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It's even worse. 1. Hassan wants to be a martyr. Stream the execution he will be seen as a martyr. 2. Terrorists are always looking for videos to help them recruit new people. Hegeseth delivers, again..This is not a video game. America will look weak. It isn't going to end well.

John Solomon Confirms Todd Blanche is FAR More Abusive Than Jack Smith emptywheel.net/2026/10/06/j...

Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Truth 👇

The fact that Trump, his party, and the Republican Congress are historically unpopular and yet we still can’t be sure Democrats will win in November tells you everything about how broken both our electoral system and our political system are.

Amazing editorial cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social 😃

"This is not the first time you've been demoted to YouTube... Why are they so scared of you?" Here is @jimmykimmel.com's online-only sit-down with @jamestalarico.bsky.social youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

The US has a dark history of unaccountability.

If all income in excess of $400,000 were subject to the Social Security payroll tax, Social Security’s solvency would be guaranteed forever. We could also expand Social Security benefits. There’s no reason even to consider reducing Social Security benefits or raising the age of eligibility.

They made Jessica Tarlov and threw away the mold.

After the White House complained about an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt, it was removed from AFP and Getty’s systems. This is the photo in question. Please do not repost it. 👇

And he was only able to pass using this mnemonic device: I knew a PERSON who got me an underage WOMAN then I killed that MAN when they turned off the CAMERA so it wouldn’t end up on TV.

“Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.” It’s chilling to see the most powerful man in the world bragging that he passed a test that they give people to find out whether they should be allowed to take the bus by themselves. -Stephen Colbert

Final answer?

What problem is Trump's new global 10% tariff meant to solve? If it's about leverage, ask: How much leverage do you get from a tariff that disappears in 150 days? If it's onshoring: Who builds new factories based on tariff that disappear before the factory is built? It's a tax. That's all it is.

This kind of propaganda is how the gestapo tricked folks into thinking they were everywhere, when there were one of them for every 10K Germans.

Am I under arrest? "No." :walks away: "You're under arrest for the crime of escaping."

Got paid AND his job back, lmao. Keep fighting these dweebs

This video purports to show congresswoman Jasmine Crockett confronting Brett Kavanaugh in a Senate oversight hearing with leaked memos showing that he lied in confirmation hearings about his position on Roe V Wade. No mention of hearing date. Is it fake? www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2fT...

On Monday 9/22 I set my Spectrum VCR to record the series "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on KABC channel 7 Los Angeles to catch his first show Tuesday 9/23 after his return. Today I discovered that the only recording was a "Family Feud" rerun on 9/22. Does anyone know who's behind this hanky panky?

A text message from the CA DMV reminds me that I have an appointment at 12:40 and offers me a link to check in early to "avoid the line." What line? I have an appointment.

This is worth getting worked up about. Let's give it a name: PBN (the Propaganda of Big Numbers)

An articulate, straightforward description by Justice Jackson of the criteria for a stay, and how they were not met in this case. How any SCOTUS justice could ignore these unequivocally valid points baffles me.

Data point for a turning point in Israel: Ehud Olmert was old-school Likud, then followed hardliner Ariel Sharon to Kadima. After Sharon's stroke, Olmert became PM & led the 2006 Lebanon War. It's behind a paywall. It's important to share it in this thread. 🧵 1/ www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

Lemme explain what bilateral trade deficits are, so that you can better understand -- and perhaps be infuriated by -- the intellectual error that's transforming our economy. #TeachEcon

"we never thought we were one election away from a revolution, or an autocrat, or firing the chair of the Federal Reserve, or walking back from R&D, or from tearing up international treaties... That makes us a lot less desirable investment location."

NEWS: Sen. Ossoff and Sen. Mark Kelly reintroduced their Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act. Repost if you agree it's time to BAN stock trading by members of Congress.

With more on the same here: peoplespolicyproject.substack.com/p/is-there-r...

No one but an imbecile could watch this and not realize that Trump is an imbecile.

Tesla tanks because the entire world despises Elon Musk. Musk's solution: spend more time with Tesla. The man is delusional.

SCOTUS' inane instruction to the judge to "show deference to Trump re foreign affairs" is not getting the attention it deserves. This take is on target:

Thanks for paying attention, Jonathan.

Listening to Musk is infuriating because he starts talking before his thought is formed, then spins his wheels in mid sentence deciding what to say. He then spews out 4 or 5 words on top of each other, which he seems to hope will be taken as a sign of intellect. Spare me.

Casar: At the end of the day, this is about taking your hard-earned money and giving it to themselves—or funneling it to their friends. That’s all this is about.

The closest thing I've seen to a plausible plan to deal with Trump thumbing his nose at the courts.

Not for nothing, but how, exactly, is it legal to send people for *punishment* in a foreign prison (esp with no due process)? Were the funds being used for it appropriated for this purpose? I feel this has just become a thing no one questions

A classic.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

It boggles my mind that the reporter interviewing Trump never, never takes the opportunity to ask Trump what law he thinks the object of his persecution has broken. Surely this is the lowest hanging fruit for a journalist.

Maybe we can get Trump to say specifically what the law firms were dishonest about so they can sue him for defamation and take away some of the money's he's now pocketing from bribes. Trump of course knows he's lying, which is why he never is specific in his charges.

More of this! We all know this won’t pass but this is a line in the sand and a great talking point. /cc @shasti.bsky.social

@maddow.msnbc.com The night you covered Trump going underwater in every poll was a reminder of how much we all need you. You are unique, & we are in survival mode. I hate to be like this, but we all need you to stay on after the 100 days. @jenpsaki.msnbc.com is great, but there’s only one of you.

Can anyone tell me how the number of LA Times subscriptions has declined since Patrick Soon-Shiong started kowtowing to Trump before the election?