"Fortunate Son" by CCR was written by John Fogerty in about 20 minutes, fueled by rage over the unfairness of the Vietnam War draft. The song critiques how wealthy, well-connected families used their influence to protect their sons from combat, while working-class young men were sent to fight
The same company behind Alligator Alcatraz was just paid $313 million to build another one in Surprise, Arizona.
I’m fighting to get the answers the community deserves.
The president is handing out oversized clown shoes to his cabinet — and watching to see who refuses to wear them.
It's Solzhenitsyn's Stalin story come to life: the first person to stop applauding ended up in the gulag. The lesson then, as now — never be the first to stop clapping.
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @andertoon.bsky.social )
He is as confused and dazed as he looks. He also hates this photo, so don’t spread it around the web 😉
Ghislaine Maxwell needs to rot in prison and she’s lucky to have been upgraded.
The entitled monster should be in a cave for the horror she and Epstein inflicted on these girls. Check it out if you haven’t.
#Netflix
#GhislaineMaxwellFilthyRich
#SheShed
#Pinks
www.netflix.com/title/81380539
CHRIS HAYES: “are you a yes, or no on the supplemental appropriations bill to continue to fund this war?”
SEN. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: “I’m a hell no on any more money for this war.” 🔥
I appreciate Senator Van Hollen’s clear-cut answer here. No gameplaying!
Voter Fraud ~ The Facts: Data Analysis of the Heritage Foundation Database (1999-2023) 77: Non-citizens who successfully cast a ballot over 24 years. 10: Undocumented immigrants who voted. 1 Billion+ Ballots: Estimated total votes cast in the U.S. (1999-2023) 0. 00000764: Minuscule % of ALL Votes The Bottom Line: Even using data from a conservative organization looking for fraud, the instances of non-citizen voting are statistically microscopic.
❇️ FACTS:
The 2020 election was NOT rigged.
Trump LOST both the popular vote AND the electoral college in 2020.
The (bullshit) SAVE act is designed to disenfranchise voters.
Republicans are on the WRONG side of history and they’re ANTI-American.
Republicans can NOT win unless they CHEAT.
Sorcerer [1977]
People are thinking small. We simply put wheels on the ships.
If you lost your job because of DOGE, this will enrage you.
They built a whole-ass crusade around “DEI,” then sent a staffer into a deposition who couldn’t even define it.
Justin Fox’s and his assignment was to help flag grants for elimination based on a term he struggled to explain under oath. 🥴
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👀❗️It appears two tankers were attacked near Iraq.
Explosions across Iran are reported. The footage shows moments of impact in Isfahan. #Iran
❗️💥 Dubai - drone attack!
Dubai again! 💥
⚡️Russia strikes Zaporizhzhia with guided bombs, injuring 13, including children.
The bomb strikes targeted Zaporizhzhia and the village of Rozumivka, damaging apartment buildings, homes, and critical infrastructure facilities. An 11-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl were injured.
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🚨BREAKING: As the FBI probes the 2020 election in Maricopa County, senior Arizona officials are warning that the bureau may try to use the investigation as a way to short-circuit an ongoing lawsuit and obtain the state’s full unredacted voter rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
"On the topic of immigration and border enforcement, Mullin took positions that were directly contradicted by publicly available evidence or were deeply insensitive to the families of the ICE victims. He has never recanted or walked them back."
Homeownership is the cornerstone of the American Dream, but high entry costs have locked too many working families out of the market.
Today, I'm launching a down payment assistance program for first-time homebuyers to tear down those financial barriers.
A mother and daughter in Kentucky have rejected multimillion-dollar offers for their land, offers made by an anonymous tech company trying to build a data center.
Ida Huddleston has turned down $4,260,000.
Her daughter turned down $22,224,000.
www.lex18.com/news/coverin...
Zelensky is everything that Trump isn't.
“The president can't change the country on his own. But what can he do? He can give an example.“
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine
#StandWithUkraine 💙💛
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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social
The fact that we had to call in the 🇺🇦 to help us out, when we've deprived them of the Tomahawk missiles that would have taken out the 🇷🇺 drone factories that they're then supplying to the Iranians is—what's the right term for that?
IT IS IRONIC🃏
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Trump's Iran War is a WIN-WIN for one country: RUSSIA!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n92H...
Ben Stiller: ”HEY WHITE HOUSE, PLEASE REMOVE THE TROPIC THUNDER CLIP. WE NEVER GAVE YOU PERMISSION & HAVE NO INTEREST IN BEING A PART OF YOUR PROPAGANDA MACHINE. WAR IS NOT A MOVIE.”
It's an incredibly sad day for our country when a comedian has to tell the president of the 🇺🇲 to take war seriously.
