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[Tyrese Maxey @TyreseMaxey]

The nba is doing that THING AGAIN!

[Tom Haberstroh @tomhaberstroh]

I slept on it. I had to do it.

Sorry, Heat fans: Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game deserves an asterisk.

83* joins my definitive short list of 70+ scoring nights with an asterisk:

https://t.co/WMz16WxzZA

[Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @RepYassAnsari]

My remarks on the War Powers resolution.

[Brian Beutler @brianbeutler]

Full quote left, dishonestly truncated quote right. CNN pays Scumbag Scott to peddle lies just like this one to its audience every day.

[tomato @thefaketomato]

@TheFP "My daughter grew up to be a civil rights attorney and refused to vote for a sex offender. Where did I go wrong?"

This is beyond parody.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Yes, yes, we remember!

[Chris Hayes @chrislhayes]

Call me crazy, but at this point if the WH *did* manage to convince Boebert or Mace to pull their name off the discharge petition, it would be an even bigger scandal.

[Brendan Duke @Brendan_Duke]

“Our attorneys will not stop fighting, day and night, to defend and advance President Trump’s agenda”

…of not feeding hungry families?

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

A big part of the democracy crisis is that Congress - which is supposed to be the most democratic branch - doesn't do anything anymore. It's now a politburo filled mostly with people who want the fancy title of "congressman" or "senator" but who dont actually want to do anything.

[ISEPTAPHILLY @SEPTAPHILLY]

With no state funding commitment in place #SEPTA must move forward with 20% service reductions and a 21.5% fare increase. Ten days from now—on August 24— vehicles across our Bus and Metro network will run less frequently and with 32 fewer bus routes. On September 1 base transit fares will rise to $2.90 and Regional Rail fares will increase by 21.5%. Regional Rail service cuts begin September 2.

State lawmakers are still negotiating a budget for Pennsylvania and funding for SEPTA is still on the table. If that funding is approved—we will work as quickly as possible to reverse the service cuts but it would take time for us to do so.

The service cuts are the first of several steps SEPTA will take this year to fill a $213 million budget deficit—absent a legislative solution. Additional measures include a second wave of service cuts on January 1, 2026 that include the elimination of five Regional Rail Lines, a 9PM curfew on all rail services, and the elimination of 18 additional bus routes to achieve an overall 45% reduction in service.

We understand that these measures will cause great hardship for our riders and for the city and Southeastern region as a whole. These cuts are new territory for all of us. We will keep fighting to bring service back and deliver the SEPTA that our riders, city, and region deserve.

There is still time to make your voice heard. Please ask Governor Shapiro and your PA State Senator and Representative to support new funding for public transit.

https://t.co/TLk6f7Tx35

#ISEPTAPHILLY #HowWeRoll #FundSEPTA

[Matt O'Brien @ObsoleteDogma]

Norway should offer Trump the Nobel Peace Prize on the condition that both he and JD Vance step down

[Aaron Fritschner @Fritschner]

The guy Trump nominated to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics at January 6, amazing scoop by Ryan Reilly
https://t.co/nNFv1GBlkA

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

Legalized corruption is one of the two central problems connected to all the other problems in American society.

The other central problem is elite impunity — the idea that no matter how much damage elites do, they will never face social, political, legal or financial consequences. Instead they’ll be forever lauded, platformed, amplified, enriched, empowered and celebrated no matter what they do — a reality that creates no deterrence to destructive behavior.

This is a recurring theme — the people who gave us the Iraq War, the financial crisis and the electoral losses that delivered the Trump presidency have all been rewarded rather than shamed. The message: no matter how much you fuck up and how many people you harm, you never have to apologize and will always be enriched as long as you’re in the club.

Can you think of literally anyone with power, money or fame that participated in creating the dystopia we’re now living in ever being held accountable or facing any real consequences for anything they’ve done? Probably not.

The result is no disincentive to be better or do anything differently.

[admiral @ackbar215]

@MM8859923626274 This is a wildly misleading headline & the article is misleading too. The min wage in every PA county is still $7.25; no PA city or county is allowed to raise its min wage by state law. The change here is to the lowest salary offered for any MontCo county govt job. Big deal.

[pourmecoffee @pourmecoffee]

My current favorite post genre is, "Doctors losing their fucking minds over the stupidity."

[Michael Scherer @michaelscherer]

What a graphic. What a story.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

I don't think it gets more Second Gilded Age than this.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.

We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

"It's an extraordinary question to have to ask you, but do you think Donald Trump actually understands how international trade actually works."