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Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”

You may be the hackiest reporter in a world of hacky reporters if you state a fact and then tell viewers "you can see if that's true or not." It's your *job* to know if what you just said is true or not. This is not acceptable cover for a lie.

WIRED: “Census Bureau Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank — home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person, used for drawing congressional districts + allocating federal funding…” Nothing to see here, folks! 😕🤷🏼

The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.

Saying Trump has had no triumphs isn't quite right. He's managed to stay out of jail, make billions of dollars, and get a really cool jet to ride around in with Natalie.

“When a reporter asked about his planned message for a coming speech at the UN, Trump blathered on about how his Teleprompter at the UN didn’t work the last time he was there and the escalator stopped. ‘I’ve built a lot of escalator,’” he boasted. www.americaamerica.news/p/is-trump-c...

Heads up Colorado! Amendment 84 is an attempt to hamper voting via mail in ballots. An Ohio conservative dark-money group has dropped $2.2 million on this CO measure that, if passed by voters, would significantly tighten requirements for mail ballots. www.denverpost.com/2026/09/19/c...

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis confirmed an ICE officer shot a man once in the torso. He remains hospitalized in serious but stable condition. Austin police were not involved in the federal operation. Mercado Media

Baby antelope in looks like a mix between a koala and a deer. Original post

Chinese rocket gets struck by lightning, resulting in the most epic photo ever seen in rocket launching history. Original post

Roger Marshall’s excellent opponent, @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social , has only 732 followers on Bluesky. How about we get him to 1,500+ before the end of the day. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...

Seen in Lawrence Kansa.

A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...

“If you want success, you have to go with the data center” — Trump simps at length for data centers

Breaking: Someone appears to have hacked the Republican National Convention website and it now redirects to the Epstein Files website.

I’ve ended eleven wars but almost all of them were tugs of

When are we going to see the Epstein files? There are a lot of distractions thrown at us by the trump administration, but we still want to see those files.

China's net greenhouse gas emissions *fell* this past quarter. Why? Because rapidly expanding electric vehicle use is putting a serious dent in oil demand. We could do that too. But we're not. We have the slowest EV update in the developed world, thanks to Trump.

NEW: You’ve probably heard of police officers accused of abusing Flock searches to stalk exes and romantic interests. We got the code for Flock’s latest search tool, figured out how it works, and recreated it for all to see. @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social w/ the scoop:

Fox Business has parted ways with longtime host Maria Bartiromo. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

Trump lies!!!…supporters don’t care!!!

French people react as German troops enter Paris on June 14, 1940 Original post

MIDTERMS ARE COMING SOON TO DETERMINE IF OUR DEMOCRACY LIVES OR DIES! Do your part!

It’s Lake Ontario.

Whether it's a few Democrats on social media saying "Defund the police" or it's a Republican president actually defunding the police, both sides have a defund problem. www.axios.com/2026/08/26/t...

“Which specific countries have been in talks with the US about stepping up beef imports?” Brooke Rollins: “I am not privy to talk about that.” She’s the Secretary of Agriculture, it’s her job to know this. Courtesy of @atrupar.com

If this enrages you, it should. And you’re not alone. The 19-year-old sailor who jumped off the USS Abraham Lincoln is facing disciplinary charges instead of receiving the mental health services he needs. 👀

While we are asking questions, are we ever going to see the unredacted Epstein files?

They cannot govern so they manufacture outrage.

If scientists and grant writers can't say "contaminants", we can't study... 🧵🧪

A 5-year-old Texan just spent the first day of school in an ICE detention center. ICE kidnapped Liam Tadeo on his way to a soccer game with his dad. Liam should be in kindergarten. Instead, our government has thrown him in a prison camp hundreds of miles from home.

Texas Republican voting for Talarico and Hinojosa: "The Texas Republican Party has given us nothing but the middle finger"

Here’s some screen grabs of Will Scharf pretending to blow up documents with a grenade launcher during his unsuccessful bid to become Missouri Attorney General I am forever grateful that I avoided doing something this embarrassing during the course of my law career

Republican lawmakers have quietly cut funding for Dolly Parton’s children’s book charity, Imagination Library, which sends free books to children across the world.

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“And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if need be, when I deserve it, because no one knows or cares about me more.” … “With all my heart, Natalie”

Doris Miller Made America Great. Pearl Harbor hero. Navy Cross. Black mess attendant who fought while others ran. They named a carrier after him. Now they’re renaming it for a draft dodger. Real strength doesn’t need to steal someone else’s name. #DorisMiller #USDemocracy #BlackHero #WW2

Since this time last year: Gas up 30% Diesel up 48% Jet Fuel up 73% Healthcare up 7.3% Meat & Eggs up 19% Juice/Fruit up 22% Housing Costs up 6.5% Wall Street profits up 19.3% Prez Trump wealth up 6 Billion Trump sons wealth up 200% Trump Cabinet wealth up 10x

Minnesota's attorney general sues the governor of Texas for allegedly refusing to extradite an ICE agent charged with shooting an immigrant during Operation Metro Surge. www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Commu...

A thing that is invisible to millions of Americans but won't be, when it upends their lives, is that no matter how much fossil fuels you have access to, you cannot live in a place without water.