Sprouting Feathers

GOEBBELS: “This will always remain one of the best jokes of democracy—that it gave its deadly enemies the means by which it was destroyed.”

[The Ringer @ringer]

Is this the greatest pass of all time? 🤔

Cam Johnson breaks down one of Nikola Jokic's greatest passes ever and what makes him unstoppable.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

This answer was so fucking good:

Talarico: “My decision to stay home for a week sent my opponent and his conspiracy theorists spiraling.

I opened up social media and learned I had apparently dropped out of the race, had flown to a mental hospital in Ohio, that I had DIED.

False claims got millions of views online - and this is an example of what I call the ‘rage economy.’ Billionaires who own these platforms get rich, we all get angry, and nobody’s life gets any better.

Conspiracy theories don’t put food on the table, put gas in the tank, or improve our communities.

I’m going to stay focused on the very real problems facing Texans.”

[Gina Hinojosa @GinaHinojosaTX]

Under Greg Abbott, our property taxes have gone up 85% while he took millions in donations from billionaires and corporations.

If he wanted to lower taxes, he had plenty of chances to do so in the last 12 years he's been governor.

[Brett Meiselas @BMeiselas]

wtf is this dangerous holy war shit. this is exactly what they accuse Islamic countries of sounding like

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

Texan calls out Ken Paxton at rally for protecting pedophiles:

“It was a 7-year-old boy! Adam Hoffman is free because of you! You protect pedophiles!”

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Hitler and other top Nazis inspect a scale model of a planned triumphal arch in Berlin, circa 1939.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

🚨 OBAMA ON AI: "If we are thinking about AI just in terms of how do we cure cancer or get better energy, you can do that without having agentic AI and having it just roaming free in the internet. The reason you are doing that is because you have to market a product that people will pay money for.

That’s a misalignment between what our society needs and the commercial imperatives that these companies are facing, not because necessarily they’re trying to do bad things, but because they’ve got to justify these valuations.

So, that’s one more reason why it is really important for us to have a competent government and a serious bipartisan conversation around this issue, and we have to do it fast. And I would encourage voters to pay attention to this. If somebody does not have a serious plan for how to deal with this, then they’re not meeting the moment, and you should probably look for somebody else."

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind.

https://t.co/bbhDnUA0qI

[BythePeople @BythePeople18]

Vivek Ramaswamy would vote to constrain and attach work requirements to Social Security. A work requirement for Social Security is like having a work requirement to receive a pension which you already worked for. It makes no sense but it illustrates the depravity of the GOP.

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

SCOTUS will soon consider the legality of bans on assault weapons under 2nd Amendment. The hypocrisy of originalism will be on display when we consider what an “arm” was in 1789 — a one-shot musket. The Bill of Rights is not a suicide pact. Gift article:
https://t.co/OboyMG7Gh2

[Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff]

Republican Governor Jim Pillen has been a champion of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. But at least 20 of his family farms employed undocumented immigrants, according to a new investigation by the Flatwater Free Press and The New York Times. https://t.co/a6zaDCnVqy

[Rep. Don Beyer @RepDonBeyer]

Yes Trump’s ban on news media outlets is unconstitutional, illegal, un-American, and authoritarian, and yes it will be struck down in court.

It’s also extreme loser behavior.

He’s doing this because his administration is an embarrassing failure that keeps getting less popular.

[American Bridge 21st Century @American_Bridge]

Tom Tiffany is ducking debates because he doesn't want Wisconsinites to ask questions about his record on supporting Trump’s tariffs, cuts to food assistance, and Medicaid. #WIGov #Wispolitics
https://t.co/LbrvWpwhWX

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

Good grief. It’s never-ending.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

That 90% error rate generated a lot of profit for UnitedHealth, while likely killing people.

For-profit healthcare shouldn’t exist.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

The U.S. war with Iran has cost $45.1 billion, the Pentagon informed Congress on Friday.

$45.1 billion and counting burned on a war Donald Trump chose to start. An obscene waste of American lives, resources, and taxpayer dollars.

https://t.co/MehloNDNue

[ProPublica @propublica]

“If I’m paying for your wedding, at some point, you’re going to owe me something,” said Frank Montoya Jr., a retired FBI official who held senior counterintelligence roles. “This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.”
https://t.co/7KVwHITk94

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Forget the money. Look at the guest list.

A Putin oligarch linked to the mass abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children, celebrating the marriage of the President's son to the daughter of the banker who called Jeffrey Epstein 'a gentleman of the highest integrity.'

Tell me again who the crime family is.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

In case anyone was wondering why Trump is pushing AI so hard and doesn’t want any government regulation.

[Jessica Tarlov @JessicaTarlov]

Republicans never talk about the fraudsters Trump has pardoned. Philip Esformes, the largest health care fraudster in U.S. history at $1.3 billion, had his sentence commuted. Trump runs crypto scams.

His kids get government contracts and Russian oligarchs paying for wedding after parties. This is why Americans associate the word "corrupt" with the Republican Party now. The hypocrisy is staggering.