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Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it

Abrego Garcia is ... 1. Alive - and they know where he is 2. Alive - and they don't expect anyone to ever leave, so they've 'lost' him among the population. 3. Dead

Her public speaking phrasing is becoming Obamaesque

I pulled back on news app subscriptions recently, and this is true even if you *just* read the Apple News app. There is so much bad stuff out there, that the algo driven news apps just ignore.

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

Putting aside debates about macroeconomics for a moment In a way, everything you need to know about why tariffs and why not is right here in this trading chart from this afternoon.

“Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just disappeared.” Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S. MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...

Just a legal historian here reminding everyone that “high crimes and misdemeanors” do not need to be felonies. They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.

Watched Phantom Menace with the family tonight. Have heads of state considered using a decoy in their negotiations with the us govt yet? Or is that the next phase?

WHAT THE F**K!

The supply chain of my neighborhood wine shop is an exciting read right now.

So, are we getting a 10% raise to pay for the tariffs?

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

We need more Cory Booker's right now

Reddit is hilarious, I just ended up on r/boots discussing what boots to wear in the summer. Every answer is some form of “I wear boots with my shorts, bro”

Any member of the military who did what they did on signal would be kicked out or arrested.

AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense. I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...

If the constitution is still in operation, Trump's executive order abolishing the Department of Education is just a suggestion. If Trump can abolish the Department of Education with an executive order, then the constitution is just a suggestion.

If you want to feel young as a middle aged person become a PCO in your local democratic party.

We know where the fentanyl is. It’s in the area around Vancouver and Winnipeg and east, west, south and north somewhat.

The government deported a 10-year-old American citizen with brain cancer. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-faces-...

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.

While things are getting sorted over on the other app… Smash that subscribe button on my NFL starter pack for free agency reactions 👇 go.bsky.app/8RH6KbH

I commute on the Seattle waterfront multiple times per week for years. Can you imagine a city official putting this quote in the paper for drivers? I’m just trying to get work. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Elon is firing HUNDREDS of highly skilled workers at Bonneville Power Administration. Engineers, dispatchers, lineworkers. These positions are funded by PNW ratepayers—NOT from federal funding. It doesn't save taxpayers a DIME! Our grid is at risk because Elon doesn't have a CLUE what BPA is.

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities

With the fable of the 20th century Kennedys being so grand, why does my generation get the shittiest of Kennedys?

Listening to climate news to get some optimism is quite the turn , but here we are. Great episode, per usual.

Thanks for listening Apple Maps

I've been known to be quite a music snob, but nothing hits quite like a greatest hits album of the band you were obsessed with in high school.

From the Chicago protest against the Musk coup.

DJT is going to the Super Bowl. This is a great time for Kendrick Lamar to shine and drop a really awesome diss track and it would be amazing if he brought out Dre to sing Arrest the President.

Herbie Hancock looks amazing at 84.

i think an important thing for people outside the US to understand is that elon musk seized control of the government today and most americans don’t even realize it happened.

Some day he’ll be dead and we’ll spit on the ground.

Deport all South African billionaires now.

Councilmember @alexis4seattle.bsky.social was on fire today.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...