See..all the demented "posts" proclaiming us the GAURDIAN OF THE GALEXY111! is what the fuck happens when congress forfeits it's war power duties. We're in the grip of a lunatic who has departed this reality YEARS ago.
ICE-involved shooting in Maine today - Susan Collins concerned she may have to make a public statement. FBI on the scene but where's Ka$h - oh, hunting QAF1 leaks & Lindsey conspiracies between his summer festival junkets. Maine Lobster Festival in 2 weeks - how convenient!
DFT is such a fool. His unwillingness to learn ANYTHING, especially actual history (as opposed the the sanitized fairy tales he prefers) is now in the process of bringing him down. If he had bothered to learn about JFK and the Bay of Pigs, or Viet Nam and Johnson, or even Iraq and Bush the Lesser, he would have known that vanity wars can destroy a president unless they are VERY carefully planned.
LAWRENCE JONES: Today marks two years since they tried to assassinate you in Butler. How are you feeling?
TRUMP: I've known Ainsley longer than the two of you. I've known her through a very handsome man named Sean Hannity. She seemed to be attracted to him for whatever the hell reason.
Trump on Iran: "Obama was the worst of all because Obama actually went to their side, because, you know, he's a -- well, let's not say. Let's leave that for another time."
So the cited article about the firings discusses whether this bipartisan agency is one that falls under Slaughter or under the Federal Reserve ruling and says it's an open question:
***“It’s an open question about the EAC and the [Federal Election Commission],” said Rick Hasen, an election law professor at UCLA. “The question has not been tested as to whether political entities created with bipartisan balance might be subject to another exception.”***
Do the Democratic members could sue to get re-hired, which would keep this in litigation through the election, which would at least stall more fuckery. I hope that's what they do.
Person allegedly killed during ICE operation in Maine
One person was reportedly shot and killed during an ICE operation in Biddeford, Maine, according to the state’s speaker of the house, Ryan Fecteau.
“This morning a shooting occurred in Biddeford. A person was killed. ICE was involved. State Police and the Department of Public Safety are now on scene to gather details and would expect the FBI to investigate as well,” he said.
Police confirmed to local news that the area where the shooting was reported has been closed and that there was significant police presence.
Former Maine senator Troy Jackson, who has launched a bid to replace Graham Platner on the Democratic US Senate ballot, has this update on X:
I’ve been alerted to the fatal ICE shooting in Biddeford this morning. Our team is monitoring this situation very closely and will provided updates as we learn more. My heart is with Biddeford – and with all Mainers.
Jackson added in a subsequent post:
Our immigrant communities are under attack by ICE. For too long, federal agents have been abducting our neighbors in brazen violation of the Constitution, and today, they have tragically escalated even further. This rogue agency must be abolished. In the meantime, the Maine Solidarity Fund is doing vital work getting people released from ICE detention, supporting families, and organizing to keep us all safe. Please donate and share today.
Four under on the back nine was not enough, this morning. But I'm glad we got off the course before it pops up into the 90's! And yes, that election shit is important. it won't matter how much we win by, they'll just say we lied. So, we have to make plans...
OT: I believe Chris Pratt is reprising his leading role in MAGA-coded The Guardians of the Hormuz Strait, but Kevin Sorbo is having trouble learning his lines as Groot.
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Trump: "The USA will be, from this point forward, known as 'THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,' but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security ... "
Totally the whole point, just like everything he does
Besides feeding his ego abd pretending to be a "wartime president" to influence elections -- oh, and also because Bibi blackmailed him into it via the Epstein Files -- why else do you think this war of choice went on this long?
I haven't seen any plan for 2029. Not really for 2027 either, but of course there's not a lot they can do without Republican support or if the executive just ignores them and the courts. Still, a plan to resist fascism and later roll things back would be nice. They should be running on it too.
Let's face it, we are not good at planning. I remember an early episode of Samantha Bee's show where she had a binder with a 10 point plan from Focus on the Family (Or some such organization) to make abortion inaccessible and then asked the head of Planned Parenthood for her 10 point plan. Crickets. It's not her fault. But I hate that we are constantly putting out fires instead of planning for the long haul.
Today, we start to send out copies of The Cheboygan Project!...
See..all the demented "posts" proclaiming us the GAURDIAN OF THE GALEXY111! is what the fuck happens when congress forfeits it's war power duties. We're in the grip of a lunatic who has departed this reality YEARS ago.
I blame senator Groot.
ICE-involved shooting in Maine today - Susan Collins concerned she may have to make a public statement. FBI on the scene but where's Ka$h - oh, hunting QAF1 leaks & Lindsey conspiracies between his summer festival junkets. Maine Lobster Festival in 2 weeks - how convenient!
These are acts of cold blooded MURDER committed by federal vigilantes.
It's time to return fire, dammit.
This has to stop. ICE is murdering people and locals can't even investigate?
DFT is such a fool. His unwillingness to learn ANYTHING, especially actual history (as opposed the the sanitized fairy tales he prefers) is now in the process of bringing him down. If he had bothered to learn about JFK and the Bay of Pigs, or Viet Nam and Johnson, or even Iraq and Bush the Lesser, he would have known that vanity wars can destroy a president unless they are VERY carefully planned.
LAWRENCE JONES: Today marks two years since they tried to assassinate you in Butler. How are you feeling?
TRUMP: I've known Ainsley longer than the two of you. I've known her through a very handsome man named Sean Hannity. She seemed to be attracted to him for whatever the hell reason.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mqjowgk7ys2e
Trump: "Nobody is gonna protest when they get shot ... they're a bad group of people"
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mqjoowzcp42f
Trump on Iran: "Obama was the worst of all because Obama actually went to their side, because, you know, he's a -- well, let's not say. Let's leave that for another time."
...we know he wants to say the "N" word...🤬
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mqjojpw36d2s
I don't remember the details of the Bammers negotiations, but I don't recall it being stupid
or crazy like these. Reasonable, took a while, but the results seemed fine. They were real
negotiations.
But now I think Iran has learned Trump's game, which is just, he thinks, a strategy for
only him to "win." So now they are playing his game against him and this is what we got.
He wrote his playbook. And they are following it.
It's lunacy.
This just in! Trump is reinstating the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz!!
(now that Iran has officially closed the strait to all ships).
you can't break up with me, I break up with YOU!!!
That's it.
Making sure to avoid a non Epstein thread.
Epstein.
Last night daughter told me she only checks the news to see if it is Epstein.
Then goes about her work. She's a sicko. I dunno where she gets it.
Thank you for your service!
I’m extremely interested to see how Susan Collins votes. Not to mention the three Republicans, who have nothing to lose anymore.
So the cited article about the firings discusses whether this bipartisan agency is one that falls under Slaughter or under the Federal Reserve ruling and says it's an open question:
***“It’s an open question about the EAC and the [Federal Election Commission],” said Rick Hasen, an election law professor at UCLA. “The question has not been tested as to whether political entities created with bipartisan balance might be subject to another exception.”***
Do the Democratic members could sue to get re-hired, which would keep this in litigation through the election, which would at least stall more fuckery. I hope that's what they do.
Rebecca Slaughter has been in the news a lot
Maybe he's just upset at the performance level of the "Erection Assistance Commission".
Thant Trumpy No Hear So Good.
Flawless operation of Russian military hardware.
https://xcancel.com/wartranslated/status/2076274492238598484
𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬
𝑅𝑦𝑎𝑛 𝐹𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒
Person allegedly killed during ICE operation in Maine
One person was reportedly shot and killed during an ICE operation in Biddeford, Maine, according to the state’s speaker of the house, Ryan Fecteau.
“This morning a shooting occurred in Biddeford. A person was killed. ICE was involved. State Police and the Department of Public Safety are now on scene to gather details and would expect the FBI to investigate as well,” he said.
Police confirmed to local news that the area where the shooting was reported has been closed and that there was significant police presence.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jul/13/congress-capitol-lindsey-graham-trump-republicans-democrats-us-politics-latest-news-updates
ETA:
Former Maine senator Troy Jackson, who has launched a bid to replace Graham Platner on the Democratic US Senate ballot, has this update on X:
I’ve been alerted to the fatal ICE shooting in Biddeford this morning. Our team is monitoring this situation very closely and will provided updates as we learn more. My heart is with Biddeford – and with all Mainers.
Jackson added in a subsequent post:
Our immigrant communities are under attack by ICE. For too long, federal agents have been abducting our neighbors in brazen violation of the Constitution, and today, they have tragically escalated even further. This rogue agency must be abolished. In the meantime, the Maine Solidarity Fund is doing vital work getting people released from ICE detention, supporting families, and organizing to keep us all safe. Please donate and share today.
I feel like it's too early to have already seen that announcement three times this morning
It's too early to ever see this announcement.
Good grief. I continue to be amazed and astonished at how much noise two 3.5 month old kittens can generate.
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so are simba and li'l feller
They have their own tv now.
The Seniors get great entertainment watching the minicrew noisily wreck all of my stuff.
The two of them just watching their mini-mes go at it 😁😄
The seniors are taking notes. The Crewlets will get graded on their performance.
😄😄
and don't they know it.
"I shot the Sheriff and all of the deputies, as well."
And Trump just issued you a pardon!
Four under on the back nine was not enough, this morning. But I'm glad we got off the course before it pops up into the 90's! And yes, that election shit is important. it won't matter how much we win by, they'll just say we lied. So, we have to make plans...
OT: I believe Chris Pratt is reprising his leading role in MAGA-coded The Guardians of the Hormuz Strait, but Kevin Sorbo is having trouble learning his lines as Groot.
======
Trump: "The USA will be, from this point forward, known as 'THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,' but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security ... "
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mqjv4cywfs2d
It turns out the Iranians can read, too. The python cracks a wry smile. You can have 20% of your shine box.
The Iranians can read much better than most Americans
That country has a 90% literacy rate
The United States, not so much
So, win-win for Trump and Iran? Both are exhorting fees like little Mafia bosses, and, um, who pays? Oh, you know....
Everything he does is mob coded.
"That's a nice ship ya got there..."
"Henceforth it will also be called the Trump Strait, and every passing ship will be forced to buy old Trump related merchandise."
do all the sailors have to wear those stupid fucking gold high tops?
What's the difference between a ballot in an election and Kevin Sorbo?
The ballot actually gets cast.
ba-DUM!
Protection money
We're not as dumb as you, asshole.
Of course he will work some grift into this. I'm sure that's the whole point.
Totally the whole point, just like everything he does
Besides feeding his ego abd pretending to be a "wartime president" to influence elections -- oh, and also because Bibi blackmailed him into it via the Epstein Files -- why else do you think this war of choice went on this long?
Any effort by Trump or Republicans to ratfuck our elections no matter how small or least impactful should never be tolerated.
We value the freedom we have because we have free and fair elections. To undermine that is to undermine the very foundation of our country.
Whatever they do, the penalties when the Dems take control had better be draconian
I haven't seen any plan for 2029. Not really for 2027 either, but of course there's not a lot they can do without Republican support or if the executive just ignores them and the courts. Still, a plan to resist fascism and later roll things back would be nice. They should be running on it too.
Let's face it, we are not good at planning. I remember an early episode of Samantha Bee's show where she had a binder with a 10 point plan from Focus on the Family (Or some such organization) to make abortion inaccessible and then asked the head of Planned Parenthood for her 10 point plan. Crickets. It's not her fault. But I hate that we are constantly putting out fires instead of planning for the long haul.
One mistake is that we expect the repugs to act like decent human beings.
As if.
Magic 8 Ball: 'Outlook Not So Good'