Violent crime plummets 36% in downtown Seattle, lowest since 2017 Discussion

As I note in this article, Proud Boys are encouraging members to sign up for ICE. This shows that they really are turning to actual gangs for "law enforcement." As noted, this is also very much like the brownshirts being eclipsed by the SS. www.salon.com/2025/10/22/h...

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has accused the US of "fabricating a war", after it sent the world's largest warship towards the Caribbean in a major escalation of its military build-up in the region. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump approves disaster declarations for red states, as blue states go without www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

This should go without saying, but the American government should be funded by the American people, not anonymous mega-donor friends of the president. This is not how things should work in a democracy—this raises all sorts of legal and ethical alarms.

ICE kidnapped a man in Hillsboro, OR over a week ago and he’s still detained. They know they got the wrong “Victor Cruz” and that his papers were all in order. Yet they are still holding him in jail. Just a blatant abuse of power. www.kgw.com/article/news...

I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime. While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

No words.

Only 24% approve, and less than half of Republicans, of demolition at White House

Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."

Trump is ‘gonna be president’ in 2028, MAGA leader bluntly declares: ‘There’s a plan’ - NJ.com www.nj.com/politics/202...

MAGA cultist pastor Shane Vaughn claimed that the Founding Fathers intentionally structured the Constitution so that one day a "strong man" like Trump would rise up and become king: "They would all get what they secretly wanted from the beginning: a monarchy." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

Historic White House Movie Theater Demolished as Part of $300 Million Ballroom Build www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic... Discuss: www.sqox.com/c/?id=0d8f4b...

I'm constantly amused by how easy it is to fool some folks. I'm in the wrong line of business. www.thedailybeast.com/maga-site-to...

First it was going to cost $200M. And it wasn’t going touch the White House. Then they were just going to remove part of the facade of the East Wing. Now it’s $300M and they’re razing the entire East Wing. I expect the price and damage to rise even more. www.newsweek.com/white-house-...

How is this not Trump's "let them eat cake" moment? People are about to start stealing food to survive as SNAP benefits are cut, and Trump is demolishing the White House to build a garish golden monstrosity of an Epstein Ballroom whose price just keeps ballooning. www.newsweek.com/white-house-...

In the midst of a federal government shutdown, the U.S. government’s gross national debt surpassed $38 trillion Wednesday. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conservatism at it’s finest 🙄🤡‼️ apnews.com/article/trum...

When Trump or his goons talk about "antifa," they might as well be talking about demons or leprechauns. But this fake threat shows how the Trump administration has fully absorbed real organized criminal gangs. Yep, echoes of Nazi history in this. www.salon.com/2025/10/22/h...

Mexico And Canada Sign Bilateral Economic Agreement - Global Finance Magazine gfmag.com/economics-po...

So much for oversight: "Hegseth has largely banned military officials – including the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force – from speaking with Congress unless they coordinate with a centralized office that reports to him." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Paul Ingrassia, who was nominated to lead the Office of Special Counsel, had been scheduled to have his confirmation hearing this week. On Monday, however, Politico reported on a text chat that showed him saying the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be "tossed into the seventh circle of hell."

i don't get it. omen sushi in nyc is cheaper than nobu in malibu, where you dined last year without your wife

GOP congressman Michael McCaul says Russian propaganda has "infected a good chunk of my party's base." www.newsweek.com/republican-i...

'Fully MAGA now': Latest case has experts finally writing off 'arrogant' Supreme Court www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

Remember that sleepy guy who had a plan to provide benefits to black lung survivors and training for new high tech jobs? wtfdetective.blog/coal-miners-...

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

"Trump said. "Theirs is death because they're going to lose Medicaid, they're going to lose Social Security, they're going to lose Medicare, all of those things are going to be gone because the whole country would be bankrupt, and you're not going to have any kind of medical insurance." Classic

I do not understand why the leader of the largest country on Earth needs a few more kilometers. This war is not about land, but about our independence, Zelensky said about Putin.

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

It looks even worse by video 😢

Trump’s ICE Jacks Up Weapons Spending by 700%—Including ‘Guided Missile Warheads’ “ICE was always going to be Trump’s private military to deploy domestically against Americans,” said one critic.

Sermons at large evangelical churches justify economic inequality. Focusing on a large and fast-growing megachurch in the American Midwest, the research suggests that pastors there interpret Scripture in ways that downplay inequality & defend wealth accumulation www.psypost.org/sermons-at-l...

there is no better visual metaphor for this era

We are not a serious country anymore & the world knows it White House’s Karoline Leavitt and Stephen Cheung say ‘Your mom’ when asked who suggested Hungary for Putin-Trump meeting www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Pro-Trump owner shocked as grocery store that thrived for 43 years goes bankrupt under his tariffs and policies wtfdetective.blog/pro-trump-ow...

Donald Trump, 79, Posts Menacing Video Threatening a Never-Ending Presidency www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

It's almost like he's trying to incite violence (again) so that he has a justification for the Insurrection Act. No, I'm kidding. It's not "almost" like that, it's *exactly* that.

Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin's terms, saying Russia could "destroy" Ukraine, FT reports www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

Goldman economists on the Gen Z hiring nightmare: ‘Jobless growth’ is probably the new normal flip.it/YD-FQb

'No call between them' India rejects Trump's claim of speaking to PM Modi about purchase of Russian oil timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/no-cal...

Trump posted an AI video of himself wearing a crown and dumping shit from a “King Trump” jet on No Kings protesters. This is what Trump thinks about voters.

US drops out of world’s most powerful passport top 10 list for the first time https://www.europesays.com/2504051/ US drops out of world’s most powerful passport top 10 list for the first time https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/14/travel/travel-news-most-powerful-passports

US anti-vax stance to blame for continent-wide surge in measles, say experts - The Guardian www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Christian nationalist podcaster Joshua Haymes says Christians must be willing to defend the institution of slavery because the Bible makes it clear that "it is not inherently evil to own another human being." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...