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ProPublica: Ken Paxton says he's tough on crime. His trust invested $600,000 in a convicted fraudster's company. "The blind trust's investment in Wildcatter offers a new, unreported look at the attorney general's financial ties with … executives whose prosecutions he typically celebrates."

The Original Sin of politics was the invention of the passive voice, when Adam and Eve ate of the Tree of Vague Unaccountability. Wild how all those violent ICE agents just … got hired … and deployed … somehow. Who can possibly say how? It’s all a mystery.

NEWS — Missouri’s congressional map fight is back before the U.S. Supreme Court. The latest appeal comes after a federal court ordered the state to use its new 7R–1D map. SCOTUS gave supporters of the new map until midday Wednesday to respond to the latest appeal.

Man this guy sucks

Trump says 18 Americans dying fighting Iran is “small potatoes”

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This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

USPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public www.cnn.com/2026/09/01/p...

Is he aware of what political party he joined?

Yearly bear cam maintenance staff reporting for duty.

Corrupt GOP candidate Tiffany introduced legislation to repeal Wisconsin’s Prove-it-first law, signed by GOP Gov. Tommy Thompson, which had required mine companies to prove they can operate without polluting groundwater or surface water before receiving a permit wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/08/27/t...

6 months ago today, as the US and Israel began attacking Iran, a tomahawk missile hit a school in Iran, killing more than 160 children. Neither Trump nor Hegseth has demonstrated any accountability or transparency. www.cnn.com/2026/07/28/w...

You have an unpopular president with an approval rating under 35% and he's insisting on nationalizing the midterms. They're holding a midterm convention with him at the center of everything. Rather than inspire turnout, its going to further enforce how beholden all the GOP candidates are to him

Some perspective to keep in mind in regards to current polls. Between now and November, Trump is going to do all sorts of incredibly dumb things that will further sink Republicans chances. There are GOP candidates that are now slightly ahead or tied that will lose their races because of it.

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"Putin, having observed the U.S. and NATO decision-making over the past three years believes he now has the measure of his western counterparts." Thoughts on the Russian change in nuclear doctrine at Sydney Morning Herald (paywall). www.smh.com.au/world/europe...

the DOGE agency will not have the authority to reallocate funds (nor would that be constitutional), it is a PR tool to create the impression that government spending is inherently wasteful and build political momentum for spending cuts

Russia deploying thousands of troops from North Korea: not WW3 Ukraine defending itself: WW3

Here's a photo of Trump's nominee for Director of National Intelligence with a known Russian propagandist. We should not give someone who takes selfies with Jackson Hinkle control over AMERICA'S ENTIRE NATIONAL SECURITY APPARATUS. JFC

Republican senators not eager to talk about Matt Gaetz with CNN reporter Manu Raju