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Republican @RepJamesComer on why he won’t do town halls: "If it's all the village idiots, I don't have any desire to do a town hall.” When they tell you who they are, believe them. (P.S. this is also why @MarshaBlackburn hides 🐔 — as local media lets her)
"My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”--US Senator Carl Schurz (R-MO), 1871.
NYT: “Jewish settler militia groups operate like a paramilitary force to advance 🇮🇱 goals… In the West Bank, Palestinians live in daily fear for their lives… the international community must insist the next 🇮🇱 government dismantle the settlement enterprise…”
Opinion | It’s Not Just the West Bank Settlers. It’s Israel.
Settler violence is reaching new heights.
nytimes.com
No more distractions! Release ALL of the unredacted Epstein Files!
Texans 1 - ICEholes 0 Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny!@malena.bsky.social · 23h ago𝐈𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬🚨 Of course personal safety is vitally important, but it's good to see people stand up against #ICELawlessness. Americans all need to put their foot down like these brave Texans! We need accountability. We've had enough of the abuse & injustice.
I'm going to KEEP talking about how Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress, DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚
Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
I'm so tired of ads for shitty sports betting apps and online casinos and I swear I hear them every time I turn on the radio or the TV. This is the shit that desperately needs to be regulated.
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
Life in Hell - 57 days until the midterms LeBron James is really really rich. And now he’s a partner in Polymarket. A fucked up gambling company that bets on people’s misfortunes. Why do the rich who have EVERYTHING always need MORE? It’s a mental illness. Fuck him. Here’s my cat #digitalart
The racist billionaire plans to throw an ungodly sum of money into the midterms. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Musk spends his dirty money in key midterm races
The racist billionaire reportedly plans to spend $100 million to boost Republicans.
dailykos.com
LeBron signs a deal with Polymarket, Giannis partially owns Kalshi, everything sucks, and Charles Barkley is right
The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026. So far. The scams, schemes and grifts have been endless, as the Trump Family seems to spend most of their time and energy finding new ways to profit off the presidency. Here is my Top 75. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026
So far.
open.substack.com
The most dangerous person is the moron who thinks he knows everything with the ability to wreck the fortunes of a country and harm its people. We’ve had many bad presidents, but there was just nobody close to this bad.
The USPS whistleblower is a hero among heroes. Your initiative and courage are appreciated beyond words.
"Buffalo leads, with more than 1,100 arrests since Trump’s return to office. Rochester follows with 631 and Syracuse with 436."
Buffalo is ground zero for ICE enforcement in upstate New York
The latest ICE arrest data details a summer surge by agents across many upstate New York cities, none more than Buffalo.
investigativepost.org
ANALYSIS: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: we can’t trust U.S. tech companies The president’s decree is dumb. Why is anyone going along with it?
ANALYSIS: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: we can’t trust U.S. tech companies | TVO Today
The president’s decree is dumb. Why is anyone going along with it?
tvo.org
Kushner went from near defaulting on debt to being a billionaire buying up private islands and Lakers. All it took was 2 Trump presidencies and Saudis
Meidas Rick ❌🚫🇺🇸🇮🇪🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸@sgtrick.bsky.social · 4d ago
* A country is strongest when its people protect one another’s rights, even when they disagree.
A couple days ago, Mike Johnson mocked Thomas Massie for suggesting House leadership could keep Congress out to avoid the new Epstein Files Transparency Act, calling the idea “stupid” and “nonsensical.” Now he has canceled the final two weeks of September.
As we elders, our daughters, and our granddaughters continue the fight for power, equality, and respect, we hold you in our hearts with love and gratitude. Rest in peace and power, Gloria Steinem. 🤍
Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
nytimes.com
Who would ever have thought that we would fall so far that we now face a need to defend Democracy from the president. #VoteBlue up and down the ballots and don’t sit out the Midterms.
So... quick reminder.... executive orders are not laws. executive orders are not laws. executive orders are not laws. executive orders are not laws. executive orders are not laws. executive orders are not laws. EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE NOT LAWS. guides.library.umass.edu/govinfo/exec...
LibGuides: Government Information: Executive orders and proclamations
A Guide to Government Information Sources
guides.library.umass.edu
If you’re struggling in this economy, just know the Trump regime’s billionaire Treasury Secretary believes you are a “malcontent” who “does not want to work”
