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Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference." The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

Photo of two X posts. The first post by Asha Rangappa (@asharangappa_bs ...) from 20 hours ago states: "I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I know we are 'used to it' but it is absolutely insane." The post includes a profile picture and a verification badge. The second post by George Conway (@...) from 11 hours ago is a quote of the first post, featuring emojis (fist, U.S. flag, fire) and a profile picture.

This is what Trumpism has wrought.

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social

Republican Senator Tillis said the Hegseth cringe fest was costly and counterproductive and could’ve been a zoom call (or an email)

WATCH: Trump’s Secretary of Lying @karolineleavitt lashes out and calls it “despicable” a reporter would dare ask about his son-in-law Jared Kushner’s clear conflicts of interest in the Middle East

(As Trump pushes the Gaza Peace Plan aka real estate deal)

🎯 @repdean.bsky.social is right, and @SpeakerJohnson knows it.

What is it called when everyone in a group is too afraid to criticize the leader for something they know is objectively wrong?

👇🏽

WATCH: @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social brings the receipts for @jessicatarlov.bsky.social’s on point 🎯 commentary on Fox about right-wing violence being more prevalent👇🏽

(despite Lawrence Jones’ gaslighting)

“General Pattin-himself-on-the-back must’ve hit a gas mask bong filled with his own farts before he got up there, because he was feelin’ himself.”

🔥 Tennessee’s own @thetraecrowder.bsky.social tackles Hegseth’s Cringefest as only he can

Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMjoQQFm/

KIMMEL: “That sonofabitch… I never imagined we’d have a president like this, and I hope we never have another president like this again… celebrating hundreds of Americans losing their jobs - he took pleasure in that. The opposite of what a leader is supposed to be.”

😕 💵

🚨NEW: Stephen Colbert's opening tonight will forever be remembered as one of the most powerful moments of late-night comedy in modern history.

This is a must-watch. Damn. 🔥

I want Kimmel back on the air and my friends to stay employed but this is a fucking shakedown

A group of uniformed troops walk along the National Mall, with the Washington Monument and the Capitol in the background. A headline reads: "Crime Festers in Republican States While Their Troops Patrol Washington." Photo by Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Republican governors have sent National Guard troops to Democratic-led Washington, D.C., even though cities in their states all have higher rates of violent crime than the nation’s capital. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating…

Some insiders have theorized that the White House installed Fugate to oversee a pivot away from traditional counterterrorism and to steer resources toward MAGA-friendly sheriffs and border security projects before eventually shuttering operations.

(Published June)

Retired Major General William Enyart, former Congressman and Commander of the Illinois National Guard, calls the National Guard deployment to Washington, D.C. a political distraction that misuses defense resources and pulls part-time soldiers from their real mission.

YouTube video by MSNBC 'The frog in boiling water': Nicolle Wallace breaks down Trump's escalating attacks on blue cities 

It is Fascism. It is Authoritarianism.

Retired Major General William Enyart, Anne Applebaum, and former Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill join Nicolle Wallace to discuss Trump’s escalating attacks on Democratic cities including Baltimore and Chicago.

youtu.be/Tz_DZeI4x6w?...

Gun Companies Gave Customers’ Sensitive Personal Information to Political Operatives At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm…

At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.

By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2024)

Inside the Trump Administration’s Vaccine Politics President Trump embraced the MAHA movement’s antivaccine supporters. Now a crisis is unfolding at the CDC under RFK Jr.’s leadership.

President Trump embraced the MAHA movement’s antivaccine supporters. Now a crisis is unfolding at the CDC under RFK Jr.’s leadership.

The “Mini-Trump” attacking Lisa Cook had paperwork problems of his own Bill Pulte has weaponized his office to attack Trump's political enemies.

What was that saying about glass houses?

Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves.

Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves. www.wired.com/story/bluesk...

Monarez refused to fire top CDC leaders, ‘rubber-stamp’ vaccine changes, confidante says The former CDC director was ousted late Wednesday after refusing to resign despite pressure from Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.’s hand-picked panel of advisers.

GOP Sen. Susan Collins’s first public, press conference-style event in her home state in nearly a decade, turned into a public shaming as more than 200 protestors gathered to jeer.

“You don’t ever listen to us!”

“Your votes destroyed our Supreme Court!” trib.al/dEglsv3

Lithuania urges EU to bypass Hungary in Ukraine membership talks Vilnius reportedly proposes launching technical-level accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova without Hungary, provided the other 26 member states agree.

⚡️Lithuania urges EU to bypass Hungary in Ukraine membership talks.

Vilnius reportedly proposes launching technical-level accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova without Hungary, provided the other 26 member states agree.