Cristin W.

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’ Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.

There were so many great signs, it's hard to pick a favorite!

Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history.
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!

So were the signs...

One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts don't know what to think.

Gee, I'm sure this is nothing to worry about.

www.wired.com/story/scott-...

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

An easel sign reads, “UCLA ATTENTION No events are permitted in this area today. Per Policy 852, this location is NOT designated for public expression activities. Individuals participating in an event or a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest. Scan for policy information.”

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

Another great statistical snapshot from "Our World in Data."

(Does anyone else think 9.5% is a pretty high rate for accidents? Be more careful out there!)

Ma’am, this is a Wendy’s

ironically this wasted even more time, but by GOD it felt nice

Julie Andrews in The Sound Of Music

Radical leftist indoctrinating children with folk song Do Re Mi Antifa Sol La Ti Do

Take a look at Luna tonight!

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

Neato. How do I sign up to vote in a swing state?

This Program Rescued Army Recruiting

Interesting article, both to learn about this program and where some of the participants are coming from in terms of background, desperation, and their evident determination.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

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BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

We knew that was coming.

Trump mandates all federal agencies send email blaming Dems for potential gov’t shutdown Workers call the partisan email "a vile slap in the face."

SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted.

My story:

Meet the sword-wielding man hired to kick squatters out of empty Oakland homes A squatter removal cottage industry has grown out of California’s housing crisis, catering to property owners who don’t want to go to court.

“The average squatter,” says James Jacobs, “has no melee experience.”

oaklandside.org/2025/09/30/a...

Scotland’s 'Book of Kells' to return home after 500 years One of Scotland’s most significant literary treasures, the Blacader [Blackadder] Prayerbook [Psalter], is to return to its original home in…

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2549452...

Why trying to hide history of World War II Japanese American imprisonment is an affront to liberty OPINION: The Trump administration’s bid to whitewash history, to muzzle those who suffered in the service of a flawed ideal of national unity, is dangerous, Karyl Matsumoto writes.

Well-written. If we can't reflect on our history, and consider how society or opinions have changed over time, we can't grow.
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

The Bears Are Back and They’re Fatter Than Ever

Because we need a break from other things: Fat bears!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/s...

Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE Hundreds of laid-off federal employees who managed government workspaces are being called back to their jobs as the Trump administration walks back plans to slash its real estate portfolio.

"Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work"

Doctor I trust more that RFK Jr

Dark.

TAPPER: Hepatitis A, whooping cough, & chickenpox cases are rising in Florida. Before you made this decision to lift vaccine mandates, did your dept do any analysis of how many new cases there will be?

LADAPO: Absolutely not

T: You didn't even do a projection?

L: It's an issue of right & wrong

Eek, only for a week? Glad you told me!