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The Texas National Guard just landed in Illinois.

Leaders call it protection. Cameras call it proof.

When states start sending troops across borders, it’s not security - it’s staging.

Power isn’t defending the country anymore. It’s rehearsing control.

Attorney General Pam Bondi came before the Judiciary Committee today.

But she refused to answer a raft of important questions.

On Tom Homan's bribe.

On Donald Trump's new luxury plane.

On January 6th pardons.

On illegal strikes in the Caribbean.

On Epstein.

The stonewalling was staggering.

Dems are launching an investigation into a recent Chicago immigration raid where people, US citizens included, were violently pulled from their beds in the middle of the night & children were zip-tied, separated from their parents.

This is appalling & there must be accountability.

We can't compromise with people who want to take our liberties If Ezra Klein is the white liberal the rest of us are supposed to be counting on in the fight for our collective liberation, we’re cooked.

We can't compromise with people who want to take our liberties...exactly open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

As Trump & Republicans shut down the gov’t and try to ignore the health crisis they created, open enrollment starts on November 1.

Millions of Americans will soon have their premiums skyrocket – many will see it double.

Congress must act with urgency, but the GOP is playing partisan games.

Pentagon draws up plans to send troops to American cities The Trump administration is considering plans for a 'Reaction Force' of National Guard troops to deploy to American cities with signs of civil unrest.

It will soon be much 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 against this clearly fascist President. 😵

This time next year when Democrats are going to want to take their displeasure to the streets (before midterms), there will be serious retaliation from the White House. 🫣

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Leningrad has not existed since 1991

Cops in Georgetown

Sending the FBI into Georgetown is like sending Navy SEALS to shut down a lemonade stand.

This former model, with no background in history, has been put in charge of curating what is "appropriate" at the National Museum of African American History.

If he flies with one, dines with one and parties with one for years, he’s probably one himself.

BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit against ICE for denying people access to lawyers and subjecting them to inhumane conditions at 26 Federal Plaza in New York.

ICE is illegally holding people here for weeks, often without adequate access to medical care, food, or legal counsel.

A very long 4 years...

Shut this concentration camp down!

Attorneys for a Venezuelan man who collapsed inside “Alligator Alcatraz” are accusing the facility of failing to provide adequate care for sick detainees.

Front Page of the Day:

He will not be deterred.

#ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files

Hot Mess Homeland Kristi Noem’s South Park Roast Is the Karma We’ve Been Waiting For

If you can pull a trigger on a dog, Kristi, you can survive a cartoon. If you can stand in front of people stripped of their dignity and call it “security,” you can handle a parody where your cheeks slide south faster than your hand down a married man’s pants.
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@genefortexas.bsky.social: "We've filed a response to Governor Abbott's filing in the Texas Supreme Court. Our response is basically: 'You are stupid. You filed this in the wrong court. You are not the right person to file it. And you filed it in the wrong way.'"

A while ago my mom asked me about weird news article she was seeing on Facebook. I explained to her that it was now full of fake news. Today she told me she now confirms anything she reads that seems suspicious. If an elderly woman with little computer literacy can do this nobody else has an excuse.

Until we pass a nationwide ban on gerrymandering (which we need), Democrats should gerrymander every state to the fullest extent. 52-0 in CA, 17-0 in IL, and so on. No more unilateral disarmament. Time to get serious about fighting back.

NY GOV. KATHY HOCHUL: “If we refuse to fight for our democracy, we’re doomed to lose it… bullies in Texas are not going to intimidate us.”

The vast majority of US adults are stressed about grocery costs, an AP-NORC poll finds A new poll finds the vast majority of U.S. adults are feeling some stress about the cost of groceries, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs rema...

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Detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” are on a hunger strike over what they call inhumane, dangerous conditions.

Some haven’t eaten in 10 days. One of them, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized and still refuses food until they are treated with dignity.

I was 6 when the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was founded in 1967, so my whole conscious life has been enriched by its work.
So many thanks to the good and creative people who worked hard to try and educate and enlighten us all.

Going to have to Update The
Stephen King Book Collection.....

So Ghislaine Maxwell is serving 20 years for trafficking girls to nobody?!?!

Ted Cruz Was Vacationing in Europe as Emergency Crews Desperately Searched for Texas Flood Survivors The Texas senator was visiting the Parthenon in Athens while a massive rescue mission was under way to find flood victims, our must-read newsletter, The Swamp, reveals.

BREAKING: Ted Cruz was vacationing in Athens, Greece as flood waters killed more than 70 people in his state. www.thedailybeast.com/ted-cruz-was...

Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice

BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public.
(Gift link)

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