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If you wanted one headline to explain what happened to us, this might do it: trying to make bank off a ten percent chance of killing us all

What’s the GOP’s closing arguments before the Midterms? ✅ FOR war criminals 🚫 AGAINST childhood rape victims 🤔 Veterans with cancer? DEPENDS on who they vote for Don’t boo. 👻 VOTE! 🗳️🗳️🗳️ #Midterms #Blues #VoteBlueNoMatterWho

and Blackrock et. al clean up at the foreclosure action. incredible. the upshot of my mom being a death doula is that she's also fuckin' *braced* for this.

Early into Trump’s second term, political appointees at DHS made an unusual request of its agency focused on cybersecurity: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it. The agency was directed not to alert the voting machine company if it uncovered flaws, contrary to its standard practices.

NEW: Lindsay Graham and Jim Clyburn were under FBI investigation for bribery. Then Trump dismantled the DOJ & FBI public corruption units. The investigation died. We unearthed it: www.propublica.org/article/nava...

These courageous testimonies are very much worth knowing about, and also worth keeping in mind (as the author pointed out to me) as we consider what it means to take Russia’s side. "Rape as a weapon of war: The voices of Ukrainians" by Sara Cincurova snyder.substack.com/p/rape-as-a-...

No Kings Early Voting! On Saturday Oct 17 we will gather at the Benton Co courthouse from noon to 3pm for a non-violent, peaceful & lawful event in support of early engagement in the midterm election. Please bring your completed ballot to the ballot box and vote early!

Just a reminder that when Dems turn against trans people for power, it's also a reminder that they'll do other things for power that you might not like too, such as supporting billionaires.

#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol

Federal ICE agents in suburban Chicago over the weekend mistakenly detained a U.S. citizen, who suffered injuries to his head, neck and teeth in the confrontation, according to local police. The Department of Homeland Security said agents released the man after he identified himself.

A non-violent, peaceful & lawful event in support of engagement in the midterm election. Please share with your friends and prepare to vote early!

Benton County ballot drop boxes are the safest way to return your ballot!

Important dates for an important midterm election!

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JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Has Ashley St. Clair been subpoenaed & brought forward to testify before Congress or ANY government committee? Nope. I swear to the gods, they're all in on it. #EpsteinClass #PedoProtectors

Where’s this clip? Why is this one not going viral? Yeah

Life at the Republican convention: Someone waves a Palestinian flag and immediately kicked out. Someone loudly calls for the assassination of multiple Democratic politicians and the crowd roars its approval as the speaker smiles in approval.

Imran Ahmed founded the Center for Countering Digital Hate to hold Big Tech accountable by studying & exposing online hate and uncovering AI chat bots that threaten kids. Now the Trump admin is threatening to detain & deport him for his work. This cannot stand.

A non-violent, peaceful & lawful event in support of engagement in the midterm election. Please share with your friends and prepare to vote early!

Oregon midterm election deadlines - prepare and share!

Sen. Wyden describes these contractors as “essentially health care middlemen that are in the business of red tape,” noting they gain when “americans don't get health care.” #Medicaid kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...

This corruption is why nothing works for ordinary people.

We will always love you, Dolly Parton.

At "Rally for Democracy" protest in Mount Kisco New York, Aug 22 2026:

You may not follow politics, but politics follows you! Trump/GOP’s Big Ugly Bill ripped away Americans’ healthcare subsidies, skyrocketing Americans’ healthcare costs to give billionaires tax cuts! With Trump/GOP everything is expensive, billionaires get richer, & you get less! #RestoreACATaxCredits

Baffled that none of the spreadsheet people discourse has mentioned this incredible piece of news: windowsreport.com/microsoft-is...

Today!

Shame

Trump officials are moving to open nearly 45 million acres of wilderness in national forests to new roads and logging, removing protections that had been in place since 2001. nyti.ms/4zpkRBB

💥 'This is South Lebanon today. Israeli bombs have killed 11 Lebanese civilians at dawn alone today. Pieces of human bodies were found in a swimming pool. The remains of children. This is what American taxpayer money bankrolls.' 8/15 @sarahabdallah.bsky.social

Ice says that these electric gloves are meant to "maintain compliance." Slave owners used to say the same thing about whips. If using shock collars on dogs is Animal Cruelty and Abuse, how is it fine for ICE to use Shock Gloves on people?

After winning Teacher of the Year award at a conference in TX, UMD Professor Kibret was detained by ICE at the airport. 3 weeks later he’s still in custody. He’s not the “worst of the worst” & detaining him isn’t making communities safer. He should be released, now. www.wbaltv.com/article/mary...

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you... Hello! I'm an Alabama tornado that touched down only on one corner room of a motel, leaving a massive hole in the ceiling, a 2x4 stabbed through the bed, three children under an overturned couch, and a paperback novel undisturbed on the nightstand.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Joe Biden had a bad debate in 2024. Hundreds of news stories about it. Trump has had hundreds of bank accounts closed due to evidence of money laundering. Nary a peep. Why?

Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933) US painter who worked in the American Impressionist style, and whose mentor was Claude Monet #womensart

This clip tells you everything about the Trump regime's economic "strategy." They’re already setting up the excuse.

I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.