In the eight days since the government shut down, President Donald Trump and his allies have engaged in a furious public campaign against Democrats. But behind the scenes, Trump and his aides have still not engaged with Democrats at all.

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials. I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

And yes, the Hungarian government was spying on European institutions . . . www.direkt36.hu/en/sulyos-ug...

Paulo Zampolli ran a modeling agency and introduced Melania to Trump at the Kit Kat Club. bsky.app/profile/edhi...

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency @heatmap.news

Trump appears to be openly considering ordering the construction of an imperial monument to his vanity as the gateway to this republic's most solemn national gravesite.

Live view of PDX right now

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

Think the website says “Made in the USA”? Think again.

Second threat walked back after a couple days.

“Hurry up, Lurch — I have to get to my cognitive exam. I was up all night studying.” “I’m not Lurch, Dad. I’m Eric.” “How’s your mother, Eric?” “She’s dead.” “You should have told me. I could have stuck her in the weeds — I can use the tax deduction.” “You did that already.”

Last night it said 100+ bought in the past month. Tonight, 200+. The legion grows.

What can someone say?

From the bad old site, in response to pro-immigration commentary from Cato scholars. I wonder whether there's something dangerous in letting presidents just arbitrarily declare one or another group to be a terrorist organization -- nah, I suppose that's alarmist.

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight. Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Also, I missed this story from earlier this year referenced in the article. aApparently Chad Mizelle, who was a year ahead of me at Cornell Law and also disgraces himself in the Trump admin, clashed with Ingrassia earlier this year. Cornell law is not big enough for this much embarrassment.

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon. The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

I saw people dunking on ICE for posting that they found one single supporter in Portland, but she is also missing an arm and apparently standing in front of the letters AI

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

I always find this dynamic weird. If you think the Pope is the Vicar of Christ and God’s annointed representative on Earth, presumably you should stop complaining and follow his lead. If you don’t think that… why are you Catholic?

Steve Liesman joins @stephruhle.bsky.social as Trump's White House buys stakes in more companies: "It creates winners and losers by the government."

All to cover up the Epstein files.

“We were so far, and we had done so much work, and we were so hopeful, because it looked good,” says a survivor of domestic violence who was convicted of helping kill her abusive husband. “But the climate right now is for punishment.”

Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News

The incompetence from the Justice Department is embarrassing. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Because it doesn’t involve as much conflict between govt officials and is less advertised, red state immigration enforcement is relatively underreported. E.g. I had missed this www.texastribune.org/2025/09/12/t...

Lacking the confirmation of the US Senate, Lindsey Halligan is _not_ in fact a United States Attorney. She purports to be an acting US Attorney, but given the serial appointments and resignations of Acting US Attorneys designated by Trump in his first nine months in office, that power has lapsed.

The Trump administration is offering $60K in student loan forgiveness as a recruitment tool for ICE, which just proves fighting Biden on student loan relief was never about the loans or “paying your own debt.” It was about who was offering it and who it would’ve helped.

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms. (Published June)

Did a quick post earlier to reinforce that in the places where Trump says crime is out of control crime is demonstrably under control. www.pbump.net/o/a-quick-re...

“My NIMBY stance was for my family property in the beginning. Now it’s for my whole state. I say no, we don’t want a prison. We don’t want this mega prison in this state,” says a resident of Franklin County, Arkansas.

Koh: This is an AG who is taking orders via dm and is trying to save her job because Trump’s upset about what's happening with the Epstein files. That's what this is all about.

9th Circuit just made anti-SLAPP laws (like the good ones in California and Nevada) a lot less effective. This is going to lead to a ton of suppressed speech. Stupid and dangerous. Especially now. We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...

M7.6 earthquake has struck offshore of Davao Oriental in the Philippines, prompting the issuance of a tsunami warning for affected coastal areas. www.philstar.com/headlines/20...

“The order also requires federal agents to wear badges or other “visible identification” so the public can know who they are, with exceptions for those officers who work undercover. The order applies to all DHS agents — including ICE and Border Patrol — across the Northern District of Illinois.”

What people do not understand is that there are federal prosecutorial guidelines. Even if Leticia James violated the law (and we don't know she did), federal prosecutors would not bring a case for $18,000. I indicted cases for DOJ. This is a vindictive prosecution. www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

"The jump in trading volume should make everyone question whether there was insider trading in advance of this announcement." www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...

They came from Brooklyn. A fascinating dive into the world of West Bank settlers, who they are, their culture of entitlement and how they live, namely with a great deal of violence against their neighbors. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

PHOTOS OF ANTIFA IN ACTION: My uncle Albert MacNeil (bottom second from right) with the Cape Breton Highlanders just before they busted through the impregnable "Hitler line." Canadians come from a long and proud line of fascist fighters.

Indictment alleges that James claimed the property as a 2nd home but used it as a rental investment property. It says she rented the property out but conveniently doesn’t specify the timeframe or duration. That’s notable bc you can rent out a 2nd home and the rider allows short-term rentals. 1/

The Trump admin reportedly plans to deploy the FBI, DHS, DOJ, IRS and the Treasury Dept. against left-wing groups it accuses of 'funding and organizing political violence'

this guy? i don’t believe it

I know this isn't the point of the story, but what official business did the DHS White House liaison have in Orlando in July?

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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When she arrived at the Ritz in Orlando, she learned she didn't have a hotel room. Ingrassia then told her that she would be staying with him. She initially protested but then relented. She found out later he had cancelled her reservation so she'd have to stay with him, officials said.