I think Henry needs more toys of the stuffed variety. Right?
Is this like ET in the closet?
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War for Ukraine Day 1,254: The Cost
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Another family in Kyiv killed by russia in a strike on the night of July 31st. A mother, a father, and their 2-year-old son🕯
— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) August 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
During a missile strike on Kyiv, two schoolgirls and their mother were killed.
Their school announced that Alina and Anastasia Humeniuk died along with their mother. They were internally displaced people from Donbas who had sought refuge in the capital. Russia found them and killed them there.
— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) August 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Overnight russian attack on Kyiv on July 31 killed Vitaliy Raboshchuk, 42, and his 18-year-old daughter, Vlada. Their beloved dog, Spike, also perished with the family.
— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) August 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Among the victims of russia’s attack on Kyiv were a school educator, Nataliya, her two sons, and her brother. The woman was 47 years old. Her two sons, ages 22 and 17, were killed along with her.
She leaves behind her husband and her youngest son.
— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) August 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Search and rescue operations have been completed in Kyiv following the latest Russian attack. The death toll has risen to 31 people, including 5 children. The youngest was just 2 years old. Other 159 people were injured.
— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) August 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
President Honors the Memory of Those Killed at the Site of the Russian Strike on a Nine-Story Residential Building in Kyiv
1 August 2025 – 22:59
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored the memory of those killed at the site of the Russian strike on a nine-story residential building in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district.
On the night of July 31, Russia destroyed an entire section of the building. The attack claimed the lives of 28 residents, including five children, and injured 21 people.
The President laid flowers at the destroyed section and spoke with residents of the building, who are now in need of assistance.
“We will help you all. Tomorrow, ministers will meet and quickly adopt decisions to support you. I don’t want to burden you with bureaucracy right now. They’ve already prepared everything needed to ensure you receive the money and understand where you’ll be living – so that everything is clear,” the Head of State said.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked everyone who worked at the site – those who responded to the aftermath, helped people, rescued victims, and cleared the rubble.
Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko informed the Head of State that 216 personnel and 54 units of State Emergency Service equipment had been involved in the response at this site alone. Search and rescue operations were completed only this morning.
According to him, 470 house residents have filed reports about lost or damaged property.
In total, during this massive attack on Kyiv, Russia killed 31 people and injured 179.
🔴 Zelenskyy honors 31 killed in Russian strike on Kyiv—including five children.
— UNITED24 Media (@united24media.com) August 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Friday Evening Open Thread: Big Bad News Friday Dump Day
Since either Cole or Adam will bigfoot this post immenently… here’s a place for y’all to share your opinions on today’s various scandals…
And here is the beautiful and terrible thing: even if this is right and Trump will just fully consolidate power because nobody else has the power and will to stop him, life will continue. There is no curtain that will fall to end the tale until your funeral shroud.
— How Beautiful the Stars Are (@seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social) August 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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I think a lot about how JRRT, who lost most of his friends in the horror of WW1, wrote with the common theme that despair must always be resisted, no matter how seductive it may be. Aurë entuluva! Day shall come again!
— Malaclypse the Middle (@malaclypse.bsky.social) August 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
(Sidebar: As an old-school Middle Earth nerd, I still insist Samwise Gamgee’s “In Western Lands” song should be sung to the tune of Greenselves, because c’mon.)
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It’s Not the Size of the Dog in the Fight (Open Thread)
Not the biggest fan of Newson these days, but if all our allies in this fight have to be perfect, it’s gonna be a very lonely loss.
I am not interested in fighting with one hand tied behind my back, so I love seeing a response like this.
Republicans count on us playing by the rules. The old rules, from the time when comity was a thing. The time for that is long gone. More of this, please.
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Excellent (Sometimes Heartbreaking) Watch: Kamala Harris Talks to Stephen
What we could’ve had…
If you can’t bear to watch the whole thing, I’d at least watch (or read the transcript at the YouTube site) starting at approximately the 23min mark:
“… Stephen, what I did not predict was the capitulation. I didn’t… People would roll over for this president. I didn’t see that coming… I — and perhaps it’s naive of me someone who has seen a lot that most people haven’t seen but I believed that on some level, you know, there are many — there should be many who consider themselves to be guardians of our system and our democracy who just capitulated… “
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The Trump Economy Sucks
Even the dishonest shitbirds on Fox News had to take a beat to digest this lousy number:
DUN-DUN-DUN — Maria Bartiromo and company react with stunned silence to a “disappointing” jobs report showing only 73,000 jobs were created in July
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) August 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Don’t worry — they quickly pivoted to a not-Trump culprit: Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Looks like Trump may get his wish and drive the Epstein scandal out of the daily news cycle by, um, crashing the economy.
I’m no economist (and am in fact barely numerate). But I suspect the problem with the economy is that a sundowning old coot is unilaterally and illegally threatening, applying, retracting and reapplying tariffs.
Businesses find it hard to plan in this environment, so they curtail hiring, which suppresses wage growth. Already-strapped consumers are dealing with rising prices because sellers pass the tariff tax on to buyers. Maybe it’s that simple?
Open thread.
Ballroom Blitz (Open Thread)
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John covered Trump’s plan to build a tacky, golden ballroom onto the White House in last night’s open thread, but goddamn, look at this hideous and cheap imitation of the Winter Palace! It looks like an ad from Crazy Liberace’s Discount Gold Flock Warehouse.
In a White House statement that is equal parts self-congratulatory and defensive, Trump’s incompetent flaks note that the current arrangement is unacceptable because large gatherings require erecting an “unsightly tent” located “approximately 100 yards away from the main building entrance.”
Translation: this exceeds Trump’s maximum waddling distance, so he has to be transported there by golf cart, which is embarrassing.
President Trump, and other patriot donors, have generously committed to donating the funds necessary to build this approximately $200 million dollar structure. The United States Secret Service will provide the necessary security enhancements and modifications.
I guaran-damn-tee y’all this is a grift-o-rama, just like the Qatari “gift” plane, for which the Trump administration stole nearly a billion dollars that were set aside to secure our aging nuclear missile silos, all to make sure Donald Trump can shit in a golden toilet at 30K feet.
The White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles said the following: “President Trump is a builder at heart and has an extraordinary eye for detail. The President and the Trump White House are fully committed to working with the appropriate organizations to preserving the special history of the White House while building a beautiful ballroom that can be enjoyed by future Administrations and generations of Americans to come.”
More bullshit. Trump is a fucking CROOK at heart, Suze, and you know it. (An aside: I look forward to Wiles’ eventual tell-all — hopefully authored from a minimum security Club Fed facility — after the fascist Trump regime reaches its inevitable sticky end. Wiles is evil but not stupid.)
Open thread.