Look on my works, ye Mighty Labors of Destruction and Creation

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The sinister reason Trump revived the presidential fitness test POTUS and the HHS secretary equate looks with how healthy you are

Kids returning to school may face a ritual humiliation that we thought we'd left behind: the presidential fitness test.

RFK's definition of "health" is about outside appearance — and even kids aren't exempt from his hot-or-not evaluation.

www.salon.com/2025/09/02/t...

Wealth taxes NOW.

It’s patriotic to do your part and fund society for the workers you exploit in order to get this rich.

#taxtherich

American kids are less likely to reach adulthood than foreign peers • Ohio Capital Journal Babies and children in the United States are nearly twice as likely to die before reaching adulthood compared with their peers in other wealthy countries, according to a new study.

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Words & Phrases We Can Do Without Whatever is happening, Trump is not "testing" anything

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E.J. Antoni, a man with short brown hair wearing a red jacket, is highlighted via a yellow circle around his face. He is moving through a crowd of Jan. 6 rioters near the U.S. Capitol. Text in the top left corner reads: Watch at propublica.org/jan6-vids.

#ICYMI: You can spot E.J. Antoni, Trump's pick for Bureau of Labor Statistics Chief, in the crowd of Capitol rioters via our archive of 500+ Jan. 6 videos.

Watch him walk through the bottom of the screen starting at ~1:41 in this clip: projects.propublica.org/parler-capit...

"FREE DC" chants during the Washington Spirit game

(From @wusa9 )

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.

Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.

It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.

That’s it.

Protests in Anchorage, Alaska against the Trump and Putin meeting and in support of Ukraine against the fascist invaders. #3E #StandWithUkraine #AlaskaWithUkraine

DHS has arrested two medical personnel at a surgical center in California for demanding that the officers trespassing in their building identify themselves & provide a warrant, accusing them of another.... wait for it... ASSAULT. The case shows how DHS lies relentlessly to violate the Constitution

Farm workers are harvesting lettuce on CA's Central Coast. They share it was a very hot day, w/temps in the '90s. They're trying to work under the shade cast by the machine that they place the harvested lettuce on, so the sun doesn't shine directly on them. #WeFeedYou

If journalists were reality-based, they'd frame Trump quotes by saying, “Trump, who has a long history of lying, said …” Or they’d throw shade in another way. Every time.
Instead they pretend he might be telling the truth this once. Their bosses hope that keeps Trump from sabotaging their business.

Article link can be found in the comments.

🚨 BREAKING: new video shows ICE is operating a detention facility on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, where people are being held for days or weeks at a time without showers, medication or a change of clothes, sleeping on the floor, and with minimal food and outside contact.

Protest poster with dozens of organization logos and text that says: GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON JULY 17TH 5:30PM, FOLEY SQUARE BRING FLOWERS. WEAR WHITE. MARCH IN PEACE.

NYC, it’s time to make good trouble.

Thursday. July 17. 5:30 pm. Foley Square. Bring flowers. Wear white.

We’re marching in defense of immigrants, in honor of John Lewis, and in protest of the brazen attacks on our civil and human rights by the Trump regime.

GoodTroubleNYC.com
#GoodTroubleLivesOn

More than 1,600 events are scheduled nationwide tomorrow, July 17, as part of "Good Trouble Lives On."

This is the fifth annual national day of action to honor former Rep. John Lewis. And it's bigger than ever.

Find an event near you and make some good trouble.

Next up: sue this administration!

A disabled vet says he was wrongfully detained in last week’s Camarillo raid, despite being a U.S. citizen.

• Reporting for his security job at Glass House Farms
• Told them he was a citizen
• No charges. No phone call. No lawyer.
• No care after chemical exposure

Art can't just be a luxury for the few. That requires a city where artists can actually afford to live and create, and where musicians don't just receive recognition but fair pay.

That's what @local802.bsky.social organizes for and I'm so proud to have their endorsement.

Cuomo: I am now running on affordability.

Also Cuomo: there is no “real answer” on affordability.

YouTube video by Tod Maffin What a Video Game Can Teach Us About Tariffs and Trade

What a video game can teach us about tariffs, trade, and Trump.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDI7...

#portal #cdnpoli #tradewar #xbox #ps4 #ps5

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

The IRS announced that churches and other houses of worship are now allowed to endorse political candidates to their congregations, effectively carving out an exemption to the longstanding ban on political activity by tax-exempt nonprofits.

I so much agree with this.