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"The letter emphasizes that Ms. Loomer appears to be operating in a “quasi-government” role, functioning outside of statutory frameworks that exist to ensure transparency, accountability, and legality."
In another nod to Putin, Trump administration officials inform European diplomats that the US will no longer fund programs that train and equip militaries in eastern European countries that would be on the frontline of any conflict with Russia. www.ft.com/content/0157...
After Congress clawed back public media funding, PBS says it's cutting 15% of its staff, or more than 100 jobs.
Now, New York Times, say clearly and directly to your readers that Donald Trump is building a dictatorship. You know it, so say it. Share that information with your readers.
“We were told vaccines would prevent infection, that masks would stop the spread. We were lied to about natural immunity, too,” Kennedy claimed. No, we were not, liar.
"U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick agreed, saying the State Department's policy was arbitrary and was rooted in an irrational prejudice toward transgender Americans that violated their equal protection rights under the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment."
“The president’s authority is limited in his role with regard to elections except where there is a threat to the national sovereignty of the United States... Then, I think maybe the president is thinking that he will exercise some emergency powers to protect the federal elections going forward,”
And then he murdered 11 people in cold blood.
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Well, this comes as no surprise. We will see with yet another case how corrupt SCOTUS is.
Massie (R) says Republicans are being threatened by Trump to not support the release of the files. As one does when one is totally innocent!
This is a real thing the president of the United States just posted to Truth Social. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
![Trump: As previously mentioned, we are giving serious thought to taking away Rosie O'Donnell's Citizenship. She is not a Great American and is, in my opinion, incapable of being so! [a clearly photoshopped image of Rosie O’Donnel made to make her look ugly]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/bafkreid4py7y4y2el7kh3442igy3p4m2d5e2cpiwgrkzvysomdq7p2mnuu@jpeg "Click to view full size")
A bipartisan set of House lawmakers has appealed to their colleagues to support a discharge petition that could force a House vote requiring the Department of Justice to release its Epstein files. https://to.pbs.org/41AGRdP
The @nytimes.com ran a whole story about the murder of Venezuelan civilians on a ship as if it were a military matter and we were at war with Venezuela. It was a crime. The story never mentioned that Trump ordered a criminal act and the Navy followed an illegal order. This is a major event.
“They just see us as little toy soldiers to put on the street to show some muscle.” Alex, a National Guard recruiter who requested anonymity to speak freely, told Mother Jones that the DC mission has deterred potential recruits and pushed soldiers to their breaking points.
Shortly after the courts found that the regime seeing troops to LA was unlawful, they are now sending them to Chicago. It will be found unlawful there, too, but that is nothing to stop them.
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A victim of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has revealed how a group of survivors is compiling a client list of their own.
Right. Seems to me they didn't get so buddy buddy until Trump was president.
Yes, it is. Textbook corruption.
Let's hope so.
Trump administration: We strongly discourage newly sworn in US citizens from voting, and we will take measures to stop those who attempt to register them. Because voting is a bad thing. And immigrants voting is horrible.
For grand juries, the fact that Jeanine Pirro is seeking a felony indictment of a protester is sufficient evidence that the charge is politically motivated, frivolous, and probably inspired by the excess consumption of alcohol. www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-gra...
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SCOOP: Sources at the House Oversight Committee confirm documents posted by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna are the same ~33,000 pages of Epstein documents they received — 97% already public — and part of a broader plan to block transparency.
REP. MCGOVERN: “What’s going on is Republicans are terrified — And I think we all know why. The president doesn’t want to release all the files.”
Trump and Republicans attack unions because they know organized workers are powerful. But let’s be clear: workers built this country—not billionaires. (1/2)
Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
We need both. The younger, idealistic politicians need to learn some of the ropes, or they will get crushed by the establishment.
This is alarming, but won't hold up in court. "While the indictment alleges other protesters struck federal officers and let the air out of the tires of an Ice transport, Mavalwalla was not charged with obstruction or assault. Instead, he was charged with “conspiracy to impede or injure officers”."
💅 Europe just ripped gel manicures off the table. Starting today, the EU has banned a key ingredient in gel nail polish — citing risks to fertility and reproductive health. The U.S.? Still legal, still unregulated.
More bribes.
NASA cut 25% of its budget. The majority of that was to scientific research programs. This is yet another area where the US will fall behind.
"In recent months, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have postponed, scaled back or canceled bank exams."
Me too. It's now suspended
Suspended!
Reported
More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center. That includes people who are in the country illegally as well as legal residents. https://to.pbs.org/46d1uiJ
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday said he “would constitutionally declare a republic in arms” if the South American country were attacked by forces that the United States government has deployed to the Caribbean. https://to.pbs.org/4nf6BEV
“They’re petrified over at MSNBC and CNN that, hey, since we’re taking control of the cities, there’s going to be ICE officers near polling places,” Bannon said. “You’re damn right.”
This is ridiculous. This is exactly what the actual medical doctors and scientists at the CDC were saying. He should just fire the man and be done with it if he is feeling so much backlash.
Russia tries to take down the plane of the EU president. A suspected Russian interference attack targeting Ursula von der Leyen disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport and forced the European Commission president’s plane to land using paper maps. www.ft.com/content/3c33...
This is what Trump’s regime has gotten us.
After the U.S. government loaded children onto planes overnight to be sent back to their native Guatemala, a federal judge temporarily blocked the flights as their attorneys said authorities were violating U.S. laws and sending vulnerable kids into potential peril. https://to.pbs.org/3HZi4cA
Nurses say that RFKJr must be removed from office immediately before he kills again. www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nation...
Trump’s DOJ just hired a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who once yelled “Kill ’em!” at police. He’s now advising the department on “weaponization.” 🇺🇸🔥
Nobody abuses and spits on the cops in DC (except when the J6ers did). These people are so full of shit.
"... does not make any mention of what will happen if a more dangerous SARS-CoV-2 variant emerges. It also made no mention of vaccine usage in people who are in close contact with high-risk groups, such as ICU nurses or family members of immunocompromised people." arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
We knew this was part of the plan, but it is just sickening. Attempting to kill off an entire race, making the survivors move from their homes, and building a resort on top of the rubble. Horrifying.
Release the Epstein files!!!!
Another example of how mentally ill they are. This isn't America.
The NYT pro-Trump headline writer strikes again. No, the Constitution doesn't give the president "explicit" authority over elections. It gives the states explicit authority to control them. This headline actually maerially misstates the law. As usual.
“It’s really important to remember [Prasad’s] past words in order to gauge his current and future credibility, and that was the mission of my YouTube channel, to record what these doctors [Prasad and others] said,” Howard said.
Ha. Haha. Haaa. I get it.
If Republicans really think there is a national emergency to justify the tariffs, why don’t they just pass them in Congress like they are supposed to under the constitution. This is supposedly a national emergency, but they are gambling on the Supreme Court while doing nothing?
@nealkatyal.bsky.social: “You’ve got the president who's imposed the largest tax increase on American consumers since 1993 … and he did it without Congress saying one word. That is not our constitutional structure.”
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.
It is just downright astonishing how corrupt all these people are.
Well, good. It should be zero.
CHICAGO…
Trump and the GOP are hellbent on killing our kids. Whether it’s no gun control or defunding pediatric brain cancer research/trials. Our kids deserve better than Trump and his feckless Republicans.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... You cannot now trust the #CDC. It’s now Trump’s CDC where decisions on public health will not be influenced by science or data but by political ideology & data manipulation or no data at all. This is the message from the CDC’s vaccine chief who resigned this week.
Trump’s DHS is recruiting a deportation army—$50K bonuses, propaganda posters, and a mission to hunt immigrants. It’s not law enforcement. It’s a fascist militia built with your tax dollars. social.demcast.com/s/siB6jtd1
"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:
Corporate America’s playbook: 1) Exploit workers to maximize profits 2) Use profits to buy Congress 3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws 4) Use these laws to further exploit workers 5) Repeat Let's break the cycle and keep building back a powerful labor movement.
From retired General Mark Hertling on Air Force plans to honor Ashli Babbitt @markhertling.bsky.social
In response to a suit by @maketheroadny.bsky.social a federal judge has blocked Trump’s expanded use of “expedited removal.” The courthouse abductions w/o due process that we’ve been protesting are illegal—and must stop. We’ll be back next week to make sure they do. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
He's just trying to get out of trash pickup.
Sharing this excellent video from YouTube's Park rose Permaculture on making life tough for ICE. youtu.be/Z1Mo3zDqHSA?... Thanks jackie @sentenne.bsky.social!
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”?
Garcia: We finally got word from the Epstein estate. They're going to be providing the actual Epstein book… the estate is actually going to actually now get us that book and a bunch of other documents that they have that's actually not been reported yet.
This is the second one in the last couple of weeks. Congress, can we get a third?
JUST IN: Gov. Mike Kehoe called a special session starting Wednesday to help the GOP hold onto Congress. It's part of the battle to reshape the voting map and help Trump keep a majority for his agenda.
Good news! This will be another test of how illegitimate SCOTUS is once it moves up.
This is good. 💔
Blue states step up your game! After Texas, Missouri will get redistricted. apnews.com/article/texa...
I don't know if they are trying to convince themselves that these things are popular, because they will never convince the rest of us.
Oh, lata too bad. (Snicker)
With few exceptions, (notably @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social) Congress has completely relinquished the role of a separate, but equal branch of government. This will be ruinous, Russia, China and others can’t believe their luck. Truly frightening.
We should be giving our federal taxes to the states at this point
This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me. Dem govs must step up and fill the void. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Jesus gave them to me behind the KFC. 🤣
In TX, an attorney gets nice nasty in city hall giving a lesson about the 1st Amendment. Let’s get into some good trouble.
My guest this week on SPOLITICS is Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson. In our wide-ranging interview, Mayor Johnson explains how he’s navigating Donald Trump’s constant attacks on the city of Chicago.
Neil Young Responds to Donald Trump's Takeover of D.C. With Vicious New Protest Song 'Big Crime' - Rolling Stone www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
“There’s a lot of trouble at the CDC and it’s going to require getting rid of some people over the long term, in order for us to change the institutional culture,” Kennedy said... The White House has only said that Monarez was “not aligned with” President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Let's compare crime in Chicago and Memphis according to www.city-data.com Memphis is on a completely different scale.
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Hearing set for Friday.
Angus: I’m saying we need to start building progressive media that people actually listen to. I’ll give you an example: MeidasTouch. Wherever I go in Canada, working-class people listen to MeidasTouch because they talk about what’s happening in a practical way. They give facts.
This regime is going through money like they have unlimited resources. Maybe they need to reconsider that billionaire tax break. I, for one, refuse to give them anymore and wish I could withhold what I am giving them.
Best Twitter riposte of the day.
Guns. Guns are the root cause. Guns and people who own guns. Guns and people who leave their guns loaded and accessible to children. Guns and bad gun regulations. Guns and the NRA. Guns and the Republican party.
Beyond idiotic. We are going to end up completely isolated with no foreign trade nor allies. I guess this is what they wanted.
Hang onto this image of CDC's full list of underlying conditions tied to severe risk of COVID. If you're an adult aged 18-64, RFK Jr. is now making you show some proof of one of these underlying conditions in order to get a COVID vaccine.
