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"Look, it's not like I went out of my way to befriend that one rapist. I befriended a lot of rapists."

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This goes hard.

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Everyone involved in these headlines should be embarrassed

Nothing says "bringing folks together" like calling your opposition a dog. 🙄 Trump mocks Democrats in campaign rally, compares Pelosi to a dog www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Trump mocks Democrats in campaign rally, compares Pelosi to a dogwww.rnz.co.nz Trump, who called for national unity in a speech on Thursday, made no mention of that in his remarks before a raucous crowd of supporters.

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if you weren't already convinced that this episode is driven by pantswetters, fools, and opportunistic media cynics eager for spectacle, "biden should release his delegates and then try to win an open convention anyway" should put any doubts to bed

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Yep. Biden FINALLY called for Supreme Court reform last week. They could all be talking about that right now. But no. Trump said a dozen monstrously bigoted things at the RNC. They could be hammering him for that right now. But no. Project 2025 is RIGHT THERE. They could be... It's infuriating.

Every day I wake up, and check the temperature, and think you know, they could be hammering the other side for wanting to deport twenty million people, but oh no, it’s more important to write political fan fiction instead.

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Term limits, but for pundits and opinion columnists…

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I think I am modestly pro Biden dropping out in favor of Harris but if this is the shit they have planned then Biden needs to stay put because this will be a disaster.

Okay I'm breaking my word - If you're supporting a mini-primary hosted by *Clinton* and Obama, you are suffering far worse cognitive decline than Biden is

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They should have invented a backup president that everyone voted for and endorsed as being capable to step in to do the job if the president were to go down.

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Every rapist has women who will defend him because he didn’t personally rape them.

Jesus Christ

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Amid BLM protests in Portland, Trump's Department of Homeland Security begins snatching protesters off the street into unmarked vans filled with officers in camo. The Oregon AG sues DHS for violating the civil rights of its citizens but a federal judge throws out the case. A warning for the future?

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"Octavia E. Butler’s 1993 novel Parable of the Sower, imagined a future in which California is inhospitable, weather is deadly, wealth disparities are vicious, and a presidential candidate may set the country back 100 years. It all begins on July 20, 2024." That is today.

Just got home and the first thing I did was check to see if I still had this on the shelf. Putting it in rotation tonight. 🙏🏽

The Parable Is Nowwww.altaonline.com Octavia E. Butler’s 1993 novel, Parable of the Sower, imagined a future in which California is inhospitable, weather is deadly, wealth disparities are vicious, and a presidential candidate may set the...

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It would be incredibly stupid if this country descends into fascism because Democratic donors couldn't decide which candidate to buy.

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Not only did he rape her, but more to the headline, he continually dragged her name through the mud & still refuses to take ownership over his actions. He is a serial rapist and a sexual predator & it's journalist malpractice to not describe him as such.

Judge: Trump raped E. Jean Carroll. CNN: But what about all the women Trump didn’t rape?

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local Nashville reporter, Phil Williams, doing what the national newspapers won’t do

Confronting the hate, Phil Williams tells neo-Nazis: 'When I look at you guys, I do not think master race.'www.newschannel5.com Nashville belongs to us — not the out-of-state neo-Nazis who have created havoc this week on our streets with their symbols of hate and vile words.

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To reiterate, the UK has just jailed five climate protesters for *discussing* a climate protest. As I've said elsewhere, this isn't just a victory for the fossil fuel industries, but for the most extreme authoritarianism.

I've been mostly on X, sharing outrage with so many at the 4 and 5 years jail sentences given yesterday to 5 peaceful climate activists who had attended a zoom call to discuss non-violent climate protests. George Monbiot: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Protest is the wellspring of democracy – that’s why Labour must repeal the Tories’ draconian laws | George Monbiotwww.theguardian.com The pernicious, oppressive era of arresting people for holding signs or merely walking down the street must come to an end, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Sheila Jackson Lee led the first rewrite of the Violence Against Women Act to include protections for Native American, transgender and immigrant women and was outspokenly against the Iraq War from the start. Last time she was arrested for engaging in civil disobedience for voting rights was 2021

Breaking news: Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat who during three decades in the U.S. House of Representatives became one of the most prominent Black members of Congress and a ubiquitous champion of African American and women’s rights, died July 19 at a hospital in Houston. She was 74.

Sheila Jackson Lee, outspoken Texas congresswoman, dies at 74www.washingtonpost.com The long-serving Democrat, a champion of African American and women’s rights, announced in June that she had pancreatic cancer.

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What a sentence. www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

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A fascist right is emerging in Ireland. It's still very small. But it's getting more and more violent.

Former factory in Dublin intended to house asylum seekers is set on fire

Former factory in Dublin intended to house asylum seekers is set on firewww.theguardian.com Ex-Crown Paints building in Coolock had been the scene of a large protest A disused factory in Dublin earmarked to house asylum seekers has been set on fire following a protest at the site. More than 1,000 people were protesting at the former Crown Paints building in Coolock on Friday night, in the north of the Irish capital, and gardaí were on the scene. Continue reading...

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(fretting nervously as a Democrat does) Should I go with a bunch of fossilized centrists in noncompetitive seats backed by crypto hedge fund manager super-donors or the people who actually win elections in Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania?

Black Voters Matter criticizes Democrats for Biden drop out campaign

Black Voters Matter denounces efforts to push Biden off the ticketwww.msnbc.com Black Voters Matter just sent a strong message to Democrats who are calling on the president to end his re-election campaign.

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According to Project 2025, wildlife only exists to get in the way of mining and drilling. I love how the authors spitefully target specific species like the Greater Sage-grouse. Better to watch them go extinct than leave a drop of oil in the ground!

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Entirely predictable that the people now saying “the stakes are too high - Biden must step aside” will start to offer a bunch of qualifiers if Biden does step down.

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“We fought a world war to beat back the Nazis,” said Judge Howell as she sentenced Tyler Dykes to 57 months in prison. “The defendant thinks there’s something attractive about Nazi ideology.” Dykes in court: “I stand with President Trump and support him to be the next president of our country."

Jan. 6 defendant, who also attended 2017 Unite the Right rally, sentenced to 5 yearswww.politico.com The judge described the case as one of the most egregious she has seen among Jan. 6 defendants.

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I've covered politics and worked in the news media for 35 years. The last 3 weeks have been the most self-destructive, the most damaging to democracy, the most unethical three weeks for the political media I've ever observed. There are exceptions but it's nearly universal.

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Southwest Airlines was spared from today's CrowdStrike catastrophe that grounded or delayed hundreds of flights because they run on Windows 3.1... ...an operating system whose last update was November 8, 1993...

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Crowdstrike : its fine u just have to manually visit the PC boot it into safe mode and remove a sys file US Organization with 50,000 pcs and a completely outsourced IT department in Bangalore : what

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I really wished people grasped that plastic isn't just a waste issue, it's an oil issue. Plastic comes from fossil fuels, so it's a greenhouse gas issue. People who live down wind of cracker plants that make plastics are subject to incredible exposure to toxic chemicals./ 1

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"Variant type 2 poliovirus (VDPV) has been confirmed in the Gaza Strip. Virus was isolated from six environmental (sewage) samples... virus has been isolated from the environment only at this time; no associated paralytic cases have been detected." polioeradication.org/news-post/va...

GPEI-Variant type 2 poliovirus isolated from sewage samples in Gazapolioeradication.org 19 July 2024

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Extreme heat may be a crucial factor behind the biggest bird flu outbreak in humans in the US. Climate change, which has been linked to intense heat across the country, can amplify outbreaks of deadly diseases like these. My latest: www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

Extreme heat may be crucial factor in human spread of bird fluwww.theguardian.com As heatwaves hit the US, dairy workers struggle to wear PPE. The country now faces its biggest human outbreak

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TBH, this seems worse than having the road blocked by climate activists for a few minutes, much less talk about doing so on a Zoom call.

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Illuminating piece from @sarahposner.bsky.social on how MAGA personalities are using the Trump assassination attempt to "prove that Christians are locked in spiritual warfare against evil enemies" which in our political context justifies anything in response: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/making-...

Making A Messiah: Allies Cast Trump As Divine Commander Following Assassination Attempttalkingpointsmemo.com Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump survived an assassin’s bullet in...