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(Dave Whamond, caglecartoons.com, Canada)
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These are photos of damage from Iranian drones and missiles at American facilities in the Middle East. They were taken by active servicemembers who wanted us to know the truth about the destruction that hasn't been shown to the American people.
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(Camp Buehring, Kuwait)
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The Defense Department's inspector general this week released a fresh report on the war in Iran that revealed "equipment losses" worth up to $3.7 billion — including nearly 60 aircraft. In a first-of-its-kind mandatory report to Congress, the inspector general added that U.S. Central Command reported Iranian strikes at U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan.
This makes the much maligned withdrawal from Afghanistan (which the Malignant Fascist "negotiated") look like George Washington's escape from Long Island.
Raise another glass to Whiskey Pete Hegseth's stewardship of the military and your tax dollars!
Operation Epic Quagmire / costs / pulling the plug? / Russia's involvement --
The U.S. war with Iran has cost American taxpayers $38 billion in direct expenses during the first five months of fighting and will push inflation up about 0.5 percentage points, a new congressional study has found.
— The Japan Times (@japantimes.co.jp) September 16, 2026 at 7:05 AM
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US House votes for third time to end Iran war after $38bn cost is revealed
— The Guardian (@theguardian.com) September 16, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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When you've finally packed up your deadbeat ex's stuff and left it on the curb for them to come get
— Meredith Rose (@mrose.ink) September 16, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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"The apparent synergy between Russian satellites and Iran's missiles" - CNN investigation reveals that Russian satellites have "likely given Iran a considerable advantage in its fight against the US". Watch the video for more details⤵️
— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) September 16, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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No big news! --
You'd think the fact that the son of the President of the "party of family values" 2nd marriage is to the daughter of Epstein's banker and it was funded by a Rusisan oligarch involved in the mass kidnap of Ukrainian kids during a KGB agent's illegal war Would be bigger news..
— Darth Putin (@darthputinkgb.bsky.social) September 16, 2026 at 6:21 AM
In fact, if it was Hunter Biden it would've been the *only* news.
— Darth Putin (@darthputinkgb.bsky.social) September 16, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Living in the MAGA bubble / please proceed! / getting what they voted for --
Just checked the price of a pound of ground beef in St. Cloud, MN (Emmer's district) -- $5.29/lb at ALDI, $7.23/lb at Walmart. Not sure where "less than $2/lb" is happening there?
— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) September 16, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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congrats to truckers for trump, who are getting exactly what they voted for
— shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) September 15, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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Republican concept of a healthcare plan: benefits for me, not for thee --
Indeed, We The People Should Be Getting The Same Healthcare And Paid Leave As McTurtle.......π’
— M Meerkat (@kackbro.bsky.social) September 16, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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Bari's bust (no, not that one) --
Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity. —"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy.bsky.social) September 15, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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Paging "Michigan" Mike Rogers, paging "Michigan" Mike --
Florida Man misses Michigan Senate debate
— Tim Dickinson (@timdickinson.bsky.social) September 15, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Are we SURE he's not a bot? --
He said this. An adult human actually said this.
— Jonah Blank (@jonahblank.bsky.social) September 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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The venerable icon Neal Young and his band The Chrome Hearts have a new album coming out Friday, "Second Song." A track from that album, "Casting Me Away From You," is vintage Young, with his mournful vocals and harmonica breaks on this folksy tune. Enjoy.
The generic Dem lead is up to 9 points. MAGAts likely to take a severe drubbing, but VOTE and make sure.
The bottom for Republicans really starts giving out as the Democratic lead keeps building 7 points? - 231 Dem seats 8 points? - 237 Dem seats 9 points? - 240 Dem seats 10 points? - 249 Dem seats 11 points? - 262 Dem seats
— Polling USA (@usapolling.bsky.social) September 16, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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Last night, Jimmy Kimmel covered Trump's Ireland golf trip, his constant dozing off and lack of control of AI, Moscow Mitch's return to the Senate, Don Jr.'s wedding paid by a Putin oligarch, and more. Also of note, his special guest, Emmy award winning friend Stephen Colbert. Worth two vids!
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Operation Epic Quagmire: Gulf states don't trust Trump / price of his folly --
“.. Analysts say the region’s leaders have no choice but to seek different security options after the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran exposed the vulnerabilities of the Gulf Arab countries and emboldened the Islamic Republic.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/w...
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) September 15, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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Day 198 of Trump's Operation Epic Failure. Iran owns the Strait of Hormuz. The Houthis own the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia is in disarray. Oil prices skyrocketing. Groceries are being purchased via credit cards. American taxpayers are spending >$1 BILLION per day for this CF. abcnews.com/Internationa...
— The Sgt Joker (@thesgtjoker.bsky.social) September 14, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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SCOTUS rejects mail in ballot scam, with Thomas and Alito dissenting, naturally --
Safe bet that these two guys have lifetime golfcart privileges at Mar-a-Lago
— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) September 14, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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If Trump wanted to crown himself emperor in the national cathedral alito and thomas would support it
— Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) September 14, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Don Jr.'s wedding- after parties financed by Putin associate. Nothing to see here --
For the first time in their lives the Trumps actually have decent positive cash flow. And yet they're still on the Moscow dole. π€π€ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) September 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Just before arranging Trump Jr's wedding feast, Umar KremlΓ«v was awarded a medal for exceptional services to the Kremlin.
— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) September 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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More on the Trump Crime Family --
We have never seen a family in the White House as corrupt as the Trump!! www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
— Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah.bsky.social) September 15, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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The deranged Malignant Fascist desperate to slap his name on Kennedy Center (foiled again) --
I don’t care if Trump plasters his name in neon lights, no one is going to call it the Trump Center. Kennedy Center is going bankrupt because Artists walked away, audiences stopped coming, and Trump turned one of America’s great cultural institutions into an ego project nobody wants to be part of.
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) September 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
— Julian Sanchez (@normative.bsky.social) September 15, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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The Pedophile Protection Party, Mike Rogers edition (contribute to Abdul El-Sayed here) --
Does Mike Rogers belong to the Epstein class? Yes. Mike Rogers has argued that some names in the Epstein files should be protected from public exposure. Now a Metro Times review finds that donors named in those files have given nearly $4.7 million to support Roger's senate campaign. He's their man.
— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) September 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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JD Vance and the Iran War albatross. Couldn't happen to a more worthy sycophant --
New in PN: JD Vance will never escape the albatross of the Iran War "Have you ever seen a video of a car that got booted, and the driver decides to just give it a shot anyway? Inevitably, the boot tears up their car as they lumber down the road. That’s what Iran is going to do to his campaign."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) September 15, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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Vegetable Mitch McConnell spotted. Press meekly complies not to film him in Capitol --
if you're a reporter "barred from recording video" by the government, you goddamn better record video
— Greg Pak (@gregpak.net) September 14, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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I want to see more video evidence to get a full picture but this is just not healthy.
— Bradley P. Moss (@bradmossesq.bsky.social) September 15, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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So true --
— πΈππππ£ π»ππ¨π (@amberdawn1116.bsky.social) September 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
A key graph from Anne Applebaum's article in The Atlantic "Empire of Grift," on how American diplomacy has been taken over by hustlers and self-interested businessmen, to our profound national detriment:
"Slowly, the Brazilians were learning the same lesson as other American allies around the world: The United States of America is no longer the entity they knew. And American power is no longer deployed solely by trained diplomats and reliable officials, working through state channels. Informal envoys, private companies, online grifters, and hardened ideologues both inside and outside the government matter more. Unlike their predecessors, these people do not talk about spreading democracy, and don’t want to build long-term relationships. They don’t care about America’s reputation. They are deploying the tools of American diplomacy and government for their own purposes, to promote their own business interests or their own ideological goals, because, suddenly, they can."
The entire article is excellent and well-researched.
Surprise! Daddy Putin is working hard again to help his favored American party/ cult, this time in the mid-terms:
A Russian disinformation campaign is targeting the midterms, and specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed operation to meddle in this year’s elections.
The campaign is simple, and designed to reach voters on social media. In a series of doctored selfie videos posted to various platforms, Hollywood actors appear to disavow the Democratic Party and urge viewers to vote Republican.
“When I hear about Democrats, I immediately think of corrupt Nazi whores,” a bogus Sarah Jessica Parker says. “If you love America, never vote for Democrats.”
The videos are real — one clip featuring Julia Roberts is lifted from Gucci’s 2023 Chime for Change campaign for gender equality, and others were ripped from personalized videos the actors recorded for fans on Cameo. But the audio is fake, seemingly cloned from the actors’ voices with artificial intelligence and laid over a reel of right-wing bogeymen: Pride parades, Jeffrey Epstein, stock footage of drug deals and homeless encampments.In one of the manufactured videos posted to X, Bluesky and TikTok, Roberts is made to say that Democrats and Big Pharma are conspiring to push a sinister trans agenda. In another, Emma Caulfield appears to call Democrats vampires who drink the blood of children. A manipulated clip of Christopher Lloyd of “Back to the Future” has him railing against Black Lives Matter, and a voice-cloned Ed Begley Jr. calls Democrats “perverts.”
The videos are all branded with unauthorized CNN logos in the top left corner and push viewers to share the clips and join the #AllDemocratsAreCriminals campaign. The campaign hasn’t gone viral; the most popular posts garner just dozens of interactions and were first flagged by @antibot4navalny, an anonymous group of analysts tracking Russia-related influence operations.
The campaign is familiar to disinformation researchers and bears all the marks of a longtime Kremlin-backed operation. Referred to interchangeably as Matryoshka, Operation Overload and Storm-1679, the campaign is known for seeding social media with manipulated videos that bear the branding of real news outlets and law enforcement agencies to spread false narratives and erode public trust across Europe and the United States. It uses bot networks and has been known to send the clips directly to fact-checkers and newsrooms — a debunking from the media can amplify the messages.
The network seems to be targeting specific candidates in midterm races. On Friday, @antibot4navalny flagged a new batch of falsely CNN-branded videos targeting specific Democrats, including Chris Pappas in New Hampshire, James Talarico in Texas, Jon Ossoff in Georgia, Mary Peltola in Alaska, Roy Cooper in North Carolina and Sherrod Brown in Ohio. The false claims include that Talarico hates Hasidic Jews, that Pappas funded doctors who approved gender transitions for children, and that Brown’s business harmed Ohio’s bee population.
“This is Russia’s opening salvo in their attack on the U.S. midterm elections,” Darren Linvill, a Clemson University professor and the co-director of its Watt Family Innovation Center Media Forensics Hub, told MS NOW. “In the past year they have burned through Moldova, Armenia, Romania, France, Sweden and Germany, as well as others. Now it is our turn.”
It helps immensely that the Russians have a corrupt, compromised Malignant Fascist in the White House, eager to get any help he can. So, while nothing will be done at the Federal level to counteract the disinformation, maybe we'll get lucky and international members of the cyberalliance that disrupted Russian cybercrime networks in the past can
disrupt this political cybercrime as well, in the cause of defending democracy. It's also been reported that social media platforms have been deleting the Russian disinformation videos.
On the other hand, people who take deepfake misinformation on issues from a celebrity in this existential election wouldn't likely be voting Democratic anyway. But forewarned is forearmed.
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A win is a win, and this one eliminates one of the Malignant Fascist's schemes to subvert the mid-term elections:
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway.
The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years and have accounted for nearly a third of votes cast.
It represented a stark defeat for Trump on an issue he consistently has emphasized as vital to ensuring election integrity even though there is virtually no evidence of fraud with mail ballots.
The Supreme Court majority wrote that the administration’s push to implement the restrictions this year is likely to lose in court, though the brief emergency order didn’t detail its reasoning. Two justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, publicly dissented. [snip]
Election officials have said there was simply no way to carry out a complete overhaul in the weeks before the midterms. Indeed, Alabama, North Carolina and Wisconsin began sending mail ballots to voters over the past week while the new system was still not active.
The Trump administration plan would require states to adopt a uniform envelope style and submit lists of eligible voters to an online portal. The Postal Service could refuse to deliver ballots to states that didn’t comply.
The administration’s efforts had the potential to be especially disruptive in states that send out ballots entirely by mail. Washington’s Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, a Democrat, said the decision means work “to carry out a safe, secure, and accurate election” can continue ”without having to upend our election processes to meet unrealistic ballot mail requirements.”
In Arizona, another largely vote-by-mail state, Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said “it is crucial for us to continue rejecting the notion that access and security are mutually exclusive when it comes to running strong elections.”
Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, a Republican serving as the state’s chief election officer, said on social media that the Supreme Court’s decision means “Utahns can have confidence that the 2026 election will proceed as normal.”...
The Malignant Fascist votes by mail, of course, but everyone else cheats. The issue could still arise again after the mid-terms because the fascists never give up unless and until they're crushed. Also, expect the MF and his MAGAt cult to claim this decision allowed massive fraud when they lose control of the House and Senate, a claim no one will have any evidence for and the vast majority won't believe.
In a sinister development, the Trumpist-run Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a final rule that would terminate limits on greenhouse gases emitted from our nation's power plants. It would erase decades of progress on limiting climate change- affecting controls on the CO2 and other emissions from America's power plants, endangering the air quality for tens of millions. The Associated Press reports:
"The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to repeal rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action that Administrator Lee Zeldin has said would remove billions of dollars in costs for the industry and help “unleash” American energy.
The rule change, proposed last year, could be announced as soon as Monday, according to two people familiar with the proposal, and represents a fundamental shift from efforts by Democratic Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama to address climate change and clean up industrial pollution, often in low-income and majority Black or Hispanic communities.
The rule, which is expected to face immediate legal challenges, also could prevent future administrations from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, the people familiar with the proposal said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the final rule had not yet been made public." (our emphasis)
This regime is beholden to fossil fuel polluters, who give generously to MAGAt politicians and the cult leader himself, and who are especially guilty of air and water pollution in communities of color. This is the kind of malicious ruling that the Dems, should they retake the House and Senate, should block and force the EPA to withdraw, withhold funding for the Malignant Fascist's pet projects if they don't. Clean air and water should be non-negotiable for Americans, regardless of their politics, color or income, regardless of what the venal and reckless plant operators and their fascistic allies in the MF's regime think.
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“'If the Republicans win, you win with us and get $5,000,' Trump bloviated during his rally-pretending-to-be-a-convention in Dallas last Wednesday.
"He concluded, inevitably, with a branding exercise. The checks, he said, would 'be called the Trump Dividend.'
"Trump sounds like a carny salesman, not a president. That’s
because he is a carny salesman. He’s shilling hard because the
Republican Party he is selling for the midterms is about as appetizing
as his patented explosive diarrhea lettuce. [snip]
"The important thing to know about Trump, the thing that all Americans
need to know, is not how much money he says he’ll give you. The
important thing to know is that he is a liar, a skinflint, and a
scammer, and that he will give you nothing, because he wants all the
money, all the power, and all the country for himself." -- Noah Berlatsky, "Public Notice" Substack, on “Trump Dividend” is the new Trump Steaks. As Berlatsky goes on to point out, there will be no checks. So don't go shopping at that trumpstore.com just yet, MAGAts!
The Epstein-Trump files coverup --
— Miaganga (@miaganga.bsky.social) September 14, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Operation Epic Quagmire / a hard lesson thanks to Trump / making excuses for Xi --
“.. With Saudi oil now blockaded, Americans are about to discover why maintaining stability in the Middle East and not handing it to a consortium of Russia and Iran was always important.” @jayinkyiv.bsky.social
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) September 13, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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Trump excuses Xi for helping Iran kill US troops π Q: On the topic of Xi, we recently reported Chinese entities may have provided Iranians w/ satellite imagery of airbases in Jordan-- TRUMP: He's behaved reasonably well. When they say China spies on us, I say, you're right, and we spy on them too.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) September 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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The moron extortionist-in-chief --
The experiment visited upon us by too many of our fellow citizens to put the dumbest American who also thinks he’s an expert on every subject in charge of our govt is not going well. bsky.app/profile/atru...
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) September 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Exclusive: Leaders of the Kennedy Center say the center is on the brink of bankruptcy and argue that putting the president’s name on its facade — and thus ensuring his fundraising efforts — may be the only way to avoid a “certain fiscal collapse.”
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) September 14, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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Like compromised father, like compromised son, Putin puppets edition --
“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
— Jesse Eisinger (@jeisinger.bsky.social) September 14, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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"Why should I pay, when I can easily be bought?"
— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) September 14, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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Slava Ukraini!
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— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) September 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Moscow Mitch returning to Senate in "Weekend at Bernie's" remake? --
It’s unclear if Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) will be back in the chamber Monday as the Senate reconvenes after a five-week recess. McConnell, 84, has not appeared in the Senate since June following a fall at home.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) September 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Two new staff members were hired by Mitch McConnell today to help him get around as he returns to Congress
— Michael Clear (@michaelclear.bsky.social) September 14, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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It's Monday every day π McConnell’s Return Gives Kentucky Two Brain-dead Senators open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
— Susanbeth5781 (@susanpatrick1.bsky.social) September 14, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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See BS's Norah O'Donnell shills for Trump regime --
CBS fluffs Hegseth. Hegseth fluffs CBS. As it was ordained months ago.
— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) September 13, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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The "Trump Dividend" has an enthusiastic supporter π --
$5000 Election Bribe
— Brent Terhune (@brentterhune.bsky.social) September 10, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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The MAGAt-controlled Congress has heard the alarms about AI's real risks of escaping human intervention, and imperiling us all, so.... they've decided to do nothing in the next few weeks. From Politico:
"The top executives running America’s most powerful artificial intelligence companies over the weekend agreed their industry needs to slow down — or risk humanity’s safety.
But the chance of Congress rushing to action in the coming weeks is next to zero.
One obstacle is the tight calendar before the midterms: Lawmakers return Monday, but the House is scheduled to leave by Friday and the Senate is already eyeing cutting their three-week session to two.
Another hurdle is the lack of momentum behind any plan. Senate Commerce could hold a markup of AI legislation this month, but it’s unclear a broad bipartisan AI safety bill being pushed by Majority Leader John Thune and Sen. Amy Klobuchar will be finalized. Senators can’t yet agree on provisions that would hold AI labs legally accountable.
And some don’t think there’s a need to do anything right now: Senior House Republicans have largely stood in line with President Donald Trump, who has brushed aside concerns of an existential threat in light of the AI arms race against China." (our emphasis)
These "hurdles" and "obstacles" can be removed if the MAGA leadership wanted to. Calendars and business are self-imposed and moveable, but the profoundly ignorant and dangerous Malignant Fascist sees this as only as a technological race with China about something he doesn't understand. To him, AI produces the slop that he and Natalie shitposts in the middle of the night when he should be tucked in bed, so all is good.
BONUS: Politically, the MF and his cult are on the wrong side of the issue, bigly.
