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We should all be allergic to Cuomo shrimp!
Also, Orange you glad he’s not mayor?
And Mamdani is not a gaping (well you see it.) Uranus is a gas planet, Cuomo.
Also, Orange you glad he’s not mayor?
And Mamdani is not a gaping (well you see it.) Uranus is a gas planet, Cuomo.
Washington Post noted, custodial work like that being done by the National Guard troops normally would have been performed by National Park Service employees. But that service was already short staffed when the administration slashed through the federal workforce.
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August 27, 2025
The image of National Guard troops, some of them from as far away as Louisiana and Mississippi, in Washington, D.C., spreading mulch around the cherry trees at the Tidal Basin and picking up trash, il...
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August 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Washington Post noted, custodial work like that being done by the National Guard troops normally would have been performed by National Park Service employees. But that service was already short staffed when the administration slashed through the federal workforce.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Vietnamese robusta was once considered cheap & low quality; thanks to the specialty coffee movement & those who assess coffee within it, bitter & bold robustas have been valorized; hence Vietnam today produces high-quality robustas to sell to discerning consumers like us.
slate.com/life/2025/08...
slate.com/life/2025/08...
The Backbone of Coffee Standards Is About to Break. And the Fallout Is Coming for Your Morning Cup.
The best part of waking up will never be the same.
slate.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Vietnamese robusta was once considered cheap & low quality; thanks to the specialty coffee movement & those who assess coffee within it, bitter & bold robustas have been valorized; hence Vietnam today produces high-quality robustas to sell to discerning consumers like us.
slate.com/life/2025/08...
slate.com/life/2025/08...
if Trump’s illegal firing of Cook is allowed to stand, “the implications will be profound and disastrous. The US will be well on its way to becoming Turkey, where an authoritarian ruler imposed his crackpot economics on the central bank, and inflation soaring to 80%
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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
August 26, 2025
Today, for the second time in as many days, President Donald J.
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August 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
if Trump’s illegal firing of Cook is allowed to stand, “the implications will be profound and disastrous. The US will be well on its way to becoming Turkey, where an authoritarian ruler imposed his crackpot economics on the central bank, and inflation soaring to 80%
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Since taking office for a second term, Trump has sought to increase US investments in several key industries, from steel to technology, prompting questions about whether Republicans were drifting from the “small government” platform they are often associated with.
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Trump administration considers stake in defence firms like Lockheed Martin
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick floated the possible investment in a TV appearance, as part of a wider Trump push.
www.aljazeera.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Since taking office for a second term, Trump has sought to increase US investments in several key industries, from steel to technology, prompting questions about whether Republicans were drifting from the “small government” platform they are often associated with.
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Wouldn’t you love to see Teddy Roosevelt school RFK Jr? In the Jungle?
As of July 1, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) program has reduced surveillance to just two pathogens: salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
www.joemygod.com/2025/08/cdc-...
As of July 1, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) program has reduced surveillance to just two pathogens: salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
www.joemygod.com/2025/08/cdc-...
CDC Scales Back Food-Borne Illnesses Surveillance - Joe.My.God.
NBC News reports: A federal-state partnership that monitors for foodborne illnesses quietly scaled back its operations nearly two months ago. As of July 1, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance N...
www.joemygod.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Wouldn’t you love to see Teddy Roosevelt school RFK Jr? In the Jungle?
As of July 1, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) program has reduced surveillance to just two pathogens: salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
www.joemygod.com/2025/08/cdc-...
As of July 1, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) program has reduced surveillance to just two pathogens: salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
www.joemygod.com/2025/08/cdc-...
Portland Police yesterday:
10 police cars and an ambulance responding to a situation that involved one homeless woman who was screaming outside of the Architectural Heritage Society.
8 officers were a part of holding her down and restraining her.
Didn’t see what prompted this.
10 police cars and an ambulance responding to a situation that involved one homeless woman who was screaming outside of the Architectural Heritage Society.
8 officers were a part of holding her down and restraining her.
Didn’t see what prompted this.
August 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Portland Police yesterday:
10 police cars and an ambulance responding to a situation that involved one homeless woman who was screaming outside of the Architectural Heritage Society.
8 officers were a part of holding her down and restraining her.
Didn’t see what prompted this.
10 police cars and an ambulance responding to a situation that involved one homeless woman who was screaming outside of the Architectural Heritage Society.
8 officers were a part of holding her down and restraining her.
Didn’t see what prompted this.
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a bit late but the whole jillian michaels thing last week gave me an excuse to talk a bit about the economy of slavery in detail youtu.be/pRs2Xu1FWR4
How many slaveholders were there, really?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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August 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
a bit late but the whole jillian michaels thing last week gave me an excuse to talk a bit about the economy of slavery in detail youtu.be/pRs2Xu1FWR4
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Kamala Harris nailed it. We warned everyone the stakes were too high to hand the guy built for Project 2025 another shot — but noooo.
Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
August 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Kamala Harris nailed it. We warned everyone the stakes were too high to hand the guy built for Project 2025 another shot — but noooo.
Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
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In solidarity with Kevin Sorbo and Scott Baio stating they are refusing any acting jobs in California, I hereby refuse to play defense for the Colorado Avalanche in the upcoming season!
I will also not be pitching for the Rockies this year...
HOLD THE LINE, BOYS!👍
I will also not be pitching for the Rockies this year...
HOLD THE LINE, BOYS!👍
August 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In solidarity with Kevin Sorbo and Scott Baio stating they are refusing any acting jobs in California, I hereby refuse to play defense for the Colorado Avalanche in the upcoming season!
I will also not be pitching for the Rockies this year...
HOLD THE LINE, BOYS!👍
I will also not be pitching for the Rockies this year...
HOLD THE LINE, BOYS!👍
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Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
August 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
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Baltimore is a great city.
Trump is a racist.
Who rapes children.
Release the Epstein files.
Punish the criminal in the White House.
Trump is a racist.
Who rapes children.
Release the Epstein files.
Punish the criminal in the White House.
August 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Baltimore is a great city.
Trump is a racist.
Who rapes children.
Release the Epstein files.
Punish the criminal in the White House.
Trump is a racist.
Who rapes children.
Release the Epstein files.
Punish the criminal in the White House.
Seattle Times today:
Sunday will see a high of 90 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Seattle branch of the National Weather Service predicts. The record high for Aug. 24 is 88 degrees, set in 1982.
Sunday will see a high of 90 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Seattle branch of the National Weather Service predicts. The record high for Aug. 24 is 88 degrees, set in 1982.
August 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Seattle Times today:
Sunday will see a high of 90 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Seattle branch of the National Weather Service predicts. The record high for Aug. 24 is 88 degrees, set in 1982.
Sunday will see a high of 90 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Seattle branch of the National Weather Service predicts. The record high for Aug. 24 is 88 degrees, set in 1982.
“the lost cause” promoted an outlandishly misleading account in which slavery was irrelevant as the cause of the Civil War & benevolent because Christianity & plantation life benefited African-descended people who were otherwise unfit for civilization.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s attacks on the ‘Blacksonian’ have a history in a century-old myth
The United Daughters of the Confederacy set out to make slavery respectable again by promoting ‘the lost cause’
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
“the lost cause” promoted an outlandishly misleading account in which slavery was irrelevant as the cause of the Civil War & benevolent because Christianity & plantation life benefited African-descended people who were otherwise unfit for civilization.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
School is going to start. More kids on streets that are teeming with military vehicles and troops carrying Sig Sauer pistols that fire on their own randomly.
I feel bad for the people of DC and especially the kids.
www.wonkette.com/p/round-and-...
I feel bad for the people of DC and especially the kids.
www.wonkette.com/p/round-and-...
Round And Round, Up And Down, Feds On The Streets Of Your Town!
An occupied-DC update sing-a-long!
www.wonkette.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
School is going to start. More kids on streets that are teeming with military vehicles and troops carrying Sig Sauer pistols that fire on their own randomly.
I feel bad for the people of DC and especially the kids.
www.wonkette.com/p/round-and-...
I feel bad for the people of DC and especially the kids.
www.wonkette.com/p/round-and-...
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Pam Bondi coverup www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Almost all the Epstein files given to Congress were already public, Democrats say
Republicans say the Justice Department will hand over more files.
www.miamiherald.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Pam Bondi coverup www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Frost: He knows they can't win, so he wants to cheat. The same thing he's done his entire life. But I'll tell you something else I feel really good about, is what California's doing. They're saying we're not gonna let you do this without a fight.
August 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Frost: He knows they can't win, so he wants to cheat. The same thing he's done his entire life. But I'll tell you something else I feel really good about, is what California's doing. They're saying we're not gonna let you do this without a fight.
Got to see the West Virginia State Police train on tear gas.
They didn’t contain it. Didn’t wear real gear.
They looked scared, though they were training alone on a blacktop. Proper deployment of weapons means making sure you are not hurting yourself or others.
www.jezebel.com/ice-is-using...
They didn’t contain it. Didn’t wear real gear.
They looked scared, though they were training alone on a blacktop. Proper deployment of weapons means making sure you are not hurting yourself or others.
www.jezebel.com/ice-is-using...
ICE Is Using So Much Tear Gas in Portland, a School Abandoned Its Campus
“Daily, we were finding that [sic] munitions on our play yard, we were getting footage in the evening of green gases, and gases were being used near our gardens," said the school's interim executive d...
www.jezebel.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Got to see the West Virginia State Police train on tear gas.
They didn’t contain it. Didn’t wear real gear.
They looked scared, though they were training alone on a blacktop. Proper deployment of weapons means making sure you are not hurting yourself or others.
www.jezebel.com/ice-is-using...
They didn’t contain it. Didn’t wear real gear.
They looked scared, though they were training alone on a blacktop. Proper deployment of weapons means making sure you are not hurting yourself or others.
www.jezebel.com/ice-is-using...
This creates some very weird incentives.
Suddenly my neighbor goes through my trash counting tampons & looking for pill packaging. Steals my phone to get information.
But, it really gets in the way of people supporting their neighbors. Helping their families.
www.joemygod.com/2025/08/texa...
Suddenly my neighbor goes through my trash counting tampons & looking for pill packaging. Steals my phone to get information.
But, it really gets in the way of people supporting their neighbors. Helping their families.
www.joemygod.com/2025/08/texa...
Texas Bill Allows Private Citizens To Collect $100,000 Bounty From Anyone Who Provides Abortion Pills - Joe.My.God.
The Texas Tribune reports: House Bill 7 would allow private citizens to sue anyone who manufactures, distributes, mails or provides abortion medication to or from Texas. Successful plaintiffs would be...
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August 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This creates some very weird incentives.
Suddenly my neighbor goes through my trash counting tampons & looking for pill packaging. Steals my phone to get information.
But, it really gets in the way of people supporting their neighbors. Helping their families.
www.joemygod.com/2025/08/texa...
Suddenly my neighbor goes through my trash counting tampons & looking for pill packaging. Steals my phone to get information.
But, it really gets in the way of people supporting their neighbors. Helping their families.
www.joemygod.com/2025/08/texa...
These people aren’t trained to with in dense environments with many distractions and perceived targets.
Professional federal school shootings. That’s a conservative outcome.
www.joemygod.com/2025/08/ice-...
Professional federal school shootings. That’s a conservative outcome.
www.joemygod.com/2025/08/ice-...
ICE Director Won't Rule Out Raids On DC Schools - Joe.My.God.
NBC News reports: Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said parents in Washington, D.C., should not expect to see ICE officers visiting schools when kids go back to school in...
www.joemygod.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
These people aren’t trained to with in dense environments with many distractions and perceived targets.
Professional federal school shootings. That’s a conservative outcome.
www.joemygod.com/2025/08/ice-...
Professional federal school shootings. That’s a conservative outcome.
www.joemygod.com/2025/08/ice-...