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“Like hundreds of thousands of others, we were only able to return to the north after the January 2024 ceasefire agreement. That ceasefire only lasted until March 2024, when Israel broke it and resumed its scorched earth campaign.”2/2
“We were displaced to southern Gaza before—it was a bitter experience that lasted 15 months. We were forced from our home in October 2023, after Netanyahu ordered all Palestinians to displace to the south a few days after the war began.”½ open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
That’s because former Fox host Jeanine Pirro was unable to get the grand jury to indict her, which is conveniently left out here.
“ .. but much of the mainstream media still accepts as fact. Several of the women in Trump’s immediate family reportedly had affairs with Secret Service agents during his first term; often times relegated to becoming shopping companions and baggage handlers over the service we had always known.”2/2
“That Secret Service destroyed text messages from Jan 6th, and the agents closest to Trump accepted reassignments outside DC rather than turn on the boss; their apparent allegiance of course culminated in his Butler, PA, ‘assassination attempt’ which would never hold up under any real scrutiny..”1/2
NYT reports TRUMP & MODI had a falling out because Modi wouldn’t back Trump’s lie that he brokered the India-Pakistan ceasefire — a lie 🇺🇸 media has let him get away with with even as India’s media has openly mocked him for it. Video: x.com/thetnholler/...
“I keep seeing these memes where Indians are bragging about taking our tech jobs,” said Ely, 36. “So I said, ‘Oh yeah? Well I’m going to work with these guys that are going to arrest you, slam your face on the pavement and send you home.’” wapo.st/3VrzEJg
Sore point. My @smh @theage cartoon.
📢 GOTV #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory 👇🏾CANNOT
How Sweden’s ‘secondhand only’ shopping mall is changing retail. Built alongside the city’s recycling centre, it includes a dedicated drop-off point called The Return, where residents donate unwanted items. theconversation.com/how-swedens-...
« As he was to enter law school, Velchik wrote that he‘d enjoyed Hitler’s bio and manifesto, “Mein Kampf,” more than any other book he’d read recently during a year of travels, per correspondence obtained by The Globe. He did not mention Hitler’s Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were murdered. »
"The maritime convoy of about 20 boats and delegations from 44 countries is the largest attempt to date to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip by sea, which has now lasted 18 years." 2
"The almost 23-month war has killed more than 63,000 people, with at least 332 Palestinians dying of malnutrition, including 124 children (Gaza Health Ministry). 1/2 FIREWALL www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/31/w...
Some members of the Emmet County Democratic Party walked together during the annual Mackinac Bridge Walk on Labor Day. It is a beautiful day in northern MI! Thanks to all who helped coordinate the effort. And special thanks to @gretchengrad.bsky.social for sending the photos for me to share. 💙🩵💙🩵💙
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Trump stayed at the White House for the holiday weekend, with no plans for public appearances, scrapping plans to leave for Bedminster on Saturday and come back on Monday. Trump has been posting on Truth Social. It’s highly unusual leading people to wonder how bad his health really is.
4. "Plans for a “Riviera of the Middle East” in Gaza are circulating in the White House, The Washington Post reported. The 38-page prospectus proposes that the US take over Gaza and at least temporarily relocate all 2 million residents." www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
#Florida All for a political stunt.
" .. and damage investor confidence: Trump wants the bank to focus on boosting jobs and lowering borrowing costs, but the economists warned it could be “chaos” and a “disaster.” 3/3
" .. among other things over his refusal to cut interest rates. He has also attempted to sack a Fed governor, leading to a legal battle that could determine White House power over the central bank. A Financial Times survey of economists said reducing Fed’s independence could fuel inflation .."2/3
2. "Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve could have a worse impact on the economy than the market expects, economists warned. Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Fed Chair Jerome Powell since the start of his second term, calling him a “major loser” .. 1/3 www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
TODAY: This Labor Day, we stand together for a country that puts working families before billionaires. Find an event near you: bit.ly/3Vm59ED
Brilliant
Downtown Chicago is really hopping tonight. Restaurants are full. Lots of people on the sidewalks. Thousands enjoying free music at Jazz Fest.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.
Ukrainian forces are targeting and destroying a Russian assault column on the Pokrovsk axis using M142 HIMARS and FPV drones.
Did he even write this🤔
Unions built this city and keep it running. They’ve fought against power and greed to make the impossible possible. Now, they need an ally in City Hall. On Labor Day, the presidents of the Hotel Trades Council, 32BJ and SEIU 1199 make the case at @cityandstateny.bsky.social.
People like this deserve prison. It’s how their parents taught them. To be fascists. To be racists. To be thieves. To be criminals. In America if anyone tried this at someone’s house they could be shot. But in Israel it’s just part of the genocide. www.instagram.com/reel/DOA0DaI...
Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from software company RealPage, the subject of a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior. By @heathervogell.bsky.social
MAHER: "Russiagate was not completely made up… It's on tape. He's asking the Russians for help, he says hack some shit, and they did it that day. So don’t tell me there’s no smoke.”
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning. The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
"Noem has also been particular about the service on the Coast Guard planes. In one incident, she and her staff grew irritated when a weighted blanket she often uses on trips was not provided to her, an issue that was “escalated” within the service..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
No, Native-Born Employment Has Not Soared. A viral chart shared by Trumpworld showing an increase in employment among native-born Americans is a multiple-count data felony: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/01/n...
Great point!
What does it even mean anyway? The main line against Mamdani was "socialism" but Trump and people like Youngkin are calling for government ownership of multiple companies. Mamdani is just saying the government should own a few grocery stores in a pilot program.
Bluesky CEO: I turned a Twitter research project into a rival company—‘we’ve achieved what a lot of people said was impossible’ Tribute to Jay, meaning Blue Sky, @jay.bsky.team
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CNN: “At least 47 killed in Gaza City on Saturday, 6 children… footage showed a row of dead children shrouded in floral blankets… Video from after the attack showed numerous children wandering dazed, covered in blood and dust…” www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/m...
A Gaza City Neighborhood Is Now a Wasteland, Satellite Images Show www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
“Now this summer we’ve learned that Paxton claimed as his primary residence 3 separate houses, allowing him to illegally lock in low interest rates. These lower rates saved the Paxtons tens of thousands of dollars in loan payments. Paxton also received an improper homestead tax break on 2 homes.”3/3
“Millions more were spent to influence other Senators before they voted. The Wall Street Journal wrote that the “fix was in from the start and that Mr. Patrick lobbied his fellow GOP Senators to unite against the House articles of impeachment.” ⅔
“TX AG Paxton was acquitted in the Texas Senate but it’s worth noting that he benefited from a series of unusually corrupt interventions. The presiding judge during his trial, LtGov Dan Patrick, took $3 million from a pro-Paxton group in the lead-up to the deliberations on the impeachment charges.”⅓
Red Cross warns against evacuation of Gaza City as Israel tightens siege
The Guide Dogs, 4H, DMV and Eco Experience all have nice fans 4H changes it up by theme day, I think.
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Please, people, don't ever be this guy. Don't let your kids grow up to be this guy. Don't be friends with this guy. #USOpen.
California Highway Patrol will continue to protect Kamala Harris after Trump pulls Secret Service protection. 😏 California will always be a thorn in Trump’s swollen ankles and clogged arteries. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-h...
OF COURSE it’s the rich CEO of a company stealing from the kid because every story these days ends that way www.themirror.com/sport/tennis...
THREAD 🧵 Rep. Adam Smith, Democrat Ranking Member of House Armed Services Committee, tells PSA today that he: -Would have voted for latest Sanders resos to block weapons to Israel -Doesn't support recognition of Palestinian statehood, claims he supports "autonomy". -Refuses to disavow AIPAC.
CHICAGO…
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Then he will be a perfect match for RFK Jr who also has zero experience or knowledge. Just what Trump and his handlers want, to destroy our institutions.
#HappySaturday #BlackExcellence #BLM
Trump’s Mental Health Plan: Defund, Incarcerate, Disappear – Mother Jones share.google/3cOAUW6BMhyr...
There’s a word for that: corruption.
" .. and gut the ballot initiative process. It “marks the worst threat to the integrity of our state govt since pro-slavery lawmakers voted for Missouri to join the Confederacy in 1861,” Aune said. Missouri is rep'd in the US House by 6 Repubs and 2 Dems — Cleaver and Rep Wesley Bell in St. Louis.2
apnews.com/article/texa... Missouri is next to answer Trump's call for redrawn maps that boost GOP in 2026 "Democrats were quick to express outrage. Missouri state House Minority Leader Ashley Aune called Kehoe a “Trump puppet” attempting to “steal a congressional seat for Republicans” .. 1/2
Why don’t you just drive down to the White House, knock on the door, and ask if he’s dead or not? Who has to think of everything, me??
"Overdose kills so many people every year, and here we have a very effective treatment—it's just underutilized. Instead of opioid maintenance, treatments are abstinence-based and predicated on the idea that addiction is a moral failure or ... even evidence of psychopathy."
CA Attorney General, Rob Bonta, announces a huge final victory against Trump’s regime for withholding nearly $7 billion dollars in critical public education funding before the start of the school year! Trump and his administration will pay the full amount! A huge victory for our children! 🎉
“Some activists had traveled to Minnesota solely for the debate over the resolutions. “Jews need a safe space in this party,” said Lisa Jewel, president of the Jewish caucus in the North Carolina Democratic Party, who came in support of Mr. Martin’s resolution."3/3
" .. and detest Trump’s policies home & abroad. But are uncomfortable with what they see as the Dem Party’s increasing hostility to Israel, and worry about antisemitism on both the far right and the far left. Tuesday, the cmte unanimously passed resolutions opposing antisemitism & Islamophobia.” ⅔
“If Dem officials are pushed by their left flank to take a harder stance against Israel’s stewardship of the war, there are also countervailing pressures from pro-Israel groups & moderate Jewish voters. Some of those voters dislike PM Netanyahu of Israel and ..” 1/3 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Japan is less than 2% Christian - no mass shootings.
So not only do churches NOT have to pay taxes, they're going to get YOUR tax dollars to boot. This seems like oh, I don't know, government establishing a religion in violation of the First Amendment?
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Ever since bring him back from a mistaken deportation to El Salvador, the Trump DOJ has been publicly telling fantastic tales about his alleged criminal past & their intent to deport him again, all of which would be massively prejudicial should he ever come to trial. They must stop. #ProudBlue
NEWS: Iowa U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), who recently told her constituents "we're all going to die" anyway when asked why she supported Medicaid cuts, does not plan on seeking reelection in 2026. (CBS News)
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The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.
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"Trump's efforts to present himself as the main mediator in reconciling Ukraine and Russia did not impress Portuguese president De Sousa, who noted that Trump's attempts to "settle" the war weren't beneficial for Ukraine. "Objectively, US leadership strategically contributed to Russia," he added." 2
"The supreme leader of the world's largest superpower is objectively a Soviet or Russian asset," said de Sousa on August 27 during a speech in Castelo de Vide." 1/2 newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/portugu...
Omg look at these freaks! Are you f’n kidding me?! 😂 #Pinks #ProudBlue
Newsom: Crime is a larger problem in GOP-led areas than Democratic-led ones
“involving the death of a 15-year-old boy. With fresh confidence gathered from his recent verdict, Schreiber said he has “every intention” of asking the next jury he faces for a verdict “north of a billion dollars.” 2/2
"Meanwhile, several pending lawsuits against Tesla related to fatal and serious crashes are expected to go to trial in the next few years. Schreiber — the plaintiffs’ attorney in the Miami case — is expecting to face the same defense team this fall in CA for another Autopilot-related case..”½
Imagine that!!! If you don't allow every single citizen in the country to own a gun, your mass shootings drop. Whoda thunk it? #USDemocracy
Detaining and profiling our Indigenous people while they are in the process of firefighting to save our people and lands. The stupid.
He’s the Vice President of the United States. He could actually *do* something about this instead of just play pretend games.
“Now even in a low-emission scenario, sticking to the Paris agreement, it looks like it may be more like 25%. “These numbers are not very certain, but we are talking about a matter of risk assessment where even a 10% chance of an Amoc collapse would be far too high." 3/3
"The new results are “quite shocking, because I used to say that the chance of Amoc collapsing as a result of global warming was less than 10%”, said Prof Stefan Rahmstorf, at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, who was part of the study team." 2/3
"The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a major part of the global climate system. It brings sun-warmed tropical water to Europe and the Arctic (with benefits to the US Northeast)." It's succumbing to climate change." 1/3 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The 20m autonomous Saildrone Surveyor, now ABS class-certified, sets a new benchmark for unmanned ocean missions. Powered by wind & solar, it maps the deep ocean, monitors the environment, and supports maritime tasks—all remotely controlled 24/7. A milestone in maritime tech.
" .. Hegseth pledged to “rip, root and branch the politics and divisive policies” out of service academies like West Point by ridding them of civilian faculty, some of whom, he wildly alleges in his book, had responded in the weeks after 9/11 with a “‘we deserved this’ narrative.” 3