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Let's Go, Blood Clot!
Truth and Justice commissions need to start Jan 21, 2029. (Not snark)
"At least when the British burned this place down, they didn’t try to monetize it."
Truth and Justice commissions need to start Jan 21, 2029. (Not snark)
"At least when the British burned this place down, they didn’t try to monetize it."
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The indictment of a rogue postal worker “highlights how desperate Justice Department leaders are to substantiate the president’s claims of election interference, and how miserably they are failing,” Liz Oyer writes in a guest essay.
The indictment of a rogue postal worker “highlights how desperate Justice Department leaders are to substantiate the president’s claims of election interference, and how miserably they are failing,” Liz Oyer writes in a guest essay.
Opinion | Trump Is Getting Desperate. It Shows.
The Justice Department is trawling to find perpetrators on whom to pin conspiracies. Ordinary citizens are being ensnared.
nyti.ms
October 3, 2026 at 3:40 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The indictment of a rogue postal worker “highlights how desperate Justice Department leaders are to substantiate the president’s claims of election interference, and how miserably they are failing,” Liz Oyer writes in a guest essay.
The indictment of a rogue postal worker “highlights how desperate Justice Department leaders are to substantiate the president’s claims of election interference, and how miserably they are failing,” Liz Oyer writes in a guest essay.
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Russia’s Tsimbulova drone launch base in Russia’s Oryol region came under a massive attack.
NASA FIRMS satellite data showed fire hotspots in the area used for storing, preparing, and launching drones.
NASA FIRMS satellite data showed fire hotspots in the area used for storing, preparing, and launching drones.
October 3, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Russia’s Tsimbulova drone launch base in Russia’s Oryol region came under a massive attack.
NASA FIRMS satellite data showed fire hotspots in the area used for storing, preparing, and launching drones.
NASA FIRMS satellite data showed fire hotspots in the area used for storing, preparing, and launching drones.
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I’m sorry, what’s that acronym again?
Army is establishing a new command. FASCOM = Futures and Autonomous Systems Command.
October 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I’m sorry, what’s that acronym again?
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“The protests against the Arc de Trumph…have folks there every day. They have brought a bunch of rocking chairs down to Memorial Circle, and if any equipment shows up to actually begin work on the arch, they plan to block the path with the rockers.”
hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com/p/the-case-o...
hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com/p/the-case-o...
The Case of the Missing Basketball Tickets (satire)
Friday “Fun,” 2 October 2026
hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com
October 3, 2026 at 1:41 AM
“The protests against the Arc de Trumph…have folks there every day. They have brought a bunch of rocking chairs down to Memorial Circle, and if any equipment shows up to actually begin work on the arch, they plan to block the path with the rockers.”
hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com/p/the-case-o...
hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com/p/the-case-o...
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Trump is planning to host a third gala for the top investors of his $TRUMP crypto coin.
He and his family have raked in $2.2 billion from their crypto ventures, while their investors have lost almost the same amount.
They’ll fleece anyone they can — even their own supporters.
He and his family have raked in $2.2 billion from their crypto ventures, while their investors have lost almost the same amount.
They’ll fleece anyone they can — even their own supporters.
October 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Trump is planning to host a third gala for the top investors of his $TRUMP crypto coin.
He and his family have raked in $2.2 billion from their crypto ventures, while their investors have lost almost the same amount.
They’ll fleece anyone they can — even their own supporters.
He and his family have raked in $2.2 billion from their crypto ventures, while their investors have lost almost the same amount.
They’ll fleece anyone they can — even their own supporters.
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He was stabilized with IV fluids, and Nesterenko was asked to help guide his brother-in-arms through a difficult stretch of terrain.
Across open areas, Mykyta threw his comrade over his shoulders and carried him, believing that running with him was faster than crawling through the dangerous zone.
Across open areas, Mykyta threw his comrade over his shoulders and carried him, believing that running with him was faster than crawling through the dangerous zone.
October 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
He was stabilized with IV fluids, and Nesterenko was asked to help guide his brother-in-arms through a difficult stretch of terrain.
Across open areas, Mykyta threw his comrade over his shoulders and carried him, believing that running with him was faster than crawling through the dangerous zone.
Across open areas, Mykyta threw his comrade over his shoulders and carried him, believing that running with him was faster than crawling through the dangerous zone.
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Film-makers Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller’s new short is an unvarnished portrait of ICE-occupied Minneapolis
The ICE documentary as chilling as a horror movie: ‘We’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Film-makers Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller’s new short is an unvarnished portrait of ICE-occupied Minneapolis
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Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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A couple of additional points.
1. Trump is intrigued by the Insurrection Act, and loyalists are urging him to invoke it. He might try to. Are we ready?
2. Hegseth is a man of overweening ambition. He wants to be president. He'll try, by means fair or foul.
www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...
1. Trump is intrigued by the Insurrection Act, and loyalists are urging him to invoke it. He might try to. Are we ready?
2. Hegseth is a man of overweening ambition. He wants to be president. He'll try, by means fair or foul.
www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...
Not To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is Melted
And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.
www.thebulwark.com
October 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
A couple of additional points.
1. Trump is intrigued by the Insurrection Act, and loyalists are urging him to invoke it. He might try to. Are we ready?
2. Hegseth is a man of overweening ambition. He wants to be president. He'll try, by means fair or foul.
www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...
1. Trump is intrigued by the Insurrection Act, and loyalists are urging him to invoke it. He might try to. Are we ready?
2. Hegseth is a man of overweening ambition. He wants to be president. He'll try, by means fair or foul.
www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...
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Economist analysis of more than 3,000 US counties finds that in reliably GOP counties, annual deaths now exceed births by 0.4 per 1k residents, while in reliably Democratic counties, births exceed deaths by 2.8 per 1k. Population growth in the GOP counties is largely driven by internal migration.
In MAGA-land people are dying faster than they are being born
Our analysis suggests Trump country is only growing because of migration
www.economist.com
October 2, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Economist analysis of more than 3,000 US counties finds that in reliably GOP counties, annual deaths now exceed births by 0.4 per 1k residents, while in reliably Democratic counties, births exceed deaths by 2.8 per 1k. Population growth in the GOP counties is largely driven by internal migration.
Hawley: "I mean, what do those people do for America?”
Well, they have perverted government of, by and for the people by getting in bed with the GOP in order to rake in more cash. If they are now seeing the light, I'm down with it. Although the light is very thin: purely survival instincts.
Well, they have perverted government of, by and for the people by getting in bed with the GOP in order to rake in more cash. If they are now seeing the light, I'm down with it. Although the light is very thin: purely survival instincts.
October 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Hawley: "I mean, what do those people do for America?”
Well, they have perverted government of, by and for the people by getting in bed with the GOP in order to rake in more cash. If they are now seeing the light, I'm down with it. Although the light is very thin: purely survival instincts.
Well, they have perverted government of, by and for the people by getting in bed with the GOP in order to rake in more cash. If they are now seeing the light, I'm down with it. Although the light is very thin: purely survival instincts.
Perhaps President Lee remembers the ICE seizure and shackling of S. Korean nationals at a Hyundai / LG Energy plant last year, for which the admin did not formally apologize. A plant whose establishment DJT claimed credit undeservedly.
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
Korea to Trump: We aren’t funding your Alaska pipeline, yet
President Donald Trump touted Korean funding for a long-stalled pipeline project in Alaska. The Korean government said they haven’t promised the money.
www.politico.com
October 2, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Perhaps President Lee remembers the ICE seizure and shackling of S. Korean nationals at a Hyundai / LG Energy plant last year, for which the admin did not formally apologize. A plant whose establishment DJT claimed credit undeservedly.
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.
How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
www.nbcnews.com
October 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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GOOD NEWS! (Where there is often so little.)
Zelenskyy reported the first combat use of Ukraine's FP-7 tactical ballistic missile.
October 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
GOOD NEWS! (Where there is often so little.)
Best way to reduce the deaths of innocent civilians? Remove Hegseth and the deep-MAGA leadership he has installed at the DoD. (Now that Trump has perverted the DoD, perhaps it *should* be called the Department of War.)
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
Military Leaders Will Examine Ways to Limit Civilian Deaths in War
U.S. Central Command will hold a daylong conference at its Tampa headquarters after seven months of war in Iran.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Best way to reduce the deaths of innocent civilians? Remove Hegseth and the deep-MAGA leadership he has installed at the DoD. (Now that Trump has perverted the DoD, perhaps it *should* be called the Department of War.)
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
Trump and Hegseth are so afraid of the optics of losing a criminally stupid and pointless war of vanity, that they are stretching the U.S. military beyond its breaking point, and withdrawing American miltary power from critical theatres, such as SE Asia.
The should have been impeached months ago.
The should have been impeached months ago.
October 2, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Trump and Hegseth are so afraid of the optics of losing a criminally stupid and pointless war of vanity, that they are stretching the U.S. military beyond its breaking point, and withdrawing American miltary power from critical theatres, such as SE Asia.
The should have been impeached months ago.
The should have been impeached months ago.
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Let us hope this legislation passes. Then we can celebrate something decent coming out of D.C.
apple.news/Ak3mSfIGeQES...
apple.news/Ak3mSfIGeQES...
New legislation aims to block renaming aircraft carrier after Trump — NBC News
Sen. Cory Booker is introducing three bills to try to stop the Trump administration’s plan for the aircraft carrier, which was originally set to be named after Doris Miller, a Black war hero at Pearl ...
apple.news
October 2, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Let us hope this legislation passes. Then we can celebrate something decent coming out of D.C.
apple.news/Ak3mSfIGeQES...
apple.news/Ak3mSfIGeQES...
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US data center construction reached another new record high in official data released today, nearing a pace of $85B/yr (and this only includes data center facilities, not the expensive computers within)
Spending is up 73% over the last year and 513% since ChatGPT's launch
Spending is up 73% over the last year and 513% since ChatGPT's launch
October 1, 2026 at 9:41 PM
US data center construction reached another new record high in official data released today, nearing a pace of $85B/yr (and this only includes data center facilities, not the expensive computers within)
Spending is up 73% over the last year and 513% since ChatGPT's launch
Spending is up 73% over the last year and 513% since ChatGPT's launch
For the next 2 weeks, talking head shows and debates featuring R candidates should play this snippet and ask the candidate to either defend or reject her stance. And be explicit before hand on what an answer is: no equivocation, prevarication or mealy-mouthing. Defend or reject.
"He's gonna fix it. Believe in him ... all the abortion, it's evil ... I want to see 2 people -- Trump & Jesus...we do not want Muslims taking over...I have horrible thoughts. I don't think they should be here. This isn't their country...they need to pack up & go back where they came from."
October 1, 2026 at 8:58 PM
For the next 2 weeks, talking head shows and debates featuring R candidates should play this snippet and ask the candidate to either defend or reject her stance. And be explicit before hand on what an answer is: no equivocation, prevarication or mealy-mouthing. Defend or reject.
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We need to focus on the fact that Senators Kennedy and Grassley participated in this charade and soiled themselves badly in the process. They need to apologize to the witness, and to the American public for their serious misconduct. bsky.app/profile/atru...
"Republicans hoped to discredit Smith’s prosecutions of Trump & foster a narrative he weaponized the DOJ at the behest of Biden. And they hoped to catch him in some way that could be fashioned into the perjury indictment Trump has demanded over and over. But Schmitt’s f*ckup didn’t help the cause."
Schmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack Smith
When gotchas go disastrously wrong.
www.publicnotice.co
October 1, 2026 at 2:29 AM
We need to focus on the fact that Senators Kennedy and Grassley participated in this charade and soiled themselves badly in the process. They need to apologize to the witness, and to the American public for their serious misconduct. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Unsurprisingly, Richard Hanania is doing rape apology coverage of the Cornell case with fellow wretch Michael Tracey
September 30, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Unsurprisingly, Richard Hanania is doing rape apology coverage of the Cornell case with fellow wretch Michael Tracey
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“It wasn’t a mistake”🤔
“Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” 🤔
@ericschmittmo pathetically attempts to play it off and act like he didn’t publicly humiliate himself in front of the nation today 🤡
“Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” 🤔
@ericschmittmo pathetically attempts to play it off and act like he didn’t publicly humiliate himself in front of the nation today 🤡
September 30, 2026 at 3:30 AM
“It wasn’t a mistake”🤔
“Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” 🤔
@ericschmittmo pathetically attempts to play it off and act like he didn’t publicly humiliate himself in front of the nation today 🤡
“Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” 🤔
@ericschmittmo pathetically attempts to play it off and act like he didn’t publicly humiliate himself in front of the nation today 🤡
And the raid at a Hyundai and LG Energy Solution electric vehicle battery plant construction site in Ellabell, Georgia. I don't think Korea should invest under the Trump admin - there's a good chance he'll try to nationalize - 'Trumpanize'? - whatever they build.
September 30, 2026 at 8:19 PM
And the raid at a Hyundai and LG Energy Solution electric vehicle battery plant construction site in Ellabell, Georgia. I don't think Korea should invest under the Trump admin - there's a good chance he'll try to nationalize - 'Trumpanize'? - whatever they build.
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