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‘War is a business’: the Colombian mercenaries at Sudan’s battlefront A soldier of fortune tells of lucrative contracts, the siege of El Fasher and training child fighters to ‘go and get killed’

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Interview with J-Street's Ilan Goldenberg - from just before the peace deal was announced www.am950radio.com/events/conne...

Henceforth we cannot elect anyone who shows the slightest bit of arrogance to any office. Don't vote for anyone who assumes they can stip the steps - not start at say city council and work their way up. Because we've seen where this kind of arrogance leads. No more. Classy modest people only

the rise of the white male failures has been disastrous

This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.

Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

I'll take the over on Michael Shellenberger becoming a "60 Minutes" correspondent at Vichy CBS News.

Vindictive Prosecution? Comey & Abrego Garcia Listen now | Is there ever a legitimate reason to “perp walk” a high-profile criminal defendant like Jim Comey?

What happens when prosecutions become political theater? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss reports that Trump’s DOJ planned a “perp walk” for former FBI Director Jim Comey on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider: cafe.visitlink.me/HETzAj

I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?

Pam Bondi’s Response to a Yes-or-No Question About Trump and Epstein Should Disturb Everyone We'll ask the question once again -- what is Trump and the Justice Department hiding?

“A masterclass in guilty body language.” - “Mind you this is the woman who worked hand and glove with Alex Acosta in 2008 to ignore Epstein’s 42 victims and give him a no-jail-time plea deal in Miami when she was AG of Florida… They downgraded all his crimes to state-level minor offenses. ”

MAGA: “why didn’t Biden release the files and why didn’t you guys call for it?!”

America: “Because we assumed the justice dept was doing their job. But you all demanded it and now Trump is panicking…. So uh, ya now we def want to know why he’s panicking.”

See? Easy!

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

If this was a no, it would be really easy to say no.

Bondi’s ad hominem attack on Whitehouse is WAY more of an answer than she realizes.

Do not let her off the hook

Ghislaine Maxwell,
Epstein's Girlfriend,
Hardly know her I met
Her once or twice

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

I have been flummoxed by Bari Weiss heading up CBS news all day. It’s not jealousy. I don’t want that job. I am not qualified to do it. I just don’t understand how this is possible.

Newsom, Pritzker threaten to pull out of National Governors Association over Trump’s troop deployments The governors accused the bipartisan group of going silent.

#Pinks #ProudBlue
If red state governors are too chickenshit to stand up to trump I think Cali and Illinois should pull out of the National Governors Association. The rest of the blue states should follow suit. Use your power. Hold the line.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

i want to remind people that the free press does not publish "journalism" in the way that someone who works in an actual newsroom would understand it

Oh look the party that screams “family values” every five minutes is silent when one of their megachurch darlings pleads guilty to child sex abuse. But they’ll trip over themselves to ban books and attack drag shows. Tells you everything you need to know.

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

1765 Stamp Act, S.A. Congress, Townshend
1766 Declaratory Act
1768 UK troops Mass.
1770 Boston Massacre
1772 Pine Tree Revolt
1773 Tea Party
1774 Coercive Acts, 1st Congress, boycott
1775 Lexington & Concord, Bunker Hill, Olive Branch Petition
1776 Declaration

You don't skip straight to the end.

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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Yes, they televised the murders. We all saw it. Now we have the accusation from the NYC Bar Association saying it was murder.

He’s continuing to do the unthinkable and the Supreme Court got it wrong giving him immunity.

He will continue to inflict harm on people until we say that’s enough. Time?

These are the "law enforcement" tactics federal agents are using in Chicago. Their car is obstructed by a moped so they tear gas the entire neighborhood.

Unacceptable in America.

Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.