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Just a few hours ago, President Trump said in the Oval Office that I should be tried in court because I dared to talk about the corruption coming out of the White House.

Talarico: "We just found out that [Elon Musk] is almost single-handedly bankrolling this effort to install Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate and defeat this movement...Elon Musk wants our land. He wants our water. He wants his very own personal United States senator. He is trying to buy Texas."

A movement that rejects political pluralism, threatens its opponents, and calls for their elimination is totalitarian and anti-democratic, and is unworthy of receiving an award bearing the title of Democracy and Human Rights.

In case anyone wants to take a look at Kimberly Guilfoyle's financial disclosure...we've posted it here:

This is a president who’s about spectacle and that’s, I think, precisely the message that he intends to deliver,” Semel said, adding that she was skeptical that the administration had given a second thought to the legal and social questions . . . presented by the decision. apnews.com/article/fort...

So true.

‘Springfield is under siege right now.’ ICE agents in Ohio have detained 2 Haitian pastors. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/31/s...

The US attorney general is fretting about a ‘pandemic’ of gender transitions in schools | Arwa Mahdawi

Need anymore more be said?

Bernie’s endorsements need to stop being gospel for progressive Dems. An endorsement isn’t due diligence. Too many voters decided that a locked-and-loaded Fetterman chasing an innocent Black man through a neighborhood wasn’t a deal breaker. The problems didn’t start w/his stroke. 1/2

The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply

NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.

I wasn’t ready for this. ☠️ 😭 Low T Pete will never live this down.

ACLU, League of Women Voters allege Kansas statute clashes with federal voting rights law | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

13-year-old boy reported missing in DeKalb County

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Hell, yeah. They're lucky if it's only getting fired.

Morning

The truly spectacular mid-12th century chancel arch at beautiful St. Peter’s Church, Tickencote, Rutland. What a stunner! 🤩

Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime.

Great movie!

Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”

Baby otter at a UK rescue center learns to dive after overcoming its fear of water.😍

After everything they had every reason to know, they still gave him money. For nothing. $59 million. There's no damn reason to feel sorry for them.

“Alexa, show us an interview you couldn’t pay us any amount of money to watch”

Birds Are More Afraid of Women Than of Men - nautil.us/birds-are-mo...

"The Government cannot escape liability for DOGE’s work by scapegoating ChatGPT." A US judge slammed DOGE's use of AI in a decision today blocking the termination of $100M in humanities grants, finding DOGE lacked authority and unlawfully based decisions on race and viewpoint buff.ly/Qw0qcDH

FYI: It costs only about 3% of face value to buy a futures contract. That means that a $28 million investment paid over $125 million in profit in just 70 minutes. 500%+ in 70 minutes. That's why Trump makes he bogus announcements; so his buddies can reap illegal profits like that.

The last thing someone who dances like this needs is a ballroom.

By this same logic, Donald Trump bears direct personal responsibility for the murder of Melissa Hortman, the assault on Paul Pelosi, the guy who showed up armed at the Obamas, the attempted pipe bombing of several prominent Democrats, the January 6th rioters who assaulted cops, and many many more.

Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.

Criminals gonna crime. The most brazenly corrupt administration ever. They are not governing. They are looting - the Treasury, the American people - while most are struggling to just get by, pay rent, buy gas, pay for groceries. It's Us vs. the Epstein Class, and it has reached Critical Mass.

Happy 77th Jessica Lange

Say what you will about the worst members of the Roberts Court, but they all make sure their wives are in on the grift. Jane Roberts, Martha Alito and Ginni Thomas are equal partners with their husbands in the grand project of destroying the United States and enriching themselves in the process.

The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”