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Abolish ICE tree hugger trying to be hopeful Pragmatic Progressive My DM’s are disabled
As we consider military and logistical support for Saudi Arabia, a quick reminder: At least 356 people were executed there in 2025. Since January 2026, at least 134 more have been executed. Many for non-lethal drug offences. Apparently, human rights have strategic exceptions.
I found it refreshing to catch a glimpse of his ugly carcass on the news but not hearing a single word he was saying. Almost like I hit the mute button as usual.
Ah, summer is over But the music keeps playing And won't let the cold get me down...
Ultimately, this move will almost certainly be rejected by the courts, as it clearly fits the key standard for illegal administrative actions.
Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants
Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.
arstechnica.com
While Ed Sheeran has definitely stumbled and bumbled through this controversy I think the real enemy is Robert Kraft and his fellow NFL owners and we should mostly focus on them.
I may have told this story but 15 years ago I was summoned to the Beverly Hills mansion of an Oscar-winning producer to consult on a proposed TV series about a privately-funded mission to Mars, with a billionaire character who was clearly Elon Musk. He was the dude back then. So very much not now.
Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · 2h agoI say this all the time but here is how clueless I am: I thought tech bros were going to save the world.
Canada annual potash exports total: 22-23 million tons Canada annual potash exports to the US: 12 million tons Belarus annual potash exports total: 10-12 million tons Belarus potash exports already contracted, with China the biggest recipient: All This is stupid, moving on
There’s nothing like the sweet smell of failure in the morning.
At her 22-week ultrasound, Amanda Jablonski learned their daughter had developed without a skull or a brain. There was no chance for survival, and every day Amanda stayed pregnant was a threat to her health and life. Under TN law, she was denied an abortion. www.wbir.com/article/news...
wbir.com
Athletes are among the most susceptible to snake oil in my experience. Tom Brady is a prime example in American football.
‘It’s bordering on exploitation’: how pseudoscience is duping football
Cryotherapy chambers and other practices in the elite game have little evidence behind them, says Dr Claire-Marie Roberts, a top performance director
theguardian.com
Holy crap. Susan Collins is finished. What a corrupt POS. I hope she goes to prison for this. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
Tribal consultation isn’t optional, but the corporations building data centers in New Mexico are acting like it is.
Big Tech Is Trampling Native Treaty Rights to Build Data Centers
Tribal consultation isn’t optional, but the corporations building data centers in New Mexico are acting like it is.
truthout.org
My advice to CNN, MSNOW and Poliitico Concentrate on the Epstein Files You'll have him eating out of your hand after the 1st bombshell article about everything "Epstein".
“We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help to free the other half.” - Emmeline Pankhurst. UK suffragette arrested, 1914 #womensart #Tuesday
It’s still funny to me that the US had a presidential election that was basically like “Should the US kill itself” and “Yes” won (2024)
The idea that we reelected the worst President in US history when he was vowing revenge on the nation is really hard to grapple with
9/21/26 101 freeway in Encino A free press is the cornerstone of democracy. Silencing it is fascism. PERIOD.
UPDATE: Judge Sullivan has DENIED Todd Blanche's Motion for Partial Stay (of the foreign-language documents). He has instead entered a temporary stay so Blanche can try, on an expedited basis, to get the appeals court to enter a stay pending appeal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order on Motion to Stay – #49 in PHANG v. BLANCHE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01417) – CourtListener.com
ORDER denying 46 Motion to Stay. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 9/21/2026. (lcegs1) (Entered: 09/21/2026)
storage.courtlistener.com
Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 19h agoOnce again, and despite court orders & the federal law, Todd Blanche is trying to delay production in the Epstein Files; specifically, he doesn’t want to have to review & produce the foreign-language documents. My latest filing exposes Blanche for his legal hackery. youtu.be/72FTfVLdUS8?...
I really can't recall any politician who's as sleazy as this guy is. No core beliefs or principles. No attempt to operate in good faith. Just a ongoing avalanche of unabashed sewage trying to drown reality. Just ick.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 15h agoJD Vance: "The message is don't give power to the crazy people who started these problems in the first place. If you're frustrated about high prices, you have every reason to be."
When Andy Burnham served as the Manchester regional mayor, he did so in the only region of England that refused Palantir access to its data. Now, as British prime minister, Palantir could be his first major test in office.
The UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over Palantir
Andy Burnham once kept Palantir out of Greater Manchester. His first test as prime minister is whether to cut the company’s £330 million NHS contract—and risk a rupture with Big Tech and Washington.
wired.com
I'm just as angry at everyone else in this country who can't stop this madman I'm just as angry at them it makes no sense we have the dumbest people in America that can't stop someone destroying our country and our lives and our democracy that the rest of us sit here with no clue how to stop him
And you’ll see no calls for her to step down. That’s only something democrats do lol.
This creature. Another one that is so corrupt she has to die in office to hide her crimes.