Saturday, August 30, 2025

Today's news and jokes

("One of California's most perilous roads lived up to its reputation this week...Curt Cooter, who runs Cooter’s Towing out of Brookings, Oregon, was driving his usual route around noon Tuesday when he came upon the wreck")





The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program. We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful. The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs. www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...

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— ITEP (@itep.org) August 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Very simple







Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has called a special legislative session to redraw the state's congressional map and shift a seat to the Republican Party, and also to create new hurdles for citizen initiatives:

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— Bolts (@boltsmag.org) August 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM








BREAKING NEWS: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., delayed enforcing its decision, which is expected to be appealed to the Supreme Court.

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— NPR (@npr.org) August 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM


VOS Selections, the lead plaintiff on this suit, is a ~4-decade family-owned wine/spirits importer out of NY. As the owner told @vinepair.com after the initial win in the Court of International Trade in late May: "When they asked me to be lead plaintiff, I thought ‘Somebody needs to step up.’"

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— Dave Infante (@dinfontay.com) August 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM


Lego is no longer sending individual pieces to the U.S. due to Trump ending the de minimis exemption. This man ruins everything. www.404media.co/lego-stops-s...

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— Dennis Mersereau 🛰️ (@wxdam.com) August 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The site







BREAKING: Federal Public defenders are seeking removal of Trump's top federal prosecutor in L.A., @USAttyEssayli , arguing his appointment is unlawful. Follows successful challenge of New Jersey U.S. Atty. Alina Habba's status. Latest w/ @brittny_mejia www.latimes.com/california/s...

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— James Queally (@jqwritesstuff.bsky.social) August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM








I know it's illegal on here to notice that our leaders are actually fighting back in the job we actually elected them to do, but here's the Wall Street Journal bitching about Schumer's "historic" delaying tactics that have left almost 90% of Trump appointee slots empty. archive.ph/2025.08.27-0...

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— JLRay (@jlray.bsky.social) August 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
("Historically Bad Nominees Deserve A Historic Level Of Scrutiny By Senate Democrats")







This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me. Dem govs must step up and fill the void. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1998...

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— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) August 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Good poster























Accidentally putting your SS Grandad's *art collection* up on real estate dot com, could happen to anyone. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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— Tim Lyons (@picketer.bsky.social) August 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM








just an incredibly reported story from @samaha.bsky.social and the wapo crew www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

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— Ryan Mac 🙃 (@rmac.bsky.social) August 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"overdosed three times in the last five years of his life, The Post found, and was being prescribed large amounts of opioids and ketamine by his recovery doctor, all of which was kept hidden from the public by Colts executives"















Villanova has a 33 year old punter. @sickoscommittee.org 6abc.com/post/33-vill...

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— Aaron D. Proctor (@aarondproctor.bsky.social) August 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
("He began his college career at East Carolina University, where he earned two degrees. After entering the transfer portal, he landed at Villanova, where he's pursuing a master's degree")







New food item at Air Force games this year are B2 Bomber Nachos and they didn’t just go with a black box in the shape of the stealth jet either.

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— Bryan Fischer (@bryandfischer.bsky.social) August 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
























5 ways I use my Chinese electric mini-excavator that I didn’t expect

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— Electrek (@electrek.co) August 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM








For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper

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— Joseph Fasano (@josephfasano.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
















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— Luke Knox (@lukeknox.me) August 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM








as a gamer, I'm usually looking for games that give me more boosts than other games. or free gems on signup. I dont want to play any games without boosts or gems

— Sullivan (@dimosar.bsky.social) June 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM








Our cat Biscuit had his grooming appt today and they sent us his report card but I think I'm just going to use it as my bio

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— Dan Hon (@danhon.com) June 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM








I think about this quite a lot

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— Bethany Black (@bethanyblack.bsky.social) June 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM








@dillonj101 Japan drafts Don Quijote. That thought lasted about 20 mins #japan #japantravel #japantiktok #tokyo #shibuya ♬ Miracle Shopping - Koiniochite - RSP








@d1mplzzz Apparently this was the most “normal” looking shoes our mom had 😂 #fyp #viral ♬ оригинальный звук - artrave☆




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