Powerful storm.. My first geography paper as a masters student was research on shoreline erosion from coastal storms on New Jersey barrier islands, and impact of human made structures (jetties, seawalls, artificial dunes) on beach width. The Ash Wednesday storm 1962 was the most destructive/erosive.

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

The Dow plunged almost 900 points and the S&P 500 lost 2.7% in the biggest drop since April after Trump threatened new tariffs on China.

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

The company’s Facebook page says it manufactures “various high explosive compositions and specialty products for the U.S. DoD and U.S. Industrial markets.” www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/u...

A Newsmax host defended ICE agents shooting a minister in the head with a pepper ball by falsely claiming he was “actually an antifa member masquerading as a pastor.”

"They disappeared her." This story from @timdickinson.bsky.social is so upsetting. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Shutdown Forces Medicare Patients in Pennsylvania off Popular Telehealth and Hospital-at-Home Programs | These services can be a lifeline for older people, especially in rural areas, where residents may struggle to travel long distances for health care in person, reports @stateline.org.

It seems like the cause of some minor furor every year but you'd think people would have internalized that the Nobel Peace Prize is a little suspect after Kissinger and Arafat each got one.

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists. Seems bad?

China’s quest to wean itself off US farm produce is taking it to more and more places. Read Business of Food newsletter here: #soybeans #food www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

They make up lies about paid agitators doing violence, and attach them to the name of a prominent Jewish person. This is antisemitism, and it infects every part of the GOP.

I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

A judge in Illinois has temporarily blocked federal agents from using certain types of force and crowd-control measures against protesters, after video of a pastor being repeatedly shot by pepper balls during a demonstration outside at an ICE facility near Chicago drew widespread outcry.

Lancaster County reader letter: "I believe that President Donald Trump must be impeached again, convicted by the U.S. Senate, removed as president and imprisoned." lancasteronline.com/opinion/lett...

US Rep. Smucker and other Republicans are lying about shutdown and Democrats' health care aims [editorial] lanc.news/47aYnbz

Mark Bray, a historian at Rutgers who specializes in Spanish history and radicalism, was turned back at the airport on his first attempt. Bray has been a far-right target ever since he published 'Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook' in 2017.

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

but ALSO: China is shifting its soybean purchases from the U.S. to Argentina because of a pointless trade war that's devastating U.S. farmers extremely innovative

Utility rates are rising in 41 states due to the increased demand from data centers on the electric grid. www.businessinsider.com/energy-conse...

Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions. These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water. AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year. The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

Kristi Noem: "If we have to do it the hard way in Portland and Chicago, we will."

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE 🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Pritzker isn't low-IQ because he's not Black. Only Johnson is low-IQ because he's Black.

East Petersburg's ban on nonessential water use may last until the end of October lanc.news/46If2TF

White House officials have held increasingly serious discussions in recent days about President Donald Trump invoking the Insurrection Act, a rarely used 19th century law that gives the president the power to deploy active-duty troops inside the U.S. for law enforcement purposes

Foodie alert: the Greek Food Bazaar in Lancaster is back! lanc.news/GreekBazaar25

Flight delays are expected across the country for a third straight day as the FAA braced for more airport staffing shortages amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Zombifying tech is destroying us: "The TikTok-like Sora app offers an endless scroll and the ability to create 10-second videos — with audio included — of virtually anything, including your own AI-generated self ... and anyone who’s given consent (on their likeness)" www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

By this weekend, two significant storms will be swirling in the western Atlantic, with one that could hit the East Coast with heavy rain, strong winds, big waves and coastal flooding.

Russia seriously damaged one of Ukraine’s thermal power plants in an overnight attack, authorities said Wednesday, as Moscow pursued its campaign to deny Ukrainians heat, light and running water as winter approaches. https://to.pbs.org/4gXUkCK

I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

“It’s hard to put into words how disappointing it is to see our elected sheriff use his own front yard to mock and dehumanize a group of people,” a neighbor wrote. www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Everything's fine. Fine. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Roundup of today's letters from Lancaster County writers. Also includes numerous letters about the federal shutdown. lancasteronline.com/opinion/lett...

"city officials say they have no definitive legal position about whether they will retroactively apply to the two proposed centers at 216 Greenfield Road and 1375 Harrisburg Pike." lancasteronline.com/news/local/h...

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here. Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

I've been banging this drum for the past four months or so: DOGE and Russ Vought broke the appropriations process. What's the point of going through the arduous process of crafting 12 spending bills, clearing them through committee and getting them through two chambers if Trump does rescissions?

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent. Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

A new draft White House memo suggests a 2019 law signed by President Trump that guarantees federal employees get paid after a shutdown ends would not apply to furloughed workers.

Real estate investors bought one-third of all single-family residential homes sold in the second quarter of 2025.

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, roughly 38% of the state’s incarcerated population has been treated for mental illness. lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

Stephen Miller's family is again discussing his high school era obsession with Joseph Goebbels and Nazism. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

"people who didn't know they had insurance" like it's some random apple subscription for $2.99/month that you're too tired to investigate

The Director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants Americans to “move on” from needing healthcare

Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR) was a lifeline for those of us who survived sexual assault and abuse. This is devastating news. Hold onto hope, donate, fundraise. Pa. rape crisis centers face layoffs, closures amid budget impasses | 90.5 WESA share.google/gE8lN3FbBOM2...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on a recommendation that patients must consult a health care provider to get a Covid-19 vaccine, although they don’t necessarily need a prescription. https://cnn.it/3IWGRhQ

I truly don't understand what people thought was going to happen