"This is Claude at ICE tech support, how can I help?" "yeah, I was trying to shock this b**** with my gloves and they wouldn't work, so I shot her in the face!" "Goodness, it the subject subject still breathing?" "hang on a sec..." BANG "No" "ok, filing the support ticket on your gloves"
British banker who exposed Howard Lutnick's ties to Epstein has died, allegedly from suicide.
How US commerce secretary's Epstein links were uncovered by British whistleblower
Simon Andriesz made the discovery about Howard Lutnick in publicly released Epstein files.
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Jack Smith at last night’s Power to the People concert, wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt.
For years, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has set out to erode our system of checks and balances of power and to concentrate power in the hands of one person: President Trump. Now he’s quietly making it all happen. 🔊 Listen to this episode: propub.li/3TzIyaA
Far right terrorist Samuel Alito says he has lost friends over his decision to vote to overturn Roe v Wade aka women’s rights. Good, he cost women their lives and autonomy, the fascist scumbag deserves to lose everything including his freedoms.
Tim Snyder on Trump's fixation with Putin: If you believe in countries, the United States is a much more powerful country than Russia. But if you just believe that it’s gangster on gangster, well then sure, Putin is a much better gangster than Trump.
I remember the global condemnation when the Taliban blew up the Buddhas of Bamiyan. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas...
Buddhas of Bamiyan - Wikipedia
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New: As gay bars across the country say that Meta is flagging and deactivating their accounts without warning, I spoke to an Austin queer bar that says Meta nearly destroyed their ability to advertise events: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
How Meta's new content moderation upended a Texas gay bar
At least one LGBTQ establishment in Texas says the social media giant has incorrectly disabled its social media account, potentially hurting business.
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John Kennedy is a literal Rhodes Scholar who then ran for office as a Republican & now talks like a man named Earl who steals chickens.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoJohn Kennedy keeps asking Jack Smith questions about his wife. Smith repeatedly tells him he's not going to talk about his family.
“Their rights are being rolled back, their voices silenced, their bodies turned into battlegrounds, and their freedoms treated as bargaining chips.” António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, urging action on the injustices facing women around the world. #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
I'm not running to bow to a corporation. I'm not running to raise your utility rates or help them do it. I'm not running so that your premium goes up and everybody looks the other way. I'm running to fight for you.
There’s nothing more dangerous than a rabid racist.
WIRED@wired.com · last wk.President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced.
Gaza has no army, no air force, no navy, no tanks, no artillery, and no missiles. Stop calling this a war. It’s a genocide.
The greatest proof that polls don’t vote but people do is that we would not be in this hell if the polls were right We would have had a President Hillary Clinton And then a President Kamala Harris
“Risks” is doing heavy lifting here. The word is “intent.”
Nancy Levine Stearns@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · last wk.🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
Our staunchly pro-life governor is putting those professed principles into action. 🙄🙄
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · last wk.“Frank Strada (@TDOCCommish) oversaw 3 botched executions in Arizona — you hired him anyway. Now he’s had 2 in Tennessee. Do you bear some responsibility for hiring him?” @GovBillLee: “They followed protocol…”🤔 Huh? as usual Bill taking no accountability.
"God made trump" says the ad paid for by YOU. Right. But, God also made syphilis. And, the jury's still out as to which is worse. From CNN:
I have lived for over 40 years in southern #Virginia. The people here are very #nice. #NicePeople. VERY NICE PEOPLE.
Just to make the point: Ms. Pike’s execution has been going on for days now. The 8th Amendment is as much of a joke as the rest of them, obviously, and has been so my entire adult life. The American legal community would have to be delusional to think otherwise.
And they look forward to seeing you at The KFC on 3rd for the big night!
