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The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?

California is debating legislation right now that would ban all ICE employees from ever being hired by a public agency for life. This is good and next year's Democratic House needs to provide a full roster of ICE employees to help facilitate state efforts like this one.

Hungary’s new government also passed this constitutional amendment to “remove Constitutional Court judges who are over the age of 70.”

ICE plays no vital role in public safety. DOJ handled INS which oversaw the border patrol. Treasury oversaw Customs. The Coast Guard thrives no matter who oversees them. The consolidation & creation of enforcement agencies have been abused since DHS inception. All cost. No benefit.

A reminder that the MAGA regime ordered the newly destroyed CDC to cut the tracking of the parasite causing explosive diarrhea all around the country not long before the outbreak. These fascists want us all poor, sick and dead.

I am visualizing all of the 🌍 ‘s wildlife descending on DJT & co, just as happened in Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly Last Summer. Why? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c... (Most excellent production, now at Bard College, will be elsewhere for sure.)

Really enjoying the daily #StanleyStreetSocial podcast — it’s been getting better the past few years! 🌟

Things that I liked (non political) today: — that the 4 breakaway riders were able to dispute for the S9 TDF 🏆 — MVDP & TP are 2 of my 💕 riders: MVDP & the amazing TP fixing his stuck ⚙️ & gunning it back to be in the group — keeping hope alive for a TP top 10 & stage win 🙏

Celebrated 🎉 and was pleased that I outlived one of my truly awful abusive cheating former “work” colleagues when he drowned. Schiff is such a disappointment. As a CA Senator, he doesn’t have any reason to spout this obvi platitudinous BS. Disrespecting his constituents.

I have a decades long track record of celebrating 🎉 the death of work & volunteer project “colleagues” who did me and/or others grave harm out of intentional acts. Sticking with that. I recommend it ✅

I had the privilege of working with Senator Dracula on my bill offering tax cuts to family-owned mortuaries. While we disagreed on much and his horrible embrace has left me unable to endure sunlight, I'll always remember his amusing little jokes about exsanguinating my staff.

I’m saddened to announce the passing of my work colleague, The Zodiac Killer. While we were often on opposing sides of the business, I always enjoyed his silly little scavenger hunts.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The eastern halves of the United States and Canada are experiencing a sea change in the public health threat posed by ticks,” Jonathan Mingle writes in a guest essay. “Humans are in retreat from this bloodthirsty enemy.”

Kentucky Voter on Mitch McConnell: Your retirement is long overdue. Give it up. We don't want you. You're not representing us well, so don't represent us at all.

Do you think Trump wonders if they will hide his death for political expediency or until his kids bug out to a non extradition country.

a different lens is that everyone is labor or capital. doctors, lawyers, tech, these are all labor and have more in common with housekeepers and factory workers than they do with capital. the other distinctions are a distraction. we should all be united against capital.

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.

Maybe nobody won the Cold War, maybe Soviet communism and American capitalism both gave way to ethnonationalist oligarchic police states under the aegis of a personalist autocrat

It's been fun watching I Love New York guys Adams and Cuomo scamper the fuck away to be full-time pieces of shit, proving everything everyone ever said about them 100% completely correct and making everyone who ever supported them look like the unprincipled jackasses they are

-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence Remember: These are the foundations of real freedom.

just thinking about how the end of Númenor and its mad king is foretold by massive storms and overall bad weather

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"American data centers alone consumed nearly 313 terawatt-hours last year, per the report — more than Australia, Italy, Spain, or the United Kingdom generated to power their entire economies."

I’d be very happy to see NYPD’s lame-o Jessica Tisch take a looong holiday. And Julie Menin can join her. Pfft. We can do so much better.

New York, this heat wave is only just beginning. Please stay prepared and informed as these dangerously high temperatures continue.

Tomorrow’s heat index is expected to reach 110.

HERE WE GO HERE WE GO HERE WE GO HERE WE GO

"The Democratic base is angry. Democratic politicians can channel that anger against Trump—or it will be channeled against them."

This is REALLY important. “Over 50% of Americans say climate change is a serious threat; only 10% think their compatriots feel the same That perception gap on the issue is among the highest in the world, per a new Gallup poll.” They want you to think you’re alone. You’re not. #ClimateCrisis

I like this quote

"Heating is one of the largest sources of carbon emissions in the country, and heat pumps...offer a much cleaner way to keep a space warm. The fact that they also cool homes is a climate benefit in its own right, as extreme heat makes air-conditioning a necessity rather than a luxury."

This was quite good 👍

Amphifa 😹

I get NY Gov alerts. So many of the increasing number of auto accidents in my area include injury & often fatalities. Larger, heavier (EVs one reason for that) are likely a 🔑 cause.

Really interesting research, great thread. Consumers don't know how much more dangerous SUVs are to people outside cars; but even when informed, they don't care. It's going to take regulation, not education, to solve this.