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Two 17 year old girls were brutally murdered in New Jersey when a truck ran them over going 70mph.

17 year old Vincent Battiloro is charged with first degree murder.

The suspected motive? One of the girls declined his advances.

He couldn’t handle hearing the word “no” 🧵

Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz So many were killed – yet on her release, my mother said ‘shalom’ to her captors. Let’s learn from that moment of grace, says Sharone Lifschitz, London-based film-maker and academic

Sharon Lifschitz, whose parents were kidnapped on Oct 7 and only her mother returned alive, writes on the two year anniversary to the massacres.
"We know that hate and revenge cannot bring even a momentary relief from the pain."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Women make up only ~1/4 of members of Congress. And only ~1/6 of Congressional Republicans. But they're overwhelmingly the family health managers.

Which is why representation matters. And why the men currently in charge will fight tooth and nail to keep women away from the levers of power.

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.

ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social

Uh maybe this is happening even quicker than I thought it might www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Just so we're clear where we all stand.

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

👇🎯 This is how governing works in literally every actual democracy around the world. If you don’t have the votes, it’s up to you to make concessions to the minority parties. It’s not their job to save you from your responsibility to govern by giving you things you don’t have the votes for already.

Make time for yourself. For hobbies, pleasure, self-improvement, exercise... put it in your calendar. Hold the time sacred. You are your most important client. Without your health and happiness, nobody else will get you at your best.

This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:

* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.

"lying silver-tongued charlatan runs to the US, attempts to reinvent himself, turns out to be pretty good at an important job" this is like one of the foundational American Stories www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

Cool! Great! Fantastic!

I was told not to teach a class on the intellectual histories of Zionism and Anti-Zionism next year - not because they doubted I could teach it fairly, but because it would attract too many politicians scrutinizing the syllabus.

A society where that is a valid fear is no longer fully democratic.

So if people lost their jobs over not being reverential enough about Charlie Kirk's murder, it seems like everyone must call for Stephen Miller to be fired for this.

time.com/7323442/sout...

Happy Monday.

As you see the Ellisons’ use the husk of Paramount/CBS to hand out fiefdoms to conservatives, remember: This summer Paramount bribed Trump $16m at the cost of 60 Minutes’ integrity. FCC approval of the Ellisons’ takeover bid followed within a few days. Brendan Carr made this statement at the time.

So dunkins rewards program got worse again? I used to go every Monday morning as a treat, but now I find myself going less and less. Now they say my points will expire by the end of the month? Guess that will be my last visit.

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

North Darfur displacement worsens as Sudan paramilitary tightens siege El-Fasher’s population has plummeted by 62% as RSF attacks intensify, marking one of Sudan’s worst humanitarian crises.

El-Fasher’s population has plummeted by 62% as RSF attacks intensify, marking one of Sudan’s worst humanitarian crises.

Hide the existence of your identical twin for decades so you can do a stage magic act in which it seems like you teleported.

​I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.

this timeline is so surreal

collapse of the republic!

football!

bluesky moderation meltdown!

collapse of the republic some more!

more football!

the republic: still collapsing!

@StephenM on X: The issue before is now is very simple and clear. There is a large and growing movement of leftwing terrorism in this country. It is well organized and funded. And it is shielded by far-left Democrat judges, prosecutors and attorneys general. The only remedy is to use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism and terror networks. 04 Oct 25

Here is Stephen Miler of the Trump administration targeting "far-left Democrat judges" and accusing them of shielding "leftwing terrorism." This was YESTERDAY.

time CultS -d 8 claire's NOTICE OF STORE CLOSURE To Our Valued Customers, This Claire's location has been permanently closed. The decision reflects both external pressures & internal restructuring. In recent months, repeated attacks of ridicule by radical left agitators have gone beyond mere criticism, escalating into a deliberate effort to destabilize our company - conduct we recognize as Domestic Economic Terrorism. At the same time, our transition under new private equity ownership required difficult financial choices. Protecting the stability of shareholders was prioritized, & this store - along with its local workforce - was deemed expendable in service of that obligation. Despite these challenges, Claire's remains committed to our identity as a traditional American company rooted in values of family & community. We will not be silenced by those who attempt to undermine that mission, & we continue to move forward with confidence in our future. Here at Claire's, we look forward to working with the current administration to reinvigorate our brand presence across the United States, ensuring that we remain a part of American life for generations to come. We invite you to continue supporting Claire's by shopping online at www.claires.com Thank you for your attention to this matter. Claire's Stores, Inc. 2400 West Central Road, Hoffman Estates, IL 60192 | Claire's Stores, Inc. | CBI Distributing Corp.

THE RADICAL LEFTISTS HAVE KILLED OUR BUSINESS
[also we got bought out by private equity who shuttered the store and fired everyone]
BUT IT WAS MOSTLY THE RADICAL LEFTISTS
also can we have a federal bailout 🥹

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

They already did this. The mayor of Newark. And now a Chicago Alderman.