Gordon Smith

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Lindsey Graham spent the last decade of his life in public service as a US Senator, trying hard to be remembered as an enemy of the Constitution who worked to destroy American democracy and exhibited occasional signs that he knew why that was bad but kept doing it anyway. I will honor his choice.

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Just wow!

A new report shows that nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities in 2024.

Serving some major squeeee 😱🥹🥰 ⁠ This adorable baby is the eryoneicus larval stage of a deep-sea lobster. These fuzzy globs float and feed in the water column until they're ready to change into juvenile lobsters and settle on the seafloor. This larva is about two inches long. You're welcome. 😍

Stunningly weak performance from a 4-star. Does he really think saving his job is more important than DOING his job? FFS.

It is nothing short of a miracle that all four of these folks got out alive.

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

Central Oregon today

This!

Good morning from Central Oregon

THIS is the energy we all need!

When I was in the Army, we had a term for a soldier whom everyone else despised. We called them "That Guy." That Guy could be any rank: private, sergeant, lieutenant, colonel. (thread)

Alberta banned Handmaid’s Tale from public school, and deserves this reaction.

Seems like the new MAGA brain implant chip is to say the whole red carpet soldiers in their knees thing is because it was a military base. This is completely false. It’s a choice. Also Zelensky will be landing at Andrews. A military base. Let’s see if they do this for him.

[writing the constitution] Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president" Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down

Throwing a sandwich at a cop: felony. Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.

#Putin getting the welcome he deserves in #Anchorage #Alaska this afternoon.

Former AF Secretary Frank Kendall and retired Army Lt. Gen Mark Hertling had some interesting things to say about the current DoD leadership on Deadline White House yesterday.

DOGE claims it has saved taxpayers $32.7B by cancelling federal contracts, but a new POLITICO investigation could only verify $1.4B of actual cuts. These cuts are barely saving anything, and the disruption they’ve caused far outweighs any savings. Here's how DOGE hurts you.

The 11 pillars of Defend Public Health’s IHAT Report are: 1. Ensure food safety, security and access 2. Improve Opportunities for Physical Activity 3. Ensure equitable access to vaccines 4. Expand access to healthcare 5. Support Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health Care #IHAT

FBI agents are not trained to patrol streets. And every agent that is assigned to do that is NOT investigating: *foreign spies stealing gov’t and trade secrets *foreign and domestic terrorist threats *crimes like fraud, corruption, trafficking, and violent crimes (among others) Do you feel safer?

Fun Fact: Donald Trump has been President for 1.8% of the United States' whole existence.

Seriously, this is a MUST-WATCH brought to you by Keith Edwards! #Revolution! #FightFascism! #WTFAreWeWaitingFor!?

Trump or the Constitution? Choose.👇

Trump is whining that the job numbers were “rigged” to help Biden then Revised downwards AFTER the election… but this revision happened BEFORE the election.

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

1. Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel want everyone to think the so-called Steele Dossier was a major source for the 2017 intelligence assessment on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. No, it wasn’t — an assessment of the “dossier” was included as an annex, which they haven’t released. Why?

In light of Tulsi’s recent ridiculous claims, a friend just posted this old explainer from 6 years ago about the scope of the Russia investigation that I’d completely forgotten about! 😂 youtu.be/o-CCxLmkn-w?...

OPINION by MSNBC Political Contributor Steve Benen: “... there’s no denying the chat did include highly sensitive information about times and targets, much of which was put there by Hegseth himself.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Stewart stands up for Colbert 👇🏽🔥 He tells CBS Trump will never be satisfied no matter what they do, as evidenced by him suing Rupert Murdoch, who owns Fox News… which “spends 24 hours a day blowing Trump”

It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.

Me: I'm leaving my job and going to take some time off. Also me: But this DNI-Obama thing makes me mad so I'm going to install a WordPress instance and write about it. www.pbump.net/o/the-obama-...

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"Sadness is like a little bit of an emotional death but not a defeat if you can find a way to laugh about it. Because that laughter keeps you from having fear of it, and fear is the thing that keeps you turning to evil devices to save you from the sadness." -- Stephen Colbert

Hey there guys! Good morning!

There it is. Republicans just BLOCKED the release of the Epstein Files.

Doesn’t get any clearer than this… so Trump sued CBS for selective editing but Kamala didn’t sue Fox for this?

Yes, the surplus was real, but let's look at the facts: Tariff revenue went up, which means consumer prices will go up Federal spending fell 7% in June, not because they stopped wasting money, but because they cut federal jobs This is like losing weight by skipping meals, it’s not sustainable.