Counterfeit Pokemon card

The continued presence of National Guard in DC, the hundreds remaining in California, and whatever the hell this is are all, independently, reasons why Trump should not be in office. Trump is an essential element of all this, obviously. But that alone is not why we are here.

The Times of Israel reports that the Trump-Witkoff plan to end the war in Gaza that was showcased earlier this week to Arab and Muslim leadership commits to the Palestinians remaining in Gaza and makes explicit reference to Palestinian statehood— something Netanyahu considers a red line.

Ezra Klein is doing his best to turn the Dems into UK Labour. It is so stupid to think about but becomes more and more apparent with each new public output

This is weakness. They can't stand being protested so they're going to bring absurd charges against protesters they know they can't sustain in actual court. It's going to tie up massive amounts of resources while real crime goes uninvestigated. This is pure intimidation and trying to instill fear.

"...more than half of all authoritarian shifts—autocratic episodes—turned into democratization shifts, and that in the last 30 years, that number was nearly three-fourths. What’s more, some 90% of U-turns led to greater democratization in the end."

The Ravenous Gindark got its name for a reason. A huge bipedal creature standing 8 feet tall, it will eat anything smaller than it. It has a great booming call that it creates with its blue sack under its chin. My book Savage Strangehollow is live over on Kickstarter right now! buff.ly/xLGpZAN #art

The Friday roundup is here! With links to the latest podcast episode. And, as promised, all the details I can recall about that time I got in a mic battle onstage at the old nightclub 9:30.

Amelia Earthart would want Trump to release all the Epstein Files.

A GOP-backed proposal in Missouri would require citizen-led ballot initiatives to win majorities in all eight congressional districts to pass. But amendments that lawmakers put on the ballot themselves wouldn't be subjected to the same high bar.

I remember when Hudson tweeted this. It was one of her last tweets.

NEW: SCOTUS's Republican appointees let Trump ignore Congress, cut foreign aid. Justice Kagan, dissenting for the Democratic appointees, noted the majority's "preliminary" order means $4 billion in aid allotted by Congress will be blocked "for all time.“ This evening, at Law Dork:

Gonna have to teach everyone from scratch that the president isn't your boss, he's your employee

This "the postal service must turn a profit" insanity isn't just plaguing the U.S. I see. Awful.

I have no need for genAI. It would improve nothing in my life. It wouldn't save me time. I could not trust any text it assembled. It cannot research. It cannot write like I do. It cannot create like I do. It cannot justify its existence or its expense. It is not inevitable. It is not unavoidable.

Here's a detailed breakdown of actions states have taken to protect COVID-19 access. Source: www.kff.org/covid-19/tra...

these guys are somehow going to fuck up the entire Luigi case, huh

Former Rep. RJ May will plead guilty to sending videos of children being sexually abused, according to a Friday court filing. via @scdailygazette.com

More people should be talking about this.

Key words in this clause of Trump terror memo are “trespass” and “civil disorder.” Rest is objectively or ostensibly illegal. But these terms bring under the “terrorism” umbrella something as simple as, say, sitting in front of an ICE entrance. Or, for that matter, just chanting from the sidewalk.

ABC reports that EDVA indicted Comey on 2 of 3 charges. abcnews.go.com/US/former-fb...

Get Ed Martin out of the DOJ. He's dangerous. Call your US senators and representatives and demand his resignation.

1/2 Trump admin cancelled the Census Scientific Advisory Committee The scientists met anyway On their own time. As an independent board They reviewed & approved 26 reccs on issues like 🔏 ensuring respondents' privacy 🧮accurate kids' counting ☣️demographic info on environmental hazard exposures

Deep into the middle of Biden’s term, the Supreme Court decided to overturn Roe v Wade Democrats blamed Trump. And then the democrats did nothing to undo that ruling. Nothing to fight back. Nothing. “The president is not a dictator!” Then Trump took office and outlawed being Latino.

“It’s anti-regulation, it’s anti-Black and anti-immigrant, and it’s anti-social safety net. So these cuts that are coming together really exacerbate the crisis of care.” New from @josephineklee.bsky.social: New Department of Labor regulations could push already struggling caregivers over the edge.

It's unusual for Presidents to give medical advise. But this week President Trump told parents to delay giving their kids a hep b shot until they turn 12. Doctors say this is bad and dangerous advice.

Thousands of years before Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert got under President Trump's skin, ancient Greek and Roman poets and philosophers paid a heavy price for displeasing heads of state.

Work in progress

There's a Medicare telehealth cliff at the end of this month that will impact other health insurance plans beyond just Medicare. This post ⤵️ will walk you through how to effectively advocate for telehealth in ways that actually influence the outcome... www.patreon.com/posts/139596...

Don’t get me wrong, it continues to be very scary that the Trump administration keeps desperately trying to create Reichstag fires and Horst Wessel Power Hours, it’s just also very noticeable that they somehow keep failing to stick the landing.

This is so petty and childish. The White House is run by trolls.

RFK Jr. wants to infect your infant with measles and force you to watch them die of a horrible degenerative brain disease 6-8 years later

Now that sci-fi summer is over (Alien: Earth, Strange New Worlds, Foundation), the next steps are SW Visions, Pluribus, and For All Mankind S5 (before the end of the year 🤞). Then in 2026 will come Starfleet Academy, Maul, Neuromancer, Blade Runner 2099, Ahsoka S2, and Star City (FAM spin-off).

I often write anti-whatever-I'm-protesting on my signs when I protest. I even keep this one in the trunk of my car just in case I come across a protest I wasn't anticipating.

Sharks Don’t Sink: My Journey as a Rogue Shark Scientist and Author – Green 2.0

Baby squirrel OMG OMG 🥹 Squirrel of the Day for September 24, 2025 #sqrlpix

The end of Alien Earth season 2 will be the Eyeball in the head of a minor actor lowering his sunglasses and driving off in a convertible on the PCH to the Rolling Stones “Sympathy for the Devil,” as the shot flies up higher in the sky.

Good summary of the regime's attack of the First Amendment from @ossoff.senate.gov

"Family says." There is video. They did it. "ICE agents held Leominster family's daughter outside their home so they would turn themselves over," if you care for the truth.

A Brooklyn synagogue has taken an unusual step by requiring congregants to show proof of voter registration in order to secure seats for High Holidays. Their biggest concern? The city's mayoral seat.

Our constitutions are not the same. We have been very proud of always holding elections, no matter what else was going on. I am so tired of Trump shitting on the United States of America.

Trump to Zelenskyy: "During the war you can't have elections? So let me just see -- three and a half years from me, if we happen to be in a way with somebody, no more elections. That's good."

Excited that @nycplan.org is officially on Bluesky!! You can follow our ongoing organizing here.

Encore une fois.

a page of Trump's UN speech, as captured by Getty

This was Bosch when he was a one year old pup. He had just been handed into the sanctuary and he was tank even then! Wolf Watch UK where I am a volunteer member of staff.

I donated to my local library today, and if you are able, you should donate too. Here in America, our libraries are under attack, and they one of the best things our country has. Libraries are a treasure, let's keep them going. 📕📚

Today, paracetamol. Tomorrow, "do not get addicted to water."

huh, the entire alberta energy grid was free for 16 hours yesterday wind power was overproducing, so it just... goes to zero apparently

Crab. (or perhaps not true crab. But crabbish).