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#RepublicanGoals: cut benefits for millions of older and disabled Americans so billionaires don’t have to pay taxes.

When "The Sound of Music" is shown, I suspect that as each Trump year passes, fewer Americans are cheering during this scene.

Congressional District Interactive Map: How Much Will ACA Premium Payments Rise if Enhanced Subsidies Expire? | KFF This analysis and interactive map illustrate how much more enrollees in Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plans would pay in premiums at the congressional district level if the enhanced subsidies ...

Congressional District Interactive Map: How Much Will ACA Premium Payments Rise if Enhanced Subsidies Expire? | KFF www.kff.org/affordable-c...

On August 27, 2025, Petitioner was arrested at the Carson Car Wash in Carson, California by uniformed Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) officers and unidentified plainclothes federal agents. See Pet. ¶¶ 16, 48; Santiago Decl. ¶ 3. During the arrest, Petitioner sustained severe leg injuries. See Pet. ¶ 48; Santiago Decl. ¶ 5. He was handcuffed and transported by CBP to the emergency room at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Carson, California. Id. At the hospital, Petitioner was admitted under a “blackout” procedure for patients in law-enforcement custody and was registered under the pseudonym “Har Maine UNK Thirteen.” Santiago Decl. ¶ 7. Federal agents remained at Petitioner’s bedside during admission, transfer to non-public treatment areas, and throughout his stay, keeping him handcuffed to his hospital bed. Id. ¶ 6. On or about August 27, 2025, CBP transferred custody of Petitioner to ICE. See Pet. ¶ 48. He remains detained at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center under the supervision of ICE, which has contracted with Spectrum Detention Services (“Spectrum”) to provide guards. See Santiago Decl. ¶ 8; Pet. ¶ 48. Since that date, two to four uniformed guards—either Spectrum employees or ICE agents—have been continuously stationed in Petitioner’s hospital room, monitoring him at all times, including while he sleeps, eats, uses the restroom, or receives medical care. See Santiago Decl. ¶¶ 9–10.

ICE has been paying private security for 24/7 guards to watch a guy with no record whose leg they fucked up so badly he has been in a hospital for over a month, and we wonder why people were handing Tom Homan bags of cash.

Via @kyledcheney.bsky.social

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Think of the economy as like baking a cake. H‑1B visas supply missing ingredients -- high skill STEM workers. If Trump cuts off access: fewer projects get baked, worse recipes get used, or we import the cake. None of those make Americans better off. #TheProfessorIsIn #TeachEcon

Judge IMMERGUT, a Trump appointee to the bench, ruled that Trump's call-up was based on false claims about unrest in Portland and that Trump's own statements were "simply untethered to the facts." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

also, in keeping with Vance’s view of american identity, only white people are fully American with the right to critique or dissent. nonwhites must show proper gratitude (supporting Trump or marrying JD Vance) before they can speak critically of the country (in approved ways, of course)

Ohio Republicans promoting anti-vaccine quackery killed over 15,000. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Escalation: Sloppy opsec by a Trump official shows administration debating sending heavy combat troops against American citizens. Via Star Tribune

oops!

"A job for two who are now of job age." youtu.be/49OkkOM3OtQ

Got an alert of a transaction declined from my atm card. Good, it wasn’t my charge. Called the bank to get a new card and its phone ai didn’t understand the word “fraud.” 🫠

Dishonesty is all the Republican Party has to offer.

A matrix on how to deal with each of seven tactics from "populists," including: Provocative statement Blatant lie Attack on media Extreme idea Personal softening Flooding the zone False balance point It shows that blatant lies and attacks on media, especially, cannot be ignored. It provides a series of adapted techniques on how to respond.

This, via @jayrosen.bsky.social, is a great matrix on how to deal with right wing trolling.

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#RepublicanGoals Xi Jinping is the king they’re looking for.

@jburnmurdoch.ft.com today on how the broader slopification of social media has led to an almost 10% drop in time spent on platforms worldwide. Except in the US, where consumption of "extreme rhetoric, engagement bait and slop" has continued to rise.

Republicans stand for greed, ignorance and racism.

Meet the new racial hierarchy, it’s the same as the old racial hierarchy…

From secret hotel rooms to grocery aisles? Matt Huffman’s ridiculous claims about redistricting House Speaker Matt Huffman absurdly makes the case that grocery stores and Rotary Clubs are suitable replacements for the transparent, bipartisan mapping process mandated by Ohio voters

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In a stunning display of arrogance, Ohio GOP leaders have blown past the Sept. 30th deadline to draw congressional maps. And instead of acknowledging this failure, Huffman is offering excuses that would be comical if they weren’t so insulting to Ohio voters
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Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.

Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care

Spelling Bee puzzle warning Loctite is not in its word list.

It’s in my word list.

Premieres tonight in 1959: “The Twilight Zone”

“It’s not a monster rally or a spook show,” Rod Serling said at the time. “The Twilight Zone is what it implies: that shadowy area of the ‘almost-but-not-quite’ — the unbelievable, told in terms that can be believed.”

“Where is Everybody?” (S1:E1) 🙏🏼

10/3/2025- Unleashed www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

Ratchet: a device designed to turn only in one direction.

Turn off your phone’s “advertising ID” to make it harder for location data brokers to track you. (2/4)

Emphasis on blind.

Transferring public education funding to private schools is why Donnie Trump can’t read.

Gotta love it as some American “Catholics" go apoplectic when the leader of their church says he recognizes their "pro-life" braying as dishonesty.

When asked why Trump was sharing a deepfake, JD Vance got fake indignant and said he thinks the American people can recognize a deepfake. Well, Donald Trump couldn't recognize a deepfake of his own voice promising all Americans imaginary QAnon medbeds!