Native Earthling

RFK Jr. is living in a pretend anti-vax world Unfortunately, he is wreaking havoc in the real one.

In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions.

In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.

Exclusive: Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud. His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers Close relatives of the federal official who has accused a Federal Reserve governor of improperly claiming primary residence on two properties have declared the same status on two homes in two different states, public records show.

Every accusation is a confession www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...

Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

This is never going away, is it?

EPSTEIN

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CDC and FBI hollowed out of experienced servants to make way for pliant toadies.

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January 6 Traitor Ashli Babbit receiving military honors.

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If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them:

—Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings
—More guns don't make us safer
—A majority of Americans want gun reform

We don't have to live like this.

Sounds like a BLAST! 💥

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein could not have sold women and girls for sex without wealthy men buying women and girls for sex. I feel like more people should mention that.

🔥 STEWART: “This is the lie they tell you — that all this money flowing towards corporate interests is actually for YOUR benefit…. That government intervention for corporations is our ‘FREE MARKET’, but government intervention for workers is ‘SOCIALISM’.

The people who reflexively say that everything happening in the news every day is just a distraction from the Epstein files are allowing themselves to get distracted by the Epstein files from many other things that are incredibly important also.

Hidden in Trump's Big, Beautiful Betrayal is a nasty provision that lets fossil fuel CEOs pay to have their environmental reviews fast-tracked and avoid judicial review.

In Trump's America, polluters live above the law while public health and our environment suffer.

‘Fact-Check This Crap’: The 5 Juiciest Fox News Revelations in Smartmatic’s Newly-Unredacted Court Filing A slew of private text messages from current and former Fox News hosts were made public on Tuesday night after a judicial hearing officer unredacted parts of a motion filed by Smartmatic.

In today's least-shocking news that we all knew before, Fox staff and producers all along the election wasn't stolen in 2020 and lied for ratings.

www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fac...

#FAFO

Electricity Prices Are Rising Thanks To Tariffs, Clean Energy Cuts, AI Electricity prices have jumped more than twice as fast as overall inflation in the last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Trump promised to lower costs on day one, instead he’s making electric bills in every state skyrocket through his Big Bad Betrayal.

He’s hurting our planet and people’s pockets.

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Life comes at you fast

Picture of a KAT ABUGHAZALEH DEMOCRAT FOR CONGRESS sign leaning vertically on an orange suitcase. An orange cat is laying on her side, away from the camera, but looks back at me with big ol zoomie eyes.

Wanna be cool like Heater and get your very own campaign yard (or window) sign?

Drop by our tent at the Glenwood Ave Arts Fest tomorrow to pick one up! They’re free for all Ninth District residents.

America’s Largest Landlord Makes Deal With DOJ to Settle Price-Fixing Claims in RealPage Case Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a...

Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from software company RealPage, the subject of a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior.

By @heathervogell.bsky.social

He deployed the national guard to evict the homeless but not the insurrectionists.

They’re not wrong.

Quite the contrast.

Feb 28, 2025.
Aug 15, 2025.

@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social

No lies told here.

Let’s Not Ever Forget To Remind America 🇺🇸 Of This! 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾

Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪

Throwing a sandwich at a cop: felony.

Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.

An unarmed veteran was attacked from behind, sustaining injuries and being dragged into a Portland ice building.

SpaceX Gets Billions From the Government. It Gives Little to Nothing Back in Taxes.

Found the welfare queen! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...

Supreme Court Must Explain Why It Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor The Court has repeatedly halted lower court orders and allowed administration policies to go forward via its “shadow docket” without any explanation.

After judges from across the political spectrum found that Trump administration policies were likely illegal or unconstitutional, the Supreme Court has frequently reinstated those policies without any explanation. bit.ly/4mzvX0p

Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...