A Heartbeat Away from the Presidency, J.D. Vance is Just Dangerous What's worse than being a weasel? A fascist.

A heartbeat away from the presidency, JD Vance is just dangerous. My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

The same people who yesterday were dismissive of when the Capitol police got the shit kicked out of them by a bloodthirsty mob are today claiming a bunch of unharmed ICE goons were in mortal danger from one woman.

What a great man.

Not that it’s surprising, but the lack of any clear moral line from the most powerful people in the country is truly stunning. Migrants can now be rounded up and sent to torture camps in random countries for the crime of … coming to the US to build a better life.

Heartbreaking. We will never get this land back.

Also, they teach children about history, so that’s now unacceptable.

Not enough reporting on the fact that Trump created the "problem" that bombing Iran was intended to "solve."

He pulled out of the 2015 nuclear agreement for no other reason than Kerry/Obama negotiated it. This war has been in the works since 2018 and Trump is it's author.

Desperate.

And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.

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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

This is OUR land, being sold off.

‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status

The VA can now deny service to veterans if they are unmarried or registered as Democrats, the British newspaper The Guardian reports, citing a memo it obtained.
It will be interesting to see how much, if any, coverage this gets in major American news outlets. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

RFK Jr.’s plan was always to undermine the vaccine regimen as much as he can. Bill Cassidy and other Republican senators were fools to believe anything else. They have enabled a profound threat to the health and well-being of millions of Americans.

Trump got the Big Oil cash he wanted so now he’s killing the planet |Will Bunch Even top climate experts are shocked at the speed with which Trump is undoing their work, after $450M in Big Oil donations.

Hey, remember when Trump told a room of Big Oil CEOs he'd make all their wildest dreams of climate denial come true...for $1B in campaign cash? Now the White House war on the environment is the Trump corruption scandal we don't talk about nearly enough

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Robby Benson played Billie Joe in the made for TV version of the song!

“We’re not in love with the law” is a pretty good motto for this group

The Democrat’s top line ad theme for the midterms…

HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.

BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses.
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...

Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years A major landmark study reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year – over the past 50 years. The vast m...

Since 1975 (the past fifty years) global vaccination efforts have saved the lives of 154 million people, especially reducing infant deaths — by 40%.

That’s greater than the total population of France + Germany.

#ScienceMatters

Republicans are dodging fired federal staff: ‘They will not even look in our direction’ Members of Congress are accused of hiding out when workers have sought answers on why their jobs were axed

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COWARDS.

Judges would not be allowed to hold administration officials in contempt if they flout judicial orders, except in the very rare case where a bond is posted.

Buried in Donald's big policy bill is a GOP provision to put his dictatorial actions beyond judicial review:

-$1.5T in new tax cuts predominantly for the rich
-$700B in Medicaid cuts
-$500B in Medicare cuts
-$300B in SNAP cuts
-Leasing public lands to Big Oil
-Ending IRS Direct File
-Ending clean energy tax credits
-Banning AI regulation in the states

The oligarchy's wish list.

When a Government is scientifically illiterate, but doesn’t know it, then its actions (or inactions) can be a recipe for the dismantling of an informed and enlightened Democracy.
#ScienceMatters

This land is their land: Trump is selling out the US’s beloved wilderness During the McCarthy era’s darkest days, public lands came under attack. History now repeats itself – and this may be the last chance to defend what’s ours

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This is OUR land and shouldn’t be sold off to private interests!

In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.

Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.