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The Harmonica Chronicles • Follow .•• X 1d • p Tears on Stage: Bob Dylan Pauses Mid-Song After Learning of Charlie Kirk's Passing It was meant to be just another night on tour — a full arena, the crowd hanging on every lyric — until Bob Dylan suddenly stopped mid-song. He stepped back from the mic, his eyes shining under the stage lights. The band went completely silent. "They just told me.." Dylan's voice trembled. "Charlie Kirk has passed." For a long, heavy moment, no one moved. Then Dylan whispered, "This one's for him," and began playing a raw, stripped-down version of Blowin' in the Wind. Fans were overcome with emotion as the song became a quiet prayer. What Dylan said after the final chord - his last words to the audience - left the world in stunned silence. F.u.ll s.t.o.ry be.lo.w

Some of the high quality content Zuckerberg’s platform is algorithmically shoveling into the brains of American consumers. This story is 100% made up, in case that wasn’t obvious.

Scientists announce the discovery of the bumpy snailfish, a pink, big-eyed species found more than 10,000 feet below the ocean's surface.

A lemon strawberry Swiss roll cake or whatever it is called

A slice of lemon strawberry jelly roll

Everything is terrible but it’s GBBO night and I had leftover strawberry frosting in the freezer

The right side of Trump's face was drooping during a 9/11 commemoration today (Getty)

New Jobs Report Shows Trump Can’t Control Data by Firing People He Doesn’t Like President Donald Trump learned the hard way Friday morning that firing the...

President Trump learned the hard way Friday morning that firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn’t change the facts: the economy is cooling, the unemployment rate is going up, and the number of job openings isn’t keeping pace.
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BRUTAL JOBS REPORT: Just 22,000 jobs added in August. Unemployment rises to 4.3%. Broader jobless rate jumps to 8.1%. Slowest 4-month growth since 2020. Plus, downward revisions for June and July of -21,000. Yikes.

Trump’s pick to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics ran anonymous Twitter account filled with sexually degrading and bigoted attacks | CNN Politics President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics operated a since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay...

EJ Antoni tweeted, "You can’t run a race on your knees,” in response to a tweet of a doctored campaign poster that depicted a sexually explicit image of Harris (it was a photoshop depicting Harris with semen around her mouth calling her "Cumalla Harris."
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JUST IN: Federal appeals court says Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act for deportations. https://cnn.it/4pmjCyr

HHS employees demand RFK Jr. resign for ‘compromising the health of this nation’ | CNN More than 1,000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, arguing that his leadership has “put the ...

More than 1,000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, arguing that his leadership has “put the health of all Americans at risk” and demanding his resignation.

A federal appeals court panel rules President Trump cannot use the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to quickly deport those the government accuses of being Venezuelan gang members. https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/appeals-court-ruling-trump-alien-enemies-act-deportations-unlawful

photos of Trump's hand today

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Kraft Heinz, a giant in the packaged foods industry, announces plans to split into two separate publicly traded businesses.
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POLITICO Playbook reporting Trump’s “announcement” today will be “focused on defense”

There's speculation at the Pentagon and elsewhere that President Trump this afternoon will announce that the Department of Defense is going to revert back to being the Department of War (created in 1789 and dissolved in 1947).

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the House committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case, says Epstein’s estate will turn over a book that reportedly includes an explicit 2003 birthday message from Donald Trump to Epstein.

Trump: I used, at the White House, the most beautiful marble and stone available anywhere. Surfaces are very important to me as a Builder. As everyone knows, I built many GREAT Buildings, and other things, over the years. At the White House, I am very proud of the beautiful stonework we did in the Rose Garden, in this case, using limestone plus. The Rose Garden is completed, and far more beautiful than anyone ever had in mind when it was conceived of, decades ago. Three days ago, while admiring the stonework, I happened to notice a huge gash in the limestone that extended more than 25 yards long. It was deep and nasty! I started yelling, "Who did this, and I want to find out now!" — And I didn't say this in a nice manner. I wondered, "Was it vandalism or, was it stupidity?" Lo and behold, because of the fact that we've installed the finest security equipment anywhere, they

the finest security equipment anywhere, they brought back the stupid people, with their boss watching (in sunglasses!). It was a subcontractor that was installing heavy landscaping on a steel cart that was broken and tilting badly, with it rubbing hard against the soft, beautiful stone. I love and respect great workers and contractors, but something like this should never happen. Now, I'll replace the stone, charge the contractor, and never let that contractor work at the White House again - But, how great is the video equipment? We caught them, cold. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 15° 15

Thank God we finally have a president who will fly into a rage when he notices imperfections in the sidewalk.

“I started yelling…” Trump writes in his latest post.

California is getting safer.

Homicides down 20%
Robberies down 19%
All within this year.

And we're deploying CHP officers to more regions across the state to keep this momentum going.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will sign an executive order Saturday laying out initial plans for how the city will try to resist President Donald Trump’s planned immigration crackdown in the coming days. https://cnn.it/41r6v4z

DOJ attorneys bolt after being forced to work on 'sham' anti-immigrant team: report The dozen or so high-ranking Department of Justice attorneys who were reassigned to the DOJ's Sanctuary Cities Enforcement working group have all quit, the Washington Post is reporting on Saturday.According to the report from Post’s Perry Stein, a the time of the reassignment they were told to eithe...

The dozen or so high-ranking Department of Justice attorneys who were reassigned to the DOJ's Sanctuary Cities Enforcement working group have all quit, the Washington Post is reporting on Saturday.

Truth Social is having issues...but ironically this is actually the truth. There ARE no truths on Truth Social.
#trump

US court rules many of Trump's global tariffs are illegal The tariffs can remain in place until mid-October to allow the Trump administration time to request the Supreme Court take up the case.

Well then. www.bbc.com/news/article...

'We called it!' GOP rep scraps town hall after opponent points out it’s in wrong district Republican Rep. Stephanie Bice (OK) has canceled her small town hall meeting billed as a "meet and greet" after her Democratic opponent revealed she'd scheduled it in the wrong district. Bice has fallen under criticism from locals, including her opponent, for refusing to hold any town hall meetings ...

Republican Rep. Stephanie Bice (OK) has canceled her small town hall meeting billed as a "meet and greet" after her Democratic opponent revealed she'd scheduled it in the wrong district.

‘Not a fact-based human’: Trump busted by ex-Atlanta mayor over crime claims As President Donald Trump continues to tease the idea of deploying federal officers and National Guard members to Chicago, Illinois to crack down on crime, Kasim Reed, the former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, is calling out the president on what he characterized as his distorted inflation of crime data...

‘Not a fact-based human’: Trump busted by ex-Atlanta mayor over crime claims

The month before a shooter opened fire on children gathered in a Minnesota church this week, the Trump administration cut funding in the state for efforts to identify potential mass shooters and head off their violence.
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Late on the Friday before Labor Day, hundreds of VOA journalists were told they’re being terminated in 30 days. Kari Lake, the ‘acting CEO’ of USAGM, says “this will help reduce the federal bureaucracy, improve agency service, and save the American people more of their hard-earned money.”#SaveVOA

Handmade fall decor for your dining table!

David Greising: With the National Guard in the offing, what is the status of Chicago’s crime problem? Donald Trump may have lawless intent. But that hardly means Chicagoans should accept the level of lawlessness on the city’s streets.

Commentary: The inconvenient truth for Trump is that violent crime in Chicago is falling dramatically, from recent spikes during the pandemic.

Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley won't run for re-election Liberals are eyeing the open-seat race next spring as an opportunity to expand their 4-3 majority on the battleground state's high court.

Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley announces that she will not seek re-election, setting up another major judicial election in the battleground state next year.

A Utah classical violinist — and former music teacher — was arrested by ICE. Now, he sits in a Colorado detention facility. ICE has confirmed the arrest of a Utah classical violinist who used to teach at a pair of Salt Lake City schools.

ICE has confirmed the arrest of a Utah classical violinist who used to teach at a pair of Salt Lake City schools.