Pam Bondi’s former lobbying firm raked in $25M last quarter as clients tried buying access to Trump.

Trump fundraiser Jeff Miller’s firm came away with $14M — nearly 5x what it made last year.

Trump’s cronies know everything is for sale in his White House.

"Drain the swamp."

I'm a computer engineer which is exactly why I want most of my main household items to be offline.

@trumpwatch.bsky.social

SNAP benefits expire in one week.

No Kings 🇺🇸

Governor Pritzker, why can’t you assign police officers to tail ICE and arrest them every time they racially profile, kidnap and human traffick people?

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.

I don't know how to yell any louder.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

this is fucking epic, and i do not use that word lightly. holy shit. @sadqueer4life.bsky.social

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"He reviled, belittled, and demeaned large numbers of my fellow Americans, but he was quite cordial to me" sets my teeth on edge.

We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

If anyone is actually PAYING for YouTube Premium, this is the time to drop them like hot coals.

www.tumblr.com/sterlinggoth...

YouTube is going to start age-verification. Which... no. More data-mining? In whose hands?

Blackout on August 13th.

If they proceed with this, I look forward to the YEARS of lawsuits

I hadn’t heard that they were finally loosening some of the requirements! About time! ❤️

We're not mind readers but...

Eeeeee! Slightly different continuity, but you expanded upon Jeffery!Fettering! and Fang! I love it! 😍

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

Kennedy to oust care task force, WSJ reports; HHS says no decision yet U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

RFK Jr. plans to fire all 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force calling them too “woke”. The panel sets free coverage rules for cancer screenings & more. A key meeting was quietly canceled.

In Chicago, we now have a whiskey bar/restaurant/game cafe! “Evergreen Social” has shitty seos, so good luck finding it, but delicious fucking mocktails

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Just hours after a panel of federal judges in New Jersey rejected Trump’s nominee, Alina Habba, to continue as U.S. attorney and instead appointed Desiree Leigh Grace to the role, senior officials at the Justice Department abruptly removed Grace and reinstalled Habba,

This is another post breaking down our last post.

The Justice Department’s decision to fire a judge-appointed U.S. Attorney and reinstate Trump’s preferred pick, without Senate confirmation, isn’t just unusual. It’s a direct attack on the separation of powers that defines American democracy.

OMG Rhys Darby on @gamechangershow.bsky.social when??? 🤩 #RhysDarbyFaction

A U.S. citizen and former Marine detained.

A 15-year-old boy with no criminal record held at "Alligator Alcatraz."

A father who has lived here for 30 years. No criminal record. Still held by ICE after nearly 6 months.

We are witnessing the cruelty of Trump's police state.

btw did you know you can subscribe to PBS for only like $5/mo or a $60 one-time for a year donation, and get access to their Passport streaming service? They mail you a little live programming guide and everything, too. The 40-something seasons of NOVA alone are worth it.

Ed, telling a story about Stede killing the Badmintons, mimes stabbing Nigel in the eye. Behind him ghostly blue Stede does the same, and the silhouette of Nigel is stabbed

Ed is telling the story of Chauncey getting shot. He's holding his arm out. Ghostly blue Stede is behind him, hugging him with his eyes closed, and has his arm out holding the gun like Ed is miming

A crowd of ruffian inn guests listening to Ed, who is animatedly telling stories, in the front room of the inn

Ed grinning with his finger up, telling stories in front of a painting at the inn

Time for more #YOFT featured collaborators! (Sorry for the pause, I've been out of town)

Today our feature is @alandslideofop1.bsky.social! These two pieces with ghostly Stede are some of my favorite individual pieces of art in the whole project, but they did a ton of gorgeous work!

It would be a public service if someone leaks the full unredacted Epstein documents.