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How to survive a heat wave without air conditioning | My Zero Carbon Climate ActionYouTube video by My Zero Carbonyoutube.com@rexhuppke.bsky.social writes: “Do you know how bad things have to be for you to hit an ‘as bad as that time I fomented an insurrection’ level of disapproval? Trump didn’t even need to coax his followers into ransacking the U.S. Capitol this time around. He just earned it organically.”
Trump's approval is circling the toilet. I'm delighted. | OpinionA wave of new polling shows the width and breadth of Donald Trump's unpopularity. If you're a Republican, it ain't good.www.usatoday.comThe Family Values Party™ strikes again. And again, and again, and again… “𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 2,000 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴… 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 [𝘔𝘢𝘹 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳’𝘴] 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴.”
Ohio MAGA rep allegedly threw hot water on his wife and put a gun to her head. Republicans are silent.Sen. Bernie Moreno, Miller's father-in-law, has stayed silent as Cook Political Report shifts the district from solid to likely Republican.tiffinohio.net@ifloz.bsky.social writes: “The one night a year the American press pulls on a dinner suit and pretends the First Amendment still has a pulse… and the leader of the free world hauls himself up to that lectern to workshop a routine about a female reporter’s face.”
KAITLAN COLLINS IS A FUCKING WARRIOR, AND SHE DOES SMILING LIKE A PROThe most powerful man on earth stood up at a press freedom dinner and begged a reporter from Alabama to grin at him. She won the award. He won silence.open.substack.comTrigger warning for extreme deliciousness: Maharaja thali, featuring a rich assortment of Indian starters, curries, breads, rice, and condiments (Photo: Kevin Johnson). A look at the myriad varieties of thali in/throughout the 28 states of India (via Architi Batra): magicpin.in/blog/thalis-...
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@willsommer.bsky.social writes: “Incredibly, nearly all of the MAGA movement’s embrace of the [Tate] brothers has come 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 they were first accused of sex trafficking in 2022. That seemed pretty crazy for a bunch of people who claim their biggest issue is child sex trafficking.”
MAGA Rallies Around Andrew TateDespite the serious sex trafficking charges facing the influencer and his brother, Trump supporters are going to bat for them.www.thebulwark.comGreat read from @ifloz.bsky.social: “I want to lay this out flat, because I think a lot of good people heard that Trump was mean at a dinner and went on with their day—and that undersells it badly. So let me walk you through what a president said out loud… on a live broadcast, in America, in 2026.”
I WATCHED THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SPEND AN HOUR ON HIS ENEMIES LISTMy daughter asked me why the room was laughing, and I did not have a good answer for her.open.substack.com@debbiemillman.bsky.social writes: “Cher, Parton, Streisand, and Warwick—all now in their 80s—were criticized for qualities that made them distinctive… Rather than soften those edges, they built careers around them. Traits that once made them targets of ridicule eventually became their signatures.“
What Octogenarian Pop Divas Show Us About a Life Well-LivedCher, Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand, and Dionne Warwick, all in their 80s, show us that conviction outlasts fashion, writes Debbie Millman.time.comBy now, every other nation on Earth should understand that when the Trump regime turns it attention toward them, the intentions are not good.
US aimed to send envoys to Brazil to question its electoral system - sourcesBrazil has denied visa requests for two Trump administration officials who planned to travel to the country to cast doubt on the integrity of its electoral system, two Brazilian officials with knowle...www.reuters.com@ifloz.bsky.social writes: “America, you’re currently strapped to a cactus-coated dildo, and you think you’ve hit bottom? You haven’t even cleared the f*cking tip yet. There’s a long, spiky, lubricant-free journey ahead of you before the Tangerine Toll Collector is truly finished f*cking everyone…”
The Cactus Coated Dildo RideAmerica, You’re Not Even Halfway Down Yetopen.substack.com