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‘The worst are filled with passionate intensity’
A federal judge issued a permanent injunction BARRING Trump loyalist Kari Lake from removing Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Hey, folks, covid is still out to get you. I was diagnosed Monday after feing crummy all day Sunday. It's my first case.
72 years ago today. Tonight we will celebrate with a small family gathering in the home that my in-laws still live in together. #lifegoals
I see the NY Post being credited with the scoop,but @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org was on the scene before the FBI arrived, wasn't he?
I guess his bone spurs have cleared up and he's now available for military service.
The perfect analogy from @jvl.bsky.social: Rich idiot breaks all the rules. Creates a death trap. And everyone hears the popping noises signaling that it’s all about to implode. www.thebulwark.com/p/oceangate-...
"Dunn was an international affairs specialist in the criminal division of the Justice Department, according to a person who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss personnel matters." A true gyro. Giving up dinner and his job for democracy.
Rep. Steve Womack, R-Walmart, acknowledges that Trump's tariff policies are "incoherent." Tells business owner struggling *right now* that we need to wait a few months to see how much damage is done by the POTUS that his party can't possibly rein in. www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/au...
So let me get this straight. The guy who wants to reward Russia for invading Ukraine, encouraged Israel to do more genociding in Gaza, and is using the military against his own citizens wants the Nobel Peace Prize?
random but I actually noticed several hundred people ransacking a prominent Washington DC government building a few years ago, any chance we can get started with them? it was on video so it should be pretty easy to track them down
Jim Rockford always reminds me of my dad. He loved "The Rockford Files" and he looked a little bit like James Garner.
But violent thugs who attack the Capitol and pummel police in service to a lying loser are heroes who deserved to be sent back to our communities for further service the next time he needs them.
Yeah JD, we remember. We will never forget your boss was best friends with the guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring. And then that guy was "silenced" forever. And now we will just not talk about anything else until they... #ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files
Proven sexual predator who bragged about his technique and partied with a child sex-trafficking pedophile calls Nancy Pelosi a "disgusting degenerate." Plus, he recently attacked Sen. Josh Hawley for voting to make insider trading by members of Congress impossible.
1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely. Here's why.
@npr.org, please stop saying that "other countries" will pay Trump's higher tariffs. That's not how tariffs work, and surely you know better.
That was my first thought.
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
A football field is 57,600 square feet.
Me three months ago:
Paying young athletes for their valuable skills does seem to have messed up the great thing colleges had going when only the coaches got rich.
I generally use Firefox (don't @ me, bro) but have never used tab containers. Tried reading up on that, and it seems like just refreshing is going to continue to be my best option. It's not a constant problem.
I sincerely appreciate deck.blue, but it seems to freeze up sometimes. Is it just me?
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After the January 6 Capitol riot, DC Officer Jeffrey Smith died by suicide — his widow’s fight changed the law and redefined duty-related trauma www.police1.com/line-of-duty...
NEW investigation: DOGE-Pilled The full story on the transformation of 23 year-old Luke Farritor and how he ended up at the Department of Government Efficiency--slashing, dismantling, undoing--wielding a résumé that "didn’t pass muster” NO PAYWALL! www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Trump's new story is that he fell out with Jeffrey Epstein because Trump's most valued employees preferred to go work for a notorious sex offender rather than stay with Trump.
That was definitely the impression I got listening to a bit of House debate at your State House last month. (My husband and I are nerds who go out of our way to visit capitols.)
My husband and I toured the state capitol at Augusta last month and happened to be there on a day when the House was debating relaxing regulations on sun-grown cannabis. If I understood correctly, this is a major tourism and economic development issue.
NYT reports that a mysterious, *$984 million* transfer from a Pentagon"black box" account might be paying for the renovation of Trump's "free" Qatari jet. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
Worse for whom? Is there anything worse for any Republican than to be perceived as less than 1000% supportive of Epstein's party buddy who bragged about grabbing women's genitals? Maxwell can only earn a pardon by scoring one for Team Trump.
I'm 99% certain that we played mini-golf at the same time as Hulk Hogan at St. Pete Beach. We thought it was him -- friendly and patient with our kids -- then we went to a local restaurant that had pictures of him all over the walls because he lived in the area. #RIP
Republican rationalization is at DEFCON 1.
Republicans believe keeping children alive in the most impoverished parts of the world is a waste of tax dollars, but paying members of Congress to do nothing in order to protect a pedophile's party buddy is a top financial priority. #GOPvalues
I guess Trump needs congressional Republicans to help him get the third wife he has cheated on to come back and live with him in DC. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/a...
It seems like Leavitt should at least have acknowledged that the Biden administration was 100% correct in not releasing the Epstein files since there was nothing in there that the public should see.
Oh, gotcha. The one and only Epstein hoax that Obama, Biden, HRC, Comey etc absolutely wrote was the instruction for Democrats to call for transparency now that Trump has called sincere Republicans seeking transparency "weaklings" and "PAST supporters"?
"Should the government release all documents it has about the Jeffrey Epstein case" Yes: 79% No: 4% Yes Among: Democrats: 85% Independents: 76% Republicans: 75% YouGov / July 14, 2025
My in-laws and two of my father-in-law's cousins are on Zoom right now. The average age is 92.5.
Plenty of people disagree with Dr. Moritz, but two autopsies came to the same conclusion. Every medical examiner who actually autopsied Reeves' body agreed it was suicide. (Say, ask your local library to buy the biography my husband wrote, published earlier this year by CRC Press.)
My husband's grandfather, Dr. Alan R. Moritz, conducted (with Dr. Frank Cleveland) an autopsy of George Reeves at his mother's request. He and Cleveland agreed with the suicide conclusion. But it was a good movie.
Live video of MAGA trying to reconcile what their moral leaders told them about the Epstein files with what their moral leaders now tell them about the Epstein files. #suckersarevictimstoo youtu.be/4WRtqmHpLvg?...
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: The Democrats should keep pushing for answers about Epstein
The wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said she is filing for divorce “on biblical grounds,” ending their 38-year marriage as he seeks to unseat Sen. John Cornyn in next year’s Republican Senate primary.
Put Bondi, Vance, Patel, Musk, and Habba under oath and you can get to the bottom of this until. If Republicans don't do exactly that? Well then, who are they covering for? www.thebulwark.com/p/the-case-f...
Benny Johnson: Why is the FBI not releasing the Epstein list? Kash Patel: "Simple, because of who's on that list." 🤔 (2023)
Bessent: "This Democratic Party blew out the deficit in 2020." (Trump was president in 2020.)
These are lies
Federal agents used explosives to enter a U.S. citizen’s home and entered — guns drawn — on a baby, a 6-year-old, and their mother. She believes it’s because her boyfriend attended an ICE protest where he accidentally hit a cop car (and was released by cops). www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/h...
Honestly, this story SHOULD be that Pam Bondi is freeing a violent criminal alien and giving him working papers. Just like Trump freed hundreds of cop assailants and some terrorists.
What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life? Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers in "Rebecca" (1940). There is no substitute.
A day after President Trump said Iran’s nuclear program was “obliterated,” officials said they didn’t know the fate of Iran’s uranium stockpile.
The clip:
I don't know how people figure out what they think if they don't write. I'm sure they have some method, but I can't imagine how that would work.
Someone has a good defamation case here.
This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input. See what public lands would be available for sale: www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
In re: National Institute of Health funding. Case in federal court. Whole thread recommended. Grant funding ordered to be restored:
I will never forget that the attempted murder of Nancy Pelosi's husband by a fan of the Finest Representative of #GOPvalues became a punchline at rallies of the like-minded. Sickos.
BREAKING: The American Bar Association has sued the Trump administration on behalf of its members to put an end to Donald Trump's law firm intimidation project, calling Trump's efforts "unprecedented and uniquely dangerous to the rule of law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Another successful policy for Republicans. It enriches the wealthiest and screws over people who failed to be wealthy.
Should we deport people who have lived here for many years without committing any crimes? 61% no, 24% yes. Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer? Quickly: 19% Minimize mistakes: 74%
Happy Father's Day from the Ohio department of transportation
Seniors in Salt Lake City heading out for a #nokingsprotest in front of their assisted living facility.
Fox 9 Minneapolis reports that two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses were shot by someone impersonating a police officer. Their conditions are not known. www.fox9.com/news/melissa...
MAGA will tell you that political prosecution is 100% OK and totally compatible with their long-held beliefs because their Unquestioned Moral Leader was the victim of political prosecution back when they believed it was wrong.
Imagine a hypothetical parallel. It’s Biden instead of Trump, Mayorkas instead of Noem, troops deployed to Dallas instead of LA, and Ted Cruz getting manhandled instead of Alex Padilla. What do you suppose the reaction would be? www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
The Soviets lost the Cold War, but now Trump is surrendering to them 35 yrs later. The Confederate traitors lost the Civil War, but now Trump is surrendering to them 160 yrs later. The only flag Trump and MAGA should fly is a white one.
Senator Rand Paul tells Politico he has been uninvited from a White House picnic, a move which he describes as “incredibly petty.” This comes after he criticized Trump’s military parade yesterday, saying:
It’s not a surprise that the man who purposely incited a violent attempt to overthrow an American election would now purposely incite violence on the streets of Los Angeles as a justification for military force against American citizens. Not a surprise at all.
This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
When you can’t win an immigration case in West, Texas, activist judges are not the problem.
Remember, it was "formatting issues" that resulted in the MAHA report being riddled with nonexistent research.
This is good.
Trump tells MAGA how they now feel about the guy he told them was so brilliant that he deserved to have the job that the Framers thought required a whole Congress.
Whether it's Bill Clinton talking to Loretta Lynch on the tarmac for five minutes or Donald Trump completely destroying 230 years of Constitutional governance in five months, both presidents have contributed greatly to the weakening of our norms.
I have wondered how long we will be able to trust this administration's data since lying to Americans is so fundamental to Trump's appeal. I told myself that public servants would turn whistleblower, and it looks that's started to happen.
Just 1 vinyl sticker.... and we are conveniently located near a few of these signs..... #raygun
Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil. It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
BREAKING NEWS: President Trump formally asks Congress to take back the $1.1 billion it has set aside for all public broadcasters for the next two years.
The Stable Genius who leads the GOP swore under oath (2007 deposition) that his net worth also depends on "attitude." Attorney: "When you publicly state a net worth number, what do you base that number on?" Trump: "I would say it's my general attitude at the time that the question may be asked."
It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day. youtu.be/SmFxvP9i2Fk
In an excellent AP story about Trump’s public health disaster, the name “Trump” doesn’t appear until the 2nd sentence of the 4th paragraph, and it shows up just once in the first 20 paragraphs. Does this let Trump off the hook? No, but perhaps it avoids triggering MAGA’s “fake news” response.
I understand that many people on the left think that associating Trump with conservative views is a shortcut to delegitimizing everything about conservatism, but Trump is no conservative; the MAGA movement is Big Government, Nanny Statism for white people.
It turns out that appeasement is still a bad idea.
(AP) — President Donald Trump suffered “mental anguish” from CBS News' editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Democratic opponent Kamala Harris last fall, his lawyers are arguing in court papers. @apnews.com www.audacy.com/1010wins/new...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal District granted the Trump administration's request to temporarily put on hold the New York-based Court of International Trade judgment that struck down President Trump's tariffs.
Time for Congress to step up to its constitutional duty and stop Trump's tariff games, says Ryan Young, senior economist for the Competitive Enterprise Institute. cei.org/news_release...
"Formatting issues."
Nice work by University of Central Arkansas graduate @emilykennard.bsky.social.
BREAKING: Judge Contreras has blocked Trump's tariffs as unlawful. This is a *separate* injunction by a federal judge in D.C., unrelated to the block issued yesterday by judges on the federal tr de court. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
My favorite part of the lab leak freaks is the concept that "COVID-19 is a fierce bio-weapon unleashed on Americans by our worst enemies and your baby should definitely get it."
" on Tuesday, Judge Chutkan ruled that Elon’s continuing role in DOGE made this lawsuit viable. On Wednesday, Elon announced he would not be continuing at DOGE."
Remember: One of the few things DOGE "accomplished" was firing 18 immigration judges in February, then convincing another 29 to take severance in March -- a 6%+ reduction of judges already facing severe case backlogs. Classic MAGA: Worsen a crisis, then demand extraordinary power to "fix" it.
TACO is gaining traction.
