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Politics, religion, and philosophy from somewhere in the middle desert.
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This thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings.
![Hanna placed the noose around Bethea's neck, adjusted it, and then signaled to Hash to pull the trigger. Instead, Hash, who was drunk, did nothing. Hanna shouted at Hash, "Do it!" A deputy then leaned onto the trigger, which sprang the trap door. citation needed! Bethea fell 8 feet (2.4 m), and his neck was instantly broken.
Afterward, two doctors confirmed he was dead.
His body was taken to Andrew & Wheatley
Funeral Home. Icitation needed! He wanted his body to be sent to his sister in South Carolina so that she could arrange for him to be interred next to his father, but against these wishes, he was buried in a pauper's grave at Owensboro Cemetery (also known as City Cemetery and
"Potter's Field") in Owensboro. 14]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiafwdmp63odeydunst4aizjbnunnu5s26f6bk22yqg6drbdmutqf4)
![It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.!9! One man, 36-year-old Leonard A. Peters, was killed in a car accident while driving to Owensboro to witness the hanging. Three others, including his wife, were injured. 15. Afterwards, Hanna complained that Hash should not have been allowed to perform the execution in his drunken
condition. Hanna further said it was the worst display he experienced in the 70 hangings he had supervised. citation needed]
The spot where the scaffold stood
(approximately 37.775248° -87.116462°) is now part of a drop-off/pick-up lane in front of the Owensboro Convention Center. citation needed]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreidewrh2r7x4l3whf3llsqoenslqugawxzj3p43gflsa5pd4zqmuhi)
October 8, 2026 at 11:48 PM
This thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings.
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People in the Trump orbit are so tacky and gross.
October 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
People in the Trump orbit are so tacky and gross.
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ICE's days are numbered.
October 9, 2026 at 2:57 AM
ICE's days are numbered.
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🚨NYPD clash with ICE protesters outside a hospital where a man is receiving care after being SHOT by an ICE agent, all while the man's child was in his car's back seat.
LIVE NOW ⬇️
LIVE NOW ⬇️
October 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
🚨NYPD clash with ICE protesters outside a hospital where a man is receiving care after being SHOT by an ICE agent, all while the man's child was in his car's back seat.
LIVE NOW ⬇️
LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Trump made 517 personal trades of stocks, bonds, or other financial funds in August — including purchases between $1 million and $5 million each in Microsoft, McDonald's and Comcast stock.
SpaceX, Palantir, McDonald’s: Trump Made 517 Personal Financial Trades in August
Federal records detail the president’s latest stock and bond spree.
www.washingtonsun.com
October 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Trump made 517 personal trades of stocks, bonds, or other financial funds in August — including purchases between $1 million and $5 million each in Microsoft, McDonald's and Comcast stock.
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The war in Iran is the reason gas is $5 and diesel is $7.
Mike Rogers has been cheerleading the war since the beginning, calling it a win, win, win.
I don't know about you, but when I fill up my tank I don't feel like I'm winning.
Mike Rogers has been cheerleading the war since the beginning, calling it a win, win, win.
I don't know about you, but when I fill up my tank I don't feel like I'm winning.
October 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM
The war in Iran is the reason gas is $5 and diesel is $7.
Mike Rogers has been cheerleading the war since the beginning, calling it a win, win, win.
I don't know about you, but when I fill up my tank I don't feel like I'm winning.
Mike Rogers has been cheerleading the war since the beginning, calling it a win, win, win.
I don't know about you, but when I fill up my tank I don't feel like I'm winning.
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“And some of them took that deal.”
“It’s one thing to be evil to a child.”
“It’s another thing to get a child to do evil.”
“The light sentence that was given to Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 that allowed him to victimize hundreds of more women, we want to know, why was he given that light sentence?”
“It’s one thing to be evil to a child.”
“It’s another thing to get a child to do evil.”
“The light sentence that was given to Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 that allowed him to victimize hundreds of more women, we want to know, why was he given that light sentence?”
October 9, 2026 at 3:18 AM
“And some of them took that deal.”
“It’s one thing to be evil to a child.”
“It’s another thing to get a child to do evil.”
“The light sentence that was given to Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 that allowed him to victimize hundreds of more women, we want to know, why was he given that light sentence?”
“It’s one thing to be evil to a child.”
“It’s another thing to get a child to do evil.”
“The light sentence that was given to Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 that allowed him to victimize hundreds of more women, we want to know, why was he given that light sentence?”
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“Our government was compromised by wealthy, connected billionaires, and by Jeffrey Epstein himself.”
“At the age of 14, these girls that were being sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein were told if they could go find another girl to take their place, then they wouldn’t have to be sexually abused.”
“At the age of 14, these girls that were being sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein were told if they could go find another girl to take their place, then they wouldn’t have to be sexually abused.”
October 9, 2026 at 3:18 AM
“Our government was compromised by wealthy, connected billionaires, and by Jeffrey Epstein himself.”
“At the age of 14, these girls that were being sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein were told if they could go find another girl to take their place, then they wouldn’t have to be sexually abused.”
“At the age of 14, these girls that were being sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein were told if they could go find another girl to take their place, then they wouldn’t have to be sexually abused.”
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Thomas Massie: The Epstein scandal is “deeper and darker” than anyone imagined. #EpsteinFiles
“It’s bigger than Watergate.”
“It’s bigger than Iran-Contra.”
“It’s not about Joe Biden or Donald Trump.”
“There are degrees of evil here that we’ve never seen at this scale … ”
“It’s bigger than Watergate.”
“It’s bigger than Iran-Contra.”
“It’s not about Joe Biden or Donald Trump.”
“There are degrees of evil here that we’ve never seen at this scale … ”
October 9, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Thomas Massie: The Epstein scandal is “deeper and darker” than anyone imagined. #EpsteinFiles
“It’s bigger than Watergate.”
“It’s bigger than Iran-Contra.”
“It’s not about Joe Biden or Donald Trump.”
“There are degrees of evil here that we’ve never seen at this scale … ”
“It’s bigger than Watergate.”
“It’s bigger than Iran-Contra.”
“It’s not about Joe Biden or Donald Trump.”
“There are degrees of evil here that we’ve never seen at this scale … ”
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An ICE officer shot a Dominican man in the middle of an arrest in New York City today.
Wounded, not killed, so expect the story to be gone by Friday.
The DHS statement doesn’t say why a man being arrested needed a bullet.
They NEVER do.
Demand the name and the video.
Now.
Wounded, not killed, so expect the story to be gone by Friday.
The DHS statement doesn’t say why a man being arrested needed a bullet.
They NEVER do.
Demand the name and the video.
Now.
October 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
An ICE officer shot a Dominican man in the middle of an arrest in New York City today.
Wounded, not killed, so expect the story to be gone by Friday.
The DHS statement doesn’t say why a man being arrested needed a bullet.
They NEVER do.
Demand the name and the video.
Now.
Wounded, not killed, so expect the story to be gone by Friday.
The DHS statement doesn’t say why a man being arrested needed a bullet.
They NEVER do.
Demand the name and the video.
Now.
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NYC ICE SHOOTING Marble Hill, about 4 p.m.
ICE fired into a car. A man was hit. Not life-threatening.
A 5-year-old was in the back seat. The child was not hit.
NYPD was not there.
Who they were after, and why they fired, is still disputed. #NYC #ICE #USDemocracy #NYCICEShooting
ICE fired into a car. A man was hit. Not life-threatening.
A 5-year-old was in the back seat. The child was not hit.
NYPD was not there.
Who they were after, and why they fired, is still disputed. #NYC #ICE #USDemocracy #NYCICEShooting
October 9, 2026 at 12:58 AM
NYC ICE SHOOTING Marble Hill, about 4 p.m.
ICE fired into a car. A man was hit. Not life-threatening.
A 5-year-old was in the back seat. The child was not hit.
NYPD was not there.
Who they were after, and why they fired, is still disputed. #NYC #ICE #USDemocracy #NYCICEShooting
ICE fired into a car. A man was hit. Not life-threatening.
A 5-year-old was in the back seat. The child was not hit.
NYPD was not there.
Who they were after, and why they fired, is still disputed. #NYC #ICE #USDemocracy #NYCICEShooting
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POV you're about to send Mike Rogers back to Florida AGAIN.
October 8, 2026 at 8:35 PM
POV you're about to send Mike Rogers back to Florida AGAIN.
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Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting
Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
www.404media.co
October 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
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The University of Toronto, by far the closest to Ivy League culture in Canada, banned fraternities in the 1960s because they wouldn't admit black students. Which is another telling dynamic of the history of fraternities.
October 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The University of Toronto, by far the closest to Ivy League culture in Canada, banned fraternities in the 1960s because they wouldn't admit black students. Which is another telling dynamic of the history of fraternities.
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Yikes ! 😳
Sadly they weren’t born this way they actually decided to pay huge dollars to look this way! Yikes 😱
tRump’s gallery of beauties Lol if they didn’t have money he wouldn’t give them the time of day! Just embarrassing🥴🫣
#USDemocracy
tRump’s gallery of beauties Lol if they didn’t have money he wouldn’t give them the time of day! Just embarrassing🥴🫣
#USDemocracy
October 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Yikes ! 😳
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Mike Johnson is contemplating a new career if Republicans lose the House, Ken Paxton is dodging a debate Trump demanded, and Trump just announced his most bizarre loyalty test yet.
Trump Declares Americans Who Say ‘AI’ Are ‘the Enemy’ as GOP Midterm Panic Grows
With Mike Johnson floating a lawn business if Republicans lose the House and Ken Paxton still refusing a Fox debate, the GOP’s closing message has become a test of obedience.
meidasnews.com
October 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Mike Johnson is contemplating a new career if Republicans lose the House, Ken Paxton is dodging a debate Trump demanded, and Trump just announced his most bizarre loyalty test yet.
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Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social : “ABOLISH ICE”
October 9, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social : “ABOLISH ICE”
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Hear from a witness of the ICE shooting in the Bronx today.
October 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Hear from a witness of the ICE shooting in the Bronx today.
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NEW: If Trump and Hegseth weren’t trying to kick trans people out of the military, a Navy board recently wrote of a trans women that it “without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service," lawyers revealed today. www.lawdork.com/i/219495792/...
October 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
NEW: If Trump and Hegseth weren’t trying to kick trans people out of the military, a Navy board recently wrote of a trans women that it “without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service," lawyers revealed today. www.lawdork.com/i/219495792/...
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it's going to be very funny when trump steals all the ballots or whatever and chuck schumer just puts out a statement urging him not to destroy them
October 8, 2026 at 11:28 PM
it's going to be very funny when trump steals all the ballots or whatever and chuck schumer just puts out a statement urging him not to destroy them
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Mamdani live —> www.youtube.com/watch?v=niG_...
LIVE: NYC Mayor Mamdani speaks after ICE officer shoots man
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Mamdani live —> www.youtube.com/watch?v=niG_...
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As long as it takes to prove to these Bozos that freedom of religion includes freedom FROM religion.
October 8, 2026 at 7:54 PM
As long as it takes to prove to these Bozos that freedom of religion includes freedom FROM religion.