BREAKING: Peter Mandelson has been arrested amid a police probe into misconduct in public office. He was pictured being led out of his London home by plain-clothed police officers this afternoon

Kurt Vonnegut stop being so applicable to all time periods of American life, you can’t do that Kurt Vonnegut, your insights are too evergreen Kurt Vonnegut

Is it true that if they can arrest a Prince, we can arrest a guy from Queens?

The effective confirmation by five European countries that Russia did kill opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2024 did not surprise those familiar with the Kremlin's track record.

We’re back! And a lot has happened since we’ve been away. This week’s main story concerns unrest in Minnesota, murders committed by ICE and CBP agents, and the massive entity overseeing it all: the Department of Homeland Security. Plus, some stuff about Business Shrek – sorry, “Tom Homan.”

This is such a fascinating piece about a deeply surreal bit of history: the competition the FT ran *in 1914* inviting readers to speculate about what the map of Europe would look like after the First World War was over:

@umwaunion.bsky.social I'd love to see you on Bluesky! I follow you on Facebook, but I'm losing patience with the platform, and deleted my ex-Twitter account long ago. Can you recommend a good source for following what's happening with the silica rule?

Why is the prevailing response to ICE occupation in U.S. cities for Congress to "abolish ICE" when there is a much simpler solution: Congress can declare amnesty and permanent residency to all persons currently living in the U.S. We created the idea of "illegal" aliens. We can also undefine it.

What’s it like to celebrate your 12th birthday in an immigrant detention center? No cake. No presents. No party. Kamilla’s parents told me they planned to buy their daughter a pack of M&Ms — among the only sweets available in the commissary — and pray they get out soon. Please read their story:

By severing HIV treatments and food aid to the poorest nations on earth, he signed the death warrants for thousands. He is a man who traded human lives for a rounding error in the US budget

hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.

The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!

I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.

NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.

Democracy dies in Jeff Bezos' bank account.

Opposition to the “doxxing” of law enforcement is advocacy for having secret police.

10 thousand Hatians "will be subject to arrest & deportation…" One day, able to work, & the next day will not be able to work” The end of TPS means that people who try to work will be seized [at work] & if not seized in their home." We will be ready. snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...

Me and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social have even MORE good news and it concerns exotic varieties of pseudoscience you may not have even known exist www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

If there is any justice left in America, today will be the beginning of the end of ICE as we know it.

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

love this sign

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

contrarian.substack.com/p/14-ways-th... riveting and horrifying

“Trump’s megalomania is transforming the United States from international leader into international pariah, and the American people will suffer the consequences for years to come.” {gift link} www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Trump’s entire life has been people giving him what he wants because he’s so fucking unpleasant it seems easier. All it does is make him worse and demand more. Appeasement of Trump has a 100% failure rate.

Call to abolish ICE don't go far enough. It is an out of control agency that puts all our rights at risk.

”Many millions of Americans love Trump because he routinely humiliates people. It validates their own actions. They live vicariously though him, imagining the humiliation they could inflict if they were given greater power. He also normalizes the behaviour.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/

The administration needs to be asked directly how many J6ers, and anyone convicted of seditious conspiracy, are now ICE agents with a badge and a gun.

Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers.

the year is 2026 the american economy is balanced on the four pillars of plagiarism machines, CSAM generators, gambling apps, and crime sudokus we still don't make anything anymore, aside from violent drama

Welcome to Trump's America, where if you're a soccer mom trying to drive away from an illegal traffic stop and get shot in the head, you're a domestic terrorist; but if you're part of an insurrection and beat a cop with a flagpole within inches of his life, you're a patriot.

I'd really like a podcast that consists of a Scottish person reading through the names of all the places in Scotland. Or more than one person, if there are pronunciations that vary and warrant discussion. That's it. I could listen to that for DAYS.

So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact. When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end

A friendly reminder that no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty in a hostile incident. Being an elementary schoolchild in America is far more deadly and dangerous than being an ICE officer.

The Trump Administration's Abdication of Moral Responsibility in Responding to the Killing of Renee Nicole Good austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

MUST READ: Trump Orders Sweeping Withdrawal From International Institutions www.onestnetwork.com/post/trump-o...

Denmark announces historical claim to North America. Based on Danish Vikings arriving in North America in Year 1021 AD, 755 years before the USA existed.

abolish ice is the moderate position to be honest. whichever candidate promises to nuremberg the ice agents has my vote at this point

This was an execution by ICE in Minneapolis this afternoon. An agent lunges at the female driver’s door and another shoots her at point blank range when she tries to drive away. Call this what it is. Murder. (🎥 Max Nesterak)

Video from the scene of the Minnesota ICE shooting contradicts DHS’s narrative that locals were rioting and threatening agents' lives.

Every second the murderer is not arrested is another second for feds to hide him in a place that would create a jurisdictional fight. He's on video killing a person. You have to arrest this guy an hour ago, but you might still have time now.

ICE just killed a legal observer—allegedly blocking her from medical care and letting her die. This is horrifying. ICE is a rogue agency incapable of reform. Minneapolis Mayor Frey is calling for ICE to vacate the city and I echo that call.

We now live in the Western hemisphere's version of Putin's Russia.

Trump’s new doctrine: no one is safe.

Carbon monoxide deaths spike in winter. Carbon monoxide alarms have expiration dates just like smoke alarms. If you can't remember the last time you replaced your carbon monoxide alarm, now is the time to rise like bread from your place of resting and check your alarm.

The villain of the American Revolution is a hero for second Trump administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

i can’t believe it has been 2016 for ten years