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Yesterday, I saw Musk's biographer Walter Isaacson wheeled out for a TV interview under the chyron "Musk: Back to Business" and it really feels like the media is entirely happy to go along with a concerted PR effort to increase Musk's finances by downplaying what he did to your government.

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RFK Jr's "MAHA" report is filled with references to studies that literally do not exist, or that completely misinterpret the studies' findings. “We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher. www.notus.org/health-scien...

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RFK Jr's "MAHA" report came out last week. It misinterpreted data, had broken links to some citations, and cited 7 articles that don't exist. That last one is a hallmark of AI hallucinations. How much of the MAHA report was AI generated? 🤔 www.notus.org/health-scien...

submitted 7 hours ago • 69 comments

Today, we received notice that our team’s last remaining NSF grant was terminated. For the first time since 2009, when I received an NSF Fellowship for Graduate Research, I have no active NSF grants.

submitted 15 hours ago • 44 comments

You may be shocked to learn that the answer to people's utter lack of faith in democratic institutions is not an esoteric conversation about building and zoning codes

submitted 8 hours ago • 35 comments

This is all @jesspish.bsky.social’s fault. Anyway, I just finished her book and it was excellent. I really didn’t understand the uniqueness of sheriffs among American law enforcement. Yet another American institution for which there can be no reform, only abolition.

submitted 7 hours ago • 2 comments

The Pope calls for a ceasefire and respect for international humanitarian law in Gaza:

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Today, I want to thank Trump for teaching me the importance of never taking anything for granted. For too long, I—and by extension, many of us—have overlooked the value of democracy, the rule of law, due process, citizenship, access to food, clean water and air, health, and so much more.

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WaPo, 5/28, left: No tax on tips is bad for workers, actually @prospect.org, 5/23, right: No tax on tips is bad for workers, actually (some of the same sources were re-interviewed for this one) Read the Prospect, get the news first.

submitted 6 hours ago • 3 comments

No @columjournreview.bsky.social we left because Substack was platforming and monetizing NAZIS www.thehandbasket.co/p/we-got-sub...

submitted 7 hours ago • 25 comments

ICYMI: how Trump's actions map perfectly onto the blueprint written by white supremacist Curtis Yarvin, Peter Thiel's pet sophist, who has called for a return to monarchy. Yarvin and Nick Land dream of a "post-human" future - and they're well on the way to creating one.

submitted 12 hours ago • 14 comments

When Elon Musk was part of the administration, people said that if Tesla goes bankrupt Trump will just bail him out. Now that Musk is on the outs with the administration, people say he's no longer worth targeting. If you want to bankrupt a shitty billionaire, stop talking yourself out of it.

submitted 16 hours ago • 20 comments

Gonna give y'all some freebie headlines: MUSK DEPARTS, LEAVING TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION, DEFICITS, AND DEATHS MUSK SCORECARD: EMPTY PROMISES, FEDERAL WORKFORCE BRAIN DRAIN MUSK'S LEGACY: CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS REPLACED WITH INCOMPETENT WHITE NATIONALISTS DOGE HARMS WILL PERSIST FOR GENERATIONS

submitted 10 hours ago • 68 comments

MUST WATCH: ICE kidnapped a disabled American citizen. Her name is Alma Bowman. Born in the Philippines while her dad served in the U.S. Navy. She’s lived here 48 years. They crashed her wheelchair, denied meds, cut her off from her lawyer—and jailed her. She. Is. A. Citizen.

submitted 14 hours ago • 594 comments

#Griftlog

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This happened because of you. You protested at TeslaTakedowns and made his name and his company’s product reviled. You protested outside federal agencies slated for DOGE cuts. You barred doors, protected data. You sued and won. You WORE HIM OUT. Don’t let them spin it any other way.

submitted 16 hours ago • 230 comments

The perfect nickname for Trump doesn’t exis….

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Doge employees hold stock in firms set to benefit from cuts, Democrats allege https://twp.ai/4imubh

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RFK Jr’s Department of Health and Human Services has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract with the company to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.

submitted 21 hours ago • 838 comments

On Earth 2.0, folks on the other side of the aisle would say loud and clear that if "everyone involved in the deal understand the payment as the price of merger approval" then it is a bribe, and all of those people should expect to go to prison if it goes ahead in the next administration

submitted 16 hours ago • 25 comments

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

submitted 1 day ago • 543 comments

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

submitted 1 day ago • 115 comments

Beyond parody.

submitted 22 hours ago • 1823 comments

Another win!!! Now release him. A federal judge just ruled that the law used to detain Mr. Khalil is likely unconstitutional. Why? Because it’s too vague and was never meant to apply to someone like him a U.S. resident who never left the country.

submitted 18 hours ago • 80 comments

It’s now Marxist to understand that the Constitution only authorizes Congress to impose tariffs.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1052 comments

Oh, so now we care about what people post on social media? Wild how student visas are getting paused for a vibe check, but some of y’all have been posting red flags for years and still got a security clearance. Make it make sense.

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“I struggle for adjectives to adequately describe the horror that this administration has visited on the world,” Schwartz added. “It keeps me up at night.”

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

🧵HAUSER UPDATE: I'm still post-federal-agency-adjacent lay-offs looking for an FT position! I'm an excellent progressive writer w/ decades of experience reporting, analyzing, & contextualizing the news under my own byline + channeling corporate & individual voice as a nonprofit comms professional.

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Trump is going to destroy the global economy again to prove he isn't a wuss

submitted 1 day ago • 110 comments

Here's a cheat sheet for whenever you read an old sci-fi author

submitted 1 day ago • 98 comments

Once you get the rest of the story, it all makes sense. #DemVoice1 #Voices4Victory

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

Foreign students had to apply to the government for visas to study in the United States. The government keeps a database of people with student visas. There was just a ton of litigation around the government purging people from that very database (which the administration did not win).

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Destroyed by lies and DOGE…

submitted 1 day ago • 46 comments

Hey NY Times-- It is still a "fringe theory" -- every court has rejected it. There is still a "broad consensus" -- John Eastman is a disgraced lawyer under indictment. The only thing that has changed is the Times.

submitted 14 days ago • 473 comments