Alternate Headline: "Trump Forces Himself On Chicago and Baltimore Without Consent."
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Alternate Headline: "Trump Forces Himself On Chicago and Baltimore Without Consent."
When your dog introduces you to his “work buddy.” 🤣 #dog #dogday #bluesky
We’re back in session after Speaker Johnson let us out early at the end of July, feeling the pressure from our subpoenas for the Epstein files. Today, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov sat down with survivors who endured horrific abuse. What we heard was beyond disturbing. (1/2)
Standing by.
Sad to hear of Graham Greene's passing... Such a wonderful actor and a very nice man I got to meet him on a few occasions as we both lived here in Stratford and even got to sing for him once at his "Walk Of Fame" ceremony. Huge loss RS
"When did we become a country where it's okay for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything – especially something we don't want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation – that we treat this as normal?" Gov. JB Pritzker
Is Gov. Pritzker talking about a Drumpfian version of firing on Fort Sumter?
Pritzker: "We've gathered information from unauthorized, patriotic officials inside the government and from-sourced reporters about Donald Trump's plan, which is to deploy armed military personnel to the streets of Chicago."
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead celebrate labor day in oklahoma city. good party jams! tapes, video, my notes, rare kreutzmann interview, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
Cup of tea and home made blackberry muffins: check. Small but meaningful pub day gift to self: check. Long walk in the sunshine: check. Italian book tour confirmed: check. US book tour confirmed: check. 2 hours in the Shed, working on new project: check. I win at publication days. 🍫💕🎉
It’s corruption, plain and simple.
Yesterday we visited Green Mountain Falls, CO to visit the kinetic sculpture Off the Beaten Path by Patrick Shearn. I wasn’t ready for just how dynamic it was even in the slightest breeze. Reminds me of a murmuration of starlings. Incredible artwork. It’ll only be up through October 19th.
Congratulations to @nadler.house.gov on his retirement after more than 32 years. From leading historic impeachment efforts to championing voting rights, women’s equality, your impact will be felt for generations. Thank you for your unwavering commitment to justice and democracy
People seem to think JDV will be better. He will be worse. He's more disciplined, more deeply into techno-fascism, and P T**el's boi. And he can run twice more. Not that I want either of them, nor am I saying he would win an *uncompromised* election. I simply don't think he will be "better."
Background from @lawfaremedia.org on the limits of Title 32, Section 502(f): "If a ... president were to ... ask governors to send unfederalized Guard personnel into a nonconsenting state—as opposed to a non-state jurisdiction like D.C.—that deployment would violate the Constitution."
I am not seeing "Constitutional amendment reversing Citizens United" on any of these New Reconstruction wishlists folks are circulating, and. Absent starting over from scratch, I don't see us establishing any semblance of democracy here without that plus Supreme Court expansion.
No criticism from me. When I was a kid I made sandwiches out of leftover spaghetti and turnip greens.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Verdict and sentencing phase of Bolsonaro's attempted coup trial begins in Brazil. @apnews.com
Can confirm. Adopted many times. Never regretted it.
One-eyed? Tripod? Wobbly? No matter the infirmity Oregon Humane Society gets these babies adopted! She might not be perfect but she might just be perfect for you 🙂 Adopt (don’t shop) a shelter pet…you won’t regret it
That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
The United States is the only place on earth where poor people shun unions, free healthcare, and free education because the rich tell them to.
Kamala would have been an amazing President and I'd still vote for her if she decided to run again.
"Russia has never had, does not have, and will never have any desire to attack anyone" -- Putin in Beijing. He simply keeps mocking all those who, for 25 years, have bent over backwards for this petty creature, tiptoeing around him in fear and granting full license to his megalomania and sadism.
Rep. Massie filed a discharge petition to push through the Epstein vote despite pushback from the Republican leadership.
Afternoon Kitten
Bernie Sanders: These oligarchs lack that humanity, that sense of empathy. They believe they are entitled. They believe they have the right to rule and democracy is an impediment to their success. They want it all and they don't care who they step on to get more and more.
More than 50 ships from 44 countries are on their way to Gaza, carrying food and medical supplies with prominent activists on board Let’s hope Israel doesn’t sink any ship and let’s hope they don’t kill anyone
#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1878: Emma Nutt becomes the first female telephone operator, an occupation that would soon be dominated by women. Alexander Graham Bell hired Nutt to work for the Boston Telephone Dispatch Co., where she spent her entire 35-year career. /1
Occupy Democrats This lunatic—a barking carnival clown with ZERO medical education, training, experience or degree—is gonna get us all killed.
Yes it is. You'll do that last kindness for her and then carry her with you in your heart as you go on.
CW: sad about pet Kind of a wreck today, didn't sleep much last night. Might have to say goodbye to my senior kitty. Super lethargic yesterday, not eating today, pooping everywhere. 17 years she was in my life. Though I've expected this for a while, when the time comes it's still heart breaking. 😔
A Geranium with Rubens Peale, drawn after Rembrandt Peale's "Rubens Peale with a Geranium," at one point the most expensive painting in the National Gallery (US) www.nga.gov/artworks/662... Rubens Peale was a stone-cold geranium-cultivating hottie. #illustration
Photograph one: 9.20 AM Waterfront metro station, Washington DC
He is looking presidential, isn't he?
Rub a dub dub! None of my business who's in ya tub! Get you some of this and live it up! Gonna be my next "body wash." Yes! I use it as body wash cuz the bottles are HUGE and it turns out cheaper than their actual body wash.
Chump will Fall for Anything that Obama Does Better than Him....🙏
Jesse Watters accidentally declared that the Fox News merch is made in China. So much for America First and made in the U.S.A.
"I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime." Gov. JB Pritzker
Weve got a weird little story coming your way momentarily at @talkingpointsmemo.com ...
Thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
FOX: Is it fair to say that Chicago is gonna see a crackdown whether they want it or not? ICE OFFICIAL MADISON SHEAHAN: Look, we're gonna be going in to the toughest cities in America
Current status: Looking at live rainfall charts on a weather app to find a 20 minute window to walk the dog.
"It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try and disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear, the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here." JB Pritzker
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
So the troops can stop doing litter pickup outside the WH and can go home now, right?
Anay Ngawang Chodak, Tibetan (1980- ), Meditative Awareness of Inner Beauty, 2022, mineral pigment and gouache on handmade canvas, 41 x 32 in, private collection
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
Kennedy must be removed from office. He has already caused a catastrophe at HHS and the CDC. I strongly suspect that he is about to use data manipulated by unscrupulous and unqualified individuals to attempt to falsely show that vaccines are in some way a net harm. He simply must be stopped.
Corvallis is out. #WorkersoverBillionaires
My dad is 94(!) today and still going strong. Just had a great phone call with him- he’s still joking about being old enough to drink now haha. Very fortunate to still have him in my life. Happy birthday Dad!
Sounds like a kid after my own heart.
Words are magic
The first step on forcing a vote on releasing the Epstein files was made today by Thomas Massie who filed a Discharge Petition. CNN 👠
That's what the oligarchs are counting on.
Edmonton peeps! Fiasco (grey floof) is still missing. He might be hiding in an ingenious cat spot. Hopefully someone can find him and bring him home. ❤️🐈⬛
Known for their menacing stare 👀😸 gentle #shoebills are iconic in #Uganda 🇺🇬 #Congo 🇨🇩 #Tanzania 🇹🇿 They are vulnerable from #hunting, #palmoil #deforestation. Help them and be #vegan 🥕🍆 and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🔥⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2023/09/10/s...
There's some strange geometry with that coffee table. (Not that it matters; the joke still works.)
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory You can thank PA Senate Republicans for ALL SEPTA price hikes, delays & route reductions. They’re hurting businesses, workers & now our school kids. Tell PA Republicans to get back to Harrisburg & do their damn job NOW!
PUT 👏🏻 JEWISH 👏🏻 HOLIDAYS 👏🏻 IN 👏🏻 YOUR 👏🏻 CALENDARS The head of my org is Jewish. I have the Jewish holidays calendar on my work calendar so I don't schedule meetings during important holidays! I don't want him to have to do that calculus!
Baby pictures: Black vulture (born this past spring) Benson MD. August 2025 #birds
Finally, we’ve been waiting on this ruling! Yet another illegal action by Trump. Now get them out of D.C. and keep them out of Chicago! A federal judge in California found that Trump crossed the line when he sent about 5,000 Marines and National Guard troops into Los Angeles during
Just had to break up a badger fight outside the patio door. They didn't respond to me knocking so I had to open the door. The big one thought about going for me for longer than I am happy with. 😣
Doctor warns: 'We can no longer trust the CDC because of RFK Jr.' youtu.be/X6krV6hXqaE
The craziest thing about Trump’s health lately is that the survivors of Epstein and Maxwell’s sex trafficking ring are speaking out publicly on Sept 3 and I’m covering it live. Some of them will share their stories for the first time.
German doctors are being taught to use towels to defend themselves from knife attacks while on the job. For some reason, knife attacks in hospitals weren’t a concern in the 1980s and 1990s
They have NOW moved the announcement to 3pm, conveniently at the same time the Oversight Committee is set to meet with the Epstein Victims. This was 100% planned. Not to worry i shall report on what matters. Follow me to support
"The GOP is signing on to mass murder of children based on the novel theories of a man who has no party ties except a single Trump endorsement. It is a measure of the party’s utter hollowness, brokenness, and evil that even in this case, it can barely find the resources to demur."
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
Release the Epstein files.
Trump is once again weaponizing government power for revenge. Schiff, James, and Cook are the latest targets—dragged into “fraud” investigations pulled straight from Trump’s enemies list. This isn’t justice. It’s political retribution. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/selective-...
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.
They're trying to be friends... 😊 #dog #dogday #cat #catday #bluesky
BREAKING: Mayor Muriel Bowser ALLOWS federal law enforcement INDEFINITELY in DC. Gift article: wapo.st/3VyXMcY
This is my painting 'Windswept Pines' 30x40 acrylic on canvas. It's available for collecting through Galerie Quebec Art in Quebec City. Have a great day!
BREAKING: President Donald Trump said he will order federal law enforcement intervention in Chicago and Baltimore, despite local opposition.
Trump’s self-imposed deadline for a Putin-Zelenskyy meeting has come and gone without progress. “It doesn’t feel like this meeting is going to happen,” Jack Blanchard says on #playbookpod, and that “really doesn’t look good for the president.” Listen: ow.ly/YPpl50WPp6h
Dear America, It has nothing to do with crime. 🤬
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Pritzker: When did we become a country where it's okay for the president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything, especially something we don't want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
Yes, and have you ever walked around in a 19th century cemetery? Mark Twain lost a young son to diphtheria. I didn't, because my children received the regular schedule of childhood vaccinations.
RFK Jr. has completely destabilized our public health institutions. The leader of HHS is politicizing medicine, spewing vaccine conspiracies, rejecting science, and leading us straight toward a preventable public health emergency. He's taking us back to the 1800s.
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie filed a discharge petition today to force the disclosure of Justice Department investigative files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Working with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, Massie now needs to persuade 216 additional House members to sign it.
Terrific read. Frumpy cheats at everything
“I’m the problem, it’s me.”
russians force young Ukrainian to surrender by holding a gun to his mother’s head Artur Daveglis was abducted three years ago and savagely tortured, before the russians came up with grotesque charges and a 10 year sentence khpg.org/en/1608814933
KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that? RFK JR: “I never said that.” KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.” RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024) ht: @cwebbonline.com
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.
Remarkable