World closest to ‘nuclear precipice’ since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, says historian Garrett Graff As we commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world is the closest it’s been to a dangerous “nuclear precipice” in decades, says Garrett Graff, author of the new book “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb.” Graff argues that, over the decades, we have avoided further nuclear conflict “more by luck than by skill.” Graff points out parallels to the present day as well, when German scientists were either fleeing– or ignoring– the rise of the Nazis in Germany, and the brain drain from Germany was the backbone of the Manhattan Project. “You have to draw the line early and you have to enforce the lines hard.”

On rising authoritarianism, “you have to draw the line early and you have to enforce the lines hard," says Garrett Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social, and learn history's lessons. Unlike in WWII, if fascism or authoritarianism takes hold here, he says, "it's unclear" who could stop it. #Velshi

Facts matter.

I feel like Gen-Z may not know that Republicans had an actual pedophile as Speaker of the House until 2007.

Let’s remind them.

We are no longer a free country.

Gross

EPIC response.

Well, at least Kristi Noem didn’t shoot Sen. Padilla in the face.

We need more of this.

@lincolnproject.us

So we’ve got $90 million to throw the parade he wanted, but we don’t have the money to fix North Carolina. Got it!

Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.

"A war is when the government tells you who the enemy is. A revolution is where you figure it out for yourself!" -- annonymous.

The Trump administration is defying the Supreme Court, arresting judges and mayors, talking about arresting congressmen, denying due process and openly musing about suspending habeus corpus too.

There’s no constitutional crisis coming. It’s here.

A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a…

A DOGE staffer involved in dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau holds as much as $365,000 worth of shares of companies that the CFPB can regulate. Ethics experts say his actions are a potential violation of federal ethics laws.

I’ve been kicked off of X and blocked from seeing anything at all. I suspect it’s because I posted my bluesky handle under my name. Anyone else had this happen?

Yes! Women would like their rights back please.

Michelle would never do that.

Yes! Women would like their rights back please.

One of my very favorite movies!

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act.

Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?

UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform
USA: Hold my beer...

3 months ago, the economy was booming, the market was soaring, and we actually supported cancer research.

It really hits home when it's laid out like this.

First Trump defunds Childhood Research, now the Department of Education? Why does Trump hate children?

You spelled Putin wrong.

Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…

There’s obviously a lot going on right now, but Donald Trump’s efforts to install a military command that places loyalty to him above loyalty to the constitution should be a much bigger story.