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Psaki: Trump "is laying the groundwork to undermine the validity of the midterm elections ... He does not think he and his party can win on their own."

I understand folks are scared but I want you to think about the mechanics of this.

There are more polling places (>100k) than ICE and CBP agents combined, so they can only pick a few districts to try to intimidate.

Now what happens when cell phone footage of that goes online in the early morning?

they say i spent time on j-dawg’s, uh, mr. epstein’s island. that’s a terrible lie. i didn’t even get to use the zip line. i mean if there even was a zip line on the island

Horrifying 🤯

Since both Bill Gates and Bjorn Lomborg are back in the news (in the context of the Epstein Files):

And like clockwork, just days after climate denier Bjorn Lomborg was exposed in the Epstein Files, Jeff Bezos's Washington Post publishes Lomborg op-ed downplaying the climate threat:

SpaceX Seeks Early Index Entry as It Prepares Massive IPO — The Wall Street Journal Musk advisers have reached out to major index providers seeking ways to secure earlier inclusion in market benchmarks to lift shares

What’s in the Epstein files, Elon?

this man is going to be the world’s first trillionaire and even most of the too online sickos on this website are significantly happier than he is

This would be hilarious if it wasn’t so pathetic. The guy is so shot he’s obviously forgotten who Leonard Leo is.

Next thing we know he’ll be posting “I hear billionaires are buying elections. Someone should do something about that! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!”

Animal techniques, technologies, behaviors, senses, and anatomies are everywhere in human culture, haunting even our most advanced tech.

it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world

In 2009, this was the mask of a UK SAS character in “Call of Duty.” By 2015 it was de rigeur among Iraqi government commandos and Shiite militiamen. In 2018, in “Sicario 2,” it was what CIA surrogate characters wore to disguise themselves as cartel gunmen.

Now US law enforcement wears it.

The cycle from Amazon killing bookstores to Bezos axing the books section of the Post is something

A Worldwide Criminal Cabal….

Moulton: This is state-sponsored terror. This is what you would expect to see in North Korea or Iran or the old Soviet Union. We’ve got to crack down on the government before they crack down on the American people.

one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

Trump Ratchets Up Talk of Taking Over Elections This is one of many signs that Trump knows his party is in big trouble in the coming midterm elections.

Trump seems to be so worried about the midterms that he is looking for ways to manipulate the election process, rather than abandon the cruel policies that are making Republicans so unpopular:
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Who else hates this asshole⁉️

"Even assuming, consistent with the approach taken by certain other circuits, that depositions of high-ranking government officials should be restricted absent extraordinary circumstances regardless of whether they seek testimony on mental processes, the Court still finds that the protective order is not warranted . At the outset, it is at best unclear whether Musk, Marocco, and Lewin are properly deemed to be high -ranking government officials for purposes of this doctrine. Notably, in cases in which courts have barred depositions of cabinet secretaries, depositions of senior , Senate-confirmed subcabinet officials have been permitted to proceed. ...Here, USAID was not a cabinet -level agency, none of the designated officials were the head of that agency, and several were operating in an informal or acting role at the time of the relevant events."

NEWS

Elon Musk and others LOSE their bid to duck depositions in DOGE litigation.

Judge doubts protections for "high-ranking government officials" for multiple reasons. It's unclear they ever had that status, and Musk "left government service."

Doc buff.ly/uhpSOTz

You’ll never guess but the solution to people not having money is to give them money.

the thing that always fucks with me is that he's not even american. he's like an australian americaboo for Hooters

Rep Garcia: Heartbreaking acknowledgement from Good's brothers. They don't feel that her death has actually changed much. It's up to all of us across this country to fight hard for those who are being abused and disfigured, who are being killed on our streets by our own government.

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Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...

NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.

We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.

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my most Old Person opinion is that i hate how everything needs to be a god damn subscription service now

I can't believe I'm saying this, but GRIZZLED comes out in <30 days! I keep waiting for an asteroid to strike! It's felt like it would never happen for so long, I don't know what to do now that I'm here! It's going to be exclamation points from here on out, friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🧪

Side view illustration of a large dragonfly with bright yellow and black markings.

The Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus), one of North America's largest dragonflies, specializes in hunting other dragonflies. a.co/d/gAgXe4q?ta...
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A bunch of incredibly talented journalists are being tossed aside and I want everyone at #WashingtonPost to know about @theopennotebook.bsky.social an incredible free resource for independent journalists. Provides databases of resources and connections to networks of editors and science journalists.

The old boys network of billionaire pervs destroys everything we hold dear but I want you to know there are "old girls networks" out there too. Networks of protectors, connectors, helpers. Science writers make up one of those networks. 🧪

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