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Prof Emeritus of Lit and American Studies Editor, The City in American Lit and Culture, Cambridge Companion to the City in Literature, Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles, Author, Urban Verbs: Arts and Discourses of the American City
BREAKING: A reporter asked Mike Johnson at a press conference today, “Should we bother asking you any questions about Max Miller, Trump’s latest Iran deal, or his Capital One scandal, or have you not heard about any of them yet?"
🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."
Whitehouse on Blanche: "Today is a sad and embarrassing day"
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Yeah, I don't know what you do with this. But you DON'T trade him a) in-season when you're in striking distance of a playoff spot or b) within the division. These are things people who care about more than winning every transaction will understand. bsky.app/profile/skip...
Skipjack@skipjack.bsky.social · 2d agoWould explain a lot
Lucy gives Charlie Brown written assurance that the football will stay down for the kick.
Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal
Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general has been held up over concerns about a planned $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies and the president’s immunity from tax scrutiny.
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The US National Debt has now crossed $40 trillion dollars. That's an increase of nearly $4 trillion since Trump took office. Remember those campaign promises about cutting spending? Remember how DOGE gutted education, highways, health care, and other areas? So, where is all that money going?
Previously, Israel PM Netanyahu threatened Spain for adhering to international law, condemning Israel's crimes against humanity, and standing against the illegal war with Iran that Israel triggered, US is fighting. Netanyahu threatened Spain (EU) would pay an "immediate price."
I’ve known @jeremymoss.bsky.social for 20 years. He’s one of the finest, most dedicated public servants Michigan has ever had. This is a disgustingly, blatantly antisemitic attack by one of his primary opponents.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced Friday that she has restored voting rights for 66,085 people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to vote due to past felony convictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Virginia Gov. Spanberger has restored voting rights for 66,000 people with past felony convictions
The volume presents a dramatic reversal of prior Gov. Glenn Youngkin's tenure, when he restored less than 10,000 voter's rights during his entire four-year term.
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Guys, the best weapons to protect your neighbors from ICE are NOT GUNS They are CAMERAS, WHISTLES, and a well-organized RAPID RESPONSE AND NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH SYSTEM. ICE is better-armed than you'll ever be. But they like to rely on secrecy, and you can make it much harder for them to be secret.
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation - WSJ archive.is/iDOdc#select...
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It’s important to understand “age verification” and “kick the kids off social media” laws as a gift to Big Tech. These policies allow surveillance capitalism to chug along full steam ahead and let Silicon Valley giants off the hook. Instead of regulating their biz model, we just put up age gates
“A former U.S. military official told CBS that the value of hitting energy infrastructure would be to impact the Iranian military's ability to provide services and effectively govern.” Yeah, that doesn’t meet the test for being a lawful military objective.
Is this how they avoid discovery of grand jury hijinks?
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d agoFLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
The easiest possible layup for a President at war with another country would be to explain that they are attacking us. Trump won't do that because he views Minnesota as a bigger enemy than Iran.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."
“Where are all the volunteers this year, compared to last?” Kerr County Commissioner Jeff Holt Gosh, Jeff, maybe dealing with crises in other areas that don't get Trump money and didn't vote for any of this shit.
Kerr County faces worse flood damage with fewer resources
The Federal Emergency Management Agency hasn’t started helping local governments or individuals, while philanthropic response lags compared to last year’s flood.
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When two columns buckled on the 21st floor of 235 E 42nd Street, City workers jumped into action. Yesterday I invited the DOB and FDNY first responders to City Hall and thanked them for their bravery. We’re fortunate to have dedicated civil servants like these.
Kids today: Sales have also suffered as many younger drinkers have found traditional wines stodgy and difficult to understand, and preferred canned cocktails, seltzers and nonalcoholic beers and spirits.
Sales Are So Low, California Wineries Are Burning Their Vineyards
The rise and fall of pinot noir symbolizes the larger struggles of the wine industry as younger generations turn to other beverages.
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A Russian Kh-101 cruise missile hit Poland overnight, the missile flew for nearly 6 minutes and air raid sirens were turned on but civilians were not given any information, if this was a Russian test, Poland failed.
Let me tell you, having chronicled Pentagon-style war game on attacking Iran nearly 25 yr ago, every single "surprise," "darkening turn," "narrowing option," spreading warfare," "rising casualties," "no easy exit," etc that comes drip-by-drip is EXACTLY why GHWB WJC GWB OBAMA BiDEN did NOT do this
‘Erdoğan’s Civil Death Project’ : The ‘politicide’ spanning more than a decade Forward by the founder of the TX Civil Rights Project
[INTERVIEW] ‘Erdoğan’s Civil Death Project’ : The ‘politicide’ spanning more than a decade - Turkish Minute
The book contends Erdoğan “initiated a lawless process” after 2013 that made the denial of basic rights “state policy,” culminating in “the largest public‑employee expulsion recorded in world history”...
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As predicted, Todd, Blanche‘s vote in judiciary is put over a week pending further discussions between especially Cornyn and White House/DOJ on a more formal pronunciation of th slush fund/tax amnesty. No one seems yet to have considered that there are court rulings in the mix.
None of these attacks on US forces would be happening under the strong, decisive leadership of Donald J. Trump in the White House.
Reuters@reuters.com · last wk.US says it intercepted Iranian ballistic missiles launched towards US forces in Middle East reut.rs/3RnhLx7
Again, the point at which Democrats needed to burn it all down & stop the authoritarianism in its tracks was December 12, 2000, when the Wizards In Robes decided that people's votes didn't need to be counted. Everything since has been the inevitable outcome of that levee breaking.
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · last wk.a real indictment of Democratic voters of the era that the Supreme Court just straight up stole the Presidency from them and were back up to 60% approval like 3 years later
"more than 127,000 people have been convicted for alleged links to the movement, and authorities had initiated legal proceedings against 720,338 people since 2016, with 10,485 still in prison. Investigations or trials involving another 83,404 are still ongoing."
Turkey detains 128, jails 51 over alleged Gülen movement links - Turkish Minute
Turkish security forces have detained 128 people in raids across 22 provinces and jailed 51 of them pending trial over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, according to a statement from Tu...
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280 former lawmakers quit CHP to back Özel’s new opposition movement
280 former lawmakers quit CHP to back Özel’s new opposition movement - Turkish Minute
A total of 280 former lawmakers from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) announced on Monday that they were resigning to support the newly established New Party, deepening a split...
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