The suspect claimed he worked for the State Department and was assigned to a security detail!!
Heavily-armed suspect filmed Trump security at California golf course as modified weapons, mugshot seen for first time
He allegedly approached federal agents and falsely claimed he worked for the State Department and was assigned to a security detail.
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Today's Prospect Patriot is Frances Perkins. She saw the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory go ablaze in 1911 and her life changed. "The New Deal was born that day," she said. 22 years later she'd be America's first female cabinet member. prospect.org/2026/08/04/a...
Frances Perkins: The Architect of Social Security - The American Prospect
In her words, Frances Perkins, the first woman cabinet secretary, ‘came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain, common workingmen.’
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NYT: "Stocks Hit Record as Worries About Middle East and A.I. Ease" What about reality would lead anyone to worry less about the war-torn Middle East or the straining AI bubble?
🚨BREAKING: Missouri voters have rejected a ballot measure to limit their own ability to pass amendments to the state constitution — a proposal that fueled extraordinarily high voter turnout in Tuesday’s election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri voters reject ballot measure limiting their power to amend state constitution
Notably, the proposed amendment would not have affected constitutional amendments that the legislature put on the ballot. State lawmakers only wanted to make it harder to pass a voter-led measure, not...
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Looks like a 10-15 point polling miss in Michigan regardless of who wins. And people have been writing a lot of electability takes using this data. It’s dangerous out there folks be safe
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to Donald Trump Jr. said it received at least $100 million from Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration. (Published June)
An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...
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RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."
It's demoralizing living in a nonstop Abuse-a-thon: we've had to learn the sordid details of so many men's abhorrent behavior; I mean this summer has been Graham Platner, Andrew Tate, Jared Leto, Max Miller, plus the horrific L.A. rape-murder of the child by the rapper, to name a few lowlights.
Except for religious studies, the graduates of these "loan ineligible" majors are disproportionately women. Fans of this policy have probably never considered that social worker, cosmetician, teachers aide, etc might be low-paying jobs *because* women do them. newrepublic.com/post/213446/...
"You thinking about murdering?" "Oh ya, someday... for now, just being adorable and screamy" "Oh screamy?" "EEEEEEEEEEEEE" 🪶
i just can't w these people www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
Arizona’s Democratic Governor Set to Pick a Republican Running Mate
Gov. Katie Hobbs, locked in a competitive re-election battle, plans to tap a moderate former mayor of Mesa, Ariz., John Giles, to serve as her lieutenant governor if she wins in November.
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Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
I would call it shockingly reckless to release nude pictures of your toddler to an internet full of CSAM-hungry ghouls. But parents taking family photos of babies playing naked are not pornographers.
post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 18h agothis is kind of a hobbyhorse issue for me tbh- i haven't seen the image, i don't wanna see the image, but yeah like pics of your toddler playing in the sprinkler or whatever are private and you should keep them that way but characterizing them as CSAM seems to me to be serving no one here
The Nolan Wells case has become a toxic mix of social justice, conspiracism, infotainment, and grift. Everything that's wrong with our information environment is on display: Conspiracy theories, fake experts, AI slop, TikTok psychics and more.
Trump orders changes to new helipad after weeks of around-the-clock work Contractors have removed the granite seal that had begun to take shape in recent days, after the president complained about the slope of the White House Lawn. Gift link
Trump orders changes to new helipad after weeks of around-the-clock work
Contractors have removed the granite seal that had begun to take shape in recent days, after the president complained about the slope of the White House Lawn.
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Trump has cleared over $2B, much of it in crypto, over a stretch where ordinary investors lost more than $3B That is not a market, that is a transfer The American people can do this math, & his numbers are approaching Nixonian lows @ms.now👇 -TN
Sailors passed these off as basilisks, the mythical creature that killed anyone who looked at it, so no one could describe what one really looked like. That made the fakes an easy sell.
These little dragons are dried rays, cut and folded by hand
A Jenny Haniver is a dried ray or skate reshaped by hand until it looks like a small dragon or a demon. They go back to the sixteenth century, when…
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Leprosy boom in Florida. Armadillos under suspicion.
Florida Reports Highest Number of Leprosy Cases in Modern Records
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Yesterday's Oval Office presser was a prime example. Trump ranted and raved and repeated himself endlessly about imaginary vandals at the Reflecting Pool. One answer went on for eight minutes. He told a reporter "don't ever talk again" for asking if he was firing Pirro.
Schooley@schooley.bsky.social · yesterdayIf you list all the crimes Trump has been credibly accused of, even just the ones he's confessed to, it genuinely reads worse than a mafia don. No wonder we feel like we're losing our minds when the media treats him with presidential deference.
The other cities were unable to comment because they had an urgent meeting with the Wallet Inspector.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · yesterdayThe US host cities for the 2026 men's World Cup claim that they were *verbally* promised $1 million each by Gianni Infantino and that FIFA hasn't paid up. Truly incredible stuff. www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...
It's chilling they tried to ruin a guy's life based on the delusions of a mad king. Davy Hearn was facing up to 10 years in prison for felony destruction of property because Trump's ego couldn't absorb the Reflecting Pool coating self-destructing.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2d agoFederal prosecutors just dropped charges against 3 MORE defendants who were falsely accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool www.cbsnews.com/news/lincoln...
Hurry up and strategically defeat me, losers! Or I'll kick you in the face.
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · yesterdayUS President Donald Trump is pushing Iran to reach a deal with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz as soon as Tuesday, or face devastating air strikes on the country.
The tax immunity is the most illegal part. As outrageous as it is to give a settlement to the J6ers, it's within the DOJ's power to negotiate financial settlements on these terms. Tax immunity isn't something that can legitimately be given.
Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social · yesterdayTodd Blanche's last-minute promise won over Senators Cornyn & Tillis, but shouldn't have. The "deal" leaves Trump's tax immunity intact. It confirms what the Senators should have already known about Blanche's lack of fitness to be AG. My analysis: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Trump endorsed both Ashley Moody and James Uthmeier in advance of the August 18 primary yesterday. Both are implicated in the suspected theft of $10M in Medicaid payments to use for political purposes--basically what Trump is trying to frame Tim Walz for. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...
Unreasonably annoyed by Arianna Grande's announcement that she's retreating from public life because people criticized her. I realize this is likely mental illness talking, but that framing feels Trumpian.
Even if involved in narcotrafficking, this would be illegal. Due process.
CNN@cnn.com · 2d agoThe US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
