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The state has reported its fifth measles-related death. https://trib.al/in1dPlH

The attorney general and Senate candidate warned Trump is dragging down all Republicans with him. https://trib.al/KFNgx7p

Taking government money to broadcast propaganda is being an accessory to a crime, not to mention an obscenity. Hard no.

In a speech, #Defense Secretary Pete #Hegseth laid out his vision for the #military∶ “No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals.”

#Trump #Nazis #fascism #ToxicMasculinity #hate #bigotry #misogyny #racism #ignorance #MilitaryReadiness
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/us/hegseth-troops-address.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FVE.6PtK.G2zfUXlh1fuM&smid=nytcore-ios-share

❗The Pentagon obligated 99.8% of the $400 million Congress allocated for Ukraine aid on September 29, one day before the fiscal year ended, Sen. Chris Coons said. No funds had been obligated by late July, while $307 million was reserved last week. The package provides $200 million for weapons and ammunition, nearly $100 million for equipment, spare parts and other hardware, and $100 million for transport, training and other services. #Ukraine

Um…their job is to interface and interact with other nations. That’s their charge. Affairs of state don’t refer to just ours.

RFK Jr. says AI backs his anti-vaccine views. We checked—it doesn't.

AI is far from a perfect resource. But it seems to hallucinate less than Kennedy.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/09/rfk-jr-says-ai-backs-his-anti-vaccine-views-we-checked-it-doesnt/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

One of these days, someone is going to give up Trump. Keep sweating, motherfucker.

Norway launches probe into 11 senior officials over US Epstein files links
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/norway-launches-probe-into-11-senior-officials-over-us-epstein-files-links

#ToddBlanche #EpsteinClass #ParasiteClass #EpsteinFiles #IndictAlexAcosta #ChildRapistTrump #GhislaineMaxwell #JeffreyEpstein #DOJ #DonaldTrump #USPol

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/117360301292818216

“'Most Americans are pro-immigrant,' Talarico said during the Austin event. 'Throughout American history, immigrants have always made us richer and stronger.' He rejected the idea that 'you’ve got to pick between security and welcoming the stranger,' adding: 'We don’t have to pick between those things.'"

Misogyny is real. Rape culture is real. There is no disputing that.

A word of caution for people pushing to make it easier to sanction/expel people accused of Title IX violations at US colleges:

My firm does these Title IX cases. An extremely disproportionate number of our clients have been LGBTQ+ people who have had Title IX weaponized against them.

Every time you ratchet up punitive systems, the people who first and most feel the effect are oppressed people.

GOP Senator Eric Schmitt thought he had former special counsel Jack Smith against the ropes when he suggested that Smith attended a basketball game in Atlanta in 2024 — and may have taken the chance to meet up with prosecutor Fani Willis, who was also working on a case against Trump. A puzzled Smith denied having been to the Atlanta Hawks game, at which point Schmitt flashed up a board with text messages that supposedly referenced it. Schmitt went on to accuse Smith of perjury and called him a "villain" and "dirtbag." Later, it emerged that Schmitt had confused the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes — the college team that Smith had indeed watched in 2024 in Maryland. Here's the full story from @TheHill.

https://flip.it/AILMBT

#USPolitics #GOP #JackSmith

BREAKING: Eleventh Circuit denies Trump and lawyers’ request to stay the sanctions order in Trump v. IRS pending Trump and lawyers’ appeal of the sanctions order.

Notably, the panel is unanimous and included a Trump appointee (Newsom).

Background: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-irs-sanctions-settlement-order

⚠️🇺🇦Russian terrorists bomb National Academy of Sciences building in central Kyiv (more) https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russian-drone-strikes-national-academy-of-1790599070.html #Ukraine #Press #Kyiv #Odesa #Lviv #Kharkiv #Kherson #Berlin #Brussels #France #Germany #UK #US #PACE #CoE #Paris #London #Media #News #Headlines #russiaUkraineWar
#12yrInvasionOfUkraine

Donald Trump is losing the people who regularly sit in the front row at his rallies. https://trib.al/bKXHNCA