LISTEN to this. ➡️ "The Attorney General of the United States is now a rogue actor who has become a political tool of a corrupt President seeking to undermine the constitution of the United States and the rule of law." substack.com/@politicsusa...

It’s all about sending a message. The raid is the message. It’s all about retribution. He is the retribution president. As with troops on our streets, it’s all about normalizing fascism. This is fascism. Fascism is here. Too many Americans are too “busy” to care. But it’s here.

Putin's veiled threat to release video tapes of his "immorality" if TP doesn't let him take over other countries, is my guess.

Masked raids are tools of fear, not freedom. Despite what this administration wants you to believe, they are not about “safety.” They are about letting ICE agents hide from accountability while carrying out inhumane acts.

This isn't quite true. Yes, Germany got 60% of its electricity from renewables in 2024, but it still has to rely heavily on fossil fuels for energy needs like transport and heating. Electricity costs are high, and blackouts are infrequent but still happen. But they're working toward stability!

Germany gets 60% of its power from renewables and is shutting down its coal plants. No blackouts. No high bills. Every right wing lie about renewables has been proven false.

Well what do you know! Fiddling with the phone while the big camera is at work, and I caught a meteor! Didn't think my phone could pull that off! #Astrophotography #phone #📷 #🔭 #Meteor #Stars #Motorola

Powell: "GDP growth has slowed notably in the first half of this year, to a pace of 1.2%, roughly half the 2.5% pace in 2024. The declining growth has largely reflected a slowdown in consumer spending ... higher tariffs have begun to push up prices in some categories of goods."

U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled that Musk's argument to dismiss the lawsuit is "wholly unpersuasive."

RFK Jr. is slashing funding for autism research—wasting decades of progress and millions already invested. It’s reckless, it undermines real science, and betrays families who count on answers, not conspiracy. I refuse to stand by while facts are sidelined. www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

See how this works?

As kids we learn that games have rules for fairness, but then some kids add rules that aren’t fair and we realize that the some rules are dumb and we don’t have to listen to those ones. Why do we forget this as adults?

My garden has given me some happiness today.

Is this the South Park episode everyone's been talking about?

california senate passes redrawing maps 👏👏👏

More Americans filed refugee claims in Canada in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024 or any total year since 2019: www.reuters.com/world/us/mor...

No multi-national games should be played in US. We cannot guarantee their freedom from ICE arrests, being held incommunicado for extended lengths of time, or safety.

The first tranche of the files that Pam Bondi said were on her desk before she said they don’t exist are being released today.

❗️Lavrov comfirms that no meeting between President Zelenskyy and Putin is planned. He says "the agenda is not ready." Warmongering Russia is not ready for peace.

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Anybody know what species of hummingbird this is??? 🤭

'Greed at its ugliest': These 100 companies pay CEOs over 600 times what workers get www.rawstory.com/ceo-compensa...

I deeply resent having to defend John Bolton but “the president sends his goons on a fishing expedition to raid anyone who criticizes him” is in fact very alarming

And California is up!

Proud to join Denmark Foreign Affairs Minister @lars-loekke.bsky.social and Ambassador Sørensen to sign a new partnership between California and Denmark. Our message to the rest of the world is clear: California is a stable, reliable partner — no matter who's in the White House.

WA Dems are horrified that Muhammad Zahid Chaudry was taken into ICE detention today, August 21, at the USCIS office in Tukwila. We have confirmation that Rep. Adam Smith's office is gathering more information about this incident.

Fascism: finance.yahoo.com/news/live/st...

This is so important… Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and she’s finding they don’t match the vehicles. In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tactics—just like we suspected. REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency. @governor.ca.gov 🧵

The funniest emails I get are probably my music royalty notifications. I wrote maybe two songs for a tv show once, and so I’m doomed to an endless array of “we are ever so pleased to present you with thirty six cents”

Yes. Collapsing all fed law enforcement into one undifferentiated, untrained, masked force. "Agents said they worried the changes would transform the FBI from an investigative agency focused on national security into something more akin to a federal police force..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...

WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “Some people may not like how @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is talking. You may not find his posts funny. It is absolutely working. His fundraising #’s just came out. $6.2 million THIS WEEK. 200,000 donors… Dems feel like ‘finally someone is fighting for us’.”

Q: "How long will you give Putin?" Trump: "A couple of weeks...It takes two to tango. I wanted to have a meeting with those two, but a lot of people think that nothing's going to come out of that meeting...In the meantime, people continue to die."

When the VA enacted Choice - allowing veterans to get care in the private sector at 115% of the cost to tax payers - wait times INCREASED. Health outcomes got worse, too.

America: Universal healthcare creates wait times for healthcare. Also America: waits six months for a neurosurgeon consult and a year to get into a dermatologist…

The people who reflexively say that everything happening in the news every day is just a distraction from the Epstein files are allowing themselves to get distracted by the Epstein files from many other things that are incredibly important also.

The Attorney General is supposed to uphold the law, not break it for personal gain. $70,000+ in gifts from insiders & lobbyists isn’t just a violation, it’s a betrayal of the American people. #PublicCorruption #PamBondi

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Is That a dog? 😂

How a conversation with Epstein’s bodyguard about his visits to CIA headquarters in Langley, VA — and the agency’s refusal to confirm them to me — reveal he played both sides of the law. The government was willing to sacrifice his victims for his secrets. @johnsipher.bsky.social

It is not the job of federal judges to "respect the president." Good luck with the job hunt, Alina.

Imagine voting to strip thousands of their healthcare, and flying home to host a fundraiser shortly after. 😠 Healthcare workers are demanding that WA Rep. Michael Baumgartner donate the money he got shmoozing in Spokane last weekend. Sign the petition: fusewashington.actionkit.com/sign/save-ou...

7:30am: egg white omelette with mushrooms 10am: apple 12pm: cut up fruit with yogurt 3pm: banana 6pm: grilled chicken with salad (light dressing) 8pm: frozen yogurt 830pm: 2 cookies 845pm: 4 cookies 850pm: 8 cookies 9pm: bag of Doritos 930pm: Big Mac and fries

🚨BREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN Alabama's state Senate map for violating VRA sec 2 by diluting Black voting power in Montgomery. Alabama must now draw a new compliant map. Status conference is set for Aug. 28 to facilitate remedial proceedings. www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabam...

Here’s a Jay, showing a nice bit of blue, glimpsed through some branches, June 2017. #birds #jay #summer #london #surrey #birdphotography #britishbirds

I have a question for the Dump administration about the Bolton house raid happening now. Aren't we still waiting for EPSTEIN files to be released and weren't we told some would be released today?

I once had a conversation with someone high up at Focus on the Family (not Dobson, though his death brought the story to mind). I was talking about folks who experienced church hurt, and he stopped me. "Church hurt," he said. “I’ve never heard that phrase before." The irony abounds.

Bless this man - such a great educator for us/the masses. Being #1 open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Cartoonist: Lectrr

One day a dentist will believe me from the get-go when I say I have issues with numbing and not have to give me more mid drilling