And for further clarification, while some of the general provision limitations would violate Byrd, others wouldn’t (and regardless Dems wouldn’t Byrd out any offending provisions). Republicans actively chose to include none of the traditional oversight because they didn’t want it.

Normally there’s a provision against using funds to destroy evidence of death or sexual assault against people held in custody. But not for this new money. Such language would run afoul of the Byrd rule, but the Byrd rule is not self-enforcing, and is surgical, so doesn’t threaten the bill. (2/3)

Democrats told Republicans they’d support the traditional limitations and oversight being included in this funding, but Republicans opted not to. They’re providing $69 billion with less oversight and fewer restrictions than ICE and CBP funds usually have. (3/3)

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. Internally called “NameTag,” it’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.

Bigotry is so brain melting that some Tennessee rescue won't let a friend of friend adopt a dog because she lives within 20 miles of Dearborn.

It's not even the first time they're recycling it.

A sergeant from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office office stole more than $10,000 in camera equipment from a photographer during clashes outside an immigrant detention center in Newark, the New Jersey State Attorney General’s office said Thursday. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/04/o...

Learned yesterday that Becky Lange, a woman I spoke with years ago about being destabilized by homeless sweeps, was killed after being assaulted in downtown Portland last week. She was a bright light. And not the first person experiencing homeless I've interviewed who's been fatally assaulted.

NEW: A stunning new project from @lawfaremedia.org's @katherinepomps.bsky.social finds that 97 Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the Capitol riot then got arrested, charged, and/or convicted with subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported.

New from Sharmeen Jariullah: What connects a mosque shooting in San Diego, California to a Muslim community development in Plano, Texas? The answer is Islamophobia.

A federal agency will offer tens of thousands of acres in northwestern Colorado that the nation’s largest elk herd relies upon for migration, foraging and winter habitat to oil and gas companies for lease in the state’s biggest such sale in modern history.

Recently, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized roughly 650,000 ballots from a November 2025 special election citing fraud allegations that election officials and courts have not found credible.

Jail and prison are incredibly unsafe. There is no safe jail. The important thing to keep in mind when reading these stories is that the answer is always to let people be free (not to hire more doctors). apnews.com/article/ice-...

There is a certain irony in cattle people throwing all of their weight behind an administration that promised to be friendly to rancher politics, only for that administration to allow a hideous cattle parasite to make it into Texas because cooperating with Mexico is woke and gay

If only someone could figure out how to make milk safe to drink! It'd be such a big deal the process would be named after them.

Sweden has done studies on the use of digital devices and AI in classrooms and found that they reduced literacy and comprehension rates. As a result, Sweden decided to reduce screen time and AI use and return to books, paper, and pencil. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Definitely a guy who is above board about his actual political commitments and allegiances www.salon.com/2026/05/29/t...

The Poem, a Smile, and Black Feminist Placemaking Muna Dahir & Katherine McKittrick (no paywall) in GeoHumanities: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Maine Wire recently alerted its readers to a scary Pride crosswalk in Bangor. I decided to investigate the situation for myself. It turns out, shockingly, that the Maine Wire is full of it. I stand proudly with the LGBTQ+ community, today and every day. #Pride2026 #mepolitics

This took 4 tries by House Democrats, who have been bringing these resolutions up for months and forcing votes on them. It finally passed today -- and now it heads to the Senate, where there is also slow but growing bipartisan opposition to Trump's war. www.huffpost.com/entry/house-...

An Arab professor at PSU endured a 10-month investigation over a video clipped with minimal context. During that time, a Judaic Studies professor posted dozens of controversial statements about Palestine, transgender politics, and more, but appears to have faced little or no consequences.

An experienced, well-connected investigative reporter with a great reputation, personal loyalty, and nothing but time is a formidable enemy to assign yourself.

“.. The public has swung 49 points against data centers in just nine months, underscoring the heightened political salience of the facilities and the AI industry that they embody.” @heatmap.news heatmap.news/politics/ame...

The farce continues. ICE and DOJ's official position to Judge Xinis is that it would be "prejudicial" to the United States national interest to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica and not Liberia. Then at a hearing, Secretary Mullin says he'd be "happy" to send him there.

FIFA and UEFA are directly responsible for this because they have granted Israel complete impunity by rejecting the case of the Palestinian Football Association against Israel. How is a state that literally abducts (and murders) members of its opposition allowed to participate in global sport?

Israel has abducted 20-year-old Palestinian women's national football team player Rand Halawani, abducted former national teamer Natalie Abu Diyeh, and imposed a travel ban on Musab Abu Salem. This is another facet of the ongoing athleticide, likely emboldened by FIFA's refusal to apply sanctions.

Trump's pick of Bill Pulte as DNI is worse than you think. It hands the "vast powers" of our "national security apparatus" to the guy who's working to jail Trump's enemies, says @leahlitman.bsky.social, and that's "terrifying." On the pod, Litman pulls no punches: newrepublic.com/article/2112...

We're excited to co-host the US premiere of Colorless, Odorless, a documentary by South Korean artist and award-winning filmmaker Eunhee Lee on Wednesday, June 3rd to kick off the Toxic Roots conference. For more info: bit.ly/toxicroots

11 copies of the limited edition first print left available! Signed and dated. www.ryanhillart.net/product-page...

Maybe now people understand why the idea of "national security mom" as a type of politician made me ill. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...

The dissenting justices said the state legislature's actions: *make "a mockery of the electoral process"; *would allow it "to nullify the results of any election it disagrees with"; and *constitute an "unconstitutional political coup."

So: *Exoneree Calvin Duncan won an election for clerk of criminal court in Orleans Parish. *The state legislature, AFTER seeing the election results, enacted a law eliminating the position. *The Louisiana Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, has now upheld that law. cases.justia.com/louisiana/su...

regrettably, this is unsurprising, and not just because it's the Louisiana Supreme Court.

There's just a certain fin de siecle absurdity of someone whose only achievement in life is having opinions on the internet ending the career of someone who managed to get into Kyiv in 2022 in the middle of the initial Russian invasion to interview Zelensky.

To be clear: the lower court said the map intentionally discriminates against black people in violation of the *constitution* (not just the VRA) and the MAGA Majority of SCOTUS is saying "that's ok now."

Check out this bit of ai alarmism from… the MIT Sloan School of Management.

the current director of national intelligence is a guy who two years ago received a trophy declaring he “Fucks Only The Young” at an (oddly dildo focused) event he organized dedicated to the conspiracy that Bed Bath and Beyond never actually went bankrupt

In the Prairieland trial, the government pointed to black clothing, Signal chats and anti-fascist literature as evidence of conspiracy. Newly obtained FBI files may complicate that argument.

Here was DHS’s statement at the time.

🚨🚨”Texas Tech University faculty say restrictions on instruction about race, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation prompted changes or requests for changes in 277 courses.” Faculty teaching conditions are student learning conditions! www.texastribune.org/2026/05/29/t...

Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. finance.yahoo.com/sectors/tech...

RFK says limiting access to whole milk was "a form of child abuse" while Derrick Van Orden stands next to him in a "make cows great again" hat www.news8000.com/news/wiscons...

omg these fucking clowns

I'm completely gutted by this news. @raulpachecovega.bsky.social has passed. I never met but we talked so much online. He was so incredibly kind and generous. One of the best of us.

All power to the people, damnit! 🙌🙌🙌

Miami now leads the nation in home purchases paid for in all cash, with investors showing up and buying out longtime Black-owned homes. It’s partly because with rising seas threatening oceanfront properties, developers are rebranding inland, long-neglected Black neighborhoods as the new safe bet.