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Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

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A cool thing:
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By spouse, we mean anime body pillow right?

Antifa Frog not only makes ICE look dumb as hell, but it forces leaders in Congress to do something to match the bravery and conviction of the hero in a Frog suit

A line graph titled "Americans' trust in mass media" from 1972 to 2025, based on Gallup polling, shows a decades-long decline in confidence and a corresponding rise in distrust. Great deal/fair amount (Trust): This line, a solid dark gray, declines sharply from approximately 72% in the 1970s to its record low of 28% in 2025. Not very much (Distrust - moderate): This line, a dashed green, shows an increasing trend, starting around 22% and rising to 36% in 2025. None at all (Distrust - strong): This line, a solid light gray, shows the steepest increase in recent years, starting near 5% and rising to a high of 34% in 2025. The total percentage of strong and moderate distrust ("Not very much" and "None at all") is 70% in 2025 (36%+34%). The line for "None at all" has crossed above the line for "Great deal/fair amount" trust, and nearly converges with the "Not very much" line in 2025. Source: Gallup, with 2025 data from a survey of 1,000 US adults conducted September 2−16, 2025, with a Margin of Error (MoE) of ±4 points. Chart: Marta Biino/Semafor.

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It's almost like a bunch of billionaires with ideological axes to grind buying up and merging most of corporate media was a bad thing?

It's almost like the normalcy bias of mainstream media is off-putting.

It's almost like chasing ratings is bad?

Maybe also run on actually ratifying the Rome Statute since we've proven incapable of holding our own would be autocrats accountable

denazification of the federal government should be dem's 2026/ 2028 campaign promise

Sauron: I want to fix the shire. I built the most desolate volcanic wasteland in Middle Earth.

Close-up image of Pikachu, the yellow Pokémon character, with a surprised open-mouthed expression. The image is a popular internet meme known as ‘Surprised Pikachu,’ often used to humorously react to predictable or ironic situations.

15 years later graphic, in a black cartoon font on a blue-green gradient background with Spongebob Squarepants-style floral and bubble outlines.

2008: let's put stuff in a feed, and algorithmically feed people instead of just letting them follow stuff they want to see.

2010: hey rage drives engagement! Let's fill everyone's algorithms with enraging stuff to sell more ads.

15 years later: shocked Pikachu dead internet enshitification

If you're Army and know anything about the plans to deploy the 82nd airborne to Portland, text me securely via Signal at 202-510-1268

Black-and-white illustration of a skeleton dressed in tattered 19th-century clothing holding a large scroll that reads “BE GAY DO CRIME!” The skeleton wears a hat labeled “FREE LOVE,” a sash reading “COMMUNE,” and carries a sword. Behind it, a building marked “ANARCHY” stands in the background, while a small crowd of people watches from the right side. The image mimics the style of a vintage political cartoon but has been altered to include queer anarchist slogans. Below, the caption reads: “Many blame queers for the decline of this society—we take pride in this. Some believe that we intend to shred to bits this civilization and its moral fabric—they couldn’t be more accurate. We’re often described as depraved, decadent and revolting—but oh, they ain’t seen nothing yet.” This is a queer anarchist reimagining of a historical illustration, often shared as a meme representing LGBTQ+ resistance and defiance The original cartoon by Nast featured a skeleton figure with political overtones (often anti-communist or anarchist imagery). Thomas Nast’s original skeleton as the visual template, but the “Be Gay Do Crime” text and styling are a modern queer reinterpretation. In 2018, a non-binary artist (Io Asunder / @bum_lung) adapted the skeleton image, replacing its scroll with “Be Gay Do Crime” and adding queer/anarchist symbols such as a torch labeled “Anarchy,” a sash reading “Commune,” and “Free Love” on the hat.

Setting an intention for the week

There is no left wing terrorism organization or machine in America.

They just want to kill Americans.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

ht: @lindademocat

greta ily what an outfit

You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.

It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.

That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.

Rightly confident in his impunity.

Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses? Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

This is a bombshell of a story. Hegseth willing to do but want cover from Trump in case it goes horribly wrong. But… archive.ph/2025.10.04-0...

From the New York Times: Breaking news: U.S. attacks Venezuelan boat for fourth time, challenging legal bounds

Zodiac killer murders again, challenging legal bounds

👇🏽

"Gravity was involved in airborn situation involving Kat and officers"

Facepalm Pilot: Where Technology Meets Stupidity: An Interactive Guide to Ambiguous Grammar Depending on whom you ask, the use of the active voice over the passive is arguably the most fundamental writer’s maxim, thought to lend we...

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"We have finally fully arrived at the ultimate in passive voice: the past exonerative tense, so named because culpability is impossible when actions no longer exist."

Casey Desantis’s charity that got $10 million redirected from a Medicaid fraud settlement the state entered into directly into its bank account rather than the FL treasury.

Play: Y'all Want a Single

Jeffries: In that Oval Office meeting, which lasted over an hour, the amount of time spent talking about health insurance for undocumented immigrants was less than 10 seconds. You know why? Because they know it’s a lie. They didn’t even bother to bring it up—because the cameras weren’t rolling.

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

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"Who Goes Nazi" by Dorothy Thompson, August 1941

..."Those who haven’t anything in them to tell them what they like and what they don’t—whether it is breeding, or happiness, or wisdom, or a code, however old-fashioned or however modern, go Nazi."

WikiHow page showing a cat owner using a spray bottle of water to discipline an orange cat. Source: https://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Spray-Bottle-on-a-Cat-for-Training. "You love your cat, but sometimes they do things you don't want them to do. You've heard squirting them with water works, and water doesn't hurt, right?"

Catholic: "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is..."

Evangelical: *reaches for the spray bottle*