While billionaires build AI empires and reshape entire towns, they tell us it’s “progress.” Backed by power networks tied to Donald Trump, this isn’t innovation, it’s oligarchy. The question isn’t what they’re building, but who it’s really for.

Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.

“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”

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Donald Trump is killing real schoolgirls in Iran and kidnapping and murdering real Americans in the streets. Interesting that the only thing he’s done that went “too far” for MAGA was an *imaginary* image. What a ridiculous world we live in.

Sometimes I think how The Beatles were barely 30 when they broke up. All that music, the lyrics that transcend time, they were still in their 20s. That’s amazing! Isn’t it?
I’m almost 60 & hardly have the imagination to write a grocery list, let alone a life defining lyric.
I just, wow, amazing.

When top officials ignore lawful subpoenas, it chips away at the idea that the law applies to everyone. If accountability only goes one way, that’s not justice, it’s privilege.

I don't know why this is so hard for some people to grasp. If we extend our use of fossil gas, rather than going all-out for grid batteries, heat pumps and induction hobs, we extend our dependence on *foreign* sources of gas, regardless of whether we also use the UK's last remaining reserves. 🧵

Old anxiety: you have to go to a party & make small talk
New anxiety: he’s gonna drag us into WW3, we’re all gonna die

When Trump picks fights with the Pope, it weakens trust abroad and puts allies like Meloni in impossible positions. This isn’t leadership, it’s self-inflicted diplomatic chaos.

If allies are confused by the chaos, that’s not on them, it’s what happens when leadership runs on rants instead of reason.

Polls have closed in Hungary. A record 77.8% turnout.

No exit polls, but shouldn’t be long till the actual results roll in.

Global crises don’t pause for entertainment.

It’s just a tantrum in a suit.

The shared excitement over NASA’s recent mission compared to the general indifference to SpaceX missions speaks to the power of something seen as the product of communal human effort rather than just the ego and avarice of one obnoxious dork.

Hungarians calling it “cautious optimism” says everything, hope, but with scars. After years under Viktor Orbán, people are exhausted and wary.

For us, it’s a warning too, this is the kind of playbook Donald Trump has openly admired.

Not everybody gets scared easy, the Pope works for Jesus. Trump can drop bombs, but the Pope’s boss can make lava rain.

Hillary Clinton testified for 11 hours regarding Benghazi and 6 hours regarding Epstein because she didn’t have anything to hide, yet bribe for hire Pam Bondi is illegally refusing to show up to a deposition regarding Epstein because she has everything to hide. Lock Pam up.

Not perfect. Still preferable.

Did the Biden administration make mistakes?
Yes
Was I sometimes disappointed in the decisions they made? Yes
Would I eat my own uterus marinated in boob sweat to have them back?
Also yes

The reason I will ALWAYS assign the blame where it primarily lies, with Trump and the Republicans, is that when we start scraping our way out of this, we are going to need Congress, we are going to need working government, and I want people to believe in the POSSIBILITY of our institutions working.

It's hard to tell if Epstein was Trump's wingman or Trump was Epstein's wingman or maybe they didn't worry much about who was in charge

Trump’s latest voter purge is built on a broken database that mislabels citizens as aliens. Weaponizing SAVE and USPS to block votes isn’t election security, it’s voter suppression. The real danger? Millions of Americans could be wrongly denied their rights.

A false promise of ceased aggression is its own kind of harm

The federal government is literally striking words from official record based on them being too “woke” and pundits are arguing if the wokeness is what went too far

Trump’s abuse isn’t something we can just watch from the sidelines. Staying quiet makes us part of it, call your reps, it’s time to act.

Too many people enable cruelty and selfishness, and silence becomes complicity. That’s the real crisis.

I can’t believe I woke up relieved today that we lost the war instead of mass murdering people

Mountains and a shoreline mirrored on the water

The Olympics mirrored on a glassy smooth Hood Canal, Washington

The 2015 Iran deal (JCPOA) did cap Iran’s uranium enrichment and kept the Strait of Hormuz open without Iranian control. Trump’s actions scrapped that framework and now Iran has far more leverage over Hormuz and its nuclear program than it did under Obama’s multilateral deal.

Threatening genocide isn’t just reckless; it’s grounds for immediate action.

Trump’s apocalyptic posts on Truth Social aren’t just bluster, they’re reckless threats dangling nuclear war over Iran. The White House’s evasive answers make it worse: no clarity, just escalation. This is chaos masquerading as diplomacy.