Bikers stop for lemonade. 🧃

Once again, it’s not Joe Biden. It’s not Merrick Garland. It’s not the Justice Department. It’s a grand jury. It’s a group of ordinary Americans who determined that there’s probable cause that Donald Trump committed crimes.

A casual reminder that our largest economic competitor, China, is building 124 miles of subway in Chengdu alone in the next 7 years, bringing the total system length to 621 miles. Let's get to building transit, America. (JR Urbane Network)

A Brief History of Things Were Better 50 Years Ago 🧵

Thread: I work in an arcane field where the job requires specific technical knowledge, built on a ladder of understanding and breakthroughs going back over 100 years. It's not immunology but it's not nothing.

End civil asset forfeiture.

That’s easy. Major Dick Bong, the US’ #1 fighter ace of WW2. Flying his P-38 Lightning “Marge,” Major Dick Bong is credited with downing 40 Japanese aircraft. Major Dick Bong was killed during a test flight near the end of the war.

I keep telling y’all the GOP is NOT pro-life. They are anti-abortion.

Tired of paying $140 to file your taxes each year? In 2024, the IRS will pilot a new free, direct file tool — just the first step toward building the free, easy tax filing system that I’ve been fighting for, and that taxpayers deserve.

This should not be able to happen. Proud of the dude…but this also seems really stupid.

Hunter Biden attorney says 2017 WhatsApp message cited by Republicans is fake Oh. nbcnews.com/news/hunter-bi…

It’s about time that our country has funded this. It’s criminal how poor the internet services are for much of the country.

Robin Vos Every street only benefits “a small number of people” who live there. The fire department only benefits “a small number of people” who need their homes doused. A sewer line only benefits “a small number of people.” The main job of govt is to create a network of public goods.

As a part of a bill critics have dubbed the “Death Star” bill, the Legislature has overridden local ordinances that require giving workers water breaks. Since then over two dozen people have died amid record breaking heat. My latest for Texas Observer. texasobserver.org/texans-die-fro…

#Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Giveaway: Digital Movie & Merch The movie is now available to own or rent on digital and is out October 10 on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD. RT to enter.

The National Weather Service is now forecasting Death Valley to soar up to 131°F (55°C), which, if recorded by a weather station, would be the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth.

From 1940s-1980, the wealthiest paid 70-94% marginal tax rates. Zero of them went broke from taxation. Zero of them left the USA. All remained exceedingly wealthy, manufacturing boomed, AND we had the strongest middle class growth in US History. Let's do that again. #TaxTheRich

Pepperidge Farms remembers.

Congress….STAY AWAY!

Take care, everyone!