Erdried Ottaflam

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
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‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

You must read this account because it will make you understand how evil Ghislene Maxwell & how heinous it is for Trump to even consider pardoning this monster. Kudos to the late Virginia Giuffre for her bravery and battle to redeem her young and vulnerable self www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Journalist Abducted by Israel Says She Was Tortured in Israeli Custody A journalist who was abducted by Israeli forces last week as she accompanied a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid vessel says she was tortured in Israeli custody alongside activists seeking to break Israel’s...

“I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten in the stomach, back, face, ear and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways…Our cell was awoken with threats of rape.”

Crickets from the State Department. Awful.

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

Photo by Heidi Levine (July 30, 2025) showing an aerial view of Gaza destruction, taken during a Royal Jordanian military flight for a humanitarian aid mission.

BREAKING: The post-10/7 wars have killed or injured at least 236,505 people in Gaza alone. The U.S. has spent over $31 billion and counting in the wider region since Oct. 7, 2023, where millions have been displaced, according to new Costs of War research. [THREAD]

Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025

I wouldn’t rely on releasing the Epstein files to stop us from being gunned down in the streets by the military or allow us to keep our healthcare. Sure I’d like to see what’s in the files but I don’t expect them to change much.

Opinion | These 6 Charts Explain Why Democrats Shut Down the Government

According to this piece by Steve Rattner in the NYT today, premiums may actually triple www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

There’s a problem when people start thinking that the loss of healthcare for millions of people is a mere distraction from the Epstein files. I am starting to wonder if the files are the actual distraction, allowing us to let our democracy be dismantled while we wait for the files to be released.

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border chief says people arrested based on ‘how they look’ The immigration agents made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday.

On a Sunday with three mass shootings in America, "Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border chief says people arrested based on 'how they look'" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Anyway, I'm posting this basically in full because I think ALOT of you need to hear it at the moment.

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

TELL DISNEY-ABC to STOP BENDING TO THE ADMIN DISNEY-ABC: STOP BENDING TO AUTHORITARIAN PRESSURE. WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE. A few hours ago, Disney-ABC yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air—just hours after the FCC threatened the company over K...

For folks pissed off at Disney-ABC for firing Jimmy Kimmel I do believe we can put pressure and win which we need any win right now.

We have friends everywhere pass it around!

bit.ly/boycottdisne...

it’s very funny to make a distinction between cancel culture and what this is, which is clear government supression of speech. cancel culture isn’t anti first amendment, but this specifically is! which is worse!

Border patrol appears to have intimidated their way into this home, shot the family’s dog for no reason, and then just stood around while the dog bled to death.

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Do you have a source for these graphs?

Sure if you can afford it. Do you not have any concept of how many Américain are one paycheck away from losing the roof over their heads?

Read this thread about our @propublica.org reporting on how immigration officers are increasingly smashing car windows to arrest immigrants

(just a warning, many of the videos in this thread contain footage/audio of violent arrests and screaming children)
⬇️ projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...

From above everything looks grey or black. Smoke is seen rising from building ga at the top of the photo. In the foreground many buildings have collapsed entirely. Photo credit to Heidi Levine taken for the Washington Post.

Photo of the Day.

Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.

This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.

Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.

No Kings in Chatham, NY #nokings

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”

In the US alone.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

My tiny town of Chatham, NY, showed up! #nokings

AOC: “They’re making people undocumented by removing LEGAL status, then having the audacity to call them illegal… correct?”

@govpritzker.illinois.gov: “Taking their legal right to be here away.”

@aoc.bsky.social: “The Republican majority is anti-LEGAL immigration, I want to make that very clear.”

Editorial cartoon in the style of Schoolhouse Rock. No More Kings. The elected felon takes the place of GeorgeIII on a throne backed by a mountain of money bags.

Editorial cartoon from my Larchives. No More Kings. I look forward to the day I don't have to repost this Schoolhouse Rock homage anymore.

😳“This is what happens when the president and Hegseth demand the National Guard state assets deploy immediately with no plan in place … If you’re going to federalize these troops, then take care of them.” www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

So they could broadly tell AI to cancel contacts but one excuse for the mistakes was that they had to use an older model AI because of a contract? 🤔

Guess he’s never heard of the Boston Tea Party

If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.

There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487