Slipping, nope we’ve done a cliff dive.
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Slipping, nope we’ve done a cliff dive.
He will bail them out again at taxpayers expense and they’ll keep right on supporting him. Uggh!
Tulsi Gabbard is *very obviously* a foreign intelligence asset and I hope we all live long enough to see her tried and convicted for it.
If we have to become an authoritarian state, can we at least get eco-cities, bullet trains, and renewable energy?
We are not engaged in perpetual war. He’s NUTS .
He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power." New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES DAY 29 AUGUST 2025 THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES TONIGHT I Honor my HOMETOWN, CHICAGO Trump insults our city But WITH A HEART OF GOLD We don't need the National Guard WE ARE THE HOME OF SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE WE ARE DIVERSITY, EQUITY INCLUSION WE ARE WOKE Ask the Pope
Actually, perception matters. It creates a false concept of geography and individuals do draw (incorrectly) further conclusions about various political and environmental factors accordingly.
I wondered in childhood (after seeing a map true to scale) why we persisted to use a global map in textbooks, media, etc., that was so misleading. Then I went to college, I read, and I understood. It’s maddening.
In your venting, you are keeping us informed. It’s not baseless outrage. It’s a rational reaction to witnessing our country being intentionally dismantled.
No one voted for this.
Trump putting an election denier in charge of elections is like hiring a bank robber to guard the vault. We see you, Donnie.
Truth
White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress' funding power.
Same Missouri where the legislature denied the will of the voters? No surprise here. Raw power grab is very on brand.
There's a reason Trump has remained silent over the starvation and brutal daily bombings of the Palestinians in Gaza. This video was posted on Trump's Truth.Social several times by him. It pretty much tells you what's on his mind.
Sick
Just weeks ago, career prosecutors had insisted that Chakraverty should be held accountable for the alleged fraud. But in a sharp reversal, Thomas Albus, the newly appointed U.S. attorney and a Trump pick, notified the court that the charges were being dropped.belib.org/Rp6XXol
The CDC is gutting a program that monitors foodborne illnesses. The program will now only track infections caused by two pathogens, rather than eight. Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?
Heartbreaking to see the regressive nature/policies of the current governor of Louisiana.
Top Social Security Official Resigns After Claiming DOGE Uploaded Confidential Information to Insecure Server
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.
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”
The new cars crumple more easily because they absorb the impact rather than people in the car being tossed around like dice.
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
She is NOT a hero.
I wish I thought it was clear cut. It should be. But with folks on the SCOTUS bench like Alito, Thomas, Roberts…
High capacity magazines, conversion kits, should be banned too. And if you thought you needed a gun to save yourself from tyranny - you’re too late.
Well, the abandonment of the right to habeas corpus kinda made this a given. Detaining folks without warrants and shipping them to foreign countries without a hearing … and that’s just what we know.
#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
Dr. William Foege, 89, who helped end smallpox in the 1970s, recently wrote: RFK Jr.’s “words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus.” And his actions are more lethal still. He’s waging war on America. That’s an impeachable offense. He must be removed from office. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
It’s sick. 🤢
SSRIs are used in other countries. They don’t experience mass shootings regularly. ?
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All for a lie. We know he was innocent of any “even perceived” social misstep, he was murdered for no reason at all. And, in 2025, folks are being targeted by masked men in unmarked vehicles, dragged off and detained without warrant, and locked/deported up without trial. Progress?
There already is, we just aren’t hearing about it. COVID hasn’t gone anywhere. They are unnecessarily sentencing folks to illness and potentially long-term health consequences or death.
Gupta: Here’s why this matters: 1. Because the FDA indications have changed, if I prescribe it to you, I’m opening myself up to a lawsuit. He directly signals that… 2. A pharmacist is no longer able to prescribe and administer a COVID-19 booster that doesn’t meet indications.
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
He’s deplorable.
Oh hell no! He is not going to scapegoat a group of medications that have helped millions function.
This was all knowable. Every damn Republican who confirmed this wrecking ball has blood on his or her hands.
Nope. A waste of money.
If he gave a damn, he’d take the opportunity to publicly resign.
Imagine giving a felon a “get out of jail free card” and being concerned by the erosion of the law.
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.’s hand-picked panel of advisers.
Hey, John Roberts, hope you’re happy. This absolute nonsense is on SCOTUS.
When a grand jury declines to indict a case, it’s called a “no bill.” Here’s why that matters so much right now. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Taxpayers losing healthcare should be thrilled this is how money is being spent.
It’s a misuse and disrespectful of these individuals.
See you at a Labor Day rally and march in Chicago to protest Trump's threat of a military occupation.
Krasner: So, if what you have is a group of ICE agents, or even the military, coming into Philadelphia and committing crimes—assaults that are illegal, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, obstruction of the administration of justice—they can be prosecuted.
Spot on!
I'm genuinely glad for Canada and this is a smart business play by Moderna but it also stings when you consider the Moderna vaccine exists because of $10 billion dollars of US taxpayer money. And RFK Jr. might kill our access.
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
California voters are leaning YES on the redistricting ballot. 48% in favor, only 32% opposed. People get it. The narrative is on our side. Remember: CA puts it to the voters. Texas skipped the people. Ours is a one-time fightback that returns to the commission. Texas’ gerrymandering is permanent.
This. 100%.
I like Pritzker. He’s not a show pony, but damn he’s smart. Glad he’s on our team.
Breaking: Kilmar Abrego García has just been detained by ICE after arriving at the agency's Baltimore field office as part of a required check-in, according to his attorney. "The only reason to take him into detention was to punish him."
The fact that this administration is hell bent on punishing Kilmar Abrego Garcia while rewarding Ghislane Maxwell tells you all you need to know about their violent racism and misogyny.
Yep. More lately than usual.
Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country. Nothing about this process has been fair. ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.
You aren’t wrong.
23 of Epstein’s victims have testified in court. In an August 2019 hearing, 22 women spoke about the abuses committed by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. 4 women testified at Ghislaine’s trial. Investigative reporting has identified roughly 80 survivors in total. 🖕🏼👇🏼 www.justice.gov/maxwell-inte...
41,822 people (70.4%) in ICE detention had no criminal conviction (as of August 10, 2025). #4R icexprotocol.com
He doesn’t care about anyone but himself and his sense of privilege shows every time he appears in public. He could have chosen to accept his loss, instead he’s working overtime to defeat the man New York Democrats overwhelmingly chose.
An attempt to insure uneducated masses.
#ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory REPEAT 👇🏾 OUT LOUD
Wisconsin, USA
Good. They’re needed now more than ever.
Total coercion. Plea or we ship you to Uganda. He was stopped in Tennessee and not even ticketed. If the government has a case, let them bring it. Due process.
Virginia Giuffre’s family denounces “DAG Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview” of Ghislaine Maxwell in a statement. www.allrisenews.com/p/maxwell-tr...
Way to go, San Francisco!! 👏👏
Raises my opinion of folks in South Carolina …
I stand with Ukraine and her people. I so wish my government was openly honoring the commitment we made to assure her security.
The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios. At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024. Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570. That’s a ratio of 632 to 1. How can anyone defend this?
There is something deeply wrong and broken.
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
Here, fixed it.
I queried ChatGPT on how many trans women/girls compete in women’s sports in the U.S. What I discovered is quite interesting 👇👇👇👇👇
I know things are dire — but you are not alone. Here are five steps we can all take to resist Trump's fascism. youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?...
Wonder how many hours he’s actually spent at the Smithsonian Institution - any one of the museums?
No joy here. I never want to experience turmoil, have to filter my water, and live in a bunker eating grilled rat.
Jesse Watters did not believe the election fraud claims but still texted his colleague Greg Gutfeld to say he thought Fox would get “incredible” ratings if they “went ALL in on STOP THE STEAL.” Who cares about democracy if you can get ratings? www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
Pretty much confirming the insanity of their position.
Not a bad idea.
In today's least-shocking news that we all knew before, Fox staff and producers all along the election wasn't stolen in 2020 and lied for ratings. www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fac...
He struggles with facial recognition. We’ve even witnessed it during filmed depositions. Not surprised he didn’t “see” him.
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It wasn’t a peace summit. It was a negotiation about property.
He’s not wrong.
Clarification: Costco apparently never sold the pill. They received pressure from the left to be certified for selling it and from the right to not get certification. Their statement says it was purely a matter of low demand. I find it disappointing still. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
I thought they said they weren’t selling it because it had not been in demand at their pharmacies?
Folks get touchy when they fear the actions of her uninformed husband will cost lives. Go figure?
To a point they actually want it to occur, because they believe they will then be able to declare martial law and their end game will be achieved. What they fail to understand is the will of the people and our national character. Martial law would be the beginning.