Jim the adequate

Just going to reiterate that in 2016 Trump inherited the lowest murder rate of any president in 50 years. He set reality aside, gave his “American Carnage” inaugural address, and was then the first president in 30 years to leave office with a higher murder rate than when he started.

Karen Bass: "You don't deploy the armed forces because of people's feelings."

A rambling and incoherent Trump wants to turn DC into his personal police state despite a 30-year low in crime.

He's a pathetic wannabe dictator who wants to distract you from his connection to the Epstein files, skyrocketing costs, and his weak job numbers.

Don't let him.

"This will go further".
Despite being a massive liar, he always tells you what he's going to do next, if you just listen.

Trump: "There will be some changes in land ... Russia has taken some very prime territory. They've taken largely ocean -- in real estate we call it oceanfront property. That's always the most valuable property."

Trump: "If we need to, we're gonna do the same thing in Chicago, which is a disaster. We have a mayor there who is totally incompetent and we have an incompetent governor there ... hopefully LA is watching."

Ah, he's going to deploy the police in a strategic perimeter around the Epstein Files. Now I get it.

This piece nails it. Crime is declining across the country, but Trump is exploiting random anecdotes as a pretense for authoritarian power grabs. We all have to be clear that this entire stunt is a dangerous sham built on a foundation of lies.

Donald wants a pretext to call troops & his newly funded DHS army to American streets. He has made a mountain out of a molehill & he's going to stick to the false narrative. I worry for the homeless, mentally ill & migrants. The dragnet keeps growing.

Crime is down. But Trump's authoritarian power grabs are escalating. Random street crimes are being used as pretexts for repression.

"The events being seized upon by the White House and Republicans as evidence of surging crime in American cities have little to do with one another save for the fact that the victims are white."

We must as Americans stop arming Israel. And Israelis must bring down Netanyahu. May the memory of Anas Al Sharif and the memories of all who died on October 7 and beyond be for more than a blessing. May their memories pressure us to move beyond the horror of the present to end this war and rebuild

Kelly: "I had another situation here with a kid who was on his little league trip in a baseball tournament. Border Patrol pulls over the vehicle, identifies the brown kid, he winds up in lockup for a week...this isn't what the American people wanted and I don't think it's consistent with our values"

red watching in the stands tonight

As WSJ reports, in three conversations, Steve Witkoff furnished completely different and starkly divergent accounts of what had transpired during his meeting with Putin—at which no professional diplomat was present. The man is grossly incompetent, but entrusted with the most sensitive of missions.

LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member.

RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.

democrats are going to be dealing with anti-trans hate until they either

- nut the fuck up and defend these people from bigoted attacks

- concede to every republican attack on the issue, inevitably leading to the total eradication of trans people from all public life

literally the only 2 options

A video arguing that women shouldn’t be able to vote was just shared by Trump’s Secretary of Defense, the guy in charge of our whole military.

And Democratic Party leaders still can’t stand up to this administration?! Our rights are on the line and all our party leaders offer us is silence.

People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it!
8/8/25

Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick: "We're a red state. We deserve more representation."

RFK Jr: “We're developing a universal vaccine at NIH which is a vaccine that addresses the entire phylum of viruses.” “It's a vaccine that mimics natural immunity and it is effective against any kind of mutation.” “We believe it's gonna be effective against not only coronaviruses but also flu.” “And it's gonna be a much safer and a much more effective vaccine.”

RFK has announced that he is developing a vaccine against all viruses. Yes, every single one. The whole, uh, "phylum"

to what extent does the administration intend to use this money to fund things that congress won't, and also, treating states like conquered territories to be dominated is one of those things that really makes you think the goal of these people is to dissolve the union

Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.

Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.

FROM @reuters.com: President Trump’s rhetoric has galvanized a new wave of far-right activists, fueling growth in white supremacist ranks.

"He’s the best thing that’s happened to us," said the leader of the Aryan Freedom Network.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Asked why he thought his group was gaining momentum, the head of the Aryan Freedom Network replied: "Our side won the election."

Republicans sure are pulling out all the stops to wield the government against Texas Democrats. Warrants, FBI, court processes. Not a second wasted. Goes to show that if they *wanted* to bring Epstein's clients to justice, they could. They just don't want to.

Please be generous with your likes and reposts, especially with the sports media and reporters.

If you want them to post here, you need to make it worth their while.

🚨DHS asks the Supreme Court to halt an injunction restricting the ability of ICE and Border Patrol to stop and question people based on factors such as speaking Spanish, being Latino, doing day labor, or being in certain areas.

Hard not to read this as a request for a license to racially profile.

This case involves a district-court injunction that threatens to upend immigration officials' ability to enforce the immigration laws in the Central District of Cali- fornia by hanging the prospect of contempt over every investigative stop of suspected illegal aliens. Not only is the Central District the Nation's most populous district overall; at best estimate, it harbors some 2 million illegal aliens out of its total popu- lation of nearly 20 million people, making it by far the largest destination for illegal aliens. Given the Administration's commitment to enforcing the Nation's immigration laws-under which illegal aliens are subject to investigative stops and detention

to facilitate removal-it should be no surprise that the Los Angeles area is a top en- forcement priority. When immigration-enforcement stops involve briefly detaining a suspected illegal alien, they must comply with the Fourth Amendment's reasonable-suspicion requirement—a low bar that "is considerably less than * * * a preponder-ance." United States v. Sokolow, 490 U.S. 1, 7 (1989). Like most Fourth Amendment tests, that context-specific inquiry requires considering the totality of the circum-stances. And here, those circumstances necessarily include that illegal presence is widespread in the Central District, where 1 in every 10 people is an illegal alien; that many locations unlawfully employ illegal aliens and are known to hire them on a day-to-day basis; that certain types of jobs-like day labor, landscaping, and construc-tion—are most attractive to illegal aliens because they often do not require paper-work; that the vast majority of illegal aliens in the District come from Mexico or Cen- tral America; and that many only speak Spanish. Needless to say, no one thinks that speaking Spanish or working in construc- tion always creates reasonable suspicion. Nor does anyone suggest those are the only factors federal agents ever consider. But in many situations, such factors-alone or in combination-can heighten the likelihood that someone is unlawfully present in the United States, above and beyond the 1-in-10 baseline odds in the District. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are entitled to rely on these factors when ramping up enforcement of immigration laws in the District.

New: The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to halt an injunction that’s currently preventing it from racially profiling Hispanic people while conducting immigration arrests in part of California. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

More heads roll at FBI At least three more officials, including the head of the powerful Washington field office, have been told they are being fired.

NEW: More FBI leaders were axed Thursday in the latest purge by the Trump administration.

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Remember when Vice President Harris bought a few quality cooking items at a French cookery store with her own money and legacy media melted down?

J.D. Vance literally used the Army Corps of Engineers to manipulate a public waterway, so he’d have an easier time kayaking and it’s a blip on the radar.