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“I alone shall know, face to face with my shadow, you dare not distinguish it from the rest of the night...” ― Rachilde
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$𝟮𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝘀. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 1, 2026
John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Although Graham appeared barely sentient throughout Tuesday’s proceedings, she did not emit what were universally viewed as the session’s most idiotic utterances
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Smith said that the federal navigator program, a service that helps individuals shop for health plans with no “skin in the game,” would help prevent some of the back actor brokers that have led to the mass disenrollment. However, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫
alabamareflector.com
National ACA disenrollments could impact trust in programs, overall Alabama state health | Alabama Reflector
Those tax credits expired at the end of 2025, leading to 95,000 Alabamians – about 23% of the state’s enrollees – to exit the marketplace.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama all have near-total abortion bans, under which abortion is illegal at all stages except in extremely limited circumstances in which the individual’s life is endangered by the pregnancy. Doctors have raised concerns that these exceptions are too narrow.
alabamareflector.com
Steve Marshall, 2 other AGs sue states with shield laws protecting abortion-pill providers | Alabama Reflector
AG Liz Murrill is suing three Democratic-led states over laws that grant immunity to doctors who prescribe abortion-inducing medication
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
trump took credit to himself for ending the U.S. engagement in Iraq—although he confused the names of two different Iraqi operations And yet the United States is entering its eighth month of a war on Iran that trump apparently began with the same cowboy mentality bush carried into the war in Iraq.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 30, 2026
A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Whatever brought darkness to life may also reveal the light. Whatever injured the soul may also release the pearl.” ― Jayita Bhattacharjee
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) responded in a statement that “donald trump knows he can’t get these cuts through Congress, so he is illegally making them through the back door.”
commondreams.org
Trump 'Gleefully Eviscerating' Efforts to Help Families With 'Illegal' Pocket Rescission | Common Dreams
Trump faces backlash from elected Democrats and the Senate's top Republican appropriator for cutting nearly $1 billion in spending via a legally contested process.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The United States president described us as terrorists,” Masoud Pezeshkian told world leaders gathered in New York, referring to president donald trump’s speech there the previous day. “We have been the victims of terrorism.”
commondreams.org
In Defiant UN Speech, Iranian President Says US and Israel Are the Real Terrorists | Common Dreams
Masoud Pezeshkian delivered his address after the president of the United States—which one progressive commentator called "the world's biggest terrorist"—again threatened to "annihilate" Iran.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In an embarrassing attempt at a “gotcha” moment in Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, eric schmitt (R-Missouri) appeared to confuse his ass with a hole in the ground. an earlier goof by chuck grassley (R-Iowa), who seemingly mistook shit for Shinola.
borowitzreport.com
Eric Schmitt Confuses Ass with Hole in the Ground
A wild attempt at a “gotcha” moment resulted in the ass/hole-in-ground mix-up.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The decision will allow the trump administration to carry out its aggressive deportation method of quickly removing immigrants to one of the countries — some with human rights concerns — the administration has agreements with to take third-country removals from the United States.
alabamareflector.com
US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations outside immigrants’ home countries | Alabama Reflector
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation of immigrants to countries not their own.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“It was the only NBA or NCAA men’s game at that time going on in Atlanta,” schmitt replied. “He claimed later that he was at another game. Here’s the thing: 𝗠𝘆 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.” (𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙩, 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙪𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚 -𝘢𝘬)
thebulwark.com
Eric Schmitts the Bed
Plus: Trump’s dangerous, reckless embrace of AI.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Katie Britt’s facial expression has gone viral during the testimony of former US Attorney Jack Smith in Washington on Tuesday.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
𝗦𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁-𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲. One newscaster noted: “When a witness lies under oath before Congress, he can face prison. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 ‘𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴’.”
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“and at night, I read my own bedtime stories” ― Steven Bruce
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
trump and his allies have spent the past year aggressively seeking to root out noncitizen voting.  They have called into question the security of the upcoming elections, following the lead of the president, who has long made spurious claims of voter fraud to dismiss unfavorable results.
alabamareflector.com
Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near | Alabama Reflector
Trump's efforts are now colliding with federal law — and the reality long shown by studies and available data that noncitizen voting is rare.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And trump apparently can no longer command the attention of those who supported his MAGA agenda. the Wall Street Journal reported their analysis of almost 70,000 hours of podcasts by right-wing creators. 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽’𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟳𝟬% 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 28, 2026
It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Are we having fun yet?
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trump regime.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗘𝗹 𝗡𝗶ñ𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁 One such wave hit the northern tip of South America in late August and has begun moving up towards the west coast of the US. That wave could reach California shores within days.
theguardian.com
Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California
The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Doug Jones.
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𝗦𝗼: 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. This came after tuberville’s weeks-long fumbling on the data center issue and his no-one-asked-for-it declaration that Social Security is a “scam.”
alabamareflector.com
Commentary: Alabama Republicans may have a Tommy Tuberville problem | Alabama Reflector
The Republican gubernatorial nominee can't seem to stick to a script. And if it doesn't cost him the election, it could make GOP legislators' lives difficult next year.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This just in: Operation Goose Fury to target America’s oat milk supply. Tod Maffin
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The sky is busy tonight. I wonder who’s under it more than me?” ― Charlotte Eriksson
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Biker boots.
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Alan @fairhopeman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pay it forward.
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