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This is LA this past weekend, Saturday, August 9, 2025 💪🏽💙

Thou shalt not use tariffs to tax working class Americans and then pretend the money is being paid by foreign countries.

Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) a...

This should be the first question to Trump at this morning’s press conference on “out of control” crime in DC. Second question: when will you release rhe Epstein files? www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

Just one problem. Crime is down in DC.

Read about the facts, & also the legal context as the administration’s legal authority to interfere with local law enforcement goes on trial today in a California courtroom. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

"If you live in Alaska, I need you to buy a Ukrainian flag and turn any area that Putin is going to be into a sea of Ukrainian flags - so many that, when Putin lands, all he's going to see is just yellow and blue."

Inslee: If you need more energy, the dumbest thing you can do is disallow access to wind, solar, and advanced batteries—three of the most productive ways of producing new energy. And yet, that’s exactly what he’s done.

Why don’t we just hand Texas, Florida, or Oklahoma to Russia? We can call it a “territory swap” for goodwill. Americans can just leave and go somewhere else or live under Russian rule. Absurd, right? Stop suggesting people should just give up their home to an invader.

Horrific

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Israel strike kills Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A prominent Al Jazeera journalist, who had previously been threatened by Israel, was killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday, in an attack condem...

Targeting and killing journalist you don't like only makes Bibi and Israel less credible. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The Week Ahead August 10, 2025

Tomorrow, Newsom v. Trump goes to trial in a California court with Trump’s power to deploy National Guard troops nationwide despite the Posse Comitatus Act at issue. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.

Starting in September, Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers will make it even harder in Texas to prevent school shootings, suicides, and murders by domestic abusers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Well, after listening to Muzac in the dentist’s office all day and huffing Nitrous Oxide, the hygienist’s opinion of music is irrelevant.

Trump considering deploying up to 1,000 National Guard to D.C. The number of Guard who would be assigned is still in flux, the officials say, and most of the troops would likely be pulled from the D.C. National Guard.

Trump’s move to mobilize the National Guard against Americans in DC is another telltale sign of his authoritarian ambitions. But at some point signs of authoritarianism stop being signs and become symptoms of an autocratic regime. We’re far past that point now. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t...

You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.

Welp

New chatbot on Trump’s Truth Social platform keeps contradicting him An “answer engine” on Trump’s social media site says the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, tariffs aren’t boosting the stock market and Barack Obama is seen favorably.

Oops. New chatbot on Trump’s Truth Social platform keeps contradicting him @drewharwell.com

A message to the Democratic 'Leaders'

This is Ohio’s democracy in action.

On Aug. 9, thousands lined 8 miles of High Street, hand in hand — for Medicaid, immigrants, truth, and justice. Against corruption, cruelty, and lies.

Ohio doesn’t sit down.
We link up.
We fight back.
And we’re just getting started.

You’ve got to govern for all the people of your state.

Whether it’s Chicago or Cairo, we’ve invested in education, infrastructure, and jobs in every part of the state.

We need more people who are willing to reach across the aisle and do the right thing when they’re in office.

Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women shouldn’t be allowed to vote Progressive evangelical group says ideas shared by pastors and amplified by defense secretary are ‘very disturbing’

YES, he REALLY said it out loud! We have reached that tipping point!

-- Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women should NOT be allowed to vote

Progressive evangelical group says ideas shared by pastors and amplified by defense secretary are ‘very disturbing’

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Silent Coup: How Trump’s Allies Are Gaming Algorithms To Seize Your Feed New research unravels the secret tactics behind Stop the Steal and other right-wing disinformation campaigns.

This is exactly why Dems get their ass handed to them by Trump's world. They have no clue how to leverage social media algos to their advantage.

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Mark Kelly: "I hope we got something out of this. Putin is a war criminal. This is not a show of strength to allow him to fly into the United States to land here to negotiate with our president."

No showers, sleeping on concrete floors: The “squalid” conditions for immigrants in NYC Detainees at 26 Federal Plaza are being denied access to attorneys, medication, hygiene products, and adequate food, according to a legal filing.

Sleeping on concrete floors with the lights on and beside toilets. A lawsuit describes horrific conditions in New York City. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...