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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10m

worth reading vought's 2022 essay where he lays this out, focusing on his complaint that congress can shape policy against the wishes of the president americanmind.org/salvo/renewi...

Renewing American Purpose

Statesmanship in a post-Constitutional moment

americanmind.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13m

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 51m

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 7h

This is also why the “we have to partner with anyone who will advance our goals” approach to advocacy is bound to backfire because eventually people will conflate your goals with …the active segregationists with whom you’ve decided to align.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 7h

They’re actively working to resegregate housing, and our “allies” refuse to name racism while they’re doing so...

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 7h

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 7h

And if you give a mouse a plane….

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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e.g. Alice Lastname @somedankinmycup.bsky.social · 19h

Ahh, common misconception! But, it’s actually Frankenstein’s MONSTER that had sex with your wife .

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

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Candy✨ @labeautenoire3.bsky.social · 13h

Twerking after winning a ring >>>>>>>>

j147td.bsky.social @j147td.bsky.social · 18h

Aces Championship Turn Up🥳

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Cast-iron Saint @supremetheking.bsky.social · 18h

Shout out to big tittied women. Y'all are amazing.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

Page One in Boston.

@bostonglobe.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 11h

Fake AI videos mocking dead celebrities are going viral. We talked to their families, and they're horrified.

We break down OpenAI's Sora 2 and the moral and legal problems of "synthetic resurrection."

Gift link: wapo.st/4nNKzd3 w/ @tatumhunter.bsky.social

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11h

Now that we’re out of the dreaded Woke Times billionaires are requesting federal troops to occupy cities they dislike for aesthetic reasons after hiring a private police force.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 11h

What an emblem of the billionaire class—descending on a peaceful city in a private jet on the horn to NYT asking for the place to be invaded by federal authorities because the rent-a-cops you employ for a week to harass a few junkies outside the convention center cost too much.

Mr. Benioff spoke as his annual Dreamforce conference is set to begin Tuesday in downtown San Francisco, bringing 50,000 visitors to the city. He is scheduled to deliver a keynote address about the benefits of "agentic enterprise," a business model in which humans and artificial intelligence bots work together.
Speaking by telephone from his private plane en route to San Francisco, he lamented that he has to pay for nundreds of off-duty law enforcement officers to help patrol the convention area and said that San Francisco needed to "re-fund" the police.
The city never actually "defunded" its police force, and San Francisco's violent crime rates are below those in many other U.S. cities.
But San Francisco has struggled to recruit and keep officers, and it still has problems with lower-level crimes and open-air drug use, especially in neighborhoods like the Tenderloin near City Hall. It has about 1,500 police officers, and Mr. Benioff says it ne → another thousand.

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Daniel Thompson @dr-thompson.bsky.social · 19h

Welp. I think we know where the fan loyalty is gonna be during these post-season CBA negotiations...

PAY. THEM. WHAT. YOU. OWE. THEM.

(Peep A'ja's face 😂😂😂)

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Dana Holtzbert @danaholtzbert.bsky.social · 19h

Kelsey Plum joins Dearica Hamby in the "I Guess They Can Do it Without Me" Club. #WNBA

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Gal Pal Sports @galpalsports.bsky.social · 19h

NWSL and WNBA fans booing the commissioner?

Women’s sports have ✨made it✨

Maggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social · 19h

Oh, those are Gary Bettman like boos for Cathy Engelbert

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ESPN @espn.com · 19h

Legends aren’t born. They’re built 😤

A’ja Wilson is the first player in WNBA & NBA history to win MVP, DPOY, Finals MVP & a scoring title in a season 👏

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pbsimpulse9.bsky.social @pbsimpulse9.bsky.social · 19h

I tend to refrain from the GOAT conversations when the athletes are still playing but A’ja Wilson is 100% on that trajectory.

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pbsimpulse9.bsky.social @pbsimpulse9.bsky.social · 19h

Aces were 14-14 after a 111-58 loss to the Lynx on August 2nd.

They are the 2025 WNBA Champions.

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HERbron James 🐐 @meekayelah.bsky.social · 19h

A’JA WILSON, 4x MVP AND 3x WNBA CHAMPION 🐐

LONG LIVE MY GOAT

a group of female basketball players are standing on a court and one has the number 9 on her jersey

ALT: a group of female basketball players are standing on a court and one has the number 9 on her jersey

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Just Mica @msmicaluv.bsky.social · 19h

Also…Aaliyah Nye won a chip in her rookie year!!

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WNBA @wnba.com · 19h

From 2025 league MVP to Finals MVP 🏆

A'ja Wilson averaged 28.5 PTS, 11.8 REB, and 2 BLK against the Mercury and is named Finals MVP for the 2nd time in her career

#WelcometotheW | WNBA Finals | YouTube TV

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PerkyCarla (she/her/hers) @peacefullyme.bsky.social · 19h

Period.

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pbsimpulse9.bsky.social @pbsimpulse9.bsky.social · 19h

Also… that’s 4 WNBA MVPs, 3 DPOYs, 3 titles and (likely) 2 Finals MVPs for Aja Wilson.

She’s not even 30 yet.

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The New Big @tinclock.bsky.social · 19h

Just insane. I watched it and I still can’t believe it

pbsimpulse9.bsky.social @pbsimpulse9.bsky.social · 19h

Aces went 25-3 to close out the season, including the playoffs.

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Maggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social · 19h

Kahleah Copper is such a class act. She fouled out of the game, got a tech and will get a fine from it, and she is still out there saying congratulations to the Aces players.

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