Eric Engelmann

Beloved University of Iowa religious studies professor Jay Holstein dies at 87 "He just had that kind of philosophical mind and artistic mind where he wanted to uncover truths about human life, or get students to ask questions about their meaning in life, or how to deal with some of the difficulties in life," religious studies professor Diana Fritz Cates said. "It almost feels to me like he wanted to sometimes jolt people out of their complacency, to start asking more philosophical existential questions.

Beloved University of Iowa religious studies professor Jay Holstein dies at 87

Trump vs. George III: A No Kings Comparison Our own mad king is repeating many of his predecessors' greatest hits

Yep

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We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

This short passage from a Politico afternoon newsletter captures a huge amount of the advantage gained by lying at scale and the why the DC press corps remains wired for the GOP.

This passage nearly broke me.

Right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns all these local media stations and many others all across America. This is not journalism, it is scripted propaganda.

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

You have to be a psychopath to say this with a straight face.

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”

Cities:

Trade deals and child hostages of war are totally the same thing if um you’re a child sex trafficker.

Jon asks why the GOP's "one is too many" logic applies only to immigrants and not mass shootings

Vaccine triggers fierce response to fight brain tumor » McKnight Brain Institute » University of Florida UF-developed mRNA vaccine quickly reprogrammed the immune system to attack glioblastoma.

Five years ago, a very close relative died of a glioblastoma brain tumor at the age of 13. Today would have been his 19th birthday. And now comes news that an mRNA vaccine is being trialed to treat this very (incurable) malady. Fingers crossed.

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The guys who cried for two years because a trans person got a beer can think you're making too big a whoop about centuries of enslavement.

Eff Rules, Do Good: Towards A New Liberalism Be Super, Man

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A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵

An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.

FROM @reuters.com: President Trump’s rhetoric has galvanized a new wave of far-right activists, fueling growth in white supremacist ranks.

"He’s the best thing that’s happened to us," said the leader of the Aryan Freedom Network.

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Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) - Wikipedia

The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith:

— said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president
— has neo-Nazi ties
— was Andrew Tate’s lawyer
— 2x Claremont fellow
— wrote for Gateway Pundit
— called for Pence to be hanged
— called for secession after 2020 election

'Hello human, nice to meet you'

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen WATCH: This is what Trump doesn’t want you to know about his rotten deal with El Salvador

🚨WATCH: This is what Trump doesn’t want you to know about his rotten deal with El Salvador.

In exchange for Bukele imprisoning people abducted from the US, like Abrego Garcia, Trump stopped investigations into MS-13 suspects who could testify about Bukele’s collusion with MS-13:

Another one of those violent assaults on poor innocent ICE agents captured on video...

Wow, it's amazing all the different kinds of files they can produce when they want to

“.. They are nurses, mechanics, sanitation workers and executives. .. They’ve opened restaurants .. paid taxes and contributed to Social Security, living and working legally in the United States since 1999.”

They have 60 days to leave.

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YouTube video by Good Work ESPN's Bill Ackman tennis documentary

Pretty much everything is awful today — except for this mockumentary about Bill Ackman’s tennis match, which is kind of perfect.

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REMEMBER: This is what Trump said a year ago when asked if he would release the Epstein files. #EpsteinFiles

April 11: “The phones are ringing off the hook.”

July 6: “Many of these countries never even contacted us.”

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🧵 “We all are going to die.”

That’s what Sen. Joni Ernst told an Iowa voter worried Medicaid cuts would cost lives. Then she filmed a smirking graveyard video to mock the concern even more. Then she voted yes. Here’s what Joni actually voted for—by the numbers. (1/22)

Officials Pushed for Better Warning System for Years Before Deadly Floods A sheriff in 2016 recalled pulling ‘kids out of trees’ in summer camps as leaders repeatedly discussed installing a siren system, but didn’t do so.

In 2018, Kerr County debated installing flood sirens, but the $1 million pricetag was considered too high. “Trying not to raise taxes,” a commissioner said.

And this year, the Texas Legislature didn’t pass a bill to help fund outdoor sirens.

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