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Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

The image is an X post by Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis ) from 19 hours ago, stating: "So let me get this straight: a Blackhawk helicopter and dozens of masked, armed federal agents roll up on a Chicago apartment building, cuff everyone—including kids—and then run checks for warrants and immigration status? What the hell is going on in this country? How is that not fascism?" The post includes a verified badge.

Narrator: This is fascism.

YouTube video by MSNBC ‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

Now they're zip-tying children together, some of them naked, after yanking them out of bed. ICE is an evil organization. Trump and Miller can seriously go fuck themselves.
youtu.be/vOXOWAhFz0A?...

This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight.

But consider this...

Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.

Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?

Sanders: I am not a great fan of the affordable care act. I believe in medicare for all. I think that health care is a human right, but I will be damned if I'm going to see people in Vermont and around this country see a doubling in their premiums.

AS IF......

I NEEDED ANY MORE MOTIVATION FOR THE MID TERMS!!

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Donald Trump says he wants our military to use cities like Los Angeles and Portland as a "training ground." Absolutely not.

This un-American, illegal use of the military to terrorize in our communities must end now.

Legal opinions usually aren't exciting. This one has everyone talking | CNN Politics Not since the years before the Civil War had a trial-level federal judge signed off on an opinion simply as “Judge of the United States.”

In a book-length opinion, Senior Judge William Young ruled that the Trump administration can’t deny First Amendment protections to non-citizens, such as pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses, or retaliate against them because of their positions.

It’s midnight, which means Trump’s government just ran out of money.

Our entire government is shut down because Republicans in power refuse to lower health care costs.

How is this sustainable?

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

Pharmacists who recommend homeopathy should be willing to accept as payment envelopes that once contained money.

- @davidjuurlink.bsky.social

Donald Trump is president. He completely usurped the power of Congress — and his MAGA lackeys are more than happy to go along with whatever he wants. If the government ends up shutting down, there's only one person to blame.

Raw scan of Andromeda galaxy

Raw scan of Orion and Running man

Background subtracted and contrast adjusted Andromeda galaxy

Background subtracted and contrast adjusted Orion and Running man

Here are the scans of my latest film photos! This was my first roll testing an off-axis guider for guiding through the same scope as the camera. Andromeda was a 30 min exposure and Orion was a 1 hr exposure, all manually guided so I'm really happy with these results!
#astrophotography #filmisnotdead

A blast from the past! Here is my image of an ISS Lunar Transit captured with my Nikon P1000. This image was made by stacking multiple frames that were captured in less than a second. It's been almost five years since I got this shot and it's still one of my favorites.
#Astronomy #NASA #ISS

"Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative.”

Bowing down to a bully never works.

And we can’t become numb to this corruption in plain sight.

After some serious video editing computer issues, a long hiatus, flat earth being far beyond a joke and a few other things, I might slowly be getting back to making videos. Just to be pedantic, here's a quick one for @redsrhetoric.bsky.social Fkatzoid removed 13 frames, not 11.

YouTube video by Astronomy Live NG-23 Launch to Landing With a $100 Refractor

On Sunday, I captured SpaceX's launch of NG-23 all the way to first stage landing in one continuous shot with what may be the cheapest, worst telescope ever to pull off a launch to landing shot, using predictive tracking with my RocketTraker software.
youtu.be/urBONk04usQ
#spacex #astronomy #space

Hey YouTube - I have done a damn good job filtering out the AI slop from my feed. I just click "Don't recommend channel" and it's done. But I have noticed that option is unavailable on a few channels despite being just as terrible. So WTF is going on here?

You have my attention. 🤓

Understandable and probably for the best.

Turns out I have 269,856 frames of Saturn. Finding a way to debayer all these images is a total pain in the ass. So my time lapse of Titan's Shadow going across Saturn will be delayed until I can figure out a more efficient way of processing everything.

Thanks. 😁

Here is my capture of Titan and its shadow on Saturn.
#Astronomy #Space

I got another capture of the #ISS from New England. The weather finally cooperated with me. 👏
#Astronomy #SpotTheStation

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I will be going live with The Drunk Debunk Show on the evening of September 3rd. The shadow of Titan will be visible on Saturn, and I will be there with my telescope to share the view with you all. 🪐
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Bluesky now platform of choice for science community It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

FUCK YEAH SCIENCE

arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Can you imagine if YouTube was forced to put any changes up for a vote before any implementation? I can bet you that a great number of their "upgrades" would be voted into Oblivion.