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I arrived in southern Gaza with my children, walking six hours without anything. Now I'm sitting in a tent shared with my brother. We have no tent, no mattress, and no food. Visit us, donate, or repost. We want to buy a tent, food, clothes, and mattresses 😞
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Social Security chief Frank Bisignano also named CEO of the IRS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Bisignano will continue to lead the Social Security Administration while also taking on the new IRS role.

IRS has 100,000 employees, a budget of 20B and collects 5T in taxes per year.

SS Admin employees about 60K, has a budget of 15B, revenues of 1.5T, and dispersed about 1.5T.

So far: Staff and SSA location cuts; largest breach of personal data; mislead shareholders re profits.

What could wrong?

YouTube video by emptywheel The White House crime scene

I don't need Marcy @emptywheel.bsky.social to remind me that "tough on crime" Trump is a convicted felon, but she is right that we do need to keep reminding folks of that when he blathers on about protecting America from crime.

youtu.be/rtenEblLYo0?...

Zionism in Israel = Nazism

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

You didn’t think he was just panicked over Republican polling, did you? 🤣

Latest update on Mike Johnson’s Grindr profile…

L.A. TACO Documentary Project Support our first-ever documentary series and help us bring Los Angeles’ untold stories to the screen.

Support LA & her defenders at @lataco.bsky.social

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It is impossible to lower the price of something by more than 100% Madam Press Secretary.

Where did they learn math?

The FAA is delaying flights at Newark and Denver airports because they haven’t got enough air traffic control. Burbank has zero ATC from 4.30-10pm.

Lots of controllers who aren’t being paid during the government shutdown are calling in sick.

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

Identifying public officials isn't "doxing." People have the right to know who is working for their government. Nor, for that matter, is it "radical left-wing terrorism." So it's frustrating to see platforms caving to these bad faith characterizations. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...

Supreme Court shoots down challenge to WA carbon market A natural gas power plant in Grays Harbor County had sued over the state's keystone climate policy.

Voters upheld the Climate Commitment Act by a landslide last year.

Today, the Supreme Court shot down a legal challenge.

As the federal government is abandoning critical climate protections, Washington's leadership is needed now more than ever. This is an important win.

You can follow along as one of the USAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III's transports members of the Texas National Guard into the Chicago area, after Texas Gov. Gregg Abbot authorized their deployment to the Chicagoland area.

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Trump, the Hell-on-Earth President, Has Made the United States Worse Than It's Ever Been | Common Dreams In significantly less than a year of his second term in office, Donald Trump has succeeded in steering what not so long ago was the greatest power on planet Earth to the planetary margins in a big-tim...

www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

They are just gonna keep turning it up and provoking and provoking until they get what they want

night chill
our bathroom spiders
disappear

#dailyhaikuprompt (night chill)
#haiku

This Is Not a Drill: Bravery as Strategy in the Face of American Tragedy | Common Dreams In recent memory, the prospect of a president preventing congressional elections from taking effect has been unimaginable. But today, it is not at all hard to imagine that this could happen.

www.commondreams.org/opinion/this...

Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by Ofwat

Rising energy prices, rising water prices, the corporate scam which is the UK is now on steroids.

We are being robbed, ripped off and shat upon for corporate profit, profit before people.

Supported by all UK parties apart from the Greens.

Organise and fight back! We need people power! ✊

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Seguiré pidiendo JUSTICIA ante el mayor GENOCIDIO de la Democracia #AyusoAPrisión

Podemos @ahorapodemos.bsky.social @canalredtv.bsky.social

Llegada de miembros de Podemos con otros activistas del secuestro realizado por el Estado Genocida de Israel a Barajas, falta todavía una activista española .

yet the airport is still operating. i did not know you could…do that.

America’s Toddler-in-Chief: When Personal Grievance Becomes National Policy | Common Dreams If progressives hope to counter Trump effectively, we must remember: We are not simply debating policy, we are confronting a man whose every political act is an attempt to soothe his private wounds.

www.commondreams.org/opinion/todd...

The entire country is walking on eggshells because a madman is hallucinating about crime sprees and burning cities.

New details on Border Patrol shooting, alleged vehicle ramming in Brighton Park revealed in court Prosecutors said two Chicagoans had been following a vehicle being driven by Border Patrol agents for 20-30 minutes before the alleged ramming took place.

ICE's lies keep piling up.
ICE: 10 cars rammed ICE
Video shows: No cars rammed ICE
ICE: She boxed ICE in
Video: ICE boxed her in
ICE: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
ICE: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
There should be some punishment for this firehose of lies.

They're trying to push this total bullshit again as though it's new research. Incredible