Luke

The fuck?

Rubio's State Dept mirrors Afghanistan's.

Editors ordered to remove references to:

▪︎ DEI
▪︎ Sexual violence against children
▪︎ Interference with privacy
▪︎ Restrictions on political participation
▪︎ Government corruption
▪︎ Violence against minorities + LGBTQ
▪︎ Harassment of Human Rights organizations

I guess this makes it official. As we suspected, Republicans are actually fine with pedophiles sexually abusing children. It's nice to finally have that confirmed. The rest we already knew and is unsurprising.

Hmm....no.

Fuck no.

man, the guy who was president during covid sounds awful

(yes, Charlie Kirk was on CNBC this morning)

We must insist the Supreme Court protect voting rights and democracy. In 2015-17, I litigated and won 4 redistricting cases in the Supreme Court. In the last few years my firm has litigated two others in the Court and won both.

Don't give in to the cynics. When we fight we can win!

Trump could expand role of national guard for ‘quick reaction’ to unrest Pentagon considers a quick-reaction force to deploy in US cities amid unrest, raising legal and political concerns

Establishing a military task force to quickly stifle dissent would be a dangerous power grab by the Trump administration.

The right to protest freely is essential to our democracy.

The woman petitioning SCOTUS to overturn marriage equality in the name of the sanctity of marriage is on her fourth husband.

Very unfair media is at work on my meeting with Putin. Constantly quoting fired losers and really dumb people like John Bolton, who just said that, even though the meeting is on American soil, “Putin has already won.” What’s that all about? We are winning on EVERYTHING. The Fake News is working overtime (No tax on overtime!). If I got Moscow and Leningrad free, as part of the deal with Russia, the Fake News would say that I made a bad deal! But now they’ve been caught. Look at all of the real news that’s coming out about their CORRUPTION. They are sick and dishonest people, who probably hate our Country. But it doesn’t matter because we are winning on everything!!! MAGA

Leningrad was renamed St. Petersburg in 1991

Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money. An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...

NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.

By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social

YouTube video by MSNBC Lawrence: Trump predicts a ‘1929-style result’ if Trump returns the tariff money he illegally took

OPINION:

Lawrence: Trump predicts a ‘1929-style result’ if Trump returns the tariff money he illegally took

Professor Krugman returns to @lastword.msnbc.com after Donald Trump attacked the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s last appearance. He speaks with @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com

WATCH:

I think #2 would be my choice.

New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada

This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government.

(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

This is A+ trolling

The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Fascism’s a real bummer man

@billbramhall.bsky.social

RFK Jr. was asked how he'd address misinformation and prevent a repeat of the CDC shooting.

He replied by calling public health officials dishonest about coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/45NfS0M

I’m not mentioned, but I’m extremely proud that my reporting, sourced from patriots working on the front lines at the bureau of prisons, has helped lead to congressional demands for information on Ghislaine Maxwell’s waivers. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

This Sunday, we’re hosting a back to school drive in Evanston with 500 free backpacks, all-day free haircuts, and free food by two of the best restaurants in Evanston!

Drop by the Fleetwood-Jourdain Center this Sunday afternoon to start the school year with everything you need!

In authoritarian crackdowns, it’s important to randomly ensnare some people whom one would think would be safe, so that everyone is at least a little bit afraid that something could happen to them. The regime scales up its power of intimidation over a much larger group than those directly affected.

New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada

New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Wes Moore on Fox & Friends: "Our National Guards are not trained for this ... we know the missions that they are trained for. Municipal policing is not one of them. If we want to be serious about making people safe, let's actually do the things that make people safe."

Samsies.

we're phasing out civil aviation because contrails have failed to earn the public's trust.

a woman in a skirt stands in a room with papers on the floor ALT: a woman in a skirt stands in a room with papers on the floor

What's Kyrsten Sinema doing with herself theses days? I hope that people, wherever she is, aren't giving her a moments peace.

absolutely savage