Universal healthcare turns out to be good for business.

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

it is, among other things, incredibly striking to see that roberts was so solicitous of the burden the clean power plan might put on fossil fuel executives, when, a decade later, he is indifferent to the way trump’s moves have thrown hundreds of thousands of lives into turmoil.

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason

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Shrugging at “fake inflation,” Team Trump’s economic message takes a weird turn Taken together, it seems as if the White House decided the way to change public attitudes on the economy is to try to pull some kind of Jedi mind trick.

On the economy, the White House apparently wants to pull a Jedi mind trick on the public.

Bothered by high gas prices? Prices are “not very high.”
Bothered by inflation? Inflation is “fake.”
Dissatisfied with the struggling economy? The economy is the “best in history.”
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Trump Thinks He’s Become Orange Jesus In Trump 1.0, people mocked the President by calling him Orange Jesus. In Trump 2.0, he actually thinks he’s become Jesus, Susan B. Glasser writes.

At 250 feet tall, Trump's arch would be the biggest such structure in the world. Asked last fall what this modern-day arch was meant to commemorate, Trump pointed to himself and replied, “Me.” @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Tantrum Trump.

Hegseth Borrows Violent Prayer from ‘Pulp Fiction’ to Bless Iran War at April Pentagon Worship Service For the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself “secretary of war,” read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship ser...

what’s funny about this is that tarantino wrote this “ezekiel 25:17“ for the film. it isn‘t actually in the bible. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-bo...

he’s not as visible as most of the folks in the administration but after stephen miller vought is probably the most evil of the lot

he is ideologically committed to destroying the entire concept of the public good

Can confirm

Sooo…about this:

Pope Leo is a member of the Order of Saint Augustine and the first Augustinian pope in Catholic Church history.

The “just war” theory derives from the teachings of Saint Augustine.

That’s what Mike Johnson is claiming to know more about than Pope Leo.

And this business owner

But keep telling us @govbilllee’s private school vouchers aren’t coupons for the wealthy. @WilliamLamberth

In case anyone is still confused

Before Citizens United, billionaires spent around $16 million on presidential elections. In 2024, they spent $2.6 BILLION.

And what did they get for that money? They got a MASSIVE tax cut for themselves.

VOUCHER SCAM: “Welfare for the wealthy. We just gave $300 MILLION for private school vouchers.”

MEMPHIS Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social on why he oppose the @WilliamLamberth @GovBillLee voucher expansion bill that passed the house tonight.

(@repgillespie voted yes)

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. 🧵

Any government that isn't right now accelerating plans to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy is either:

a. Incompetent
b. In the pockets of people who'd rather they didn't
c. a & b

Tiny dog thrown out on the streets is getting some big news today. Dolly Parton has a big future YouTube video by Happy Doggo

So so happy to give her this news in person today. Little Dolly Parton deserves this break in life ❤️

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🚨 @tennesseestands sounds the alarm that the @rustygrills @SenJohnStevens foreign pesticide corporations protection bill that met bipartisan backlash may not be dead— they may try to screw sick farmers and slide it through at the end of session

Tell your reps you’re watching

Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable sources, proving the transition is not theoretical but already operational. The barrier is no longer technology, but political will, investment priorities, and the courage to move faster.

Kushner being involved as he has deals with MBS is insane

The President of the United States and the Secretary of State are attending a UFC event tonight as negotiations with Iran collapse in Islamabad—raising the risk of a massive war restarting.

📸 Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Pool via REUTERS

NBC: “Iran is not listening to your threats about opening the Strait.”

TRUMP: “You don’t know anything. You’re fake news. We win, no matter what.”

Triggered by the truth. (H/T @atrupar.com )

Post from Dale Partridge claiming nobody wants to live in diverse neighborhoods

I quite happily live in a neighborhood where most people do not share my religion, where multiple languages are represented, and where people have come from a lot of different countries.

Bigoted assholes always assume everyone else actually shares their bigotries.

Imagine if US auto manufacturers had embraced EVs years ago instead of fighting them

Joe Kernen comes close to having a coronary on air as Pete Buttigieg dogwalks him all over the Squawk Box studio about Trump's economic mismanagement and inflation

An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death

Just a reminder—as we’re all reacting to the First Lady’s statement on the Epstein files yesterday.

This guy is still serving in the administration.

The answer is implicit in the question: Putin has ownership over both countries.