Without lying about fentanyl, Trump would have no excuse to begin boat strikes. Without the boat strikes, he’d have no cover for theUSS Gerald Ford carrier group to invade Venezuela. Without overthrowing VZ, he couldn’t have seized the oil. Without controlling the oil, he couldn’t strangle Cuba.♻️

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Check out my new interview with one of my favorite accounts @thefarce.org. We talked about an incredibly wide range of issues. Here’s the part about Cuba and how Trump’s aggression began with a series of lies about fentanyl.

This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like.

For many years, ICE didn't have its own medical claims processing for detainees, running 3rd party medical bills through the VA's system. Last year, right-wing influencers convinced the Trump admin to abruptly cancel this contract. With no replacement, ICE specialized medical care has gone unpaid.

St. John Barned-Smith@stjbs.bsky.social · 2d ago

ICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’ — my latest, w/ @kolyncheang.bsky.social. Spend some time with it www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Predictable and predicted: "revenue from audits plunged 35% in fiscal year 2025, meaning billions of dollars in taxes went un-collected. The drop coincides with a 27% cut in enforcement and collection staffing at the IRS, as part of Elon Musk's campaign to boost government efficiency."

NPR@npr.org · yesterday

The IRS slashed its auditing staff last year — but the move may have backfired as tax collections from enforcement efforts plummeted, an Inspector General report shows. n.pr/4yc7bbS

"Gibney’s basic take on Musk is that he’s a confidence man whose power comes only from the stock market and disappears the minute we see through the facade of sales pitches"

Elon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”

He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he may also be the most dangerous.

hollywoodreporter.com

“Peace is preserved and spread by people who gladly come together and have no qualms about engaging in debate. “People always come before borders, before definitions and institutions. “This realization stands at the center of Christianity.” — Pope Leo XIV

“Bel was a varsity soccer player for Springfield City School District…He was on the National Honor Society and a member of the Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps”. He was a legal immigrant, and MAGA couldn’t tolerate his excellence, so now he’s dead.

Springfield Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor, advocates say

A 20-year-old Wright State student took his own life on Interstate 70 out of anguish over a required ICE ankle monitor, according to local community advocates.

springfieldnewssun.com

Never before heard of the former president of an org going into government and then granting their former employer future immunity from enforcement of civil rights laws. The Trump admin’s corruption is next level theintercept.com/2026/09/01/c...

Christian Employers Can Now Discriminate Against Trans People

A settlement with the Christian Employers Alliance blocks the EEOC from ever investigating the group’s members for gender identity discrimination.

theintercept.com

The Trump administration has filed 36 emergency applications since last February, which have generated 31 conclusive rulings. In those 31 rulings, the Court has voted *for* Trump in whole or in part 27 times (87.1%), and against him four times (12.9%). Here's a chart covering all of these rulings:

"Billion dollar ballroom" is a phrase that should be in every Democrat's stump speech until November.

Joe Sudbay@joesudbay.bsky.social · 3d ago

From @gelliottmorris.com: Americans oppose spending $1 billion on White House ballroom 68% to 21% open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

The mother of a USNA midshipman was detained by ICE AT HER GREEN CARD INTERVIEW and is now being held in a concentration camp and I find it insane that people don’t understand how THAT is a bigger national security threat than any undocumented immigrant.

I'm an immigration historian. We lack the lexicon to describe this evil. "Deportation" generally means being repatriated to the country you came from. Although there have been 3rd country removals in US history, they are rare, but now ramping up. Also "deportation" means when you're sent back, 1/

Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE (Gift Article)

Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.

nytimes.com

in john roberts’ constitution, congress does not exist and the power of the purse belongs to the president, who is an elected dictator embodying the authentic Will of the People

David Kurtz@davidkurtz.bsky.social · 3d ago

The gig is up in the very first sentence of the Supreme Court's per curiam opinion on the Trump ballroom (emphasis added): "In October 2025, the *federal government* started a project to replace the East Wing of the White House." They've collapsed the legislative branch into the unitary executive.

If #Trump lied to the public & #SupremeCourt about the defense need for the #Ballroom & #Bunker when a nearly identical one was already built in 2010 would there be grounds for an urgent re-hearing by SCOTUS? @coons.senate.gov @marcelias.bsky.social @normeisen.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/sanh...

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨Vindicated at last!🚨 I’ve been yelling about this for nearly a year. Washington Post now confirms that a massive secret bunker/command center hardened against WMDs already exists under the White House. It was built in 2010 & completely undercuts Trump’s excuse for his ballroom/bunker! [gift link]

“A year out from Argentina’s presidential election, Peter Thiel has become an avatar for the left’s charge that President Javier Milei is putting the country up for sale. Opposition lawmakers launched a five-hour congressional hearing Friday into Thiel’s interests in Argentina…” 8/27/26 … 1/

Peter Thiel becomes anti-Milei rallying cry for Argentina’s left

In Argentina, Peter Thiel has become an avatar for the left’s charge that President Javier Milei is putting the country up for sale.

batimes.com.ar

Some influencers are endorsing politicians but not disclosing it. The phenomenon is bipartisan.

From American Conversations with @hcrichardson.bsky.social & Rob Sand, who is running to be the governor of Iowa after serving two terms as Iowa’s State Auditor. @robsandia.bsky.social Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/13vzH4LJcn4

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Hammer this daily: Do you know that "down-ballot" races, for local leaders & issues,are the most important? High-profile national ones get attention, but town councils, school boards, state legislators, etc. impact us most. All politics are LOCAL. VOTE BLUE DOWN BALLOT. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Absolutely devastating reporting on the family who just lost their newborn in Lancaster PA from @tombartlett.bsky.social “They assumed that Anna’s severe case of measles contributed to their loss. That’s what the midwife told them as well.” www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

The Measles-Stricken Mother Who Lost Her Newborn Son

The family at the center of Pennsylvania’s measles controversy tells their story.

theatlantic.com

The rise in longer-term US Treasury yields continued this morning, fully erasing the initial reaction to the US Treasury’s intervention announcement. (Bloomberg data below.) #economy #markets #bonds #yields

EL RENO, Okla. — A damaged private water line at a data center in El Reno caused more than 3 million gallons of water to be wasted this week, prompting the city to issue emergency abatement and public nuisance notices. www.koco.com/article/el-r...

Dozens of data centre projects across the US worth roughly $150bn in investment have been stalled or cancelled due to local opposition. ft.trib.al/FfTRjVT

YARDENI, on Canada/US: “.. This is no longer a squabble at the margins. .. the more interesting question may be whether other blocs—the European Union, the BRICS nations .. read Carney’s ‘not for sale’ stance as a template for dealing with Trump through the rest of his second term.”

> @techcrunch.com @mapquest.com techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/m...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Death toll from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China passes 1,000. @apnews.com

Hormuz crossings: @bloomberg.com

"In the final week of testing, the phrase 'sh*t show' was used by multiple people to describe the process..." We have an election system that works, and Trump wants to blow it up and install one that is basically designed to fail. www.cnn.com/2026/09/01/p...

USPS whistleblower says system for Trump mail ballot rules could fail at multiple points | CNN Politics

The US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*...

cnn.com

I'd only be worried about a Trump coup if... a) They fired all the professional generals and replaced them with loyal hacks b) They brought Nat'l Guard troops from pro-Trump states into DC until 1/20/29 c) Trump was building a massive bunker with drones next to the White House wait a minute...

The new CDC Director is indeed the one who ordered the count of measles deaths to be changed from 2 to 0. “The highly unusual decision departs from the agency’s practice of including such data from state health departments, which historically make the determinations”.

New CDC director delays adding Pennsylvania deaths to measles data

The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D).

washingtonpost.com