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Normal.

[Nick Turse @nickturse]

EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”

https://t.co/NEBDDDaaMZ

[Stan Veuger @stanveuger]

As Justice Kavanaugh put it in his defense of racial profiling by immigration officers: "If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter."

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

Setting aside the fact that Trump was convicted of fraud, here are all the people who committed fraud and were pardoned by Trump:
Rod R. Blagojevich (Wire fraud under color of official right (8 counts)), Brian KelseyBrian Kelsey (Conspiracy to defraud the United States), Devon Archer (Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud), Trevor Milton (Securities fraud; wire fraud (2 counts)), Jason Galanis (Conspiracy to commit securities fraud (2 counts); securities fraud; investment adviser fraud), Ozy Media, Inc. (Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud), Carlos Roy Watson (Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud), Michele Fiore (Conspiracy to commit wire fraud; wire fraud (6 counts)), Scott Howard Jenkins (Honest services mail fraud; honest services wire fraud (3 counts)), Julie Chrisley (Conspiracy to commit bank fraud; bank fraud (5 counts); wire fraud), Todd Chrisley (Conspiracy to commit bank fraud; bank fraud (5 counts)), Lawrence S. Duran (Conspiracy to commit health care fraud; health care fraud (11 counts)), Michael Gerard Grimm (Aiding/assisting preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns), Marian I Morgan (Conspiracy to defraud the United States; wire fraud (7 counts); transfer of funds taken by fraud (5 counts)), John G. Rowland (Conspiracy to defraud the United States), Charles Overton Scott (Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud), George Anthony Devolder Santos (Wire fraud — the Party Program Scheme), Glen Casada (Conspiracy to defraud the United States; honest services wire fraud (4 counts); use of fictitious name to carry out a fraud), Cade Cothren (Conspiracy to defraud the United States; honest services wire fraud (6 counts)), Robert Henry Harshbarger, Jr. (Health care fraud), Joseph Lewis (Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud (2 counts)), David Gentile (Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; securities fraud; wire fraud (2 counts)), Enrique Roberto Cuellar (Honest services wire fraud; honest services wire fraud conspiracy), Imelda Rios Cuellar (Honest services wire fraud; honest services wire fraud conspiracy), Jacob Deutsch (Conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud), Adriana Isabel Camberos (Conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud; wire fraud (7 counts)), Andres Enrique Camberos (Conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud; wire fraud (7 counts)), Julio M. Herrera Velutini (Honest services wire fraud (2 counts)), David Levy (Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud), Hollie Ann Nadel (Conspiracy to commit money laundering and bank fraud), Mark T. Rossini (Honest services wire fraud), Wanda Vazquez Garced (Honest services wire fraud), Terren Scott Peizer (Securities fraud; insider trading (2 counts)), Timothy S. Smith (Conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service), Stephen E. Buyer (Securities fraud (4 counts)), Joshua L. Davis (Conspiracy to defraud the United States and violate the Clean Air Act), Matthew Sidney Geouge (Conspiracy to defraud the United States and violate the Clean Air Act; tax evasion), Adam R. Kidan (Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud; wire fraud), Danny Preston Conrad (Embezzling by postal employee), Jack Charles Harvard (False statement to a federally insured bank, and aiding and abetting), Jeremy Young Hutchinson (Conspiracy to commit bribery; aiding and abetting filing of false income tax return; conspiracy; criminal forfeiture)

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Trump is trying to boost the U.S. economy by making it harder for Americans to trade with the rest of the world.

He is also promising to destroy Iran's economy by making it harder for Iranians to trade with the rest of the world.

[Scott Lemieux @LemieuxLGM]

Say what you will about the marginal American voter, but everyone who voted for Trump because they wanted higher prices in retaliation for Canada having bilingual soup labels is getting exactly what they voted for

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

RFK Jr. is interrupted by his "quack" ring tone while discussing autism conspiracy theories.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Over 200 people killed so far, some who seem likely to have died agonizing deaths by drowning after clinging to wreckage for hours, with no trials, and without a single piece of evidence released to the public of their guilt or of any intent to smuggle drugs to the United States.

[💗 @ma1ybe]

they'll put a woman in prison for a miscarriage but you can state your intent to let your kids die from a preventable disease and its fine

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Doocy: "The new face of https://t.co/wJ6ksYcaXZ is Mike Tyson. How did you settle on someone who was most famous for eating Evander Holyfield's ear?"

RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a lifelong friendship with him."

[Matthew @80M_P_H]

@AnnaBower @MollyJongFast @AGPamBondi Helps to set the over/under of successful indictments and convictions. (3.5 and 0.5)

[Rep. Jack Kimble @RepJackKimble]

It's amazing how you can famously argue about the race of Santa Claus on national tv and not have it be in the top 10 dumbest things you've ever said

[Matthew @80M_P_H]

@mattyglesias My commuter train comes every 45 minutes—5 times in the morning and 5 times in the afternoon and I will never stop complaining about it. (But it does travel really fast!)

[Jon Lovett @jonlovett]

SB79 is currently on @GavinNewsom's desk.

It’s a law that would speed up housing construction near transit and begin to address the massive housing crisis in our state. Passing it through the legislature was a huge victory for housing advocates and everyone who wants California to be affordable, who wants people to build lives and families and businesses here, and who wants to prove that Democrats can make hard calls and fucking govern.

The Mayor of Los Angeles, @KarenBassLA, caving to political pressure from NIMBYs, is asking the governor to veto it. It’s infuriating, honestly. She claims in her letter to the governor she’s all for more housing near transit and streamlining construction, a big wind up to all the classic “buts” about historic neighborhoods and community input and local zoning.

Those objections - endlessly litigated and addressed during the debate over the bill - are EXACTLY why California is in this mess and why it is so important that the governor sign this bill.

Right now, Los Angeles is on track to build less than a third of the housing we’ve promised to build, and yet the mayor says the state should just trust LA, even though it has completely blown it already. It's bullshit.

Meanwhile, families are priced out of California, and people are fleeing to red states, as Republicans say we can’t be trusted to govern the country, because we can’t even govern ourselves.

So I hope @GavinNewsom makes a big show of signing this bill, proudly, and stands up to the pressure, and makes it clear that he's behind this law 100 percent.

Yes it’s about housing - and that's really important - but it’s also about proving something bigger about Democratic leadership in California and beyond. COME ON, GAVIN, LET'S FUCKING GO.

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Gun violence was not a problem when I was a kid.

by RFK Jr.

[Daniel @growing_daniel]

I like that the giants have a player who has rabies

[Virginia Heffernan @page88]

When IT happens, I propose we fly the flag at double-mast from sea to shining sea. This will mean flagpole extenders, yes. But we are Americans. We can do anything.

A HUGE Labor Day sale:

https://t.co/MoQNbBswcH

[Frank Conniff @FrankConniff]

If Trump really is seriously ill, let's all send him our thoughts and prayers. Because we know for a fact it won't do shit.

[David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon]

.@SenBillCassidy, I hold you personally responsible. You had the chance to stand up for evidence-based medicine and public health by blocking the confirmation of @SecKennedy. You failed your country and your profession.

[Home of the Brave @OfTheBraveUSA]

Yes, @realDonaldTrump, we're still talking about Jeffrey Epstein.

Americans want answers.

[Mike Madrid @madrid_mike]

We’re at the: Then they came for the Pastor’s wives part of the poem.