'Vetting him was your responsibility': National security expert lays into GOP senator A national security expert tore into a Republican senator for his apparent failure to exercise due diligence in vetting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's finances during his confirmation hearing.On Mon...

The Armed and Intelligence Services wouldn't give a private a security clearance if they owed taxes.

"...@SenatorWicker?... can you explain how @PeteHegseth got through your committee w/o disclosing his tax problems?" wrote @MarcyWheeler,...known for "EmptyWheel"

www.rawstory.com/roger-wicker/

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell

It would’ve been surprising if they had agreed to hear the case. It presents no novel issues of fact or law & the conviction is clearly due to be affirmed. Trump can pardon her, but she’s not entitled to any legal relief. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Well,the Corrupt SCOTUS finally got something rt by refusing Maxwells appeal to overturn her 20 yr conviction.

We can fund health care and keep the government running, or we can shut everything down to raise prices on people.

To me, that’s a pretty easy choice.

The Trump admin is turning US cities into armed camps and are doing everything they can to provoke people because they desperately want to arrest people for exercising their first amendment rights since they derive more sick and twisted pleasure from that than anything else.

perfect

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Presidents? SCOTUS gives them immunity.

Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute.

Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections.

But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents.

The legacy of the Roberts court.

From the New York Times: Breaking news: U.S. attacks Venezuelan boat for fourth time, challenging legal bounds

Zodiac killer murders again, challenging legal bounds

Insane Nazi scenes from Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood right now

Canada imported more passenger vehicles from Mexico than from the U.S. in June for the first time in over 30 years, driven by Canadian retaliatory tariffs on U.S. vehicles and a prior rush to import U.S. cars before Trump's tariffs took effect.

Had enough winning yet, people?

When a president sends troops into American cities to “restore order,” what he’s really doing is testing obedience. Portland and Chicago aren’t war zones…they’re warning shots. Authoritarians don’t announce takeovers. They practice them. One city at a time. However, each practice destroys families.

Some times in America we have the exact right President in office to lead in crucial moments (i.e. Lincoln). But at other times we have the exact wrong President in office (i.e. Andrew Johnson). Today we have the worst President in our history in office at a most crucial moment.

The chances of us even having another election, or an election where they honor the true results, appear to be dwindling by the day.

UNITED.

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Federal agents hurled tear gas at people on a busy Logan Square street, outside a grocery store and near an elementary school.

Reckless, undertrained ICE hires are a danger to everyone. This is terrorism against US citizens.

THE SERIOUS AND IMMINENT THREAT OF DONALD TRUMP My Diagnosis, against American Psychiatric Association Directives

Today, I am going to “diagnose” Donald Trump in a summary way, because now he is more than just “dangerous”—he has become a serious and imminent threat to the future of not only the United States but the world.”
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Social media post: The Verge @verge Google is blocking Al searches for Trump and dementia Centrism Fan Acct @Wilson_Valdez Wow that's a pretty specific thing to block searches for. Wonder what that's all about?

No, the AI was not hallucinating.

Recently, YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit that Trump brought against the company over the suspension of his account following the January 6th riots in 2021.

Be a shame if people used other, more transparent AI other than Google's.

🤝🏼 ALL HANDS ON DECK

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🐻 See you all in San Diego

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Absolutely outrageous. 🤬

CNN: “Republicans are strutting around — but who do Americans blame more for the shutdown? They blame Republicans.”

Listen, there are a lot of influencers who get their content from legacy media and investigative journalism and then tell you not to support legacy media or investigative journalism.

That’s grifting.

‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics Pontiff laments that some ‘ridicule those who speak of global warming’, days after Trump’s claims of ‘con job’

‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics

Names that are in the Epstein files

Adjudged Rapist trump, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates, Prince Andrew, Alan Dershowitz, Woody Allen

Prince Andrew paid Virginia Giuffre an undisclosed sum because he's not guilty.
Dershowitz & Pam Bondi defended trump in his 1st impeachment.

The pattern continues on with Felon 47.

A federal agent shot a woman in Chicago this morning, claiming she’d “boxed in” authorities. But in a city where force becomes the first option, whose rights are we really protecting?
This is exactly what Trump wanted: chaos.

This shit is dystopian. Blackhawk helicopters, zip-tied kids, and racial segregation vans.

ICE is terrorizing communities.

Happening now: at Kedzie and 40th, where Border Patrol agents just opened fire on rapid response this afternoon. A woman CFD says they found after the incident is reported in fair condition.

A growing number of outraged neighbors have gathered across from ICE/CBP agents who have closed Kedzie.

Megachurch pastor and ex-Trump adviser pleads guilty to child sexual abuse Robert Morris to serve only six months in county jail after charged with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with child

Is it the GOP-Guarding Of Pedophiles