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doritreiss.bsky.social
After smearing Anthony Fauci, House Republicans proceed to defame a prominent vaccine scientist Peter Hotez, says @hiltzikm.bsky.social in @latimes.com www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Column: After smearing Anthony Fauci, House Republicans proceed to defame a prominent vaccine scientist
Dr. Peter Hotez is a vaccination expert who has nothing to do with COVID. The GOP's COVID committee just put him in its crosshairs -- but why?
www.latimes.com
June 6, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
At my mom’s watching a local news segment about how people are recording Chipotle workers making their order so they get a bigger shitty burrito and posting the videos online and I just can’t wrap my brain around being that much of a gaping asshole for that little gain.
June 6, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxKD...

This is just vile vile stuff. Weird to me it is not a bigger deal.
‘Truly appalling’: Hayes shreds Trump’s threat to keep Evan Gershkovich hostage
“In a move that is truly appalling, even by his degraded standards, Donald Trump appears to be openly colluding with Vladimir Putin in the hostage-taking of ...
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June 6, 2024 at 2:45 AM
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neonchinchilla.bsky.social
The alarms about Trump and his behaviour and the threat he poses have been going off almost a decade at max volume. People are danger fatigued. Even political junkies are fatigued at this point. Throw in a heavy dose of doomerism because the courts are mostly feckless and his possible reelection.
June 6, 2024 at 3:05 AM
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kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
a normal guy who lives in my house
a fuzzy black cat with huge yellow eyes looks beyond the viewer, aghast. his mouth has gone slack, slightly open, revealing two teeth.
June 27, 2023 at 6:57 PM
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apearlma.bsky.social
bergamot, a black cat, looking on in horror, spam
June 5, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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mtsw.bsky.social
I think a lot of politicians and political reporters think "low info voter" is like someone who isn't following congressional budget negotiations when actual low-info voters are like "guy who thinks the president appoints the NFL commissioner and are mad at him for suspending a player on their team"
June 5, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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swapnakrishna.com
This is true, and also apparently Suni Williams cried the last time she left the ISS because she didn’t think she’d be back.

REALLY excited for her to get back there tomorrow!!
ajcousins.bsky.social Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · Jun 5
Just heard that this is the first time a woman has crewed a flight test of a new spacecraft. Way to go, Suni Williams! (Who I just learned ran the Boston Marathon while on the ISS in 2007. She is a BAD ASS.)
swapnakrishna.com Swapna Krishna @swapnakrishna.com · Jun 5
LIFTOFF of Boeing Starliner’s crewed test flight to the International Space Station!!

🛰️ #space
June 5, 2024 at 3:09 PM
extraspecialcarbon.bsky.social
Companies promised not to give money to the sedition caucus, and most changed their mind. www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
Bankrolling the Big Lie - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
We're scoring companies’ support for democracy based on how much they are giving to members who have done the most to undermine it.
www.citizensforethics.org
June 5, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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fedbybirds.bsky.social
What with milkshake lady & Stormy Daniels, it looks like our only hope is an army of righteously angry blonde porn stars to save us
June 5, 2024 at 9:41 AM
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catbus.phd
stop, stop, one woman can only be SO COOL
the woman who was arrested for dramatically throwing a milkshake over Nigel Farage is a Jeremy Corbyn supporting OnlyFans model
June 4, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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hagenilda.bsky.social
My milkshake brings all the girls to Farage
June 4, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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stevesilberman.bsky.social
Don't worry kids, it's just an awkward coincidence that major news outlets like @washingtonpost.com and @thedailybeast.bsky.social are replacing their top editors with right-wing propagandists before the most fraught election in American history.
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Jun 4
NEW: Daily Beast editor in chief Tracy Connor is stepping down, according to a staff memo from CEO Ben Sherwood. Hugh Dougherty, formerly of NYPost, Daily Mail, Telegraph, will be the new executive editor. (via Max Tani, Semafor)
Team - We are pleased to announce the appointment of Hugh Dougherty as the new Executive Editor of The Daily Beast. In this newly expanded top role in the newsroom, Hugh will lead our editorial team, marking the start of an exciting new chapter in our history of fearless storytelling and insightful commentary. For more than twenty years, Hugh has made his mark in newsrooms from Fleet Street to New York City. Most recently, he served as Deputy Editor of The New York Post for news features. Previously, he served as Executive Editor for politics and features at The Daily Mail (US). Along the way, he worked as a reporter and editor at The Evening Standard and editor at The Sunday Telegraph. He and his teams have won many of the top prizes in journalism on both sides of the pond. A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Hugh has grown up in the rough and tumble of breaking news and investigative journalism. In recent years, Hugh has helped lead coverage of Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, the saga of Sen. Bob Menendez and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's split from the royal family. Under his watch at The Beast, no topic will be too controversial and no figure too powerful to escape scrutiny. As you will see, Hugh's smarts, judgment and commitment to excellence make him the perfect journalist and leader for our newsroom, especially as we seek to realize The Beast's potential as an intelligent tabloid. His range of experience, pragmatism and wit will help us sharpen our focus on power, politics, pop culture and the most compelling personalities of our time. Hugh's appointment signals the start of our transformation of the newsroom and underlying business as we confront the realities of the moment and seize the opportunities ahead. ...
June 4, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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gamehole.itch.io
Nigel Farage seconds after a milkshake (banana) was thrown over him. Queen for the day retreats, smiling. Crowd sicko saying "YES... HA HA... YES!"
June 4, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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neillewisjr.bsky.social
Edward Blum's latest:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Appeals court blocks Fearless Fund from awarding grants to Black women
A panel of the 11th Circuit, reversing a lower-court ruling, says the venture capital firm may not issue the $20,000 grants while the legal case plays out.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 4, 2024 at 1:22 AM
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tnicholsmd.com
I will never stop saying that we warned y’all about this. Maybe consider listening to people with expertise in these fields rather than doubling down on conspiracy theories about what is and is not abortion care and that “this would never happen.” Just makes me so angry.

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June 4, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
It’s fun that while every non white judge has to face a gauntlet of racist insults regarding their qualifications fed society stooges are practically having their opinions written for them by lobbyists www.huffpost.com/entry/judges...
Trump Judges Went On A Luxury Trip — And It Doomed A Major Biden Policy
The April 2022 ruling included an unusual legal theory — and new disclosures seen by HuffPost shed some light.
www.huffpost.com
June 4, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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fartsjohnson.bsky.social
There's never gonna be a movie like EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE again, and I'm so glad of it.
June 4, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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tft.io
There is basically no technological innovation happening in Silicon Valley.
January 7, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Everybody fearmongering about Project 2025 needs to understand that the 2025 is when they want it fully implemented, not when they plan to start it. It's already underway and this shit is it
laurajedeed.bsky.social Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · Jun 4
The Heritage Foundation is already declaring the 2024 election rigged beyond repair
On the election, we must first admit that the 2024 election has already been interfered with in a substantial and incurable way. The basic demographics of this country have been altered by an illegal invasion of illegal aliens organized by Biden. Simultaneously, every reasonable preventive mechanism to keep them from voting is forcefully opposed by the Regime. The basic fundamental structure of flooding the country with unaccountable mail-in-ballots exists. The Right has made incremental and positive gains in some areas, only to be outdone by a matter of degrees because of the Left’s control of the basic election machinery. The country is flooded with propaganda from regime media, creating conspiracies to try to keep Trump off the campaign trail and out of office by subjecting him to a series of kangaroo court cases—and finally, a conviction. There is no chance of a free and fair election. That ship has sailed. The only question is if we will have a certifiable election.
June 4, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Politico writes a post describing how all the GOPers are abasing themselves to Trump. It doesn't use the words "fraud," "porn," or even "hush."

You might as well not pretend you're doing journalism at all.

www.politico.com/news/2024/05...
Republicans are sticking by Trump, the felon — even Susan Collins and Mitch McConnell
With the exception of a few blue-state Republicans who still need to carve out distance, the GOP’s plan for 2024 is clear: Hug Trump tightly.
www.politico.com
May 31, 2024 at 6:18 PM