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Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Steve Witkoff to Putin: "You are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again."

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social

If the nation wasn’t led by madmen, this would be a huge story. As it is, Trump’s offer to sell weapons to our most powerful adversary is just another sign of America’s national suicide.

nytimes.comTrump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador SaysPresident Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social

The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsToo

techspot.comThe largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricityHeart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet...

CNN@cnn.com

Crypto mining represents a new frontier in Mexico’s fight against organized criminal groups, which have extended ​their reach beyond drug trafficking and extortion into the murkier realm of financial crime. https://cnn.it/473VWGN

Scorigami@nflscorigami.bsky.social

🏈 GB 22 - 39 MIN FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1097th unique final score in NFL history.

Consumer Time Capsule@consumertc.bsky.social

The best way to command respect from your employees is clearly this outfit from the 1998 McDonald's "Manager's Collection."

Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social

“I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country. He is intimidated by competence and retreats to ginning up culture wars instead…” www.politico.com/live-updates...

politico.comTillis renews calls for Hegseth's ouster“I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country,” the outgoing two-term North Carolina Republican wrote on X.

David A. Graham@dgraham.bsky.social

Are you kidding me www.cbsnews.com/news/abdul-e...

Dan Lamothe@danlamothe.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian government roles. They include Rob Maness, Kurt Schlicter and Tom Anderson, better known as Cynical Publius. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

washingtonpost.comPentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian rolesConservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social

OSINT sources are reporting at least 7 Iranian missiles were launched at US assets in Jordan

Big Sky Conference @bigskyconf.bsky.social

Second Half Comeback ☑️ UC Davis outscores Portland State 31-3 in the second half to earn the road victory

Big Sky Conference @bigskyconf.bsky.social

UC DAVIS TAKES THE LEAD‼️ Aggies have outscored Portland State 31-3 in the second half

Big Sky Conference @bigskyconf.bsky.social

Viks go up 21-0‼️ Tyrese Smith gets his second TD on the ground to give Portland State the 21-0 lead at halftime

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social

"the money, which was supposed to be used to provide health insurance for poor children, was instead hastily passed through multiple organizations before eventually landing in the bank accounts of two political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida." www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...

cbsnews.comGrand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope FloridaA Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.

Norm Eisen@normeisen.bsky.social

A refusal to pledge independence from the White House would once have ended an attorney general's career Blanche said it on Sunday television & expects no consequences Bondi did this damage quietly, now Blanche is saying it out loud -TN

nytimes.comBlanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney GeneralThe new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.

Riley Bruce@rileybruce.bsky.social

What’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?