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I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.

Appealing my overdue library book notice to FIFA, I’m confident that justice will prevail

This feels like a good time to note that, indeed, USWNT is the winningest team in international sports history (win percentage: 84) the18.com/en/soccer-en...

I decided to translate this and turn it into a needlepoint chart

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller June 04,1956

From @benkail.bsky.social at the @bangordailynews.bsky.social: "Graham Platner has postponed a string of events Sunday and Monday as rumors circulate among Maine Democrats and over social media about another potentially damaging story to come about the oyster farmer’s past."

While many of you are likely yelling "GO USMNT!" or "GO BELGIUM!" I'm yelling "GO FIFA REFORM and the rule of law!"

The lesson a lot of people unable to learn: No one is ever JUST a racist or a misogynist or an antisemite etc.

the reason to believe this is that they keep saying it out loud, directly, and unambiguously

Why should you support independent trans media? Perhaps because we take on the bias of major news organizations with facts and data. Here's the latest from @evanurquhart.bsky.social, who found NYT wrote 5 stories on the trans sports ban decision without quoting a single trans person. 🤯🤯🤯

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the high-profile people who supported platner ignored the nazi tattoo, so a bunch of women came forward to report sketchy behavior, which they also ignored, until this woman had to come forward and tell her full story. i hope they do some reflecting on how and why they put her in that position

I know there is, um, other stuff happening right now, but HHS under RFK Jr. has postponed yet another meeting of the US Preventive Services Task Force, while also failing to provide public access to nominees' application materials as promised in a Federal Register notice

Thank god mitch mcconnell isn’t alive to see any of this

Under Maine law, Platner would have until 5 PM ET on July 13—a week from today—to withdraw his name and still allow his party to nominate a replacement. Democrats would then have to do so by July 27. legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-...

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller July 6,1955

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller July 06,1949

They never miss a delivery

2:12am .... going back for more olive

In awe of the enormous courage of the woman coming forward knowing it will just really fuck up her life as well as the monumental arrogance of platner running in the first place knowing the shit he's done

It goes without saying that this news today and the stuff before it was already disqualifying but we also need to stop fucking respecting a troop never mind a mercenary. The capacity to kill and having killed just does not factor anywhere into my needs from a politician.

Please rescind your endorsement of Platner immediately, @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social, so that the Maine Democratic Party can pick another candidate before it's too late.

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller July 6,1946

A sacred tenet of the Senate is that you don’t have to be conscious if you have good staffing.

The consultants who bailed him out after his original team left should take a big old break from politics, too. No vetting, gaslighting supporters, trashing other staff and trying to walk the line on SA denial while sounding progressive. Gross.

Democrats absolutely screwed themselves and all of us on this.

hey here's an idea maybe hold men responsible for acts of sexual violence as a matter of course

Please note that one of the reasons women show up on our borders pregnant is because, in the course of running away from terrors at home, they have been raped.

the casting is, in fact, perfect. ships are launching as we speak.

they are terrified to see mamdani just… doing things! to help people! things they said could not be done! they gotta go.

OpenAI should be fined, taxed, and regulated out of existence.

Today in Jeremy's salad: pumpkin leaf, romaine, hibiscus, watermelon, and cucumber

Do you wanna play airplanes with me?

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everything that can happen in a game seems to be happening in this game

I understand this position, but as an abolitionist, I would be satisfied if we confiscated every penny these people have and redistributed it to the bottom 25%. Yes, I said every penny they have.

Racist fascist destroys more US heritage.

trump curse in effect

IT’S MONDAY,TAKE YOUR TIME - - I’M THE BOSS AROUND HERE

the man remains a prolific writer of horrors

Obsessed with the Spy vs Spy cosplay at Baycon 2026

Distributed backups, cyber resilience, and a half-million records are preserving Palestinian history beyond any single building or border. www.wired.com/story/how-pa...

The fucked-up lesson a bunch of men on the left took away from the 2016 and 2024 elections is that a horrible rapey racist will always defeat a female candidate.

A real sports fan has the car warming up in the garage with the doors closed when their team is down one score in the first half.

Hannah Pingree, the Dem nominee for #MEGov, calls on Platner to drop out

He's fine, y'all. Mitch McConnell is fine.

“the guy who loved killing people overseas so much that he signed up to work for Blackwater in 2018 has consent issues” is the opposite of a milkshake duck

@workingfamilies.org, please rescind your endorsement as well.

Roy Moore, Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Robert F Kennedy Jr., Dennis Hastert, Tony Gonzales, Mike Collins, Joel Koskan, Cory Mills, Chuck Edwards, RJ May, Trent Franks, Blake Farenthold, Pat Meehan, Madison Cawthorn, Tom Reed, Ken Paxton, Justin Eichorn, Brett Kavanaugh, Herman Cain, Donald J. Trump

Appears to be the first major group to rescind its endorsement of Platner -->

Graham Platner has one week to drop out so the Maine Dems can replace him on the ballot, and he must do so to salvage any hope of beating Collins and fixing this fucking mess he’s left us in.

you and me both, buddy

This is either going to be one of the greatest finishes in World Cup history or there’s going to be an enormous brawl before the 80th minute mark. No, it you cannot say “why not both”.

Yes, it's a real Instagram post. Jeffries handing it to Trump, celebrating his corruption.

I officiated Taylor Swift's wedding They requested I wear the chipmunk fursuit so a lot of ppl didn't know it was me

A plan to all but ban abortion in Nebraska fails after proponents fail to turn in enough signatures to place it on this fall's ballot.

What this really illustrates is that having a reputation for acting honestly is valuable, that kind of capital is easily squandered but not easily gained, and a reputation for not acting honestly taints every fraught decision made. (This is about both FIFA and Trump.)

Schrodinger McConnell...

This is fucking insane, man

Is Alito retiring? Is McConnell dead? Can the USMNT turn this around? No one knows!

Well, fuck. Apparently the time ran out on my Platner mute.

Although I was a Maine resident from 1994-95 (Bangor), I refrained from posting about the race for the Democratic nomination for Senate, because I felt too far from useful knowledge. I no longer feel that way. This seat is far too important for Platner to stay in the race.

look I think AOC is politically quite smart but it didn’t take a genius to not throw all your weight behind the poser with a Nazi tattoo

Love these photos by @baycon.org staff photographer David Price of @annaleen.bsky.social and me <3

When a victim of sexual assault comes forward, I think about what a bad public victim I would be. The things I’ve said, the choices I’ve made while dating, the stupid shit I’ve posted … if the man who SA’ed ran for office, I’d be discredited by the posting masses. Power and solidarity with Jenny.

I was so sure toddler’s teacher was going to complain about him saying “fuck” too much but it turned out that he’s so good at hide and seek that it has become a safety hazard, as his teachers can’t find him on the playground. I’m strangely proud of him???

He just can't resist any opportunity to make things worse.

As a friend points out, Belgium also took a competitive advantage from Donald Trump when he forced Iran into a competitive disadvantage throughout the group stages

excuse me i have to go put on my knicks comfort hat

WTF is Trump doing to the White House now? Why are there scaffolds in the front?

Hailey's mom is starting radiotherapy this week and the rent is late. Cancer fucking sucks. Please help if you are able 💖

Yes. Take literally all money and assets that they have and outlaw their receiving any gifts from supporters. Let them apply for whatever public housing and public health insurance options that are available. Ban them from any stock market/prediction market participation. Leave them with nothing.

Best news in YEARS 😻⭐🌟😻

Even if you take the most charitable possible interpretation, appearance of corruption is almost as bad as corruption itself. You can’t take the stink off this one and it’s of course emblematic of every other form of rank corruption in this administration.

@errinhaines.bsky.social’s column this week is a must-read.

These are my woods, one of the greatest recovery stories and one of the greatest treasures in this country. What a glorious success! 💚

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Salon does a deep dive on what the SCOTUS sport decision really means and how affirming parents of trans girls in red states are hunkering down and fighting back. www.salon.com/2026/07/05/o...

I hear Satan is making a call to reverse Mitch McConnell's red card

MY MUTED WORD IS NOT WORKING

So tired of living in this maniac's world of nonsensical delusions. "DC was the wild west. Terrorists attacked the reflecting pool. The whole country is overrun by godless muslim communists. Simultaneously our country is hot as a pistol and it's a golden age" it's like psychological torture

In 1976, a white man used an American flag to attack a young Black lawyer in downtown Boston. Fifty years later, Ted Landsmark describes the moment, which was captured in one of the most famous photos in American history.

These British bros karaokeing wonderwall in Mexico City after being Mexico at home is worse than every white people House Hunters International set in Mexico City I’ve ever seen combined.

I am so mad about Platner. Well, at least Mitch McConnell is dead.

i think they're checking to see if that wemby foul's gonna get upgraded to a flagrant

For 141 years, without missing a season, observers at Blue Hill have recorded the date when the first berry ripens on one blueberry bush. Their data provide a unique picture of the effects of a warming climate, and its impact on one of New England’s favorite summer treats. 🫐

Funny besides the posting on Twitter part.

USA looks like everything else Trump touches. The man truly has super powers, as he can turn any good thing into shit.

King Kong and Prosper

From the WSJ last month: "Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who also attended the meeting, followed up and said there is a big difference between marital issues and allegations of sexual assault, the people said. Platner agreed and denied any credible allegations of assault were forthcoming."

There is no compartmentalization of the abuse of power. Abusers are abusers across all facets of their lives.

i saw games 4 and 5 of the nba finals this is fine

At least it’s finally negroni season

Gonna need some pundits and operatives to fill out the old Bluesky User Apology Form.

Quick reminder! "Rahm Emanuel's father, Benjamin M. Emanuel, was born in Jerusalem, where he was a member of the Irgun, a Zionist p̷a̷r̷a̷m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ [terrorist] organization." Tell me again how the anti-genocide protests didn't move the needle. (& also don't ever vote for this man)

Holy shit, what a game. Had some of everything.

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I feel like everyone saying that England is a pale team needs to look a little closer, at the very least, at the fella who scored two of their goals tonight.

Ok, this is incredible

It's because Democrats don't get digital. 🫠 There still isn't a cohesive Democratic response to AI yet, and I've been calling for one for more than a year.