realizing that the coverage of the afghan withdrawal means that the media will turn this in to a liability for whatever dem ends it when it becomes a quagmire

BREAKING: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls for an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged foreign intelligence ties.

Did ancient Greek priestesses brew a mind-bending potion drunk by Cicero and Marcus Aurelius? Researchers found the psychedelic elixir would have been possible to make using ingredients and techniques available in ancient Greece

i love science

"Still, just because the scenario could have happened doesn’t mean it did"

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The local elections are in 2 months and Reform UK are begging people to stand.

Recruitment must be going poorly, they’ve probably realised they don’t have enough former Tories to fill their candidate list.

WATCH — @senpeterwelch walks through a no-bid $143,000,000 contract that went to @KristiNoem’s spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin’s husband’s company that had just been formed.

She should be impeached for this outrageous scandal alone.

Yet it’s barely a blip in this corrupt regime.

Tweets about people asking Grok which president told the most lies.

Bahahaha. 😁😏

#DJT #DJ6T #FDJ6T #PantsOnFireDJ6T

McGovern: How the hell is this America first? You guys broke your top campaign promise. Good luck with that. I hope the defense contractor money was worth it. Shame on you all. The mask is off. You're all just a bunch of pathetic Neocon Warmongers.

ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY BERNIE......

If Melania can chair a meeting of the UN Security Council-she can sit for a deposition regarding Epstein.

‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’

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KLOBUCHAR: Alex Pretti's parents said what you said was one of the most hurtful things they could imagine. Do you want to say anything to Alex's parents?

NOEM: I did not call him a 'domestic terrorist.' I said it 'appeared to be an incident of'

KLOBUCHAR: I think the parents saw it for what it was

If you are prone to middle of the night anxiety this article offers some very good approaches to dealing with it. Personally, I will get out of bed and move into my living room where I do mundane tasks such as those suggested. Good luck with this.
time.com/7311043/how-...

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

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An expat in Dubai has a startling revelation: the Stephen Collins cartoon Reality check …

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Perhaps the President of the United States is not the President of the United States.

Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks.

They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors.

Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption.

Watch how they vote this week.

#SendBarronToWar

Half-truths and no truths: Trump’s latest claims on the UK factchecked From the Chagos Islands to ‘windmills’ and sharia law, the US president’s comments do not bear much scrutiny

Sigh
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"All so he can maintain his hate filled politics......."
via We Demand UK

Poem - Bedouin

Once again I thank the incomparable @victoriaspires.bsky.social for last week’s faultless leadership. This weeks #PromptCombo theme is
#Powerless Love to all.

@victoriaspires.bsky.social
@dragonslayerma.bsky.social
@hool415.bsky.social
@janpsolivagant.bsky.social

Please tag Paul.

"F*ck the BBC"
via Occupy London

Israel escalates attacks and prepares for ground invasion of Lebanon Israel's latest attacks on Lebanon are part of a months-long series of Zionist incursions that break ceasefire agreements

www.thecanary.co/global/world...

via Expose Racism

‘The Epstein files won’t knock him out’: what Anthony Scaramucci learned in Trump’s inner circle He lasted just 11 days as White House communications director, before being fired from the Trump administration. The financier and broadcaster discusses working for the president – and becoming his bi...

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The Epstein class would have you believe that it is necessary to strip away services from 99% of Americans in order to help them gain more wealth. Because somehow that’s good for America? 🤔

Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump – Matter News As Democrats and climate activists seize on energy costs as a political issue, new data shows electricity rates rose 5 percent nationwide in 2025. The figures were much higher in some states.

“It’s just getting harder and harder now to live,” said Steve Van Kuiken, a Columbus pastor who is part of a community group opposing utility rate increases. “The working class is really getting squeezed, and everything’s going up.”

New from Dan Gearino and Marianne Lavelle of Inside Climate News.

There was no imminent threat. The narrative keeps shifting. The nuclear claims are contradictory. So let’s start there.

As we just saw in the Pentagon press-con, there is no clear strategy.

This bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution has been sitting with Speaker Johnson since June 2025.
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