NYT: Musk preparing 9 figure spending campaign in support of Republicans in "swing" states like Ohio, Iowa, Alaska, and Texas.
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This is the new climate obstruction. It doesn’t loudly deny climate change. It simply ignores it, while convincing people that every solution is more corrupt, dangerous, and destructive than the fossil fuels it would replace.
When scientists dispute Fasulo's claims about solar, she dismisses them as bought. “Every single scientist is bought in this country,” she told HEATED. It’s a self-sealing argument: No evidence can disprove her claims, because anyone presenting it can simply be declared corrupt.
Fasulo’s anti-solar rhetoric can sound progressive: anti-corporate and pro-environment. But past social media posts reveal fierce loyalty to Trump and right-wing conspiracies. And when HEATED asked whether fossil fuels cause climate change, she would not answer.
And if Bill Gates being a "real farmer" makes us feel icky, maybe it's a good time to unpack why we still think- in a country that we all know was founded on kidnapping people to work on farms, both big & small- that "farmer" can only be a title of honor.
You have to care about kids who aren't "yours." You live in a society, and that society extends to children. You have to fight for trans kids, even if your child isn't trans. You have to care about vaccinations and disability even if you're childless. They aren't property.
I've been left alone for the night in my parents' house so y'all know what that means time to finally turn off the motion-smoothing on their TV
"Removed". It's not gone until the tarp is down and we can see the building.
DianaResistsJuly 30: The tarp is still up at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The tarp and scaffolding continue to block the front portico and exterior sign area where Trump's name was removed in mid-June 2026 to comply with a federal court ruling. www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u... Christ on a fucking sidecar
I remember when teachers were warning of this and pundits pooh-poohed it
Matt BarnumNew: There's been a notable and, in many cases, sustained rise in teachers leaving the classroom over the last four to five years, according to new data I collected. The uptick in any one year was modest but the cumulative loss of teachers has been substantial. www.chalkbeat.org/2026/07/30/t...
If you want to know more about how *legal* immigration for farm workers can actually make them *more* vulnerable to exploitation, abuse, & even trafficking, this linked article from cdmigrante.org is GREAT.
digitaldesertGood thread on how the government’s H2A program turned migrant farmworkers into little more than trafficked slaves, the 2024 reforms that mitigated the abuse, and last year’s Trump directive(see below) that stripped away those reforms. cdmigrante.org/trump-dol-ro...
Mychal sits & shares that Ms. Rachel posted, “Black boys deserve to grow up.” This is not controversial, it is hope. Black library kids deserve to grow up to become Black library grown-ups. Black boys deserve to live in a world where that has not always felt true. Black boys deserve joy ✨
Looks like Gavin Newsom is going to bat for California Forever, the Network State "tech utopia" project backed by Marc Andreessen and other tech billionaires. 70% of local residents oppose it. But the billionaires hired Newsom's favorite lobbyist. Welcome to Sacramento. nypost.com/2026/07/29/u...
Bad, for a whole lotta' people: "Dozens of Democratic state officials [had] sued over the policy" to require chronically ill Medicaid users to prove they can't work, "arguing that they are suffering irreparable harm by having to shell out millions to hire... 🧵1/3 www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.
Oh my God, this is not a drill - LinkedIn has added 'seems like AI slop' as an option on posts Genuinely thought it was a joke until I clicked on a few posts
I've been seeing a lot of people responding to this with "there ought to be a law," but importantly, we haven't needed a law for this sort of thing because no prior president wanted to be known as a leader who would literally kill people in their hour of need for not voting for him
Seth MasketThis is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something
An amazing quote from Susan Collins on whether Trump should control all federal research grants. No notes. A great summary of her entire political career.
elizabethginexiTop senators consider blocking the OMB rule. www.politico.com/live-updates...
This administration truly cannot live down the assessment that they'd all prefer to be podcasting than doing their actual jobs.
Brandy ZadroznySomeone posted this in slack and I actually thought it was The Onion. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...