Sorry to say, this election won't be near over when all the votes are cast and counted. I expect all kinds of post-November 3 rat-fuckery, starting with the DoJ, up to and including Johnson and Thune refusing to swear in their successors and hand over gavels. It will be awful. Enjoy your weekend, however.
“And just like that, a White House official confirms to the Guardian that Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” from her role as White House press secretary.”
ABU FALAH, West Bank — Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers trying to gather their autumn olive harvest on Friday, setting groves on fire and slinging rocks in a coordinated assault that fits a pattern of accelerating settler violence across the occupied West Bank.
Also caught up in the attack was Heidi Levine, a veteran photographer for The Washington Post. Levine, wearing a protective vest clearly marked “PRESS” on front and back, was knocked to the ground, kicked repeatedly and stripped of her cameras and phone.
She was treated at hospital in Ramallah.
Witnesses described a mass-coordinated attack in which dozens of men in black came down from a hilltop settlement near the village of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, where Palestinian families were picking their olives. Video of the incident corroborated the witness accounts.
The settlers hurled stones with slings and set the groves on fire, chasing a group of journalists about 80 yards from the scene. (Washington Post)
It is DAMNED disconcerting to witness Israel mutating into the very SAME monster that coldly and callously attempted to kill ALL Jews during WWII.
After studying under the tuteledge of two Rabbis I just loved to bits I decided that it would be disrespectful for this angry Irish American with a thrice great grandfather who lived with the Sioux to convert to Judaism.
If nothing else the hours I spent with those Rabbis and all that they taught me has added copious quality to my spiritual and intellectual existence. That Judaism is the ONLY one of the Abrahamic faiths I have any respect for says a helluva about me.
Israel refuses to control the settlers, continues to kill people in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, the war it started with Iran has destabilized the entire world economy and Saudi Arabia appears to be in a real crisis, and still objects to the world having a strong negative opinion of them.
It always shames me that so many of the so-called "settlers" are from our state. And they won't join the Israeli military because "orthodox." The fucking olive harvest. I'm devastated.
Katie Zacharia: "I had the opportunity to do what I don't think many press secretaries have done, which is to break news on staff. I really am grateful to President Trump to trusting me to break that news, and I do believe that really shifted the press conference"
Jeeez -- Fox & Friends tries to ask Katie Zacharia a series of substantive questions, but all she was capable of was repeatedly saying "I think I'm just going to continue deferring to the Department of Justice on that" 😬
Proving once again that neither IncompeDon nor his associates may be bothered to perform a backround check on all potential employees. These over-sprayed mic jugglers are a tiresome lot.
Ta, Brooke. States run elections, not the fed. MarQwayne Mullin can fuck off into the sun, there to DIAF. Everyone! Check your registration if you have not done so already, and know where your polling places for early voting and Election Day are located. If you're in one of the states that vote entirely by mail, find out where the dropboxes are, and use them. It grieves me, as the daughter of a deceased postal worker who would be 108 years old *today* if she hadn't died at 85, to say this: Do Not trust USPS with your ballot! Put it in a dropbox at a secure location. Offer to take your family members' ballots or those of your elderly or disabled neighbors. There are plenty of ways to help others vote. Low wage workers and college/university students get no time off to vote. Do you have a car? Offer to pick people up at home, take them to vote while you wait, then drive them to work or school. Or offer to pick them up after their shift/last class, take them to vote while you wait, then drive them home. Extra points for having water-snacks-coffee in the car. Yes, you can organize a personal Souls to the Polls. As "M" says, #ArriveWithFive. When we vote, we WIN!!
Yes, the Gross Old Pedophiles are doing everything they can to ratfuck the midterms. We (Ds and D-leaning Is) must outvote them in such overwhelming numbers that all their efforts fail. Apropos of this post, *every* instance of fraudulent voting I've heard of has been Republicans voting in more than one location, or filling out their dead mother's ballot (sometimes while collecting her Social Security) and the like. Purging the voter rolls of every Alvarez, Benitez, Cruz, Gonzalez, Perez, Ramirez, etc. is election fraud. Put nothing past them; they're desperate. We must make sure they LOSE!! When we vote, we WIN!!
He has shockingly accepted donations from Islamic organizations, and once attempted to explain the context of a terrorist attack, so, you know, clearly he's a terrorist.
I’m a liberal. They’re also liberals. We’re all on the same side. That’s my point. We need to be united behind whoever our candidate may be. We need to stop pouting just because the nominee isn’t our unicorn candidate.
why would a liberal say someone is too socialist? this is what annoys me. define this liberal person instead of making generalizations. centrists would definitely say that of AOC but I find it hard to believe that a true liberal like myself would say that :-)
I don’t care if she runs again or not. I’m just saying if she did and happened to secure the nomination (not very likely) I would crawl through barbed wire to vote for her. It’s THAT important.
WTF?
Dude (speaking to TACO), Sunny California will NEVER vote for you. Ever!
Why waste the time and money on this voter fraud shit there.? You need to worry about purple states now. Places like Iowa and Ohio and Texas.
That's how much you fucked up. You may lose Kansas.
Sorry to say, this election won't be near over when all the votes are cast and counted. I expect all kinds of post-November 3 rat-fuckery, starting with the DoJ, up to and including Johnson and Thune refusing to swear in their successors and hand over gavels. It will be awful. Enjoy your weekend, however.
‘𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟲,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟴𝟱 𝘁𝗼 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼: 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽’𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲.’
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 185 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘖𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯.
https://electionlawblog.org/2026/from-16000-to-185-to-zero-trumps-claims-of-illegal-voting-in-nevada-fizzle/
Quite the compromise going from 16,000 to 185.
As they say in the local vernacular, "No SHIT, you conspiraturd pest!".
So Katy Z didn't last even half a Scaramucci
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Zacharia
"The Guardian has asked the White House for comment. The New York Times reported Zacharia had been fired. Fox News reported she was “transitioning out” of the role. "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/16/katie-zacharia-fired-press-secretary
𝐅𝐨𝐱 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 “𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭” 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞.
That's an interesting way to say she got a boot to the ass out the door.
“And just like that, a White House official confirms to the Guardian that Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” from her role as White House press secretary.”
It's a right down there with "...cleaning out her locker in the employee break room".
She looks too old to be attending elementary school.
That is where everyone gets transitioned, isn't it ? . . .
Ain't it a shame?
Not even.
Thumb drive probably contains an unkillable virus.
And the code is, shockingly, written in Cryllic.
It will turn everything orange, characters, artwork, and background.
"If it bleeds, we can kill it"
OT: Goons gonna goon.
𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹𝗶 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘥𝘪 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘪 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.
ABU FALAH, West Bank — Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers trying to gather their autumn olive harvest on Friday, setting groves on fire and slinging rocks in a coordinated assault that fits a pattern of accelerating settler violence across the occupied West Bank.
Also caught up in the attack was Heidi Levine, a veteran photographer for The Washington Post. Levine, wearing a protective vest clearly marked “PRESS” on front and back, was knocked to the ground, kicked repeatedly and stripped of her cameras and phone.
She was treated at hospital in Ramallah.
Witnesses described a mass-coordinated attack in which dozens of men in black came down from a hilltop settlement near the village of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, where Palestinian families were picking their olives. Video of the incident corroborated the witness accounts.
The settlers hurled stones with slings and set the groves on fire, chasing a group of journalists about 80 yards from the scene. (Washington Post)
It is DAMNED disconcerting to witness Israel mutating into the very SAME monster that coldly and callously attempted to kill ALL Jews during WWII.
After studying under the tuteledge of two Rabbis I just loved to bits I decided that it would be disrespectful for this angry Irish American with a thrice great grandfather who lived with the Sioux to convert to Judaism.
If nothing else the hours I spent with those Rabbis and all that they taught me has added copious quality to my spiritual and intellectual existence. That Judaism is the ONLY one of the Abrahamic faiths I have any respect for says a helluva about me.
Israel refuses to control the settlers, continues to kill people in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, the war it started with Iran has destabilized the entire world economy and Saudi Arabia appears to be in a real crisis, and still objects to the world having a strong negative opinion of them.
It always shames me that so many of the so-called "settlers" are from our state. And they won't join the Israeli military because "orthodox." The fucking olive harvest. I'm devastated.
Bunch of sick fucks.
Itamar Ben-Gvir getting a few last kicks in before he's ousted?
Hmm, I wonder which group is actually the evil ones...
Panama removed from EU’s tax haven ‘blacklist’ a decade after the Panama Papers
In case anyone forgot, the Trump name is mentioned 3,540 times in the Panama Papers.
"We're seeing his name mentioned in more and more places, many people are saying."
and more than 50,000 times in the EPSTEIN FILES!
"3,540? Pfft."
~The Epstein/Trump papers
Imagine how formidable the repub party could be if they ran on real issues...
The real issues are how bad they've fucked up everything.
EVERYTHING
LOL, Looks like Katie had a tough morning. On Fox & Friends.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
· 2h
Katie Zacharia: "I had the opportunity to do what I don't think many press secretaries have done, which is to break news on staff. I really am grateful to President Trump to trusting me to break that news, and I do believe that really shifted the press conference"
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
· 2h
Jeeez -- Fox & Friends tries to ask Katie Zacharia a series of substantive questions, but all she was capable of was repeatedly saying "I think I'm just going to continue deferring to the Department of Justice on that" 😬
Proving once again that neither IncompeDon nor his associates may be bothered to perform a backround check on all potential employees. These over-sprayed mic jugglers are a tiresome lot.
I’m starting to wonder if she’s even legally blonde..
How did this woman even make it TO law school, let alone through it?
Pepperdine is accredited but that doesn't necessarily mean it's tough. Trump got a degree from Wharton and he's barely a functional idiot.
Wasn't there a movie on that very matter some years ago?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWOHwI_FgAo
NOPE, Elle was smart. Wrong movie.
The Socratic method with her must have been quite the challenge for the profs.
"I'll defer to the classroom text and case law for the answer, professor."
Damn, wish I'd thought of giving that answer!
Shades of Lauren Caitlin Upton.
Ta, Brooke. States run elections, not the fed. MarQwayne Mullin can fuck off into the sun, there to DIAF. Everyone! Check your registration if you have not done so already, and know where your polling places for early voting and Election Day are located. If you're in one of the states that vote entirely by mail, find out where the dropboxes are, and use them. It grieves me, as the daughter of a deceased postal worker who would be 108 years old *today* if she hadn't died at 85, to say this: Do Not trust USPS with your ballot! Put it in a dropbox at a secure location. Offer to take your family members' ballots or those of your elderly or disabled neighbors. There are plenty of ways to help others vote. Low wage workers and college/university students get no time off to vote. Do you have a car? Offer to pick people up at home, take them to vote while you wait, then drive them to work or school. Or offer to pick them up after their shift/last class, take them to vote while you wait, then drive them home. Extra points for having water-snacks-coffee in the car. Yes, you can organize a personal Souls to the Polls. As "M" says, #ArriveWithFive. When we vote, we WIN!!
Yes, the Gross Old Pedophiles are doing everything they can to ratfuck the midterms. We (Ds and D-leaning Is) must outvote them in such overwhelming numbers that all their efforts fail. Apropos of this post, *every* instance of fraudulent voting I've heard of has been Republicans voting in more than one location, or filling out their dead mother's ballot (sometimes while collecting her Social Security) and the like. Purging the voter rolls of every Alvarez, Benitez, Cruz, Gonzalez, Perez, Ramirez, etc. is election fraud. Put nothing past them; they're desperate. We must make sure they LOSE!! When we vote, we WIN!!
To check your voter registration, find early voting locations or dropbox options:
https://substack.com/profile/13992002-cynmac/note/c-362746618?r=8bwaq&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
To check your ballot, including ballot measures and local initiatives:
https://substack.com/profile/13992002-cynmac/note/c-362750404?r=8bwaq&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
To find detailed information on your ballot measures and local initiative:
https://substack.com/profile/13992002-cynmac/note/c-362752773?r=8bwaq&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
OT: The kids are rousing themselves.
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/cheetah-cub-cam
Awww. Look at those baby bellies. Awwww.
I'm a kind person who believes in forgiveness. I have never wished harm or worse on anyone. Until now.
I hate what they've done, what they're still doing and are planning on doing.
They have done a moral wound to all of us in this position.
I never honestly hated anyone until the pandemic and these people showed their asses for the murderous fucking uncompassionate thugs they are.
That makes two of us, precious digital sister.
OT: They don't have much else, so they're really trying to tie El-Sayed to terrorism now.
Fortunately he hits back harder and smarter than they do... it's a joy to see
That's p. much all they need here in 2026 America.
I don't think it's working for them.
Here's hoping you're right!
Sprinkle some communism!
Strictly because of his name and his religion.
He has shockingly accepted donations from Islamic organizations, and once attempted to explain the context of a terrorist attack, so, you know, clearly he's a terrorist.
First Muslim I met was when I was a college freshman. We're still FB pals. The only jihad he was declaring was against his virginity.
Holy dogshit! Lock your backdoor and run for your life!
OT.
Baconz learned this lesson today.
If you have your ear buds in at the gym be careful how loud you sing along with the song.
They revoked my membership.
And the song rips it up. Its like the best cut off the album.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SaP1XL7rKH8&list=RDSaP1XL7rKH8&start_radio=1&pp=ygUcVGhlIGRheSB0aGUgbmlnZ2F6IHRvb2sgb3ZlcqAHAQ%3D%3D
There are worse things to sing along to.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyTG3Rkygk0
I have a headache.
OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know whether to laugh or slap you.
A pale white Irishman on the stationary bike. But it is a good song to get you pumped while working out.
Really....you work out listening to The Cranberries or listening to The Melvins?
No one ever said "I listen to Phil Collins to motivate me"
"No one ever said, 'I listen to Phil Collins to motivate me""
Depends on who's doing the Phil Collins song.
Reel Big Fish do an excellent cover of Another Day In Paradise: https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=YouTube+reel+Big+Fish+another+day+in+paradise&mid=25995DAD846052FD079E25995DAD846052FD079E&churl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fchannel%2fUCJgI6NTY8Vxq8Z4gryYNIkQ&mmscn=stvo&FORM=VIRE
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK, fair.
Patrick Bateman did.... :)
Liberals: I will do ANYTHING to prevent Trump from serving a third term except vote for Harris in 2028.
THIS is unmitigated bullshit.
this general dissing of liberals is a bit annoying. i'd like a better idea of who they are, because they are not me. :-)
I’m a liberal. They’re also liberals. We’re all on the same side. That’s my point. We need to be united behind whoever our candidate may be. We need to stop pouting just because the nominee isn’t our unicorn candidate.
I learned at an early age I’m not going to always get what I want. That’s okay as long as it’s not something I REALLY don’t want.
Or any female candidate.
Klobuchar? Too mean to her staff
Liz Warren? Too preachy
AOC? Too Socialist!
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.
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It's time to try a matriarchy.
Couldn't hurt.
why would a liberal say someone is too socialist? this is what annoys me. define this liberal person instead of making generalizations. centrists would definitely say that of AOC but I find it hard to believe that a true liberal like myself would say that :-)
Amazing how people can't live without labels and pigeon-holing.
It always has to be a woman's fault for why we had no choice but to select the horrible man.
and we're blaming liberals for this? far too many centrists are sexist, imo :-)
If Harris runs again in 2028 I may just have to sit at home and let Trump be dictator for life.
I would get out and vote for her if she smiled a bit more often.
As long as she doesn't laugh
And that dance she did!
they showed Kamala on the tee vee yestereve, and Mrs. Thors got a stinkeye look on her face.
PUT DOWN THE FUCKING FACEBOOK!!!! IT IS POISON!!
she is voting blue slate this year, but heaven forefend Kamala run again... she might not pull the lever.
I don’t care if she runs again or not. I’m just saying if she did and happened to secure the nomination (not very likely) I would crawl through barbed wire to vote for her. It’s THAT important.
It doesn’t matter if the Republican nominee is Trump, Vance, or whoever.
I’m not letting them continue down this path of fascism. Not on my watch.
Even if she runs that would be the only person to vote for still, IMO.
I’m not a Harris super fan. It’s not like I she’s my number one pick. But at the same time if she happens to be it then she has my vote.
I don’t understand the hate she gets. This isn’t hard. Dem or fascism. Pick a side, people!
Thanks for keeping the receipts Brooke. Someone needs to because this fascist BS won't just go away on its own..