Horne's automatic approval policy has led to ESA holders purchasing prohibited items such as diamond rings, lingerie, above-ground pools, and big screen TVs with taxpayer funds. www.12news.com/article/news...
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Horne's automatic approval policy has led to ESA holders purchasing prohibited items such as diamond rings, lingerie, above-ground pools, and big screen TVs with taxpayer funds. www.12news.com/article/news...
Exhibit 248,926 proving that MAGA politicians believe their voters are morons.
It's almost as if MAGA doesn't really care about jewish people or their safety...
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
Nobody cares. Release the Epstein Files.
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.
BREAKING: The Pentagon has authorized up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges. This is a blatant expansion of military power into a civilian judicial process, a dangerous erosion of the separation between the two. Every day, we inch closer to fascism.
This is not reporting. This is propaganda.
. THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . . ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ .
Good question, feckless answer
🚨We🚨Must🚨Not🚨Allow🚨Brutalization🚨Of🚨Protesters🚨To🚨Be🚨Normalized!!!
This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime. A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering. 1/4
Transphobia is a fucking issue. Trans people are not.
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"I inherited a mess.” - Trump, during his first press conference "No, you inherited a fortune. We elected a mess." - Stephen Colbert
Hey Congress – make Alex Acosta's testimony public and televised. There's absolutely no ethical reason for it to be private and transcribed. Nefarious AF. We need to hear your questions. We want to see him squirm. We need to see him squirm. Yet another sign of a cover-up.
This guide’s Pillar 2 shows how the right wins by repeating a narrative. Rather than blaming COVID measures, we must expose the narcissistic leaders whose missteps let fascist rhetoric spread. https://americanmanifesto.news/the-relentless-playbook
Day 224 REALITY CHECK: The election was highly compromised. There was a coup. The Supreme Court was the primary lever. Everything we have witnessed is TREASON. There’s no way out of this without MASS MOVEMENTS of the people. No one is coming to save us. We must rise up in peaceful revolution NOW.
This is why NO institution should pay him a bribe. No university , no corporation , no individual, NEVER. He is not a King! #DoNotObeyInAdvance #NoKingsInAmerica #25thAmendmentNow
Our government is complicit. Our mainstream media, BBC included, is complicit.
Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
RUSSIA backs Hungary Hungary backs heritage foundation Heritage Foundation pushes project 2025. Which part don't you get?
Beaches across US close during Labor Day weekend due to fecal contamination - USA TODAY Welcome to an all Republican Run Federal Government America 🇺🇸 Swim in that shitty water and enjoy your victory if you’re a Republican voter, This is your hard work paying off Literally GOP💩
YOU are to blame for this sh*t storm, Cassidy. You knew what would happen if a nutjob quack was turned loose to dismantle the US health system. You voted for him anyway. 📰 Cassidy calls for CDC meeting to be postponed, expresses concern over ‘turmoil in CDC leadership’ statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
The White House posts that the US has now taken in $8 Trillion in tariff revenue so far. Preposterous insane lies on an hourly basis.
You guys see where this is going? Right?
Social Security Chief Data Officer Charles Borges was forced to resign yesterday. He had acted as a whistle blower, identifying serious data breaches that left more than 300 million Americans exposed to identity theft and loss of benefits. From his parting statement: via @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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🚨Children🚨Killed by🚨ICE Say their names. Their lives mattered and their deaths were govt. sanctioned murders. 1/2
Imagine being this hateful. Florida should spend more money on its education system and less on trying to marginalize those who are marginalized.
One more for this morning.👇 Washington Post vs. Democracy Docket. Support DD and subscribe today: hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
May they end up as their hero did.
Fascism-plus.
This us the panic button and #Project2025 slapping you in the fucking face #America!!
@LePapillonBlu2 Maya We are living in the dumbest timeline in human history. 😳
We all know the answer to this. Prositutes you pay to leave. Gold diggers you pay to keep around. It's why Melania keeps renegotiating her prenup.
New York contractors knew better than to work for Trump, as his favorite hobbies were suing them, refusing to pay them, and then threatening them.
Weird, these #WarCriminals at the #NurembergTrials said almost EXACTLY the same thing! 🤔 "I don't have a choice" is the 21st century's version of "I was just following orders" it went very badly for them. VERY! If you had paid attention in history class, you would know that #Justice IS coming.
DOGE isn't fighting fraud — it's potentially exposing Americans to more of it. And now a Social Security Administration whistleblower is resigning after apparently being punished for trying to warn the public. Nothing about this fake government agency is "efficient."
More Republican rigging.
#KremlinKaroline She’s not really American.
the haters and losers will say it's foolish to indulge in wild speculation but you can't deny it's extremely funny that they have to write headlines like this
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Donald Trump: “He is reckless and out of control. He is the biggest threat to our democracy that we’ve experienced in the history of our country.”
Anyone recognize this guy? Let's make him famous.
Thank you, Trump voters.
As we all know, the American Revolution was fought to ensure the chief executive could impose taxes without representation.
Taylor Townsend, the underdog who never backs down, took center stage and shined under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium, defeating the No. 5 seed! When others tried to dim her light, she showed the world her power. Ben Crump Law is proud to sponsor this fearless force in tennis!
Some perspective…
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders has called for a special Senate committee hearing on the CDC crisis, demanding that RFK Jr. testify under oath about the disaster he’s created.
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.
After Rep Ty Burns pleaded guilty to domestic abuse, injuring his wife & assaulting his teenage daughter, it's unclear whether OK GOP & House Speaker Kyle Hilbert will take action. They even kept the case against Burns secret until Thursday, Aug. 28. THIS IS WHAT THEY DO & THIS IS WHO THEY ARE!
I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Lots of right-wing political pastors and charlatans about to get rich from FEMA money.
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...
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BREAKING: A U.S. appeals court has ruled that most of Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs...imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...are illegal...arguing that the president overstepped authority reserved for Congress. Tariffs stay in place during appeal.
Another super wealthy kook who is delusional
Yep. I watched what I believe was the moment when she flipped from grief to racist vengeance fantasy. That was also the moment when she went from ignored grieving mother to celebrated fascist icon. She never looked back.
she slayed www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/b...
When a president decides to disregard the will of the American people, you’re right, that’s the mark of authoritarian rule. The White House has notified Congress that it plans to cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding that lawmakers had already approved, doing so without their consent.
🔥 @mizzwelch.bsky.social : “It’s the complete moral collapse of the 🇺🇸 government… the cabinet meeting with 3.5 hours of superficial praise is so cringeworthy… he redecorated the Oval Office like Marie Antoinette and built himself a ballroom because he has zero intention of leaving…”
A lot of politically connected vendors literally made hundreds of millions of dollars off taxpayers through no bid contracts in just two months of Alligator Alcatraz operating. Waste, fraud, and abuse.
the harsh realization that every single administration hire is one of the shittiest unqualified mediocre people in the world
"Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who made a series of conscious, ill-advised decisions to engage in treasonous behavior, and she got exactly what she deserved. She was a traitor. She was a threat to national security. There is no nuance needed here."
The New Yorker…
This is why they wear masks.
Inhuman. “I don’t have any choice” is a lie.
WHOOPSIE DOODLE
Welch: Everybody's missing the point here. The point is, he's doing this on purpose. He's priming the public to get accustomed to having the military in the streets
Neil Young quits Facebook and Instagram over Meta's use of chatbots with children 'Meta's use of chatbots with children is unconscionable,' Young's team shared in a statement. www.cbc.ca/music/neil-y...
What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
This is truly one of the best illustrations of what is happening in America.
I’ve seen a lot of fucked up shit in my day, but this might just take the cake.
A couple of months ago, the Navy dishonored civil rights hero Harvey Milk by removing his name from a ship. Now, the Air Force is dishonoring itself by celebrating a domestic terrorist called Ashli Babbitt.
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.
Love thy neighbor.
Is there something for us to learn here? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
$218 million. Poof, gone. This is what happens when you have an administration doing illegal stuff just to win points from racists. Meanwhile, Florida has a foreclosure crisis and people can’t afford or even get home owners insurance. $218M could have helped solved a lot of real problems.
The Supreme Court told him he could do anything.
Spare us your thoughts and prayers, motherfuckers. The US has approximately 347 million people and 500 million firearms in circulation. We're a country that is awash in guns. Minneapolis and other mass shootings are never going to end until we start valuing people more than guns.
RELEASE the TRUMP-EPSTEIN FILES! #Pinks #TrumpEpstein
