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Arlington County Sues to Block Trump’s Triumphal Arch (Gift Article)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/arlington-county-lawsuit-trump-arch.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.0m_q.fLTVJ1DkosC4&smid=bs-share

"The catch-22 facing nonwhite immigrants: If you are poor, you are a moocher, and if you are gainfully employed, you are taking a job from a hardworking American. The only way to be a good immigrant is to be white and Christian": https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/republicans-immigrants-reagan-trump/688925/?gift=7deeCsgE8m50UsuOnXueifxR0qlywroV9K-n21i-nfI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

#NaviPillay, the South African jurist who won the #NobelPeacePrize Friday for her work in international criminal justice, served as a judge on the #ICC's ​Appeals Chamber from 2003-2008. In its citation, the prize cmte said it had sought to "issue a reminder" at a time when "judges & institutions of #InternationalLaw are under political attack".

#law #Trump #felon47 #MafiaState

Florida Wants to Be First State to Repeal All Vaccine Mandates - Republicans will be responsible for the infectious disease outbreak that are coming to Florida. https://dianeravitch.net/2026/10/09/florida-wants-to-be-first-state-to-repeal-all-vaccine-mandates/ via @dianeravitch #Politics

Master Debaters
Happy Friday. There are 25 days until the midterm elections. ICE shoots again, Trump goes after his former Natalie and Pete Hegseth is a psycho.

Master Debaters

Should Religious Schools That Accept Public Money Be Allowed to Discriminate? - If public money is accepted then whatever government finances it regulates. https://dianeravitch.net/2026/10/09/should-religious-schools-that-accept-public-money-be-allowed-to-discriminate/ via @dianeravitch #EducationMatters

"But this is what happens when the, quote, strongmen meet reality. Suddenly they are humiliated. They are perceived as weak, as unpopular, and they are becoming unglued. And we are seeing this. So now they whine. They complain. They go running to Fox." https://trib.al/BuzgBtR

Putin is reportedly unable to land in Moscow amid drone activity and aerial balloons. Four aircraft from the Rossiya presidential flight unit are said to be circling near Moscow, while the capital’s airports are closed due to the drone threat. #Russia

“Yesterday evening in New York City, ICE officers surrounded and fired shots into a car. One of their shots hit the driver, Oscal Belgal, in the neck.“

“His five-year-old son was in the backseat of the car that masked agents of the state surrounded and fired their guns into.”

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/ice-shoots-a-man-in-front-of-his-child/

A convicted election clerk reportedly sat in the Oval Office pitching Fuckface on seizing ballots nationwide, and her lawyer says civil war came up. If true, the president is taking advice from a criminal on rigging the midterms. Bury him by a margin no clerk can touch.

Looks like someone needs a #Testosterone injection: 😆

#Kegbreath #military

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hegseth-military-exercise-san-diego-marines-b3063885.html

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

While Markwayne Mullin justifies ICE shooting at a person with a child in their car, I remind you that the training materials for ICE agents do not recommend this.

The Officers Who Killed Renee Good Appear To Have Violated ICE’s Own Use-Of-Force Policies | HuffPost share.google/d3a7pzGlVRuE...

The ICE Handbook Tells A Damni...

The pro-lifers are livestreaming a public execution.

BREAKING NEWS

MAJOR CAT 3 HURRICANE

Hurricane Isaias strengthens to major category 3 hurricane, expected to make US landfall Friday night.
#AureFreePress #News #hurricane #BreakingNews

Susan Collins on Term Limits: 30 Years Ago vs. Today
https://youtube.com/shorts/oHm4yW0HPCs?is=iJLcblU3el_2DKrY

Researchers have demonstrated that blocking a specific innate immune system gene, which produces the inflammasome adaptor protein ASC, can significantly reduce the formation of pancreatic cancer tumors.
#Oncology #Immunology #MolecularBiology #Genetics #cancer #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/10/ongy10092601.html

As Trump explodes at South Carolina Senate candidate Annie Andrews—who is doing surprisingly well in GOP-aligned surveys—a Democratic operative in the state discusses the very uphill climb that lies ahead. https://trib.al/xYVgfEZ

An 18-year veteran of the Interior Department and self-described “conservative Christian” resigns from the department over the Trump administration’s “one-of-the-above” energy strategy focused on fossil fuels, dismantling of the offshore wind industry, and “assault on the rule of law.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/veteran-conservative-quits-trumps-interior-department