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"if you're not scared, you're not paying attention." WHY DO YOU THINK I'M TRYING SO HARD NOT TO PAY ATTENTION

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Today's Cartoon- Jane Goodall

What is my left hand doing?

this is the third time Donald Trump has shut down the government while his party controls both houses of Congress

If you live in these states, your ACA premiums are about to jump: SD - Up 235%
LA - Up 150%
WV - Up 387%
WY - Up 382%
TN - Up 320%
MS - Up 314%
AK - Up 346% Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.

So Trump is defunding the police.

Next up: gold battleships

Please note that, unlike the president, the deputy chief of staff does not have immunity from prosecution for official acts per Trump v. United States

Interesting to note that the coal industry in the U.S. employs just a tad over 40,000 people, according to the BLS. The same source tells us that 64,000 people work at wineries.

So top Portland cops wrote & *testified* that fed agents have been "instigating and causing" conflict. They said agents were firing pepper balls unprovoked and "without any apparent warning" When a Portland chief called a federal agent w/ Qs, the agent hung up. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

I repeat that whenever you see a man toss a woman around in front of witnesses and cameras, you can bet he’s had practice in private.

Moral of the story: don’t elect men who are married to models.

Just sitting around, catching up on today’s mass shooting. Retirement is great!

I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him. I'm talking about something very different. Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired. Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to. But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿‍♂️

He’s looking to see who he can yell at; she’s looking to see if he’s going to lose it.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Someone asked if I was ready for the fall, and it actually took me a moment to realize that they meant autumn, not the complete collapse of democracy.

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

imagine joking “i wouldnt give speeches in utah right now”

This is exactly how I feel

This feels exactly right to me

There's a good amount of historical fiction in the "lighthearted dramas" section of the Gentle TV Spreadsheet!

For years, if not decades, voices demanding gun reform have been accused of “politicizing” violence—and of casting blame “too soon” in the wake of tragedy. When it wasn’t gun rights but trans people on the line, that rhetoric went out the window.

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

This was a word AND he cussed 😂

A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.

“So many” means not all.

This is as huge a scandal & blunder as this chaotic Administration has seen. The person who should be called to answer for it is Secy Kristi Noem. When a woman who loves the camera as much as Noem is nowhere to be seen for 10 days it’s b/c she’s hiding out. Media should be all over this.

“When people tell you who they are, believe them the first time.” -Maya Angelou

Billionaires aren’t “geniuses.” They’re parasites who hoard wealth built by workers they underpay, governments they bribe, and loopholes they write for themselves. Stop worshipping them — they’re not role models. They’re leeches!

Well, we learned today what Brian Kilmeade thinks is a solution.

Every bad thing traces back to slavery, doesn’t it?

This is why I want a second passport.

Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him do it for U.S. citizens.

There are violent extremists on the left but they are not in charge of the party. You can find them on social media, not in the halls of power. The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.

I used a ditto machine when I was a teacher. Remember that smell?

He DENIED the affair with Stormy Daniels. He DENIED extorting Zelenskyy. He DENIED asking Georgia for 11,780 votes. He DENIED inciting the insurrection. He DENIED stealing classified documents. He DENIED making a birthday card for Epstein. ...

Justice Kavanaugh filed an opinion today telling Justice Sotomayor that it’s “common sense” that a Latina in the U.S. might not be here legally. That’s a deep, deep low point in Supreme Court history—disgraceful. supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf…

NEWS Charles Munger Jr, the son of the late Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s business partner, has put in another $10 million into the campaign against Gavin Newsom’s redistricting initiative. Munger has contributed $30 million so far in just the last three weeks.

Why is @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov breaking his word to help save Bay Area transit? It is just appalling and politically idiotic. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

It’s estimated to cost $1B to rename the DoD the “War Department” with zero change in operations. You know what else $1B could do? It could cover the CDC’s annual budget and fully fund childhood immunizations nationwide, protecting every kid from preventable disease. Priorities.

No Kings Day 2.0 is set for October 18. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

at their core, trans rights, abortion rights, and vaccine rights are actually all the same issue: they’re all about bodily autonomy, and the willingness to concede any of them puts the others at risk.

this should become a thing, putting up signs like this for every arrest & disappearance in public spaces. it would likely break into lower info, less politically engaged demos and local social media groups

BREAKING: Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee in DC, blocks Trump expansion of expedited removal deportation to interior of US. Judge says risk of deporting foreigners not eligible is too great. Doc: ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

NPR: “A whistleblower says a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names & birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud lacking adequate security...” www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...