Elizabeth Roach

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

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

with Portland there's the depressing addendum that 90% of why this is happening is the right wing media grifter ecosystem got badly addicted to viral Portland content during the Trump years and they've been fiending for another hit ever since

If and when America finds a way out of authoritarianism, not only will ICE have to be abolished: All these people will need to be held accountable in a court of law for the monstrosities they are committing - those who are ordering them as well as those who are carrying them out.

Every single one.

🚨 🚨 NEW WHITEBOARD

A quick whiteboard explaining how the Democrats position on ACA subsidies stops a downward spiral of a spike in both costs and the number of uninsured Americans.

No wonder most Americans support our stance.

WATCH

New conspiracies over Trump’s health swirl after CNN text interview The president famously does not use email and is not known to frequently use text messages

For the London tabloids, Trump's mental illness is a major, front-page issue. For the US media, it's something that urgently needs to be swept under the rug. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA ‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's neo-fascist guru—plans to Flee USA.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Time is short for an ACA premium fix in the shutdown fight, says GOP insurance leader

While lawmakers debate the calendar, a top GOP insurance regulator is pulling the fire alarm on ACA subsidies. If Congress doesn't act before the Nov. 1 enrollment deadline, 24 million Americans will face sticker shock so severe it will crash the entire marketplace.

Stephen Miller is a dangerous madman living in a world of his own making. I really can’t believe there isn’t more discourse around the madness we are witnessing each day.

Brutal. Constituents in Jim Jordan's (R-OH) district would have to fork up an additional $16,846 every year to keep their coverage.

Children who have Covid twice double their risk of long Covid More than 6 million American children suffer from long Covid which can lead to life-threatening complications

“Children who have Covid twice are at double the risk of experiencing long Covid.”

“The findings, published Tuesday, challenge the perception that Covid cases in children are “mild,” as well as the notion that re-infections do not carry the same risk”
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women "This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.

Recent reporting alleges that civilian men are impersonating ICE agents to kidnap and sexually assault immigrant women, with cases in North Carolina and New York.

Unmasking ICE agents is important, but it’s a Band-Aid on a broader, systemic crisis. Read @kylietcheung.bsky.social's full Op-Ed ⤵️

YouTube video by Salon The real reason Karoline Leavitt wears a cross

New "Standing Room Only!" In this episode, I take a look at Karoline Leavitt's $50,000 cross, which is a perfect symbol of what MAGA thinks Christianity is.

Then @johnfugelsang.bsky.social joins me to discuss how the loudest Christians know the least about Jesus.

youtu.be/j8WlyJdpnVE?...

YouTube video by Salon How MAGA turned Christianity into a joke and where Democrats went wrong.

In this short clip, John uses the actual Bible to explain why the Christianity of Republicans is unrecognizable to Jesus.

youtube.com/shorts/r8UHl...

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/

I have no words for this.

Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.

There is literally no Western politician alive that I can think of that has incited more hate, bigotry, and violence than Donald Trump.

That so many in our public life, in our 'liberal' media, have just memory-holed 10 years of nonstop incitement and abuse from him is shameful.

Unproven Lyme disease tests and treatments are proliferating The complexity of diagnosing Lyme disease has given rise to an entire industry of unapproved tests and alternative treatments, including lasers, herbal remedies and electromagnets.

The complexity of diagnosing Lyme disease has given rise to an entire industry of unapproved tests and alternative treatments, including lasers, herbal remedies and electromagnets.

In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.

Finally the silence is broken (and the media report it). Lower court judges have been attacked by both the White House and the Supreme Court - and they are finally speaking out in self-defense. The rest of us should support them too for upholding the rule of law! www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

google news

people ask why no one reads articles anymore and why everyone is relying on ai to summarize everything it's because it's coming from the top. google now relegates actual news stories to a side tab in a drop down menu with the first thing you see being the ai summary. this is so bad

Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers pr...

This feels like a spot of good news

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.

Elon Musk’s Self-Driving Tesla Lies Are Finally Catching Up To Him For nearly a decade Elon Musk has claimed Teslas can truly drive themselves. They can’t. Now California regulators, a Miami jury and a new class action suit are calling him on it.

For nearly a decade Elon Musk has claimed Teslas can truly drive themselves. They can’t. Now California regulators, a Miami jury and a new class action suit are calling him on it.

We held elections during the freaking Civil War, we can/will hold elections during Trump’s attack on Democratic cities, but we must be vigilant.

Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights State Department reports portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.

War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength - and Germany violates human rights more than El Salvador.

on the upsidedown world of the new State Department human rights reports

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.

From Russia Today's Telegram channel, this morning

New Analysis Finds Trump Family Has Raked in $3.4 Billion Off the Presidency President Donald Trump and his family have made a staggering $3.4 billion off the presidency, according to an analysis b

Between his crypto ventures, real estate deals, and licensing agreements, Trump and his family have profited off the presidency to the tune of $3.4 billion.

The grifter-in-chief knows no bounds.

We must not become numb to this.

In other words: They lied.

Trump Went to War With the Ivies. Community Colleges Are Being Hit.

the trump administration is selling its war on higher education as a strike against the elites who have disadvantaged ordinary americans. in actuality, the administration is destroying advanced education for *everyone* in pursuit of its effort to deskill the american public