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Interesting to see who Canada is strengthening partnerships with for wildland firefighting. I sure don't blame them for not
looking south for assistance.

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Nothing like eating reheated leftovers for brunch while watching reruns of No Reservations.

YouTube video by Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk This Guy is Completely Insane #duet #edmartin #doj #enemies #weaponization #pardon #attorney #power

How surreal America has become.
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What in the alternate reality?! Between this and some recent article about Steven Miller's delusion of terrorism, it is all so grotesque. The fear and delusion they are feeding their followers.

Esto me ha dejado loquísimo

Getting a few things working around the house I had been slacking on getting fixed. Called my home warranty company and scheduled an electrician for a faulty exterior gfci outlet and another for my leaky garbage disposal. Now I can continue working on my low voltage landscape lighting.

‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

Occasionally the NYT actually will print an article that tepidly tries to capture this “world on fire” moment 🙄🙃

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

Democrats Still Have No Idea What Went Wrong The party’s progressives seem to think the problem is not with their platform but with voters.

"The Dems pragmatic wing has been pleading to broaden the tent, ideally before the Trump administration stamps out all opposition. Party progressives seem determined to reeducate the public rather than compromise for their votes."
- @jonathanbchait.bsky.social

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Indigenous people bear the worst of Canada’s historic wildfire season Indigenous people make up 5 percent of Canada’s population but have made up more than half its wildfire evacuees this year.

Indigenous people bear the worst of Canada’s historic wildfire season

wapo.st/48Rnrpb

Opinion | The West Is Lost

Great piece by Andreas Reckwitz capturing the kind of politics taking shape as, for the first time, the West sees the future as loss and regression.

It’s an excellent summary of possible avenues for action:

Investor Jean-Philippe Bouchaud: ‘The whole bull run is because of an influx of money’ The physicist and hedge fund manager on why the efficient markets theory is ‘all wrong’, economists with ‘mathematics envy’ — and what Camus can teach us about compromise

I only just got round to reading this. It’s very good.

on.ft.com/3Ik6fOs Investor Jean-Philippe Bouchaud: ‘The whole bull run is because of an influx of money’

Both Parties Are Resigned to Deadlock as Shutdown Takes Hold

“More than 80 percent of voters want to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits that Democrats are demanding must be part of any spending deal before they will allow it to move, according to a new poll from KFF.”
#trumpshutdown #GOPshutdown #healthcareisahumanright #taxtherich 🩺 #ACA 🇺🇸 🎁

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

“Laurie Eckman, 84, said she and her husband Richard Eckman, also 84 and a Vietnam war veteran, were rushed by federal officers ‘for no apparent reason.’ She said her husband was leaning on his walker and wearing his Vietnam veterans cap as he was pushed to the ground.”

"Masked Gestapo" is accurate

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No #SundayScaries when you are furloughed due to the government #shutdown. Well maybe a little - feel like I should be getting ready for the work week. Almost like the recurring dream where I forget to attend that one class and you can't remember the class time/room/etc.

US strikes ‘narco-trafficking vessel’ off coast of Venezuela, killing 4, Hegseth says U.S. forces conducted a strike Friday morning against an alleged drug boat, according to an X post by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday the U.S. conducted another strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel, killing four. www.stripes.com/theaters/ame...

Mass protests from Amsterdam to Istanbul denounce Israel’s Gaza genocide Hundreds of thousands across Europe and the Middle East march against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Hundreds of thousands across Europe and the Middle East march against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

> @governor.ca.gov

2 Chicagoans, Including Woman Shot by Federal Agents, Charged with Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, are facing felony charges of “forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer,” federal prosecutors announc...

Federal prosecutors charged two Chicagoans, including a woman shot by federal agents, with ramming a vehicle driven by an U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Brighton Park on Saturday morning.

https://to.wttw.com/46MEGH7

“There’s a baby!” ICE agents stop Alamosa family at gunpoint, smash car window Immigration arrest last week in southern Colorado follows national trend of escalating force from ICE agents

coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...

Government Shutdown and Free Speech Showdown Amid the Republican-Democrat blame game, a federal judge’s extraordinary ruling takes on the Trump administration’s unlawful detentions of pro-Palestine protesters.

Republicans, who control both branches of Congress and the White House, have not passed a federal spending bill since Trump took office. That's why the shutdown happened.

Mexican president's popularity endures despite rising corruption concerns Though Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is hugely popular, opinion polls show a disconnect: Mexicans have deep concerns about crime, the economy and, increasingly, the defining issue of corruption, especially allegations tied members of Sheinbaum's own party to graft.

Mexican president's popularity endures despite rising corruption concerns

Judge not, lest ye be judged

A personal story about developmental disabilities, in parts
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“Get back to Washington and do your job.” @bluntrochester.senate.gov on Republicans refusal to negotiate a plan to end the government shutdown and secure health care for millions of Americans by extending Affordable Care Act subsidies.

It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead.

E.R. staff are under mounting pressure to discharge patients as fast as they can: Cynics among them call their job “moving the meat.” (gift article)

Opinion | Elon Musk’s latest power grab points in a clear direction His SpaceX deal could fundamentally alter the relationship between a state and its citizens.

Extremely important article. wapo.st/48lIiB3

Opinion | This Crazy Crypto Heist Is the Story of Our Time

A cautionary tale from the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Soon to be a common occurrence in Florida or Texas. Gift article.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...

Just think how the Ds would be doing if they had messaging and messengers

“The SPLC found there have been at least 8 suspected hangings of Black men and teens since 2000, and like Reed’s case, authorities have ruled that these deaths were self inflicted..”

This pattern has been escalating. In taking one’s life, methodology is often chosen to inflict less harm, not more.

Thanks for absolutely nothing, MAGA!!😡

Mike Johnson is keeping the House in recess not just next week but the week after that as well. Sure, the shutdown has something to do with it. But, also, he doesn't have to confirm Adelita Grijalva as long as the House is not in session which delays voting on releasing the Epstein files.