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"What is the cost of lies? It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all." - Valery Legasov, "Chernobyl"

conservatives in washington state want freedom and small government in the form of state-mandated genital exams for high school students: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

It's my birthday today so I just bought myself a present. 🥰

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

She will always be remembered as one of the all-time greats.

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Enjoy the porch as long as you can. #Caturday

Playing "All the things she said" at the Bruins game. 😁😘🤭

I like goals. 🏒😋

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This guy got people from around the world to teach him their favourite dance moves. 📹Ed People

How I spent my Saturday.

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says

You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Why is anyone following this POS?

Just saw a TV commercial for Republican Senate candidate John Sununu that was just "OMG THE DEMOCRAT (sic) PARTY IS THE SOCIALISM PARTY AND IT'S SO TERRIFYING AAAIIIEEEE!!" 🙄😂

The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...

Find your patch of sun and have a good #Caturday

It may be the preseason, but the "SHOOT IT!" guy in our section at the Thunderbirds game is in mid-season form. 😖

With the midterm elections shaping up to be a massive reckoning for the Republican Party, it's worth remembering that they had a fairly easy offramp from Trumpism in the immediate aftermath of the January 6th riot but they completely chickened out.

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Death Dragging an Old Man to His Tomb, by Stefano della Bella, 1648

It is horrifying to watch the daily psychiatric emergency that is Donald Trump and the relative silence that follows. The media must confront this ongoing reality and we the people must demand his removal. www.americaamerica.news/p/america-we...

Aaaaand, y'know ... As SoS Hillary Clinton authorized 'stated gender' passports for State Dept trans persons. As POTUS Joe Biden had trans spokepeople on the WH lawn for Pride Day celebrations. Took 💩 for it when one wouldn't keep her top on, too. We had a trans keynote speaker at the '24 DNC

That's one of the greatest interceptions ever. 😂

Jim Nance annoys the hell out of me.

Have a sunny #Caturday

Every celebrity who appears in an ad for online gambling has had plenty of warning that they’re collaborating, for cash, with the new version of the tobacco industry. Hold them accountable. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...

Nothing to see here!

We're never getting out of the Iran War with Susan Collins and her husband profiting off it. She voted five times against resolutions that could have ended the war. Vote her out.

Heather Delaney Reese:

Hope to see you all in Biddeford tomorrow night! Sign up here: https://bit.ly/troyinbiddeford

Seen a lot of these, but this one is my favourite 😎

I am still furious about this, so let's go: my abortion story aka why I am not dead yet. I intentionally got pregnant in 2015. I was so excited to be a mom, took extra care with nutrition and safety (I had a heavy-duty job at the time). Normal first-trimester nausea and tiredness, nothing crazy.

At the risk of starting Discourse, this media dynamic is exactly how the myth of "Dems made Tim Walz stop calling the GOP weird" got accepted as ironclad fact.

Vote Blue 💙

Happy Labor Day. May your picnics be shady, with a lovely breeze.

Enjoy these porch days and have a great #Caturday

Geez Red Sox can you make my heart rate climb any higher?

In the unprecedented absence of federal guidance, leading medical groups are issuing their own recommendations for who should get the COVID-19, flu and RSV immunizations. n.pr/4ygfm6T

You gotta love Payton Tolle. 😂

Dr. Adam James on Cheeto Von Tweeto’s countdown. #RedCrew #BlueCrew #Democrats #Resisters

WIN: We secured a court order temporarily blocking Donald Trump's USPS from restricting vote-by-mail ahead of the election. This victory protects mail voting and lets elections go on as planned while we fight to block this unlawful election interference. Massachusetts will always defend democracy.

Bay Area friends: A friend found these small kittens behind a gas station and we've been trying to find them a home for almost two months. For now, they live in a small bathroom. Would you consider adopting? They are vaxxed, neutered, and incredibly affectionate. Please help!