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fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social episode, we have Yotam Maron on talk about his book on Occupy Wall Street and his subsequent 15 years of experience in leftist organizing: www.leftanchor.com/e/occupy-wal...

I don't know if this is an example of the right's epistemic closure crisis or their inability to grok humor at any level but the thing that makes Obama's joke work isn't "Cheesecake Factory," it's "Saddam Hussein."

one of like 250 people who he could get dead to rights on this, in any fair court of law anyway. people were going buckwild for a solid month there

One of Trump’s personal super PACs has swooped in to Michigan’s Seventh Congressional District in an effort to save Republican incumbent Tom Barrett from a strong challenge by progressive Democrat Will Lawrence. prospect.org?p=146814

Two evil sons, to boot

just heartbreaking stuff Alex Pretti's mother calls out ICE and the Trump administration for killing her son and smearing his name, and calls for justice to be done.

Evidence "shows that Trump lied about kicking Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club," according to a new report from the House Judiciary Dem staff. The report also reveals for the first time Beatrice Keul's account of allegedly having been raped by Trump. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Republicans, they're not like us.

Every clip I see about Bauza is so heartbreaking, he seems like such an amazing dude. Also, we gotta bring back using voice actors for animated shows and not just celebrities looking for an easy buck.

New from me: The US has faced a higher cost than any other country from the global Hormuz oil shock, with the crisis adding $160 billion to its fuel bill — or $471 per person on average — despite being the world’s largest oil producer.

"Put another way, VAR ‘sees’ the game with a degree of sensitivity and perspective that the humans on the pitch—including the referees—aren’t capable of accessing in real time." profspur.substack.com/p/against-var

aw man this sucks. RIP apnews.com/article/eric...

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

boy this El Nino is sure hitting. massive floods in the Southwest in *October* www.durangoherald.com/articles/new...

"It’s difficult to overstate how much billionaires dominate Republican campaign funding. We’re talking about a few dozen families and, at the highest tier, a small handful of men." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/three...

60,000 workers. god damn www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.

ending of Valiant Hearts: The Great War

"More broadly this fits with a standard Netanyahu strategy which is essentially: the results of my policies are dire and I’m the only one who can protect us in such a dire situation." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-bri...

NEWS --> Dems are planning novel ways to wield power of the purse against Trump's corrupt prosecutions of critics like Ilhan Omar if they win House. Reps Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin tell me a range of aggressive tactics will be deployed. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2171...

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