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BREAKING: California joins Oregon's existing suit over National Guard deployment, both request Judge Immergut issue TRO against CA guard being sent to OR, argue Trump admin move is attempt to circumvent court order. Docs: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

'The FCC should look into the license': Trump threatens ABC and NBC over negative coverage President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Federal Communications Commission should look into ABC and NBC's broadcast licenses, citing the coverage he gets on Al Sharpton's show, "PoliticsNation."...

'The FCC should look into the license': Trump threatens ABC and NBC over negative coverage
www.rawstory.com/trump-267415...

Jimmy Kimmel is more popular than Trump, new poll finds Kimmel’s return to the air was watched by 6.3 million viewers — more than tripling the late-night show’s normal TV viewership

Jimmy Kimmel is more popular than Trump, new poll finds

Kimmel’s return to the air was watched by 6.3 million viewers — more than tripling the late-night show’s normal TV viewership
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As Giorgio Agamben documents, a central aspect of the NSDAP's campaign preparing for the extermination of Jews, Poles, gypsies and political undesirables was a stream of rhetoric masterminded by Goebbels in which these targeted people were systematically denigrated as insects and animals.

Trump, 79, Coats Bruised Hand in Makeup After 4-Day Absence The president hid his bruise under makeup before stepping out for his first public appearance in days.

Trump, 79, Coats Bruised Hand in Makeup After 4-Day Absence
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Looks like an ICE poster

so glad we’re writing this guy a $20 billion check to prop up his economy

Trump Sure Picked Some Interesting People Not to Furlough for Shutdown A key team will stay up and running during the shutdown.

All 45 staffers at the "Department of Government Efficiency" were apparently too valuable to lose, as the agency was completely unscathed by the temporary employment suspension. trib.al/xPElaZu

Meanwhile, he furloughed 89% of the EPA, 87% Dept. of Ed, and 71% of HUD.

CNN compiled clips of Trump LYING to the American people about knowing what the fascist manifesto Project 2025 was — when in fact Trump was on board from the beginning with what was the white nationalist playbook for his authoritarian power grab and the Nazification of America

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UPDATE: State and Portland already responded to oppose stay: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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JUST IN: Trump administration asks 9th Circuit for emergency stay of judge's order blocking Oregon National Guard deployment for ICE security there. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

“Nobody’s getting swept up. We’re running targeted operations.” - Kristi Noem

Is that so?

ICE is a terrorist organization.

A brief extract from Trump's rambling gibberish delivered to the Midshipmen. Time to put grandpa in a constant-care facility.

Destabilization of Earth system tipping elements - Nature Geoscience A review of observation-based evidence suggests that four interconnected Earth system tipping elements have moved towards their critical thresholds, highlighting the need for better monitoring and increased mitigation efforts.

Earth’s tipping points under threat. A new study shows the Greenland Ice Sheet, Amazon rainforest, South American monsoon, and Atlantic circulation are losing stability, nearing climate tipping thresholds. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This week in Texas: roughly one white Evangelical megachurch pastor per day is arrested, charged or convicted of sex offenses involving children. And how many trans people or drag queens face such charges? Zero.

Hegseth just ordered the launch of two missiles.

Afghans awaited U.S. resettlement. Pakistan sent them back to the Taliban. More than 1 million Afghans have been pressured to leave or deported by Pakistan. Many were former U.S. contractors approved for U.S. resettlement, now on hold under Trump.

Afghans awaited U.S. resettlement. Pakistan sent them back to the Taliban.

More than 1 million Afghans have been pressured to leave or deported by Pakistan. Many were former U.S. contractors approved for U.S. resettlement, now on hold under Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.

Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans

Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

DHS agents retreat as Chicago cops refuse to shield them from swarming protesters Department of Homeland Security agents were seen abandoning one attempt to arrest a man in Chicago over the weekend after being outnumbered by protesters. In at least one case, the Chicago Police Depa...

DHS agents retreat as Chicago cops refuse to shield them from swarming protesters

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Having Fox on in all the military mess halls for decades was laying a foundation.

Fixing America's democracy problem is intimately bound up with fixing our information/media problem. bsky.app/profile/seth...

Facebook is also swimming with right wing propagandist "influencers" like this guy who markets himself as a trusted source on Facebook for conservative and moderate Oregonians. bsky.app/profile/seth...

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Meanwhile, this well-connected MAGA activist and conspiracy monger who cosplays as a "grassroots, common sense conservative" gets boosted hugely by Facebook.

Twitter, Facebook, (and soon, likely TikTok) are to this generation of media consumers what Rush Limbaugh was to his couple million of "dittoheads" and what Fox News was to more right leaning Republicans back in the day. But now there are fewer substantial outlets to leaven that rw propaganda.

Since 2015, huge swathes of the media platforms people use as their windows into "reality" have been bought up by MAGA-aligned billionaires. Is it any wonder that the Trump admin has been fairly successful in getting millions of Americans to buy into his framing of "reality" while the Dems struggle?

I have noticed that what you get in NYT and WaPo is largely a regurgitation of conscious disinformation from Kristi Noem's press office and no original reporting. The Oregonian in Portland and the Sun-Times in Chicago offer actual reporting and aren't afraid to call Noem's minions on their lies

MAGA Christians Want Wives To Stay At Home — But There's An Ironic Hypocrisy Influencers like Erika Kirk encourage wifely submission and stay-at-home motherhood while managing bustling careers.

MAGA Christians Want Wives To Stay At Home — But There's An Ironic Hypocrisy

Influencers like Erika Kirk encourage wifely submission and stay-at-home motherhood while managing bustling careers.
www.huffpost.com/entry/erika-...

Seen on a lamppost

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Reboot 2024: Project 2025, Peter Thiel and right-wing SF A vision of our future politics?

“San Francisco's right-wing tech community and the Heritage Foundation (the organization behind Project 2025) are joining forces to produce a conference on remaking American government.” By @gilduran.com, 9/4/24 … 1/ www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-proje...