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Jim Brunner
If you’ve been following the “rigged election” rumors from the CA primary and thinking, gosh, haven’t we seen this all before? Well, you’re right! Sounds like you’d be competitive in a friendly and frenetic game of “Rigged Election” Bingo!
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NEW: Our visual analysis suggests the U.S. hit two drinking-water facilities overnight in southern Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. w/ @ckoettl.bsky.social @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...
The Punisher sticker we've needed all along
In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
Inflation has overtaken wages for the first time in 3 years.
That means Americans’ incomes are shrinking in real terms, largely because of the Iran war.
My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart.
Big differences this time around, as I see them:
a) the GOP is now fully bought-in to election denialism and ran off those who aren't
b) the legal activism wing of the GOP has spent years cooking new schemes
c) many state/county election boards are now full of people eager to screw with counting
NYT Ed Board backs Election Day deadline for all ballots www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/o...
Very interesting new owners of The Crocodile
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
64% of Washington voters disapprove of Donald Trump’s job performance, a new record in NPI’s Civic Heartbeat polling
Even more striking, the percentage of voters in the Evergreen State who approve of Trump's job performance fell to 30% in NPI's spring survey of the Washington electorate, which is…
"His departure will undoubtedly add fuel to a heated debate over whether Washington’s upcoming 'millionaires tax' — a 9.9% levy on any income over $1 million — will drive away the state’s ultrawealthy."
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