A few months ago, ICE agents shot a TikToker. The govt then charged him, alleging he tried to ram agents Well guess what? Body-cam footage -- which the gov't delayed disclosing -- shows that's BS. The agent shot by mistake. And a judge just dismissed charges. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Trump had calls with Putin both before and after meeting with Zelenskyy. It’s hard to reconcile that the President of the United States is negotiating on behalf of the Kremlin against our ally, but I am unsure what other conclusion we can come to.

Harmeet Dhillon is in charge of voting rights for the Department of Justic.

Super creepy and hard to think of any reasonable explanation why Epstein reporter @jkbjournalist.bsky.social had her own private travel details released in the Epstein files. Government is welcome to follow any reporter's published work. It cannot stalk them.

Toad went to the woods. Frog was not there. He went to the meadow. Frog was not there. Toad went down to the river. There was Frog. He was sitting on an island by himself.

Toad ran back to Frog. “This kite is a joke,” he said. “It will never get off the ground.” “We have to make a third try,” said Frog.

Russia launches air attack on Kyiv as Zelenskyy prepares for Trump meeting ft.trib.al/AKGSRh6

Focusing too much on the minutiae of Russian statecraft often overlooks the simple truth: Vladimir Putin will do anything he can to stay in power.

I loved The Worst Person in the World, and am excited to see Sentimental Value. Recently found out that WPITW is part of a three film series Joachim Trier made, known as the Oslo Trilogy, so I’m going to have to also watch the other two.

We’re deporting doctors, scientists, and community leaders, but damned if we’re not pulling out all the stops to welcome and protect far-right Afrikaners and Russian assets.

Exclusive: Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missiles at an eastern Belarus ex-airbase, which could bolster Russia’s ability to deliver missiles across Europe, two US researchers found by studying satellite imagery reut.rs/4pgbA8V

“During his first Christmas break back in power, President Donald Trump spent much of the holiday week bombing Nigeria and melting down online in a 100-plus-post social media spree, during which he repeatedly attacked Somali immigrants; promoted…

NEW: Alan Dershowitz tells Jeffrey Epstein prosecutor "You are a real mensch:" Newly released emails show that Florida federal prosecutors had "social" meetings with Epstein's lawyers as they worked to mitigate the sex trafficker's sentence. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...

Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building

The Washington Post obtained thousands of private chat messages from the ICE public affairs team tasked by the White House with creating viral raid videos for social media. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i... via @drewharwell.com

Palestinian reporters have paid a terrible price in another horrific year for journalist killings | Jane Martinson

Expect a "revolt" among 60 Minutes staff over Bari Weiss pulling the CECOT segment at the last minute, one network insider told me. Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.

Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants

Trump Drags Out His Epstein Files Cover-Up The Trump administration published heavily redacted Epstein records and many photos of Bill Clinton, while failing to comply with the law from Congress, writes @andrewperez.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-epst...

Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.

Epstein Files search tool...not great!

Border patrol is forcing rideshare drivers at the O’Hare lot to show proof of citizenship before they can exit the lot and pick up rides at the airport

the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”

WARNING: The violence and cruelty is hard to watch, but impossible for families to endure.   This is a sickening example of Trump and ICE's blatant disregard for humanity as they terrorize our families and communities.   It is shameful, cruel, and it must end.

CPJ documents violence against journalists working domestically. Unfortunately one of those profiles is about me. I respectfully disagree with this article. It’s terrible that journalists feel afraid to do their work in a country that’s supposed to be a democracy, but it’s not the same risks as war.

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Sitting US Senator Alex Padilla forcibly wrestled to the ground and arrested by the FBI for attempting to ask a question of DHS secretary Kristin Noem.

ICE is continuing to abduct immigrants in Lower Manhattan. On Wednesday, a family that was separated at the border was separated again by ICE after the father went in for a check-in. His family had to watch as he was loaded by masked and hooded agents into an SUV.

kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes

Maybe an 8 yo boy tries to comfort his mother as she’s seized by ICE at an immigration check in. I believe we must share all these videos as widely as possible www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjbgXEP7/

BREAKING: ICE raid and community resistance in front of Home Depot in Paramount, California.

Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

A father screams for his child from a tiny interview room within a basement waiting room inside LA federal building. The space is not a holding area. No food. No water. No diapers. Those initially detained include a 2-year-old US citizen and a woman with high-risk pregnancy.

Nowhere in Ukraine is currently safe right now. Whatever success Ukrainian air defenses have had against drones (and they do a really good job with that) Russia’s continued use of ballistic missiles proves that. But you experience the war differently based on where you are in Ukraine. 1/

all accurate. To my friends who keep saying “we’ll see how this plays out,” it played out.

There’s just no plausible way you can describe the U.S. as a free country anymore.

Trump is cozying up to Putin and putting no pressure on him to end his war in Ukraine, even as Russia ramps up drone and missile strikes against civilian targets.

"Still, legal analysts have raised questions about the legality of sending US citizens to prisons abroad." what are we doing here. it is illegal. there is literally zero question that it is illegal. what is this 'raised questions' stuff.

I know we beat this drum daily, but today especially it’s obvious these are not the actions of a party that anticipates ever losing power.

Wrote a thing at how the Bukele/Trump meeting, full of absolute nonsense and bullshit in support of out-and-out fascism and despotism, is yet another dark day in America. www.techdirt.com/2025/04/14/t...

Can’t say more strongly: they are claiming the power to disappear people with no recourse, to entirely remove anyone they want to, forever, with no ability to stop them. “Unamerican” doesn’t do it justice. Diametrically opposed to anything even remotely resembling a society we should support.

One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse

The slope isn't slippery; the frog isn't gradually getting boiled. Within its first hundred days the Trump administration has openly asserted the right/ power to seize and imprison anyone— including political dissidents, including citizens— and deprive them of any legal recourse at all. 5/

Russia admits Sumy missile strike but predictably blames Kyiv and unloads a bunch of disinformation around it. Meanwhile, Trump can't condemn the attack, instead calls it a "mistake," falsely blaming Zelensky for starting the war. Latest with @maxseddon.bsky.social: www.ft.com/content/edb5...

The President of the United States says that Ukraine and Zelensky started the war. bsky.app/profile/atru...

One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind. An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said, "Take him anyway." So they did.

3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie). Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development