Ridiculous 😒

This is the 20th hunger strike of this year. 140 people detained in Tacoma’s ICE detention center are protesting inhumane conditions, inadequate medical care, and meals unfit to eat. People shouldn’t have to starve themselves just to be treated with basic human dignity. Shut it down.

Raw beef, late meals spark hunger strike by 140 at Tacoma ICE center

The hunger strike marks the 20th time this year that detainees have used the tool to advocate for better food and medical care, advocates say.

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Some people have told me that I hate Trump because he’s a Republican. They are wrong. I dislike Trump because he’s a terrible human being.

The fact that Donald Trump has an aide whose job seems to be mostly feeding him positive reinforcement about whatever he does is a bigger scandal than whatever else, if anything, that Trump's relationship with that aide entails.

Wait, a network is suing the Trump administration for once? ABC is accusing the Federal Communications Commission of infringing on its First Amendment rights.

Wait, a Network Is Actually Suing the Trump Administration for Once?

ABC has sued the Trump administration, alleging the Federal Communications Commission has infringed on its First Amendment rights.

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TRUMP SAYS HIS LIFE WAS BETTER BEFORE HE BECAME PRESIDENT. DUDE, EVERYONE'S LIVES WERE BETTER BEFORE YOU BECAME PRESIDENT.

PAXTON: “I don’t know the details.” 🤷🏼 TALARICO: “The THC ban is insane… at the federal level we could legalize cannabis…” Stark contrast between @KenPaxtonTX’s chicken shit answer and @jamestalarico.bsky.social’s wildly popular position. Choose your fighter, Texas.

If people are hurt, they deserve to be. 🕗🕕🕓🕖

Trump, Who Says Mail-in Voting Is “Cheating,” Votes by Mail. Again. Source: The New Republic share.newsbreak.com/jc7au7gr

Trump, Who Says Mail-in Voting Is “Cheating,” Votes by Mail. Again. - NewsBreak

President Trump, who has staunchly opposed mail-in voting as part of his delusions of mass voter fraud, voted by mail in Florida’s Republican primary elect

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Low-interest federal loans are now available to eligible small businesses and private nonprofits impacted by the Boyle Heights warehouse fire in June. With the SBA's disaster declaration approval, we're helping the community meet essential costs, retain workers, and recover.

Just finished my the eighth Discworld book and while I’ve enjoyed them all, this one was next level to me.

Kegsbreath stood at a military fundraiser and casually hurled an anti-trans slur. He’s so unqualified and juvenile spewing hateful garbage from a man entrusted with America’s military. He’s a total disgrace! #USDemocracy #RisingBlue newrepublic.com/post/214484/... via @newrepublic.com

Pete Hegseth Casually Tosses Out a Slur at Iowa State Fair

The defense secretary used an anti-trans slur completely unprompted.

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Spacewalk complete. ✅ After 6 hours and 23 minutes outside the International Space Station, Sophie Adenot is safely back inside. With today's EVA, Sophie becomes the first French woman to perform a spacewalk. 🇫🇷 @exploration.esa.int

I didn't think anything this regime said could still stop me cold. Then Trump said 260 days at sea wasn't nearly long enough. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/twenty-one...

I'm sorry to hear that Frank Beard of ZZ Top has passed, at age 77. He and I chatted on several occasions when I was a deejay, and I found him to be very courteous and good-hearted. He was also a talented musician. May he rest in peace. apnews.com/article/fran...

Frank Beard, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer of boogie-rock trio ZZ Top, dies at 77

Frank Beard, the drummer for ZZ Top, has died at 77. He passed away Tuesday at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family by his side.

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Damn‼️Sen Ossoff (D-GA) says Trump doesn’t want to do the job of being president, that all he wants to do is build his ballroom and fly around with Natalie Harp and the whole MAGAverse is shook. I’m glad Jon went for the jugular and more Dems need to do this. Cry more MAGA!!

The DOJ has lost 23 straight federal cases trying to force states and Washington, D.C., to hand over complete, unredacted voter-registration files. Not close losses. Twenty-three merits rulings, twenty-three defeats, judges appointed by presidents of both parties. open.substack.com/pub/mitchthe...

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I truly believe in ten years not a single person will admit in polite company to having supported Trump. Honest to God I fully believe that

Planned Parenthood Votes plans to use the ad campaign to criticize the Maine Republican, who is up for reelection, for voting to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who later supported the high court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. #TroyJacksonForSenate www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Planned Parenthood Plans Its Biggest Ad Buy of 2026 Against Susan Collins

The group’s PAC will spend $600,000 on spots criticizing Collins for supporting Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.

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New in PN: DHS's abuse of power in Minnesota was even worse than we knew "When the Department of Justice indicted 15 Minnesotans earlier this summer, it was painfully clear that this was a cobbled-together mess, a transparent attempt to criminalize dissent. But boy, we didn’t know the half of it."

DHS's abuse of power in Minnesota was even worse than we knew

It's the stuff of East Germany.

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Mark Kelly flew 39 combat missions off a carrier in Desert Storm. He's been on the phone with a grandmother about what's happened to her grandson aboard the Lincoln. What she told him is why he's demanding an investigation. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/twenty-one...

The Zorro ranch holds horrors waiting to be found.

1/2. A federal judge has ordered Virginia Giuffre’s case files against Ghislaine Maxwell UNSEALED thousands of pages of depositions and evidence involving Epstein, Maxwell and potentially powerful people. #USDemocracy #RisingBlue newrepublic.com/post/214459/... via @newrepublic.com

Federal Judge Orders Release of Virginia Giuffre’s Case Files at Last

The files in Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell will be public at last.

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While his sailors are starving and taking cold showers, the Secretary of Defense is yucking it up in a bar while inappropriately engaging in political campaigning.

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