I sincerely hope those considering a military career, or extending their current career in the military, reconsider. This is what you're supporting.
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I sincerely hope those considering a military career, or extending their current career in the military, reconsider. This is what you're supporting.
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Another illegal arrest August 27th at the Portland 24/7 Music Festival.
Newsom hit a nerve it would seem.
And they don't want to raise taxes to pay for the additional infrastructure that is needed to support these new homes which never seems to include public transportation to address traffic congestion. Planning for infrastructure is not a pay as you go situation.
That would be Memphis. If you're going to bad mouth an area, make sure you have your facts correct.
Matt Yglesias performs as a big-brained public intellectual, but what he really is is a volume blogger, and a social media provocateur. I wouldn't give him the time of day if he asked.
This thread and its point is so unbelievably important — and why it is so absolutely essentially to accurately describe what Trump does and how he’s done it. Otherwise, you — looking primarily at journalists and lawmakers — are just making it easier for him to create that reality.
Avelo is in Nashville and Knoxville. Watch for protest announcements.
Firefighters in Washington state were waiting for their superior to arrive when Customs and Border Patrol showed up in “Police” vests. The agents made the entire crew line up and show ID—detaining 2 firefighters, with no chance to say goodbye to fellow crew members and loved ones. trib.al/jdA36k9
Please share widely
"Preview of things to come..." -Gavin Newsome
This is obscene thehill.com/policy/defen...
And probably piss themselves to boot
small dick syndrome.
JHC
One of those idiots has a long gun? Outside an elementary school? WTH?
Here are a couple of facts for Rep. Brecheen - CBO estimates: Up to $490 billion in Medicare cuts over ten years, beginning in 2026 Chapter 2 - Limiting Medicare eligibility Section 44101 (MSP moratorium) - delaying the moratorium meaning fewer low income seniors will qualify for assistance
A 10 year old child is braver than the adults in Congress who are supposed to keep this from happening.
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Serious question, what can/will Trump and his administration do to end run around the grand jury system?
The U.S. has no ambassador in Copenhagen,Denmark's Foreign Minister has summoned Mark Stroh, who as charge d'affaires is the most senior diplomat in the Danish capital. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trey Gowdy is a ghoul.
When Colorado transitioned to a universal Vote-at-Home system, election costs dropped by 30–40 percent. That’s fewer polling places, less staffing, and lower logistical overhead.
ICE GOONS violently kidnaps man from Western Sahara from his immigration appointment at the NYC Immigration Court.
The group has been linked to 764, a nihilistic subgroup of The Com that conducts targeted campaigns against children using extortion, doxing, swatting, and harassment.
Well put White House X-Ray:
U.S. Housing Market has reached its most unaffordable level in history 🚨🚨
John Cole’s Tennessee: Simple as 1, 2, 3.
Another shadow docket decision coming soon.
Another school shooting, this time in Minneapolis and it doesn't even get top billing on AP. What is wrong with this country that this has become the norm? Instead AP normalizes Trump's authoritarian control over DC.
Maybe if media would quit showing this blowhard and his merry band of misfits, we could stop feeding the beast.
How many of them voted for Trump?
After DEA GOONS begin to harass and question a man sitting in Starburst Plaza in NE Washington DC, local neighbors remind him of his rights and stand with him until the GOONS give up on their harassment.
"Trump has vowed repeatedly to halve power prices within 12 months of taking office as well as double electricity capacity. Instead, residential electricity prices have climbed about 10% from January until May and are projected to rise another 5.8% next year," www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump is in his imperialist phase but Greenland is currently an autonomous region of Danemark and they may soon become independent. No one else but Greenlanders should decide their future. apnews.com/article/denm...
I believe the phrase we're looking for here is scatter shot. Chaos is the rule of the day and the media happily oblige.
National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments. Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Get used to hostile foreign interference of the US in Europe: Denmark summons US diplomat over alleged covert influence operations in Greenland on.ft.com/3HGWGsD ↘️
I'm sure I still have some stickers that we gave the kids when they were little that he could have for doing the bare minimum.
They've been used and abused for years. It's the extra paycheck that keeps them coming back for more.
What exactly is Searsport celebrating? Did they get federal money for it and if so, did Collins actually vote for it?
Whew! Sen. Susan Collins should be “very concerned” She showed up as the main guest at a ribbon-cutting in Searsport, Maine. It backfired. The crowd was not happy to have her: “Shame. Shame. Shame.”
Apparently it is.
Sorry not sorry. This is all theater. They have to have the orange vests for garbage pickup?
Graham Platner: "Susan Collins has been in the Senate for almost 30 years... People know that she's a self-interested politician who has tried to play this charade for many years about how she tries to be a moderate... Everybody sees this for what it is."
1. The president is cheating. His tariffs are pushing up the price of everything, which means inflation remains high, which means interest rates remain high. But instead of rethinking a ruinous national sales tax, which is what tariffs are, he’s bullying those who set interest rates.
Undermining the Fed to get lower rates now is like ripping the batteries out of your smoke alarm because it’s beeping. It’s quiet for a bit. Then your house burns down. Credibility anchors expectations; expectations anchor inflation.
Here we have FEMA employees doing the right thing by standing up to authoritarianism but major news outlets are "afraid" of doing the same because of the fear of lawsuits. This country needs some major changes in all three branches.
FEMA employees were abruptly placed on administrative leave just 24 hours after they signed an explosive open letter warning Donald Trump that the agency is being dragged back to its pre-Katrina dark ages.
Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is trying to illegally fire her. Your words shape reality — get it right.
So the 10th time is the charm only to deploy "fake" satellites.
The National Weather Service is hiring. Here is part of the application.
I am already getting a blizzard of mailers about this including the usual dark patterns and highly deceptive designs such as the one that basically dupes the look of the state's official voter guide.
The Trump Administration’s war on legal immigration escalates, as they move to reinstate a practice ended 35 years ago that would see federal investigators interviewing peoples’ neighbors and coworkers to determine whether they are of good moral character and thus eligible for citizenship.
UPDATE: DOJ, embarrassingly, filed a notice of appeal in its lawsuit against Maryland judges. The notice was filed by Brett Shumate, Yaakov Roth, and Drew Ensign (regulars on the shameful filings list), along with Sarah Welch, Zachary Cardin, Brendan Moore, and Elizabeth Hedges (who signed it).
Maybe not so casually?
It’s not. About. The mortgages.
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*they're.
ICE sneak around to side and behind peaceful protester—suddenly rush and blindside tackle him. Agents then literally drag him over the concrete by his arms and legs. Is this what we want in america? Legalized gang members?
Going to be wild to have Clarence Thomas and other members of the court write that even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient to allow the President to remove Federal Reserve members from office, and then head off to Harlan Crow’s yacht
WTF is secret service doing patrolling a black neighborhood? Apparently all of the other tactical vests were taken and these were all that were left.
Unfortunately Lutnick is too stupid to see the irony.
Full political circularity. @barrons.com $INTC www.barrons.com/articles/int...
yep
Obvious much?
Why is it these "influencers" who try to pretend their journalists always have to lead about Bill Clinton as if that somehow gives them the veneer of independence? We're way beyond a both sides tit for tat moment.
Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
That would amount to insider trading.
Maybe Rob should get a real job then.
The antiwar president wants to change the Department of Defense’s name to the Department of War. 🤷🏽♂️
If it quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. Perhaps one of the most contorted takes I have ever read from the Atlantic. This is the merger of corporation and state under the direction of an individual- it defines fascism.
Yes, the stakes here are large. Very large.
Under Trump’s/Youngkin’s Leadership, “Moody’s Chief Economist assesses that Virginia’s economy is either currently in recession or at high risk of recession” (If you don't like this, then you need to vote Democratic up and down the ballot) bluevirginia.us/2025/08/unde... h/t @fritschner.bsky.social
This is why I no longer listen to or follow CNN. This isn't about crime, this is an authoritarian takeover and CNN is complicit.
And one I hope they all consider when it comes time to re-up
Christian Nationalist Church Challenges Women’s Right to Vote Around Anniversary of Tennessee Ratifying the 19th Amendment nashvillebanner.com/2025/08/25/c...
For folks not familiar with DC, here is a map of the stations National Guard is at. Red is where they reported they’d be, purple is where they have also been seen. Notice anything?
She is 11 years old. She's a fifth grader. www.wsmv.com/2025/08/24/m...
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voting for trump got you... - higher prices on many/most goods - big manufacturing job losses - feds deploying military into the streets - the state "taking stakes in" the means of production - natl policy carveouts for gov's allies what would the 2010 tea party say?
This is what Trump doesn't want you to see.
The next two orders are the ones addressing "cashless bail." Let's be clear: What the Trump admin wants is a system where wealthy people can get out on bail and less wealthy and poor people have their lives ruined by being unable to afford bail and be stuck in jail while fighting charges.
Donald says he wants to restore dignity and respect to the American flag. Pardon me if I have doubts . . .
BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order instructing prosecutors to go after protesters who desecrate the American flag. The Supreme Court has been clear: Desecrating the flag, including by burning it, is protected by the First Amendment.
So, like, even if there hadn't been two Supreme Court decisons in living memory directly holding that flag burning is protected under the First Amendment, *new criminal laws cannot be created by executive order.*
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It's time to dismantle the National Guard. They are being used against their own citizens under orders of an authoritarian regime. This is what our taxes are funding. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/u...
Are they required to carry or is it up to personal preference?
NEW: Florida and Texas asked Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk to join the ongoing lawsuit against the FDA over the abortion drug mifepristone. They say they seek to challenge the drug's APPROVAL from 2000—going way farther than wanting to end telemed prescriptions storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Masked men grab and arrest an innocent man coming out of immigration court where the judge extended his protective status until May of 2029. They’re going to deport him anyway. There is no rule of law today. 😔
Because we have cowards for a Congress and cowards on the Supreme Court. There are no longer checks and balances.
@randyrainbow.bsky.social is back from his summer hiatus and has a royal announcement!! His MAGAsty, Mr Hakuna Spraytana,TACO Trump just can’t wait to be the Lyin’ King!
And every person standing or represented by those in the picture with Trump let it happen.
Last term - just a year ago! - a lot of my Republican colleagues were making a lot of noise about the pernicious influence of foreign "state owned enterprises". And here we are now.
This dude was indicted for dozens of felonies in multiple jurisdictions and never once had to post bail