Returning to a subject I was discussing this morning on X, I think a single video like this does more to radicalize people against ICE than any loaded rhetoric any politician has ever used, and DHS should think very hard about the consequences of supporting this kind of behavior from its agents.

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Virginia, Georgia, and other states have had longstanding anti-mask acts to combat the Klan and forms of political violence. I think that generally applicable law— especially given the historical roots— could very well have a different analysis than one that’s only targeted at law enforcement.

The big news tonight is two-fold — Trump's "domestic terrorism" memorandum and James Comey's reported indictment — and both are signs that Trump's authoritarianism is here. Now. Both situations, though, show how weak Trump actually is. That will be coming tonight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com

CoreCivic has alleged in multiple filings that Leavenworth officials are violating the supremacy clause of the US Constitution by interfering with the operations of the federal govt. DOJ's statement pushed that argument forward, saying that it is especially true in relationship to immigration.

It’s Wednesday and that means it is time for Defend Public Health’s Whopper of the Week! This week we tackle RFK Jr.’s false claims about fluoride.

He's vile. Mark Blaxill fanned the flames of the 2017 measles outbreak in Minnesota: www.washingtonpost.com/national/hea...

🦆🚨 Quack alert: Mark Blaxill, major anti-vax author who blames his child's autism on vaccines, is now occupying prime space in CDC’s Immediate Office of the Director 😫 For perspective, pediatrician, vaccine scientist and parent of an autistic child Dr. Peter Hotez writes about his own experience

Internationally-recognized virologist Dr. Jim Alwine @jimalwine.bsky.social had a chance to appear on the Infectious Dose podcast with @pathogenscribe.bsky.social and share his thoughts about the state of pandemic preparedness. Have a listen if you can. www.infectiousdose.com/post/jim-alw...

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

Right now, a single adult earning $40K/yr pays 2.1% of their income for the benchmark Silver plan. Under the trump formula they’ll have to pay about 6.7%. That means it will increase from around $70/mo to $223/mo.

FFS

DHS says it will defy CA's new "No Secret Police Act," which restricts officers from wearing masks during operations. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a press release, "Governor Gavin Newsom is fanning the flames of division, hatred and dehumanization of our law enforcement." 😑

The BS asymmetry principle: The amount of energy needed to refute BS is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it. Thank you to every science communicator who is doing the almost impossible work of countering misinformation every day. Every single one of you is saving lives!

What's the problem? If women can't just "tough it out" too bad.🤷🏼

The guy pushing Leucovorin for autism (Frye) works closely and repeatedly with the guy who pushed heavy metal chelation for autism (Rossignol), a practice that has actually killed children.

What do you call it where you lie to people and get *them* to commit the eugenics to their kids instead of the regime doing it directly?

This is absolutely beyond the pale—what kind of dangerous game are Drs Makary and Prasad playing at FDA? Ugh

@forbestonow.bsky.social : "The impact is felt beyond America and it's truly pathetic that health authorities have to contend with his disinformation. This example is from the UK but the same is happening elsewhere."

🚨 The essential thing here is to see clearly, to think clearly—that is, dangerously. 🚨

More than children will die and become disabled. Let us not overlook that it is also a direct attack on women.

It was a lot more than an attack on vaccines. It was an attack on women.

I agree 100% with Dr Offit

Bottom line, what it is: MISOGYNY He said pregnant women should only take Tylenol for an extremely high fever if they "can't tough it out." "Don't take Tylenol,” he said repeatedly. And “Fight like hell not to take it."

Judge: "Unhoused individuals hear about programs and promises. They hear that hundreds of millions are being spent, that homelessness is being addressed, that success is being claimed. Yet many still cannot find a bed, a bathroom, or a hot meal. Their lived reality does not match the headlines."

US Weekly COVID update: Sep 22, 2025 🔸1 in 57 Actively Infectious 🔸857,000 New Daily Infections 🔸6,450,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸177,000,000 Infections in 2025 🔸323,000 to 1,290,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸1,800 to 3,100 Weekly Deaths Source: pmc19.com/data/

A federal judge approved two people to monitor the city of Los Angeles’ compliance with an agreement to create more shelter for unhoused people, after ruling this summer that city officials have failed to fully follow through. laist.com/news/housing...

Just wait until SCOTUS overturns this on the emergency docket. (I kid, I kid, sort of)

J. Kagan dissent: "Our emergency docket should never be used, as it has been this year, to permit what our own precedent bars.Still more, it should not be used,as it also has been,to transfer government authority from Congress to the President, and thus to reshape the Nation’s separation of powers."

Alanis gets it. "Thank U Terror." "Thank U Gevurah"... youtu.be/5L7GMKClsTg?...

FFS. None of these people are serious about governing. All of this is like "Yeah well you have a big wiener!" "Well YOU have poopy pants!" "No YOU!"

Just NO....

Interesting seeing Marvel arguing FOR the new law by citing its merits in reducing the size of the police force in the state and increasing the accountability of local cops. Go figger.

#WhatsOn 🎁💐🎶 youtu.be/NGorjBVag0I?...

Umm....

"I’m A Doctor. The Things I’m Now Being Trained To Do In Trump’s America Are Terrifying." www.huffpost.com/entry/doctor...

This piece is very powerful. apple.news/AKP8KgJwnRi-...

Racism and a weird sort of spec-ops classism, if I had to guess. Black men (and other people with curly hair) are more likely to suffer from razor bumps, and accordingly requested shaving chits. Which were granted. The beard has become a weird spec-ops status thing (bad).

Yeah it's really only LOVE that can do that. Martin wasn't just joking around.

It’s racism, people with darker skintones have a greater percentage of needing “no shave” exceptions. This is an easy way to kick black people out of the military. www.aocd.org/page/pseudof...

I mean....

“They should accept it because they looked a little Mexican. It’s the price of a free society.” Kavanaugh, J., concurring.

Roll Call 282 | Bill Number: H. Res. 719 Sep 19, 2025, 10:53 AM | 119th Congress, 1st Session Vote Question: On Agreeing to the Resolution Honoring the life and legacy of Charles “Charlie” James Kirk clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025282

Welcome to Bluesky, where the impotent and histrionic online left will pounce on anything that smacks of law or process as evidence that you’re a shitlib who wants to help authoritarians take and keep power.

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them. #DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it. #Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them. #PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it. #Resist #Felon47 #FuckICE @aclu.org

We're on the right track here.👍🏼

Seeing a lot of Californian "states rights" attitude, and talk of secession and civil war in this thread and across Bluesky. IMO, this is not good talk. Meanwhile, the state of California is bound by the Constitution of the One Republic, just as all the states are.

"The way out isn't about left versus right; it's about clean versus corrupt, reform versus a rigged system, the people versus oligarchs."

Caregiver guilt: Don't. You are both doing the best you can. 💐

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