Steve Asbell - FLAP YOUR HANDS is out now!

Congrats on the move!

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Pastor David Black, First Presbyterian Church, being pepper-sprayed outside ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.

Assuming this is a Mac, (?) the shininess is from the material being smoothed by use, and keyboard covers can break the glass when the laptop is closed.

Source: I have a MacBook and lurk the subReddit.

title : This government shutdown didn't happen by accident. it happened by design. 4 frame comic. we see Russell Vought, Curtis Yarvin, Russell Vought again, and the White House. Text reads : russell vought is the director of the u.s. office of management and budget and the key architect of project 2025. the nyt called him "the man behind trump's push for an all-powerful presidency." project 2025 includes a roadmap to achieve curtis yarvin's butter- fly revolution, in which the neo-reactionary leader advocates for replacing non-partisan gov't employees with loyalists, seizing control of public assets and centralizing power in a small group of elites. what vought aimed to do was create the conditions in which he could strip bare what he calls the "unelected fourth branch of government". back in february, he instructed agencies to prepare for mass layoffs on sept. 30th. this shutdown will give Trump the power to bypass Congressional oversight: Trump can just declare which areas are considered essential services, and ignore the 1974 law that prevents presidents from withholding federal dollars. this shutdown was the goal all along.

This shutdown happened by design.

I see so many of them where I live. I bet they migrated from up north.

We’re protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility and an agent came out to tell us to go away.

We said we’re exercising our First Amendment rights so he shot the ground with pepper balls and said, “Your First Amendment rights are on the sidewalk.”

TW for some scary transphobia, but yet again have to share Erin’s reporting because it’s absolutely crucial.

FWIW, when I left the Post, Karen checked in on me. She's been a consistent friend of mine and I miss working with her. She risked her life and career to stand up after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Clever Fox planner is my fave. When I remember to use it.

Press Conference: No "Transgender" Or "LGBTQ" Symbols Found At Kirk's Shooting Yesterday, several media outlets claimed or strongly implied that "transgender symbols" were found at the scene of the gun used by Charlie Kirk's shooter. This turned out to be false.

1. In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's shooting, the WSJ laundered claims that "transgender symbols" were found with the shooter's gun.

Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found.

WSJ owes a full retraction and apology.

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CNN. The initial report, also called a bulletin, typically include all information gathered in an investigation so that agents anywhere will know what is being collected - but the information is not always correct. The ATF bulletin said that agents found engravings that they interpreted as "expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology" on ammunition inside a weapon believed to have been used in the murder of Kirk. Two law enforcement sources told CNN that agents quickly ran an initial search on one of the markings, including a series of arrows, which analysts initially interpreted to be a connection to the transgender community. That information remains unverified and is still being investigated.

The markings that supposedly expressed “transgender ideology” were………..a series of arrows.

This ATF report is precisely why yesterday’s events were so terrifying to me.

A screenshot of a news story by Glenn Thrush and Devlin Barrett saying "According to a preliminary internal report circulated inside the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, federal and local officials recovered ammunition with the rifle that appeared to be engraved with statements “expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology.” But a senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation cautioned that report had not been verified by A.T.F. analysts, did not match other summaries of the evidence, and might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted. In fast-moving investigations, such status reports are not made public because they often contain a mixture of accurate and inaccurate information."

NEW: @nytimes.com: a senior official said the report from ATF saying the rifle that killed Charlie Kirk "expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology" had not been verified by ATF, did not match other summaries, and might turn out to have been misread
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Crowded park full of protestors

Crowded park full of protestors

Crowded park full of protestors and sign reading “if there’s money for a parade, there’s money for Medicaid!”

Crowded park full of protestors and sign reading “if you don’t want rapists entering the country, stop electing them”

Guy at my rally: “comparing DT to a king makes me feel bad for KINGS. At least kings can project some ✨MAJESTY✨ - has anyone ever seen majesty out of this guy?” 😂 #NOKINGS

Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"

Biggest protection racket ever

A bowl of hearty nut medley Cheerios cereal without nuts or pumpkin seeds, compared with a box advertising those ingredients

There was a time when this would be considered false advertising.

Oh I just now saw the part with the rain. Thoughts and prayers. Thoughts and prayers.

98 degrees here in Florida. Such a drastic difference!

It's funny because it's true

As autism ignites a national conversation, Temple Grandin has something to say The world-renowned autism expert shares her thoughts with NBC News after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered controversial remarks on autistic people.

TLDR: Temple Grandin has no comment on politics, but lumps autistics into either ‘just nerdy geeky kids’ or “regressives”.

The Supreme Court holds that water is wet. Thomas and Alito dissent.

The Supreme Court holds that fascism is bad. Thomas and Alito dissent.

If anyone can share the the post below, comment, or even like it, that would be great. I’m getting no traction with this and my brother really needs money to save his cat. So far he just has my donation. ☹️

Because I shared it through GoFundMe there was no alt tex. Alt: Help Pepper Fight Cancer: Support Needed. Raising $2,200. A photo of a tiger stripped kitty on a blanket. Donate and share. Columbus, OH.

Pepper needs your help! My brother Jacob has a sweet cat named Pepper and she's very sick. One vet says cancer and another isn't sure. She has problems with her kidneys and she's having trouble eating. I'm trying to donate as much as I can, but I can't cover it all. Please help!

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