Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE

Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]

An administration working against feeding people?!

"So why don't you want people to eat again?" "Because if we give them SNAP benefits we'll lose the leverage to get what we want" "And what is it you want the leverage for to get?" "Denying everyone healthcare." www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...

Elon to be the first trillionaire and multi-trillionaire in the same year the government has been shutdown. People are going hungry due to Trump withholding SNAP. The biggest insult is that most who lost their SNAP benefits pay more in taxes than the guy about to be a multi-trillionaire!

Pay to play

Rep. Joe Neguse summarizing the situation correctly

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]

Official SNAP page “… withholding SNAP benefits to pass a bill that takes away SNAP benefits?! Who has the majority in the house and senate? Another Hatch Act violation?”

NYPD police officer tired of ICE profiling and harassing him

Trump Jr-backed drone firm lands Pentagon’s biggest contract, set to supply thousands of drone parts www.livemint.com/news/us-news...

“It got me thinking… which I rarely do”

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. The system is broken.

Robby Roadsteamer (aka Gary the Guantanamo gator) taken by ICE in Portland

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time. VANCE: No, George, I sai-- STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

Anyone else watching the Chicago Marathon? … looks like a war zone! When is the federal government going to send in the National Guard?!

This is James Talarico, who is running for US Senate in Texas. He was a middle school teacher before transitioning into politics. James Talarico does focus on his religion in many of his speeches, but it’s a different brand of Christianity than that the MAGA represent.

“… let’s stop attacking pedofiles.” - Ted Cruz

Anyone else getting Game of Thrones “Red Wedding” vibes or is this reminding you of that scene in the Godfather II where Michael Corleone orchestrates the execution of multiple rivals in a single stroke? www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The Daily Show on Kash Patel's testimony concerning the Epstein files

Jon Stewart’s Mark Twain prize (2022) final part of his acceptance speech

According to the Banking Commission…..

This is so messed up.

UPDATE: “Civil War cancelled due to the shooter being demographically uncooperative.” - Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” - Attributed to MarkTwain, but was actually from Clarence Darrow.

Moskowitz on Mike Johnson: "If he was lying then, is he lying now? ... I don't think in the history of this country we've had a Speaker of the House say the president was an FBI informant ... we need to hear from the FBI."

www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/azl4a... You can find the full 238-page document released by the House Oversight Committee concerning Epstein’s Birthday book in their Dropbox folder.

Epstein’s Birthday book- part of a series of 3 pages that are from Joel Pashcow. Page 1 imgur.com/mRmtxXF Page 2 (OP) imgur.com/HGpqb0P Page 3 imgur.com/LuW1rRc The third picture shows Epstein at Mar-a-Lago holding a check from Trump for a "fully depreciated woman"

Vaccines do not cause autism.

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It’s fascinating how easily people rally against the ‘wrong’ skin tone but somehow develop amnesia the moment billionaires are busy trafficking kids or looting the economy —racism gets priority, but oligarchy gets a pass.

“If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong” - Abraham Lincoln (April 4, 1864) This line has become one of Lincoln’s most famous direct statements on the moral issue of slavery… juxtaposition this to our current king and messiah’s message: