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Whoa, Alabama. 💥

Birmingham-area activists put up a Trump–Epstein billboard on a busy highway: “What’s the big secret, fellas?”

We are already an authoritarian country. We’re not working to prevent it; we’re now working…to get out of it.

FRIEDMAN: “If the behavior this administration has exhibited in just its first six months continues and is amplified for its full four years, the America you know will be gone. And I don’t know how we will get it back.”

‘1984’ is upon us.
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They're talking about this in Québec Canada. Keep fighting for democracy

Abbott just issued arrest warrants for the Dems who fled the state.

Rep Jasmine Crockett: unbothered.

“You have a lot of intelligent attorneys that serve in the Texas House, and so they know there’s nothing he can do outside of the Texas jurisdiction.”

ICE follows starkly different playbooks in how it’s arresting immigrants in red and blue states, data shows | CNN Arrests in red states more likely occur in jails or prisons, while in blue states, more arrests happen in the community.

ICE follows starkly different playbooks in how it’s arresting immigrants in red and blue states, data shows | CNN share.google/KhCccbnyN1Lu...

DHS says Jose’s a dangerous criminal. So where’s the warrant?

ICE tried to snatch him outside his home. No warning, no paperwork. Jose barely made it inside before they started kicking his door.

DHS says he’s got a violent record. But local court records say those charges were dismissed.
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Wildfire on Vancouver Island continues to grow | CBC News The "out of control" Wesley Ridge fire has grown to 511 hectares. Almost 400 properties are on evacuation order in the area. The B.C. Wildfire Service says it has had a "pretty successful" day setting...

Enough with the pipeline nonsense.

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🚨Unearthed footage shows Trump bragging about hiring a teenage girl because she was “so pretty.” When a woman asks to be a flight attendant on his jet, he says, “You can work on my plane anytime,” then calls it a “death wish”—comparing himself to an alcoholic around Scotch.

Working on a farm is hard physical work in the blazing sun.

Epstein's Victims Blast DOJ For Withholding Files - Joe.My.God. NBC News reports: The government is “asking to release these transcripts, exhibits, etc., of which the victims are not privy to while they have concluded that there is nothing more to see on the…

Epstein’s victims are calling out the DOJ for hoarding files, dodging transparency, and keeping them in the dark. They want all the documents released — with redactions reviewed by their lawyers.

The House Oversight Committee just subpoenaed the Epstein files from the Justice Department.

The cop either lied about the phone, or he’s so incompetent he can’t tell the difference between a white bread sandwich and a cellphone. Either way, his prior tickets need to be investigated.

This young man handled it perfectly—stay calm, comply politely, and bring your evidence to court.

It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....

Very pretty. You'll have a ton of ends to weave in, though 🤣

11 more NYC libraries will soon open on Sundays A $2 million City Council deal will expand seven-day service to more than 30 branches citywide.

Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place.

As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.

Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

Trump's budget proposal for NASA zeros out the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2 & 3), which would mean an early end to tools that provide detailed information on carbon dioxide emissions and plant growth.

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Congress could still save these programs.

The CBO’s final dynamic score:

“.. Because the bill’s red ink is not offset by more spending cuts or new revenue, CBO found, the legislation will drive up interest rates.”

@politico.com
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An Overwhelmingly Republican Christian Problem Not drag queens. Not LGBTQ+ people. Not the 'woke.' It's Republicans. It's conservative Christians. It's conservative Christian Republicans.

138 stories this year of conservative Christian pastors & youth leaders abusing kids. Yet somehow Republicans still scream about drag queens. The actual grooming crisis is wearing a cross and a MAGA hat.

The EPA has postponed enforcing limits on methane emissions linked to oil and gas operations while it weighs the possibility of scrapping the rules altogether.

"Donald Trump is an existential threat to democracy."

-Senator Elissa Slotkin

Note: Slotkin is a former (CIA) analyst and Department of Defense official, ending her career in the field as the acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.

If anyone knows...she does.

Me trying desperately to snap during this with my arthritic fingers😂 🫰

Casar as CNN presses him about running against Doggett: "We aren't accepting these illegal maps. We're not going to just stand by and be pit against one another... this fight is about something much bigger than the horserace... it's about voters being able to choose their member of Congress"

Every day, the bleak and crazy United States comes up with a new reason for people in other countries to visit Canada instead.

Global map showing sea surface temperature anomalies in July 2025 relative to 1982 to 2010. Most areas are warmer than average. Red is shown for warmer sea surface temperatures, and blue is shown for colder sea surface temperatures. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1.

Woah, the hot spot across the northern Pacific is even more prominent in last month's sea surface temperature map. This is really quite striking! Though the extratropics in both hemispheres are warmer than average too.

Data from @noaa.gov OISSTv2.1 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/opt...

Damn them for all time for not caring that he’s a child trafficker.

✊🏾 "Stop drawing the map like you're afraid of a fair fight."

Britni Cuington, our Texas Lead Organizer, called out the state's rigged redistricting map at the House hearing—loud and clear.