Yvonne
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Yvonne
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Going bonkers in TN
Turnpike Oak Ridge today.
Go Vols!
boo trump
Go Vote!
September 26, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Good intentions from the League of Women Voters.
But the Soviet Young Pioneer and FDJ vibe is strong with this one.
September 26, 2026 at 1:08 PM
US rejecting solidarity, science, healthcare and prevention of traffic deaths.
Schwartz is getting her own circle of hell for knowing better and criming even harder.
U.S. Rejects U.N. Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics
Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections.
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Trump loves to kill people. It’s the ultimate power trip.
Since he is also a coward he will continue to murder brown people in Iran, the Caribbean and the US with willing helpers.
Trump reportedly rejects Iran’s seven-day peace deal to reopen strait of Hormuz
Tehran awaits official response to plan, but US president is said to expect renewed strikes after midterms
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Supreme Court lost all legitimacy in the last couple of years.
Democrats must talk impeachments and expansion, otherwise just go home.
Supreme Court Allows Use of Trump Administration’s Expansive Database for Voter Screening
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Might is right is the new motto.
A country of brute force and quiet bystanders.
A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer
A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2026 at 11:46 AM
American CEOs doing trump’s bidding, kissing Xi’s ring, and wasting their time.
Most have lost the competition already.
Xi Jinping Didn’t Bring a CEO Entourage. What That Says About China-US Relations.
American chief executives turned out in force to see Xi Jinping, while their Chinese counterparts were absent, a sign of how drastically business ties have changed.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2026 at 11:28 AM
The preachers have retreated, and the perverts have taken over. In the Maga era, sexual domination is synonymous with manliness, and porn is the lingua franca.
In its push to subordinate women, the American right is embracing raunch
Conservatives long promoted a politics of sexual prohibition. Now such morals have been shed in favor of male domination
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Whimsymaxxing has a specific look. Mostly it seems to involve affixing plastic gems, charms and shiny stickers to everyday objects.
Whimsy is a kind of profligacy, a revolt against efficiency. Landfills swell and oceans choke with the detritus of re-enchantment.
Has a Dash of ‘Whimsy’ Become Less Whimsical?
The push to optimize the magic in our lives is starting to feel like a trick for consumers.
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Bankrupted by private equity investors is the best description of our time.
Yet we are continuously told to believe the locusts are creating jobs and wealth for all.
JoAnn Fabrics fans seek to stitch void left by private equity with crafts co-op
US crafters are looking to build a communal network to replace the company after it was bankrupted by private equity investors in 2025
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Did they use the USPS?
Pentagon investigates after China obtains parts from F-35 stealth fighter jet
Pentagon investigates after China obtains parts from F-35 stealth fighter jet
The Pentagon is investigating how parts of the nation’s most advanced fighter jet ended up in Hong Kong.
apnews.com
September 24, 2026 at 11:11 AM
There are more than 1m gun licenses in Texas – twice as much as the next state, Florida – with about half of all households in possession of at least one weapon.

They also like pedophiles, apartheid, concentration camps.

Go Vols
Nazi jokes and ‘cum trophies’: meet the Texas gunfluencer who could soon represent Uvalde
Brandon Herrera, a YouTuber known for making outrageous pro-gun statements, is the frontrunner to represent a district devastated by mass shootings
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2026 at 1:47 AM
After listening to the State Department’s Tommy Pigott on NPR:
They are not that stupid, so they are simply lazy, cynical, arrogant bitches who won’t do more than regurgitate the same three phrases and avoid any content, any opinion, any principle.
And we are paying them for that?!
September 23, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Fracking brilliant to turn DOE into Friends of Coal.
And 8 Dems voted for this one trick pony.
A couple of days without AC would be a good start for him.
Chris Wright Sells Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Vision
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is pitching a future of fossil fuel abundance. It’s not always an easy sell while war drags on and oil prices surge.
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2026 at 12:02 PM
ANNIHILATE!
EXTERMINATE!
We’re reaching the Dalek-stage of trump’s villainy.
And the world sat by in silence.
Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran to UN general assembly is stunning, even for him
US president may have upstaged the ghost of Soviet leader Khrushchev by musing destruction of fellow member state
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Reposted by Yvonne
"A far-right group focused on removing non-white people from the United States is seeking property for a downtown Knoxville headquarters — with the aim of recruiting college students and young professionals." 2/ compassknox.com/2026/09/22/f...
Far-Right Group Seeks Knoxville Base
Heritage Hubs is part of a wave of young conservatives taking increasingly extreme stances on race, religion and immigration…
compassknox.com
September 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Not sure that the far-right undermined centrists won’t sabotage this win for the left with their favorite tool, accusations of antisemitism.
Actual nazis on the other hand…
‘Hope’ rises in Berlin immigrant communities as Left wins amid AfD gains
The Left party, led by Turkish-origin Elif Eralp, won Berlin, offering a contrast to the far right's wins in the east.
aje.news
September 22, 2026 at 12:29 PM
ICE really is failing here.
A nice girls orchestra, flowers, a buffet, a little play, maybe a film about the Führer gifting a city to the brown people?
Democrat says ICE restricted her oversight visit to country’s largest detention camp
Veronica Escobar tells Guardian she was prevented from speaking to detainees at much-criticized Texas facility
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Used to evil, allowing evil, still following evil.
Even more so than the usual republican hypocrite.
Brendan Carr was a member of a rogue Alcoholics Anonymous group some labeled a ‘cult’
Carr was a member of the group in his teens and 20s. There is no evidence Trump’s powerful FCC chair participated in any inappropriate conduct
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2026 at 11:26 AM
The freedom to use AI to innovate bombs without cumbersome regulations.
As the Founding Fathers would have wanted?
‘Just ask Grok’: How ISIL is using Big Tech’s AI to build bombs
Evidence shared exclusively with Al Jazeera shows ISIL supporters sharing ways to bypass AI safeguards.
aje.news
September 21, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Iran have not fundamentally changed our lives. A high-end military conflict in the Western Pacific would change our world profoundly.
The comparison with WWI is not an exaggeration.
The most important element in preventing a great war is policy discipline.
But Trump…
Opinion | America Is Blundering Toward War With China
The U.S. has long misunderstood Beijing, and Trump’s mixed signals aren’t helping.
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Americans really have no sense of selfpreservation.
Roasting alive for their “owners” is just the tip of the iceberg.
Accepting unacceptable conditions, following orders, never walking out, never going on strike, not cleaning up the White House pig sty.
‘I needed an IV’: shoes melt as turf temperature reaches 157F in Eagles-Titans game
The Tennessee Titans were happy to get off the field on Sunday, and not just because they lost their second game of the season
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Sadly, Star Trek’s vision crumbled as soon as Gene Roddenberry died.
From Enterprise onwards, ethical, witty, and heroic became jingoistic, militaristic, genocidal, and depressing.
Star Trek is turning 60 – and the vision it promised feels more distant than ever | Dave Schilling
The US’s deployment of weaponry in space marks the latest backward step from the show’s optimistic conception of the future
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2026 at 11:58 AM
We are being looted by the most evil family.
The trump‘s would go for tainted infant formula, rotten meat and collapsing buildings but AI, crypto and betting are so much more lucrative.
As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails
It’s not clear that financial interests are driving White House policy, but they run parallel even as resistance mounts
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2026 at 11:40 AM