SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
David B. Gowler
@dgowler.bsky.social
Pierce Chair of Religion, Oxford College/Emory University. Latest books: Howard Thurman & the Quest for Community; Parables after Jesus; WATSA the Parables?; & Howard Thurman, Sermons on the Parables. #COYS. New Testament / Reception History of the Bible
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.
11 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges. This is his mugshot.
I'm shocked, shocked to hear Republican Senators have caved to Trump. Again.
Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.
This New York Times article, which ran a week before Christmas last year, didn’t get the attention it deserved. It detailed Trump and Epstein's predatory behavior toward women – “a game of ego and dominance” in which “female bodies were currency.” Here’s a gift link and a thread. 1/6🧵
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women (Gift Article)
The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were cur...
nytimes.com
Sounds right. Also includes good thoughts about the Jan 6, 2021, insurrection: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our history, we must be honest about it.
nytimes.com
I'm convinced that this reflecting pool shit is sent to test the media to see if they can put the truth first even in the face of the most obviously insulting lies in history...
Truth Melt: Stop Leading With the Lie in Headlines
When the headline is all most people read, leading with a lie spreads it. The Truth Melt: lead with the truth, name the lie only to correct it.
theframelab.org
🧵 New ICE facility for kids set to open in Louisiana. To be run by 'nonprofit arm' of for-profit prison company. Former IRS attorney said first line of regulation is the state AG. Louisiana AG spox: “Nah... The AG fully supports the brave men and women of ICE." www.thequeenzone.com/a-private-pr...
A private prison company will run new ICE children's facility--and IRS pros have questions
A tax-exempt nonprofit tied to a private prison company will operate a new ICE facility in Louisiana, prompting questions from a former IRS expert.
thequeenzone.com
It is funny that this person thinks “immigrants defended the union while native born whites sought to destroy it in the name of slavery” is an argument against immigrants being Americans. This is precisely the point, nothing about being born here makes you better bsky.app/profile/aphc...
Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social · 5d agoAnother datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right
Gotta stop writing down what he says when you know it ain't true.
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · last mo.Every journalist on the Reflecting Pool story knows damn well that Trump’s “vandalism” claim is complete bullshit. The way they mindlessly amplify what they know is a lie is a perfect example of how normalizing Trump misinforms readers. This is a huge journalistic failure and history will be unkind.
This reminds me of when Eisenhower invaded Normandy at 4:15 p.m. on a Friday so the markets wouldn't crash if D-Day failed
"A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online."
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
theguardian.com
This regime of the bullies for the billionaires has robbed and now wants to cancel the contracts of lawyers representing unaccompanied kids in immigration courts. We must stop them and ensure kids can have a lawyer by their side when they fight to stay in the only home most have ever known.
writing these words in this order made me feel like i was having a stroke, i am pleased to share it with all of you
Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 6d agowww.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
We are living in a time where many Christians are more offended by someone saying that the government should help feed and clothe children than they are about the government bombing and starving children all while claiming to be a “Christian nation.”
the thing about government grocery stores is that food deserts are a real thing and people need food
Why does Musk get a pass? Musk spends a large part of his...time fomenting violence & spreading the same hateful ideology that motivated some of the deadliest shootings & attacks ever...on American soil. It is that fact...that ought to define his place in public life www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary? (Gift Article)
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
nytimes.com
"Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · last wk.Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU
me at the start of Tottenham/Savinho vs me at the end of Tottenham/Savinho
Fabrizio Romano (MIRROR)@fabrizioromano.yopro20.com · last wk.🚨🇧🇷 EXCL: Savinho informs Manchester City about his desire to leave this summer. Savio wants to play more and develop in his career, #MCFC have been informed by the winger. All in Man City hands now. ⚪️ Tottenham have Savinho on top of their list as revealed since May. #THFC
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