This photo has been removed from the DOJ Epstein webpage. By whom? For whom?

Colorado to the rescue: thehill.com/homenews/sen...

ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.

The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett has made it official. She's running for the US Senate in Texas – while former Rep. Colin Allred ends his own campaign for the US Senate nomination in favor of attempting a House comeback bid.

"Court video showed ICE agents, who allegedly had a 12-pack of Modelo in their car... "“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

If he's willing to be verbally condescending, abusive, rude in public imagine what he does in private🖕👎

Holy Shit NPR/PBS Marist poll

Got a fundraising pitch centered on the imaginary $2,000 tariff checks. With money going (in part) to Trump's committee, it frames the checks as a *rebate* — as in, money returned back to the contributor. A rare bit of honesty.

This is how the depraved, unprincipled Trump excuses the murder of Jamal Khashoggi : blame the victim. “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about, whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen,” he says sitting with the culpable MBS. Sickening and infuriating.

Mob boss attacks female reporter again for her “attitude” and says he will ask his FCC commissioner to look into revoking her company’s broadcast license.

If we don't rapidly phase out fossil fuels, we can say goodbye to coral reefs, the Greenland and Antarctic icesheets, and permafrost. The results will not be pretty.

Terrific

Remember on that date in February Trump abused and betrayed a democratic ally while on Nov. 18, he excused a brutal murder, blamed the victim and sucked up to a rich Saudi prince calling him “one of the most respected people in the world.”

photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty

Lawrence O’Donnell on the photo that should be the official portrait of Trump’s second term - MSNBC

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @deadder.bsky.social )

This is an excellent idea!!!

I’m at Gatorland in Orlando, and one of the employees told me that park attendance is way down: “The zip line should be packed, but nobody’s buying tickets.” He says people just aren’t spending money, and guesses that’s because everyone is struggling due to the “lousy economy.”

Argentina’s radical libertarian leader, Javier Milei, is facing a pivotal moment with voters set to deliver their verdict on his two-year-old administration on Sunday, against a backdrop of political and economic crisis and accusations that his ally Trump is meddling in the country’s affairs.

Cartoon by @claybennett.bsky.social.

Two moms find out their sons are returning from Russian captivity. Such an emotional video. One of them says the Defender's son turned nine yesterday. He gets the best birthday present today!

Today, California celebrates Filipino American labor leader Larry Itliong, a trailblazer during one of the most pivotal movements for farmworker rights in U.S. history. His commitment to unity and social justice continues to inspire Californians today.

ICE and CBP GOONS are patrolling Chicago in unmarked civilian cars, kidnapping and disappearing people for filming.

Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.