William E Ott

20 & 44. Dead within days of each other. “related to Covid complications” & “long-term illness” (possibly Long Covid & reinfection from the same deadly strand)

Nothing to see here. Move along. Just another day “living with the plague.”

If being a dumbfuck were an olympic sport, RFK Jr would win and get 2 medals; the first one for being such a dumbfuck and the second one because he'd lose the first one, because he's a dumbfuck...

NBC just gutted the very teams that gave marginalized voices a seat at the table—then called it “restructuring.”

The cuts:

📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage)

📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage)

📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage)

📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)

Trump Exploits Red State Anger (Again) In cutting funding to Blue regions, he deepens the divide

Donald has been doing what he does best, lie, and exploit anger and division for personal gain. Read more:
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This is one of my favorite pictures from yesterday, Governor Pritzker with the protesters...
#NoKings

Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.

Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.

Federal agency overseeing US nuclear stockpile will furlough most of its workforce starting Monday | CNN Politics The federal agency responsible for overseeing and modernizing the US nuclear stockpile will furlough the vast majority of its staff Monday as the government shutdown drags on, according to the Departm...

So employees overseeing the nuclear stockpile will be furloughed, but construction workers for his ballroom are essential….

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Trump administration may proceed with sending National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.

The most reckless, stupid administration E-V-E-R. Nothing comes close.

🚨 2 private jets for Noem
— Fraudulent abuse of taxpayer funds 1/2

OK, so our "Secretary of War" currently has two big priorities: (1) murdering innocent fishermen in the Caribbean, and (2) endangering the lives of commuters in Southern California.

Perhaps, we are seeing one of the downsides to having a drunk TV talk show chatterbox running our military.

ICE has no brain GOP has no courage Trump has no brain All dressed in Wizard of Oz costumes

I saw this photo on a friend's FB page who attended the #NoKings event at the SC Statehouse. Perfect!

How Trump-Zelensky meeting turned acrimonious over demands for territorial concessions | CNN Politics President Donald Trump’s working lunch with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday turned acrimonious when the US leader insisted Ukraine make territorial concessions to Russia to end ...

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Trump’s working lunch with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday turned acrimonious when the US leader insisted Ukraine make territorial concessions to Russia to end the war, according to European officials briefed on the meeting.

The Pentagon’s gone dark and Johnson’s calling it “transparency”

KARL: “The guy’s only had two briefings since he became Secretary of Defense… they’ve basically forced the Pentagon press out of the building…”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I can’t remember… a Secretary of Defense who has been so transparent.”

It’s “Colombia” YOU ABSOLUTE DUMBASS

Screenshot of Byline Times. Inside Epstein’s Russian Tech Web: How Oligarch Cash and Three Women Connected Moscow to Silicon Valley Leaked records obtained by Byline Times reveal how Kremlin-linked investors used Epstein’s network to channel oligarch money into Silicon Valley Matt Bernardini 20 October 2025 Photo from bottom left: Masha Drokova (Bucher) on the cover of Authority Magazine, Masha and Victoria Drokova in Putin’s Kiss (2011), Lana Pozhidaeva with Jeffrey Epstein in 2013, . Photo: Elder Ordonez

🚨 New evidence suggests Jeffrey Epstein channelled millions of dollars through Russian-linked banks. Byline Times reveals fresh details of the Kremlin-connected tech figures at the heart of his circle.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
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The antifa thugs were out in full force Saturday in Salt Lake City....

With a tiny eye implant and special glasses, some legally blind patients can read again The device helped people with an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration, which affects about 1 million people in the U.S.

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People with a leading cause of blindness were able to read again thanks to a tiny wireless chip implanted in the back of the eye and specialized augmented glasses, according to study results published Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Today a lot of people are learning that one company owns most of the internet

Those “violent criminals” are at it again… Fighting for American democracy by….dancing in the U.S.A. #nokings #joy

Fired Justice Department lawyer says he refused to lie in the Abrego Garcia case Former Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni is speaking out about a pattern of troubling behavior he says he witnessed inside the DOJ that undermined the rule of law.

Fired DOJ lawyer Erez Reuveni says hewas fired after refusing to lie & call Kilmar Abrego Garcia a terrorist, & says the DOJ ordered 100+ Venezuelans deported without hearings, saying, “Those planes take off - no matter what.”
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🚨Children’s Hospital Chaplain released after being detained in Cincinnati’s Butler County Jail for 73 days. He shares powerful words with us. 1/2

I haven’t seen a single Republican show any concern for workers going without pay, still scraping together money for childcare and transportation just to get to the office.

They just care about keeping Trump happy and blocking the Epstein files.

STAND STRONG, DEMOCRATS
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Anand Giridharadas to Andrew Cuomo: "First of all, governor, it's 'Mamdani.' This is a very big, diverse city you want to lead. We should get the names right."

Psychological Factors Influencing False Information Acceptance - Profolus There are psychological factors influencing false information acceptance. These also act as psychological barriers that prevent people from accepting accurate information or validating information.

The consequences of misinformation and disinformation have prompted researchers in the fields of psychology and communication to determine the psychological mechanisms that can explain why there are people who accept and believe incorrect information.

Techno-capitalists think innovation can save the planet. But that same thinking is what got us here An upside-down mindset is emerging around the world. We have to rethink our relationship with the environment and the technology that has caused it harm

Having built a system that is destructive of the environment that surrounds and sustains us, we are now proposing to change … the environment!
Driving us towards this technological fix is the damage inflicted by existing technology.
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Got buried in the news this weekend, but President Jesus said the F word on CNN at like 2pm in the afternoon. The next day he posted a poop-filled scat video, but tell Me more about the dignity of the office of the presidency.