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"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)

Because who cares about girls health or bioethics?

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Jesus fucking Christ

If you wear the seat belt would you ever want to get into an accident? The answer is yes.

Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act.

goddamn that feels good to hear

she's here on @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social and she has no business still running, a functional state party would have cut her off years ago. she has been in office longer than a majority of her constituents have been alive. she sucks!

If Biden or Obama had started a war that led to attacks like these on American bases—and then covered it up for months—the political backlash would eclipse Benghazi. One service member: "We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed." www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...

I bet the first person who imported sausages from Vienna thought something waaaay more fancy was showin' up and whatnot.

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Happy Baby Safety Month.

and there it is -- Trump says that if the Supreme Court doesn't allow him to put his name on the Kennedy Center then it will close down for good

is this a good time to talk about how the actual stanford prison experiment was biased and fake, or

“almost unanimously” amuses me, however

I cannot stress strongly enough how big a lie this is. As with his (and all conservatives') bullshit about ruined cities, he knows his followers have never actually seen the place and will be inclined to believe him.

In a normal world this is a softball question. But when you've defined communism to include the government doing anything to try to help people, it's impossible to answer.

For the second straight day, the White House's taxpayer-funded incitement account is attacking me and oddly mentioning I'm in my 40s (which I know makes me way too old for the president) When they do this it results in a flood of harassing and threatening messages, which of course is the point

this guy is one of the architects of a war that might rank as one of the worst strategic missteps in american military history and here is on CBS getting a softball interview about his feelings

🎵 I don’t know whyyyyy She swallowed that flyyyyy Perhaps she’ll dieeeee 🎶

Oh wait, someone has thought of this before!

you can be arrested if you give water to people waiting on line to vote

I know, I know, but can you imagine the weeks of NYT headlines if a Dem President said this? There would be oodles of "doesn't respect Texas and real Americans" hand wringing.

Protect trans kids.

The Trump administration is investigating the Utah lieutenant governor because she didn’t hand over sensitive voter data. She says other election officials told her they’re being investigated too. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

…And 3) I am really tired democrats vice signaling to try to gain votes on the right that will never, Ever go to them as long as those on the right have a republican to support. Just hold on fucking principle, you utter feckless cowards.

Texas is delaying the release of the state’s maternal mortality statistics until after the midterms. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

The messaging is so weird, that the federal government has enough money to just issue every American $5,000 today if the president wants to, BUT ALSO, no, he doesn't want to right now (only if the GOP wins).

Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

He's right, it was a long time ago. I can't remember if I was working on campus here in Princeton signing students into classes or if I was heroically leading the recovery effort at Ground Zero, bravely digging through rubble with my bare hands. Time, am I right?

i am finishing up the book REGIME CHANGE and the only real takeaway from it should be that the president is legitimately delusional and that the entire White House is structured to feed and defer to his delusions

Is it a big deal that the U.S. president is telling insane lies that he personally rushed to the site of 9/11 and heroically acted like a first responder himself? Sorta seems like it should be! Maybe?

Dolly Parton's take on AI in 2023: “I hope nobody can ever replicate me or what I do. AI is a scary thing. I’m sure it’s a good thing for scientists or medical things. But when it comes to trying to duplicate a human being and every little thing they are, it don’t seem right to me. It’s too much.”

She's always been ours and never ever ever never ever theirs.

True of the slaveholders, true of the segregationists and true of their racist descendants and ideological heirs today.

i think it is cool that neo nazis run government social media accounts

I’m going to be starting my next article with, “I’ve come to a conclusion I can’t prove.” Great and not at all bizarre opening 👍🏽

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