ICE saying that birth certificates, state ids like driver’s licenses, and U.S. issued ids are not not sufficient evidence of citizenship seems like a major question to me.

I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.

The condescension and moral preening are getting all the glory in this email, but don’t sleep on the new head of CBS News declaring that the last 7 days were a “slow news week.”

jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation

Not covered very well on here (MENAsky remains so barren) but Netanyahu's hope for his forthcoming visit this next week is to convince Trump to attack Iran yet again

a lot of people are interpreting what I said as an allegation of conspiracy. It’s not. It’s an allegation of incompetence.

Staring in historian of Western imperialism...

Kash lied to congress.

The West Bank-ification of much of southwest Syria is already under way with checkpoints, Israeli only roads (thus far for the occupation army), the demand that local villages ask the Israeli occupation for permission to travel, and so on. Settlement is the natural extension of this process.

My prediction is that there will be settlements in occupied Syria beyond the already occupied Golan before there will be the return of settlement in Gaza

Musk, an immigrant to America, called an American mayor a “traitor” for supporting other immigrants to America. Just an unmitigated asshole.

Bari Weiss lied in her memo. She said segment didn't report administration's legal justification (it does in the very first sentence) and didn't say how many detainees had been charged with crimes as opposed to just those who were convicted (it does). www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

Honestly it's going to be pretty fun watching her try to run a national news organization that is 100 percent united in hating her guts

This is a brilliant and fascinating interview. A totally different perspective to what you generally see.

For one and a half months, a Ukrainian ground drone from the Third Assault Brigade held the position in place of infantry. For 45 consecutive days, the ground robotic system carried out combat patrols, suppressing all attempts by Russian forces to break into the sector with machine-gun fire

I was essentially in the right place at the right time to force the resignation of a united states senator, and this weird little factoid in my history has been completely forgotten.

If they don't sanitize their input I wonder what else is possible.

yes. she investigated the case of why everyone at the new york times hated her and discovered that it was because she was too smart and too brave.

"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.

The legacy media narrative has been unified in claiming that Jeffrey Epstein abused minors. But how can anyone report that without interviewing Jeffrey Epstein? I asked Alan Dershowitz. —Bari Weiss, today in the New York Times

I *highly* recommend watching this interview.

What Ukraine needs is highly trained and motivated soldiers who can operate in the present envoronment. Lots more on long-range strike, Ukraine's theory of victory, and how Ukraine still has many "cards" that it can play.

They are very good at this.

this was....predictable

its not a nuclear option its just the law

I honestly still can’t believe they did this it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried

This is key; the biggest thing that didn't happen yesterday is neither Trump nor DOJ stated that everything with Trump's name on it or with his image has been disclosed. If you have nothing to hide, wouldn't that be what you would do? Instead, looks like DOJ is continuing the cover-up, as Ryan notes

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And may every day be another wonderful secret.

Currently at the funeral for the penny, happening at the Lincoln Memorial:

"slavery was so long ago, I'm not responsible" vs. "we built this place it's ours"

Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months? Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA? But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis. Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...

If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is. It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.

THE GOLDEN KEY (1995) Oil on Gessoboard - 36” x 24” In this story written by 3 top female fantasy authors—Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, and Kate Elliott—the court painter is a mad artist. 1/3

Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”

DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor. Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better

I read through these (more in the comments) and hoped maybe this was some cheeky lefty publication that went looking for the most extremist nuts they could find to make the right look bad. Nope. It’s City Journal, published by the far right Manhattan Institute. Horrifying.

These folks are being so openly and casually antisemitic, it makes me wonder if some other outlets' are sanewashing their focus groups.

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Again: none of this is legal, and the rush to commit crimes just because a guy in a tie said so — and journalists’ refusal to describe it as a crime — is just incomprehensible to me. You can say no!

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surprise, surprise. DOJ will release docs over a rolling production over a few weeks -- violation of terms of Epstein law but who's to stop them. Big point is timing -- remember first spin of Mueller Report by Bill Barr? What comes out first will be big influence on public perception.

SOF fetishization has done so much damage to the both the military and LE.

I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along

I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.