It's a revealing moment...

J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.

The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.

Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.

FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...

NEW: Kash Patel granted waivers to Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staffers, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information.

@williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social @propublica.org

Officials in the Trump regime will never miss an opportunity to cash in on their own cruelty.

'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.

A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here

Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...

New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings

“Big tech has made their choice”

www.404media.co/google-has-c...

Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?

Beautiful Russian palace

Name them.

INGRAHAM: “Does that mean the H-1B visa thing will not be a big priorit?”

TRUMP: “You have to bring in talent.”

INGRAHAM: “We have plenty of talent.”

TRUMP: “No, you don’t.”

Wow. Wait til MAGA sees this one. 😕

China Tech Shifts Climate Politics At COP30 In Belém — At COP30 in Belém, Chinese-made clean-energy and monitoring technologies are reshaping alliances and influence among participating nations. Delegates are debating cooperation and financing as Beijing leverages tech exports to advance…

SNAP embarrassed him. So now he's against SNAP. SNAP is now the James Comey of government assistance programs.

Trump Wines Sold At Coast Guard Stores On Federal Property Exchanges in Washington, D.C., and Virginia have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider, allowing his family’s business to earn revenue from sales on federal property.

Scoop: “Trump Wine Hits Government Shelves”

me, for @forbes.com

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Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:

(Published 2019)

I have a very bad feeling about this...

Don’t laugh at this. Don’t dismiss it. They’re serious. Prepare for it. And get ready to fight against it.

Border Patrol Agents Detain 2 City Employees During ‘Lawless’ Little Village Raids, Ald. Rodriguez Says “These federal agents are operating lawlessly, demonstrating utter disregard for our constitutional rights,” Ald. Mike Rodriguez (22nd Ward) said.

Trump’s agents have detained innocent American citizens and residents, from children asleep in their homes to an Alderman’s staffers.
 
All demanding proof of citizenship, without probable cause, with only the victim’s skin color as a reason.
 
This isn't about crime or safety.

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
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Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!

ICE boosts weapons spending 700% A Popular Information investigation reveals tens of millions in new ICE spending on guns, chemical weapons, and explosives.

Here is the source - which used government docs for their reporting: popular.info/p/ice-boosts...

As most are aware by now, ICE is slamming the north side today. They've been seen in Andersonville, Rogers Park, West Ridge, Edgewater + Evanston. Several people abducted, agents still active.

Shared with permission—rapid response whistle team at Bryn Mawr & Broadway this morning.

I mean, this is just flat out corruption. It’s blatantly obvious. He’s stealing our tax dollars.

2026 Rate Change Project Every year, I spend months painstakingly tracking every insurance carrier rate filing (nearly 400 for 2025!) for the following year to determine just how much average insurance policy premiums on the ...

🚨 UPDATE: With FINAL 2026 rate filings for 34 states +DC now locked in, *gross* #ACA. premium hikes average 23.7%.

This may change slightly as the final filings for the remaining 16 states are added, but will probably still end up between 22 - 24% overall.

acasignups.net/rate_changes...

Truly a good human being.

Man he looks bad

It'll Be Trump's Fault Donald Trump created this unstable equilibrium; no matter how it breaks down, it will be his fault.

Trump and Miller will probably get the blood in the streets they want eventually. We don’t know when or how it will unfold, or how the public will come to perceive it. But we do know that no matter how it unfolds or is perceived, it is already their fault. All we can do is our best.

Jesus christ. These nazis are goddamned monsters.

Corruption just runs rampant with these people. It’s like it is a job requirement.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

"Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."