The California Assembly has killed the CalCare single-payer healthcare plan (AB 1900), despite CA Dems’s veto-proof supermajority in both houses & the majority of CA voters supporting it.
My fellow Californians, consider each rep & gov candidate’s CalCare stance when you cast your vote!
Fred from Scooby-Doo unmasking the bad guy at the end of a mystery, in two frames. First frame: Left side: a tied up man in a white featureless mask with eye holes. The caption over him in impact font reads, "SOMETHING I USED TO LOVE SUCKS NOW" Right side of frame, Fred has his hand on the mask, about to pull it off. The caption on him reads, "LET'S SEE WHO'S BEHIND THIS." Second frame: The unmasked bad guy has a pencil thin curling mustache, a pointy nose, and dark hair, with a widow's peak. The caption on him reads, "PRIVATE EQUITY"
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Trump makes everyone worse. It is his singular talent.
The only person I can think of who escaped Trump's circle with his reputation intact is Mike Pence. And he was nearly hanged for his efforts.
Trump was top ten worst living Americans before he was elected, the rest of his gang would not have the opportunity to be what they are now without him
Trump's ability to make other people worse is what sets him apart in the worst living American rankings. a generational talent
"Can our plague unit come hang out in your village? Shop in your food markets?"
His politics are closer to Anton LeVeyan satanism than anything I’ve seen in American politics, the most hostile rejection of obligation to anyone else but yourself imaginable.
As Ford Madox Ford famously said, “It is an easy job to say that an elephant, however good, is not a good warthog; for most criticism comes to that.”
Lovely essay from @summerbrennan.bsky.social
Where do we meet to engage our minds?
Please take the time to read this award-worthy @motherjones.com article on the AI oligarchy, if only to experience great writing in an era of AI slop.
If the bots can ever write as well as my colleague @timothymurphy.bsky.social, we are surely cooked.
Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.
"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X
The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.
I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).
So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.
A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."
The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.
Kash Lego figure with big eyes
I can’t look at him and not see his Lego image now.
there is literally one proven policy to reduce traffic congestion long-term.
it’s congestion pricing. and Trump just spent a whole year trying to illegally scrap it in New York City
Newly released records on the police response to the assassination of Melissa Hortman show officers knew a woman was lying motionless on the top of the stairs inside the Hortman home but waited 30 minutes to physically check on her.
Hey Virginia! TOMORROW, April 21, 6am–7pm, we get our chance to protect our state from the power grabs already destroying Texas, Florida, ＆ North Carolina. This amendment keeps things fair ＆ democratic everyone. Same-day registration available at polls. Vote YES! #VoteYesVirginia
Republicans know they are about to lose the House and are trying to give Big Oil its holy grail: legal immunity from any futures actions that would hold the industry responsible for the climate crisis it knowingly caused and is making worse every day.
climateintegrity.org/news/view/br...
After building the best public education system in the world brought us the Counterculture and the Anti-War Movement, conservatives in the US began a 50+ year assault to destroy public education.
Swalwel, Gonzalez, Cherfilus-McCormick are out. Only Cory Mills remains: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kash Patel should be seeking help and treatment, not serving as FBI Director.
Tweet from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth saying "We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.
Article on the US Army website about flu outbreak killing 45,000 US soldiers during World War I
omg this is so good.
The Pentagon will stop requiring members of the military to get flu vaccines. Image Hegseth, wearing a blue suit, a tie and American flag pocket square, stands in front of an American flag. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that service members would no longer have to get flu vaccines.Credit...Pete Marovich for The New York Times The Pentagon will no longer require troops to get annual flu vaccines, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, calling the policy an “absurd, overreaching” mandate.
George Washington LITERALLY would not have won the Revolutionary War had he not vaccinated the troops against smallpox.
Meanwhile, this idiot: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
Paris did this to huge success.
We're hiring editorial fellows in SF and DC. Great gig that has launched hundreds of media careers:
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Donated clothes and shoes to this wonderful charity. Very easy online scheduling process for timely pickup. Truly recommending, if you’re in NYC.
Pezeshkian: Honoring commitments is the basis of meaningful dialogue. Deep historical mistrust in Iran toward U.S. gov conduct remains, while unconstructive & contradictory signals from American officials carry a bitter message; they seek Iran's surrender. Iranians do not submit to force.
Department of War E & @DeptofW.... 1h X Overnight, U.S. forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding of the stateless sanctioned M/T Tifani without incident in the INDOPACOM area of responsibility. As we have made clear, we will pursue global maritime enforcement efforts to disrupt illicit networks and interdict sanctioned vessels providing material support to Iran-anywhere they operate. International waters are not a refuge for sanctioned vessels. The Department of War will continue to deny illicit actors and their vessels freedom of maneuver in the maritime domain.
