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Talarico: Every bar has that guy. He’s loud, he’s obnoxious, he makes all the women in the bar feel uncomfortable. He hears you say your name to the bartender and then adds his drink to your tab when you’re not looking. That’s Paxton. And I don’t know about y’all, but I’m done picking up his tab.

This violence tracks with a loosening of the Border Patrol’s use of force guidelines following former CBP head (and longtime BORTAC member) Gregory Bovino’s directives. Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/border...

Though I usually can't laugh at Trump's utter idiocy, this one definitely elicited a chuckle.

When you book a flight through major travel sites, a data broker owned by U.S. airlines will sell details about your flight—your name, credit card used, and where you’re flying to the government. We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide: www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...

Just how many countries does Trump want to attack? All of them?

The thing about Twitter/X is that it allows you to see the depth and breadth of evil and stupidity in this country. There's a reason so many support this horrible, dumb president.

I had to work tonight so despite much yelling on here I still have no idea who won.

#LGM

It is OK to call fascists fascists.

Yet idiot Markwayne Mullin bullied her, condescended to her, and tried to gaslight her by lying that there was a tape of a meeting and nothing she said was true. Execrable.

I’m starting to wonder if we’ll ever learn the full truth about the Charlie Kirk assassination. The FBI and the state of Utah are anti-liberal and anti-trans. The Trump admin has a huge stake in blaming the shooting on liberal/trans activists. What an amazing distraction this has been.

Senate Republicans just voted to block an amendment to release the Epstein files. What are they trying to hide and why?

Excellent Radley Balko piece. It's clear that Trump is using the National Guard and the military writ large to impose his authoritarianism on the US. Better said: Trump's a wannabe dictator, and he's using our military to achieve this end.

If Trump was smart (we all know he's not) he would have tried to rename it the Department of Peace, just to try to nail down that Nobel.

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

If Trump did have a stroke, why is the White House covering it up? The American people have a right to know.

Did Trump have a stroke? I can’t think of any other explanation for what we’ve seen in the last few days.

Don’t look away

When the red line is crossed--assuming it hasn't been crossed already--what do we do? How do we protest? How do we resist? Community organizing isn't enough.

Good to know...if I ever get worms.

If we don’t know about it, it can’t possibly hurt us. Until it kills us.

He's said it before. "When you're a star, they let you do it, grab 'em by the pussy."

This is important:

Of course not. Putin never had any intention of ending this war. Not unless Ukraine would cede lands to him. How did Trump not see that???

Trump likes to present himself as the guy who'll end the Russia-Ukraine war. He lacks that ability. The only person who can end the war is Putin, the invader.

Yeah, Kamala wasn't lying. Trump is doing exactly that.

My fellow New Yorkers: What will we do if/when Trump sends the National Guard here? Will protests be organized? I want to be prepared.

Once authoritarians capture enough institutions, time is on their side, not ours. Resistance gets riskier, opposition networks weaken & the public grows used to this new way of life, until finally there is a generation that never knew true freedom. We are at the point of no return. #Resist

“We take vaccines so for granted in the United States” ...“Women in the developing world know the power of [vaccines]. They will walk 10 kilometers in the heat with their child and line up to get a vaccine because they have seen death.” Melinda Gates

No it doesn’t. www.pbump.net/o/allow-me-t...

TEXAS: “History will not remember you kindly! You should all be ashamed!” Congressional candidate @isaiahrmartin.bsky.social TACKLED to the ground as he extends his comments ripping a redistricting power grab by Republicans at Abbott/Trump’s orders, shamelessly using a tragic flood as cover.

Here's Tulsi telling right wingers in 2018 that her latest propaganda is a pile of garbage.

Republicans voting to strip health care from Millions would be a good time for Dems to stand up for health care for everyone. #MedicareForAll

🔸 “It’s like modern-day slavery.” 🔸 “Honestly, they are the most crooked agency I’ve ever worked for." 🔸 “The apartment was like a sweatshop." 🔸 “I was there illegally." “A sitting duck." After our investigation, Trump's modeling agency shut down. www.motherjones.com/politics/201...

Trump and cronies are working to shut down all civil rights legislation.

Idiot Trump posted a deep fake of Obama being arrested in the Oval. Idiot Trump made these illegal, but of course he is now Immune Trump and will therefore suffer no consequences. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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So, getting rid of undocumented immigrants who do much of the low-wage work here, and then passing bills and laws that make the cost of living far more expensive for all those but the super-wealthy... Is the plan to make poorer Americans a new underclass, forced to serve the rich?

Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought." h/t @msnbc.com

London is getting ready for Trump’s visit

If your MO is to gin up a new outrage to distract from an old outrage, at some point you’re going to run out. And when you lie about everything, the truth can't save you; it will only indict you.

“You know how Trump rose to power? BY BEING A F—KING KOOK … every day. … So embrace your inner kook and scream RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES at everyone …. The longer this story sticks around, the harder it becomes to ignore. That’s why Trump wants everyone to shut up.” www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

So 60 Minutes editing a segment is election interference but Trump threatening to deport a candidate isn’t?

Real Americans don’t abandon allies.

And let's not forget: A home-grown CECOT is coming soon, to an Everglades near you.

I just posted about receiving an offer to "verify" my account. Deleted and reported. And you should too.

ICE is purporting to change the laws to prevent MoCs to enter ICE facilities. But by their own rules, they cannot do that. MoCs have every right to enter these facilities as they choose.

Looks like Boelter's wife was an accomplice. How many other accomplices does he have?