Why is the Draft Dodger-in-Chief trying to drag us into a war with Venezuela? The claim is that drug cartels are so out of control they’ve been designated an international terrorist organization, so we need to send warships. But we’re denying Venezuelan’s asylum claims who fled for their lives. 🤔
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
Not only did Lee commit treason, but West Pointers in the Union Army seriously debated overthrowing the Lincoln admin & to install a dictatorship. Gen. George B. McClellan, their leader, "joked" that people are "calling on me to save the nation—alluding to the Presidency, Dictatorship &c."
Garcia: “We finally heard from the Epstein estate. They’ve agreed to provide the actual Epstein book, along with other documents that haven’t been made public yet.”
"There have been a lot of opinion pieces about why Bluesky is not useful because the people there tend to be relatively left-leaning," Shiffman told Ars. "I haven't seen any of those same people say that Twitter is bad because it's relatively right-leaning." Incredibly good article right here:
DOGE wasn’t a cost-cutting venture. It was a data mining operation for private interests. Trump opened the gates to the castle from inside for invaders with bad and greedy intent to plunder and exploit.
#Pinks #ProudBlue The ACLU needs to file a class action suit on behalf of all Americans for endangering our personal info. whistleblower.org/press-releas...
Not only is our new acting director of the CDC NOT a scientist, but he also has deep ties to Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s techno-utopia movement. One epidemiologist compared Jim O’Neill’s appointment to “making Elon Musk head of the FAA.”
she slayed www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/b...
Where is this at
Lisa Cook lawsuit v. Trump: "Independent Federal Reserve also prevents presidential administrations from using monetary policy for self-serving political ends.. such as ensuring the govt cannot simply print more money to finance debt. This practice, when unchecked, can lead to economic collapse "
Two firefighters who were fighting the Bear Gulch wildfire in the state of Washington were arrested by ICE agents on Wednesday.
The de minimis exemption, which allowed imported packages worth less than $800 to enter the U.S. without facing any duties, will end for all countries on August 29.
That's despicable
Hussam al-Masri, a Gaza Reuters journalist who was killed by Israeli fire while operating a live video feed at Nasser Hospital, reported on the war's civilian suffering while himself living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family, the agency said in the cameraman's obit.
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UPDATE: At least four top CDC officials submit resignations in the wake of the agency director's firing.
REMINDER.. SEPT 3rd 👇 #EpsteinFiles
In Kilmar Abrego Garcia's new habeas case, a scheduling conference is set for Wednesday morning, following DOJ's filing — storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... — and the response from his lawyers: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A woman crashing a golf cart in an Ohio lake with three of her teenage children riding in it led authorities to uncover the bodies of her husband and 4-year-old son.
As the U.S. government takes a 10% stake in Intel, Forbes has learned the tech company partnered with sanctioned Chinese surveillance firms Uniview, Hikvision and Cloudwalk.
May be charged with misdemeanor
He's been released and felony charge dropped
The head of the Defense Innovation Unit — the Pentagon’s in-house tech incubator — has abruptly stepped down, severing a key link with Silicon Valley.
youtu.be/AWHF912hew0 #democracywatch A judge threw out felony charges against ex-DOJ worker Shaun Dunn for tossing a sandwich, likely leaving only a misdemeanor. David Shuster | Democracy Watch
Wow Rand Paul actually making sense
“This is disgraceful conduct which has broken the morale of the intelligence community,” one recently retired intelligence officer told me. “It looks like an effort to eliminate truth-tellers.” wapo.st/4mHZMvB
Doesn't communist China so the same thing?
BREAKING: Fed Governor Lisa Cook just now after Trump tried to fire her: “President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign and will continue my work to support the U.S. economy”
Just after SCOTUS granted it access to Social Security, DOGE uploaded a database containing the private information of hundreds of millions of Americans to an unsecure cloud. DOGE isn't fighting fraud — it's potentially exposing Americans to more of it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Kiss ass session
Bellows: The DOJ asked for the sensitive personal voter information — not just of me and Maine voters, but of every Secretary of State… Do we really want the Justice Department checking to see if you’re a Democrat or a Republican before they make a decision about who to investigate?
Illegally*
BREAKING: President Trump fires Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook amid mortgage fraud allegations, opening a new front in a fight over the central bank.
Trump cited a "criminal referral" from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte against Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve Board.
Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country. Nothing about this process has been fair. ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.
Ice terror vehicle of choice is Nissan it seems. Did they get a deal with them?
Outside the Baltimore immigration office, Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s attorney told the crowd that ICE had taken him into custody.
Breaking: Kilmar Abrego García has just been detained by ICE after arriving at the agency's Baltimore field office as part of a required check-in, according to his attorney. "The only reason to take him into detention was to punish him."
Pimeyes . Com
fascinating and holy sh*t
Whiskey rebellion
Kharkiv tonight. People chanting “Putin Khuylo”, which essentially means Putin go f yourself
'we're gonna play these parties'
Actual communism
Kristi Noem and her squad of geniuses are painting the American side of the wall black—apparently to keep us from escaping.
Link?
Welker to Lavrov: “Russia has hit maternity wards, churches, schools, hospitals, a kindergarten just this week. So either the Russian military has terrible aim or you are targeting civilians. Which is it?" 🤡Lavrov: We never attack civilians.
F*ck‼️ Fort Bliss Army base used for a WWII Japanese internment is now the nation's largest ICE detention center.
ICE striking terror in all you can eat buffets everywhere
“During the 10 days Jimenez Rosa was detained, the family was stuck in a bureaucratic maze as the 42 y.o. mother was shuttled between detention facilities- including 1 for men only- from MA to ME. She was denied care for her diabetes, asthma and other health issues, which led to 2 hospitalizations”
Spoiler alert: it's AI data centers
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
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Deploy your own national guard and start arresting ICE agents who violate state laws
NYC — This Do Not Turn On Us webinar tomorrow (8/24) is a great way to get prepared for the National Guard being deployed to our city. Register here: bit.ly/oath0824
In 1968, 43 African American soldiers at Fort Hood in Texas refused deployment for riot control at DNC in Chicago. “We shouldn’t have to go out there and do wrong to our own people." When will our state's National Guard do the same? #RESIST through #PeacefulProtest #NONViolenceIsPower #StopICE
A lawless regime increasingly open in its impunity
He will overlook her sexual abuse just like he did for those OSU players
NEW: A federal judge in Miami has ruled that operations at the controversial detention facility Alligator Alcatraz must begin to wind down, ordering state and federal officials to stop transferring detainees there and relocate current detainees within 60 days.
What has Greg accomplished
When was this
BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that "Alligator Alcatraz," the contested Florida migrant detention facility, can remain operational for now but that the government must remove "all generators, gas, sewage, and other waste and waste receptacles that were installed to support this project."
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
BREAKING: A federal judge in Florida just told the state that they have 60 days to clear out Alligator Alcatraz. This is a huge win for humanity. A huge loss for Trump.
🔴 This is really bad ‼️ Lock Him Up #LockHimUp 🐥
When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave the answer America keeps failing to learn.
Is that going to mess with that animal herding that's going on right there?
Lol, would have been more accurate to place DT in bed instead
A rainbow crosswalk in Orlando that was part of the city’s Pulse Memorial was painted over by the state last night at the order of Ron DeSantis. The memorial honored the 49 people fatally shot by a gunman at the Pulse LGBTQ nightclub in 2016 — the largest mass shooting in the country at the time.
Man I love watching this asshat get heckled everywhere he goes!
Ukraine says it expects rapid progress on the security guarantees its allies could provide in a peace deal with Russia, but that one of the possible summit sites being pursued by the U.S. would be "challenging."
A federal judge rejected the DOJ's effort to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in the Epstein case. He wrote that the government itself is the “logical party” to make the Epstein files public and criticized its motion as a “diversion” tactic.
Mood
Reminder: Tina Peters, former Mesa county clerk, was convicted in Colorado state court on seven charges, 4 of them felonies, for unauthorized access to election machines and efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election for Donald Trump.
Ossoff: "There's a reason that they're scrambling to redraw maps in Texas ahead of the midterms. It's because there's a big Democratic wave forming because their agenda is so darn unpopular...Vance is being sent on this errand to come and play defense in Georgia, defending a bill they can't defend"
Thanks
Two top House Democrats are demanding documents and internal communications related to the federal approval process behind Skydance’s $8 billion acquisition of the media conglomerate Paramount, the parent company of CBS.
Sandwich of Justice
Please give us more context
BREAKING: Netanyahu says he will give final approval on plans to take over Gaza City while also restarting negotiations over hostages.
They have the last credibility now than they ever did
Make #ASCII art from scratch in #Blender bit.ly/45tE2fA
If you want us to report that the Eric Adams campaign is clean, it's going to cost you a lot more than this. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
The “cull” is coming from inside the house.
Please win
Russia launched a massive aerial bombardment overnight that included nearly 600 drones and 40 missiles, Ukraine's air force said.
In January, the U.S. immigrant population hit 53.3 million, the largest in the country's history, according to Pew Research. Six months later, it appears to have shrunk by a million people, to 51.9 million.
Proud boys are now ice agents*
LIVE UPDATES: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy arrives at the White House to kick off his meeting with President Trump and European leaders.
BREAKING: Zelenskyy arrives at the White House for talks on the Russia-Ukraine war with Trump and other European leaders. Follow AP's live updates.
Protesters block a highway in Israel to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and a deal to return hostages as part of a one-day nationwide work stoppage in the country.
Television’s MSNBC news network is changing its name to My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW for short, as part of its corporate divorce from NBC. It will also remove NBC’s peacock symbol from its logo as part of the change.
Russian air strikes killed several civilians in Kharkiv, hours before President Trump was due to meet Ukrainian President Zelenskyy amid the U.S.'s growing pressure on Kyiv to take a peace deal with Russia. NBC News' Richard Engel reports from Kharkiv.
Ukraine’s future could hinge on a hastily assembled meeting at the White House as President Zelenskyy brings European leaders with him to show U.S. President Donald Trump a united front against Russia. Follow AP's live updates.
This dude has it. We got some generational talent in the party.
Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion, a chaotic effort that has already triggered lawsuits and accusations of cruelty. wapo.st/41FWkck
Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
Demonstrators gather around Washington, D.C.'s to protest the federal government's takeover.
Bela-rus