NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

Roscoe: "Why are you photographing me?" Me: "Because you look so radically beautiful on that William Morris fabric." "There's more to it than that, though, isn't there?" "Well, I wanted to alert people to the new writing on www.tom-cox.com." "Ok, as your CEO, I permit this use of my image."

The more people on Substack know this, the better.

And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job

Fun with #AutumnLeaves on a sunny and cool #Saturday! 😀 #Spike #saturdayfun #Fall #leafy #Dogsofbluesky

Trump had a giant public tariff meltdown courtesy of Canada. Canada defeated the orange clown and now the MAGA are having a big sad cry. Trump’s tariffs have increased the US debt by trillions of dollars and collapsed multiple domestic industries, increasing poverty and food & cost of living costs.

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

Man who cut a deal with Trump to avoid conviction for corruption and bribery endorses man who resigned after being credibly accused of sexually abusing 13 women. All to convince you that the Muslim guy running on affordability for working people is a danger. Hilarious.

Good morning. It's been 30 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

The one person on the record paying for people to attend a protest is Charlie Kirk. And it was January 6. Glad to see you got out from underneath your defense contractor boy toy long enough to appear in public.

We don’t need a fake video of Donald Trump dumping shit on America, because we see it every day for real.

DC J6: 1.500 arrests DC No Kings: zero Tell me again which side is violent?

It looks like a giant dildo, which makes sense as Benioff is a dick.

Bizarre attack on a great scholar by Atlanta's mayor here.

For the love of taste, please make it stop.

The ‘Peace President’ killed six more people off the coast of Venezuela this morning. We have no evidence other than his word that they were a threat to anyone, anywhere and also release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention in this matter!

The Trump Administration should honor Charlie Kirk and his birthday by fulfilling his wish of releasing the Epstein Files. Pass it on.

The Republicans in power have been a complete failure.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Hey, @cnn.com If you have to use a photo from 1992 for your article today, you're not doing journalism, you're doing propaganda.

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Epstein It’s a tragedy Charlie Kirk was assassinated. A country was deprived of legitimate political process and a family lost a husband and father. Epstein It’s a tragedy hundreds of girls were raped and the president and his enablers continue to block release of the details. Epstein

Thugs.

Enid, the surprising and eccentric owner of the brilliant Sound Records in Stroud, UK, has an encyclopaedic knowledge of jazz, soul, funk, ocean fish and wool.

Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein The Montreal Cognitive Assessment takes 10 minutes. Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein The Oval Office occupant needs a full neuropsychiatric screening. Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein

A "great tree" in human history. Her passing is hard in such difficult times, but her existence opens the way for a 1000 others, all inspired and made possible by her having been. We'll miss you, Dr.Goodall... but my goodness, you have spun so much good with your time on Earth!

Why would anyone want to watch something with AI generated actors? I'm not even interested in watching such content for free but I certainly wouldn't pay for it. (Especially seeing the slop that AI turns out in writing.)

Tell Fetterman his days are numbered as well

Minnesota: Split bipartisan legislature. Kept the government open. Invested in improving lives. Responsible budget cuts. Washington: Republicans control House, Senate, Oval Office. Government shutdown. Driving up health care costs by thousands. Skyrocketing national debt.

If Republicans were serious about keeping the government open, they would be in Washington doing the work.

I didn't say we weren't dealing with autocratic characteristics; I said we are not living under fascism. One piece of advice is not to react to every single Trump statement. He does this specifically to overwhelm you and burn you out.

The Trump Admin only cares when crimes are committed by immigrants, people of color, and transgender people. The #1 source of mass shooters are white men. Over the weekend, the tragedies in Michigan, New Orleans & Texas done by white men who weren't leftists. We will never hear about it again.

Am I reading this correctly? A grad student ... in Computer Science ... enrolled in an undergraduate seminar ... in the American Indian and Indigenous Studies program ... where he ignored the readings and hijacked discussions to talk about Israel and defend its actions in Gaza? What the hell?

Gutting and discrediting science is part of Trumpism, so this isn’t the time to cancel on some award-winning scientists. Everyone is looking at others and saying “do something” about Trump’s military putsch, but they need to start making viable strategic suggestions medium.com/@summerbelr/...

Jesus Christ, how are you so unbelievably bad at this? A deeply unpopular president is recklessly destroying our government, wrecking our democracy, covering up pedophilia and now threatening to use military force against our own citizens but you're tsk-tsking about protecting healthcare?

War torn Portland (2025) 😞

ABOLISH ICE. What more do Americans need to see?

Abolish ICE. Now. www.newsweek.com/ice-detentio...

so weak. so so weak. and so sad for the rest of us how profoundly you aren’t the person for this moment.

Mornin, @thehill.com

Abolish ICE.

@alradley.com Saw a Sparks show tonight!

Parents need to know Trump is a dementia addled sociopathic habitual fantasist and liar who has a reading age around six years. Happy to help.