i like that the administration is run by dilettantes whose pathological unseriousness is illustrated by their total disregard for human life
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i like that the administration is run by dilettantes whose pathological unseriousness is illustrated by their total disregard for human life
What Epstein records have not been made public?
“In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, she has alleged that Trump accosted her outside the bathroom of his VIP box at the US Open tennis tournament in New York in 1997.”
Seems like the kind of thing there should be congressional hearings about? Maybe bring it up on the Sunday talk shows? Angry tweet? Anything? Hello?
Not into the truth,eh?
'Bizarre': Model drops bombshell claim about Epstein making her dress as a nurse for Trump
Senator Rand Paul directly and forthrightly takes on JD Vance: "What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment it is to glorify killing someone without a trial."
Be it from scarcity of farm workers or import tariffs, eating is on its way to being an expensive luxury.
THEN: "I will be the president of peace and end all wars on day one." NOW: "We will now be creating the Department of War."
it is always worth remembering that vance made a conscious decision to be a person of low character. he has eagerly contorted himself into evil for the sake of what amounts to a whiff of power.
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NEW: "As a police officer in DC, I’m all for actual, sustainable help in keeping the streets safe, but it is obvious that’s not what this is about." newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-dc-po...
At least three of President Trump’s Cabinet members call multiple homes their primary residences on mortgages. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures. Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims. Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.
'Bigger' conspiracy: Republican joins effort to bypass GOP on Epstein saga
Corporate executives who defraud nursing homes? Pardoned. Reality TV stars who evade millions in taxes? Pardoned. Thousands of January 6th rioters? Pardoned. Anyone who opposes Trump? Prosecuted.
The stock market is not the measure of economic health. Wage earners face even harder times.
BREAKING: Judge Breyer rules that President Trump's deployment of the military to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, says Trump is using military as a "national police force with the president as its chief." Injunction granted. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
8 cops making over $100k each to arrest one man. But your food, water & air are killing you. Your daughter is carrying her rapist’s baby to term & will probably die when it becomes complicated & your veteran son in jail for being unhoused. But at least that Brown guy sitting on a bench is gone.🙄
Hold up: we'll need all those immigrants to build housing....
“Best as we can tell, the US has lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs since ‘Liberation Day’.” Fascinating discussion on so much more than that podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Maybe he's NOT the master builder he claims to be....
So not only did ICE goons arrest someone fighting a wildfire here in WA, the person was here legally. Even if he wasn’t, he shouldn’t have been taken. But this just further goes to show how awful ICE is.
Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past two decades studying the environmental causes of autism. Under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has promised to find a cause for the condition, her entire division was cut.
Anyone who's been to the Monterey Bay Acquarium?
Is this really what we want? Votes have life=threatening consequences.
#handsoff #nokings #goodtroubleliveson #ReleaseALLthefiles #EpsteinFiles #lovemyGov Because they're idiots
Don’t look away
Can't believe that in 2025 we have to be telling people that vaccines are safe and slavery was bad.
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Laughable.
On Aug 22 Hegseth armed National Guard troops in D.C. The streets are calm, no emergency. Now the military patrols our capitol with loaded weapons. One misunderstanding, one refusal to move and civilians can be legally killed. This is manufactured risk. It's submission through power. #Resist
Trump’s travel bans for certain countries won’t make America safer. Here’s why: bit.ly/45zhGJM
CW: Sexual assault Women are being kidnapped and assaulted by men who impersonate ICE agents. This is one of many reasons why we can’t have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Urge your elected officials to take action today: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
Are they sending the armed, masked, anonymous thugs?
I'm cheering the exhibits.
What were the terms of the agreement? What did Intel get? Do we get to dictate who's the CEO of Intel now? Trump got a crony in mind?
Trump is spending billions on ICE detention camps. From June–Aug 2025, 80k people were booked. 65% had no criminal record. Only 7% had violent convictions. Less than 1% for murder. Meanwhile, the homeless are swept into gutters. No housing. No healthcare. Just cages.
Masked kidnappers.
Trump cut the IRS workforce by 25% in 4 months. That means when the ultra-rich and giant corporations cheat on their taxes—and trust me, many of them do—there are fewer people to stop them. Instead of lowering your costs, Trump is helping the wealthy evade paying their taxes.
Oh look, Rubio’s State Department is lying again. It must be a day that ends in a y.
If Heather's Idea resonates, go for it! Here's mine: I'm an American. One of millions. This is my country, where I have dreamed since first I was my mother's daughter. This is our democracy. This is OUR country. We the People ARE this country! What say You?
Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃
"You do not need the strongest powers of observation to see that crime is a pretext — and not the main reason — for the military occupation of Washington by federal agents and soldiers from the National Guard."
Valuing all in his city. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
This is going around on the other site. What's amazing is that he wants what the Democrats were offering, but believes that he can't say that for fear of being partisan, as if his suffering doesn't count if he says we should have elected a Democrat. We can't face that kind of truth.
Pay attention to what just happened in Texas. A lone state rep decided the GOP’s demand that she sign a "permission slip’" allowing police surveillance was a step too far. She refused to leave the chamber—and her small act of defiance has lit up the state and the nation. My write-up in the replies.
If ICE is afraid of detainees "armed" with toothbrushes, they are a laughable force.
Three industrial facilities in California have received exemptions from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to emit a carcinogenic chemical after Trump invited large emitters to bypass key provisions of the Clean Air Act by simply sending an email. share.newsbreak.com/ek8743gk?s=i16
one reason it is especially frustrating that centrist writers keep doing this "well crime is a problem" two-step is that the administration's approach to "fighting violent crime" is basically guaranteed to make actually reducing violent crime even more difficult
Another test for America’s businesses and where they stand. This has Chinese Communist Party vibes: The White House “created a scorecard that rates 553 companies and trade associations on how hard they worked to support and promote President Trump's” so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill.”
Well worth the read: Mark Zuckerberg's vision for humanity is terrifying www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
I’ve always been a big 2nd Amendment guy bcuz I fear government tyranny. I fear masked & armed government agents taking to our streets against the people. So how come all my fellow 2nd Amendment guys, who said they too feared government tyranny, are now happily on the side of the government tyranny?
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What "service" to our country?
As an alum, I oh-so-proud of the Stanford Daily for challenging this administration's attack on free speech. bayareane.ws/4mvH75z
During a Purple Heart ceremony at the White House, Trump told Purple Heart recipients, "It wasn’t that easy for me either," referring to the grazing of his ear in last year’s "assassination" attempt. Captain Bonespurs said this with no sense of irony. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
So evidently we’re going to just revert to witch doctors now? Kennedy stops mRNA research
Let’s not forget about Dahud Hanid Ortiz, the violent triple murderer released by Trump from a Venezualen prison and SET FREE in the US in July. Where is he? Why has this story vanished from the news? Reporters and Democrats need to demand answers. is.gd/rZ2EdU
A third of CEOs plan to axe jobs over the next year—and most now say they’ll pass on new tariff costs to their customers Fortune They worry about headwinds from President Trump’s tariff plans Softness in jobs data bit.ly/45p1t9F
In Alabama, another horrible ICE detention story— pulled over for going 1 mile over the speed limit and then put into detention, a woman who earned a masters degree and has become a beloved community advocate. Not a criminal. Someone who contributes to America. www.al.com/news/2025/08...
"So the tariff is paid in this country by the importer, is that right?" -- Eugene Robinson guides Scott Bessent into acknowledging that tariffs are in fact paid in the United States, not by foreign governments
On threats to the judiciary and how to push back against MAGA: Stand up for good people under fire. Private messages are important, but even the simple act of posting public support (or offering other forms of public aid) can help mitigate the damage. David French.
I’m so tired of all the political theater. People need healthcare. And livable wages. And housing. And food. People’s lives are on the line while Trump dances on the White House roof and democrats twiddle their thumbs wrapping themselves in red tape. I’m absolutely fucking tired.
So he wasn't really in favor of helping those less privileged than he is?
Of course, a "get rich snake oil salesman" found a place in the Trump administration.
He hasn't a coherent thought to his name.
ICE officers told a couple they could leave the U.S. with their child and return to Russia, which they had fled seeking political asylum. Or they could remain in immigration detention but their 8-year-old son would be taken away and sent to a shelter for unaccompanied children.
So we can kill off another American industry? What's wrong with these people?
If someone in your life is a teacher or school support staff, make sure they have this new resource from @unitedwedream.org, @nilc.org, @aft.org on how they can create a safe and supportive environment for all their students. It’s so good.
Trump wants to silence anyone with actual expertise and meaningful experience.
National parks are treasures. Report to your congressional representative unpleasant experiences at the parks and your opposition to trashing these destinations for an inexpensive family vacation. Maybe if you own a beachfront club that never occurred to you.
DANGER: As the Muskrats sweep through federal agencies, we see how much information the government makes freely available that now either is stripped from sites or will never be gathered in the first place. That sets the stage for Trump and his minions to dominate the info space.
I'm a therapist. I've sat with lots of children gagging, vomiting, sobbing as they work to deal with their sexual abuse. I am so disgusted by Maxwell getting special treatment. Sexual perpetrators need to be in jail forever! The damage they do is incalculable!
Where there was a garden Trump produces a sterile space.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the crown jewel of knowledge about jobs and the economy. Trump has destroyed the credibility of this extraordinarily important source of information. This should alarm everyone. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-destroys-our-source-of-information
JUST IN: U.S. added just 73,000 jobs in July, well below expectations. Unemployment rose to 4.2%. June and May revised sharply lower, down by a combined 258,000 from previously announced levels. “Golden age”
A legal permanent resident researching cures for Lyme disease has been detained by immigration officials for over a week. He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention. We cannot become immune to this cruelty.
Ha! Yes. Trump is definitely a pedophile.
pedocon theory hits the mainstream; voters believe Trump was involved in the crimes allegedly committed by Epstein by a 14-point margin, 46-32
not sure if anyone remembers, but in September Musk reposted a 4chan screenshot that basically argued that women shouldn't be able to vote bsky.app/profile/whst...
JD Vance morphs into terrifying new role after booted from Trump's inner circle: columnist www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-267...
Medicaid isn’t some handout. It’s how your grandma gets dialysis. How your neighbor’s autistic kid speaks their first word. It’s the reason a single mom with breast cancer can keep the lights on. But sure, tell me more about “personal responsibility.” #SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies 2/7
What’s worse, his views remain the same
Police officers don’t wear masks. Judges don’t hide their identity. Why does Trump’s immigration force hide who they are? It’s just a mechanism to get away with illegality and immorality. A tactic of authoritarianism.
JD Vance morphs into terrifying new role after booted from Trump's inner circle: columnist www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-267...
Well, well, well. Imagine that. acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
Another win for "it's economical decision to do the right thing" www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
She’s not wrong
Pedro Camacho reports that Disability Rights California is raising concerns over abuse of disabled migrants at Adelanto ICE Processing Center. Issues include: · Denial of life-saving medications · Poor access to mental health services · Inadequate food and drinking water · Unhygienic conditions
