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From @timdickinson.bsky.social and I, for Rolling Stone this weekend A look back at the past week, a tale of two presidential candidates and two (differently) extremely elderly brains 🧠 🧠

In the exact same nine day period that Biden and his White House and campaign have been flailing, Trump has offered voters a window into his own mental state and vision for term 2 It’s not great! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

QAnon Memes, F-Bombs, and Tribunals: As Biden Faltered, Trump Amped Up the Crazywww.rollingstone.com Trump quietly had his own week from hell while the media was hounding Biden

Billionaire Tim Mellon is by far the top political patron to Donald Trump ($75m) _and_ RFK Jr. ($25m). A deep look into the reclusive blue-blood with a trollish streak who is powering the Kennedy spoiler bid. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Why Are Timothy Mellon’s MAGA Millions Also Supporting RFK Jr.?www.rollingstone.com He’s a Republican megadonor from one of America’s wealthiest families. Is he propping up Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as a spoiler?

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Nyt magazine fr published a piece by this guy???

The fascists aren't hiding anymore www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Right-Wing Think Tank Leader Promises Revolution, Warns of ‘Bloodshed’www.rollingstone.com The leader of the Trump-allied think tank behind Project 2025 warned "the left" to submit to a "second American Revolution" or face violence.

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Mark Esper says Trump suggested they "just shoot" protesters in 2020www.youtube.com “He says, ‘Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something.’” That’s what former Sec. of Defense Mark Esper recalls Pres. Trump saying in...

Rfk jr can't stop, won't stop www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

RFK Jr. Keeps Pushing Bigoted Covid Conspiracywww.rollingstone.com Robert F. Kennedy Jr. keeps pushing then backtracking on the conspiracy theory that Covid-19 was "ethnically targeted" to spare the Chinese and Jews.

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My students basically know nothing about AIDS and it feels like such a miracle every time I teach about it

PrEP is one of the great miracles in the history of medicine and moving it to a twice a year shot will make it so much easier for people to use it's hard to articulate just how amazing it is that we moved HIV from a guaranteed death sentence to something people no longer have to experience at all

Is this a MAGA militia... or a paramilitary farce? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Is this a MAGA Militia or a Clown Car?www.rollingstone.com A jailed Jan 6 defendant is trying to spin up an Oath Keepers for the America First set. Is it a real threat?

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Imagine this dude running the paper that broke Watergate.

Washington Post publisher alleged to have advised Boris Johnson to ‘clean up’ phone during Partygate Covid scandal

Washington Post publisher alleged to have advised Boris Johnson to ‘clean up’ phone during Partygate Covid scandalwww.theguardian.com Sources’ claim suggests advice by Will Lewis, an informal adviser to then prime minister, contradicted instructions to staff

We got new foster kittehz

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I'm just consistently shocked by the fact that she just walked up to them and got them to say this. Obviously, it shows how untouchable they believe they are, but...you mean, no other reporter has ever thought of this? Or tried it? What are we even doing here?

Not done with this Alito business quite yet! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

New Audio: Alito Bashes ProPublica for Reporting on Supreme Court Ethicswww.rollingstone.com Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a new recording suggests partisan funding is to blame for coverage of justices’ undisclosed luxury gifts.

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Alito thinks he’s fighting a holy war against the left www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Justice Alito Caught on Tape Discussing How Battle for America ‘Can’t Be Compromised’www.rollingstone.com Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a new recording says the battle for America "can't be compromised," and that one political party will "win."

Tim Dunn has yoked Texas to the ✝️ right. Now he's got his hooks into MAGA world -- and is intent on taking his model national. The fracking billionaire has extreme views on God and government. Namely: “Government’s job is to execute wrath on evil.” My latest: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Meet Trump’s New Christian Kingpinwww.rollingstone.com Oil-rich Tim Dunn has changed Texas politics with fanatical zeal — the national stage is next

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EXCLUSIVE: Talked to the Phish fan banned from the Sphere (and all Madison Square Garden Entertainment venues) for ripping a bong at the band's 4/20 show in the Vegas arena. He has no regrets — despite being kept out of the Dead & Co. show tonight.

Phish Fan Banned from Sphere for Taking Bong Rip: ‘No Regrets’www.rollingstone.com Phish fan who took 'first ever bong rip in the Sphere' at 4/20 concert doesn't regret ban from Madison Square Garden Entertainment venues

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"ABC News reached out to Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves' office, several state lawmakers and the state's senators and congressional representatives in Washington regarding this story, but none responded."

THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SAY KIDS CAN'T HANDLE RAINBOWS

13-year-old rape victim has baby amid confusion over state's abortion banabcnews.go.com A 13-year-old rape victim in Mississippi carried her baby to term amid her family's confusion over whether she could get an abortion in the state.

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For an extra dose of brain poison, control F for “Scarface” in the below Rolling Stone story:

the plan floating around the top ranks of Trumpland for how the government in waiting wants to invoke the alien enemies act is even dumber than you might guess. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump’s Bonkers Plan to Weaponize an Archaic Law for Mass Deportationswww.rollingstone.com Trump and his advisors have developed dubious legal theories for how they can justify a crackdown on the undocumented.

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Cities across the US have settled more than 130 police misconduct lawsuits from the George Floyd protests and paid nearly $150m to protesters. "The basic function of protest policing remains abusive, politically motivated, and immune from accountability."

$150m paid in police misconduct claims shows violent response to 2020 protests, experts saywww.theguardian.com Analysis of 130 lawsuits settled refutes narrative of unruly demonstrations amid fears of police crackdown on Gaza protests

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Teamed up with @nikkimcr.bsky.social to tell you everything you'll be horrified to learn about brain worms like RFK Jr.'s!

Could a Worm Really ‘Eat’ Part of RFK Jr.’s Brain? We Talked to a Neurologistwww.rollingstone.com "Brain worm" parasites like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s are real but treatable and far more common in the developing world.

Good doggos in New Orleans

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Faculty Statement on Imminent Police Action at Columbia University The American Association of University Professors, Columbia University Chapter For immediate release: April 30, 2024, 8:00pm

America's cops are back on their bullshit: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

College Crackdown Shines Spotlight on Violent Cops — Yet Againwww.rollingstone.com University presidents are calling the cops on pro-Gaza protesters, and students, journalists, and professors are paying the price.

Overton's window is turning into a sliding door

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“Elon Musk encouraged Republican state attorneys general to use their power to harass their critics and stifle reporting about X. Ken Paxton was one of those AGs that took up the call and he was defeated. Today's decision is a victory for free speech.”

We won. Get more details here: www.mediamatters.org/angelo-carus...

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actually burst out laughing when I read this line "But the Hamas invasion and the Israeli counterinvasion have fractured my university, a place typically less focused on geopolitics than on venture-capital funding for the latest dorm-based tech start-up." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The War at Stanfordwww.theatlantic.com I didn’t know that college would be a factory of unreason.

Portland doing its best Japan imitation

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There are child abuse trafficking rings operating in this country, but for some reason, none of the Q-Anon people seem interested in investigating the real ones.

Polygamous sect member pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children

Polygamous sect member pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving childrenapnews.com A businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring with the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border to transport underage girls across state lines.

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Trump says illegal immigrants are "not people," they're "animals," precisely echoing the language of Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, and other mass murderers whose evil shadows the darkest pages of humanity's history. You can smell the crematoria in his words. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump says some undocumented immigrants are ‘not people’www.washingtonpost.com The presumptive Republican nominee’s comment at a rally Saturday represents an escalation of his long-harsh language about migrants.

NEW: Trump 2024 campaign ads are monetizing pro-Nazi content on Rumble. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...