Chris Thomas

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So, word is Elon is re-branding Twitter to "X."

Virginia now requires robust age verification to view nudity and/or depictions of sadomasochism online... so why is this image still up on the governor's website?

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/

To be clear, isn't Eli Lilly cutting the cost of insulin because the law requires that they cut the cost of insulin? That seems like a salient detail missing from the headlines.

(I think Eli Lilly's caps are more far-reaching than the law requires but I also suspect that they're smart enough to know that maintaining a tiered pricing model is doomed to fail)

Two Americas

A cartoon by Michael de Adder.

The Washington Post

Virginia will likely stay pro-choice because Democrats picked up a state Senate seat in a Virginia special election, solidifying their narrow control over the upper chamber of the state legislature.

Fewer than 400 votes protected a woman's right to choose in the Old Dominion.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democratic-win-virginia-complicates-youngkins-push-abortion-ban-rcna65427

Democratic win in Virginia stymies Youngkin's push for abortion ban

Democrat Aaron Rouse this week won a special election for a state Senate seat in Virginia in a race that was widely viewed as a proxy fight over abortion.

NBC News

Pew Polling shows distrust of Supreme Court at all time high; majority of Americans view the Court as overtly partisan.

This represents a catastrophic collapse of the Court's legitimacy.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2022/09/01/positive-views-of-supreme-court-decline-sharply-following-abortion-ruling/

Positive Views of Supreme Court Decline Sharply Following Abortion Ruling

Americans’ ratings of the Supreme Court are now as negative as – and more politically polarized than – at any point in more than three decades of polling. And nearly two-thirds of Democrats (64%) now say the Supreme Court has too much power, almost three times the share who said this in August 2020 (23%).

Pew Research Center

Katie Porter has announced her candidacy to replace Sen Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).

If her name isn't connecting for you... this is Katie Porter during the #SpeakerOfTheHouse elections.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/katie-porter-announces-senate-replace-dianne-feinstein-1234658451/

Katie Porter Announces U.S. Senate Run to Replace Dianne Feinstein

Rep. Katie Porter has entered the race to replace California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. She won’t be the last to do so

Rolling Stone
Dr Dre's (lawyer's) letter to Marjorie Taylor Greene is just absolute fire.

And #McCarthy goes down on vote number 13 for #SpeakerOfTheHouse with Good casting the deciding ballot.

On to number 14.

Keep an eye on PredictIt and their running odds on the next #SpeakerOfTheHouse. McCarthy has been up for a while but right now he's within 5% of Scalise.

We won't know what Scalise's support looks like until he's actually nominated, but we'll probably see these lines cross before that happens.