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NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com
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Scoop: White House lawyers are weighing preemptive mass pardons for junior staff, sources says Under discussion: Pardoning everyone involved in deportation, war, or trade policy www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...
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This was tonight's goal. I didn't get any perfect crow inside the moon shots, but this group of white faced ibis' knew the score! thanks, birds! ISO 500, F22, 1/200s, taken a minute before Sunset so there was still some light. better edits on a laptop later 🪶
Cool, I was curious if (and this is NOT a critique, just an artistic idea) with a higher f stop if the crow and moon both could be in focus. That may be impractical tho, I've never tried that kind of shot. And I love what you've gotten. :)
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All summer long, I assumed that Trump would make a pivot in the fall to address the concerns ordinary Americans have about the cratering economy and the soaring price of gas and groceries, but no, no, the president is still out here acting like he's the host of HGTV's White House Xtreme Makeover
Trump rants like a lunatic at a women's health event: "That stone is so beautiful ... see the cushions? Those beautiful yellow cushions? Don't they feel nice? I have them specially made ... you have the new heliport and ballroom."
it's true--the White House has needed a drone-capable complex military/ballroom complex for 150 years . . . also 4-inch high seat cushions
Trump rants like a lunatic at a women's health event: "That stone is so beautiful ... see the cushions? Those beautiful yellow cushions? Don't they feel nice? I have them specially made ... you have the new heliport and ballroom."
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SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.
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Tomorrow! Come out for awesome prizes - a signed Lindor ball, a signed Ewing ball, a Mets squishy dumpling, a gorgeous signed copy of @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social, great hats from @athletelogos.bsky.social and so much more!!
🚨UPDATED DOLLARS FOR DINGERS RAFFLE DATE🚨 Our Dollars for Dingers charity raffle will now take place on October 17 at 4:00pm at Lion’s Head Tavern in NYC. Same great prizes. Same great cause. All proceeds benefit the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Come hang out with us and spread the word!
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Parents, if you have dropped off a kid named Jimmy in the morning and picked up a kid named Janet at the end of the school day, please return to the school: You've driven off with some other family's child.
Trump: "They want to cut your children. It's unbelievable what they do. Your son leaves as Jimmy and comes home in three days as Janet, and they don't even ask you. They can take your child out of school and do whatever the hell they want. Minnesota is one of those states."
sure, research why Afrikaaners won’t move here but abandon science on vaccines, makes sense www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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SNAP Participation Has Dropped to Its Lowest Point in 17 Years, Even Though Economic Conditions Haven’t Improved www.cbpp.org/blog/snap-pa...
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Rep. Andy Harris trying *really hard* to lose the only GOP-held seat in Maryland
Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.
Ossoff’s approach also known as the “nuke from orbit”
Two debating styles: 1. El-Sayed. Acts like a skilled boxer as he throws jabs early and often at his opponent until they are weakened and then opens it up. 2. Ossoff. Pulls the sink from the green room in the back and starts beating his opponent with it right away. Does not stop until its over.
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Replying to @atrupar.com
Two debating styles: 1. El-Sayed. Acts like a skilled boxer as he throws jabs early and often at his opponent until they are weakened and then opens it up. 2. Ossoff. Pulls the sink from the green room in the back and starts beating his opponent with it right away. Does not stop until its over.
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“many of his former DOGE foot soldiers have leveraged their government stints to fuel private-sector ambitions: building companies that tap government largesse or that deploy knowledge they garnered during their brief tenures in Washington.” It’s the accountability, stupid. cc: Democrats
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BREAKING: Trump administration cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday at the East Potomac Golf Course after giving less than a full-day notice, with more tree-cutting planned, so plaintiffs challenging the effort went to court seeking a TRO tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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