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The awkward reality is that nobody knows anymore whether FEMA as it currently exists will be around by the end of the year. But there’s another elephant in the room: The agency was breaking long before Trump. Tag-team w/@leslieatlarge.bsky.social. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
why has it, whom specifically, struggled to perform in recent years?
Half of US voters believe Israel is committing genocide and six in 10 oppose further military aid, polls suggest.
good. refuse to show up.
It’s “La Niña.”
These taken together constitute the toughest measures adopted by any European state yet and come after the Belgian Deputy PM, who is also Foreign Minister, threatened to block all other government business unless Belgium adopted these measures.
Semafor’s opening event was with Tucker Carlson, so safe to say Smith is fine with Nazis.
I guess people are not seeing that Jay Rosen doesn’t think that’s a bad response by Ben Smith to Oliver Darcy’s question about whether democracy is threatened these days.
Nadler ‘said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel was committing mass murder and war crimes in Gaza “without question.”’
BREAKING Belgium to recognise Palestine at UN General Assembly, says foreign minister
Do it!
The House Oversight Committee will be holding a closed-door roundtable tomorrow (Tuesday) to hear from Jeffrey Epstein's survivors, says Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).
Glad he’s saying that. It’s a shame it took until now to say it…all signs pointed in this direction.
Exactly right.
Breaking News: Representative Jerry Nadler will not seek re-election, ending a 34-year career as one of Congress’s leading liberal voices.
Just what we needed.
Cool, cool, my father’s home state. Though the folks I know who still come and go from a different part of Michoacán say things are safe THERE.
Such a troll move. Funny how he’ll do this, but has he paid the money he allegedly owes him?
Has she not been in anything since that movie when she was a kid?
2 weeks after being violently attacked & arrested. "Good job, Mayor Bowser. You're a Fascist, too.”
* BESSENT: WE MAY DECLARE NATIONAL HOUSING EMERGENCY IN THE FALL @bloomberg.com
Weird, isn’t it?
It’s always been bullshit.
You’re telling me this fucking guy used own a professional sports team?
How is Target doing these days?
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEE 🥳 A politician who can dance 🕺🏾 #GimmieAWhine #BustAWhine
Mamdani at the @nywfp.bsky.social float at the West Indian Day Parade!
People are correctly pissed off at Schatz. He’s reportedly trying to advance in leadership after Schumer, so that should be interesting.
Trump has failed to fix the serious safety issues at Newark Airport: "Given the totality of the risks involved & the gravity of the situation,” the FAA has “not responded adequately & any changes & procedures implemented are a farce at best” & “at worst, they are akin to criminal negligence"
On Wed Trump held a White House meeting with Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Tony Blair and Jared Kushner to discuss ideas for how to relocate two million citizens and profit off the ruins of Gaza www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Tangential but it’s notable that when California does things it gets reported as “Newsom” and when Illinois does things it gets reported as “Illinois”
You ever run into this guy?
Weird to hear this sincerely from a billionaire, but, ok. BTW, great that Illinois’ minimum wage is $15/hr. Believe it should be at least in the $26-27/hr range for people to live somewhat comfortably.
NEW: Judge Sooknanan is back at it. She orders DOJ to file at fifth status report to address whether the two children discussed in its previous report have been returned to ORR custody. Status report due at 12 noon today.
Just an astonishing, powerful op-ed that drives home what we are losing and what's already been lost. We are so incredibly fortunate to live with the advances modern medicine and health science. Destroying and stymieing it is just unforgivable. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Isn’t that most body wash? lol
It is a great theme song, for sure.
good!
of course
Happy Labor Day to everyone except Republicans and bosses.
So I re-watched “Walking Tall” (1973). Hadn’t seen it seen since the 70’s probably. It is wild. When it depicts his wife getting murdered and the aftermath, hits differently in light of the new developments. You can stream it for free on Plex.
Come on, now. lol [I have a bridge to show you]
NEW from me at The Dispatch. Imagine if a president could just eliminate border spending on a whim. Or gut defense, Medicaid or veterans spending. Even defund SCOTUS after a decision, or end SocSec in blue districts. This is the power Trump seeks with impoundment. 🧵 thedispatch.com/article/trum...
It turns out that - no surprise - the White House had been illegally hiding a key federal spending database in order to obscure that it was beginning to illegally impound spending, as it had prevously signaled it would do. 🧵 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen was hit by radar jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation, a spokesperson said Monday. The plane landed safely in Plovdiv airport, the spokesperson added.
This is nuts.
Illinois is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in bulk straight from manufacturers to make sure everyone will still have access.
Despite that appellate court’s rejection, Trump’s tariffs will likely be with us for many more months— likely til next spring, at least. Excellent analysis via @jessbravin.bsky.social www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
⚡️ Ukraine destroys Russian S-300 radar in occupied Crimea, military says. Radars serve as the "eyes" of an air defense system — without them, anti-aircraft units are effectively blind and unable to operate.
Meanwhile, did you see? A federal judge on Friday allowed the Trump admin and the Oklahoma AG to use his court to subvert democracy through a sham lawsuit manufactured to get rid of a pro-immigrant state law they don’t like without needing to go through the trouble of actually repealing the law.
WSJ edit board: “Congress has ceded too much power over trade to the President. .. If he can impose a tax on any imported product any time he wants, he really has the power of a king. The lower courts are doing their duty, and soon it will be up the Supreme Court.” www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...
He’s a stand up guy!
“Do you guys feel bad about what you’re doing? Don’t you f*cking hate yourselves?”
This is what happens when you obliterate the presumption of regularity. Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.
Can still remember that night vividly, watching CNN. A couple days ago also marked 9 years since Juán Gabriel died.
How weird!
An 11-year-old boy was pronounced dead after he was shot while running from a home after having rung its doorbell, Houston city officials say. The boy had been ringing doorbells and running as part of a game known as “doorbell ditch,” the city said in a statement.
Two teens came up with a trigonometry proof for the Pythagorean Theorem, a problem that stumped the math world for centuries.
Uh, even Paul Ryan knows those aren’t the correct lyrics. lol
Judge: I got a call at 2:36 a.m. because the govt chose this time on a holiday weekend to execute this plan. I have been up since then. I haven't been able to reach anyone from govt until this morning at 9:30 a.m. So absent this intervention, all children would already have been sent to Guatemala!
Trump says Chicago is an undesirable ‘hellhole,’ but tourists and transplants keep coming - @thetriibe.com
We're back! Judge: All right, Mr. Ensign, do you have an update for me? DOJ: Yes, I've spoken with HHS and confirmed that plan is to deplane the children and return them to ORR custody during TRO Judge: OK. Will you file a status report on the docket to confirm when that's happened? DOJ: Yes
BREAKING: A judge blocks the Trump administration from removing a group of Guatemalan children after some were loaded on planes at a Texas airport.
This is what leadership looks like.
The DeSantis regime will do more to protect sidewalks from chalk than children from bullets.
Very good profile of the lawyer who chose this path www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The Israeli government is seriously debating the annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank in retaliation for the imminent recognition of Palestine by several western countries. www.axios.com/2025/08/31/i...
Wow. I want every university counsel who is thinking about cowering before the Trump Administration’s threats, to read this and understand the caliber of attorney that has you shaking in your books. Yet another player in Trump’s army of incompetent thugs. www.propublica.org/article/leo-...
Chicago is ready to resist Trump: thetriibe.com/2025/08/chic...
One week ago, thousands of New Yorkers tried something new. They heard about it last minute. They didn’t know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational. It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.
I think people are confused. At first glance may appear he’s wearing a dark cap. When you look closely, he’s actually not. It’s the white cap. It looks dark because of the shadow cast by the canopy.
Lawyers for the children say they're still on planes in El Paso. SOOKNANAN: "I have the government attempting to remove minor children from the country in the wee hours of the morning on a holiday weekend. That's surprising." www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
This is what I’m referring to: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u...
Swift didn’t go hunting for that rock in Arkansas like that New York woman, huh?
Don’t believe Biden ever did anything about “Space Force,” right? Or some of the 1st term tariffs, plus he left some people in some roles. Next time we have a Democratic president, they have to undo everything this guy did. EVERYTHING.
Give him the Nobel Peace Prize!
I'm going to be on with @velshi.com at 11 to talk about my article on the small acts of noncompliance that we can take against our dispicable government. I guess Summer is over. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
BREAKING: Judge Sooknanan has now expanded her restraining order as she attempts to block ongoing efforts to remove hundreds of Guatemalan children, which their lawyers say are currently underway. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Raddatz has been very much pro-cop and pro-military over the years. She’ll regularly refer to we/us in her reports when she talks about the US govt or the military. Have always thought that was odd for a reporter, but perhaps I’m wrong about it. Yeah, O’Keefe is as you said. lol
If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
It’s pervasive…
I took PragerU's Oklahoma Teacher Certification Exam so you don't have to. Question highlights in this thread:
He says a lot of dumb things, you dipshits.
Some of those people did video responses to this piece at the other place. They were not amused at being outed. lol
That guy, who’s a devout Catholic, should clearly not be a cop. He’s Park Police, but it seems obvious because of what DT is doing in DC, he’s itching for some action. If he was a regular street cop, I imagine he’d some some shootings on his record by now. Bad dude.
It’s incredible that such clownish people are elected to these positions.
Pretty sure the tech bros who are using up all our resources and stealing all sorts of IP for their AI machines have different ideas about that.
Surprised it took this long. Wells Fargo has long been a garbage bank. I had a fairly long thread going at the other place every time some Wells Fargo corruption or scandal hit the news.
This isn't just happening at Main Justice. It's happening at U.S. attorneys' offices, too. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
I just re-read my post. A bit of a mixed message. My hope is Buck, Stipe, Mills and Berry reunite and tour. And then do different shows from night to night. lol Get the sense they would totally do it, something or someone is holding them back.
Have not! Keep forgetting abt those. Saw the band’s skeet the other day about their Glasgow show. I’m convinced, more hope that anything, that they’ll do at least one more tour. Just mix it up every night. Do “Lifes Rich Pageant” one night, “Document” the next. Don’t even need to make new music.
Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
Pritzker on Trump's authoritarian takeover: "The playbook is the same. It's thwart the media. It's create mayhem that requires military interdiction. These are things that happen throughout history and Donald Trump is just following that playbook."
O’Keefe also seems to think DT is reducing violent crime in DC
No, trump is not reducing violent crime, wtf u doing
BREAKING: A federal judge has *blocked* the Trump administration from abruptly deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children — perhaps within a matter of hours — granting an emergency restraining order after advocates called the plan illegal + dangerous. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
