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"He is not an American president but a MAGA president, someone who leads red states with magnanimity and leads blue states like the head of an occupying force." - @pbump.com

It's striking how a 15-year-old shooting close to a dozen people, 5 of them children, sparks one political candidate to say there is something wrong and the other candidate to stress how important it is that everyone and anyone can carry a gun in America. 👉 archive.today/sRldT

All other criticisms aside here, it’s insane because there’s one senate seat they can’t afford to lose the whole party is smearing 500 million people.

Miami criminal defense attorney David O. Markus discusses the way the Trump administration has chosen to indict James Comey for the third time. "No grand jury. No waiver. DOJ says the point is to toll the statute of limitations while it keeps investigating." Links to court documents are included.

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October 27, 1962: Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile. [Miami Herald - October 28, 1962]

Good morning and welcome to At Least It's Not Monday... source: www.flickr.com/photos/bosqu...

Never did seem to find a rhythm here today...oh, well. I'm out. source: shachormet.tumblr.com/post/8314298...

October 26, 1962: The US Army took over a large portion of Smathers Beach in Key West during the Cuban Missile Crisis and used it to aim missiles at Cuba. [AP Photo]

911 love... #Porsche source: @bringatrailer.bsky.social bringatrailer.com/listing/1973...

New ad from Elliot Rodriguez who is challenging Maria Salazar in South Florida...

I'm getting old.

BREAKING: The 9th Circuit rules 2-1 to dismiss DOJ's effort to force California to remove 20,000 purported noncitizens from the voter rolls based on data CA officials view as faulty. Majority: Bennett (Trump) Sanchez (Biden) Minority: Bumatay (Trump) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

It's just straight up harassment now. That's all this is. When this is all over, dozens of DOJ lawyers need to be disbarred across the country.

Our NRA World: A 4-year-old Missouri boy gets access to a loaded gun left unattended on a couch and shoots himself. It happens.

Roughly 1/4 of its workforce. $MSFT

"The task of 21st century resistance is not only to bring down authoritarian political structures, but also undo systems of corruption and exploitation that sustain those structures and move beyond a worldview that sees humans and the natural world as assets to be used and discarded." -R. Ben-Ghiat

"The Cheesecake Factory is for all of us. Can’t we come together on this most American of pastimes—pursuing a deeply uncomfortable yet utterly satisfying food coma—without enlisting in the culture war?" Loved this look at The Cheesecake Factory by @elainegodfrey.bsky.social...

"A New York federal judge ruled Monday that the Justice Department unlawfully fired former prosecutor Maurene Comey, who is the daughter of ex-FBI Director James Comey." Ms. Comey will get back pay dating to when she was fired last year and she can return to her job if she wants. womp womp

In his latest 'Takes," @jamellebouie.net considers the record amount of money Musk has been injecting into Republican races across the country and why the GOP needs to answer for his white supremacist views.

Here's the other thing...while a bigoted governor or a racist president is just one man, every single vote for those politicians is a reflection of support for that racism or bigotry & reveals the depth of the problem that America faces today. If you reject racism, why support it with your vote?

An intrepid journalist at his next press conference...this is all it takes. Journalist: "Are you aware there was a mass shooting just blocks from your residence this weekend where there were 11 people shot, 5 of them children?" Gov. Ron DeSantis: "Yes" Journalist: "No follow up. Thank you."

Oh no 😭 One of the last members of the USS Enterprise has left. RIP Walter Marvin Koenig (1936-2026) Star Trek, Babylon 5, Moontrap, The Starlost, The Questor Tapes, Futurama... What a career in sci-fi. I will miss Pavel Chekov. Again 😞

First turkey vulture of the season spotted above the lake this morning. A sure sign of Fall in South Florida... [photo source: www.pexels.com/photo/majest...

Classic... 1966 Plymouth Satellite Hemi source: @bringatrailer.bsky.social bringatrailer.com/listing/1966...

Does Ron DeSantis even know there was a mass shooting at FAMU this weekend?

In his latest, @jasongarcia.bsky.social looks at just how much money billionaire Ken Griffin is pumping into Republican races in Florida. "... these latest donations are one more reminder of the farcical nature of Florida’s campaign-finance laws..."

An in-depth look at Stevie Wonder's 'Songs In The Key Of Life'... "Five decades later, Songs’ message—one of optimism, resolve, and self-belief in the shadow of hyper-partisan politics and communities coming apart—still feels urgent."

"It is rare for people to turn down free money from the government. But that’s what happens when a polarizing president attaches his name to a taxpayer-supported program originally pitched as a vehicle to help America’s children achieve financial security." About those "Trump Accounts"...

Our NRA World: A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with the mass shooting that occurred at FAMU this weekend.

"And so, here we are in the last days of the 2026 midterm campaign." The latest newsletter from HCR...

The Golden Age Of America!! ...more than 7500 restaurants closed during the first 6 months of 2026.

pretty clear evidence that republicans in the US losing any election going forward are going to always beg for a coup if they lose. lots of people will have to go to jail

October 26, 1958: Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 (Clipper America) from New York City to Paris. This trans-Atlantic flight is heralded by many as the dawn of the jet age.

Good morning and welcome to Monday... source: incendiate.tumblr.com/post/8306014...

Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep... 💤

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

October 25, 1973: Miami radio station awards money to people who answer their phone, "I listen to the new sound of Y-100." If this was before your time, it's important to note that there was no caller ID then...you had no idea who was calling when the phone rang. [The Miami News]

"Just pretend I'm on the ballot."

911 love... #Porsche source: www.elferspot.com/en/car/porsc...

Pretty sure María Corina Machado fails to realize that gifting her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump revealed her unsuitability as a serious world leader.

Our NRA World: 23-year-old gunslinger shoots and kills a 22-year-old female college student in Virginia while handling a loaded gun. It happens.

Yeah, but at least you'll have the newest shiny thing from Apple that almost no one else has...and that's pretty much priceless, right?

"Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela after ten months abroad..." Trump said Sunday that he was unaware of Machado's return but described her as "'a very nice woman' and add[ed] that she had given him her Nobel Prize." 🤡

More like this, please youtu.be/svuh7mIxukk?...

Oh yeah. Floriidians remember...