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Retired military, deep-state dad to humans, a dog and a cat. #JusticeforVirginia, #JusticeforRenee, #JusticeforAlex
Electric Buses Point of no return - have gone from 12% to 56% of new city bus sales in Europe in just 6yrs Europe's 2035 target of 100% zero emission bus sales could be reached as early as 2028 Bravo Europe 🇪🇺!
I am embarrassed to admit I didn't really know the degree to which a) the DC occupation is ongoing b) it keeps growing c) it'll cost several billion dollars and d) it's going to extend to 2029. Madness. So destructive to the institution of the Guard www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/what-a-yea...
What a year in D.C. has cost the National Guard
Trump’s deployment is quietly unraveling the Guard’s core mission
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In China, robots which are also solar panels, clean the other solar panels. Original post
More than a third of PTSD patients who took a cannabis-derived drug stopped having nightmares altogether, a new study from researchers in Germany found.
Cannabis Drug Ended Nightmares In Some PTSD Patients, New Study Finds
More than a third of PTSD patients who took a cannabis-derived drug stopped having nightmares altogether, a new study from researchers in Germany found.
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🚨 #BREAKING (CHICAGO SUBURBS) ÏCE agents pulled a GUN, and a TASER, on unarmed U.S. citizens for recording them from a public sidewalk… while threatening, “you aren’t going to like the outcome.”
I’m glad the President has his priorities straight.
TIP LINE ALL-STAR: John from Michigan shares advice for surviving the collapse of the police state
This went a little different than his nightly interviews with Sean Hannity.
New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Mamdani Is Shunning New York Business Leaders Who Are Used to Calling the Shots
The mayor fired corporate leaders from a city fund’s advisory board in the latest sign that he is changing the way such power brokers access City Hall.
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Yes, polls show that Americans still support and trust museums like the Smithsonian to present history truthfully, to the best of their ability. My concern, however, is the long-term impact of these political attacks. Will young people see museum work as a... www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
One Problem With Attacking the Smithsonian? Americans Like It.
Coming after a history museum may not be the base-galvanizing issue Trump thinks it is.
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The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
I served in the USMC as a young man, Believing I owed my country a debt, For the freedoms we all are born with, Today there's no freedom left, It's humiliating to see an idiot, Occupy our highest post, Wreaking havoc upon the world, And being the punchline of every joke.
“For a long time,” Chan says, “misogyny was dealt with as a domestic issue within the family home or within personal relationships. There needs to be an understanding that this is a public safety threat.” @cultmtl.com cultmtl.com/2026/07/trea...
Treat incels as the violent extremists they are
Misogynistic incel subculture — elements of which have become disturbingly mainstream — is a serious public safety threat.
cultmtl.com
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
bloomberg.com
NN: The abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller -- Moreno says he should resign, but President Trump disagrees. Do you think Miller should step down? REP. JIMMY PATRONIS: No. I agree with the president. This is a family fight. Unfortunately, divorces are messy. There are two sides to every story.
Don't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
NEWS: For nearly 20 years, Epstein moved over $1B through the major banks. The banks looked away. Sen. Wyden’s 3-year probe exposes it all. But most damning? How Trump and the GOP tried to bury it.
Follow the Money: How Wall Street Bankrolled Epstein, and How the Trump Administration and CBS are Blocking The Truth
For nearly two decades, Jeffrey Epstein moved more than a billion dollars through some of the biggest banks in America. He withdrew millions in unexplained
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This is so true. Texans you have to turn Texas back to blue. You have to want better.
"The climate movement is a peace movement, a movement to end this war and its casualties." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
theguardian.com
NEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
politico.com
"Billionaires spend to be repaid. Everyone else just votes. The Roberts Court has made sure one’s wealth counts more than another’s vote" - Hawaii Supreme Court Associate Justice Todd Eddins
A Blistering Critique of the Roberts Court, From Hawaii’s Supreme Court
In an extraordinary opinion, the state justices accuse the SCOTUS majority of undermining democracy.
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Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎
RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>
Phang: "The fact that it's taking France and England and other foreign countries to be able to launch investigations, and yet our American DOJ is sitting on it doing absolutely nothing, including not cooperating with those foreign nations, is such a big red flag."
Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...
Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming
A Massachusetts farm is integrating solar panels above berry fields. This agrivoltaics project generates electricity while shading the crops. The elevated panels create a cooler microclimate, retain...
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It’s not a cult. They just keep finding new domestic abusers to cheer for. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
We are under attack: Krasnov, J6, Epstein, dark money, foreign lobbying, SCOTUS ethics, AIPAC 502/535 Congress, Gaza genocide, soft NATO, CCP-Taiwan, surveillance-AI propaganda, political violence & ICE raids. Follow the money. Demand transparency. Hart28.com 🇺🇸
First the Reflecting Pool was botched Now Team Trump risks botching the political response too Just filed youtu.be/Lf0hQTR84_0?...
Trump ATTACKS His Own DOJ Over EMBARRASSING FAILURE
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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