The ICE budget is approximately $25 billion for 2025. Estimates are that 100,000 folks will be rounded up this year in ICE operations. Do the math Americans. We are spending $250,000 of your tax dollars for each person apprehended.

Amazing how Plato envisioned Fox News a couple thousand years into the future

The Ukraine / Russia peace “Deal“ is nonsense. I have no doubt that if Donald Trump was president during World War II, he would have offered France and Poland to the Germans to end the war.

When I contemplate what happened between Trump and Mamdani, I am reminded that Trump is a wannabe bully and those bullies always back down when confronted in person by those they are bullying.

Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

RIP The Penny

How to destroy democracy (as Vladimir Putin quietly smiles to himself) 1. Normalize military in our streets 2. Shut down the government 3. Eliminate food & healthcare support 4. Obsessively report increased crime from impoverished Americans 5. Declare marshal law 6. Suspend the vote

Our daughter said that her dog had only four toes and I said oh my God you found a dog with a four leaf toever

With the story now breaking of the NBA players and coaches involved in a gambling scandal, I’m reminded that our legislators are still free to trade stocks based on the insider information they have from their meetings on Capitol Hill

I was a registered Republican for many years. While I did not agree with every position, the leading legislators were strong, principled, and resolute in their beliefs. But now, with the fealty and capitulation of every single legislator to the MAGA agenda, the Republican party is no more.

This is one of the most important dynamics driving so much in America

My only disappointment with Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl is that Trump and the Republicans won’t understand when he tells them to fuck off. Nor will they even bother to look it up. Remember, this is the party that is dismantling our department of education.

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data. We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district. Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

What’s happening now with government reporting is no surprise.

Trump's higher ed ransom note is here - everyone would have to acquiesce to their unprecedented demands or not be "given priority for grants," plus they can demand "reimbursement" for "violations" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ... A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

@millsish.bsky.social I see you are coming to the Pony!!! Can’t wait. Hope I can get tickets

MAGA fanatic murders Minnesota legislator and her husband - Republicans call for more focus on mental health. 20-something raised in a republican gun loving household who happens to be in a same sex relationship murders a MAGA icon - Republicans declare war on liberals

If Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson dissent on a case, you can be sure the decision favors the church, the wealthy and/or the corporations.

Powerful Thread

Carl is one of the best accounts to follow in all of social media

To those claiming that the left are the ones inciting violence in America, would you please tell me if Joe Biden or Barack Obama ever posted anything as nasty, violent and divisive as this?

Approximately 36% of eligible voters failed to cast their ballot in the 2024 presidential election. A key strategy for Democrats will be helping those people who are unhappy with the current situation to understand that they need to get out and vote.

"Why should I care about U.S. Space Command being transferred to Alabama? I hate the military-industrial complex. We spend too much money on defense. Why does it matter which rich people get richer off it?" There are a number of reasons you should care, but you really only need one. (thread)

That’s it? That’s the big announcement? Moving space force from Colorado to Alabama? So, just more incredible wasting of our tax dollars. Like I’ve said 1 million times, this administration does nothing. Their goal is to undo everything.

David Dayen nails it on Trumponomics, it is not a carefully crafted strategy, it is government by whim prospect.org/economy/2025...

Watching Trump‘s cabinet meeting reminds me that what was once considered the most powerful country in the world is now governed by a group of emasculated eunuchs.

Just sayin…

Remember how horrified MAGA was over the debunked republican conspiracy theory in 2016 claiming that a democrats ran a child sex-trafficking ring in Washington?Turns out they were just covering up for their own pedophilia and Donald Trump, who was actually involved in a sex trafficking ring.

Here is why disinformation works so well… so many people in America have embraced Criticism. They respond to every story that fits their narrative. As a result, Critical Thinking is eliminated. No longer do Americans investigate what they see and hear in order to validate whether it is true or not.

If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️

Excellent article touching on unworkable, poorly thought out consequences of eliminating USFS Regional Offices and consolidating R&D into Fort Collins, CO. These ideas are so poorly conceived, I have a hard time believing they can come to fruition— but they *will* add stress to our workforce.

When the Trump administration announces that their grand tariff plan has raised over $100 billion so far this year, you may want to remind them that consumers have spent over $200 billion in price increases so far this year due to inflation

Was Michelangelo bigger than the Beatles?

You may think Trump is good for Israel, but he is certainly bad for the Jewish people… “Because of its association with negative Jewish stereotypes, using “Shylock” today is considered offensive and antisemitic.”

When history marks the point where we lost the future to China, this will be it.

You’ve seen this movie before: Maybe Reagan guessed, Bush hoped, and Trump tried—but tax cuts never paid for themselves. Given the mountain of evidence, claiming once again that "tax cuts will pay for themselves" is no longer ideologically motivated optimism. It's a lie.

Since May: Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time. Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time. A judiciary at war with itself.

Seeing some reactions to this calling it a strongly worded letter. While true in a literal sense that this is a letter, it’s unprecedented—and an escalation of a growing trend of unrest inside NIH. This took bravery. Each of the signers put their career on the line. We should acknowledge that.

As social services and government departments continue getting cut, why will we be paying taxes at all anymore? Will they just have us write checks directly to Donald Trump and Elon Musk?

We know crypto is a scam because we never see an endless number of bots talking about how much money you can make by trading US Dollars.

My prediction is that this will be a complete air traffic disaster on Wednesday. Get ready for long lines at security checkpoints and many angry people turned away.

This whole thread.

Champions league game is crazy. Rice with two perfect free kick goals for Arsenal.

@karenhao.bsky.social’s Empire of AI is an extraordinary feat of journalism that reveals the ugliness that has been central to AI from the start. We cannot hope to restore democracy if we do not force the AI industry to respect the law and human rights. Pre-order this book now.

We seem to be very interested in Tesla car owners who may be experiencing attacks on their cars because people are angry with Elon Musk. But we seem to forget the innocent Palestinians being killed because people are angry with Hamas.

I feel sorry for honest Tesla car owners who may be experiencing attacks on your car because of Elon Musk. We seem to be more interested in them than we are in innocent Palestinians being killed for the crimes of Hamas.

Read this right now www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...