"When I get tough questions, I answer them. When Ken Paxton gets tough questions, he runs away, literally. He hasn't debated in more than a decade. He hasn't made himself available to questions from the public." -- @jamestalarico.bsky.social
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Профиль VivelyScientist fighting misinformation. “Every public servant has an ethical obligation to serve the public interest.”
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Also, hydroxychloroquine doesn’t prevent infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. that not me saying this. that’s the Mayo Clinic. I hear they’re experts on that sort of thing.
Michael McKeonhydroxychloroquine, in case you’ve mercifully forgotten, is an antimalarial drug that has no effect whatsoever on covid. Hydroxychloroquine is not recommended as a treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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...job growth has essentially stalled since Trump took office ― and those manufacturing jobs that the president and the Labor Department have touted simply have not appeared. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Mark Kelly: "We have an incompetent Secretary of Defense who in no way was qualified for this position. This is the guy who runs around on the stage talking about killing people and lethality and testosterone. The military doesn't need more testosterone. It needs better leadership."
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1. World-class investigative journalism. 2. I get the instinct many have to say "we knew this/this was obvious/gee let me feign surprise", but it's so important to get this stuff in one place, on record; to turn all the threads into a full garment, so to speak.
Marisa KabasExclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:
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The Trump regime has killed at least 221 people by bombing boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since last September. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. This is a danger to us all.
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The NSF proposal is a tool for Vought to implement his OMB Proposal's restrictive and ideologically driven regulations on university grants. Register for the webinars to learn about the key NSF changes and draft strong public comments: zurl.co/67X9s And, leave your public comment: zurl.co/T8Ogb
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🇺🇦🥔 Zelensky's office has asked Ukraine's top prosecutor to consider launching criminal proceedings against Lukashenko, - Reuters Office said it was responding to an appeal by Belarus Democratic Forum, which wrote to Zelensky in May asking Kyiv to prosecute Lukashenko for war crimes, genocide.
It's possible that Moscow Mitch is still alive, but can't speak as a result of yet another stroke. MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR CONGRESS (AND THE SUPREME COURT)!
Kyle GriffinGov. Beshear on Mitch McConnell: "If he can have a 17-minute conversation with his protege, he can call into any of your news stations for three. All we're asking is just a little bit of proof."
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When Sen. Ashley Moody was the Florida AG, her office approved the diversion of $10m of taxpayer money--intended to expand Medicaid--to go to two PACs instead. One of those PACs was controlled by the governor and his chief of staff. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...
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When the world’s wealthiest man amasses a huge following and aligns himself with a racist president-with both widely spreading white nationalist propaganda based on bodacious lies fueled by a profoundly warped worldview-people will die Musk thinks of himself as a hero The truth is, he’s a monster
Greg SargentWhen Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...
Maybe smart voters shouldn't sit out the next election. In 2024, most voters supported VP Harris over Trump, but many didn't think there was enough of a difference to take the time to vote. MAGA enthusiasm (fueled by right-wing lies) put Trump back into office. Both parties are NOT the same.
Tiffany MullerTrump is desperately weaponizing the government to try and silence voters. It couldn't be more clear: he's afraid of who Americans will cast ballots for in November.
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New from Mezabahnur Masum: There's much we don't know about the data center boom and its costs: water, electricity, and more. Solving that problem is harder than it looks, and the confusion might be by design.