Country over politics

we could have had our first Madam President but instead elected our first Madman President

[Tim Hogan 浩勤 @TimInHonolulu]

If @GovAndyBeshear has investigators who can verity this is is a fake provided by the GOP then he has enough to schedule the election after making a suggestion of death in the US District Court in a case filed against McConnel and the state GOP.

[Donna L. Byers Artist/Author #smokefleet🎨🌊💙⚖ @D_ByersArtist]

From Osoyoos BC: As you can see, thick smoke is rolling in from the south & the smell of forest fire is strong. This isn't from a fire in Canada, it's from a big fire in Nespelem, Washington state, but we're not complaining. Know why? Because we understand how fire, wind, & the jetstream work. Hoping our southerly neighbors in Washington stay safe & obey evac orders. Prayers up for those in harm's way.

[Jiggly News 🇨🇦 @JigglyPants44]

Have the Americans tried shooting at the smoke?

[Roddy 🇨🇦 @RodKahx]

Americans criticizing Canada for not being able to control 1 billion acres of forrest when they can't even control their own lettuce supply from giving themselves explosive diarrhea.

[Redacted @RedactedNews]

NSA WHISTLEBLOWER: FLOCK CAMERAS ARE BUILDING A 24/7 SURVEILLANCE GRID

NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake is warning that Flock cameras are not just “crime‑fighting tools”; they are the backbone of a growing surveillance ecosystem designed to track the movements of ordinary citizens in real time.

By outsourcing this infrastructure to private companies, governments can sidestep constitutional limits and claim they’re merely “buying a product,” even as they gain full ability to monitor entire populations.

This network doesn’t stop at license plates. With technologies that can detect Bluetooth and other wireless signals, your car’s plate, your phone, your smartwatch, and other devices all become beacons.

Together, they feed into systems that can build detailed profiles of where you drive, who you visit, which events you attend, and how you move through your city. All data that can then be stored, queried, and shared far beyond your local police department.

@Thomas_Drake1 breaks down how these converging signals- license plate readers, Bluetooth and wireless transmissions, in‑vehicle communication systems, and more create a de facto tracking system on every American.

And when that system is run through private corporations instead of directly by government, it opens a dangerous backdoor: the unlimited power to quietly misuse this data, with far less oversight and far fewer constitutional protections than most people realize.

[David DeWitt @DC_DeWitt]

Communities that ask for federal assistance when climate disasters hit can’t count on help to arrive. That increasingly common reality was reviewed in a recent report by Wisconsin Policy Forum, which focused on the historic floods in the state last August https://t.co/xVF4thN1za

[DeFlock @therealDeFlock]

We need your help this weekend.

1️⃣ Find and map one camera.
2️⃣ Get one friend or family member to follow DeFlock on any social.

Cities are canceling contracts.

Businesses are rethinking their positions.

That's because of people like you.

Keep it going!

#DeFlock #Flock #AI

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

You want proof it was a disinformation operation? Here’s the operation, in writing, in the operators’ own words.

Leaked messages published by Mother Jones show Guo Wengui, Steve Bannon’s billionaire patron, directing his subordinates on exactly how to post and distribute the laptop material in October 2020.

And directing them to add two specific fabrications.

One: claim the files showed me with underage girls. No such material existed. Mother Jones states flatly there was no evidence at all for the claim.

Two: claim the Chinese government had the material and was blackmailing my father. Also invented. The people who published the material admitted it was a lie.

That is the definition of a disinformation operation. Real files, plus manufactured crimes, distributed on command.

Read the distribution orders yourself:
https://t.co/PmsMXrXdq0

[LenaSun @bylenasun]

UPDATE: Taylor Farms has now published a 27-state recall list for all affected iceberg lettuce products. Some “use by” dates extends to Aug. 3. Discard immediately. Story updating. 👇 https://t.co/7LnhecExn8

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

In collaboration with @munkschool, I am sharing a ten-lecture course I taught at @UofT this past year. The course is called “Hitler and Stalin Today.”
Watch the first lecture here: https://t.co/ry7GSIspXv

[ProPublica @propublica]

THREAD: The boy is called a liar. He’s told not to defend himself.

Then the private school owner encourages all of his peers to attack him, one by one. She hits him, repeatedly, with a plastic pipe-like object.

How does this school still exist — and receive state funds? 🧵

[Joe Scarborough @ScarboroughNow]

“The mounting level of US government debt, on track for $40 trillion courtesy of this summer’s “big beautiful bill,” risks a tectonic crash for the US economy”
https://t.co/dMyA56wzYc

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

Mississippi residents say they are being driven to the breaking point as they sue xAI over the relentless noise from a power plant that powers Elon Musk's data centers, alleging it has left them and their children suffering from constant migraines and anxiety.

"I feel like I'm being tortured every single day."

"The power plant is so loud it keeps my family awake at night."

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

What was Trump’s unhinged speech really about?

Can his stooges get any more pathetic?

And why the hell is Pete Hegseth focused on soldiers’ testosterone levels?

Join us for a new Coffee Klatch to unpack the week. https://t.co/gcQoG1Wbws

[Tim Hogan 浩勤 @TimInHonolulu]

1/ Why is Trump so frantic about getting state voter data? I spotted a reason in 2016. Remember Manafort gave it to Konstantin Kilimnik?

In 2016, I investigated how my unlisted number got to the Democrats to make calls.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I spent the last few months talking to people across the political spectrum, and to people who want nothing to do with politics at all. Here is what I learned.

We are not a divided country. We are a country being divided, on purpose, by an American oligarchy that profits from the fight. They’ve captured our government, denied our healthcare, looted our treasury, and saddled us with crippling debt.

I believe in a New New Deal. Healthcare as a human right. The right of every family to a decent home, and an end to endless wars.

And a dividend paid to every American from the AI economy, because these machines were built on the whole of human inheritance. That inheritance belongs to all of us, and not just to the handful of men playing God with our very existence.

And none of it happens if we just move on. Donald Trump, his family, and his administration are robbing us blind, not just of our money, but of our faith in one another, and they have to answer for it. Truth and reconciliation, not revenge. Then we break the system that let them do it.

The question is not whether we will lose our democracy. The question is whether we will fight to take back what has already been stolen.

I learned in recovery that you can’t heal what you won’t name. Neither can a country.

[Scott Stedman @ScottMStedman]

Russian code is inside the White House app, which is now mandated on all government phones. The company behind the code is growing. Its founders bank at sanctioned Russian banks. And its accountant has a criminal history. My investigation:

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

The wildfires in Ontario and Minnesota are a direct consequence of the high temperatures and low rainfall resulting from a major July heat dome event.

A year ago we showed that these events hace tripled in frequency due to human-caused warming: https://t.co/IsCfYsAGit

[Vouchers Hurt Ohio @VouchersHurtUs]

In just three school years, private school voucher use has more than doubled. This school year alone, Ohio has already sent $1.03 billion to private schools by May 15. Public schools and taxpayers are paying the price.

[Jane of the North @JaneotN]

United Airlines was inundated with calls from people who refused to fly into the Palm Beach airport.

So United is letting you change your destination to Miami or Fort Lauderdale, free of charge.

It would be poetic if Voldemorange's airport ended up deserted.