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🚨“For the first time in Arizona, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are using a Cold War-era law to ticket legal immigrants for minor offenses like not carrying their immigration documents, a break from the agency’s longstanding focus on people in the country illegally.”🚨

Donald Trump’s Worst Deal The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

Remember Ivanka and Donald laundering money with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Azerbaijan? www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

American soldiers are being killed because the president doesn’t want you to know that he raped little children for decades. And if I’m wrong, sue me, asshole.

The President who demanded a Nobel Peace Prize for himself sure gave up negotiations quickly to start a war with Iran.

What a disaster, Americans don't want another war in the middle east.

Per WIRED - a White House staffer has been ID’ed as running a big Twitter account that called the Obama apes video a “masterpiece” (and his wife works for Karoline Leavitt)

www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-...

Of course.

'My Wife's Lovers', 1893 painting by Carl Kahler (1856–1906).

His and Hers. Not sure if it’s clear which side of the sink is mine. #oilpainting #art

Measles was wiped out in the U.S. 25 years ago and now we’re already past 1,000 cases in February because vaccination rates dropped below the safety line. This is what happens when public health gets gutted and people stop trusting basic science.

I’m not hiking for the cardio; I’m hiking for the tiny miracles.

I’m obsessed with the tiny signs of hope hidden on the trail, like the first flowers of early spring. In a loud world, these small, persistent cycles are where I find my peace.

#SlowHiking #NatureMiracles #SpringFlowers

Mexico Got Help Killing Drug Lord From Secretive U.S. Campaign Led by FBI and ICE The U.S. military’s intelligence sharing came as part of a new “counter cartel” task force focused on the U.S.–Mexico borderlands.

"To date, the military has conducted more than 40 airstrikes against alleged drug traffickers, killing at least 137 people without producing a shred of evidence to support its claims. While those strikes have been concentrated in the Caribbean Sea…1/2

From the MeidasTouch community on Reddit: SECRET Epstein SPY Inside White House UNCOVERED?! Explore this post and more from the MeidasTouch community

www.reddit.com/r/MeidasTouc...

PayPal Confirms Data Breach — Money Stolen, Passwords Reset PayPal has confirmed a breach that exposed personal information to a hacker. Are you affected? What data was exposed?

PayPal Confirms Data Breach — Money Stolen, Passwords Reset

Farmer, 86, Rejects $15 Million Offer to Sell His Land to Data Center Developers: ‘Not Interested in Destroying My Farms’ Mervin Raudabaugh, an 86-year-old Pennsylvania man, is making headlines for turning down an offer of more than $15 million to sell his farmland to data center developers. He sold development rights to...

Farmer, 86, Rejects $15 Million Offer to Sell His Land to Data Center Developers: ‘Not Interested in Destroying My Farms’

Pennsylvania farmer Mervin Raudabaugh sold development rights to a land trust for $1.9 million instead.

Tell Congress: Demand AG Bondi release ALL of the Epstein files now Contact Congress today!

I guess we weren't clear when we told the DOJ to release ALL of the Epstein files. So, let's try this again:

New polling says Jasmine Crockett has the best chances to beat Ken Paxton in Texas.

The “she can’t win” crowd might want to start updating their talking points because the voters know what’s up.

Ghost the very fancy shelter mutt says happy #Caturday

Happy Friday! I apologize for my radio silence – I am underwater on 100 projects. We had no sunrise, but the rain took enough of a break for me to get to the ocean and do this uber-slow zoom into the waves. Tap and turn horizontal for full size. I hope you are having a great day!

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

A MN protester accused of assaulting ICE officer had case dropped after vids showed no assault.

LA protester accused of assaulting ICE w/ “hat” had case dropped; judge said govt acted in “bad faith”

In Chicago, 92 ppl were arrested for assault/impeding ICE; 0 convicted

DOJ keeps lying and losing:

One of my favorite photos of the aurora, ever!

Macro photograph of a purple flower with a yellow center

Violet
Today in Dash Point, Washington
#flower #photography #art #macro

If you can catch dawn at low tide, it's a truly magical experience - all big sky and endless reflections. It feels like you're walking on clouds. Here's one of the shots I've taken recently at West Shore #Llandudno #photograph #landscapephotography

Following today's SCOTUS decision, Gov. Pritzker sent a letter and invoice to the president, demanding the return of $8.6B.

This keeps getting funnier.

Lots of folks asking me who I’d like to vote for in 2028 and my answer reminds the same: it’s AOC.

But I’ll vote for whichever Dem the primary voters choose as their candidate.

A star-filled night sky above Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico, framed by the dark silhouettes of tall pine trees along the edges of the image.

Dark skies over Bandelier National Monument, framed by pine silhouettes.

We traveled to New Mexico searching for darker skies, and this quiet canopy of stars made the trip worthwhile.

There’s always another story waiting to be seen.

#Photography #Astrophotography #DarkSkies #ScottKissPhoto

Gray striped cat surrounded by toys with head on box.

Play hard, sleep harder #caturday