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Slog AM: Homeless Swept From Forest, Trump Says Girls Must Do With Just Two Dolls, Earth Might Turn Purple Seattle's only news roundup.

• It's May Day! We have a list of local demonstrations and protests if you want to, as @mudede.bsky.social writes, "let the man know that we are the people who rule the world"

• Now the US Forest Service is conducting sweeps

• The ocean might turn purple

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this arrogant asshole presumed he could just waltz in and buy himself a Supreme Court Justice. gimme gimme gimme, mine mine mine. that’s how plutocrats roll. but yesterday, the voters of Wisconsin — tired of being bullied by fascist gazillionaires — told the Space Nazi to go fuck himself sideways. this is huge. Susan Crawford crushed her opponent and cruised to 9-point victory. Crawford was technically running against Republican Brad Schimel — but everyone knows who she really defeated.

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Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump and GOP rhetoric about impeaching judges | CNN Politics Chief Justice John Roberts pushed back on President Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric against the federal judiciary on Tuesday in a highly unusual statement that appeared to be aimed at the president...

The Chief Justice dared to make a statement against the orange clown’s desire to impeach judges who rule against his actions. My guess is Dump won’t be happy about that.

www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/p...

From France comes a call for Trump's America to return Lady Liberty. Here's why it won't happen A French politician has suggested the U.S. is no longer worthy of keeping the Statue of Liberty. A member of the European Parliament and co-president of a small left-wing party, Raphaël Glucksmann's c...

“Give us back the Statue of Liberty. It was our gift to you. But apparently you despise her.” The mighty woman with a torch promised a home for the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. “Today, this land is ceasing to be what it was,” French politician Glucksmann said.😢
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The image is a screenshot of an X post by Annie (@AnnieForTruth ), featuring a verification badge and a "Follow back" button, along with a laughing emoji. The post includes a graphic with a gradient background transitioning from purple to pink. The text on the graphic reads, "THOSE PEOPLE AREN’T attacking Tesla dealerships. THEY ARE tourists showing love. I learned that on January 6th 2021." The text sarcastically references the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, drawing a parallel to claims about attacks on Tesla dealerships being misrepresented as acts of affection.

And the next president can pardon them anyway, is that how it works now?

Love our local woke company!

Senator Mark Kelly is a combat fighter pilot and Navy captain who bravely served his country.
 
Elon Musk is a multi-billionaire trying to dismantle the VA who called Kelly, a veteran who put his life on the line, a “traitor.”
 
Disgusting.

Canada's Hudson's Bay has survived 355 years. Now the store is in crisis The department store chain, founded in 1670, can't pay its debts and says the pandemic, inflation and now trade tensions have hurt its financial future.

The department store chain, founded in 1670, can't pay its debts and says the pandemic, inflation and now trade tensions have hurt its financial future.

Slog AM: Trump Made a Speech of Lies Last Night, Rep. Al Green Was the Only Dem to Stand Up to Him, WA Republicans Are Weird About Parents’ Bill of Rights The Strangers morning news roundup.

• Trump lied so much during his speech because Trump is a liar

• Honest question for Dems: What the actual fuck?

• Local rich weirdo Brian Heywood is meddling again

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Supreme Court upholds lower court order to force USAID to pay contractors In an order, the justices left in place a lower court order that so far has only required the Trump administration to pay contractors for foreign aid work that has already been completed — roughly $2 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday reined in some of the Trump administration's sweeping effort to eliminate foreign aid that has been authorized by Congress.

What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.

What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?

Tweet by user '@Jesse_altman' that reads, "It takes a very special idiot to drive the world's largest economy off a cliff in 4 weeks."

And yet here we are, plunging cartoonishly downward already.

YouTube video by The Afghan Whigs - Topic White Trash Party

Or yesterday's oval office... youtu.be/QpjLj9r1dvE?...

David Johansen, punk legend and New York Dolls frontman, has died at the age of 75 → cons.lv/MlevVi

Trump and Zelenskyy's meeting turns into a heated argument A meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy grew contentious, with Trump telling Zelenskyy that "you're not acting at all thankful" for U.S. support.

A meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy grew contentious, with Trump telling Zelenskyy that "you're not acting at all thankful" for U.S. support.

Trump Just Unveiled Cringey New Merch During An Oval Office Press Conference—And It's So Awkward Totally normal, nothing to see here 🙄

Right, because this is totally normal 🙄

Judge tells Trump administration it has less than 2 days to resume USAID funding A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in payments for U.S. Agency for International Development projects.

JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in payments for U.S. Agency for International Development projects.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Stand with science. Always.

House GOP panel passes budget blueprint with $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and steep spending reductions The Republican-led Budget Committee approved a sweeping proposal to unlock Trump's agenda, sending it to the full House.

“This budget rips health care away from millions while handing out $4.5 trillion in tax breaks to billionaires and wealthy corporations. It slashes $230 billion from food assistance programs and $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.” 🤦‍♀️

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

If you don't have one we will be your valentine and you don't have to get us anything because the rules of the world don't apply to alternative rock there is no scarcity here only abundance

Getting rid of grant's, aid, etc. and firing thousands of federal workers, is going to help the economy?

I love this

Twitter post from FactPost @factpostnews . The post states: 'Senator Patty Murray has said that her meeting with RFK Jr was the most "troubling" meeting she's ever had with a Cabinet nominee. Murray has been in the Senate for 32 years.' Below the text are two images: one of Senator Patty Murray standing in front of an American flag, wearing a dark blazer over a teal top, and another of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

She realized halfway through that she was interviewing the brain worm.

That's our lady here in Washington state, always fighting for us! Blue state all the way!

At a time of massive income & wealth inequality, Republicans in Congress just introduced a budget to provide trillions in tax breaks to the wealthy, paid for by massive cuts to Medicaid that will throw millions of kids off health care & seniors out of nursing homes.

Unacceptable.