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Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police installed in Capitol at 4 a.m. The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.

Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police installed in Capitol at 4 a.m. wapo.st/4aYkbco

🔔 NEW TRANSLATION: The Precious Torch: A History of the ‘Looks Like Me’ Statue of Omniscient Longchenpa
by Nyoshul Khenpo (1932–1999)

☸️ A short text written in Hong Kong following the author's commissioning of 1025 portrait statues of Longchen Rabjam in 1992

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The Purged Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.

A scientist mapping the human genome. A program manager modernizing the nation's tsunami-warning-system technology. An adviser helping Americans file taxes for free.

The admin's attacks against the civil service are a generational loss of 300k people doing essential work to keep us all safe.

Longchenpa (Longchen Rabjam) ~ Dzogchen Master - YouTube A selection of profound teachings and pointers from the great Master, Longchenpa.

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The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.

He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.

How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?

DHS czar Kristi Noem testified:
"Habeas corpus is a
constitutional right that the
president has to be able
to remove people from
this country."
Nope.
Habeas corpus protects
each of us from unlawful
imprisonment &
guarantees we can go to
court to review our
detention.

Kristi Noem is LYING to you to appease one person.

Donald Trump.

SNAP’s Contingency Reserve Is Available for Regular SNAP Benefits, as USDA and OMB Have Ruled in Past The Administration must use all available options to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill.

Past administrations used #SNAP contingency funds to prevent benefit gaps. Despite clear legal authority, the current Administration refuses to do, putting 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

California will dispatch observers to watch DOJ’s election monitors U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that the federal administration would deploy staff to evaluate California’s Nov. 4 redistricting election.

perfect response: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Democratic Wins Media (@demwinsmedia) BREAKING: In defiance of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, protestors in Hungary stormed the streets to voice their opposition to authoritarianism. This is amazing.

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Abughazaleh: I think Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague. And if the response from ICE to people exercising their first amendment right is to drive vehicles through them, they should not be an agency in the US.

Carney emotionally recites Leonard Cohen: "Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There's a crack, a crack in everything. That's where the light gets in." In every moment where there's a crack, there is possibility. It's our opportunity as Canada in this moment to find it.

of course she doesn’t. the (republican) president is rightfully, by her lights, an elected dictator. trump is doing nothing that the constitution does not give him the power to do, according to her and her republican colleagues.

Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.

News Analysis: By ordering the U.S. military to summarily kill a group of people aboard what he said was a drug-smuggling boat, President Trump used the military in a way that had no clear legal precedent or basis, according to specialists in the laws of war and executive power.

Americans Take to the Streets for 1,000+ 'Workers Over Billionaires' Labor Day Rallies | Common Dreams "Workers are fighting for a society where public schools take precedence over private profits, healthcare is prioritized over hedge funds, and affordable housing is valued more than homelessness," sai...

"Workers are fighting for a society where public schools take precedence over private profits, healthcare is prioritized over hedge funds, and affordable housing is valued more than homelessness," said organizer May Day Strong.

The hard-won hope of the long defeat A mindset for a dark time

"But it’s not just the individual threats that weigh on us. It’s the sheer volume. The autocrat’s playbook isn’t just about single acts of repression; it’s about creating a dozen crises at once. This is not incompetence; it is a strategy," explains tonight's guest @ianbassin.bsky.social

The long history behind Trump’s war against blue states and cities States and cities have been resisting federal incursions for centuries

As President Trump threatens to expand his takeover of American cities to Chicago, local leaders there — and around the country — should look to the country’s long history of local resistance to federal overreach. https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-long-history-behind-trumps-war

Over a dozen countries—including Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, India, Thailand, UK, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, and Australia—are suspending or reducing shipments to the U.S. per Wapo.

Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.

From @jollygoodginger.bsky.social via IG, here it is including the time frame preceding the detainment. Mad props to Jay Carey for his words and actions! 🔥🇺🇸
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A man, near the White House, who describes himself as a "retired disabled combat veteran," after burning an American flag tells bystanders "I am being detained because I expressed my First Amendment rights."

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Daddy's home

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Famine Confirmed in Gaza UNICEF is calling for an immediate ceasefire and safe, sustained humanitarian access to deliver urgently needed supplies.

A devastating new milestone: key indicators confirm that conditions have officially reached famine levels in the #GazaStrip.

Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted

August 23, 2025 “It is my Great Honor to report that the United States of America now fully owns and controls 10% of INTEL, a Great American Company that has an even more incredible future,” President Donald Trump wr...

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The Orwellian echoes in Trump’s push for ‘Americanism’ at the Smithsonian Donald Trump aims to rewrite America’s official history, including at one of the nation’s key sites of public history-making: the Smithsonian. George Orwell would recognize Trump’s impulse.

Trump's push for 'Americanism' at the Smithsonian echoes George Orwell’s theme in 1984 of controlling the past to shape the future. A historian examines the implications for national memory: buff.ly/QhkDWLT

All patriotic Ametican people who.believe in our Democracy and the Constitution should throw up on the Trump Gestapo Ice bounty hunters ♥️