Climate change is making a small proportion of tropical tree leaves so hot that their photosynthetic machinery breaks trib.al/MqAjO66

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For 9 years, Russia has occupied Crimea and subjected its residents to a campaign of brutalization and repression. But the people of Ukraine have not backed down, not even after the Kremlin’s illegal and horrific invasion. Crimea is Ukraine. Russia’s aggression must end.

Reminder: Prigozhin helped Putin attack the United States in order to assist Donald Trump's presidential bid.

Hi, @BretBaier and @marthamaccallum -- maybe ask the Republican candidates on stage tonight whether they're fine with the debate's live streaming partner being chock full of pro-Hitler videos, and for the @GOP to be advertising on those videos?

"The Democrat-held Senate wants to give about $1B to school divisions to hire more teachers and support staff instead of cutting taxes for the wealthiest of the wealthy people and corporations." - @RussetPerry bluevirginia.us/2023/08/free…

We are seeing more every day the interests of the various defendants coming apart. Now Chesbro has filed a speedy trial demand in Fulton County, which in theory triggers his trial right w/in two GJ sessions or about 4 months. Not what Trump would have wanted.

Less than 24 hours after being admonished by a black judge in DC, he goes full grand wizard on the Fulton County DA and her community.

Wait for it

“The contest was widely seen as a … potential barometer of the political climate going into the 2024 elections.” nytimes.com/2023/08/08/us/oh…

The largely rural Ohio county where I grew up was Trump 12 in 2020. Tonight, it’s 16 in the opposite direction against the GOP ballot initiative.

RT @MuellerSheWrote: BREAKING: ISSUE 1 IS DEFEATED IN OHIO! An incredible victory for democracy and choice!

There is no formal announcements from the UKR MOD, but....... 1. We have seen two videos/photos of UKR inits htiing the main Russian defense line. One was a mounted infantry assault that results in some BMPs getting detroyed, but infantry made it into the trench line. The second was a single BMP that was rigged to run remotely into the antitank ditch (presumably checking the area for mines). 2. The main take-away is that in neither case were the UKR vehicles under artillery fire. This is presumably because of successful attrition of Russian artillery by Ukrainians. This is a key precondition for assaulting those Russian positions and breaching any minefield present. This news is also dated by 24 hours or more now. But it does validate the observations of some that the Russian lines have been thinned out by them moving units up to the "zero" line in efforts to stop Ukrainian advances or moving units to the east for their ill-fated attacks, e.g. Kreminna. All of this is going according to Ukrainian plans. #UkraineVictory twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1…

Polish officials report that the country’s border guards are being attacked on a daily basis by Belarus assailants who are using equipment provided by Wagner criminals. We stand with Poland. 🇺🇦🇵🇱

Nostalgia is a longing for the past, but psychologists are coming to realise it can focus on the future too @shayla__love bit.ly/3JNJ3Wn

When Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” is released this month, it will be the first time many younger people encounter the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer. But the movie stands on the shoulders of a biography that took 25 years to write. nyti.ms/3PSUcJs

“They can smell a loser.”

Truly jaw dropping to see how differently Democrats and Republicans use their power.

Bag Man Bonus Episode: Indictment Edition msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show…