We are contumacious diodes with mercurial biases, and we are transfixed by our borealis. PNW, Go Hawks
Remember when the people gave democrats enough votes to have wide majorities in both houses of congress, had 60 senators, a GOP SC, and invited McConnell up to the WH 150 times negotiating the ACA, and McConnell said Ds were shoving their majority "down their throats," ? Good times.
Matt NovakPentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum
Let me tell you, having chronicled Pentagon-style war game on attacking Iran nearly 25 yr ago, every single "surprise," "darkening turn," "narrowing option," spreading warfare," "rising casualties," "no easy exit," etc that comes drip-by-drip is EXACTLY why GHWB WJC GWB OBAMA BiDEN did NOT do this
If a foreign Muslim sabotaged and ruined 1,500 NIH grants designed to save American lives, we would call it terrorism and literally go to war to defend them
Investigate DOGE"It is such utter and complete chaos." DOGE terminated more than 1,500 NIH grants, totaling more than 2.5 BILLION in lost funding. They cancelled any research that didn’t follow Trump’s agenda, including anything related to HIV/AIDS, vaccines, and more. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Fauci hearing was an absolute disgrace. The Q is why did the Congressional Dems let him get eaten up by the Republican & legacy media wolves? Why didn't they wage a campaign to remind who the President was when hundreds of thousands of Americans died from Covid? (1/2)
Sherrilyn IfillThe Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.
66% of MAGA voters "would back a GOP candidate even if “a former partner has accused the Republican candidate of sexual assault” rather than support the Democratic candidate in a hypothetical congressional race." Next time you see a GOP ad (or hear an operative) in ME re Platner. #MEPolitics ↘️
2 in 3 MAGA voters say they’d support GOP candidate accused of sexual assault: PollMore than half of MAGA voters say they would support a Republican candidate accused of sexual assault, according to a new poll. In a recent Politico poll, 66 percent of MAGA voters who cast their b…thehill.com
Not on X so don't know what she is referring to, but journalists who have read the Fauci diaries don't see evidence of a cover up. This is what he wrote: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
Ernie PiperZeynep Tufekci is still completely insane over the lab leak idea. "There is a conspiracy to cover this up" is not evidence for "covid was a bioweapon that escaped from a lab". It could also be evidence for my theory, "please stop talking about this stupid idea"
Congrats again to Chief Keyser Söze, whose greatest trick was convincing the world that actual John Roberts does not exist: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
George PearkesNYT: Musk preparing 9 figure spending campaign in support of Republicans in "swing" states like Ohio, Iowa, Alaska, and Texas.
More generally, there are no good-faith conservative arguments at all. Zero. None. They are never well-meaning but misguided, they are never bringing up legitimate concerns, they are never Just Asking Questions.
Micahthere is no good faith anti-trans sports lobby and never has been it’s been a cynical wedge issue from day one for a group of people looking to replace gay marriage as a cultural weapon none of them have ever cared about women, women’s sports, or even sports
Good lord. The "conspiracy" was a bunch of emails among scientists saying "this is xenophobic bullshit and is confusing the public, we should rebut it" and they were right. The "lab leak" theory still requires far more leaps, inferences, and assumptions than the straightforward zoonotic theory.
Ernie PiperZeynep Tufekci is still completely insane over the lab leak idea. "There is a conspiracy to cover this up" is not evidence for "covid was a bioweapon that escaped from a lab". It could also be evidence for my theory, "please stop talking about this stupid idea"
