Erik Reichenbach

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Joe Biden on Trump:

"Trump has made billions of dollars since returning to the White House. It's simply stunning to me. He has no shame, and frankly it's embarrassing for the country.

But Trump couldn't care less. Making money off the presidency is one of the reasons he wants to be president."

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Amazing

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

Every single right winger is driven by some sort of pathological insecurity and you can win any argument with them if you figure out what it is

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: LOL! Thomas Massie turns his own camera on a Fox Digital reporter pestering him about his ex and an alleged Boebert affair – “I heard you like gay porn. Is that true? ”

Rep. Thomas Massie just delivered one of the wildest and funniest mic-drop moments of the year.

Walking on the street, Massie was approached by Fox News Digital reporter Nicholas Ballasy who asked about allegations from his ex-girlfriend including claims of an NDA and an alleged affair with House colleague Lauren Boebert.

Massie politely responded that the allegations were all false, twice. He asked Ballasy, “When did [Fox] become a tabloid?

Then he got an idea, he turned on his phone to play the journalist with a question of his own.

“So let me ask you, I heard that you like gay porn. Is that true? I just want to give you a chance to respond.”

“I’m not going to get into that,” Ballasy stammered, twice, later saying “Of course I don’t like it,” to which Massie quipped “That’s not what I heard!”

Tee hee!

As far as Republicans go, we will miss Massie, who was primaried out of Congress by Trump. He’s one of the few who actually pushes back against the worst parts of the MAGA machine, demands transparency on the Epstein files, and refuses to be a spineless soldier in Trump's imaginary army.

He just proved he’s a funny guy too.

[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

Rocket Lab is acquiring Iridium Communications Inc – one of the most transformative deals in the space industry.

By combining our launch capability and satellite manufacturing with @IridiumComm’s global satellite communications network and rare spectrum, Rocket Lab becomes a fully integrated, self-launching, tier-1 space power, delivering critical communications capability to millions of users worldwide.

Full details and important information: https://t.co/hj5aWrDPjz

[Power to the People ☭🕊 @ProudSocialist]

The captain of Iran’s National Team, Mehdi Taremi, calls out FIFA and the U.S.:

“This is a disaster World Cup. We can’t stay in the country and have to travel every time we play without any recovery. Now we can’t stay in Seattle and have to return to Tijuana. This is not fair.”

[Oliver ✊🌏🔥 #ClimateAction #EcoSocialist @tynewrc]

In a sane world there would be
International Arrest Warrants
naming every Oil, Gas & Coal billionaire
for climate crimes against humanity

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Mamdani: “I’ve been clear time and time again. The the only majority in our country is the working class.”

[🚫👁️Drinks on Saturday🇺🇸 @drinkonsaturday]

The next wave of Public Service Announcements are here

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

Donald Trump is bombing Iran again.

Here is why.

[么 ꜱ ᴀ ᴍ ꪜ, @___TheGOOdWitch]

💯

[Matthew Cappucci @MatthewCappucci]

Have weather forecasts seemed less accurate lately? There's a major contributing factor: nearly half the morning weather balloons in the Lower 48 are "missing."

This is an ongoing crisis that is degrading critical severe weather forecasts that we all rely on. It's having real, tangible impacts on degrading forecast quality.

If you work in transportation, agriculture or commerce, this should matter to you.

Regardless of the causes, this negatively affects people of ALL political backgrounds. Weather affects everyone. And it's impacting ALL of us negatively.

We can't look at weather balloon data that doesn't exist. We can't pump nonexistent data into models. We can't rely as heavily on models that don't "know" what's happening above our heads.

This is especially concerning for severe weather forecasts. We can't go 18 hours without ascertaining how the atmosphere is layered, how much storm fuel has built up and if severe thunderstorms are going to erupt. The Storm Prediction Center has even acknowledged forecasting frustrations in at least one public bulletin.

As an atmospheric scientist myself, I can say firsthand – the forecasts I'm able to offer you are less accurate than they would otherwise be. I'm not able to predict severe weather with the confidence I normally would. That is extremely concerning.

The United States is "supposed" to launch balloons at 0Z and 12Z ideally – a.k.a. around 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern time. That's not happening. Many sites, due to staffing issues stemming from broader political and organizational issues, have pushed to 18Z, or early afternoon. That's not helpful for morning severe weather forecasts. In other words, you get less lead time. Less advanced notice. Quicker ramp-ups and ramp-downs to the forecast.

We're not able to get jet stream, temperature, moisture or wind profiles of the atmosphere each morning like we otherwise would.

Moreover, the World Meteorological Organization encourages 12Z soundings; that data is shared via the Global Observing System (GOS) under the World Weather Watch (WWW). That's not happening.

[LaCroix Jenkins @poe_collector]

Building a butt is probably my favorite workout activity because my legs really are the strongest part of my body and I want to grow up to be Mewtwo.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Everyone needs to see this!

Bill Maher to JD Vance: "Here's my deal breaker for your side. Okay. Under Trump, you guys have two outcomes in an election can be. Either we win, or they cheat it. That shit has to stop. "

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

It might be hot outside but the rent is freezing.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie:

“I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."

[Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @FmrRepMTG]

So the Supreme Court protects Monsanto and Trump protects glyphosate.

But no one is standing up for cancer patients.

Awful, just awful.

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

The SAVE Act would require people to show proof of citizenship that matches their current legal name - documents like a passport or a birth certificate.

Only 39.7% of Michiganders hold a passport.

Over 2.2 million married women in Michigan changed their surnames.

The SAVE Act could disenfranchise MILLIONS in our state. But that's what the president wants. Housing crisis be damned.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Good to know from the GOP that climate change is fake

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

It will be at least 40 years before our loved and lovely America recovers from the wounds this selfish, stupid, and ego-driven man has inflicted. That it will recover seems certain to me, but it will leave scars.