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Sources detail how Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others brokered a call between SF Mayor Daniel Lurie and Trump to stop National Guard deployment (Wall Street Journal)

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When a journal doesn’t even come within miles of an appeal that anyone could possibly listen to, is a talent of a sort.

After the Storm | Ben Ehrenreich We are in thrall to the fetish of progress: the belief that history has a direction and a purpose, and that humankind is ascending a steady route to perfection.

“We are in thrall to the fetish of progress: the belief that history has a direction and a purpose, the faith that humankind is ascending a steady if circuitous route to greater and greater perfection.”

It’s weather so nothing is certain but this one has a truly ominous look to it.

And the ocean is crazy warm and warm at deep levels so there’s almost endless fuel for this to become a major disaster.

I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us. RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

I’m one of 20 million+ people in the U.S. living with #LongCOVID.
This fight isn’t just personal—it’s part of a long struggle for health justice in a nation that’s never been healthy for all.

My new @Truthout piece:
👉 truthout.org/articles/i-a...

#DisabilityJustice #HealthEquity #PublicHealth

This is disturbing

This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.

They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.

The poll watchers are back

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell provided the following statement: In support of the President’s directive to dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) and counter narco-terrorism in defense of the Homeland, the Secretary of War has directed the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and embarked carrier air wing to the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR). The enhanced U.S. force presence in the USSOUTHCOM AOR will bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere. These forces will enhance and augment existing capabilities to disrupt narcotics trafficking and degrade and dismantle TCOs.

The Peace President is sending the Ford carrier strike group to illegally murder Venezuelan, Colombian, Trinidadian etc fishermen. Let’s see if the Ford commander is going to obey illegal orders

Vets who committed war crimes in Vietnam became Panthers, YOung Patriots , Latin Kings, and AIM warriors. People disavowed their pasts and became revolutionaries

Do you think military men will eventually realize what the punisher skull means?

All orchestrated by mobsters openly racketeering with impunity:

Another US strike in Caribbean targets alleged drug-running boat, killing 6, Hegseth says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says another U.S. strike in the Caribbean targeted an alleged drug-running boat operated by the Tren de Aragua gang, killing six people.

BREAKING: Hegseth says U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup in the region.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”

Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.

Just said he’s domestically deploying the CIA against the election system.

Got it. Primary coming.

Protesters have blocked the westbound side of Canal. They are chanting "ICE out of New York now!" and "Liberation, not deportation!"

As someone who’s been a vocal supporter of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, his reported decision to keep Jessica Tisch as NYPD commissioner is a big mistake that seems like a reasonable compromise. The NYPD will understand it as weakness, not good will. Tisch cooperated with ICE to lock up Leqaa Kordia

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time after record heat Previously the country was one of the world's only mosquito-free zones.

Totally normal headline for totally normal times.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Gotta say. This is fucking hilarious. The leftist critique of the entire enterprise at its most cannibalistically literal.

Pete Hegseth is pictured as a serious-looking man in a suit, standing with arms crossed in front of the U.S. Capitol. His reflection appears in a calm body of water, conveying a sense of authority.

Pete Hegseth is a modern-day Narcissus: preoccupied with image, extravagantly unqualified for his position yet extraordinarily self-assured, morally bankrupt, intellectually barren and as empty as a shattered amphora.

inthesetimes.com/article/amer...

Republican Buys Dominion Voting Systems, Forces Them To Drop Lawsuits Against Conservatives Dominion Voting systems has been acquired by former GOP election reform advocate and the founder and chairman of Liberty Vote Scott Leiendecker.

Republican Scott Leinendecker is now the “sole owner of Dominion” > making the deal contingent on “dropping”remaining lawsuits against OANN & “prominent conservatives.” Leiendecker told the Caller that “remaining litigation” w/ Mike Lindell, Rudy Giuliani & Sidney Powell will also be “dropped.” 1/

Fuck yea

Every vote and station under a genocidal construct is a deeply regrettable capitulation for me, so I’m kind of just bemused by the whole picture.

Being a senator in the American empire is disqualifying.

Applying for the job of Senator in the most violent empire in history requires vetting.

It’s easy for a Nazi to run for office and get elected as a Nazi. I’m not sure running as a socialist, antifascist, pledged to defending trans rights
and targeted communities is the most electable path in America.

Disabled Immigrants at Notorious California ICE Jail Report Abuse and Neglect They face poor access to medical treatment, inadequate food and water, exposure to respiratory illnesses, and more.

Disabled immigrants at a California ICE jail report abuse and neglect, citing denial of medical care, poor food and water, and exposure to illnesses in what advocates call one of the nation’s most notorious detention centers.