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OKC, USA. “It’s not enough to be nice in life. You’ve got to have nerve.” — Georiga O’Keefe
The Trump admin is taking federal agents away from investigating crimes like terrorism and sex trafficking to investigate noncitizen voting – something that’s been proven time and time again to be exceedingly rare. They aren’t making America safer.
My dad's cat Bridget infiltrates William Blake's 1794 painting The Ancient Of Days. A painting by my dad.
The Trump administration threatens to withdraw support for the Smithsonian Institution, accusing its leadership of presenting a “radical ideology” that weakens “shared American identity” in the latest effort to pressure the institution to change its presentations and practices.
Trump administration threatens to cut Smithsonian support in latest claim of ideological bias
The Department of the Interior sent a letter to the Smithsonian last week laying out the administrations’ criticisms.
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Is the law really a law if no one enforces it until it’s too late? Seriously question for this Supreme Court.
Patrick De Klotz@patdeklotz.bsky.social · 2d ago“If Mr. Trump loses when those lawsuits are finally resolved, it may be too late as a practical matter to undo what he has achieved.” If the President breaks the law and SCOTUS doesn’t make a sound, does the law exist? Trump’s ‘Lightning Speed’ Outpaces the Courts www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/u...
Back in 1987, Steinem wrote about Dolly. Seems appropriate to share today.
Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (January 1987)
Woman of the Year Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (From the January 1987 issue of Ms. Magazine)
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Slava Ukraini! 🌻🇺🇦 "Sunflowers. Autumn" by Ukrainian artist Yevheniia Bozhko.
If they give her those benefits, they have to admit it is a war. That war would then be illegal because it hasn't been authorized by Congress. Interesting what they do to maintain a fiction.
“wE CarE abOUt tHe tRooPS” shut up no you fucking don’t, they’re just cannon fodder for your bloodlust
Widow of Epic Fury airman denied death benefits as Iran conflict is 'not a war'
The widow of an Alabama airman has revealed she and her children are not eligible for some benefits because the Iran war has not officially been declared a war
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“This case highlights the cruelty of our immigration policies where a young child who has spent more than half of his life in the [US] is unnecessarily detained w/his father and deported w/out being able to say goodbye to his mother,” Liam’s attorney said. “None of this was acceptable or necessary.”
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 3d agoRep. @raskin.house.gov mentions Liam Tadeo, the five-year-old boy who along w/his dad was abducted by ICE last month. The Trump regime deported them on Tuesday, abandoning them hours away from relatives in Mexico. Liam was not even allowed to say goodbye to his mom:
Hi, this is your seasonal reminder to back up your computer, your cell phone, your voice recorder, your memory cards, anything you think is important. Make multiple copies, because hard drives fail and are very expensive right now. Sometimes you drop you phone into a lake. Do it sooner than later.
BERLIN (AP) — German government blames Russia for attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport using explosive-laden drone.
This "surge" by DHS' investigative arm gets ICE one step closer to investigating the midterms, as conservative activists agitate for Trump to deploy ICE agents to polling places.
DHS ‘Voter Fraud Surge’ Reportedly Begins Today
DHS Wades Into the Midterms CNN reported Monday that, starting Tuesday, the...
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Mullin is head of DHS where ICE is engaging in thuggery daily. This guy is not credible. Just towing the line for Trump's hate agenda.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoDHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin on El-Sayed: "He's a thug"
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin describes elected Democrats as "true thugs"
We’re headed into another one of those weeks with an awful lot going on. I understand the temptation to tune out, but unfortunately, we’re at a point where what this administration is doing is too important for us to turn away. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
The Week Ahead
August 30, 2026
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Andrew Joron / from “Five Inquiries Beyond Sequence [for Gustaf Sobin]”
A crypto bit-mining data center in El Reno caused a water leak that resulted in more than three million gallons of water loss and closed schools for days. This is why we need to seriously regulate and explore these companies, especially in drought-prone areas like ours.
CNN@cnn.com · 5d agoA water line leak this week in El Reno, Oklahoma, which has cost residents more than three million gallons of water, has been traced to a data center, according to local reports.
RFK Jr complains that people in hospice aren't dying quick enough and therefore cost too much money
I just don’t know if this stain ever disappears from our history. What angers me more than anything else is the high probability that this Marine Colonel is going to be punished for his moral courage in speaking out, rather than thanked for reminding us about our national conscience.
2/ Background on Khalil and his family in the NYT today: Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa By Miriam Jordan and @haleaziz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/u...
Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa
The Trump administration has deported thousands of immigrants to countries where they have no ties. Dozens were on the latest flight, to the Central African Republic.
nytimes.com
Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
"It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the HHS secretary sees deaths from outbreaks of diseases we had beaten or contained, like measles and cyclosporiasis, as a form of social hygiene that kills off the weak and susceptible."
RFK Jr.’s Toxic World
The HHS secretary uses fear of contamination to denigrate modern medicine and advance a project rooted in vulgar eugenics.
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A Life of One's Own – a brilliant young woman's forgotten field guide, written under a pseudonym, to the art of knowing what you really want www.themarginalian.org/2017/10/11/a...
A Life of One’s Own: A Brilliant Young Woman’s Forgotten Field Guide to the Art of Knowing What You Really Want
“I did not know that I could only get the most out of life by giving myself up to it.”
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For reference: When I had my background check it was held up because I had a speeding ticket from when I went home sophomore year in college that I forgot to put on my SF-86. I got grilled about why I didn’t disclose it (they eventually believed it was mistake). The FBI as we knew it is gone.
CBS News@cbsnews.com · 7d agoFIRST ON CBS NEWS: A history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from work may no longer be a barrier to employment at the FBI.
Abolish ICE. Fire them all. Prosecute their crimes.
ProPublica@propublica.org · last wk.NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks. “They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.