Some progressives & Democrats need to stop justifying refusing to vote or 3rd party voting by saying Biden "didn't do anything."

He did a whole damn lot. Facts matter. And so does a young liberal SCOTUS justice who will protect civil rights for decades.

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Nailed it!

As he says: "Don't boo - VOTE!"

Pay attention folks. This is how it's done. Trump sues his own DOJ, run by his private attorney, for $10 billion. Normally that would go through the courts with the DOJ arguing AGAINST giving Trump $10 billion.

Instead, his DOJ will negotiate a settlement OUTSIDE of court. Literally inside dealing.

Wojciech Krupa (German Artist, born 1966)
Oil pastel, 42 x 30 cm

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Photo: a baby chameleon rests atop a red flower against a green and yellow backdrop. Source: Mehmet Karaca, Kapıçam Nature Park, Turkiye, Wiki Loves Earth 2024.

A baby Mediterranean chameleon

📸 Mehmet Karaca,
Kapıçam Nature Park, Türkiye
Wiki Loves Earth 2024

Today, Pamela Jo Bondi, our most recent head of the Department of Justice, is blithely ignoring a valid, legal subpoena requiring her to testify before Congress.

We are not a nation of laws. We are a nation of some people can get away with anything.

HOWLING

Grok-maker xAI gets USDA backing in pursuit of FedRAMP High authorization The company behind the controversial generative AI tool wants to continue building adoption momentum as usage spreads across federal agencies.

The USDA is going to use Elon Musk’s Grok for a myriad of functions, including “scientific research”.

I can’t see any potential drawbacks to using a bigot-coded AI that is fed and watered by scientific misinformation at the joint that oversees food safety. /s

My very Catholic neighbor was out first thing this morning taking down his Trump flag. Do you think they’re showing up for the midterms? I don’t.

“We came for the racism, not to have you mock the Pope.”

They’re not going to care that you deleted it.

The press is literally treating Trump's attacks on Pope Bob as a both-sides partisan spat. The pathology of US political journalism!

He’s become a global punchline, yet the Republican party continues to follow his lead with a level of devotion that borders on national sabotage.

He’s become a global punchline, yet the Republican party continues to follow his lead with a level of devotion that borders on national sabotage.

Transcript: Trump’s America Is Deeply Unwell, and It’s Time to Say So As Trump reveals his unfitness in stark new ways, a political theorist argues that our election of this man to the presidency twice should prompt deep introspection about what we’ve become.

"This is what happens when you have a malignant narcissist as the president of the United States. This man is simply not capable of thinking or feeling or conceiving of other people beyond himself." trib.al/a3aaSiG

It makes you realize something:

Trump, as Adam Serwer pointed out, was elected to wipe the trauma of the first black president from history.

And yet, there weren’t as many who hated Obama for being black as there were who hated Hillary Clinton for being Hillary Clinton. That’s a lot.

The Pope claps back very papally…

MAGA treated Donald Trump like a messiah. Now they’re mad he’s comparing himself to Jesus Christ. One former Trump fan warned they had “elected the Antichrist.” trib.al/5V56tfj

US blockade of Iran will be major military endeavor, experts say The U.S. military has not offered basic details yet about the blockade, including how many U.S. warships will enforce it.

“.. Trump wants a quick fix. The reality is, this mission is difficult to execute alone and likely unsustainable over the medium to long-term,” said Dana Stroul, a former senior Pentagon official ..

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In Donald Trump’s America, the rich get tax cuts, the well-connected get stock tips, and everybody else makes sacrifices.

This reality check by Rebecca Solnit grabs you right from the killer first sentence. Do yourself a favor & give it a read.

This is what Times Square will look like when Congress or a cheeseburger finally does its job

😡😡

We cannot risk the world nor the wellbeing of our nation any longer,” she wrote. “Whether by his Cabinet or Congress, the President must be removed from office. We are playing with the brink.”

It's really something to be living through the worst President, the worst Supreme Court, and the worst Congress all at once

Can you imagine if President Obama said "Praise Allah?"

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

Let's be crystal clear - Donald Trump is not well. He is openly plotting war crimes on social media. Destroying Iranian cultural sites & civilian infrastructure is a blatant violation of international law.

This war must end now. Not another dollar.

You underestimate the roll China might play in the reconstruction of Iran.

At least a million?