LISTEN to this. ➡️ "The Attorney General of the United States is now a rogue actor who has become a political tool of a corrupt President seeking to undermine the constitution of the United States and the rule of law." substack.com/@politicsusa...
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LISTEN to this. ➡️ "The Attorney General of the United States is now a rogue actor who has become a political tool of a corrupt President seeking to undermine the constitution of the United States and the rule of law." substack.com/@politicsusa...
It’s all about sending a message. The raid is the message. It’s all about retribution. He is the retribution president. As with troops on our streets, it’s all about normalizing fascism. This is fascism. Fascism is here. Too many Americans are too “busy” to care. But it’s here.
Putin's veiled threat to release video tapes of his "immorality" if TP doesn't let him take over other countries, is my guess.
Masked raids are tools of fear, not freedom. Despite what this administration wants you to believe, they are not about “safety.” They are about letting ICE agents hide from accountability while carrying out inhumane acts.
This isn't quite true. Yes, Germany got 60% of its electricity from renewables in 2024, but it still has to rely heavily on fossil fuels for energy needs like transport and heating. Electricity costs are high, and blackouts are infrequent but still happen. But they're working toward stability!
Well what do you know! Fiddling with the phone while the big camera is at work, and I caught a meteor! Didn't think my phone could pull that off! #Astrophotography #phone #📷 #🔭 #Meteor #Stars #Motorola
Powell: "GDP growth has slowed notably in the first half of this year, to a pace of 1.2%, roughly half the 2.5% pace in 2024. The declining growth has largely reflected a slowdown in consumer spending ... higher tariffs have begun to push up prices in some categories of goods."
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled that Musk's argument to dismiss the lawsuit is "wholly unpersuasive."
RFK Jr. is slashing funding for autism research—wasting decades of progress and millions already invested. It’s reckless, it undermines real science, and betrays families who count on answers, not conspiracy. I refuse to stand by while facts are sidelined. www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
See how this works?
As kids we learn that games have rules for fairness, but then some kids add rules that aren’t fair and we realize that the some rules are dumb and we don’t have to listen to those ones. Why do we forget this as adults?
My garden has given me some happiness today.
Is this the South Park episode everyone's been talking about?
california senate passes redrawing maps 👏👏👏
More Americans filed refugee claims in Canada in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024 or any total year since 2019: www.reuters.com/world/us/mor...
No multi-national games should be played in US. We cannot guarantee their freedom from ICE arrests, being held incommunicado for extended lengths of time, or safety.
The first tranche of the files that Pam Bondi said were on her desk before she said they don’t exist are being released today.
❗️Lavrov comfirms that no meeting between President Zelenskyy and Putin is planned. He says "the agenda is not ready." Warmongering Russia is not ready for peace.
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Anybody know what species of hummingbird this is??? 🤭
'Greed at its ugliest': These 100 companies pay CEOs over 600 times what workers get www.rawstory.com/ceo-compensa...
I deeply resent having to defend John Bolton but “the president sends his goons on a fishing expedition to raid anyone who criticizes him” is in fact very alarming
And California is up!
Proud to join Denmark Foreign Affairs Minister @lars-loekke.bsky.social and Ambassador Sørensen to sign a new partnership between California and Denmark. Our message to the rest of the world is clear: California is a stable, reliable partner — no matter who's in the White House.
WA Dems are horrified that Muhammad Zahid Chaudry was taken into ICE detention today, August 21, at the USCIS office in Tukwila. We have confirmation that Rep. Adam Smith's office is gathering more information about this incident.
Fascism: finance.yahoo.com/news/live/st...
This is so important… Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and she’s finding they don’t match the vehicles. In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tactics—just like we suspected. REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency. @governor.ca.gov 🧵
The funniest emails I get are probably my music royalty notifications. I wrote maybe two songs for a tv show once, and so I’m doomed to an endless array of “we are ever so pleased to present you with thirty six cents”
Yes. Collapsing all fed law enforcement into one undifferentiated, untrained, masked force. "Agents said they worried the changes would transform the FBI from an investigative agency focused on national security into something more akin to a federal police force..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “Some people may not like how @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is talking. You may not find his posts funny. It is absolutely working. His fundraising #’s just came out. $6.2 million THIS WEEK. 200,000 donors… Dems feel like ‘finally someone is fighting for us’.”
Q: "How long will you give Putin?" Trump: "A couple of weeks...It takes two to tango. I wanted to have a meeting with those two, but a lot of people think that nothing's going to come out of that meeting...In the meantime, people continue to die."
When the VA enacted Choice - allowing veterans to get care in the private sector at 115% of the cost to tax payers - wait times INCREASED. Health outcomes got worse, too.
America: Universal healthcare creates wait times for healthcare. Also America: waits six months for a neurosurgeon consult and a year to get into a dermatologist…
The people who reflexively say that everything happening in the news every day is just a distraction from the Epstein files are allowing themselves to get distracted by the Epstein files from many other things that are incredibly important also.
The Attorney General is supposed to uphold the law, not break it for personal gain. $70,000+ in gifts from insiders & lobbyists isn’t just a violation, it’s a betrayal of the American people. #PublicCorruption #PamBondi
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Is That a dog? 😂
How a conversation with Epstein’s bodyguard about his visits to CIA headquarters in Langley, VA — and the agency’s refusal to confirm them to me — reveal he played both sides of the law. The government was willing to sacrifice his victims for his secrets. @johnsipher.bsky.social
It is not the job of federal judges to "respect the president." Good luck with the job hunt, Alina.
Imagine voting to strip thousands of their healthcare, and flying home to host a fundraiser shortly after. 😠 Healthcare workers are demanding that WA Rep. Michael Baumgartner donate the money he got shmoozing in Spokane last weekend. Sign the petition: fusewashington.actionkit.com/sign/save-ou...
7:30am: egg white omelette with mushrooms 10am: apple 12pm: cut up fruit with yogurt 3pm: banana 6pm: grilled chicken with salad (light dressing) 8pm: frozen yogurt 830pm: 2 cookies 845pm: 4 cookies 850pm: 8 cookies 9pm: bag of Doritos 930pm: Big Mac and fries
🚨BREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN Alabama's state Senate map for violating VRA sec 2 by diluting Black voting power in Montgomery. Alabama must now draw a new compliant map. Status conference is set for Aug. 28 to facilitate remedial proceedings. www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabam...
Here’s a Jay, showing a nice bit of blue, glimpsed through some branches, June 2017. #birds #jay #summer #london #surrey #birdphotography #britishbirds
I have a question for the Dump administration about the Bolton house raid happening now. Aren't we still waiting for EPSTEIN files to be released and weren't we told some would be released today?
I once had a conversation with someone high up at Focus on the Family (not Dobson, though his death brought the story to mind). I was talking about folks who experienced church hurt, and he stopped me. "Church hurt," he said. “I’ve never heard that phrase before." The irony abounds.
Bless this man - such a great educator for us/the masses. Being #1 open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Cartoonist: Lectrr
One day a dentist will believe me from the get-go when I say I have issues with numbing and not have to give me more mid drilling
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Today's harvest was much more than I expected
Both Deltarune & Silksong seem to have similar development stories. A small team that made a bunch of money choosing to remain small and take things at their own pace rather than burning out or overextending. Toby Fox did SO many side-projects (and is still doing them) during Deltarune's production
Newsom: We can’t do things the way we’ve done. Let’s disabuse ourselves of that. The Democratic Party needs to assert itself. We need to be strong again. Strength matters. People want conviction. They want character. They want a sense of intention and purpose…
Check this shit! Earlier today, ICE tried to break into private property in Lynwood, California — no judicial warrant, no authority. Acting like thugs, not federal agents. Spoiler alert: Lynwood does not play. This trio of goons got sent packing.
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The Bolton raid should chill you: my emergency video (full video linked) adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
Happy Anniversary my Dougie. You fill my heart with love and laughter — thank you for being the best partner in this adventure called life.
Sure he does. I believe him. Why would he lie? 🙄
IMAGINE THAT 🤔 ⬇️
Pop Culture Man reluctantly lets teens use his door camera to film a music video. It turned into a masterpiece. "This gives me hope about the next generation of music," one viewer wrote. www.upworthy.com/maples-pet-d...
📈 Gasoline prices in Russia hit all-time highs due to attacks on refineries — Russian media Fuel production down 10% due to unprepared reserves and unscheduled shutdowns.
The craziest thing about this Cracker Barrel story is that Donald Trump was best friends with Jeffrey Epstein for decades and publicly admitted to trafficking young women to him out of Maralago.
Purity tests are "death rattle" for the Democratic Party. It's political suicide. We need fighters...not saints.
BREAKING: A federal judge in Miami gave the state of Florida 60 days to clear out the immigrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz — handing environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians a win.
Mike Collins is an idiot. There are 55M people in the world with US Visas. They’re not all here at once. There are about 185 types of visas and in FY2019 there were 3.2M people here on temporary visas.
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence
Well, that would be tough since the company died.
The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life. Crank it! 😀 🎸
listen the world is a mess but a judge ordered the Florida migrant prison closed, California passed their "fuck around, find out" redistricting, and James Dobson is dead this is the best net good news day in awhile, I really do think
The president of the United States is trying to steal congressional seats so I don’t give a fuck about the Cracker Barrel logo discussion. Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow.
If DNC Chair Ken Martin isn't watching Governor Gavin Newsom and taking detailed notes...then he's exactly who I think he is: A hollow man...rambling about nothing..and mirroring it with his actions.
"I know more about grass than any human being anywhere in the world." I DARE YOU TO TRY TO TOP THIS, GAVIN @govpressoffice-m.bsky.social
Birds aren't descended from dinosaurs. They 𝘢𝘳𝘦 dinosaurs. Tune in to "The Joy of Why" from @prx.org and @quantamagazine.bsky.social: www.quantamagazine.org/do-beautiful... BTW, this is our last episode of the season. See you all soon, and thanks for listening!
How embarrassing for RFK Jr. When your employees have to call you out in such a way, you should just resign. There is no saving face from this. He just looks like a crackpot idiot. abcnews.go.com/Health/750-h...
‘We can’t find anything to eat’: Interviews with Palestinian children in Gaza City | CBC Kids News www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Yj...
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer blasts Florida officials as 'callous, cruel' for removing Pulse memorial crosswalk www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/21/r...
This is a pint of Cromarty Brewing’s 80/- and it’s bloody marvellous. Not a hint of grapefruit or indeed any other citrus nonsense. Thanks Guildford Arms, Edinburgh…and the steak & ale pie was top notch too! 👍
That settles it, then. Dear Mayor Wu: It's time to resurrect the Minutemen. Boston is under siege and her citizens must rise to defend it. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/i...
We’ve posted about this before, but now it’s official a federal judge has made it clear: Alina Habba has been serving as New Jersey’s U.S. attorney without legal authority for over a month.
This is Tuffy. He is the only example of taking up the whole sidewalk that is not only justifiable, but encouraged. 14/10 (IG: mypittuffy)
Well, that's pretty plain! Let's see how quickly TP backs down. This also validates either the "pee tape" or Epstein tapes. 😏
The ruling sided with environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe, who had filed a suit alleging that the facility built in the Florida Everglades violated federal environmental laws.
The Internal Revenue Service is walking back layoffs and resignation agreements after slashing staff numbers earlier this year. trib.al/dkrhEyA
We're going to try learning some ASL with my daughter as another way to communicate. Today, we practiced a few signs, and I hope she'll use them. 🤞 I feel so helpless at times to help my daughter with her anxiety, as she can get so bad she does not speak. I hope this helps.
Judge Orders That ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now ‼️🔥‼️ A judge ruled that the state and federal governments acted illegally by not conducting an environmental review before building the center in the Florida Everglades 🦋 archive.md/G2WI6 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
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?
Happy Friday, world! 🎉 Remember: three legs, four legs, or two — we ALL deserve treats today. 🍪 Lots of love Stella 🐾 #TripawLife #FriYay
VERY PROUD OF MY GOVERNOR and my state. 💙 substack.com/@politicsusa...
💯 red alert. This administration is planning attacks within the borders of Mexico. That is wrong on every level - legally, morally, and historically.
I believe Sheinlin said something very similar! Unless she's changed her view of it, this will be considered an invasion. 🤦♀️
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My question is, since Mexico had said they did not give permission for US military to attack people in their country, is this going to be viewed as an invasion? Or has the President of Mexico changed her view?