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Running down a dream. I won’t back down.

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 Absolute madness in the US right now as the Uruguay national team gets pulled to the side of the road and treated like straight-up suspects.

​They literally just landed for the World Cup and security is already ripping their luggage open on the tarmac with sniffer dogs everywhere

​Qatar and Russia hosted without this level of paranoia but the "land of the free" is handing out pure humiliation to Global South athletes before a single match is even played, the double standards are screaming.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

It's only Tuesday and Trump has fucked up a pool for $14 Million, lost a war agreeing to pay Iran $300 Billion, and ballooned his already expensive ballroom budget by another $200 Million.

Where are the Republicans screaming about "waste, fraud and abuse"?

[Jason, @jasonc_nc]

The $2M ladder truck responds to 3,000 calls/yr while Providence had 90 structure fires in 2025 with 7 ladder companies. So 13 structure fires per station. Meanwhile 2/3 of those are single family homes, not requiring a ladder.

So call it one true “ladder truck” fire every 3 months per truck. Aka 0.13% of all calls this new $2M truck will run. The rest will be 4-man crewed calls operating a ~65,000-75,00lb apparatus for auto accidents, medical emergencies, “good intent” calls and so on. Most of which involve waiting for an ambulance that’s slower to arrive because we just keep buying ladder trucks and don’t have enough ambulances. Yet almost no one finds this cycle problematic.

(Ironically the FD’s chosen photo is the truck posed blocking a highway. No tall buildings in sight)

[Evan @daviddunn177]

Eric Trump has since deleted this post, which confirms it was clearly not fabricated.

[Active Ingredient @scottmace2]

@Boenau And providing a bike lane shouldn’t require cyclists to use those bike lanes (or bikeways) if a traffic lane is their preference.

[A.J. Perez @byajperez]

Eric Trump trying to squeeze UFC Hall of Famer/broadcaster Dan Cormier for inside info is disgusting. @danawhite has to be pleased members of the Trump family think UFC is fixed. Cormier deleted the tweet (below) within a couple minutes.

[Active Ingredient @scottmace2]

@marcjoffe Stop consuming fossil fuels where possible, and boycott Israel, when possible.

[Active Ingredient @scottmace2]

@marcjoffe Hope is not a strategy

[Active Ingredient @scottmace2]

@marcjoffe Your supposed peace is one Israeli attack away from total war.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Congrats to Coach Brown, Finals MVP Jalen Brunson, OG, and the rest of these incredible NBA Champion @NYKnicks! What a run!

[Matt Royer @royermattw]

Remember when they got mad about how Michelle Obama planting a vegetable garden would ruin the landscaping.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Elias: Why does California have signature matching? They have it to satisfy the same right-wing zealots who claim there’s fraud, right?

So they do this whole kabuki theater that takes all of this time in order to contend with the fact that people say that if you don’t do signature matching, there’s going to be fraud. And then they get attacked for taking the time to do that very thing.

The fact that the New York Times thinks there’s a middle ground here… Here’s my message: I don’t compromise with Republicans because there is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist, and they are trying to burn down democracy.

[Active Ingredient @scottmace2]

@SylviaR89025843 @marcjoffe @LOLOCGOP @ocregister Every time I’ve voted by mail, my ballot has been accepted and counted, according to the California Secretary of State.

[Active Ingredient @scottmace2]

@SylviaR89025843 @LOLOCGOP @marcjoffe @ocregister Don’t ask me to prove a negative.

[Active Ingredient @scottmace2]

@AdamNMayer Carmel is still so overrun with motor vehicles that the city council just moved toward instituting paid parking.

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

FBI shows up to interrogate a U.S. citizen at his house—for writing an anti-ICE social media post.

"This is about comments that you posted online," said agent.

Orders homeowner to stop recording—refuses to even tell him which comments.

Agent wearing unique World Cup uniform to indicate he is currently assigned to work with ICE on immigration issues.

Craig Brittain has been actively documenting and participating in protests at the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.

His social media posts videos of demonstrations, conflicts with agents, and calls for the facility’s closure.

[Jarrett Walker @humantransit]

If you build apartments in a cul-de-sac where public transit can't get to them, you should be held responsible for increasing traffic congestion. That's what high density without non-car options ALWAYS means.

[Active Ingredient @scottmace2]

@marcjoffe @SylviaR89025843 @LOLOCGOP @ocregister When I signed something, it’s probably at least 40% different each time. Isn’t that the nature of a written signature? You’re going to have to try harder than this.

[Active Ingredient @scottmace2]

@marcjoffe @SylviaR89025843 @LOLOCGOP @ocregister Source please