We have to stop dehumanizing ICE agents while they are doing their important job of dehumanizing us

This is fucking horrifying.

When Trump spews his bullshit about an American city, or university, or whatever, it’s vitally important that locals provide these simple but effective rebuttals

Around 80% of the psychiatric hospitals in the U.S. that have violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in the past 15 years are owned by for-profit corporations. Only a few have faced any repercussions from regulators. By @emcahan.bsky.social

Veterans of the Biden-Harris operation are spooked about what might come out—and making moves to prevent it.

The weaponization of the DOJ continues apace.

The same guy telling you Portland is war-ravaged, told you Mexico was going to pay for the wall and people were eating your pets in Ohio.

I'm glad to see House Democrats are pressing to get Rep-Elect Grijalva seated, because the fight over this is just a prelude to what the House Republicans will try in January 2027, when charges of "voter fraud" will lead to "serious questions" that will delay the seating of several new Democrats.

Accidentally identifies the problem. Why so much focus on low quality academic work? Who is highlighting this work—influential journals and programs, or culture warring critics? A lot of research doesn’t have a political valence. Why fixate on a subset of a subset, and call it all of academia?

Five years ago, @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social and I did a story about rural Oregon's fever dream that Antifa was coming to their town from Portland. Hundreds showed up armed downtown because they heard on Facebook that "Antifa buses" were coming. No buses came so they said Antifa "retreated."

Mike Johnson is acting. He is delaying the seating of the 218th vote to release the Epstein files. That man has his priorities set.

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

Fleeing immoderately from suspicion of involvement, Musk crosses over to implying he knew enough of what was up on that island to “REFUSE” but told no one and did nothing to protect the victims.

Hegseth fires general officers and JAGs, cracks down on dissenting views in military, orders killing civilians at sea without legal rationale, calls generals to Quantico to demand loyalty. Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities. "What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"

He lied. Gotta use the word

Trump is now threatening to prosecute his first hand-picked FBI director, Chris Wray

I think we should also ridicule Miller here, not fear him. His fascist cosplay is absurd. He thinks tweeting in a clipped, military-sounding tone will frighten us. Oooo, he said "utilized"! Scary! Meanwhile their efforts to prosecute foes are imploding in buffoonery and Trump is polling in the 30s.

Reminder that Trump's initial rationale for sending the troops in Portland was something he saw on TV

Trump’s apologists have defended his censorship efforts by attacking the left for once embracing cancel culture. But, “presuming that all opponents are hypocrites relieves people from having to make a case against liberal values,” Jonathan Chait argues.

Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.

NEW: Trump falsely suggested today that rank-and-file FBI agents fomented the Jan. 6 attack that a mob of his supporters unleashed on the Capitol, leaning into conspiracy theories as he accuses a second FBI director of committing crimes w/ @iriesentner.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like

The State Department revoked the Colombian president’s visa; he responded by saying the U.S. government "no longer honors international law.”

Reminder that Trump campaigned on sending troops into American cities to take out "the enemy from within." Something to consider next time a pundit tells you the election was really about inflation.

💯. This has been the takeaway from the attacks on law firms and universities as well.

If only we could figure out why this is happening

One reason Trump 2.0 is so different from Trump 1.0 is SCOTUS immunity decision. Without fear of criminal prosecution, Trump’s full wrath has been unleashed.

“A Portland Police Bureau assistant chief said in court recently that federal police were “instigating” some of the clashes between officers and protesters outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland.” www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

The National Weather Service is struggling with staffing shortages due to Trump administration cuts. But as the Atlantic hurricane season peaks and wildfires ramp up in the West, hundreds of positions remain vacant, staff said.

Tim Miller brings on Daily Caller editor-in-chief Dylan Housman to debate Trump’s bizarre interview with the publication, former Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson’s extreme rhetoric, and debate over ICE detainments without due process

“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. “He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.” -Declaration of Independence

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed Smartmatic with false claims about voting machines, a federal judge rules.

Labeling domestic political opponents as "terrorists" and characterizing a US city as being at war as pretexts for deploying troops against US citizens.

The way the media spins stories like this is “look how the dogged cops cleared this terrible quadruple-murder 34 years later” and not “oh by the way they totally accused and convicted the wrong guys before, oops lol” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

There are credible reports that federal agents may be replaying the 2020 playbook and surging into Portland with the goal of provoking conflict and violence in my hometown. I am in close contact with state and local officials to monitor this activity.

the president just said the military should start shooting american civilians if they want to

So Trump calls it “The Department of War” and today authorized the Secretary of War to send the troops to war-ravaged Portland to use “full force” on protestors but a couple of weeks ago a reporter asked Trump about waging war on his own citizens and he had a meltdown over it

Mockler: I said Donald Trump created this environment over the past decade. You sat here and said, I need to take responsibility. I'm a 22-year-old youtuber. You hold me to a higher standard than the President

Gift article from the Atlantic. Sinclair and Nexstar give in on Jimmy Kimmel. @radiofreetom.bsky.social @ericowens.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

The media have to start framing this accurately. The president is now functioning as a tyrant. The story is whether the other two branches of government will do anything to stop him.

They are not even bothering a basic disinformation campaign regarding the “war ravaged” conditions in Portland or pretending that they are trying to be the good guys: just flat out staying they are invading a peaceful Democratic city because they can.

More evidence this regime wants to use the Dallas ICE shooting to expand the authoritarian state.

If Republicans are serious about protecting speech, they could pass laws to do so, Conor Friedersdorf writes. “But my fear is that the MAGA coalition cares far more about punishing the left than about better securing even their own rights.”

A thread on how a short-term loss may lead to a larger long-term win.

There's a saying in politics that you can win the policy or get the issue to run on. Democrats already plan to run on health care. Losing this fight but in a very high profile way arguably the best thing for them, because Rs own the pain.