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How Italy Was Defeated In East Africa In 1941 In October 1935 Italian troops invaded Ethiopia, forcing the country's Emperor, Haile Selassie, into exile. Ignoring protests from the League of Nations, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaim...

He’s searching for his Abyssinia www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-...

Devilishly handsome man (and author of this post) in front of a garage door that looks like a giant open mouth with bloody fangs. Giant inflatable monster eyeballs with green irises are perched atop the roof. A giant inflatable green monster arm coming out of the lawn complete the spooky look.

Happy Halloween! Keep it spooky LBC! 🎃

Plenty an emperor would’ve had a shorter reign if citizens could see inside their palace. Or if emperors had social media.

The US House of Representatives committee calendar for October 2025

It's .... quite something

Some men would rather [Attack Venezuela] than [Release the Epstein Files].

Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...

🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Also HQ of the Intergalactic Alien Program as seen in the documentary Men In Black.

For the midterms yeah, but by 2028 it’ll be the fault of whichever Dem gets the nom.

And I find myself wondering if they could turn into what Thereseinstadt did… even aside from any planned and purposeful murder… just through intentional neglect.

It didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch Newsletter Plus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap.

The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down

From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

A white sign on a chain link fence with red letters reads: WARNING DO NOT BACK UP OVER CONSTITUTION SEVERE TIRE DAMAGE WILL OCCUR

Tuberville looking at the Constitution like it’s Do Not Back Up spikes

This is how 12 Monkeys starts, isn't it?

They should give the Jays a half inning to catch up. It’s only fair.

i do not know with what weapons world series game 3 will be played, but world series game 4 will be played with sticks and stones

How is this guy their TENTH pitcher?

17th inning stretch

Stephen Miller says that he wants to build a fascist totalitarian police state. Democrats agree that this is what he wants to do. The truth is more complicated.

Schumer calls on FBI to conduct counterintelligence threat assessment on Epstein files Chuck Schumer calls for FBI counterintelligence assessment on Jeffrey Epstein files, citing concerns about adversaries exploiting unreleased information.

Speaking of which…
It’s been 90 days. What’s the status of the Epstein Files Counterintelligence Threat Assessment?

“Senate Democrat leader claims releasing Epstein files would prevent adversaries from potentially blackmailing Trump, other US senior officials.”

Ex-House Speaker settles child sexual abuse payments suit YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who accused him of child sexual abuse reached a tentative out-of-court settlement Wednesday over Hastert’s refusal to pay the ...

If Republicans “refused to be blackmailed” we wouldn’t be in this mess. apnews.com/article/laws...

Exclusive | State Department Intelligence Agency Dissented Over Putin’s Appetite for Peace The Central Intelligence Agency had a more positive assessment of the Russian leader’s willingness to talk.

"In July, three analysts who worked in INR’s Russia-Eurasia group were fired. Another analyst resigned."
In my experience, State Department's INR is the best of US intelligence. Therefore, Trump had them sacked.
Trump is an enemy of the US.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

♫ I was working in the lab late one night . . . ♫

Italian Senator Carlo Calenda left Jeffrey Sachs literally speechless and shocked by calling him a liar and someone who repeats Russian propaganda narratives.

I believe this is exactly how public accountability should work - when a liar is called a liar.

Two escaped convicts played by John Goodman and William Forsythe in Raising Arizona

Sid of Toy Tory holds a Buzz Lightyear toy and looks menacing. He wears a black t-shirt with a skull graphic.

(n+1/n) This is the skull worn by bad kid Sid in TOY STORY.

There are many good science fiction novels. Not a single one that I have read delivers a happy vision of the future in which aged right-wing billionaires control the media.

They abolished the House of Representatives ... solely to prevent the release of information about the president's best friend, the pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring.

So many federal workers are working without pay, GOP’s gotta make up by getting paid for not working. 💰

Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas in Chicago’s Irving Park and Avondale neighborhoods Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday morning, despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.

Apparently Blackhawk pajamas guy is the Cook County Prosecutor. There’s a good lesson here. He says he imagined ahead of time how he would respond.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...