardoned dozens of his supporters convicted of crimes like money laundering and bribery. The hypocrisy is staggering.

This is their new thing. Present everything they are doing as "restoring faith" in something --- even though they are the ones who pushed the bullshit that destoyed people's trust in it. It's cute.

You know, there's a LOT going on and it's all impoertant. Everything is a distraction from everything else. That's what "flooding the zone" and "shock and awe" is all about. We have no choice but to pay attention to all of it the best we can.

Veterans lead demonstration at Camp Pendleton against potential LA military deployment. Veterans urge Marines to consider the legality of potential orders. www.cbs8.com/article/news...

not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

for context here’s a map of greater Los Angeles and the protest is the roughly the red circle

A DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts. For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

In itself it's not the biggest thing but Congress specifically passed a law requiring ICE to allow access to members of Congress because of Trump's antics in the first term. This isn't even norms. It's violating black letter statute law.

Notable clip today👇 in light of the news that the Trump administration successfully pressured ABC into suspending Moran

"When conservatives destroy these public goods, it doesn’t necessarily lead to a Democratic backlash at the ballot box, and they see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated."

So do we get why I was banned from speaking about Pinochet at the Naval Academy now?

Today: Tanks are being moved en masse into DC. Trump is deploying a state national guard over a governor’s objection to police protests. Trump threatened a major donor with “severe consequences” if they support his political opponents. If you’re still wondering what time it is, read this again

These two orders combine to provide DOGE with both access to extremely sensitive information and protections against accountability. 1. Access: bsky.app/profile/chri...

It's the Washington Monument in the background that really takes this to next-level dystopian

A cool thing to do is watch two awful people go after each other and hold onto the fact that they’re still both awful and that you don’t need to reconsider your opinions on either one of them.

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in Supreme Court history. It's allowed billionaires to completely take over our politics and destroy our democracy. There are days when we are reminded just how pernicious that ruling was. Today is one of those days.

Earth will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in just two years, new data shows. Irreversible tipping points — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the collapse of coral reefs — are closer at hand than previously believed.