We Taught Scooby Doo How To Say Craig Biggio; The Results Will Stun You
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[ NO SOLICITING ] Tired of living through Idiocracy Anti-fascist If you drive a Cybertruck, I genuinely dislike you Semper Fidelis
NEW: An undercover ICE agent’s dropped recording device revealed a purported operation that religious groups say violates a court order barring most immigration enforcement in/near churches. Now the groups want ICE held in contempt. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Religious groups ask judge to consider contempt over undercover ICE operation
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Chauvin was, in fact, the cause of Floyd’s death. He used a technique that MPD and most other agencies have banned, specifically because it causes death. And the crime for which he was convicted is unintentional second-degree murder, which by definition does not require intent to kill.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23h agoIs there ever a time now when he's not trying to ignite a race war?
The USS Abraham Lincoln, the aircraft carrier that’s been deployed for 9 months and plagued by reports about unsafe conditions, is on its way home
USS Abraham Lincoln Leaving Middle East After 9-Month Extended Deployment
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The people who are obsessed with Hasan Piker — pro and con — really refuse to believe that the vast majority of us do not give the slightest shit either way.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17h agoCBS: You campaigned with Hasan Piker during the primary. Dem Senate candidate, while images of Piker flash on the screen: I didn’t campaign with him, and I don’t know where that came from. CBS: Ah well… would you want to campaign with him in the general? Candidate: I don’t really know who he is.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens blasted the DNC for passing on the city as a host for the 2028 convention, saying the decision means they do not “consider Atlanta or Georgia relevant to the past, present, or future of the Democratic Party”
Dickens blasts DNC for passing up Atlanta as host for 2028 convention
Atlanta will not host the 2028 Democratic National Convention, as the party on Thursday narrowed the list of potential host cities to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia.
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My photo today from up in the Washington Monument makes it above the fold on page A1 tomorrow in the @nytimes Here is a link to the story: https://t.co/6AYdQFpaVc https://t.co/2oUnsAy0oV https://twitter.com/PenguinSix/status/2090270089773785553
How extremists are weaponizing a shocking $3M fraud indictment to fuel a dark new recruitment wave.
The perilous twist in the DOJ’s newest civil rights case
How extremists are weaponizing a shocking $3M fraud indictment to fuel a dark new recruitment wave.
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NEW on “Paper Trail”: Hundreds of immigration agents stormed a Chicago apartment complex overnight last year, some rappelling down from a helicopter. Trump officials claimed they successfully arrested “terrorists.” We uncovered a very different story.
The True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment Building
Trump officials claimed they successfully arrested members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in a dramatic midnight raid. We uncovered a very different story.
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NEW - Parents of kids who play sports: Did you know that there’s an official list you can check to see if their coaches have been accused of sexual abuse? Here’s how to use it — and how to let us know what you find.
What Parents Need to Know About Sexual Abuse in Youth Sports
The public SafeSport list is one of the most powerful tools for parents looking to research their kids’ coaches. But many families have no idea it exists or how to use it. Critics also say the organiz...
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ProPublica@propublica.org · 7h agoNEW: Despite being ruled “permanently ineligible” from coaching by SafeSport, a Texas girls volleyball coach has continued to run his club, posting hundreds of videos in which he works with players, supervises practices and is alone with teen girls. with @washingtonpost.com
Many of the right-wingers white-knighting Harp are doing so because she’s the gatekeeper on Trump retweets, which means she’s one of the most important people in their universe, while the people in Trump’s orbit providing all the Harp leaks to the media don’t care about that.
You might be a Republican if you use your gay brother’s death as an opening to have a national platform to spread anti-LGBTQ hate . . .
NEW: Despite being ruled “permanently ineligible” from coaching by SafeSport, a Texas girls volleyball coach has continued to run his club, posting hundreds of videos in which he works with players, supervises practices and is alone with teen girls. with @washingtonpost.com
This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching?
Even though an oversight group found that Texas girls’ volleyball coach Ryan Richardson engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor, sports organizations have failed to stop him from coaching.
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NEW: A U.S. National Park Service engineer warned the Trump administration about the floor of the Lincoln Reflecting Pool peeling in early June due to the renovation process and the materials used for the job, court filings reveal. THEY KNEW.
Trump administration was warned about peeling Reflecting Pool nearly a month before it brought vandalism case
A National Park Service engineer warned that the pool’s floor was peeling because of the renovation process and the materials used for the reinstallation.
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Ossoff: It’s been amazing to watch this White House melt down over this all week. And about Natalie Harp, these White House staffers are adults, public officials paid by the taxpayer, with immense power in positions of public trust.
“I’m not here to shock you. I’m here because God has given me the perfect clear vision that I’m supposed to … I need to expose the darkness so that schools can remove it,” Lady, you and your blasphemy need to fuck right off. Don't you assholes in Texas have more important things to worry about?
‘We’re coming for the books’: Lt. Gov. Patrick wants to remove ‘dirty books’ from public schools
The lieutenant governor said that state legislators would file a bill next session that requires the Texas Education Agency to lower a school’s accountability grade if it has any copies of a …
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Two weeks ago, the number was $100m. Today it's $200m. That would put him over half a billion to buy the government in just 3 years. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas
Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk is expected to spend up to $200 million in the midterms. It could be a big boost for GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who’s struggled to raise cash.
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NEW: Failing in military warfare, Trump is now escalating to “economic warfare” against Iran—promising economic isolation “like has never been seen,” alongside the U.S. blockade as a “one-two punch.” Unable to bomb Iran into submission, Trump is now trying to starve it into submission.
Trump signals economic pressure in Iran conflict as talks stall: ANALYSIS
The Trump administration is touting its naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and previewing new sanctions still to be announced.
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“I know this is going to sound extremely radical, or crazy,” she recounted telling the woman, “but ICE is there at the gate, and they're looking for you."
ICE Is Asking Gate Agents To Help Arrest Passengers. Some Are Pushing Back
An airline manager warned a passenger that ICE agents were waiting at her gate, helping her avoid a possible arrest.
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Remember their names folks! 2027 is four months away.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 24h agodefinitely a choice for all these titans of crypto to kiss Trump's ass and trash Dems while on camera on the White House
Flock cameras are springing up in communities across our country, endangering our privacy. Tell your member of Congress: Enough is enough. Get these creepy cameras off our street.
Get the Flock Out
Flock and other automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) are taking over our neighborhoods, tracking our movements, and building detailed databases about us. Tell Congress to rein in this mass surveillance tool: No Flock. No ALPRs. No exceptions.
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🛟“SOS” Cartoon by Steve Breen | Creators . President Trump dismissed reports of deteriorating conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln as “a CNN fake report,” assuring Americans that a retired admiral told him the carrier was “beautifully maintained.”
Cassidy. Tillis. Cornyn. Collins. Murkowski. “.. Many of their concerns appear earnest. Perhaps they really just are that gullible, unable to adapt to a Trump age that is leaving them behind.” @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
From the sound of those letters she wrote, she definitely wants some part of those family genetics.
Adam Parkhomenko@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 23h agoAlright
Any soldier this idiotic re-enlistment bonus work on is too dumb to be in the Army. And I’m a former Marine, so you should know I know dumb.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 23h agoThe Army has a new reenlistment incentive: Grand Theft Auto VI. A Georgia battalion is offering soldiers a four-day pass to play GTA VI at launch if they commit to reenlisting for another 2 to 6 years.