… The administration is now all in on saving the non-existent women

President urges Iran to start peace negotiations by releasing non-existent, AI-generated women some rando posted about on X

This is truly an insane thing for a public health person to say.

Outright eugenics.

RFKJR needs to GO ASAP.

This, (from AP) … Listed under “Entertainment” is weird.
But this an indictment against America.
As if 90% of Americans aren’t already the most undereducated, insular, illiterate and dumbed down people on the planet they’re Still banning books FFS!
It’s no wonder you’ve got the dumbest President!

How 2 fringe groups and a friendly judge helped pull off Sheriff Chad Bianco’s ballot seizure Emails obtained by CalMatters trace the development of a years-long case that ultimately led to the unprecedented seizure of 650,000 ballots.

Anat Rubin and I co-wrote a story for @calmatters.org about the people behind Sheriff Chad Bianco's "election investigation" -- sovereign citizens, Christian nationalists, and "constitutional sheriffs."
calmatters.org/investigatio...

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

O'Neill Burke wouldn't denounce Trump because she wanted to 'maintain' relationship with feds, emails show The emails were referenced in a new court filing by a coalition seeking a special prosecutor to investigate Operation Midway Blitz. The coalition argued that Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neil...

Cook County's top prosecutor wouldn't denounce Trump because she wanted to 'maintain' her relationship with the feds, emails show.

The latest on a bid for a special prosecutor to take on Operation Midway Blitz agents, w/ @sophiesherry.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

PM Goldman Sachs' election campaign was a bait and switch.

And then things like this......

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We’re having the referendum here in #Virginia today to offset the Rs’ mid-decade redistricting in states like North Carolina that already swung three seats and is further designed to swing a fourth this fall.

Level the playing field with a Yes victory today.

Polls are open until 7 p.m. #valeg

This stuff doesn’t remind anyone else of China?

Of course society survived before individual cell phones became so common, no one needs one.

That doesn’t mean the government should act authoritarian and micromanage every aspect of a person‘s life.

Do you think there’s a need for anyone to have phones while at work?

Should the government ban that too?

Signs for Vote YES at voting location in Virginia.

10 people lined up at 5:59am here in Chesterfield County (Evergreen Precinct: 415).

Come see us!

This doesn't seem like the right way to do anything.

It will be important to prosecute Tim Cook for bribery, and it's achievable. Juries don't like gold bars.

Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go? Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire co...

Yeah weird who knows where it might’ve gone, just one of those mysteries i guess newrepublic.com/article/2092...

The Democrats fast tracked every single one of these nominees except Hegseth (and that is only because a single Democrat, Chris Murphy, held up the nomination).

Infowars/Onion combo logo in rainbow saying “I support the onion’s hostile media takeover.”

It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for.

Joe DiGenova Back in the Criminal Frame YouTube video by emptywheel

The biggest reason it is insane that Todd Blanche put Joe DiGenova in charge of criminalizing investigations into Russia.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fABt...

Five Trump Scandals You’ve Probably Missed Swirling scandals—from the Pentagon to DHS to the IRS to the Labor Department—that represent basic betrayals of public office, trust, and confidence-in-leadership that should be the table stakes of go...

Washington can only pay attention to a scandal or two at a time, which means in the Trump age there are all sorts of should-be-big-deal scandals that don’t get the oxygen or media focus that they should.

I'll bet you've missed at least three of these: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-trump...

Did not miss any of these (tho admit the Whiskey Pete thing didn't make it far beyond FT), but strongly applaud this kind of summarizing.

It's REALLY hard to keep up with all the corruption. Really hard.

Phones to be banned in schools by law in England under government plans Education minister Jacqui Smith said the move would create

Phones to be banned in schools by law in England under govt plans.

Who will do body and bag searches, confiscations, fines, appeals?

How many more school staff will be needed? Cost?

Why not put Faraday's cage on classrooms to block signals?

Yesterday, 8 children were killed in Louisiana in the deadliest U.S. mass shooting since 2024.

Today is the 27th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, where 13 lives were taken.

you want to talk about an unfair aspect of modern american politics? let's talk about the 147 republicans in congress who joined the effort to steal the 2020 election but were allowed to keep their seats instead of being disqualified & removed from office as the 14th Amendment demands

I would just like to take this chance to say Fuck Tricia Cotham

Democratic presidential hopeful Tom Steyer on faith, climate change and who goes to heaven (RNS) — Known for his environmental advocacy, Tom Steyer, like other candidates, has made a point of referencing his faith often while on the campaign trail. He spoke with RNS to discuss his faith, ho...

I’ve actually talked to him about it! religionnews.com/2020/01/31/s...

If you're wondering how Florida's fish and conservation police are able to give Flock data to ICE, you can thank Gov. Ron DeSantis. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social has more.

Watch our latest now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHY...

Republicans, for their part, have cast the push for a new map as a Democratic power grab. “Richmond liberals want to eliminate competitive elections in Virginia,” says an ad from Virginians for Fair Maps, the main Republican-aligned outside group in Virginia.

A more correct way to write this is: "Republicans, who famously love gerrymandering in every other case, are flooding Democratic and Black voters' phones and mailboxes with ratfucking mailers and texts falsely claiming that Obama, Spanberger, and the DNC are against the ballot measure."

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden's Surveillance Machine Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

Using facial recognition tech, the Knicks surveilled a trans woman, tracking her every move out of fear she'd show up on MSG's tv broadcast

And they can do it to any "enemy" of Jim Dolan, who's built his own deep state. From @noahshachtman.bsky.social & me @wired.com www.wired.com/story/madiso...