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It’s naive to think midterms & 2028 elections will be fair. This regime’s actions are not those of one that plans to run in a democratic election ever again. Investigate the election security and integrity issues the US already experienced in 2024. That is the way to oust this fascist regime.

Lulu is the ED of SMART Elections, a nonprofit that works to ensure fair elections. She knows what she’s talking about.

BREAKING: We're challenging the DOJ’s attempt to preemptively block Alaska from certifying their election results if President Trump’s preferred candidate doesn't win.   The Trump administration doesn't get to reject election results it doesn't like.

Incredible.

This is so stupid and investors are the dumbest of us

The American Dream is amazing: within just a few years you can go from being the child of Cuban immigrants to the great-grandson of Spanish settlers.

Chalk up a new low for the party of family values.

Blows my mind how little this has been talked about in any media, new or traditional.

Especially since he claims in the story he was only vaguely aware of the things people were saying about Haitians in Springfield online. If he was spreading that slander himself, that seems real relevant

Holy shit. The corruption of this government is horrific.

Not the action of a regime with nothing to hide.

Happy #Caturday from Otis the Puzzle Master!

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

Otis wishes you a happy #Caturday!

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.

I have a trade deficit with woman who used to own my house. I paid her thousands of dollars for her home and she paid me nothing. Now, all I have is a house worth thousand of dollars. I could have saved those thousands of dollars if I lived on a bench in the park. It's just simple Economics.

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Heather Cox Richardson just stole my quip! I’m flattered.

The downside is… Billionaires probably taste bitter with a tough stringy texture. I’m guessing we could live with that trade off.

Nice fine arts venue you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it. Better put my name back up on it or it might be bankrupt by Tuesday.

Otis inspecting the houseplant arrangement on a lovely #Caturday!

The GOP midterm convention convenes

From a former Secretary of Labor: (And while we’re at it, provide access to healthcare for everyone regardless of employment status.)

Happy #Caturday from Otis.

Holy shit! This is gonna be good!

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

“A native of Guinea who had been in the United States for 25 years and has five US citizen children, Barry is now in hiding in another West African country, with no ID and a waning supply of his heart medication.” A nurse taken at an airport on her way to her son’s military academy graduation.

Maybe he should build a data center instead of a ballroom where the historic East Wing stood, since he thinks they’re so wonderful and important.

We are rapidly devolving into a dystopian state. ICE is ordering $2 MIL worth of robot dogs that can open doors, track people and see 360 degrees.

This regime won’t be able to distract us from not being able to afford basic necessities.

Gordon Lightfoot is turning over in his grave.

Everything else has been the distraction. The murders, mass deportation, the hate mongering, the war…this was the plan all along. America First. What a sick joke.

Is the US so lawless that the Supreme Court decision on Trump’s tariffs isn’t even part of the discussion about the trade with Canada? I’m genuinely confused about why this isn’t even mentioned in the press.

I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.

Absolute nihilism heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-22-...

The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid?

I really do not understand the purpose of this. No one is asking for this.

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

Happy #Caturday from Otis!

From Wendy Cope's book, Family Values. #poem #booksky #writing

Otis has decided he’s a window cat after all. Front and back windows are equally captivating (4 months into his time here). Happy #Caturday!

Gas prices are up 24.6% from a year ago and still significantly higher than they were before the Iran War. Meanwhile, the world's 8 biggest oil companies have made a $93B profit windfall in just the last three months. Big Oil is raking it in as the world burns — and we're paying for it.

Just chillin’ on a #Caturday morning.

I cannot get over the fact that AI explainers say it will do boring repetitive tasks but the cool examples they share are “here’s how to outsource your humanity.” What will be a longer term benefit for everyone: listening to a podcast or parents and kids talking about their friends/activities?

If you’re watching Fauci’s testimony remember that science isn’t an ideology. It doesn’t lie. It evolves. COVID-19 was a once-in-a-century pandemic caused by a brand-new virus, recommendations changed because the evidence changed. That’s not deception. That’s how it works.

Jon Stewart on the WH Correspondents' Dinner: "It shouldn't ever happen... You can celebrate the First Amendment without asking your opponent in that fight what he thinks. You know what he thinks."