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Fight don’t fold.

Takaichi plans pay cuts for herself and her ministers The prime minister seeks to revise the public servant remuneration law to cut the salaries of Cabinet members, including herself.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to revise the public servant remuneration law to cut the salaries of Cabinet members including herself during the ongoing extraordinary parliament session.

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

Those seven democrats are not up for reelection in 2026.

Tonight was a very bad night.

CBC headline: O Canada! Summer tourism numbers hit all-time high

This summer, Canada’s tourism sector did more business than ever before — by welcoming the world and being our own best customer. 
 
More good news: we just renewed the Canada Strong Pass for the holidays and summer 2026 — so it’s more affordable to explore our incredible country.

Those seven democrats are not up for reelection in 2026.

Canada expected to lose long-standing measles-elimination status If the country loses its status, public-health researchers say the return of endemic measles would carry serious health consequences

Canada expected to lose long-standing measles-elimination status on Monday, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com

The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen

Jacky Rosen - Democrat, Nevada, 68 years old
Maggie Hassan - Democrat, New Hampshire, 67 years old
Angus King - Independent, Maine, 81 years old

The hurtful eight -
Tim Kaine - Democrat, Virginia, 67 years old
Dick Durbin - Democrat, Illinois, 80 years old
Jeanne Shaheen - Democrat, New Hampshire, 78 years old
John Fetterman - Democrat, Pennsylvania, 56 years old
Catherine Cortez Masto - Democrat, Nevada, 61 years old

Can you imagine your grandkids being exposed to that mugshot long after the Republican Party has dissolved?

When your pitch flatlines….

Even your faithful realizes that your policy math doesn’t work.

Trump administration demands states 'undo' full SNAP payouts as states warn of "catastrophic impact" President Donald Trump's administration is demanding that states reverse full SNAP benefits issued under recent court orders. The U.S.

Trump administration demands states "undo" efforts to provide full SNAP payouts for November amid court battle

Optics - loathsome
Reality - worried therefore entrenching in an extremely unpopular position

Mother of Houston autistic teen in immigration custody still unable to see son Attorneys have joined an effort to help a Houston mother reunite with her son, a teenager with autism who has been in immigration custody for weeks.

Lastly there’s Emmanuel Garcia, a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing a month ago.

Houston PD had his mother’s missing persons report, but chose to call ICE.

He’s been in federal custody ever since, and his mother has not been allowed to see him

www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

Or Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been in America since he was two years old.

He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him

His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary

www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...

ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”

He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care

This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person

They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota

Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)

I had no sentiments re: the Kardashians but when the @nytimes.com starts mainstreaming them, it turns me completely off their brand, their propaganda,…
Fade to black.

The death toll for Typhoon Kalmaegi has risen to more than 200 across the Philippines and Vietnam. 2000 homes damaged, 2.3 million people affected, 398,000 sheltering in evacuation centres. 260,000 soldiers on standby for rescue and recovery.

It’s moving west towards Thailand and Laos.

At least nobody shot this guy. 🫩

The Jobs Report Trump Doesn’t Want You to See Sarah Longwell and JVL take on Donald Trump’s hidden unemployment crisis—the million jobs lost, the vanishing economic data, and the chaos of his tariff-driven “businessman” presidency.

Sarah Longwell: "Donald Trump took office, we have experienced a net decline of over a million jobs... Everybody in immediate proximity to trump is getting richer while the vast majority of Americans are getting poorer and people are losing their jobs."

Trump and Republicans are such virulent racists.

The chair of the Hardin County Republican Party posted this vile A-1 video, depicting Obama and Michelle as apes and Trump king of the jungle.

She issued an apology and said she didn't consider the racism.

Support the UN Tax Convention. As a member of the hurtful eight (Canada, USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Israel) who support the OECD tax convention half a trillion USD is lost to tax abuse by multinational corporations & wealthy individuals.

Making a good pitch for the Dems there.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

Individual rights versus the power of the majority. Poorly informed science deniers put the rest of us at risk.

Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."