It’s corruption, plain and simple.
It’s corruption, plain and simple.
Lethal force against a civilian vessel in international waters is a war crime if not in self-defense. If not in self-defense, only non-lethal actions, such as warning shots or disabling fire, are allowed. "Not yielding to pursuers" or "suspected of carrying drugs" doesn't carry a death sentence.
Today, Congress is back in session. Priority #1: The Epstein files must be made public. The victims deserve justice, and Americans deserve the truth.
This is how dictatorships behave
Let's not forget his nasty role on Longmire.
"Even in a long line of anti-labor GOP presidents, Trump stands out. And while he may not succeed in completely destroying collective bargaining in America, he’s poised to strike terrible blows against organized labor." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
I'm with ya', sister!
Look at the pic of the school - not very possible.
Crime is literally lower than it has been in the entire life of every single non-senior-citizen American. If you are under age 65 you have never lived at a time with lower property crime rates, lower violent crime rates or lower homicide rates. Never.
The United States had one of the worst COVID outcomes in the entire world from a body count standpoint. Anyone who argues with a straight face we were TOO cautious is an unserious imbecile.
This was a motorcycle crash.
"But let’s be clear: workers built this country—not billionaires."
Fantastic #mustread article for Labor Day - great timing to expose corporate + money authoritism.
Jesus didn’t call us to build a Christian nation. He called us to stand up for the least of these. If you call yourself a follower of Jesus what are you doing to adhere to his call?
As far as I can find, only one major journalism organization -- the Guardian -- published an accurate and contextual headline describing Trump's illegal executive order on voting. What made the difference? The Guardian added the word "unconstitutional". Come on, journos, do your damn jobs.
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
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He can pretend to be dead all he wants. I still want the Epstein files released.
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire). But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.
The Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
The pro-democracy playbook might look a lot like labor organizing — navigating and overcoming an asymmetry of power between a large diffuse, less-powerful group of individuals and one central authority. NEW: Lessons from labor ⬇️ https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/to-fight-an-authoritarian-think-like
"here is no moral or legal requirement for any organization to have some minimum number of dicks." 😂
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@streetartutopia.com Well, damn, Vidar! Really looking forward to your posts popping up on my timeline.
Mass shooters since 2018 who were transgender — 4. Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender — 4,193. Hope that helps.
He literally has no experience in public health
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
Yep, also true.
This is likely 'cuz THEY DON'T STOP EVER!!!!! If they were better road partners and citizens, there would be some flexibility, but, NOOOOOO, they just keep rolling through everything.
"undead" YIKES!
Our client, Mohsen Mahdawi, just finished his citizenship interview when ICE arrested him in retaliation for his pro-Palestinian activism. Now, the government is asking an appeals court to re-detain him for no other reason than his speech. We won’t back down from protecting our right to dissent.
ICE cannot be reformed from this. It must be abolished. I’m calling on the next Democratic POTUS nominee to pledge to abolish ICE.
I guess that's the beauty of Universal Basic Income is that it's periodic. We can save We can plan We can be prepared for emergencies We can enjoy life It's knowing that it's always there for us. We can breathe #UBI
Thousands of Mike Johnson's own constituents are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage following the passage of a budget bill he pushed for. And it’s all so he could help bankroll more tax cuts for corporations and the super-rich. Don’t let him forget.
@electrek.co Important read re fossil co sabotaging USA electrek.co/2025/08/25/s...
It is sickening but completely on-brand for today's do-much-evil Google that it is highlighting Trump regime propaganda at Google "News" -- a site that once was a relatively honest aggregator of actual journalism.
JUST fantastic!!
@equalityalec.bsky.social In the middle of "Copaganda" and such good analysis. #MustRead #Copaganda let's make this hashtag live.
I SOOO want this gif!!!
I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
Our @hannahstoryb.bsky.social yesterday in the @prospect.org on the ballooning methane problem and its Trumpian enablers: "If the previous administration brought financial incentives to a gunfight against gangsters, this current administration is providing reinforcements to the bad guys."
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ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
She agreed to deportation because of the vile conditions inside. There is NOTHING voluntary about this. It's like a "confession" after torture. At the very least, the headline should have put "voluntary" in quotes.
She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse. ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
Things are going great over at HHS: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The shooter at Annunciation Catholic School used an assault weapon to fire dozens of rounds through the stained glass windows of the school’s church—killing two children and wounding 17 others, including 14 children.
Another infuriating aspect of ICE roaming around D.C. that I hadn't thought about. I just talked to a D.C. woman whose husband is undocumented and whose employer is refusing to pay him for work he's already done -- and threatening to call ICE if he keeps asking for the money he's owed.
Even as it offers a bit of useful context, the Associated Press adopts Trump regime propaganda, calling the military occupation of Washington, DC, a "law-enforcement surge" -- language that is both a lie and one-sided. A perfect example of how Big Journalism bends its knee to power.
Pretending not to hear the whole room chanting “shame” at her is the most Susan Collins things ever
I was this man’s business staffer. He knows nothing about business and he’s actually rather stupid about the private sector altogether. All he knows is how to curry favor with private sector leaders to fund his campaigns. By “pro-corporate” he means pro grift.
if i were on this deployment i would be pissed. these people have actual jobs! and here they are, walking around picking upt rash.
Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day. It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
Fact: Commercial fishing kills more than 300,000 whales and dolphins every year.
you know who else had an infraction
Let's go with "this is so damn stupid" !!!!!!! It's push time, not slinky time.
"Honey, I don't have much time. I've been arrested by ICE and they are sending me to a detainment center. I love you and the kids, I will be OK, please call our attorney" -- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
Private prison companies — which operate the gulags housing immigrants grabbed by Trump’s secret police — helped get Trump elected & are now cashing in. Private prisons should be banned entirely.
I was in the news business for only 4 decades, so maybe I don't know much. But it seems like the transformation of the U.S. into a police state would be worth a headline and a few paragraphs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/w...
Operation Epstein Economy Distraction
"in the month after a coal facility was closed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2016, the number of childhood asthma visits to local hospitals declined by 41 percent..."
Mobster president
Thousands of ICE agents are doing a lot more damage to our social fabric than millions of undocumented immigrants.
Honestly, this may be one of the most important media graphs I've ever seen. The claim: Democrats keep using annoying words. The data: Republicans CLAIMS Democrats use them, which then becomes the narratives. Then centrists attack DEMS for things GOPer CLAIM they say, not GOP for making stuff up.
Why?
we really do need to figure out how this guy managed to create an environment where he can say "i wasted an amount of taxpayer dollars so large I can't even tell you how much it was" & it doesn't cause immediate national outrage
🧊😲✈️ CHILD IN CHAINS‼️ 👉 Thursday August 21, 2025 at Boeing Field in Seattle, we spotted this apparent girl in chains being directed up the steps of an Avelo Airlines 737 (tail: N805VL) on the live web cam feed from the airport 👀 (clip courtesy lalabote.bsky.social)
That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
Congratulations, John Roberts. You did this.
Horrific story. DOGE targeted him on social media. Then the Taliban took his family.
Petition to refresh the Cracker Barrel logo—restoring its old glory with a proper, updated flair!
Well I'm thinkin' "don't spill the water!"
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum with Trump and police in DC: “You have always during your entire life supported law enforcement.” Capitol Police would like a word.
Here, fixed it.
"Here legally, engaged in a sanctioned process to determine their eligibility for asylum, they have committed no crime. They are arrested anyway, and the lives they’ve risked to come to the United States are thrown into chaos."
This is a popular message across the political spectrum, and will likely be for the rest of our lives and to our great shame. It’s a collective moral and political failure, top to bottom, that it is
Sarah, a victim/survivor of Epstein/Maxwell, & co-conspirators tells all. Listen. Feel. Believe. Demand #Justice4Survivors. #WhereIsTheList
90% of US immigration detention is done by private corporations that have multi–million dollar contracts with ICE. With a clear reliance on these companies, the Trump admin allocated $45 billion to carry out its mass deportation of immigrants.
That's amazing, but I just might have to stuff a little Italian sausage into those pipes!
I would love to see a detailed legal analysis on how this is possible. Are they being deputized as civilians?
I also liked it. Come on, good design calls us out.
The Democratic establishment's aggressive shunning of Mamdani is the latest illustration of party leaders' bad judgement. Jeffries in particular is showing himself not as coalition leader but a champion of the center-left wing and can't be trusted going forward. newrepublic.com/article/1992...
It’s funny to hear Trump aides accuse wind and solar farms of overusing land, because the corn ethanol they love uses 100X as much land per unit of energy. Land is great at growing food and storing carbon; it sucks at growing fuel.
Camille Zapata for president!!! #Camille
Journalists following up on Trump's DC takeover should be aggressively reporting on Trump’s real motives, which include distracting from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, perpetuating racism, and normalizing the military takeover of an American city. presswatchers.org/2025/08/the-...
Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news
Supreme Court caselaw suggests that this is almost certainly illegal.
Under this made up rationale — cracking down on crime in a city where crime is down — Trump could ask red state Governors to send troops to blue states. Also known as civil war. He’s playing with fire.
Punks not dead.
@netflix.com What the hell is wrong with you!!!! You are 30 minutes BEHIND regarding which device is on your stream!!! You block us EVEN when set boxes and computers were OFF!!!! And you cannot tell we have more than two screens AT OUR HOME!!!! Change you policies, you thieves!!! #FAIL
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