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Kind of wild given *waves hands around at general global situation* that we’re seeing potential accountability for bad governance in (checks notes again) FIFA

Welcome to polycrisis. Add to what the article describes: Aging infrastructure (water main break+sinkhole=floods in West Hollywood that LA first responders have to address as new wildfires break out) Mismanagement of emergency response agencies (e.g. FEMA, new Wildland Fire Service) & contractors

In the coverage I've seen of the problematic nature of family members "inheriting" seats, I am stunned no one has noted that family members would be susceptible to the same blackmail that their late partners/siblings/parents were. It's one of the core subjects of any security clearance investigation

The man is responsible for Jar Jar Binks, people. What did you expect?

Counterproductive on multiple fronts. Research shows electability args maintain white male dominance in US politics via strategic discrimination: "Strategic discrimination occurs when an individual hesitates to support a candidate out of concern that others will object to the candidate’s identity."

Explain all the screaming to the work from home neighbors who don’t care about football challenge 🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬

It is objectively a gorgeous summer morning in DC; blue sky, 82 degrees right now. You can’t go outside safely b/c of the air quality. From my window, there is a thick, visible layer of smog over the city. Wunderground tells me there’s “fog.” All for a 12am fireworks show shrouded by its own smoke

I worked EMS for far smaller & far more delightful events. #1 thing I treated? Heat-related illness. Teens who weren’t hydrated. Kids & elderly who can’t temp regulate well. Patients whose meds (e.g. some SSRIs & anti-psychotics, even antihistamines) made them heat vulnerable. Outright dangerous.

If I’m reading this right, a wildly narcissistic billionaire is building some version of a hedge fund Prospera lite for his company & employees in Miami because he feels personally victimized by taxes in New York & Chicago. The company town is back & it has a peptide-infused victim complex.

Ken Griffin Bought Out All 138 Condos in Miami Tower, One by OneThe billionaire spent roughly $125 million to gain control of the last major property in the way of his planned Citadel campus. Now, he’ll tear it down.www.bloomberg.com

"That night we learned three physicians and one nurse from our team would be blocked from entering Gaza. I was allowed in." "To tell a doctor or nurse that they cannot help someone punctures both their sense of self and their faith in humankind in ways that are difficult to explain or anticipate."

When Hate Trumps Healing: How I Joined the Blocked-by-Israel Club | Common DreamsBeing of Jewish descent, an American, and a nurse affords no protection in the eyes of the Israeli or American governments. I was there to help Palestinian babies, so I was a threat.www.commondreams.org

Friend shared photos from the top of the Washington Monument this morning. Looks like the administration tried to paint over the "8647" numbers that were burned into the grass last week (they're now clearer) & has left utter devastation on the South Lawn & the Ellipse following the UFC fight.

This World Cup belongs to the goalkeepers

If you didn't manage to score tix to the UFC fight on the White House lawn Sunday night & want to watch something about actual strength & toughness, you could instead come see the Sundance Selection documentary "American Doctor," which spotlights three US-based doctors who volunteered in Gaza.

American Doctor - DC/DOXWhen three American doctors—Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.dcdoxfest.com

Can’t afford electric bills or gas? Fighting with your healthcare company? At least your taxes are funding the 1980s off-strip casino-ass light show emanating from the White House.

Read these two pieces. The story of simultaneous disenfranchisement, theft from the public, and surveillance is terrifying. The gov’t “is taking the parts of the federal government that touch you directly out of the agencies that legally own them and rebuilding them on White House infrastructure.”

I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White HouseThere is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.substack.com

“defense minister Israel Katz, said on Wed that the gov’t’s ultimate aim was for large numbers of Palestinians to leave Gaza by what he called “voluntary migration” but what human rights activists describe as a long-term plan for ethnic cleansing by making living conditions inside Gaza intolerable.”

Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize ‘70% of Gaza Strip’, violating ceasefire dealSpeaking in West Bank settlement, Israeli PM, who is fighting for political survival before elections, says ‘we are squeezing Hamas’www.theguardian.com

There is serious BS in the outdoor industry that needs addressing (REI's anti-union behavior looming large), so I definitely felt a way reading the full story & learning a/b the trademark implications for Patagonia. The "giant corp targeting activist drag queen" narrative here is pretty manipulative

Trump's delusional diplomatic demand Saudi & Qatar join Abraham Accords gets stomped: "Trump is free to say what he wants and think as he wishes, but in the Middle East, strategic moves aren't made through public declarations or political fantasies," a Saudi source close to the royal family said.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar hesitant about joining Abraham Accords, Gulf sources sayThe Two Countries Have Not Yet Formally Responded to Trump's Request That They Join Normalize Relations With Israel, but Sources Who Spoke to Haaretz Said They Will Not Establish Relations With Israel...www.haaretz.com

“Liberal democracies should care about truth…there’s something authoritarian about reshaping our entire legal and social order on the basis of blatant falsehoods. Especially when the function of that reshaping is to demonize and marginalise an already vulnerable minority.”