An $11,000 golf cart. More than $7,000 on TV subscriptions. $1.5 million in office renovations. Those were among the expenses that one sheriff’s office billed to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling in the department. (Published May)

Our thoroughly corrupt electoral system.

Computer: say it. say the words. Me: can we not do this today? Computer: we do this every day. say it. Me: (*sigh) I would like to stay logged in on this device Computer: (*chuckling)

Ginger is…impeccable.

The name of this playlist is hilarious 😂😂😂 the songs are 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I am playing hooky from Sunday chores. Don’t tell my family.

I can’t believe it. All my childhood punishments have become my adult goals. • Eating vegetables • Staying home • Having a nap • Going to bed early

A shakedown www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Where did my twist tie go? #Caturday #metalworm #moneyheist

LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping, because what he uncovered is just plain embarrassing to the force. www.latimes.com/california/s...

LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping

Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday are expected to charge an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the ...

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Who are these non-wealthy New Yorkers with estate attorneys on speed dial

The White House wants warning signs outside the #Smithsonian because it claims Americans are being misled about their own history. So I put one where it belongs. #PoliticalCartoon #EditorialCartoon #TheWhiteHouse #Satire #DrawnAndQuartered

ICE literally went into a national forest and arrested people who were swimming, etc. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/n...

ICE agents target NC’s Pisgah National Forest and make multiple arrests, feds say

Immigration and Customs Enforcement extends its reach to western North Carolina’s wilderness areas and makes 13 arrests in Pisgah National Forest, feds say.

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Truth.

kenofseattle@kenofseattle.bsky.social · last wk.

We can verify the daily physical status of a specific Seattle raccoon but apparently we're completely unable to determine whether a United States Senator is alive or dead.

It’s a damn disgrace that an innocent man who represented America in multiple Olympics and did nothing wrong was arrested and charged with a federal crime by hack Jeanine Pirro solely because Trump doesn’t want to admit he fucked up the pool with his usual incompetence.

My sweet girl prefers her beverages fresh, cold, and on tap. #Caturday #cats #coldone

Sickening. Literally.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2w ago

Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”

At the height of David Bowie's superstardom following the release of his album 'Let's Dance,' he went on the Serious Moonlight Tour & played some of the biggest global venues at the time. On 2nd July 1983, Bowie played a show at Milton Keynes to a crowd of 75,000. #BowieForever

It must get hard to keep all the lies straight.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w ago

A federal magistrate judge has ruled that Trump must turn over detailed financial information in connection with his defamation lawsuit against the BBC. The decision opened the door for the BBC to explore the finances of more than 400 companies owned by a Trump family trust.

The satellite that watches the eastern United States for storms went blind for 20 hours in July. NOAA cannot yet say why. Its backup sits weeks away from taking over. This is what a warning system looks like after the people who ran it were cut and its research arm marked for the axe.

His father-in-law (and the grandfather of the white appearing baby he’s holding) is Dinesh D’Souza, who was born in India and first set foot in the US at the age of 17.

I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:

The difficulty of choosing between longterm wellbeing and short term gratification. Lifelong challenge for me. Thinking about healthier diet, in this instance.

It’s Caturday—time to frolic with Mousies and live my best life!

Birds on the loose 😃 IG: @playfulspiritmedia @closeact Charlotte International Arts Festival

I have eaten the diarrhea lettuce that was in the crisper and which you were probably saving for tacos forgive me it was delicious hang on gotta run

This whole thing is too funny, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!

Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.

ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer

An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

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No matter what y’all say, this truly is a golden age…for lawyers.

More sad news. Australian-born cartooning legend Pat Oliphant, who made it to the top of the cartooning game in the US, has died. There’s a recent film about him that our Australian Cartoonists Association will be showing at our conference in October. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GFl...

A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant - Official Trailer | In theaters September 5

YouTube video by Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing

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Pasatiempo Magazine@pasatiempomagazine.bsky.social · 3w ago

We are saddened to hear of the passing of legendary #cartoonist & Santa Fe resident Pat Oliphant. His wry wit & ability to capture the absurdness of politics & political figures helped define the role of the #newspaper #politicalcartoonist. Read more about him in our profile from November 2025.