Alex

Someone wants riots to distract from Epstein and the economy.

Taking over D.C. will make the next coup attempt easier.

We are under attack by our own federal government.

As deeply disturbing as Trump's use of an avalanche of lies and racist dog whistles to justify a federal take over of DC policing is...most disturbing is that this is a test-flight of declaring "emergencies" where none exist to take military-police control of multiple American cities.

Renowned powerhouse in econ and applied math, NIU (no disrespect intended).

The tent should not be large enough for supporters of this. Besides, they don't win elections.

The genocidal Israeli war machine just assassinated one of the bravest and best journalists in the world while he and colleagues were in a tent in Gaza.

Looking south from Promontory Point.

My bad elbow (shattered last year) did great today. I'm still heavy and weak from the year off, but cardio was great. I'm tentatively thinking about a little tour next month.

Wake me up when they arrest a GOP-connected owner of a meatpacking plant.

The Trump team is out there trying to normalize an utterly immoral sellout of UKR

A vintage Nike missile as a monument along Wolf Lake.

Recreational area along Wolf Lake.

That's it? One crummy missile?

Some airmen in a cafe. Their uniforms indicate that they are with the Thunderbirds.

Thunderbirds are in town.

Er, East Side. Not East Chicago.

A view of a beach in East Chicago.

I was worried it would be hotter today. Despite the wind, not bad.

YouTube video by Dead Moon - Topic Going South

Going south... (to Indiana)

The sordid origin of 'America First,' explained by a historian "They were not keen on fighting Nazis."

New in PN: The sordid origin of 'America First,' explained by a historian

“Mainstream opinion in the '30s wasn't pro-Nazi but it wasn't anti-Nazi in any meaningful way either. People would say, ‘Germany for the Germans — what’s offensive about that?’ Nationalism has a certain accepted sensibility."

To elaborate a bit on why inviting Putin to Alaska for talks on ending the war without Zelensky (or European allies) represents, among many other things, the death of US diplomacy 🧵1/

Like absolutely wrecked us

You love to see it. An empty, quiet Ridge.

August at the beach in Rogers Park.

Jesus.

BREAKING NBC:

Trump's Justice Department is in the early stages of an investigation into the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James — who brought the civil fraud case against Trump.

The AG's office: “Any weaponization of the justice system should disturb every American."

Meh. You still suck.

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

Less than five years after urging rioters to "kill" police, a former Jan. 6 defendant is working as a senior adviser for the Justice Department.

Police bodycam footage introduced at the trial of Jared Wise showed him berating officers on Jan. 6 and yelling "kill 'em." www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...

The State of Our Public Lands This Summer Is Anything but Sunny High tourist season now features whitewashed plaques and silenced rangers

This is such a sad read on the state of public lands.

A similar thing happened to me last night in Chicago. Buddy, how do I turn left from a sharrow?

The Western Kremlin.

There is not a hell hot enough.

Be a Lincoln, not a wuss.

This will make it easier to break them up into parts later, if we get through this.