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Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it. They did it for PEPFAR. Now Ebola. I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵

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Youngster Learner Tien takes down No. 1 seed Zverev 6/3, 6/4! Tien is a fast learner. #Tennis

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Oh. Okay Matteo. 👏🏾👏🏾 #tennis

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🚨 Your House representative is now back home through February 23. That’s where we come in. With Trump and Elon Musk pulling off a billionaire coup in real time, this congressional recess is about turning up the heat like never before. Let’s get to work: indivisi.org/muskorus

submitted 13 days ago • 155 comments

Excuse me, I'll just be over here crying. 🥹 "I have a small body, but it gave the biggest players in our history bad moments." 🎾 www.atptour.com/en/news/dieg...

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

That’s nothing. I found 13 contracts awarded to SpaceX since December totaling $77M. 1/

submitted 16 days ago • 554 comments

A guess Camilla Giorgi is no longer on the run. 😄 She’s turned up in Buenos Aires with a new gig doing interviews at the ATP 250 Argentina Open. #tennis

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SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 21 days ago • 1679 comments

If you were wondering what white supremacy looks like, it is when you deprive darker-skinned people in Afghanistan, who risked their lives to help American troops as translators, refugee status, but give it to white South Africans who only helped keep black people down with Apartheid.

submitted 19 days ago • 174 comments

Does “Golden Age” refer to a time when planes keep crashing, eggs cost $10–15 a dozen, the U.S. is being booed and protested by all our allies, workers are losing their jobs, and Americans’ personal data is being rummaged through by unelected oligarchs and their strange crew of 20-something incels?

submitted 20 days ago • 3060 comments

Let's Talk Florida Special Elections (YouTube link)

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

The Democrats can secure a tie in the House by winning the two open seats in Florida during the April 1 special elections. FL-1 Gay Valimont @gayforcongress.bsky.social FL-6 Joshua Weil @joshweil.bsky.social It's a long shot, but we will fight.

submitted 20 days ago • 59 comments

35+ Dems plan to hold the Senate floor all night to oppose the confirmation of Musk-Trump funding freeze architect Russ Vought. THIS is how we fight back while in the minority. (via @schatz.bsky.social)

submitted 23 days ago • 389 comments

If you’re a Taylor Towsemd fan, her interview with @jemelehill.bsky.social is with a listen. Great conversation. #Tennis

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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

submitted 26 days ago • 3291 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 29 days ago • 3792 comments

AO is handing out trophies for coaches of the winning players now. Not sure I’m a fan of this. At the end, it’s the player that gets the W and the title. Let the player have that moment in the end. #AussieOpen2025

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Townsend & Siniakova did it! Women’s Doubles Champions #AussieOpen 🏆 #Tennis

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I’m way more engaged with the #AussieOpen Women’s Doubles final than I will be with the Men’s singles final. Just saying. #Tennis

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Most immigrants Trump targets have been here 10+ years, paying taxes, raising families, contributing to our communities. Mass deportation would devastate our economy and tear apart the social fabric of America. https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/

submitted 33 days ago • 244 comments

Great news to wake us to. Well done, Madi! #AussieOpen2025 🏆

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When racists say “merit” you say “Hegseth.”

submitted 34 days ago • 47 comments

Thou shalt accept that DEI didn't hold your career back -- you're just mid, bro.

submitted 35 days ago • 364 comments

Well, didn’t see that ending coming. Novak vs. Zverev. #AussieOpen2025

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Brilliant.

submitted 36 days ago • 66 comments

One thing the AO can improve on next year is the scheduling. I really wish they’d flip the order of the men’s semis. #AussieOpen2025

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Madison Keys crashed the party. With women’s tennis on the verge of an epic showdown between its top two players, the 29-year-old American upset Iga Swiatek. More from @mattfutterman.bsky.social ⤵️

submitted 36 days ago • 15 comments

Some great news to wake up to. Go Maddie! 🙌🏾 #AussieOpen2025

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

This asshole is: 1. Railing against someone who actually practices their faith as Jesus instructed, something he never does; 2. Railing against people who release criminals from jails when he released over a thousand just this week; and 3. Railing against refugees, when Jesus was one in Egypt.

submitted 37 days ago • 1394 comments

I really wish the Australian Open had split the Women’s semis between the day and night session so some of us in the States could watch one of the matches live. #AussieOpen2025

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Not a surprise.

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Maddison Keys started off so well in her match against Rybakina. But now it looks like Maddie has gone on a mental walk-about in the 2nd set. Come on, Maddie. #AussieOpen2025

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Star Trek’s hypospray is about to become a reality. This will be a game changer. #StarTrek #TechNews #CES2025 youtu.be/FcCmWcZ8aeg?...

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Tabitha Brown has partnered with the plant-based food truck Vurger Guyz to provide free meals for those affected by the ongoing Los Angeles (LA) wildfires. Read more on the PBN website - https://s.mtrbio.com/pqbdnpcsnp

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

A perk of watching the #AussieOpen on ESPN+, the analysts often go quiet and let the tennis play out without unneeded constant chatter. Very different from the ESPN network’s A-Team of analysts that never stop talking.

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So it's dangerous for China to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps. But it's okay for America's billionaires to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps. Do I have this right?

submitted 41 days ago • 273 comments

#AO2025 | Gael Monfils is through to the fourth round after a superb 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(1), 6-4 victory over world No 4 Taylor Fritz. La Monf, who brought out the Dougie at the end in celebration, awaits the winner between Ben Shelton and Lorenzo Musetti. 📸 | Yuichi Yamazaki [AFP]

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ALLEZ LA MONF!!! 📸 | Cameron Spencer [Getty]

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Monfils did it!! A nice W over Fritz (not an easy out). Gael’s winning streak continues. 🙌🏾 #AussieOpen2025

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Gael Monfils is making a match of this. 🇫🇷 Monfils vs Fritz #AussieOpen2025

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#AO2025 | Naomi Osaka is through to the third round after coming back from a set down to beat 20th seed Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-1, 6-3. Osaka will face fellow WTA Tour mother Belinda Bencic next. 📸 | Hannah Peters [Getty]

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