Under a new policy released Thursday, the Trump Administration will test conversion therapy on trans people in prisons. It explicitly states that it aims to help trans people “recover,” all the while forcibly detransitioning them both medically and socially.
transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
Prabowo's offer to help hasn't exactly been taken seriously by the meme makers of Indonesia
And Gorsuch wanted everyone to know about how his colleagues votes seemed to shift depending on who was president in a 46-page opinion that is probably a big reason why the case wasn't decided sooner:
To recap:
Roberts, Gorsuch and Barrett voted against Trump for same reason they ruled against Biden.
Kavanaugh, Thomas & Alito signed onto a "foreign affairs exception" to major questions in voting for Trump.
Liberals voted against Trump but didn't sign on to major questions approach.
Also very sad about the death of Frederick Wiseman. Ex Libris, released when he was 87, is one of my favorite films of this century; bearing the imprint and sensibilities of a wise one who has lived to a great age.
This is how you live a life
Since Feb 2025 -- Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman and Diane Keaton. Four of the greatest Hollywood stars ever, each a name above a title, each with a style that is uniquely their own alone. None of any of the stars that emerged in this century any near their equal
Fernando Carillo, a Latin American actor once popular in the Philippines who once dated Korina Sanchez, was the former boyfriend of the new Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodriguez, whom he calls "the great love of his life".
www.latintimes.com/telenovela-a...
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“Fabulists can now bog down reporters with evidence credible enough that it warrants review at a scale not possible before. The time you spent engaging with this made up story is time you did not spend on real leads.”
www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Kabahan na dapat ang Canada
It’s a meaningless scoop. Trump posted the story himself on social media. A real scoop is getting information Trump doesn’t want you to have.
A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
I met Barack Obama in 2007 at a small event when his run for president was just starting. He asked me what I was working on. I said, a book about the 5 1967 Best Picture nominees. He said, quickly, "So...Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, In the Heat of the Night..." >
Taking a break from the sickening tragedy to focus on the beauty for a moment. Rob Reiner achieved something so rare and coveted that artists and entertainers dream of and rarely achieve: cultural permanence. How many times have you made a reference to something going to 11? Shouted "Inconceivable"?
The theoretical resignation of both the President and the VP will result in Senate Pres (Tito Sotto) as Acting President, but only temporarily.
A special presidential election must be called within 2 months. The current VP is not barred then from running for President.; she will likely win.
In the months after Harris’ loss, much was made over the demographic shifts in the party. Young voters, Hispanic voters and Black voters — all central to the Democratic coalition — had moved substantially to the right. But Priorities’ post-election polling revealed an equally staggering swing: Between 2020 and 2024, people who consumed at least three hours of YouTube a day had moved 10 points toward Trump — a bigger swing than Black voters, Black men, young voters and a slew of other categories that were dominating headlines. “The driver of behavior in ‘24 was so much more about your media consumption,” Butterfield said.
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I’m no longer in the faith & all that stuff. But I cannot imagine assembling these words in this order to the **Pope** Even pondering that action brings back every withering glare I have ever received from every nun who ever taught me. Bring back nun-induced shame! For people like this specifically!
I remember the day Lean Alejandro was assassinated for his political beliefs. He was then only 27. His killers have never been caught or tried.
Sometimes, a nighttime dream can be so soul-stripping you wake up a broken person.
We may have our differences, but at the end of the day when we take off our pillow cases we all have upsettingly yellow pillows
Was stuck in traffic, so I might as well write on the impeachment decision. oliverxareyes.substack.com/p/stuck-in-t...
President Manuel Luis Quezon's personal secretary during his World War II exile in the US has just celebrated her 109th birhday. usa.inquirer.net/176448/fil-a...
PHILVOLCS: Expect to experience tsunami wave height of less than one (1) meter. First tsunami waves are expected to arrive between 01:20 PM to 02:40 PM, 30 Jul 2025 (PH Standard Time). It may not be the largest and these waves may continue for hours.
tsunami.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/Tsunami_Info...
Once the narrative is established that pink/progressives are electable within these barangays, the next step is for these barangay leaders to set forth more proof of concept to wider voters that the movement can be entrusted with government.
In the past, the barangay level data was tedious to collate. Now, the ease it could be done should be taken advantage of.
Maps like these and the underlying granular barangay vote data, now establish there are dozens of pink/progressive barangays across nation. If the Leni coalition concentrates on running their candidates and seizing councils in next barangay polls, that's a narrative that carries into 2028.
