'What a Waste of Time': The US Army Spent $6,900,000,000 on 2 RAH-66 Comanche Stealth Helicopter Prototypes. None Ever Made it To the Battlefield and Now Sit In a Museum - 19FortyFive share.google/YXHNf1zY12gt...

'What a Waste of Time': The US Army Spent $6,900,000,000 on 2 RAH-66 Comanche Stealth Helicopter Prototypes. None Ever Made it To the Battlefield and Now Sit In a Museum

The Army spent $6.9 billion on the RAH-66 Comanche, built two prototypes and fielded none before canceling a $26.9 billion production plan.

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Nothing says “we’re in charge“ quite like explaining who else is responsible.

“[This film] couldn’t be more satisfyingly designed for its intended audience, precisely at the age when it is especially reassuring to have fantasy films about children (human and canine) who are brave, dedicated helpers & problem-solvers." @nellminow.bsky.social reviews PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE

PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie review: Prehistorically effective kiddie fare

Couldn't be more satisfyingly designed for its intended audience.

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Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

Harry Enten: “Democrats may put up a historic showing in southern Senate races this year and their majority may run through the south. Ossoff (GA) and Cooper (NC) are clearly ahead. Talarico is +2... If all that were right on, Dems would win more southern Senate races than any midterm in the 2000s!”

This should be much bigger news.

Constant corruption is costing taxpayers. The company they bought the useless jets from was a donor to Kristi Noem. Yes, corruption is hurting working Americans. The Republican Congress doesn’t care. — Homeland Security Paid $464M for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...

Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them. (Gift Article)

The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.

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Our Taxes will skyrocket!!! Billions gone to Whitehouse Destruction, Illegal Wars, Israel, Reflecting Pool, Wrestling Matches, Faking Assassinations, Hiding the Epstein Files/ Classified/ Nuclear Documents, Firing our Intelligence offers, gifts to Elon Musk & the Tech Bros in exchange for Tax Cuts.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

WaPo Exclusive: The Trump admin is now set to spend at least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds. 
The price tag is much larger than previously reported, according to a Post review of confidential contracts. Taxpayers would cover most of it.

NEW: Jeanine Pirro’s office has quietly convened an extremely rare special grand jury in D.C., potentially opening a new front in politically charged investigations. What it’s targeting remains a mystery.

Pirro Quietly Convenes Rare Special Grand Jury in DC, Fueling Fears of a Trump Prosecution Weapon

According to exclusive reporting from the Washington Post, the Justice Department has quietly convened a special grand jury in Washington, D.C., a rare legal

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I will NEVER stop seeing that pathetic coward hiding in an airport catering truck like a scared little bitch.

The myth of the “great businessman” continues to be proven false over many decades. He’s a great con man who inherited great wealth and connections.

i burst out laughing

My Li'l Brother saw this homeless woman on his way to work. He sent it to me with a three word text: "This is America". He's right. #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

If legacy media wants to know why independent pro-democracy media is succeeding, they should just compare their websites to the front page of Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com

Donald Trump put people in harm’s way to save himself. That’s who this President is.

Let it be said over & over: While Trump will try every trick to scare & intimidate voters from casting their ballots and then lie about the outcome in the aftermath, each of us can help get as many people to the polls as possible & ensure an overwhelming turnout and a massive, undeniable GOP defeat.

How Vivek Ramaswamy’s mom manipulated Alzheimer’s data and made her son rich oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/how-vivek-...

How Vivek Ramaswamy’s mom manipulated Alzheimer’s data and made her son rich

Vivek Ramaswamy, a billionaire and the Republican nominee in Ohio’s gubernatorial race, served as the frontman for a dubious pharmaceutical company and then cashed out weeks before its dramatic crash.

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So i guess the GOP is cool with ICE using electric shock gloves? That feels a bit…. Hmmm…. Communist?

Analysis: Samuel Alito has made up to $2.9 million from fossil fuel assets while serving on the Supreme Court www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Analysis: Samuel Alito has made up to $2.9 million from fossil fuel assets while serving on the Supreme Court

Yet he won't recuse himself from key oil and gas cases.

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“How do you define Democratic Socialism?” “It puts people first — Child care. Public schools… The Packers are a publicly-owned 🏈 team. Working class people should be first in government.” (H/T @francescahongwi.bsky.social )

"Millions of working parents struggle every day to find decent childcare they can afford. And it might not be happening if only Richard Nixon had signed legislation to create a comprehensive childcare system back in 1971."

How to Break the Fifty-Year Stalemate on Childcare Policy

A new proposal aimed at Democrats emphasizes learning from past failures and giving parents choice.

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I mean in the U.S. we’re in the midst of the worst measles outbreak in decades and the President decides that it’s critical, right at this very moment, to further undermine trust in the MMR vaccine.

God help us.

When you win a war, you dictate the terms of the peace. When you lose a war, you try to salvage the best deal you can get to end hostilities. What we are doing is the latter.

This is an extremely good read & informative. But two analyses—one by FactCheck.org, the other by PolitiFact—show that in the entries Paul highlighted, Fauci’s private notes did not substantially differ from his public statements. #IStandWithFauci #Blues

Why MAGA Is So Obsessed With Fauci

In the aftermath of pandemics, people either try to forget them or find others to blame for them.

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Real accountability journalism would start with a strong presumption that you as a Senator are responsible for every single thing your party does (even more if you voted to advance it to the floor!). Reporters would ask Collins, ok, what did you to stop those Medicaid cuts, and why didn't it work?

Trump is using the power of the government regulatory state to coerce companies into turning over huge ownership stakes in their businesses to the federal government while calling Democrats communists.

Trump's bulldozers tear up Big Bend National Park. Are you enraged yet?

Bulldozers plow through Big Bend National Park, sparking fury in Texas

Video and photos show work underway in Big Bend National Park, the location of a border project which has sparked bipartisan fury.

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