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@davidkurtz.bsky.social: There's a misimpression that the FBI is working to get to the bottom of ICE shootings + charge immigration agents criminally, if warranted But the FBI is not only ~not~ investigating ICE, it's actively investigating the people ICE shot talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

i talked to several pollution + health experts about the wildfire smoke blanketing much of the northeast right now, and everyone agreed that even able-bodied adults may want to take some precautions today!!

The Guadalupe River just rose 30 feet in about 30 minutes this morning near Comfort, TX. Comfort is just about 20 miles downstream from Kerrville, TX where a similar-scale flash flood killed so many last year on July 4th. This is the second 100+ year rainstorm on the same river in two years.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is so staunchly anti-abortion that his office observes June 24, the anniversary of the overturn of Roe v. Wade, as a holiday.

Essential reporting from @joshkovensky.bsky.social. On Jan. 6, 2021: “Brian W. Lynch was months into a new job as a federal prosecutor in Maryland when he attended the march on the Capitol.” Now: “He’s now running a national task force to prosecute left-wing political violence.”

NEW: Senate candidate Mike Collins son-in-law—featured in campaign photos, registered to vote at a Collins-owned property and appearing to do work for his company— is a white nationalist influence who has promoted Nazi imagery and called for clearing America of minorities www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/p...

Big story from the new Pew data out yesterday: Non-voters lean Democratic in party ID again, by a 12-point margin. That’s up from R+4 in 2024. Huge shift. The party is approaching its lead with the group from 2020-2021. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-07-15...

These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...

"Hundreds of federal food-safety staff have been cut, and last July the CDC narrowed FoodNet — the sentinel network that provides early warnings of foodborne illness — from eight pathogens to two, dropping cyclospora altogether."

ICE has killed 3 men—either with gunfire or by chasing them into traffic—in 7 days

The guy the Trump administration tapped to head up an investigation into supposed left-wing violence, reporting directly to Blanche, marched during Jan. 6. He also served at the DOJ for several years (Trump, Biden, Trump again) without this information becoming public — until now.

Brian W. Lynch is co-director of a national task force to implement NSPM-7. He marched on the Capitol on January 6, I confirmed today talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...

It was not known publicly until now that a federal prosecutor marched to the Capitol on Jan. 6. He was appointed this year to run a national task force targeting alleged left-wing political violence. @joshkovensky.bsky.social with the scoop: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...

Hegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting

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One of the most shocking data center developments in the country is families increasingly being pushed to sell their property for data center power lines, under threat of eminent domain.

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“Our immigration system is the only time people can be detained against their will without having access to an attorney.”

Despite the enormously high stakes and labyrinthine legal landscape in immigration proceedings, there is no right to have a lawyer at one’s side. It’s a problem that may be slowly changing during the second Trump administration.

Deeply moving piece by @brycecovert.bsky.social about the immigrants facing removal proceedings who go to court without a lawyer.

My mom is the world’s tidiest hoarder and kept toys from the Cold War lol

In the latest Weekender: Me on McConnell + conspiracy theories around aging lawmakers' health @kateriga.bsky.social on Republicans being insane about Caitlin Clark again @dirm.bsky.social on the prediction markets going wild w/classified UFO records + more talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...

Federal court orders bar arrests inside NYC immigration courts, but ICE arrested five men in recent weeks citing their criminal history as justification.

Alarming story that confirms my own reporting along similar lines: Dan Moraff, the political strategist who plucked Graham Platner out of obscurity to run for senate and barely vetted him, was barred from Rep. Summer Lee’s 2022 campaign after three complaints of sexual misconduct.

All 3 men inside of the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo “‘reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van…They came in and started shooting from the sides.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The son of the man shot and killed by ICE: I am Ronaldo Salgado, the oldest son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. He should've been picking up the last of his guys before heading to finish up construction. Unbeknownst to all of us, my dad had been shot inside his van by ICE agents in unmarked cars.

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"Here on Canal Street is where my dad Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and bled out before passing away,” said a statement from his family. "He lay here in pain and in fear for his life and with the fear of leaving his family behind. He did not deserve to die.”

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This woman has been the subject of three NYT pieces in 2025-26

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is calling for an official House investigation based on a groyper white nationalist conspiracy theory. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/elon-mu...

Based on the (unweighted) counts of respondents, Trump's approval rating among all non-Republicans is about 13%. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

DHS recently called for “Remigration” in a post featuring a video of immigrants being put in chains & escorted aboard a “removal flight” The video - set to Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” - included a glamor shot of a tangled mass of shackles stored in a milk crate talkingpointsmemo.com/news/when-yo...

New, for @talkingpointsmemo.com, my look at the history of the term "remigration," a euphemism for ethnic cleansing (a euphemism in of itself); & how Thomas Rousseau, leader of Patriot Front, used it in private Nazi chat 8 years ago. Now it's official US policy. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/when-yo...

The voter fraud was coming from inside the house.

BREAKING: Eleventh Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, upholds injunction blocking Florida from enforcing its 2022 Stop WOKE Act in the university context. The majority opinion is from Judge Britt Grant, a Trump appointee: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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As America celebrated its 250th birthday, hundreds of white nationalist Patriot Front members marched through D.C. And the vision of “remigration” that Patriot Front's leader articulated eight years ago in a neo-Nazi message board has become official US policy. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/when-yo...

Had a great conversation with @ahylton26.bsky.social about Patriot Front’s march in DC, and how the scariest thing about it is that what those neo-Nazis believe - and what the GOP believes - are in many ways the same youtu.be/slaRLAC948o?...

Graham Platner considering ‘best path forward’ in Maine Senate race after denying sexual assault claim Jenny Racicot, who once dated Platner, said he showed up at her home in 2021 and forced himself on her. Platner said the allegation is “categorically false.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.

It should probably go without saying, but if you for any reason are calling for a public policy that involves sterilizing people, it's time to take a step back and ask yourself where the fuck you went wrong.

It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway

In the most recent Weekender: @joshkovensky.bsky.social's dispatch from Trump's fair, feat. Dr. Oz making "brain healthy hot cholocate" The strange saga of Alaska’s dueling Dan Sullivans running for Senate Lauren Boebert being a ghoul about mental health + more talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...

Grassroots canvassers are hitting the streets to urge voters to defend abortion rights in their states this November. It'll be on the ballot in Idaho, Nevada, and Virginia. I covered how we got here 👇