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I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball

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"If Nevada gets elevated over South Carolina, it would be because of their Latino vote," added Ms. Spain, who is Black. "So you would then be telling Black voters that you matter less than brown voters. And I refuse to believe that our party wants to send any type of message like that."
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NYT caption: These photographs of X-rays were provided by Dr. Mimi Syed, who worked in Khan Younis from Aug. 8 to Sept. 5. She said: “I had multiple pediatric patients, mostly under the age of 12, who were shot in the head or the left side of the chest. Usually, these were single shots. The patients came in either dead or critical, and died shortly after arriving.
While she apologized for re-sharing an anti-trans tweet about swimmer Lia Thomas in 2022, saying at the time, “We all have a place in this world to compete and I hope we are able to grant everyone that opportunity fairly,” Cunningham is making it clear where she stands today. “I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’” she told ESPN. “I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn't have to go against biological men.”
The Charlie Kirk Show on TikTok. His profille is Cartman from the Kirk-themed South Park Episodes
Fred Guttenberg @fred _guttenberg X.com This is a shockingly deceptive video, produced with scary background music for some weird effect. I could go through the ways the Mayor lied, but not worth doing that again. The Mayor used the idea of arrest of Netanyahu for his own popularity, knowing he could never do it. The fact that he put this video out confirms how evil he is. @NYCMayor, you are a threat to the safety of Jewish people in New York and elsewhere. You oversee an economy very much dependent on its Jewish citizens. I guess your crusade doesn't care. I hope they leave the city and take their money elsewhere. They are at risk as long as you are in charge.
LGB Alliance "We surveyed lesbian, gay and bisexual people. 94% felt uncomfortable being categorized under the LGBTQ+ umbrella. 87% felt uncomfortable being categorised as "queer.""
Jasmine Crockett says the real reason so many people were rooting for Spain to win the World Cup in the finals was because of "racist history" surrounding Argentina. REP. JASMINE CROCKETT: “If you recall, the last two teams, it was Argentina and Spain, and it seemed like the vast majority of the world was rooting for Argentina- or actually against Argentina, right?” “And why was that? Just give me an explanation. If you could guess.” PROF. DAVID BLIGHT: “Spain had the best team. Maybe that's why they were rooting for them?” REP. JASMINE CROCKETT: “There's also a racist history”
But Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), the loudly anti-transgender Republican who lost her primary for governor, successfully proposed two anti-trans amendments. One amendment would ban TRICARE, the military health insurance plan, from “covering certain gender related medical procedures and treatments.” Five Democrats would join Republicans to pass the amendment 219-208: Reps. Shomari Figures of Alabama, Terri Sewell of Alabama, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Don Davis of North Carolina and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas. Davis, Cuellar and Gonzalez all represent districts that voted for Trump while Republicans plan to redraw their congressional map in Alabama, which could put Figures at risk. Another amendment by Mace would prohibit transgender people assigned male at birth from participating in women’s K-12 sports at Department of Defense-run schools. That amendment would also pass 221-203 with Davis, Gonzalez, Cuelar, Sewell and Figures voting for it.
And for them, Harris, after blowing through $2 billion in a losing effort in 2024, has a higher bar to clear to show she is a viable candidate. "I am not saying it's fair — she was really dealt a bad hand in 2024. But she just has a much higher threshold to meet for donors to get interested in her as a serious candidateạẠỊ said one top New York-based donor who has all but ruled out giving to Harris after donating lavishly two years ago. "Donors don't want someone who is breaking any barriers or who can change the national dynamic or conversation. We just want someone who can win back the White House. And I just don't see it happening with her." It's a sentiment expressed across the spectrum of big-money donors and those who work for them: Harris lost a winnable race after Democrats poured money into her coffers, and she will have to show she's learned the lessons of the past if they are going to contribute in the future.
Can Harris avoid getting pulled too far to the left, as she was in 2020, to disastrous effect in 2024? Her outreach to the Uncommitted movement - which encourages voters to reject candidates who are not vocal in describing the Israel-Gaza war as a genocide - has party stalwarts worried she is once again giving in to the loudest voices on the left.
Harris has been doing some repair work. The former vice-president reportedly reached out to New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani and has been meeting with activists from the Uncommitted movement, which urged Democrats to leave their primary ballots blank in 2024 in protest of the war in Gaza. The meetings come as support for Israel has cratered among Democrats and a number of pro-Palestine candidates have won competitive primaries where Middle East policy was front and center. "She is looking for where the wave is going and is determined to ride it" said one supporter who had recently spoken with her and came away convinced that Harris is running in 2028ẠỌHer mindset is that I should have won, and I am going to do it my way because my way would have won, and it was all these consultants that were telling me to take this position or that position, and it was their faulăằị The conventional wisdom holds that Harris was hurt in 2024 by the Trump administration's *they/them" ad about her support for taxpayer-funded gender-affirmation surgery for prisoners. Former campaign staffers disagree and point to the advanced Republican field operation (in part funded by Elon Musk) as the more decisive factor. Compared with most Democrats, Harris lost ground with young people and voters of color, and in her time out of politics, she has focused on connecting with those constituencies. Her book tour has taken her to college towns and majority-Black cities in the South like New Orleans and Jackson, Mississippi. She has fundraised for state parties in Nevada, Georgia, and North and South Carolina, states where voters of color dominate the primary electorate.
"The National Anthem is an important tradition at Chicago Cubs games," a Cubs spokesperson said. "While we respect the rights of individuals to decide for themselves, we encourage every fan to stand, if they are able, and to remove their caps while the anthem is being played. At the same time, the safety and security of our fans is our top priority. We expect all guests to treat one another with respect and to follow our Fan Code of Conduct, which prohibits physical confrontations and threatening behavior. Our security team spoke with the fan who had been struck. He indicated that the matter had been resolved, he did not want to have anyone ejected from the ballpark or any further action taken, and we respected his
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer suffered a ruptured tsticle from this foul ball
Economist/YouGov poll asking whether it was appropriate to cast Lupita Nyong'o in The Odyssey
Dianne Feinstein in May 2023
Dianne Feinstein being wheeled into the senate right before she died
The 2026 Senate work schedule
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Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social Connie Schultz O @connieschultz.bsky.social Follows you • Go to profile Tue, June 16 at 11:43 AM Connie Schultz• @conniesch... • 1mo Shortly after we boarded a recent flight home, a fellow Ohioan handed this card to Sherrod and offered words of encouragement. These moments of kindness mean so much, particularly in this campaign season. We meet good people everywhere. YOU MATTER
As you can see, Trump was not cropped out of any photo.
MAGA Voice & @MAGAVoice X.com I am in tears. After President Trump PERSONALLY gives the World Cup Trophy to Spain, the Captain and team want Trump to Celebrate with them J Liberals do NOT want you to see this
Happy Monday, Everyone! Looking Forward To Another Week Of Infecting Every Aspect Of Your Daily Lives! Published: October 23, 2017 Good morning, everyone! What a week we've got coming up. A tremendous week. The fall season is here, we're working on huge tax cuts, and there's a lot of optimism having to do with business in our economy. Also, we're ending Obamacare. And I'm going to get the wall. But beyond all that, what I'm looking forward to the most is another seven days of infecting every little aspect of your daily lives.
Chase Burns' contract signing was delayed after Reds GM Brad Meador spilled coffee on the contract and they had to print a new one, per @ctrent
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Translated from Estonian Show original Why do you like your mom who has a lot of pubc hair so much??
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So why do people keep trying to "gotcha" anti-trans politicians and public figures like this? Because hypocrisy is a comfortable diagnosis. A hypocrite shares your premises and misapplies them, which means the fix is cheap: point out the contradiction and wait for the shame to kick in. That frame keeps us in a world where everyone agrees on the rules and one side simply forgot to follow them. Describing the actual position costs more. This administration wants medical transition made as close to impossible as the courts will allow, for as many people as possible, at any age. Every policy it has produced points in the same direction. The ban. The care cutoff. The purge. And yes, the High-T video, which celebrates hormones in exactly one context: enforcing what a man is supposed to be. Say all of that out loud and there's no joke left. Nothing to dunk with, nothing to quote-tweet, nothing fun. Just a government methodically working to legislate people like me out of public life. "Gotcha" is easier, but it doesn't actually accomplish anything. That's the whole appeal.
So why do people keep trying to "gotcha" anti-trans politicians and public figures like this? Because hypocrisy is a comfortable diagnosis. A hypocrite shares your premises and misapplies them, which means the fix is cheap: point out the contradiction and wait for the shame to kick in. That frame keeps us in a world where everyone agrees on the rules and one side simply forgot to follow them. Describing the actual position costs more. This administration wants medical transition made as close to impossible as the courts will allow, for as many people as possible, at any age. Every policy it has produced points in the same direction. The ban. The care cutoff. The purge. And yes, the High-T video, which celebrates hormones in exactly one context: enforcing what a man is supposed to be. Say all of that out loud and there's no joke left. Nothing to dunk with, nothing to quote-tweet, nothing fun. Just a government methodically working to legislate people like me out of public life. "Gotcha" is easier, but it doesn't actually accomplish anything. That's the whole appeal.
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USC Trojans @USC_Athletics Our Odyssey begins August 29 xx X.com ELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM THE ODYSSEY
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Green Bay Packers @packers 22h You'll never guess who takes the least amount of strokes. Click the video to find out ••
Death saying "ugh" at the Home Alone 2 claw machine
Tatlock turns back to the books. TATLOCK You just needed to get laid. OPPENHEIMER wow. Took my analysts two years, and I'm not sure they ever put it that succinctly. TATLOCK You had them convinced you're more complicated than you really are. OPPENHEIMER We're all simple souls, I guess. TATLOCK Not me. She pulls a book from the shelf: THE BHAGAVAD GITA. She opens the book to find INCOMPREHENSIBLE CHARACTERS. TATLOCK (CONT' D) What's this? OPPENHEIMER Sanskrit. TATLOCK You can read this?
abdulelsayed 1h It’s become impossible to ignore the way that people online make fun of my opponent for things that have nothing to do with her policies or politics. It’s unkind and unhelpful. If you support me, please stop. Focus on the issues: Congresswoman Stevens has welcomed corporations and special interests to support her. She votes to send our money abroad while Michiganders struggle. She’s bought by DTE, Blue Cross, Big Tech, and Big Pharma who pick our pockets. 1 / 2 abdulelsayed 1h AIPAC, Trump-aligned billionaires, and corporate PACs are spending $50,000,000+ to support her. THOSE are the issues. We don’t need to be unkind to be honest.
Damien Owens @OwensDamien Follow I'm 50. All celebrity news looks like this: 'CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA? K-SMOG AND BATBOY CAUGHT FLIPPING A GRUNT'
The Noah Kahan concert
Clue Freeman meme (D) New York -45 years old, but young at heart -The king of zing. Loves to say "While Trump's up to some monkey business, I'm over here standing on business!" and other really awesome useful shit
Noah Kahan sign at Wrigley
The author of that column. Old dude
drbronner • 23m ® threads Take the pledge to learn how trans rights are integral to LGBTQ+ rights and civil rights for everyone. In the last tew years, a record number of anti-LGBTQ+ policies have been introduced across the U.S., at all levels of government, aimed to limit the right and freedoms of trans people. 1/3 ATTACKS ON SOME OF US HURT ALL OF US Family Soapmakers DR. BRONNER'S. Since 1858.
Ashley Parker O @AshleyRParker X.com Like anyone who's spent any time around politics, I have many Lindsey Graham stories. This is perhaps my favorite... I was covering Congress (Best! Beat! Ever!) for the NYT when the Mother Emanuel shooting happened in Charleston. It was summer, but I was wearing pants and a sweater that day because it was always SO freezing in the Capitol. Anyhow, news of the shooting came down, and the DC Bureau chief called me with an order: Get yourself to Charleston ASAP and glue yourself to Graham's side. She wanted a piece on the senator grappling with the unimaginable. So I headed straight to the airport, arriving in Charleston with just my backpack and what I'd be wearing to work that day, and linked up
In exploring these issues with Democratic strategists, I was surprised to find significant support - with differences over language - from a variety of sources, albeit accompanied by a harsh rejection from a communications specialist for a firm headed by a major Democratic campaign strategist. I talked by phone with Neera Tanden, the president and chief executive of the Center for American Progress, who described the center's
Uhhh the automatic translation makes it alarming güleyloş @guleylos X.com © Translated from Turkish by Grok Let's fck our baby since we're at it.. one of my favorite photos Rate this translation: 22 I|ll 383 ↑ güleyloş @guleylos • 3d i was just trying to say "let's remember her
POPTime @poptime • Translated from Portuguese by Grok Man masturbtes and jers off to his own coffee during commercial flight.