Laura E

[Socialist Planning Beyond Capitalism @beyond_capital]

THIS is what the great John Lewis would call “GOOD TROUBLE” — Protesters in Minneapolis have reportedly been dressing up in jeans, body armor, and masks and then walking into groups of ICE agents and accusing 1 or 2 of them of being imposters until they all start fighting each other. Then the protesters sneak away.
And now, it’s happening nationwide

[shelby @thetrueshelby]

Sarah Huckabee Sanders wore $640 sneakers to hand out food at the Arkansas Food Bank.

Arkansas has a food insecurity crisis.

You cannot make this shit up, y’all.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Good fucking gawd! Photojournalist Evelyn Hockstein took this on September 2. It looks like something that crawled out of a horror movie and asked for a microphone.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

The new WSJ report on John Fetterman is absolutely brutal:

- Canceled on 3 paralyzed veterans who traveled to DC to discuss their care, then showed up less than an hour later for a Fox News interview

- Reportedly refused meetings with constituents and lawmakers, including Pennsylvanians seeking help on Medicaid, homelessness and flood relief

- Asked why he had to meet with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, then reportedly said they “just want free trips to DC”

- Skipped 11 of 12 full committee hearings during one stretch

- Later had aides help ensure he was marked “present” at hearings even when he reportedly stayed for a minute or less

- Backed out of a funeral for 3 slain police officers after learning it would last three hours, responding: “3 hours??”

- Stopped regularly attending caucus meetings

- Told Israel’s ambassador he would write an op-ed based on points the ambassador sent over. Embassy staff later sent drafted talking points, but Fetterman’s own staff withheld them over concerns about potential Foreign Agents Registration Act issues

- Former staffers say he increasingly prioritized conservative media appearances and Israel advocacy over basic Senate work

And yes, there are texts…

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

FYI

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

NEWS: Status is reporting Fox fired Maria Bartiromo after she leaked internal texts to the White House showing the network had told staff to stop amplifying Trump's latest election conspiracy theories. Trump has so thoroughly captured the right-wing media ecosystem that its biggest stars now see themselves as his informants first and journalists never.

[Laura E @LauraOpperman]

@KellDAChicago @smc429 Johnson always plays colonel Schultz

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

WTF?!

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

The Lincoln Project created this video, and apparently it is pissing the turd off immensely, so I naturally had to share it.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Hunt: So, who’s right on data centers? President Trump or Governor Shapiro?

Fetterman: Oh, the president is actually right overall. I mean, you know, uh, we we used to be moving forward on data centers and now, I mean, he's actually scared by the polls. So I mean, what really what's really motivated by more than just the polls overall, you know, I set out I set up my message on it on data centers just a couple days on X where I'm saying it's, you know, the president happens to be right in this. You know, I think it's it's very necessary that we win the war on AI. Uh, we, I think it's necessary because AI is going to transform our world. And, you know, it can be either us be the leaders or it can be the Chinese. And we could we could live under those rules and they're going to build unlimited data centers. And they're not really, uh, really stopped by with the kind of like democracy and the kinds of rules that, that we have overall, I think it's important. And I would remind people, like a lot of the opposition is, is been driven by the ccp and a lot of a lot of influence. So I think now withwith data centers, uh, also there's the facts now that it, it consumes a very, very, maybe one tenth of 1%, you know, compared to almonds and compared to other other things, part of our economy and also our land usage as well, too. Pennsylvania, you know, we are energy rich, we are water rich. And we have we're land rich now. So I think it's an important part of our economy, not just for Pennsylvania's but also the country right now.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨THIS IS INSANE!!!

A 25-year-old suffered a catastrophic brain injury in a motorcycle crash and UnitedHealthcare is REFUSING to pay for the treatment that could help him wake up...

...because they decided it was "NOT MEDICALLY NECESSARY" even though his doctor's said it was!!!

His name is Peyton Alvarez, he's 25 years old.

Back in April, Peyton was riding his motorcycle near Greenville, South Carolina, when he veered off the road and hit a tree.

He was wearing his helmet, but. the impact left him with a traumatic brain injury so severe that doctors call his condition a "disorder of consciousness."

His mother Trina got the call every parent on earth prays they never get. "We have your son Peyton, and he's been in a motorcycle accident."

There is a place that specializes in bringing people like Peyton back. The Shepherd Center in Atlanta, one of the best brain injury rehab centers in the country.

And it wasn't just his family who wanted him there. His DOCTORS recommended it.

The people who actually examined Peyton said this is the care he needs to recover.

And UnitedHealthcare said NO.

Their reason, in writing:

Peyton's condition "does not meet the criteria" for the rehab his family requested.

In plain English? They called the treatment that could help this young man wake up "not medically necessary."

Not one person at that insurance company has ever laid eyes on Peyton. His doctors have, but UnitedHealthcare overrode them anyway.

Instead, they offered a NURSING HOME.

Yes, you read that right... a nursing home.

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

Car dealer calls ICE on workers after they finish the job—so he won't have to pay them.

Then block their cars so they can't leave.

"He just told me he called ICE because he didn't want to pay us," man says.

"We worked 11 hours and then just when we were done they started with their nonsense."

"He literally told us he doesn't want to pay us."

Incident occurred at the G Motors used-car lot in Tomball, Texas.

Ester Avila doesn't have an account on this platform—so posting first full length and credited video here to help raise awareness.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: Outrage is erupting after a Missouri police officer who STARVED his own K9 partner to de*th and abused a another K-9...

...received just 15 DAYS in jail for doing so

The dog, Apollo, lost nearly 40% of his body weight, his ribs and spine were poking through his skin, and he passed away from "terminal starvation and dehydration" in a kennel in the officer's backyard.

His punishment? FIFTEEN DAYS in jail.

His name is Derrick Durall. He was the K9 handler for the Dexter Police Department in Missouri.

His partner was Apollo, a Belgian Malinois the department bought in April 2023.

In September 2023, a veterinarian examined Apollo. Her words, in the court record: a "perfectly healthy police dog." 67 pounds. Body condition: "perfect."

Five months later, on February 18, 2024, Apollo was found de*d in his kennel outside Durall's house.

He weighed 41 pounds.

Twenty-five pounds, GONE. His muscles wasted away. His eyes sunken into his skull. The state trooper's photos show his ribs and vertebrae protruding through his skin.

The necropsy: "terminal starvation and dehydration."

The police department PROVIDED the dog food, for free. It was sitting right there.

He just... didn't feed him.

When investigators asked, Durall claimed he "had not noticed the health decline" of his own partner.

A dog that lost nearly 40% of its body weight, in his own backyard.

It gets worse. There was a SECOND dog.

Retired K9 Knox lived in the kennel next to Apollo.

When they found him, he had severe heartworms, teeth worn down, and he had lost 10 pounds and had not seen a vet in over a YEAR.

Investigators said he smelled so bad the stench wouldn't come off after washing him FIVE times.

Now here's where I need you to pay attention, because this is the accountability part.

Prosecutors charged him with TWO FELONIES for animal abuse, alleging the suffering was "torture, consciously inflicted."

A jury trial was set for this summer.

And then, last week, it all evaporated.

He was allowed to plead guilty to two MISDEMEANORS. T
he felonies vanished and a judge sentenced him to one year in jail... and then SUSPENDED it.

Fifteen days. Two years probation. $8,900 to the city.

That's it.

It gets worse.

Missouri has a law called Max's Law.

If YOU, a regular citizen, knowingly m*rder a police K9, it's a Class D felony with up to SEVEN YEARS in prison.

Attack a police dog and you could do seven years.

Starve one to de*th in your backyard while wearing the badge... fifteen days.

Apollo couldn't open the food bag.
He couldn't turn on a faucet.
He couldn't call a vet.

He was completely dependent on the one man sworn to take care of him.

And that man let him waste away to 41 pounds and starve in the cold.

Pure evil.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

NEWS: Billionaire Leon Black is SUING the House Oversight Committee to block subpoenas in its Epstein investigation and is refusing to appear for testimony today.

Black paid Jeffrey Epstein more than $158 million over six years. Rep. Robert Garcia is now calling for Black to be held in contempt of Congress.

[Sigurdur Nordal @essenviews]

Allison Guerriero, a security researcher whose information helped expose the criminal conduct of former FBI counterintelligence official Charles McGonigal, has been found dead at her home in Boynton Beach, Florida.

Hours before her death, Guerriero posted a series of messages on X, criticizing Representative Jim Jordan, the FBI and McGonigal.

https://t.co/DKf0mfymp0

[Deep Leaks @DeepLeaksHQ]

🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Rep. Pat Ryan just revealed that Pete Hegseth ordered military members to an area in Kuwait with an ACTIVE WARNING they had ZERO defense against drone attacks and he IGNORED IT.

Six were then KILLED. Survivors blame Hegseth.

This is even WORSE

[Laura E @LauraOpperman]

@GovKathyHochul

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Don't tag Trump, his staff, or family members, though.

That would be very wrong.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

TikTok has reportedly banned influencer Carlos Eduardo Espina and House candidate Bobby Pulido.

They are two leading online voices exposing Trump’s ICE abuses.

[Senex @senex_official]

Congressman Brian Mast, who served in the Israel defense force (IDF) is reportedly being considered to replace Dan Driscoll as secretary of the army.(according to officials in the DOJ)

If this isn’t a foreign takeover, I’m not sure what is.