Max Plank

This AI PAC is run by someone who was a staffer for not only Andrew Cuomo, but also Chuck Schumer.

it does seem like there’s a major—though potentially fleeting—opportunity to invest in left-wing media. more than a million people in the most populous city in america just enthusiastically elected a democratic socialist and the world is watching. putting $$ towards left media rn is good business.

UPDATE: A lawsuit in Ghana confirms this Omni ICE flight held 14 third-country nationals, at least seven of whom still appear to be imprisoned. That brings the Ghana total to 42 people on three ICE flights. I've updated the third-country removal tracker: hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...

Why do they play the World Series games so late? Do they no longer get enough viewership to justify starting earlier so people on the east coast will watch the whole games?

RIP

They’re doing this because it’s so successful

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

not a single news org signed. that's what it takes. stand together. everywhere, every time.

UK business secretary approved £1.5bn JLR loan guarantee despite civil service concerns on.ft.com/4mJmUcc

There you go again. Calling people you disagree with “Nazis.“

Damned by faint praise

Anyone in San Francisco feel an earthquake?

SAG-AFTRA Statement on the Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!

“in the colloquial sense” 🫠

While I mention Alan in the headline (because I care about that), most of the piece links his layoff to the long string of job cuts and other moves by PMC, which is apparently bleeding money. That revenue problem is also driving PMC's lawsuit against Google, which specifically mentions Rolling Stone

Legacy media is literally caping for white supremacy now. Quoting the man they’re venerating, whose proud life’s work was disparaging marginalized groups, is officially a firing offense, but calling for the homeless to be euthanized is not. Wild.

In fairness everyone involved is at a disadvantage here because Americans in general have no idea what leftist ideology even is

Yesterday's piece from @jamellebouie.net is the only high-profile piece I've seen that specifically discusses the watchlist, its effect on academics, and its effect on public attitudes toward academia as a whole. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

First the WSJ incorrectly reporting the bullet casings had "trans ideology" written on them, then The Guardian interviews some jagoff and prints claims that the shooter was "leftist," which the source then retracts. This is journalistic malpractice on a systemic scale.

Loved this show

Footnotes are always where you find the best burns

Around 5pm today, HSI and Park Police were conducting an arrest in downtown DC. Residents gathered around them to record, and when one tried to ask the guy being arrested what he was being accused of, a Park Police officer shoved him back and told him to stay 8 feet away.

Finally

"When I wrote that piece, the idea of exposing personal details of my life to scrutiny or criticism was terrifying," writes Esme Hewitt. "What I wasn’t expecting was for someone to take my words and claim them as their own."

Southwest Airlines’ newest jets are now flying with a barrier that can protect the cockpit when pilots need to open the door during flight, according to the airline. Read more: https://cnn.it/422QTo2

NEW: Counsel for the migrant children say that, as they understand it, all putative class members have now “been deplaned and returned to ORR custody.” As for the delay, they add that they inadvertently overlooked the part of the court’s order requiring them to file a report.

Here’s part of the video from the ICE flight I watched on August 13

The Coast Guard works for ICE now. Coast Guard planes previously used for search and rescue have done hundreds of secret ICE flights in recent weeks, including two I watched from a public parking lot near BWI. My exclusive for Rolling Stone: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Calling everything a distraction has been incredibly effective propaganda. Not that it's terribly convincing, but it gives everyone this veneer of cover for why nobody is doing anything. Everything is distracting from the REAL issue which we won't define or do anything about either.

Yup. I wrote this with @alexplank.bsky.social, and he has other solo stories on his Substack about the sentiment at the base. It was not good! hardghistory.ghost.io/new-ices-esw...

The glen is the best nascar track hands down.

Damn I missed the race today

GPT 5 seems as dumb or dumber than previous versions, which are all very dumb.

GMU’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution declaring confidence in President Gregory Washington and defending the university’s DEI efforts. “Evidence, truth, and due process should be the foundation for all decisions — not allegations,” they wrote. chroni.cl/3Uw58NZ

here in LA, the DWP is the department of water and power (the government agency you buy your water and electricity from)

Actually for those of us who lost our livelihoods for saying what was happening—a small price to pay compared to the tens of thousands of doctors, nurses, journalists, moms, dads and kids who lost their lives—an “I told you so” from us is getting off easy for people like you who made it happen

Please also read this story I did with @alexplank.bsky.social from a few days ago. And please subscribe to hardghistory.ghost.io 🙏 hardghistory.ghost.io/new-ices-esw...

EXCLUSIVE: ICE may have secretly done more third-country removals than previously known Flight data from private jets contracted by ICE show a spike in activity to 13 countries targeted for third-country removals. 👀I've been working on this for two months. hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusive-ic...

NEW: ICE’s Eswatini flight went through US base in Djibouti; Americans stationed there are angry Details of how the five men got to Eswatini have not been previously reported. Written and reported with @gbrockell.bsky.social alexplank.substack.com/p/new-ices-e...

Incredible reporting from @gbrockell.bsky.social and @alexplank.bsky.social on deportations

Cost is the least important thing here, but that Gulfstream costs the government $8600/hour. That C-17 costs $28,500 an hour. Read more: hardghistory.ghost.io/new-ices-esw...

DHS didn’t reveal how the five men got to Eswatini. But using a combination of flight radar, satellite images and a video shared to Eswatini social media, we’ve identified the c-17 that carried them from Djibouti, where they had been dropped off by the same plane that carried the South Sudan 8.

NEW: ICE’s Eswatini flight went through US base in Djibouti; Americans stationed there are angry Details of how the five men got to Eswatini have not been previously reported. Written and reported with @gbrockell.bsky.social alexplank.substack.com/p/new-ices-e...

NEW: ICE’s Eswatini flight went through US base in Djibouti; Americans stationed there are angry open.substack.com/pub/alexplan...

NEW: ICE’s Eswatini flight went through US base in Djibouti; Americans stationed there are angry Details of how the five men got to Eswatini have not been previously reported. Written and reported with @alexplank.bsky.social. hardghistory.ghost.io/new-ices-esw...

Yeah man can't imagine why your girlfriend is mad that you made ChatGPT pretend to be a woman that you would use to talk to about your relationship problems

He sold vaccine cards and injected kids with saline so they thought they were vaccinated. There are no rules anymore

This week, ICE illegally denied me entry into a processing facility in my district, and today, they released a statement saying I “[gave] the appearance of a political stunt intended to generate publicity rather than pursue genuine oversight.” I have some thoughts.🧵