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What kind of couthless degenerate doesn't eat fish and chips with malt vinegar, anyway?
Election 2026 Sports Opinion Business Obituaries Life & Culture Homes Jobs Public Notices Live updates: ICE releases statement on Biddeford shooting Posted inCommunityMaineMaine CrimeNews ICE agent kills man in Biddeford, spurring protests Joan Sebastian Guerrero, 26, was not the target of the warrant agents were trying to execute, federal officials said. Community: Biddeford Posted 6:17 PM Updated at 7:57 PM Reuben M. Schafir Staff Writer 4 min read Font size + Gift Article Print Share SJ logo This story has been made free to access as a public service to our Maine communities. Subscriber support is how we continue to expand our coverage and access of essential public information. Donate Subscribe Four bullet holes are seen through the windshield of a Kia sedan at the scene where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents fatally shot a man in his vehicle in Biddeford on Monday morning. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer) The little girl was still in Bluey pajamas. No older than 3, she was trying to smell the flowers. At her side, a pink rolling bag. Related Live updates: Biddeford shooting victim was not ICE’s intended target, officials say Her father, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, had just been fatally shot and yanked from a car he’d been driving. Now, he lay handcuffed in the street, where he would remain for five hours. “You took her dad, you took her dad!” a woman nearby yelled, according to Cecelia Humiston, 22, who witnessed the interaction in Biddeford on Monday morning. It is the second time in a week that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have stopped the wrong vehicle while executing an arrest warrant and fatally shot someone. Agents were not wearing body cameras in either shooting. The victim of a fatal shooting that involved U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is visible at the scene. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer) Editor’s note: The Portland Press Herald is publishing this photograph because it reflects the real…
“'Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known, is dead! He was always working, and was a true American Patriot. Lindsey will be greatly missed!!!' Trump said."
I am actually lowkey geeking out that she liked my reply.
July 8, 2026 letter from Beshear to McConnell
A Page from history.com demonstrating total absence of history programming about the American Revolution, or, well any history really, on 7/2/2026.
"Even worse, JUSTICE THOMAS’s telling elides the entire point of the Second Founding: The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery." Trump v. Barbara, 662 U.S. ___ (2026) (Jackson, Concurring)
Reichsadler, v. Third Reich.
Josh Marshal: "Put more crisply, if you’re so worried about left-wing candidates getting nominations, stop sounding like a wuss in the midst of a grave national crisis. This isn’t just good intra-party politics, it’s essential on the substance. It’s critical to win the 2026 midterms. But it’s critical you win majorities with leadership and back benches who understand political power and are ready to wield it to maximum extent possible under the law and Constitution. Not norms and traditions. Everything that isn’t illegal. Full stop.:
First two sentences of attached order. The movants brief and the court's order were based on news reports and DoJ didn't object.
Obama selfie with Biden, Clinton and Bush.
Kevin McCarthy: "I helped her win. But I just watched her change along the way. Some people warned when she was an early candidate, ‘Watch out, she’s not all there.’ I didn’t.”
Peter Baker at the New York Times wrote in April that Trump’s “erratic behavior and extreme comments in recent days and weeks have turbocharged the crazy-like-a-fox-or-just-plain-crazy debate that has followed him on the national political stage for a decade.” But what’s “crazy” is that the Times would even frame this as a debate.
WSJ: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the promotion of eight Navy captains to be one-star admirals, including two female and two Black officers, according to current and former U.S. officials. At the same time, Hegseth is trying to promote at least one member of his inner circle who was previously passed over for promotion several times, some of the people said."
I don't know what to tell you. a black and very white photo of ... Mansonites? Corn Children? Members of a cult-whiffing outfit that inexplicably did a just a bunch of Superbowl halftime shows back before watched them. Who knows? But by god, wherever I got this photo, it's fair use.
The SCTV Morning Farm Report
A currently circulating meme saying "we need a constitutional Amendment that gives the people the power to remove a sitting president if Congress refuses to do the job. This is getting ridiculous." which latter sentence does not appear to refer to the meme's self-destroying logic loop.
Arnim Zola
It's also "1984." This specific printing, an artifact from of my mom's beatnik period I found on the shelves when I was 12.
U.S. Senator Blutarsky
With all these options remaining, why does the fate of thousands of criminal prosecutions in this District potentially rest on the legitimacy of an unprecedented and byzantine leadership structure? The Government tells us: the President doesn’t like that he cannot simply appoint whomever he wants. Notwithstanding the chaos that pervades criminal prosecutions in this District, and without regard to the possibility that scores of dangerous criminals could have their cases dismissed or convictions eventually reversed, “the [E]xecutive branch, at least right now, is not prepared to . . . use [the legal] options.” U.S. v. Naviwala, Memorandum Opinion, Case 2:24-CR-00099-MWB, (D.N.J. March 9, 2025). Holy crap, my Bluebook skills are atrophying.
“On the sixth day of Hate Week, after the processions, the speeches, the shouting, the singing, the banners, the posters, the films, the waxworks, the rolling of drums and squealing of trumpets, the tramp of marching feet, the grinding of the caterpillars of tanks, the roar of massed planes, the booming of guns—after six days of this, when the great orgasm was quivering to its climax and the general hatred of Eurasia had boiled up into such delirium that if the crowd could have got their hands on the 2,000 Eurasian war-criminals who were to be publicly hanged on the last day of the proceedings, they would unquestionably have torn them to pieces—at just this moment it had been announced that Oceania was not after all at war with Eurasia. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Eurasia was an ally.”
Just more Jonathan Turley nonsense.
Forbes treating federal statements like potential lies.
Bill Fucking Ackerman paying bounty money on disobedient suburban moms.
Sometimes people reason that you need to find the key message and repeat it over and over. That’s true. That’s good messaging. But sometimes someone gets shot in the face and the public refocuses for a bit. That’s okay. There are more than forty weeks before the 2026 midterm elections. The public will go back to thinking about affordability and Epstein. In fact, they’re probably thinking about it this week too. It is a particular kind of fear of your own shadow to think you need to control what the public is thinking and talking about every week and that if your political opponents do something really hideous and unpopular and then defend it they’ve somehow pulled one over on you. That’s not how it works.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent shot and wounded two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which said the shooting was in self-defense when the driver of a vehicle that the agents had pulled over tried to run them over.
"The dictionary definition of corruption focuses on dishonest or fraudulent conduct, usually but not solely involving bribery. The secondary and older definition is the act of taking something in its healthy form, in its prescribed and proper form, and pervert it into something different. The corruption of the Court is bound up with both those definitions. What the current Supreme Court has done is take the proper and constitutional role of the Court and wrench it into something very different. That very different thing is corrupt, unconstitutional and undermines democratic self-government itself. It has moved from a final Court of appeal, which reviews cases and renders decisions by a range of possible jurisprudential philosophies — more conservative or liberal, progressive or libertarian — and changed it into a body which follows no consistent or coherent mode of interpretation or even the most basic procedures and processes for how cases are supposed to make their way from trial courts and finders of fact up through the appellate process. It is a “choose your own adventure” jurisprudence, mixing and matching doctrines based on desired outcomes, frequently manufacturing entirely new ones based on ignoring the explicit language of the constitution itself. And all for the consistent purpose of advancing the partisan and/or ideological interests of the Republican Party."
Real headline in Axios: "Republicans vow bitter recriminations after Johnson outflanked on ACA."
Consecutive Skeets in my timeline expressing bemusement over Trump speech.
Amazon page for ceramic soup bowls that has "lead free" between "Oven Safe" and "Chip Resistant" as filters.
Logo of fictional corporation "Engulf & Devour" from Mel Brooks' "Silent Movie." Two hands with fingers sunk into a globe over motto "Our Fingers Are In Everything."
CNN Chyron Saying: "White House pushes back on claims Trump threatened to execute lawmakers."
Quote from the website that calls itself Newsweek. "Trump’s accusation of sedition is the latest volley in a years-long exchange between his Republicans and the Democrats, each side accusing the other of violating the constitution and undermining democracy in pursuit of their own partisan and ideological interests. The mutual incendiary rhetoric comes amid concern about rising political violence in the U.S."
Quote from linked article: "The president of the United States gave a speech yesterday before a group of McDonald’s corporate workers and franchise owners. I’m going to quote a few sections of his remarks at great length, because if you have not listened to Trump speaking recently, the decline in his cognitive abilities is a bit shocking."
Forbes breathless announcement of increase in IRA and Roth contribution limits.
The dude fainting in the White House while Trump ignores it and RFK II runs like Josh Hawley.
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really exploded. Hilarity ensues.
Quote from: Oregon v. Trump order granting preliminary injunction: A reviewing court must give a great level of deference to the President’s determination that a predicate condition exists .However, the court may “review the President’s determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law within a ‘range of honest judgment.’”The President’s “exercise of his authority to maintain peace” must be “conceived in good faith, in the face of the emergency and directly related to the quelling of the disorder or the prevention of its continuance.”
Daily Express US headline: "Mamdani's odds in NYC Mayoral race plummet as campaign in panic mode"
The cover of the beloved 1950's children's classic "Oh Christ, It's This Asshole Again."
Quote from news story: "King was visibly emotional in court, sobbing at times, and after the 14-ear sentence was announced, he even looked at the prosecution whispering "Why?"
Alexandre Dumas père
Florida Rule of Professional Conduct 3.8(a): The prosecutor in a criminal case shall (a) refrain from prosecuting a charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause;
Murdoch doing what scum does.
Post announcing open position in UNC political science department.
Frau Engel and Bubi from Wolfenstein.
Bootlicking Propagandist Headline From UPI story about Trump pressuring DoJ to persecute enemies: "Trump Pressures Bondi to Serve Justice on His Political Foes."
"Oh Christ, It's This Asshole Again."
"Searchlight, Mr. Jentleson said, is starting with an annual budget of $10 million and a staff of seven in its Capitol Hill office. The organization is subsidized by a roster of billionaire donors highlighted by Stephen Mandel, a hedge fund manager, and Eric Laufer, a real estate investor. Its name is a homage to the dusty Nevada hometown of Senator Harry Reid, for whom Mr. Jentleson, 44, served as a senior aide."
“In any case, sixty-two millions was no nearer the truth than fifty-seven millions, or than 145 millions. Very likely no boots had been produced at all. Likelier still, nobody knew how many had been produced, much less cared. All one knew was that every quarter astronomical numbers of boots were produced on paper, while perhaps half the population of Oceania went barefoot.”
Jon Michaels, a professor of law at UCLA who lectures about national security, said that the documents found in the printer of the Alaskan hotel reveal a lapse in professional judgement in preparation for a high-stakes meeting. "It strikes me as further evidence of the sloppiness and the incompetence of the administration," said Michaels. "You just don't leave things in printers. It's that simple."
Long quote from story. Paraphrase: multiple exes call him a "psychopath."
Image of post from "Climate and Transit" account.
Paraphrased loosely: video experts say the Epstein cell video they made a big deal of releasing is sketchy AF.
Quoted text from story: "Republican Sen. Thom Tillis’ shocking retirement announcement Sunday reflects the real state of our politics, an example of how even the most competitive and best known swing states — places like North Carolina, that determine the presidency every four years — are infected by the same contagion as the most hardened one-party states. Amid our hyper-nationalized, hyper-polarized politics, any lawmaker seen as a moderate won’t last long, no matter what state they hail from."
Thomas Paine: From a small spark, kindled in America, a flame has arisen not to be extinguished. Without consuming...it winds its progress from nation to nation, and conquers by a silent operation. Man finds himself changed, he scarcely perceives how. He acquires a knowledge of his rights by attending justly to his interest, and discovers in the event that the strength and powers of despotism consist wholly in the fear of resisting it, and that, in order to be free, it is sufficient that he wills it.
Casablanca: Rick telling Ilsa "I think I'm entitled to know" the morning after his drunken confrontation with her.
Axios: US Braces for Threats From Evil Enemy! Also Axios: "Trump is a Genius!" Okay, paraphrasing a bit.
Trump Executive Order Quote: "In addition, the Secretary of Defense may employ any other members of the regular Armed Forces as necessary to augment and support the protection of Federal functions and property in any number determined appropriate in his discretion."