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If you think a test for dementia is an IQ test, you have dementia. If you don't realize you have been given a test for dementia because your physician suspects you have dementia, you have dementia. If you think being able to tell a giraffe from a whale makes you a genius . . . you have dementia.

It’s Mississippi Matters Monday, and I’ve got to say, this week’s topic really upsets me. A federal court just told Jackson residents that they don’t have a right to clean water. Let that sink in.

Can I appeal to every Democratic campaign to quit texting. It actually is making donations less likely because I don’t want to be on another list. Just stop. 

The EPA mailed Congress four old waivers and called them “rules” so the fast-track kill switch would work. They stapled the page that says they aren’t rules to the back of the envelope. A judge caught it. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-rall...

This will be interesting www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...

There’s no legitimate purpose for ICE to have this information. There are a ton of nefarious ones, though.

More from my review of The Nerd Reich:

I’d love to hear from Venezuelans how they feel about Delcy Rodriguez selling out the entire country for her own advancement:

Arizona Republicans promised school choice. Taxpayers got trampoline parks, ski passes, martial arts, pianos, and luxury driving lessons while public schools begged for basics. No Child Left Unbounced takes a sharp, funny look at voucher madness. essayx.substack.com/p/no-child-l...

any book worth banning is a book worth reading

The closure of the national archives can end up affecting all of us www.instagram.com/reel/Dbb0f1M... 

Do you know what China's been doing while we've been dropping bombs and allocating more money for new weapons? Beating us on alternative energy, manufacturing, high speed rail, technology, microchips, and infrastructure.

Oh, the things I would make happen to him in the Black Mirror episode I would write.

Has the World Cup Turned Me Into … a Sports Guy? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/a... oh my gosh this just encapsulates my whole soccer obsession. “ I know what offside is, but I don’t know it when I see it“

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The best way to get to the bottom of the McConnell question is for the governor to appoint a replacement. The GOP legislature passed a law stripping him of that power, but it goes against the state constitution. If they refuse to seat the replacement, take them to court. There’s zero downside.

The documents Trump cited don't even make his case - and actually refute much of it. But that didn'tg matter. No foreign regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president just did tonight to faith in U.S. elections. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Yikes!

This is Joan Sebastian Guerrero, the 26-year-old Colombian father and husband murdered by ICE fascists in broad daylight in front of his 3-year-old daughter. He was NOT the target of the ICE warrant. He was documented. He did everything right. ICE murdered him anyway. And yet… 1/2

President Trump signed orders to reduce the size of two Utah national monuments: the Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by more than 90% to allow for grazing, motorized recreation, logging and other resource development in the region, the White House said.

Having a functional electoral democracy is one of the most precious achievements of human civilization. We figured out how to—mostly at least—have our fights with slips of paper instead of killing each other. That's what's ultimately at stake, that's the depth of Graham's betrayal of society itself.

This Is One of the Loneliest Jobs in America www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Donald Trump has just ousted the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission. The EAC is an independent federal agency that helps administer election funds. This is just the latest example of Trump’s efforts to subvert US elections. www.propublica.org/article/fede...

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump Thursday dismissed all remaining commissioners on the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), a bipartisan federal agency created to help states administer elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...

🚨BREAKING: In the latest blow to President Donald Trump’s anti-voting agenda, a federal court on Wednesday granted the NAACP’s request to halt the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) implementation of his executive order against mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This is generational harm. Stop Vought

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1 in 4 people in the U.S. have a disability. Accessibility shouldn’t be an afterthought.

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Where’s Mitch?

Investment accounts owned by President Trump engaged in more than 300 previously undisclosed stock purchases on April 8, 2025, one day before his surprise announcement that he would pause a number of his “Liberation Day” tariffs, his financial disclosure report says.

"Those who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit atrocities." ~ Voltaire

@muellershewrote.com Pulitzer worthy shot if ever one was. How do we find out who captured this?

Our “We the People” float and no kings marchers won most patriotic trophy in mega MAGA Huntington Beach, CA today! Zero negative feedback from a joyous crowd

Nothing quite captures the spirit of America 250 like promising a century of single party rule if only one party can change election laws.

A federal judge has ordered the DOJ to release more unredacted Epstein files or justify every remaining redaction by July 2, ruling the department likely violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The DOJ must comply. #OpDeathEaters #3E #EndImpunity

The Trump administration inked a $1.6 billion deal for a U.S. company to mine tungsten in Kazakhstan. The company is linked to Trump’s sons & Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s sons, who will be personally enriched by their fathers’ policy decisions. The corruption is breathtaking.

Michelle Obama appreciation post, our forever First Lady. 💙

First they came for... If you think they are creating huge mass detention centers JUST for undocumented immigrants, think again!! They have a database of protesters... #3E #NoKings #Rallies #Angrets www.npr.org/2026/06/10/n...

Alex Lawson: Let's remind ourselves WHY they cut $1 trillion out of Medicaid. Why 56K people are going to die every year. To give TRILLIONS in tax handouts to the richest people the world has ever known so they can buy another golden yacht to sail to Epstein's Island or whatever it is that they do.

OK, every Democrat running for office: Can you just stop texting me? I love you and wish you the best but JFC I’m sick of you all.

Oh my gosh, is this so true. Democrats have made texting impossible because everyone has turned off their alerts. I report spam on everyone except the Vindmans. And this is completely arbitrary because I do not live in Virginia or Florida, but I like them -ha ha. NO MORE TEXTING.

I said what I said.

So they left off the biggest crime family ever. 47 is the culprit while he builds monuments to himself he cuts food for kids to $12 per month. Yes —the party of family values.

The momentum took him to the top in the primaries and will see him through November! Just what California needs – someone with strong moral fiber/work ethic/smarts! XB for CA Governor YAY