this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square

The Trump administration claims "far-left Democrat judges" are obstructing their efforts. But here is Judge Immergut's background: • Investigated Bill Clinton • Became a Republican-appointed prosecutor • Trump appointed her as a federal judge www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

"99.97 percent of families, even when given the option, chose to let their children learn about LGBTQ+ people." Nice result, and it reinforces everything Montgomery County said to SCOTUS before its theocrats made their dehumanizing ruling. open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

Buckle Up, the Smart Glasses Backlash Is Coming https://gizmodo.com/buckle-up-the-smart-glasses-backlash-is-coming-2000668213

So welcome. One of the biggest unknowns for me post-election when calculating the national turnout rate is figuring out California’s turnout

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Grrr... More doubtmongering noise. Acting CDC director calls for MMR vaccine to be broken up into three shots www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/t... @statnews "NO evidence that giving shots separately for measles, mumps, and rubella offers any advantage in terms of safety or effectiveness."

“.. please, if you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even ..” @variety.com variety.com/2025/film/ne...

A pedestrian was killed early Saturday in a hit-and-run in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood, hours after another crash near Buena Vista Park.

Actually it did begin with a parade of tanks

New York City is rebelling against ads for Friend’s AI pendant. @matteowong.bsky.social toured the vandalized posters with Friend’s CEO, Avi Schiffmann, who says he’s enjoying the angry reaction.

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons. Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

Trump says he will talk to DOJ about Maxwell pardon, says Diddy asked for one reut.rs/4o8EWG5

TRUMP: “We’re negotiating with the Democrats on health care” SCHUMER: “not true”🤔 #TrumpShutdown

No surprises; no shifts after the weekend. Dems certainly haven't been pressured by the polling...it's probably too early for either side to feel significant pressure from their constituents.

Same thing happened in LA, same thing happened in DC: prosecutors charged people with assaulting a federal officer and then furiously backpedaled when the evidence didn’t support it

Ranking Democrats on two congressional committees are demanding an investigation and expressing “outrage” over an aggressive immigration raid on a South Shore apartment last week. trib.al/1ynFsbn

the wise admins of bluesky have decided that creating a moderation list of AI slop posters is a no no

Stephen Miller leads GOP charge equating Democrats to 'domestic terrorists'

Trump has said he would consider using the Insurrection Act to deploy the military if federal courts prevented him from deploying the National Guard.

The local PD believes ICE called in a fake 911 call about protestors trying to break into ICE facility. Cops only found a CBS news crew shooting B-roll. Now why would ICE do that?

“I am happy to work with the Democrats on their Failed Healthcare Policies, or anything else, but first they must allow our Government to re-open.”

The Guardian: Lawyers trying to get the Supreme Court to overturn conversion therapy bans deceived the court about the research they cited, according to the researchers themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pritzker: “The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem that peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them. Why? To create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.”

Doing some back of the napkin math on the Free Press acquisition, I've determined The Onion is worth $2 trillion.

Trump "We have an Insurrection Act for a reason. If I had to enact it, I'd to that ... if courts were holding us up or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I'd do that."

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

"The stream of social-media clips showing masked agents kicking down doors & raiding Home Depot parking lots has kept up the appearance of an ever-expanding campaign. ICE’s own data show that the agency’s buildup stalled over the summer" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @nickmiroff.bsky.social

Back in the land of reality, here's what one of the Black people whose home was smashed into during the apartment raid last week said about his Venezuelan neighbors: "They were cool people." Mr. Jones, a U.S. citizen, was dragged out in handcuffs and held outside for hours.

hmmm *TRUMP: NEGOTIATING GOING ON WITH DEMOCRATS *TRUMP: GOOD THINGS COULD HAPPEN ON HEALTHCARE W/ DEMOCRATS *TRUMP: WOULD LIKE TO SEE A DEAL MADE WITH HEALTHCARE

this dissonance is most pronounced in Koreatown, where so many of the working class in restaurants, grocery stores, small shops, etc. do not drive but the #1 political issue that makes residents and visitors go crazy alike is the lack of (free street) parking thanks to its high density

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

“I voted for none of this." Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump and Vance have returned to TikTok. “To all of those young people of TikTok, I saved TikTok, so you owe me big,” said Trump who posted to the app for the first time since the 2024 election.

When a judge told Claudio David Balcane González “Welcome to the United States,” he sobbed. He had finally been granted asylum. Then ICE detained him for 63 more days @marialuisapaul.bsky.social reports www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Federal judge declines to block the invasion of Illinois by National Guard from Texas.

Most plans to regulate data centers died in the state’s Legislature this year, despite a nationwide backlash. Two surviving bills aim to promote disclosure of energy and water use.

As part of a broader directive from President Donald Trump, the National Park Service is under orders to review interpretive materials at all its historical properties and remove or alter descriptions that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living” or otherwise sully the American story.

The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up two cases dealing with state laws that attempt to bar transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports teams as they return Monday for a new term.

@unraveledpress.com & other press have been threatened, shot with less-lethals and arrested while reporting on federal immigration activities in Chicagoland and on the resulting protests at Broadview. I'm now at a hearing asking the federal court to rein ICE & co in. I'll let you know how it goes.

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

“Republicans are the ones concerned about health care,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday.

Mayor Barbara Lee joined exuberant fans in cheering on the team’s Pioneer League victory.

Three and a half years into its all-out war against Ukraine, the Kremlin is waging a parallel battle at home — this time against Internet freedom. The Russian authorities are tightening their digital grip and rolling out sweeping new measures to keep people online in check.

Exclusive: Trump official bypassed ethics rules in criminal referrals of Fed governor and other foes, sources say reut.rs/4qfoN3F