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When Idaho banned abortion, there was an exodus of doctors. The ones who stayed are now cracking under the caseload and moral distress of knowing what a patient needs but being unable to provide it. Missouri #NoOn3 nytimes.com/2026/10/20/magaz…
I have to find the rest of this. It's priceless!
Is JD Vance seriously suggesting that immigrants have brought a culture of revolution and protest TO FRANCE? @jonstewart
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Never once have I ever described myself as “African-American.”
If asked, I’ll simply say I’m black. Or I’ll say I’m just American. I’ve never thought of myself as having some sort of connection to Africa in a way where I have to hyphenate a description befitting me.
Just like I wouldn’t want someone describing me as their “black friend.”
We move past race and separation by not having to mention it all in every conversation.
Everything about this fills me with glee and giggles.
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BREAKING: PANIC! Trump is DESPERATELY trying to stop Jack Smith from testifying in his own $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC.
Donald Trump sued the BBC for defamation, asking for a whopping $10 billion in damages. Now, he’s panicking about the one witness who might actually know something about the behavior that led the British broadcaster to publish what it did.
According to The New Republic, the BBC subpoenaed former special counsel Jack Smith to testify as part of its defense against Trump’s defamation suit. The suit claims the network defamed him with deceptive editing in a 2024 documentary about the January 6 Capitol attack.
Trump’s lawyers filed a motion Friday to block the deposition, arguing that “Smith lacks any personal knowledge regarding the issues in this matter.”
Their reasoning: Smith wasn’t at the January 6 speech, didn’t help prepare it, and can’t know what Trump was thinking. They say anything he gathered was “secondhand knowledge” from materials collected from other sources.
The BBC’s lawyers weren’t impressed. They wrote that “none of [Trump]’s arguments for blocking the deposition of Mr. Smith can withstand scrutiny.” They noted that Smith himself doesn’t object to testifying, and that Trump still has to prove he “did not foment or incite the January 6 Capitol riot,” which he claims the documentary falsely implied.
Then came the line that says it all: “No one forced Plaintiff to file this lawsuit and to dispute that his speech on January 6 incited the violence that followed at the Capitol. But as long as he chooses to maintain the case, he cannot commit the fundamental injustice of preventing the BBC from obtaining the evidence it needs to robustly defend itself.”
This isn’t Trump’s only dodge. His attorneys are also fighting efforts to make Trump himself testify, to subpoena his children, and to look into his finances. Trump sued over what the BBC said about January 6, and now he’s fighting every attempt to examine what actually happened.
There’s another problem for him. The BBC is funded by British taxpayers, so Trump can’t bully it into a hefty settlement or force it to back off its coverage the way he has with some American media companies.
So now he has two choices: drop the case, or actually try to prove his point and live with the consequences.
If Trump really believes he did nothing wrong on January 6, a deposition should be no problem. His lawyers’ desperation suggests otherwise.
Please like and share if you can’t wait to hear what Jack Smith has to say if the BBC successfully gets him to testify!
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Musk has rockets to reach the stars and money to bend governments. But Texas belongs to its people, not a billionaire who thinks everything has a price.
Democracy is not a commodity. Texas is not his to buy.
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You'd like to think that their commitment to mass deportation would deter them from spending the day hitting citizens with their vehicles, beating them up, and arresting them, but maybe mass deportation isn't the main goal.
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Lots happening in the fight over East Potomac, the public golf course
Trump wants to remake it in his image & @DDFund_ & partners are in court to keep it a park for the people
Tune in to @npr's Here & Now on @wamu885 at noon ET for the latest👇 -TN
npr.org/2026/10/19/nx-s1-600…
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Everyone should see this. Everything trump does in his administration is beginning to make a lot more sense...
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"I don't think it's going to get any easier."
One of the most raw and vulnerable conversations I've ever had...
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When Mike Johnson was first named Speaker of the House I thought he was a dishonest, hypocritical bootlicker. I still think that, but I used to think that too🙏🇺🇸
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I now have absolutely no doubt that Donald Trump has major mental decline.
Just think for one minute if Joe Biden had waved into the abyss like Trump just did here. Imagine what Fox News would be saying.
There is absolutely no rational explanation for this that I can see. How about you?
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This is on you, MAGA.
This dead child is on you.
Oh, you’ll bluster and talk trash, but your Dear Leader Trump serves with the murderers in Moscow.
I’d tell you to feel shame, but your souls are so dead you’ll laugh it off.
A horrific Russian strike in the Kharkiv region. A “shahed” struck people directly – in a park near an ordinary café. Pure atrocity. Six people were killed, including children. A little girl was killed in a stroller – her name was Angelina, she was just over a year old, born in August 2025… Her mother’s name was Inna. She died in the hospital… Another girl who was killed was 11 years old. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Another 14 people were injured, including six more children.
I am grateful to everyone who supports Ukraine under these circumstances and helps us shoot down “shaheds,” shoot down missiles, and stop Russian assaults. These are horrific photos, but behind them are shattered lives and the truth about this war. Lives must be protected. Ukraine needs air defense. You can't think about making money with Russia as long as it continues its asinine war. We ask that sanctions on Russia stay in place as long as the killings continue. We ask America to be strong, and we ask it to apply the Lindsey Graham law. We ask Europe to continue its support. We ask that everything possible be done to bring peace and guarantee security. Ukraine wants peace. It is Russia that has insisted on continuing the killing all this time. The world has enough strength to stop the war. That strength must finally be used – against the murderers.
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The age old question of could men handle carrying a baby or handling childbirth. Most of us believe they can’t. This wife wanted her hubby to feel what it was like to carry twins for just a moment. I think it’s funny but also informative to show what it feels like and to see how hard it is to do normal things. And it’s fun to laugh at.
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From some dude named "Luke" on Fakebook ( I laughed out loud on this one):
"Fuck my life , Before anyone starts, no, she’s not been neglected, abandoned or rescued from a shipwreck in the North Atlantic. The daft little bastard has been out in the garden, in the rain. She’s got an entire house to sit in. Warm beds, soft blankets, central heating, food on demand and two fully grown idiots who wait on her like she’s the fucking Queen of England. But no. Apparently today was the perfect day to go outside and audition for the role of a drowned Victorian orphan. And rather than dry herself off somewhere sensible, she’s dragged her soaking wet carcass upstairs and collapsed on the bedding like she’s just walked 400 miles through enemy territory to deliver an urgent message from the front. Look at her!! She looks like somebody’s tried to clean a chimney with a fucking toilet brush.
And the expression on her face!!! Like the humans are the bastards responsible for the weather!!
I’m half expecting her to cough up a tiny bit of seawater and whisper, “Tell my story.” £50 says she’ll be demanding Dreamies within the hour. Has anybody else got a cat with absolutely no survival instincts, or have we somehow adopted the world’s first waterproofing failure with whiskers?"
Just had to share. I laughed so hard!
