We haven't laughed so hard since Rudy held that press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philly 😂😂😂 The GOP is a totally incompetent, conspiracy-obsessed clown show that exists only to suck up to Donald Trump. Show them the door on November 3rd. #FlipCongressBlue
Reliably Republican counties skew older, but they have significantly higher death rates even after adjusting for age, as our charts show
In MAGA-land people are dying faster than they are being born
Our analysis suggests Trump country is only growing because of migration
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NEW: Eric Schmitt’s general counsel, Ethan Harper, was expected to join the White House Staff Secretary’s office next week. But after yesterday’s Jack Smith fiasco, that’s in doubt. Harper was the man behind Schmitt, literally holding up the infamous board. FAFO. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Schmitt aide’s move to White House in doubt following Jack Smith hearing
Ethan Harper, Sen. Eric Schmitt’s general counsel, was expected to start at the White House next week.
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After Trump used taxpayer money to air one of his literal campaign ads, FCC Chair Brendan Carr shrugged off the scandal, saying the propaganda was just a “normal PSA.” It’s ridiculous to the point of being insulting. It’s as if these guys think Americans are idiots. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
FCC’s Carr brushes off concerns about Trump’s taxpayer-paid election ads
To see literal campaign propaganda as “normal PSAs” is obviously preposterous — except to Trump’s FCC chair.
ms.now
NEW: After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the execution. SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.
After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botches the execution
SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.
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More than 167,000 pounds of beef, pork and goat meat are being recalled after they were produced without the required federal inspection and labeled with a false inspection sticker, according to the Department of Agriculture. https://to.pbs.org/4d8kBO9
More than 167,000 pounds of meat were recalled. What to know about the state of food safety in the U.S.
More than 167,000 pounds of beef, pork and goat meat are being recalled after they were produced without the required federal inspection and labeled with a false inspection sticker, according to the D...
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Autumn Hill was sentenced to 50 years in prison for protesting outside the Prairieland Detention Center, forced into a men's prison despite being a trans woman. This week, she talked to Grace Byron from behind bars:
A Message From Prairieland Prisoner Autumn Hill: "Don't Be Afraid"
I talked to the political prisoner about the politics of love, her case, surviving as a trans woman in a men's prison, and how she makes it through the day.
thenation.com
The most profound movie you’ll see this year is about concrete. So, I wrote about it. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
The most profound movie you’ll see this year is about concrete
John Wilson of HBO's "How to with John Wilson" makes his feature debut — and continues to redefine the modern documentary.
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Collins took credit for an $8M defense deal. 4 months later, the contractor illegally sent $150K to a super PAC linked to her. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-fbi...
Trump’s FBI Let The Susan Collins Probe Die. The Paper Trail Didn’t.
Also: Trump tells the UN he’s keeping Venezuela’s oil, bans three newsrooms and loses in court, and Republicans can feel November coming.
dworkinsubstack.com
Talarico: “Ken Paxton has been dodging debates all year, and it’s why today I’m challenging Ken Paxton to a debate on Fox News … I’ll go into the lion’s den because I know what I believe.”
The peer and head of the social care commission also called for foreign firms to be banned from owning British care homes
Baroness Casey: Private care home firms profiteering from vulnerable
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Protesters gathered for a "Hands Around the Kennedy Center" rally to protest President Donald Trump's handling of the arts center. Read more: https://cnn.it/4iVOQM3
Published in 1807, the Slave Bible was a distortion of Christianity that remains the Church of England’s guilty secret
The butchered Bible that promoted slavery
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American Principles Project Warns Republicans That Targeting Trans People “May Not Be Sufficient” To Win 2026 www.erininthemorning... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
American Principles Project Warns Republicans That Targeting Trans People “May Not Be Sufficient” To Win 2026
The organization is one of the leading anti-trans political organizations in the United States.
erininthemorning.com
The financial health of US public schools keeps getting worse, according to a new report from S&P Global Ratings.
Half of US Public Schools Report Operating Deficits, S&P Ratings Finds
The financial health of US public schools keeps getting worse, according to a new report from S&P Global Ratings.
bloom.bg
Extreme weather during summer 2026 is estimated to have cost the EU 180 billion Euros But still governments refuse to acknowledge the scale of the threat and turn away from any serious, effective, action Hard to comprehend really www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’
Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?
theguardian.com
Today in History: Earthquake shakes central Mexico
Today in History: Earthquake shakes central Mexico
chicagotribune.com
McConnell appeared to need help on how to vote on a farm bill Wednesday.
McConnell’s Senate Return Sparks More Questions About 84-Year-Old’s Health (Video)
McConnell appeared to need help on how to vote on a farm bill Wednesday.
forbes.com
A shocking number of Americans are still rationing a drug they need to survive. Here's what it will take to make it truly affordable. www.vox.com/good-medicin...
No, insulin still doesn’t cost $35
A shocking number of Americans are still rationing a drug they need to survive. Here’s what it will take to make it truly affordable.
vox.com
DOGE Staffers—Including “Big Balls”—Are Back to Add AI to Government newrepublic.com/post/215538/...
DOGE Staffers Are Back—and Leading AI Takeover of Government Services
The DOGE goons who drove federal agencies into the ground last year are back, including that dude who goes by “Big Balls.”
newrepublic.com
We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville talkingpointsmemo.com/news/marshal...
We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville
This week I asked 28 current and former Republican Party officials in...
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September is National Hunger Awareness Month. Too many of our neighbors are facing food insecurity, especially after Trump and Republicans in Congress cut food assistance programs. I’m proud to support partners like the San Diego Food Bank to help feed our community.
This is not Trump philanthropy, where he’s literally donating his own funds to repair or build a building. This is our tax money that Congress already allocated specifically for the Kennedy Center. It’s extortion. #StopTrumpCorruption
Trump has hit a new low, and not just for him—but for any U.S. president.
Trump’s Favorite CNN Star Reveals President’s New All-Time Low
Forget inflation, Harry Enten has let the president down.
thedailybeast.com
Ossoff: Blanche is a joke and a hack. These folks are not just corrupt, they're clowns. Here you have a Kremlin connected Russian oligarch giving massive cash gifts to the president's son…
Ossoff: "The draft-dodging commander in chief builds a monument to himself while plunging us deeper into a war he doesn't know how to end or win"
SAN DIEGO activists at Otay Mesa Concentration Camp‼️
