Darla!

she / her 🌎 It's about time. :

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

President Obama on Iran: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz”

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Walz: "I don't care if you are conservative are flying a Donald Trump flag, a libertarian 'Don't Treat on Me,' a Democratic Socialist -- this an inflection point, America. If we cannot all agree that the smearing of an American citizen and besmirching everything they stood for and asking us not to believe what we saw -- someone has to be accountable."

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump is calling Reagan’s words in this video “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad. Watch this clip and read the full transcript:

Throughout the world, there's a growing realization that the way to prosperity for all nations is rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition. Now, there are sound historical reasons for this. For those of us who lived through the Great Depression, the memory of the suffering it caused is deep and searing. And today, many economic analysts and historians argue that high tariff legislation passed back in that period, called the Smoot-Hawley tariff, greatly deepened the depression and prevented economic recovery.

You see, at first when someone says, let's impose tariffs on foreign imports, it looks like they're doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes for a short while, it works, but only for a short time. What eventually occurs is, first, homegrown industries start relying on government protection in the form of high tariffs. They stop competing and stop making the innovative management and technological changes they need to succeed in world markets.

And then, while all this is going on, something even worse occurs. High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. The result is more and more tariffs, higher and higher trade barriers, and less and less competition. So soon, because of the prices made artificially high by tariffs that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying.

Then the worst happens. Markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industry shut down, and millions of people lose their jobs. The memory of all this occurring back in the 30s made me determined when I came to Washington to spare the American people the protectionist legislation that destroys prosperity. Now, it hasn't always been easy. There are those in the Congress, just as there were back in the 30s, who want to go for the quick political advantage, who risk America's prosperity for the sake of a short-term appeal to some special interest group, who forget that more than 5 million American jobs are directly tied to the foreign export business, and additional millions are tied to imports.

Well, I've never forgotten those jobs. And on trade issues, by and large, we've done well.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

I'm not an expert on shutdowns, but I don't understand how the president can federalize National Guard troops during one, forcing them into unpaid status for the duration, especially when the state doesn't need or want help with day-to-day law enforcement.

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

“Health care for illegal aliens” is the new “immigrants are eating cats and dogs in Springfield.”

The Republican playbook is simple: make up a baseless lie, repeat it every chance you get, hope and pray that everyone blames Democrats for the crises you created.

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Unbelievable…

[FactPost @factpostnews]

CNN fact checks Trump's remarks to high ranking military officials:

"There were just so many false claims, and I say that after essentially every speech from Donald Trump, but I think this is notable because of the audience. He was telling a lot of lies to the US's top military leaders."

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

This is what yall need to be doing instead of just putting an iPad in front of them and going on about your business.

[The Black Tucker Carlson Jr 🇺🇸 @B1TuckerCarlson]

They don’t understand ✊🏿

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven. The degree to which those comments can undermine public health, do harm to women who are pregnant, create anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic – is violence against the truth.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.

And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Labor Day is a chance to celebrate America’s workers, and the labor unions who have fought so hard for them. But at a time when AI is threatening to disrupt or even eliminate entire categories of jobs, it’s also important to think about how we can embrace new technology without losing the purpose and dignity that comes with work.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Japan is using piezoelectric floor tiles in busy areas like Shibuya and Tokyo Stations to convert footsteps into clean electricity

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Newsom has discovered the way back. Troll right back at them. They cannot handle it.

The Gov was right. Every single technology company that relocated from California to Texas in the last 72 months has lost market share.

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

Oh my heart. God Speed Danielle Spencer.

I don't know if there was a better child sitcom character than Dee from What's Happening.

Her delivery was sublime.

[Green Beret Nap Time @GBNT1952]

I still think this is one of the greatest videos ever created, and the fact that it is actual audio from a Presidential debate makes it even funnier.

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

Still one of the best all time videos

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

The baby in the belly 🤣

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 HOLY HELL; Sen. Cory Booker just detonated on the Senate floor.

Screaming match. Finger-pointing. Full-on political exorcism.

He torched his own party for being “WEAK,” said they “MIGHT DESERVE TO LOSE,” and warned Democrats:

“If you’re looking the other way from Trump’s actions, that’s complicity with an authoritarian leader.”

Then came the haymaker:

“COME AT ME? You’ll have to take it up with me AND GOD.”

Booker says Dems are sleepwalking into fascism while pretending bipartisanship is still real.

This eruption was triggered by a debate over policing, but it blew the lid off the whole damn party.

🧨 “The Democratic Party needs a wake-up call.”

Sir, consider it delivered.

[The Resonance @Partisan_12]

“There's no justification for f*cking children starving, starving to D€ATH... You don't have to understand geopolitics or anything like that just to get that...”

—Oscar winner, Joaquin Phoenix, emphazized the importance and courage of talking about Gaza.