LastThird

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I'm a single issue voter, and I want you to be too: We should keep democracy. Bad faith argument = block

"I grew up in Abbott, and I still have a home there with farmed land where I can still see stars at night. And now our community, like many others, needs to fight against data centers invading our land. The last thing we need is a loud, water thieving, light polluting, data center anywhere near our town (or any others for that matter). The strength of rural America has never come from big industrial footprints. It comes from generations of people, open spaces, local businesses, and a connection to the land. All of America deserves thoughtful stewardship that doesn't steal farmland (where our essential shared-food is grown) and small family farmers' livelihoods, and not data centers that only destroy the environment around them. Whoever controls food and water, controls the masses. Let's not allow our own demise or give up control over necessary resources in the U.S. and especially in Abbott." -Willie Nelson
screenshot from The Boys: A VTV ORIGINAL NOT WITHOUT MY DOLPHIN THE MOVIE Brought to you by Lean Lady frozen dinners, by Vought.
I don't get it. Why are they confessing? They're not confessing. They're bragging
The timeline placing a GIF of Sam Neill next to a post about Sam Neill.
"I don't get it. Why are they confessing?" "They're not confessing. They're bragging."
Pete Heg... Wait, no, that's Joe Isuzu.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2026 Epstein Survivors Respond to Senior Administration Officials' Involvement in Containing the Epstein Story In response to new revelations that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and other senior law enforcement officials met in the Situation Room to strategize about containing the Epstein story, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's abuse released the following statement: "We are deeply disturbed to learn that so many senior members of the administration gathered in the Situation Room to discuss the release of the Epstein files as a reputational problem, rather than an opportunity to pursue investigative leads and try to figure out what actually happened. These revelations confirm our worst fears about the administration prioritizing political expediency over justice for survivors and truth for the American people. "We are especially concerned that Todd Blanche, the person nominated for the highest law enforcement position in the country, was at that table. Blanche has consistently minimized legitimate concerns about how the files have been handled, including problematic redactions and the exposure of survivors' personal information. Blanche failed to deliver transparency, and he has gravely failed survivors. This is failing upward, plain and simple. "We deserve better. We deserve truth, transparency, and accountability. We deserve to be taken seriously when we come forward. And we deserve an attorney general who will use the full power of that office to pursue justice, protect others, and ensure that what happened to us never happens again." Maria Farmer Marina Lacerda Liz Stein Jena-Lisa Jones Andrea Sterling Sharlene Rochard Jess Michaels Lara Blume McGee Sky and Amanda Roberts Rachel Benavidez Dani Bensky Marijke Chartouni Lisa Phillips Teresa J. Helm Ashley Rubright Audra Lynn Fasano Juliette Bryant Jane Doe Jane Doe
And the other thing, Renee Good’s car. You need to describe her as driving toward the officer. This is not what you see on the video. On the video, you see the officer standing slightly off the front of the car. And you clearly see Ms. Good’s wheels turned completely as far as they will go, away from the officer. But he shoots her in the head, kills her, and says something about her that I can’t repeat in polite company.
It's Brits. It's Asia. It's combination British Asia.
I think very few Democrats would be well advised to seek or accept engagement with Tucker Carlson. That isn't to say they should act like Carlson has cooties, or that every potential encounter with him will tar them, while normalizing him. It's because, in addition to being a terrible bigot, Carlson is incredibly dishonest. So it's not just that his interlocutors have to prepare for an adversarial encounter (something most Democrats aren't especially good at anyhow) but also one where they're likely to end up looking foolish if they come in unprepared. This isn't an appeal to purity. Go on Rogan, go on Fox News. Carlson's show exists in a much more treacherous realm. Any Democrat who chose to accept his invitation would have to be confrontationally transparent about why, right to his face, in real time: You're a liar and a bigot and a bad actor, but I want your audience to hear why I think that, and why they should support me anyhow, directly from me. Mamdani will go on Fox and Rogan, but he won't go on Carlson, and for good reasons, some general, some particular to him. If you're a left-of-center Israel critic, but worry that anti-Israel progressives (including, perhaps, Mamdani in the past) have made too much common cause with right-wing antisemites, you can take heart that Mamdani is policing that boundary pretty vigorously. Platner seems like the kind of person who could pull off a successful confrontation with Carlson, assuming that's how he feels about the situation. If so-then sure, accept the invitation and bring receipts. If Platner sees Carlson as no different from Rogan, or, worse, as a worthy influencer on the merits, that'd be a huge red flag.
Birria hot Cheeto balls
Kavanaugh argued that the rise in emergency cases was partly because presidents are eager to push policies thwarted by a gridlocked Congress, and called Brown’s criticism of the court’s emergency docket unfair, given that the court must rule one way or the other on whether to grant or deny those cases.
I think part of why my experience was so surreal was that Waffle House's whole model is predicated on drunk people getting some calories to blunt the hangover. But I was stone sober, having just landed at CLT an hour or so earlier, starving because it was midnight local time; 9pm our bodies' time, and the only place open for 10 surrounding counties in that godforsaken land was Waffle House. It is NOT RIGHT that I have such clear memories of this. It offends the natural order.
theverge.com/tech/897902/balmuda... theverge.com too early
Smith: It's going to be very tough to get it through. I think all Democrats should oppose it. I mean, I'll oppose it for no other reason than I oppose this war and I want this war to stop. But look-you want to know something really funny? You know what Congress tried to pass yesterday in the House? A balanced budget amendment. The Republican House put that out-I mean, I'm not often speechless, but I'm close to speechless trying to explain that. So there will be some Republicans who will say, gosh, we can't do this, it's too expensive and all of that. But you know the pattern-they say it, and then at the end of the day, they do whatever Trump asks them to. So how many Republicans will actually oppose it? I don't know. Might there be a couple of Democrats who support it? One of the arguments is, well, even if you don't support the war, we've gone to war, we've done it-don't we have to pay for it? You know, forgive me, but fuck that. Okay. If you want to pay for it, I'm going to raise taxes. You want to raise taxes? I can have that conversation. The idea that we're going to dig into the rest of the budget-we're cutting Medicaid, food stamps, we're cutting all of these programs-and then we're going to pull $200 billion aside on top of a $1.5 trillion defense budget? Hell no. No Democrat should vote for this. And I hope the Republicans who care about fiscal responsibility will stand up and say no. But it's a tough call. And then you get into the whole 60 votes in the Senate-did they get rid of the filibuster? I think it's going to be really difficult to pull through this amount of money.
exchange in 2021, Mr. Kent described Islam as "based on conquest at its core."2º In other comments, he has conflated support for Palestinian human rights with support for the terrorist group Hamas, smearing political figures as "pro-Hamas."30 Given Mr. Kent's stated intent to prioritize Islamist terrorism as NCTC Director,31 this Islamophobic bigotry is especially concerning. Especially because the United States intelligence community has a long history of warrantless surveillance and civil rights violations targeting Arab and Muslim Americans, the NCTC Director must be an individual who can be trusted to uphold the civil rights and liberties of all Americans, including Muslim and Arab Americans. Mr. Kent is not that person. Associations with White Nationalists, Violent Groups, and Anti-Democracy actors Mr. Kent cannot be relied upon to appropriately assess and act on international far-right hate and extremism as the Director of the NCTC, given his associations with the movement here in the US. Mr. Kent participated in a call discussing campaign social media strategy with white nationalist and antisemite Nick Fuentes. Kent also criticized Twitter's move to de-platform Fuentes, tagging him in a Twitter post.32 In June 2022, Mr. Kent gave an interview to Greyson Arnold, a live streamer who once referred to Hitler as "a complicated historical figure which many people misunderstand."33 In both cases, Mr. Kent disavowed the figures and claimed he did not know who they were prior to interaction with them. During his 2022 run for Congress, Kent invited far-right Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson to speak at a campaign rally and introduced him with praise.34 Patriot Prayer is a far-right group, active in the Pacific Northwest, that has hosted and promoted rallies in progressive cities like Portland, frequently engaging in violence against their political opponents. Patriot Prayer rallies have regularly included the Proud Boys, paramilitary groups, white nationalists, and …
These unusual circumstances "could reflect a process designed to confirm vessel ownership and cargo, enabling passage for ships that are not affiliated to the US or its allies," she wrote. "In practice, this creates a system in which the Strait is not formally closed, yet transit increasingly depends on political understandings with Tehran." Kaneva believes that China, India, Pakistan, and Turkey have "the best chance of preferential access." Most of these countries get from roughly 40% to 55% of their imported crude through this waterway, with Turkey an outlier at less than 10%, per JPMorgan. Effectively, it seems as though Iran has set up VIP access (or a special customs checkpoint, if you will) for oil in transit, while the US aspirationally aims to have a coalition to establish another, more fraught lane through waters that may be mined and subject to drone attacks.
lastthird 08/12/24 I'm late to the "who should play @karaswisher in the biopic" conversation, but I'm striding in here a couple weeks late to declare that it must be Sarah Paulson.
Living room ceiling with obvious and terrible ceiling paint touch-up job.
A chair made out of at least three sheep. The ad says "Exotic chair (not satanic) $2200"
In total, according to CBP’s own discipline reports, over the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 — the last year numbers are available — at least 4,913 CBP officers and Border Patrol agents have been arrested themselves, some multiple times. (In 2018 alone, a single CBP employee was arrested five times.) To put that number in perspective:
In total, according to CBP’s own discipline reports, over the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 — the last year numbers are available — at least 4,913 CBP officers and Border Patrol agents have been arrested themselves, some multiple times. (In 2018 alone, a single CBP employee was arrested five times.) To put that number in perspective:
The vehicle pulled in front of her and stopped, while another parked behind her. Three men and a woman exited the vehicles wearing vests saying "police," and one "banged on her window, demanding that she show them "papers." SEIU said. "When Maria did not immediately respond, the agents shattered her car window, forcibly removed her from the vehicle and threw her to the ground, causing numerous injuries," the statement said. As she was on the ground, the agents dumped out her purse, found her U.S. passport and left the scene, according to SEIU. "She had been carrying (her passport) because her daughter had told her to carry her passport everywhere she goes, advice her daughter learned at a Know Your Rights training," a GoFundMe set up by SEIU for her said.
Leather Panel Popehat @kenwhite.bs... 20m They're going to come after Pro Publica and its journalists now Reposted by Parker Molloy ProPublica @propublica.org 48m 4 Replied to ProPublica A note from our editors: NOTE FROM THE EDITORS ProPublica is publishing the names of the two federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of Minnesota protester Alex Pretti. We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked ents fired 10 shots at Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. of Justice said it is investigating the t, but the names of the two agents have been withheld from Congress and from state and local law enforcement. The policy of shielding officers' identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols, according to lawmakers te attorneys general and former federal officials. Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.
Check this shit out motherfucker [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]
Mike Miligan being given his new office. This is not how he imagined success would look.
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Jeff Day JANUARY 24, 2026 AT 8:31 AM Man shot by federal agents has died, police chief says The man shot by federal agents this morning has died, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara told the Minnesota Star Tribune. Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building. ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O'Hara refused, sources said. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene. The BCA was en route to the scene. All available MPD officers have been called into work, except dogwatch (overnight shift), and days off cancelled. Liz Sawyer contributed reporting
Jeff Day JANUARY 24, 2026 AT 8:31 AM Man shot by federal agents has died, police chief says The man shot by federal agents this morning has died, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara told the Minnesota Star Tribune. Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building. ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O'Hara refused, sources said. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene. The BCA was en route to the scene. All available MPD officers have been called into work, except dogwatch (overnight shift), and days off cancelled. Liz Sawyer contributed reporting