⚡️Over 75% of Americans support additional sanctions on Russia, poll finds.

The Hopi Tribe received a multimillion-dollar federal grant to install solar panels and battery storage systems for hundreds of homes. But the Trump administration has canceled the funding.

I don't think it's hyperbole to suggest Greta Thunberg is literally, in every meaningful way, tougher & a better leader than any elected official. Every single one. Some much more than others. Methods, policy, practicalities, those are all beside the point. You need passion, drive & humanity

🚨 LIVE FROM TEXAS: Democracy Docket is reporting from El Paso as a federal court decides whether Texas can use its new congressional map in next year’s election. At stake is minority communities’ voting strength – and perhaps the balance of power in Congress.

DNC Chair Ken Martin says recent special election results show Democrats are on the right track for 2026, and tells detractors to "stop bitching" and help the party's efforts.

Fall of the Russian empire: gasoline rations, looming economic collapse, and over 1 million soldiers lost in a failed bid to conquer a nation led by a comedian and his producer.

Great news. Let's do this everywhere. www.krqe.com/news/politic...

💥 Russia: Pumping station on the Druzhba pipeline struck by Ukrainian drones in Naitopovichi, Bryansk region. Capacity of 10.5 million tons per year.

Good morning and happy Sunday to everyone. It's still the Department of Defense. Just like it's still the Gulf of Mexico. Just like the other place is still the Twitter. Just like he’s still in the Epstein files.

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We can't even play basketball 🏀 🤬

Pritzker and Newsom have shown more fight and pushback on Trump than any other elected leader. I am beyond grateful for their leadership showing others how it’s done.

Kamala Harris nailed it. We warned everyone the stakes were too high to hand the guy built for Project 2025 another shot — but noooo. Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.

it's Saturday, and it's time for "this week in stupid: August 23 edition" — Donny shows it off, MAGA preacher blows it off, and so much more... thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

Little legs, big dreams: More than 100 teams compete in Lithuania’s international Corgi race

Arrested for filming it. And look how excited they all are to get some *action*. 🇺🇸 Watch fascism work.

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Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”

I honestly don't know what I did to deserve this incredible tribute. I can only say I'm honored, flattered, and humbled—and, of course, deeply grateful to everyone who made this accolade possible. I pledge to do my utmost to live up to it. 🙏🏼🤗

"His [James Dobson's] brand of 'Christian childhood' was nothing more than a polished continuation of the centuries-old practice of breaking children’s bodies and spirits to keep them obedient, submissive, and useful to authoritarian systems." Stacey Patton

James Dobson: a quintessential example of how sadism cloaks itself in religion to openly rationalize and perpetrate pain, suffering, and death.

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

I wasn't overreacting.

"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.

much easier to understand the sheer bloody intensity of the civil war when you have a good grasp on just how terrible slavery was.

When they go low, we’re going to bury their majority under the Capitol.

The women who have been trafficked by Epstein deserve justice. Stop protecting billionaire pedophiles

The Constitution protects your right to record law enforcement in public.

To Ken Paxton: No one’s above the law? We have a felon for a president… Republicans never take accountability. 😡

I am so tired of the the "organized religion" - it's a cancer. Trump has said he wanted to get rid of the Johnson Amendment and signed an executive order in 2017 directing Treasury to disregard the rule. “I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of

One standard for her, another for JD.

Heinous.

I think if he dove off the roof, his neck flaps would open like a sugar glider and he'd land safely in JD's arms below.

I am aware of reports that threats were made against Texas elected officials in our state. Threats of violence will be investigated and those responsible will be held accountable. I have instructed @ilstatepolice.bsky.social to ensure we maintain public safety.

In Texas, it's always 1860.

💥 Russia: Ukrainian strike on an oil depot in Adler near Sochi, Krasnodar Krai on the Black Sea coast.

This should be a Five Alarm Fire on every G'ddamned media outlet in the world. I very rarely post a link to someone else's newsletter...as I have my own. This, however...is a MUST see. open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

A lot of people need to hear this

When you strip away humanity

Spotted in Tallahassee…

I can’t stop thinking about how the Access Hollywood tape came out before the election even happened, yet suddenly we have people concerned that the President might have lied about being a sexual predator who were totally fine with it when he told the truth about being a sexual predator very grim

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I don’t know about you, but anytime I see a famous person say that “the Epstein list is a distraction” or that “it doesn’t exist” my first thought is that they or one of their friends is on the list.