Sick Transit

I looked it up once. SNAP takes 2% of the US budget and 93% of the money goes to the actual poor people instead of to the bureaucracy. So it's kind of like if you paid $1000 in taxes, you spent $20 on the poor of which they got to keep $18.60, and you spent $166.66 on the military.

My friend @merkley.senate.gov is holding the Senate floor all night to sound the alarm on Trump’s lawless regime.

Proud to stand with him in this fight and in the U.S. Senate. There can be no business as usual.

‘I’ve definitely had spicier tamales,’ says Portland ICE protest frog that got pepper sprayed by federal agents The 24-year-old talks about the spray, the viral video and why he’s protesting.

Seth Todd is his name.

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Al Gore didn’t hold back: The Trump admin is “attacking the heart of truth,” twisting facts like the Nazis did in the 1930s. From climate denial to rewriting the Ukraine war, it’s all about power—not reality.
Gore warned the U.S. is under siege—and every former leader should speak out like he did.

At about 0:55, a couple in a nearby car gets out and hurries away with an infant in a carseat to try and escape the tear gas:

What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:

I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.

So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.

Love the quick snip of Tommy Smothers as "a man with a gun over there," and the smiles all 'round. It must have been on the Smothers Brothers show.

"Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war."

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Not to be a stickler, but his name was Chance. Chance the gardener.

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Patio

Not a big deal, but maybe the word "stolen" is not quite appropriate here.

I talked with a doctor in rural Wisconsin about what she wished elected officials in Washington understood about the health care system.

Her answer is important for every American to hear:

It’s often used dismissively or critically about women hired or kept in a role just to “look nice” for clients or to brighten the office, similar to the English metaphor “window dressing.”

花瓶

In workplace slang, calling someone a kabin means they are there mainly for appearance — decorative rather than functional — and not expected to contribute meaningfully to the work. 1/2

I'm afraid I agree with you. They're scrambling to fund their defensive capabilities, which would be the priority.

China then.

It will be up to other countries to continue this work. We will lose out, but I hope the entire world can continue to benefit.

Allentown grandfather’s family was told he died in ICE custody. Then they learned he’s alive — in a hospital in Guatemala, they say Family of Allentown grandfather Luis Leon, 82, said they were headed to a Guatemala hospital to reunite with him after he was taken into custody at a Philadelphia immigration office and disappeared…

Just in case you somehow missed this. There are thousands of stories like this. This is why so many of us are saying F*** ICE.

www.mcall.com/2025/07/18/l...

How did you ever get the idea ICE is enforcing America's laws?

I am still processing. I did, in fact, follow your for your Andry posts. Now, I feel as if you are a friend of an acquaintance, and we are both at the same cocktail party. We make small talk but agree on the big topics, the conversation is warming up slowly.

Anecdotes.
A pile of anecdotes still does not equal data.

Which means today, if the Mad King has his way, YOU could be grabbed.

Every subsequent ancestor of yours in the US was/is illegitimate, including you, if birthright citizenship is removed.

YouTube video by Diana Martin KKK marchers going to Rally

Remember this?
Tuba player trolling the nazi wannabees
youtu.be/Rs4P1kKK-5k?...

Breaking down claim of incinerators at 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center A TikTok user said her neighbor's cousin got a contract to supply "a ton" of incinerators at the Florida migrant detention center.

www.snopes.com/news/2025/07...

We need a small army of smart activists to infiltrate ICE; get jobs there, coordinate, and weaken them internally. Leak information. Make mistakes.

It does not seem to be ICE-related. This was someone who skipped bail, and actual bounty hunters (rather than ICE goons) were involved.

1 dead, 2 in custody after Old East Dallas shooting involving bounty hunter, sources say Police are investigating a shooting involving a bounty hunter that left one person dead in Old East Dallas, just east of Downtown Dallas, sources tell FOX 4.

www.fox4news.com/news/1-dead-...

Jose Padilla?
Abused by Bush?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%...

Shall we talk about pronouns?

Oh yes, and he's crossed many lines already. My only point is that, so far, no illegal orders have been given to the Marines. The orders to deploy to LA are ill-advised but not illegal. No Marine can say "I refuse to go to LA because that is an illegal order."