Just a neurospicy cosmic nautiloid from Indiana with an intense interest in leftist politics and a fiery rage for right-wing dipshittery
Meanwhile, in Indiana: "When asked if he thought the increase in denials was intentional, Colteryahn said, 'I don't know with the Medicaid waiver if it's intentional. I think it's more that they took a sledgehammer instead of a scalpel to a complicated topic.'”
www.wthr.comI don't know what's more embarrassing: moving forward with a wildly incorrect map created by a hallucinating AI or being so lazy as to not bother using real existing maps in the first place. These are unserious people.
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conferenceA U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...www.reuters.com"Meta alone has amassed around $420 billion in off-balance-sheet debt, according to Nikkei, highlighting how precarious the AI industry’s steep investment in AI has become, and inspiring comparisons to energy company Enron, which collapsed in spectacular fashion in 2001 because of similar debts..."
Timnit Gebru"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
"This is a misuse of Medicaid money," Republican State Rep. Alex Andrade told CBS Miami in August 2025. "This is money laundering."
Ryan Marino, MDMoody, as AG of Florida, diverted $10M in taxpayer funds from children’s Medicaid to a PAC controlled by Ron DeSantis. DeSantis used the $ to oppose voter amendments to legalize marijuana and protect abortion, then appointed her to the Senate, saying it was bc she “helped us defeat Amendments 3 & 4”
"...it isn’t doomering or hyperbole to say we are staring down the barrel of a world where the only “science” the government intends to support is for-profit tech and defense advancements."
Aaron RuparNew in PN: The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift "It’s impossible not to wonder whether part of Trump’s loathing for universities is that there's no way for him to corrupt the process and make money off it in the same way he can by giving billions to Silicon Valley types."
If they're associated with Trump, you bet your ass they're a shameless grifter by default:
kalibomeli1/ This is Nick Adams. He’s a big deal in MAGA world. He’s got 638K followers on X and 2.1M on Facebook. President Trump even appointed him to a role at the State Dept. But when I started digging into Adams' nonprofit for "civics" education, something didn't look right ... 🧵
"In one case, the government included documentation claiming a detainee had been convicted of marijuana possession in 2009. That detainee, the judge noted, citing what she called the government’s persistent 'sloppiness,' would have been 4 years old."
ProPublicaNEW: ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of Justice Department lawyers. We found judges nominated by both parties who are frustrated that they can no longer take the government at its word.
"On July 17, it asked contractors for facilities to provide comprehensive services for “unaccompanied alien children” that could be 'scalable to accommodate populations of up to 3,000 children per site.'”
Whitney Curry WimbishICE is dropping some of its warehouse concentration camps, but they're expanding other ways, including overseas. I wrote about a few of the recent camps they want to open and one group of community members who are fighting back in Louisiana.
If you've ever wondered what a fascist word salad sounds like:
Aaron RuparSen. Deb Fischer on Democrats: "They want to demilitarize the police. It's everybody's worst nightmare on what this society would become ... people have deep knowledge of what happens in countries that say they are democratic socialist ... look at Russia"
Bibi gets credibly accused of war crimes and genocide, then suddenly the U.S. rides in to declare the court illegitimate while bullying other nations into pulling out. The regime doesn't care about justice, only legal impunity towards the illegal actions of themselves and their chosen cronies.
Chad to join raft of withdrawals from International Criminal CourtChad becomes the fifth country to withdraw from the ICC recently, amid rising US pressure and accusations of bias.www.aljazeera.comTl;Dr: Republicans are kicking children off SNAP by the millions and imposing harsh work requirements on the elderly, veterans and the unhoused (especially harmful for those in low-employment areas of the country). This feels like the GOP is just culling perceived undesirables from the population.
SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Harmful 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law Is ImplementedSNAP participation nationwide fell by more than 4.5 million people (nearly 11 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and April 2026, based on the latest month of data.www.cbpp.orgI'm seeing this disingenuous argument about data centers so often now that it's become my new "are you a conservative dipshit" litmus test when talking politics with strangers or reading articles pretending to look at "both-sides" of the issue (I'm looking at you, local "news" Facebook page).
Aaron RuparHusted: "We have created the demand for these data centers bc we use all these digital products, and if we don't want them, then don't use them. I mean, you can go back to the bunny ear antenna on your TV, you don't need a data center ... understand, when we look in the mirror, we are the problem."
“These experiments take decades to build and require sustained, cooperative international investment...” “The experiments will continue, without American leadership. … The United States will not just fall behind. It will step aside.” -University of Chicago physics professor David W. Miller
ProPublicaNEW: A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle,” explains how the move would’ve stifled that breakthrough:
"Appearing on Fox News in May, Bruce Blakeman, the Republican nominee for New York governor, alleged that if 'you own… a 'small business, a grocery store, a bodega, Zohran Mamdani wants to take your property.'” The left keeps winning while conservatives punch at strawmen
The Tennessee HollerNYC SMALL BIZ OWNERS ON ZOHRAN: “These people really care about small businesses… They get shit done… I like that he stands for making sure nobody seems to feel marginalized, we all win together… If that’s what socialism is I’m all for it!” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Has there been any other nation routinely attacking and killing journalists without consequence like Israel? Genocide and war crimes for all to see, yet they still somehow get the benefit of the doubt from our broken media.
Drop Site🚨Israeli strike hits near journalists' gathering spot, outside hospital gate An Israeli strike hit outside the gate of Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital compound in central Gaza, next to a public workspace where journalists routinely gather. Footage captured by Drop Site contributor Mohamed Ahmed shows...
Ah yes, it's apparently Mexico's fault. Where is Taylor Farms located again?
Aaron RuparTrump: "I think we'll put a major tariffs on Texas-- on Mexico because of the lettuce. And we'll put a big tariff on Canada because of the smoke."
Windmills are poison, but oil extraction, fracking and coal mining are perfectly safe, apparently
Aaron RuparTrump is now ranting and raving about "windmills" and how you can't bury them because they "poison the ground"
Her former consultant not only worked with Palantir(linking Stevens indirectly to ICE), she also works with the notoriously corporate ratchet-effect org Third Way
Stevens campaign parts ways with consultant after Palantir work comes to light • Michigan AdvanceA campaign consultant advising U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) in her bid for the U.S. Senate was recently let go from the campaign due to her side work consulting for Big Tech and surveillance...share.google"...the House is passing $10 billion to use to essentially try to get states to pass by themselves, in their state legislatures, these things in the SAVE Act." "...they’re basically paying states to do voter suppression. That’s the simplest way I can explain what the House is doing." Bribery.
The New RepublicAs a striking Fox News poll suggests the GOP midterm position is deteriorating, a voting rights expert walks us through what Trump is really gearing up to attempt this fall—and how to defeat it. trib.al/o0LznDN
"According to Bloomberg’s Ava Benny-Morrison, the nine pardons wiped out $200 million in financial penalties, 'some of which were destined for victims of wrongdoing.'”
The New RepublicSomething of interest happened in January. BitMEX created a swap listing tied to the $TRUMP memecoin. Two months later, Trump pardoned the co-founders and the company. trib.al/tuvBarA