There set out, slowly, for a Different World, At four, on winter mornings, different legs… You can’t break eggs without making an omelette —That’s what they tell the eggs.
Folks have just memory holed how bad COVID was with overwhelmed hospitals and bodies stacked in refrigerated tractor trailers. People worldwide were making the best calls they could and if they went too far in some instances it is completely understandable.
The GOP Thinks Relitigating the Pandemic Will Help Them in the Midterms. They Might Have One Small Point Here.Wait—the GOP is bringing up COVID to make themselves look good?slate.comI'm sure Weiss would have greenlighted the story if Alfonsi had just been more thorough about getting a statement from Epstein!
60 Minutes Ended Story About Epstein’s Shady Bank TransactionsSenator Ron Wyden sat for an interview with correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi about Jeffrey Epstein’s bank transactions. Alfonsi was fired for other reasons shortly after, and the story never aired.newrepublic.comAnd, given all this, whatthe fuck is the DOD budget going for?!?!
Six Reasons Why the United States Is Low on MunitionsThe Iran war has exacerbated the Pentagon’s shortage of key munitions, but it is not the only cause. There are also longstanding strategic, operational, and institutional reasons.www.csis.orgHere's how it happened: the US spent the last two decades building a military to fight the "global war on terror" which consisted mostly of low-intensity counter-insurgency operations. We built a military that excels at conducting night raids and terrorizing Afghan and Arab villagers.
ReutersEXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say reut.rs/4gc28C0
Not clear how many transgender military personnel have been separated thus far, but it’s in the thousands. Meanwhile, we’re losing a war because folks with gender dysphoria forgot to order more Patriot missiles and forgot where the Strait of Hormuz is ... or so I’m told.
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate (Gift Article)The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.www.nytimes.comLike it or not, this IS what many people voted for in 2024. And those who choose to stay home or vote third party enabled this. Too harsh? (BOO! FUCKIN'! WHO!)
Frenzy of cruel and unusual ICE flights shows Trump’s ethnic cleansing campaign is escalating – againSeven apparent ICE removal flights in the last few days – including third-country removals, prolonged shackling, and failed deportations – reveal an agency ratcheting up.gillianbrockell.comThe hardest part of removing the worst of the worst is after they're gone the second worst of the worst becomes the worst of the worst. It never ends!!!
ICE detentions set Trump-era high in July, as immigration crackdown widensDetentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement set a monthly record high for the second Trump administration in July, internal agency data obtained by CBS News shows, as ICE widened its crackdown.www.cbsnews.comA remarkable number of prominent Repubs are literal psychopaths, starting with #Trump. These people simply don't have an operating moral consciousness, that tells them things like "I shouldn't psycho-torture a little girl to get back at her mother." And mosy folks are surprised they're fascists?!?!
WeedleGetting questions about my "I am not a blank eyed sociopath" video that were already answered by
Max Miller's so obviously guilty that Bernie Moreno is forced to side with his daughter over his GoP colleague.
Even Trump’s Not Sure If Max Miller Can Survive ThisThe president phoned the embattled congressman and expressed his doubts about his reelection bid. Miller now says he will investigate himself.nymag.comFor those who know nothing about golf, an 80-year-old man shooting two under par on a professional quality course is every bit as plausible as an 80-year-old man running a sub-four minute mile.
Did Trump really cheat to win Bedminster golf championship? Viral videos cloud POTUS's 40th win; watch - PeopleOn Sunday, President Donald Trump, at the age of 79, won the Bedminster Golf Club championship for a record 40th time. Despite criticism of beingwww.europesays.comWhen I find an investment, I ask myself three questions: "Is President #Trump promoting it?", and then stop there.
Report: FIFA’s Infantino sought Trump backing after failed World Cup planFIFA boss Gianni Infantino turned to Donald Trump to save his job amid revolt against World Cup privatisation plan.www.aljazeera.comThere's never been a better time than now for Republicans to not stand up for the things they don't believe!
Todd Blanche Wins Over G.O.P. Holdouts on AG Confirmation After Assurances on Trump IRS Deal (Gift Article)Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis expressed support after Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, issued a memo abandoning part of a deal the Justice Department had struck with President Trump.www.nytimes.comNow we all know why #Trump insisted on IRS immunity for his kids and his orgs. and his associates. He has been doing this for DECADES and wilful violation of tax law has no statue of limitations.
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering reviewDisclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trumpwww.theguardian.comBonus detail is that Jared Kushner’s brother was in the middle of Infantino’s little scheme to send the World Cup to the private equity chop shop. (What a time to be alive!)
Report: FIFA’s Infantino sought Trump backing after failed World Cup planFIFA boss Gianni Infantino turned to Donald Trump to save his job amid revolt against World Cup privatisation plan.www.aljazeera.comIn Jacobsen's defense, she appears to believe in the germ theory of disease transmission! There are some pretty prominent people who don't.
Gigi GronvallSmart take from @progmil.bsky.social "What Jacobsen offers ...is just play-acting. It’s as if someone suddenly woke up to the fact that biological organisms can be deadly and believes that no one else has thought what to do about it. outbreaks." almauroni.substack.com/p/no-one-mak...
More Atlantic sanewashing the GOP lynch mob? (Bless Its Heart)
The New YorkerLast week, Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before a Senate committee. “Did you literally lie to your own diary?” one representative asked him. Fauci pleaded the Fifth—to that, and to every other question he was asked. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Iran's also trying to hack into our water systems. #Trump so far seems to blame the states especially if they are Democratic. Since I am cynical, this war will end with the Dems fixing this and other messes, then the right-wing wurlitzer will start screaching "Stabbed in the Back" 24-7!!!
Opinion | The War That Could Swallow the World (Gift Article)Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working.www.nytimes.com“Though, there was this time where we took a trip to Chicago, and my son pressed 15 buttons in the elevator in a 50-floor building. There were other people in the chamber. Luckily, they were amused by it.” "Bless Your Heart." They were JUST being polite.
Who Made These Guys the King of the Elevator?If you’re in an elevator with a child, never—and I mean never—push the buttons yourself.slate.com