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"His character was known as Big Pussy — not for any obscene reason, but because he had started his career in crime as a cat burglar. His friends added “Big” to distinguish him from another character, Gennaro Malanga, known as Little Pussy."
The New York TimesBreaking News: Vincent Pastore, a character actor who ratted out Tony Soprano as a mobster-turned-informant on the hit show “The Sopranos,” has died at 80. nyti.ms/4fy3ZRx
"They say the next big thing is here, That the revolution's near, But to me it seems quite clear That's it's all just a little bit of history repeating." Propellerheads w/Shirley Bassey, "History Repeating"
Top Farmworker Fear Is Family Separation - The American ProspectA first-of-its-kind survey by the UFW Foundation quantifies the impact of Trump’s mass deportation campaign on farmworkers, the vast majority of whom are undocumented.prospect.orgI'd sooner watch a cooking show hosted by cyclospora.
Brandy ZadroznySomeone posted this in slack and I actually thought it was The Onion. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Meet the new racism, same as the old racism.
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennieliterally no difference between what happened then to John Willis Menard, a Black man who overwhelmingly won New Orleans in 1868, and what's happening now to Calvin Duncan, a Black man who overwhelmingly won New Orleans in 2025 ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
I can't recall the last time I was asked to show a photo ID. For anything. He's lying because he wants to restrict your right to vote.
Aaron RuparRep. John McGuire on need for the SAVE America Act: "You can't go anywhere, you can't get medicine, you can't go to the Obama museum without a photo ID."
And I say this as a native New Yorker who has spent most of my adult life in Boston: No city has more NYC envy than Boston.
Niki GriswoldWhen Zohran Mamdani was running for NYC mayor, he cited Michelle Wu as a political role model. In just 7 months on the job, he's done so much that some Wu fans are envious #bospoli Fantastic story by my colleague @janellenanos.bsky.social for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/29/b...
Out of the dozens of friends, friends of friends, family members, neighbors, and co-workers that I know who got COVID vaccinations, only one had a notably bad reaction to his shot — and he still recommends that people get vaccinated.
Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) JarvisEvery Republican member of this committee should be taking the Fifth when they are put on trial for their complicit role in causing the deaths of untold Americans through vaccine hesitancy and quack treatments. Their willful antiscience ignorance is deadly.
I look forward to not watching him bring similar insights to Bari's "48 Minutes of Rightwing Drivel."
Tom JoscelynNever forget.
This is an act of religious terrorism. Ban her from every airline.
Hemant MehtaEvangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
This is so incoherent, it reads like AI slop.
Marisa Kabas“boy george admits he used AI to create his new pro-israel song” is now a sentence we can say
Meanwhile, today:
CNNAudio clips released by the right-wing Oversight Project of Biden’s conversations with his biographer appear to support what former Special Counsel Hur found in his 2024 report: Biden disclosed classified material, was forgetful and continued to possess classified material after leaving his VP post.
This massacre will get scant national coverage because family annihilations committed by men rarely garner attention in a nation that does not take domestic violence seriously.
Chad LivengoodBREAKING: Husband killed his wife, six kids before taking his own life in west Michigan, police say www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
If you don't want people thinking you're a pervert, don't wear pervert glasses. It's that simple.
VoxThe plight of owning “pervert glasses” when you’re not a pervert. www.vox.com/culture/4966...
If you've never heard of Silas Soule, now you know why.
Patrick McCrayRemembering Silas Soule, born OTD in 1838. American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and hero for disobeying orders to participate in Sand Creek Massacre and then giving evidence against his commander. Murdered 1865. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_S...
This photo does not include the four service members killed last week in Iraq and Jordan during Trump's misbegotten war against Iran — which is what the Pentagon wants.
The Tennessee HollerMarge regrets voting for Trump
Homan makes it sound like the ICE agent who killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine was an unforeseen bump in the road. But he knows that in ICE, men like David Brouillette are the whole damn road.
PoliticoRed flags about agent in Maine shooting may have been missed, Homan acknowledges