The Man You Need to Calm Down
Jessica
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I sell fruits and vegetables in Portland. I miss the fail whale. Lurker.
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“President Donald Trump has expanded his military campaign against the United States…” is the only way we knew how to start this piece.
NEW: L.A. and D.C. are only the beginning, as Trump's team has been drawing up plans to unleash federal forces in other Democratic strongholds.
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Big shouts to the illustrator/art team on this article. That lead graphic is hilarious.
A new hormone-free birth control pill that reversibly stops sperm production has passed its first safety trial in humans, offering hope for more reversible contraceptive options.
A Male Birth Control Pill Passes Its First Human Safety Test
A new hormone-free birth control pill that reversibly stops sperm production has passed its first safety trial in humans, offering hope for more reversible contraceptive options.
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Trump is a bigoted fascist operating at a third-grade reading level whose policies are completely incoherent. He believes in absolutely nothing but attention, wealth and power.
the closest the NYT can get to explaining this to readers is to proclaim "this isn't your grandpa's republican party"
Trump Has Made Himself Commander in Chief of the Chip Industry
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The adamant elite refusal to call bullshit is a big part of How We Got Here.
The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.
The American press and public really need to figure out how to simply dismiss Trump's pretextual claims for authoritarian attacks and then resist the attack itself, not debate the claim. We have spent months asking "but is the Ivy League really antisemitic?" and now "but is DC really crime-ridden?"
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Remote work emptied Portland's downtown—not high taxes and not racial justice protests, even though the business lobby has tried to blame both.
"Killing our national model of a universal preschool program will not revive our old downtown-centric economic model."
www.streetroots.org/news/2025/07...
Opinion | Tax cuts won’t bring back Portland's downtown. More investments in our workforce will.
High tech, not high taxes, Emptied the city’s downtown
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TV On The VHS
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So assuming this story is correct -- and the WSJ reporter is excellent -- Trump's chief negotiator on Ukraine is meeting with Putin about how to end the war while also scouting sites for a possible Trump hotel in Moscow.
Russia Has High Hopes for Trump-Putin Summit. Peace Isn’t One of Them.
The meeting represents a victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who seeks to end international isolation and separate Russian ties with the U.S. from the fate of Ukraine.
The stuff that, 15 years ago, would have been a screaming 72-point all-caps headline — and now appears in the sixth paragraph, almost as an aside
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Outsourcing your brain leads to atrophy:
“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”
AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.
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Guess which political party this guy belongs to!
South Carolina state Rep. R.J. May, who is facing federal charges related to child sexual abuse material, has resigned, according to officials. www.wyff4.com/article/rj-m...
South Carolina lawmaker resigns amid federal charges
May was denied bond by a federal judge and remains in custody until trial.
