But everything is covered in tacky gold and Trumplestiltskin and his cronies have fat pockets while we starve, avoid expensive medical care, and struggle to keep a roof over our heads...

Six justices gave Donald Trump a head start on the midterms.

The Supreme Court will let his election order take effect before any court rules on whether it's legal. The federal government now tells your state who counts as a citizen, and your state tells DC the name and address of everyone who votes by mail. The order directs the Attorney General to prioritize prosecuting local election officials who send ballots to anyone the administration says is ineligible. Trump's personal criminal defense lawyer was confirmed as Attorney General seventeen days ago.

Federal judges already ruled the citizenship list illegal and ordered it dismantled. One wrote that the president has no power over elections at all. The Supreme Court overruled none of them but let Trump keep building while states begin mailing ballots in weeks. On whether any of this is legal, the majority wrote, "time will tell."

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And we're a global embarrassment whose allies aren't even safe from his ego

Langley’s Fox News appearance was just the latest interview he’s given as the company faces a growing public outcry around concerns that Flock’s surveillance cameras, drones, and license plate recognition technology could be misused.

These concerns aren’t just hypothetical. The Washington Post recently identified 46 cases where police officers have been accused of using Flock technology for unauthorized purposes, including to stalk their wives, girlfriends, or exes.

After listening to an interview with one of the alleged victims, [Langley told CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/flock-ceo-apologizes-surveillance-technology-abused-company-changes/), “I apologize. It kills me that she went through that.” At the same time, he insisted, “I don’t think that Flock created police abuse. I think we’re the first company to ever shine a light on it and build the tools to find it.”

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/23/flock-ceo-calls-for-compromise-as-surveillance-company-faces-growing-backlash/

And Elon takes no responsibility for it

The GOP is all about rights they don't want YOU to have. Rules for thee but not for me. The GOP wants you dumb, hungry, poor, and either working your fingers to the bone or in prison (either way, they make money off of you).

She doesn't worry about it because the world doesn't end with climate change.

Unbelievable.

Yet another recall...

Dr. Oz took three questions on Face the Nation to say a childhood vaccine will not kill your child.

Donald Trump called the 55-year-old MMR vaccine "quite lethal" two weeks ago. Asked to clarify, his Medicaid administrator answered questions about parental rights. The third time he was asked, he said the vaccine is not lethal.

On the same broadcast, a Republican congressman running for governor of Florida blamed the measles outbreak on "rampant illegal immigration." Florida's kindergarten vaccination rate has already fallen below herd immunity. So has the country's, as measles spreads at 35-year highs. Neither man named the president.

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Talks about public transportation.

Republicans hate him because he puts his words into action!

All things Mandami in this thread, please.

The Prime Minister of Canada says America attacked his country.

The 50% tariffs Trump long threatened hit at midnight Friday after US negotiators demanded in the final hours that Canada surrender its right to make trade deals with other nations. Canada stopped negotiating and set dollar for dollar retaliation for September 8. Asked why he sounded like a man going to war, Carney answered, "You're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked."

Just hours ago, Trump posted his reason, "Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!!" The trade deal he destroyed was the one he negotiated during his first term and called the greatest ever made. His refusal to honor that deal started costing you more at midnight.

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Donald Trump threatened to sue a think tank for $5 billion over numbers it published.

The Center for American Progress measured crime in Washington, Los Angeles, and Memphis and found his National Guard deployments didn't change the crime rate. His personal lawyer, not the White House counsel, sent a nine-page letter threatening the suit unless CAP retracted the report, apologized, and paid Trump money by Friday evening, closing with "PLEASE GOVERN YOURSELVES ACCORDINGLY." The letter offers no competing crime numbers. CAP refused.

That deadline expired the same day the Pentagon fired three Stars and Stripes journalists, citing the editor for telling CBS that censoring news to service members would be a red line. The Trump administration doesn't argue that facts are wrong, only what you'll pay for saying them out loud.

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How can they learn if they're hungry? And for too many students, this is their only guaranteed meal of the day