Robert Olding

A tragic murder, a baseless smear, and the fight for the U.S. Senate A high-stakes race for an open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina has gotten nasty very quickly.

1. Trump and his allies have concocted a series of lies about the horrific murder of a 23-year-old woman in Charlotte in a transparent effort to secure an advantage in a critical North Carolina race that could swing control of the U.S. Senate.

It's nasty stuff.

Follow this thread for details.

6-Year-Old NYC Elementary School Student and Her Mom Deported The mother's 19-year-old son remains in ICE custody in New Jersey, while her distraught teenage minor is now in the care of her 21-year-old brother.

Last week, ICE arrested a six-year-old Queens public school student at her family's scheduled check-in. This morning, she was deported along with her mother. One of her siblings remains in detention.

The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.

American In 1995, at the beginning of the last week of August, on the afternoon of an inhumanly hot and intolerably humid day, I arrived at Newark Airport to live in the United States. I was twenty two years o...

Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co wrote a blog about the day he became an American citizen. Read it. It's wonderful. kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...

I like presidents who know Slavery is bad, not "WOKE."

Can someone explain how banning gay marriage will fund schools and lower rent and make groceries affordable?

#ReleaseTheCuomoList

1. Get bad jobs numbers
2. Fire person who counted
3. Stop counting

‘1984’ is upon us 🇺🇸

The reaction to Mamdani shows how broken America’s political culture is.

In any sane democracy, child care, public transit, and housing are center-left policy.

For most of his policies, Mamdani is not far left. But because both parties are on the right, he gets framed that way. It’s insane.

Was it a struggle for him? Did he ever— I wouldn’t say struggle. He didn’t struggle with it. He was in a position financially to yield to it, big time. But nevertheless, he could not help himself. I’ve seen him do things which he couldn’t—couldn’t help himself, he was afflicted with it. If he had tuberculosis it wouldn’t be called a perversion, would it? Because he coughed too much?

I always loved this 2019 interview with one of Jeffrey Epstein's best friends where he complains people are being very unfair to his friend Jeffrey because he had a disease called being a huge pervert not unlike tuberculosis.

www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...

Baby Elephant Break

STANTON: Do the victims and survivors in Texas deserve an apology?

FEMA ACTING ADMINISTRATOR RICHARDSON: What happened in Texas is an absolute tragedy

STANTON: I'll take that as a no

Maybe it’s not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate. - Ozzy Osbourne

Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on what keeps her up at night:

"The state of our democracy. I would say that I am really very interested in getting people to focus and to invest and to pay attention to what is happening in our country and in our government."

One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...

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So are we just teaching our kids they have to obey anyone with a mask and an unmarked car and an oddly-fitting vest and zip ties now and go with them? Is this where we’re at?

MEMPHIS — YESTERDAY: “He’s not a criminal!!”

ICE agent clumsily PULLS A GUN on the daughter of a man they grabbed.

Original post: www.facebook.com/share/v/12LM...

One attorney, Lizbeth Mateo, said ICE officials slated several of her clients for check-ins at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in downtown L.A. but when they showed up on Tuesday, they were detained and immediately escorted to the basement. Mateo said a couple and their two children, one of whom is a U.S. citizen, spent the night in a room with no beds and limited access to food and water. Mateo said the father had previously been issued a stay of removal, barring him from deportation but he and his family were detained anyway. His wife was released Wednesday evening along with their children since she needed medical attention due to a high-risk pregnancy. He was still being detained early Friday, Mateo said.

🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles.

Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.

Last night, Hillsborough County Public Schools held its first school board meeting since letters from state officials ordered books off shelves.

Two parents made particularly poignant statements that must be heard.

You can watch the whole meeting here: www.hillsboroughschools.org/Page/6365

Love this.
Good people stepping up when the system fails our kids.

Republicans are lying about Medicaid work requirements. The truth is that a vast majority of recipients who can work are already working. Work requirements are just a shady way to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.

Remember when this pic of Elián González was a national scandal instead of a daily occurrence?

When profits speak louder than principles, humanity pays the ultimate price.

Protesters interrupt RFK Jr. during Senate hearing on HHS budget During a Senate hearing, protesters interrupted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before being quickly removed from the room by officers.

www.nbcnews.com/video/protes...

Andry Romero, a young gay man, was given an asylum appointment by the U.S. Government. When he showed up to the appointment we kidnapped him and sent him to a foreign prison.

I asked Secretary Noem to check if he’s alive. Her response was shameful.

There was one thing RFK Junior said today that made a lot of sense so I’m gonna share it:

12-year-old boy left alone on sidewalk after ICE raid in Massachusetts A 12-year-old boy was left behind on a street after an immigration raid in Waltham, Massachusetts.

www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

This is fascism.