I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Take for example “Alex,” 17, male, lonely gamer approached on Discord. A recruiter posing as an extremist or group finds Alex, who spends long hours in gaming chats and isolated after changing social settings such as moving cities, Covid confinement, divorce, or ending school.

Agencies may use psychological tactics to manipulate and influence targets. Often targeting young, male, and isolated individuals that are easily susceptible and indoctrinated.

Intelligence agencies use a variety of coercion tactics, though directly coercing people to kill others is illegal. When they do use this method they typically use intimidation, manipulation, or exploitation to compel individuals to act in a manner that serves their interests.

False flags are extremely difficult to carry out unnoticed; numerous operations have been exposed by silly mistakes. If something seems far too convenient for a would be dictator or emerging autocracy, chances are high that it’s a manufactured false flag operation. Stay alert.

False flag incidents can distract the public from domestic issues like economic problems, failed international diplomacy, political corruption, or the Jeffrey Epstein files by focusing attention on a manufactured external or internal enemy.

A false flag is a covert operation in which one party or group carries out a hostile act and frames another party to make it look like the other party was responsible. The goal is to deceive people into thinking that a different group is responsible for the harmful action.

Russia keeps declaring that it's at war with Europe and the US; so if the war is already on then NATO has no excuse not to shoot down Russian fighter jets and even launch territorial forces straight into Moscow. It's either a war or not, Russia has to decide.

Does this look like she needed a Go Fund Me?

So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Black artist harassed at Kennedy Center after pro-Trump group offered free drinks: report www.rawstory.com/kennedy-cent...

Mockler: We can look at the acceleration of the radicalization of young men through a few frameworks. There's the covid pandemic, which had people isolated, had a bubble around themselves, and a lot of young men got sucked down these algorithms, I've seen it happen to my close friends.

CNN: The ratings are in for the first day. 6.26 million viewers on ABC. That was four times Jimmy Kimmel's average. And that's despite the show not even being available in a quarter of all American homes.

WHATEVER could have caused this??? It's a MYSTERY.

Keep in mind, Bill Barr wrote a memo arguing against charging Trump with obstruction in the Mueller investigation, which is likely what prevented Garland from going to a grand jury with what Mueller outlined in volume II of his report. END/

NEW: Prosecutors in the EDVA presented Trump's new US Atty with a memo saying a case should not be brought against Comey. That'll be fun to read in discovery - if Halligan can get this case past a federal grand jury. 1/ abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

By no means is this hyperbole 👉

Motherfuckers. And I don't even like Comey.

MAGA going to an HBCU to protest DEI. WTF.

These polls give me some comfort, but the Sherrill campaign is still pretty underwhelming. I'd love to see more pushback to Ciattarelli's brutal attack ads on TV and a little more sign of a ground game. But, uh, fingers crossed!

We're with @1199seiu.org healthcare workers in front of St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, where patients and staff will bear the devastating brunt Trump's cuts to Medicaid. We need a Mayor who will stand up to this federal administration, not take orders from it.

Another desperate attempt by people who can’t stand the idea of New Yorkers electing their mayor instead of billionaires buying one.

Last week, thousands of volunteers knocked on more than 100,000 doors across the five boroughs — the first time we've crossed that single week milestone since June. We can't stop now: zohranfornyc.com/sixweeks

the first admin certainly had some of this, but this time around, it’s just this fucking whiny crybaby bitch shit from every member of the cabinet all goddamned day long. fucking loser ass presidency.

New in PN: The Trump Murder Policy "Trump has claimed Venezuelan boats are being attacked because they’re smuggling drugs, but his evidence doesn’t amount to much more than 'trust me, bro.'"

New from me (and timely!): The Very Definition of Selective and Vindictive Prosecution: No one should be wrongfully prosecuted because a president wants revenge staytuned.substack.com/p/the-very-d...

“I’m really good at this stuff.* Your countries are going to hell.” — President tRump, speaking the United Nations. *Except for pronouncing "Acetaminophen"

Congratulations to @jimmykimmel.com on his triumphant return! Last night he was pitch-perfect. Inspirational, self-reflective, gracious to his haters, championing the 1st Amendment & most importantly: FUNNY. (Shout-out to Robert DeNiro as the mob-boss head of the FCC)😆

A federal judge just smacked down Trump’s latest fossil-fuel tantrum. Work can restart on the Revolution Wind project, which he tried to kill with a bogus stop-work order. 80% done. Billions at stake. Time’s running out.

"Senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan is part of the flotilla that seeks to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza" www.arabnews.pk/node/2616504...

🗳️DEPUTY REGISTRAR TRAINING CLASS September 30th. The last day to register for this class is September 24th. Learn more at electionsshelbytn.gov/events/deputy-registrar-training-44. #SCEC #VoterReady #VoterReadyin2025

Trump's a worthless businessman, but he's a top-notch thief.

Today is the day. www.wmur.com/article/ariz...

“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!

RFK Jr: Ty..lenol…is Me: can you hurry up and spit that sentence out already? RFK Jr: I ha..ve a cond… Me: Oh, you have special needs? RFK Jr: No…I just….need….ex…tra time to….s…speak Me: in school that would be included in your IEP. Why are you stripping services when you’re special needs?

At enormous expense you throw the royal kitchen sink at Donald Trump… and in less than a week he shits all over you at the UN. He’s a law unto himself… and he’s played us royally.

“The irony is that while Trump has taken pride in being neither polite nor orderly, the decline in America’s position has been swifter than nearly anyone imagined” www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

They've known it for years.

Holy shit!!! The problems the felon was having at the UN were caused by his own people. lol www.yahoo.com/news/article...

It’s still September-Ask your city council or county board to to declare September Democracy Awareness Month. A symbolic gesture, but unifying and hard to oppose by haters of democracy & the USA. A Stars and Stripes Forever Möbius ribbon shows public support! 🇺🇸♾️ #DemocracyAwareness #USA250

“He said things like ‘vaccines had fetal parts,’” Monarez said, “and I had to send a note to our leadership team to correct that misinformation.”

The dangers of not standing up when one is attacked. Hindsight is 20/20.

Release the Epstein files.

Pritzker: "The reality is that Chicago isn't even in the top 25 cities in terms of violent crime rates. He's attacking Chicago because he doesn't like that people in Chicago don't vote for Donald Trump, they don't support Trump. He doesn't like the governor -- me -- because I don't support Trump."

Pritzker: "This is a person who thinks that his personal will should be imposed on the United States. That's not how it works."