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๐•๐’Œ๐’‘ #StandUnbowed Progressive; sceptical by default โ€” especially of my own side. Cancer survivor. Em dashes and Oxford commas โ€” ๊œฑแดœแด แด€ส€ส™ษชแด›ส€ษชแด. ฮ˜ฮฌฯฯฮฟฯ‚. ฮ‘ฮบฮตฯฮฑฮนฯŒฯ„ฮทฯ„ฮฑ. ฮคฮฑฯ€ฮตฮนฮฝฮฟฯ†ฯฮฟฯƒฯฮฝฮท. Fortitudo. Integritas. Humilitas. https://buymeacoffee.com/ajsdecepida

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๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‰.๐’. ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐š ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยฌ1๐œ„ = ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ@ajsdecepida.bsky.social ยท 1h ago

I concur. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ For Canadians, Trumpโ€™s lethal negligence recalls Mike Harris and Walkerton: ideology, deregulation and official failure putting the public at risk โ€” followed by denial once people paid the price. โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ #Walkerton #Trump โคต

Brown Eyed Susan@browneyedsusan.bsky.social ยท 5h ago

If they told you tainted lettuce was safe and it wasn't, imagine what the fuck else you're eating that's harmful. This has to stop. Those subservient Republicans in DC are fucked up in the head, letting a madman kill their people. Enough.

๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‰.๐’. ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐š ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยฌ1๐œ„ = ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ@ajsdecepida.bsky.social ยท 1h ago

Clay Bennettโ€™s senator advances an attorney general nominee as one handles toxic waste โ€” nose pinched, portrait held at armโ€™s length. A ringing endorsement from the party of โ€œlaw and order.โ€ ๐Ÿคขโš–๏ธ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธ #TrumpDOJ #SenateJudiciary @claybennett.bsky.social

A Clay Bennett editorial cartoon headed โ€œJUDICIARY COMMITTEE ADVANCES ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINATIONโ€ shows an elderly senator in a dark suit emerging from the Senate Judiciary Committee room. With one hand, he pinches his nose in disgust; with the other, he holds a photograph of the attorney general nominee as far away from himself as possible, as though it gives off a foul smell. A wall plaque beside the open double doors reads โ€œSD 226โ€ and โ€œSENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.โ€ The visual joke portrays the committeeโ€™s advancement of the nominee as an endorsement made despite an obvious stench.
๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‰.๐’. ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐š ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยฌ1๐œ„ = ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ@ajsdecepida.bsky.social ยท 1h ago

In Wiley Millerโ€™s ๐‘ต๐’๐’ ๐‘บ๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’•๐’–๐’“, Ed calls facts and differing opinions โ€œcancel cultureโ€ โ€” then loudly advertises how thoroughly heโ€™s been โ€œsilenced.โ€ Imaginary victimhood remains undefeated. ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ“บ๐Ÿ™„ #CancelCulture #Facts

A Non Sequitur cartoon by Wiley Miller shows a living room where Ed sits in a green recliner facing a large television. A bold red prohibition symbol โ€” a circle with a diagonal slash โ€” is superimposed over him, visually โ€œcancellingโ€ him. In the doorway, Vera stands beside an orange cat, looking at her phone. She tells him, โ€œNOโ€ฆ CANCEL CULTURE ISNโ€™T A REAL THING, DEAR, BUT I SEE IMAGINARY VICTIMHOOD IS ALIVE AND WELLโ€ฆโ€ A caption beside the television reads, โ€œED VS. FACTS and DIFFERING OPINIONS.โ€ The joke targets people who interpret factual correction or ordinary disagreement as persecution and then cast themselves as victims of โ€œcancel culture.โ€
๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‰.๐’. ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐š ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยฌ1๐œ„ = ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ@ajsdecepida.bsky.social ยท 2h ago

Americaโ€™s arsenal is so depleted, @mluckovich.bsky.social has it firing the kitchen sink at Iran. Melanoma cheers: โ€œ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—˜๐—˜๐—ง-๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ก๐—ž, ๐——๐—ข๐—›๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—น๐—ฑโ€ผ๏ธโ€ ๐Ÿšฐ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ‘ #Iran #Trump #MikeLuckovich

A Mike Luckovich editorial cartoon depicts a pastoral scene in Iran beneath a blank white sky. A yellow roadside sign at lower left reads โ€œIRAN.โ€ Two bearded men in traditional clothing stand among several sheep on green grass before barren brown mountains; one carries a rifle, while the other holds a shepherdโ€™s crook. Above them, a complete kitchen sink โ€” basin, drain, taps and curved faucet โ€” hurtles through the air like a missile, trailing red speed lines and scattering water droplets. One shepherd looks upward and says, โ€œI THINK AMERICAโ€™S LOW ON MUNITIONSโ€ฆโ€ The literal kitchen sink suggests the United States has exhausted its conventional weapons and is now throwing anything available at Iran. Luckovichโ€™s signature and the date โ€œ8-5-26โ€ appear at upper left.
๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‰.๐’. ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐š ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยฌ1๐œ„ = ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ@ajsdecepida.bsky.social ยท 2h ago

Trump, neck-deep in quicksand, still thinks Iran is the one that needs a warning. Bill Bramhall skewers the swagger of a man whose own footing has vanished. ๐Ÿ•ณ๏ธโš ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท #EditorialCartoon #Trump #Iran

A Bill Bramhall editorial cartoon set in a pale, sandy landscape. At left, a dark-robed figure seen from behind is labelled โ€œIRANโ€ and looks toward a caricature of Donald Trump, who is almost completely submerged near the centre; only his scowling face and yellow hair remain visible. A line from Trump points to the words โ€œLAST WARNING.โ€ In the foreground, a black sign planted in the sand reads โ€œQUICKSANDโ€ above a skull and crossbones โ€” Trump is threatening Iran while he himself sinks into danger. Bramhallโ€™s signature and โ€œโ€™26โ€ appear at lower right.
๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‰.๐’. ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐š ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยฌ1๐œ„ = ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ@ajsdecepida.bsky.social ยท 18h ago

๐ŸŠ Trumpโ€™s deportation campaign is unfolding in public: deaths, detention, family separation and people stripped of legal protection. Heather Digby Parton argues Democrats are committing a moral and strategic failure by treating it as background noise.

Parton argues that Democratic leaders are underplaying Trumpโ€™s deportation campaign while building their midterm message around affordability, war, corruption and oligarchy. She sees immigration enforcement as the clearest test of the partyโ€™s emerging moral politics โ€” and an issue with broader public support than party leaders seem willing to test. In her account, protesters and ordinary voters are showing more urgency than the politicians seeking to represent them. โ€œโ€ฆ[I]t seems to have become background noise.โ€ Heather Digby Parton, Salon columnist, on Democratic campaign silence โ€œThis is not a popular policy.โ€ Heather Digby Parton, on public opposition to the deportation programme โ€œIt is the moral issue of our time.โ€ Heather Digby Parton, concluding her argument
๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‰.๐’. ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐š ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยฌ1๐œ„ = ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ@ajsdecepida.bsky.social ยท 20h ago

Thom Tillis said someone should lose their job if the Comey seashell photograph was the whole case. He then voted to advance Todd Blanche โ€” the acting attorney general who had publicly endorsed the indictment.

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Todd Blancheโ€™s nomination 12-10 after Thom Tillis and John Cornyn accepted his written rescission of the $1.776-billion Anti-Weaponization Fund. Tillis used the executive business meeting to condemn politicised prosecutions, including the case against James Comey over an โ€œ86 47โ€ seashell photograph. His firing remark was conditional: if the image was the whole case, the responsible official should lose their job. Tillis nevertheless voted to advance Blanche, who had publicly endorsed the indictment. โ€œItโ€™s been rescinded, and I am satisfied.โ€ Thom Tillis, U.S. senator for North Carolina, on the Anti-Weaponization Fund at the Senate Judiciary Committee executive business meeting, 04-Aug-2026 โ€œIf all it is is a picture, that person should lose his job, his or her job.โ€ Thom Tillis, referring to the James Comey prosecution at the same meeting, 04-Aug-2026
๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‰.๐’. ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐š ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยฌ1๐œ„ = ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ@ajsdecepida.bsky.social ยท 22h ago

@deadder.bsky.social makes โ€œbackingโ€ literal: Cornyn and Tillis hold the rescue net for Blanche while Epsteinโ€™s victims are left to fall. Protection for the powerful; gravity for everyone else. ๐Ÿ•ธ๏ธโš–๏ธ #EpsteinFiles #GOP #MichaelDeAdder

Editorial cartoon by Michael de Adder. Across the top, a headline reads, โ€œCORNYN AND TILLIS NOW BACK BLANCHE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL:โ€ In the centre, caricatures of Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis grin as they hold the handles of a large, old-fashioned fire-rescue life net. Todd Blanche, in a dark suit and striped tie, crouches on the net, supported safely above the ground. Around them, several women fall through the air or lie cast aside against a cracked, empty background. One woman at lower right wears a shirt labelled โ€œEPSTEIN VICTIMS.โ€ The cartoon makes โ€œbackingโ€ Blanche literal: Cornyn and Tillis catch and protect him while women associated with Epsteinโ€™s victims are left to fall.
๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‰.๐’. ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐š ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยฌ1๐œ„ = ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ@ajsdecepida.bsky.social ยท 22h ago

{๐š๐‘ฑ๐‘บ๐‘ซ} ๐ŸŠ Well, Trump is an authority on grossness โ€” both embodying it and hunting for it everywhere else. โคต

Blue Freedom Quest ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒŠ@bluefreedomquest.bsky.social ยท 23h ago

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Amanda Marcotte@amandamarcotte.bsky.social ยท 23h ago

What is wild about the revisionism is the centrist types seem to only remember how much lockdown sucked. But even if you were vaccinated, that first bout of Covid was a nightmare for most of us. How do people forget that? www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/08/the-...

The great Covid bait and switch - Lawyers, Guns & Money

I find it fascinating how the entire Covid epidemic has undergone some sort of almost Orwellian historical revisionism, and not merely among the right wing, although they are of course by far the wors...

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Blue Freedom Quest ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒŠ@bluefreedomquest.bsky.social ยท 22h ago

He is a King according to SCOTUS and Republican politicians!

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SDDPHOTO@sddphoto.bsky.social ยท yesterday

WHY WOULD ANY USA CITIZEN BE EXEMPT FROM A TAX AUDIT??? Especially The President? He is not a KING โšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธโšก๏ธ

Governor Tim Walz@governorwalz.mn.gov ยท 22h ago

โ€œLast winter, Minnesotans banded together and rejected the harm caused by ill-informed, unplanned and costly federal immigration overreach. As DHS takes steps to reopen Appleton as a federal facility, our response should remain the same: Minnesota is not the place for this.โ€

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The Intercept@theintercept.com ยท 24h ago

The Pentagon is using a new method of tallying the number of U.S. soldiers killed and wounded in the Iran war that a U.S. government official said was โ€œdesigned to obscure the count.โ€

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CNN@cnn.com ยท 24h ago

The US military has exhausted nearly 80% of its interceptors for a key missile defense system as senior US military commanders are warning that the Pentagon's munitions stockpile is "dangerously low," according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/4yZ1UWn

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๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‰.๐’. ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐š ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยฌ1๐œ„ = ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ@ajsdecepida.bsky.social ยท 23h ago

๐ŸŠ Trump vowed to extinguish the trade deficit and attacked imports with aggressive tariffs. Juneโ€™s gap was still $73.3B โ€” only 8.1% below the $79.8B level when voters returned him to office. ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐–•๐–—๐–”๐–’๐–Ž๐–˜๐–Š๐–˜ ๐–œ๐–Š๐–—๐–Š ๐–˜๐–œ๐–Š๐–Š๐–•๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ; ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต.

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed 5.6% in June as imports fell faster than exports, but the larger political story is stubborn continuity: after Trump made the deficit a signature target and imposed aggressive tariffs, the monthly gap remained close to where it stood when he was elected again. โ€œWe still see net exports subtracting from GDP growth in the couple of quarters ahead.โ€ Priscilla Thiagamoorthy, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets, quoted by Reuters โ€œ[W]as $79.8 billion โ€ฆ and is still $73.3 billionโ€ Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS, comparing November 2024 with June 2026
๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‰.๐’. ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐š ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยฌ1๐œ„ = ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ@ajsdecepida.bsky.social ยท yesterday

{๐š๐‘ฑ๐‘บ๐‘ซ} Trumpโ€™s Cybersecurity Vandalism: How Political Loyalty, Reckless Cuts, and Institutional Sabotage Weakened Americaโ€™s Defences โคต

๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‰.๐’. ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐š ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยฌ1๐œ„ = ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ@ajsdecepida.bsky.social ยท yesterday

For Iranian hackers, malware is apparently optional: sabotage a U.S. water system by hiring Trumpโ€™s no-bid Reflecting Pool contractor. ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ› ๏ธ #JimmyMargulies #PoliticalCartoon

Editorial cartoon in loose black-and-green ink with sparse blue and yellow accents. At right, a balding FBI agent sits at a desk, holding a black telephone receiver to his ear and raising his free hand. An FBI badge hangs over his white shirt and blue tie. At left, his bulky computer monitor displays a water tower marked โ€œVILLAGE,โ€ with smaller indistinct lettering beneath it. A keyboard rests in front of the screen. The agent says, โ€œIranian hackers sabotaged some U.S. water systems. They hired that no-bid contractor Trump used for the Reflecting Pool.โ€ The joke portrays the contractorโ€™s incompetence as so reliable that foreign hackers could outsource sabotage to it. The artistโ€™s signature appears in the upper-left corner.
Governor Tim Walz@governorwalz.mn.gov ยท yesterday

Minnesota will stand as a firewall against any and all attacks on reproductive freedom. We were the first state to establish an ironclad right to abortion after the Dobbs decision and we will remain an island of freedom for those seeking to make their own healthcare decisions.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social ยท yesterday

Acting AG Todd Blanche plans to outlaw abortion nationwide: We're working to get solutions so that the Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state. We're putting policies in place so that states can't do things like mail abortion drugs. We will have victory, and it will be permanent.