Mother Jones
motherjones.comA reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims [From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
Kat Abughazaleh
katmabu.bsky.socialRepublicans just took away your healthcare so they can fund their secret police:
Mueller, She Wrote
muellershewrote.comāWell, there were so many mentions of Trump and his friends that we were unable to remove them all, so weāre saying that there was no list and even though we wonāt release the tapes, weāve seen them and it was suicide.ā - The FBI
MeidasTouch
meidastouch.comNEW via Axios: The Trump DOJ and FBI have concluded that there is no Epstein āclient listā and reiterated that he died by suicide. Link:
Apoorva Mandavilli
apoorvanyt.bsky.socialSix leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public. (Gift link)
Mia Farrow
miafarrow.bsky.socialLeading medical organizations sue Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the federal Department of Health and Human Services, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines are unscientific & harmful to the public.
Robert Reich
rbreich.bsky.socialThe United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because itās shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave.
MeidasTouch
meidastouch.comNYT: As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecastersā ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials. Gift link:
Josh Marshall
joshtpm.bsky.socialThere were a lot of folks here insisting yesterday that weather service cuts had no impact on Texas flood deaths. Thereās zero way you can draw conclusions like hours later. Important follow up here.
The Washington Post
washingtonpost.comThe United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.
Senator Chris Van Hollen
vanhollen.senate.govThe predictable result of RFK Jrās dangerous extremism and a Trump Admin that attacks science, shuns the truth and traffics in conspiracy theories. Their fear mongering about vaccines is part of a broader pattern that is literally getting people killed.
MeidasTouch
meidastouch.comTED CRUZ CAUGHT VACATIONING AS TRAGEDY STRIKES TEXAS...AGAIN The Daily Beast reports that Ted Cruz was vacationing in Europe as floods ripped through Central Texas, killing at least 89 people, including 27 campers and counselors from a summer camp. Link:
Mueller, She Wrote
muellershewrote.comTed Cruz was vacationing in Athens, Greece as flood waters killed more than 70 people in his state.
Yell In a War
jelenawoehr.bsky.socialWeird how EVERY time thereās a natural disaster in Texas their junior U.S. Senator manages to be on vacation. Maybe the NWS should start broadcasting Cruzās travel itinerary as an early warning system, since they canāt afford weather balloons anymore?
Don Moynihan
donmoyn.bsky.socialUpdate: NY Times did not want to be scooped by Chris Rufo, chose to cut out the middle man.
Mueller, She Wrote
muellershewrote.comRead Mr Abrego's account of unthinkable torture inside CECOT prison in El Salvador. My latest: content warning:
@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social
keepitbluedems.bsky.socialMr. Abrego's Account of Torture at CECOT in El Salvador
Phil Limerick
lummy1949.bsky.socialThis is what our evil president encourages and condones. Stripping people of human rights. Many, likely most, have Committed no crimes, other than seeking asylum in the āGreat Old USAā. This dark period in our country has to be stoppedā¦. Now!! š”
Joshua J. Friedman
joshuajfriedman.comI love that former NYT public editor @sulliview.bsky.social is public-editing from the outside. "With this made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like itās on a crusade against Mamdani. "And no lofty explanation about the mission can disguise it."
Kelsey Atherton
atherton.bsky.socialThe NYT was better when it had any public editor, and arguably at its best when Margaret Sullivan was that public editor. A takedown as withering as it is plainly stated
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