TGIF

SecDef reposting a video of another lethal and lawless maritime strike, this one from 10 November. Once again, the "designated terrorist organization", the alleged narcotics, and alleged "narco-terrorists" are all unidentified. No indication of armed conflict or of any lawful target.

As the FBI’s deputy director, Dan Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.

Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

What a joke.

If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university. You’re working at a state propaganda factory.

Truly honored to receive this recognition from the American Society of Criminology Division on Terrorism & Bias Crimes. Onwards, together. 🙌🏻

It could have fallen out a window.

'No turning back': More and more Ukrainian women join the army to fight Russia www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...

"Kelley has the highest ranking living Nazi basically dropped into his lap and sort of goes, this is an opportunity to dissect the nature of evil. Göring, on the other hand, is looking for his last moment on the world stage." www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

"This was named the 'Stop The Violence' grant," he says. "Who would want to cut the 'Stop The Violence' grant?" www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...

When you want a temporary escape from the madness, check out Pluribus. It's...fantastic.

Always watching.

atlanta is the busiest airport and hub in the country. this is astonishing

“A Nigerian official was told by a U.S. counterpart that, with Thanksgiving coming up, Nigeria should go quiet and wait for the president’s attention to shift, a Nigerian official said.” Ladies and Gentlemen, the commander in chief of the U.S. military.

Every time this stuff happens, my thought process begins to consider what kind of justice will be required in 3 years for these people.

I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.

NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.

TGIF

Blasts injure dozens at Indonesian mosque, student suspected www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

DHS speeds rule that could permit more fines and arrests of protesters at federal buildings www.newsfromthestates.com/article/dhs-...

“These six are some of those women that history unjustly forgot, though they deserved a lasting place in the annals of adventure.” www.climbing.com/news/first-a...

HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.

Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani

Judge Criticizes Immigration Agents in Chicago: ‘Use of Force Shocks the Conscience’ 🎁 Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

Because he's the gyro Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our gyro.”

Far-right cases referred to counter-terror programme Prevent double those for Islamist extremism as referrals hit record high

Page One. @theguardian.com #ICE

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field. In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront. By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest. The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says. "I could smell the onions and mustard."

Ideological promiscuity, so-called "NVE", "salad-bar extremism", and a bazillion related new terms. If you're in or near the University of St. Andrews later this month, I'll be there to talk about all this stuff and what it means. Come say hi. events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/prof-...

Terrorist Groups are Weaponising Climate Change —Outperforming States in Delivering Water, Food & Disaster Relief to Win Hearts, Minds & Territory. My Latest Article Reveals How Environmental Governance Is Becoming A New Tool for Legitimacy 👇👇👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Brave boy who survived his first Halloween

Happy Halloween from Molly

New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...

Weapons, Sinners, and of course, the brilliant 28 Years Later. It's been a good year for horror. Biggest disappointment? The Monkey.

World Health Organization: "On 28 October, six health workers, four doctors, a nurse and a pharmacist, were abducted...On the same day, more than 460 patients and their companions were reportedly shot and killed in the hospital." www.npr.org/2025/10/30/n...

The UN human rights chief says US military strikes against vessels allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are “unacceptable” and must stop. The condemnation marks the first of its kind from a United Nations organization.

Lockdown drills have become a routine part of the school year. But should they be? Read/listen to Dr. Jillian Peterson of the Violence Prevention Project discuss the effectiveness/impact of school lockdown drills www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...

SCOOP: The decorated rear admiral who was heading the critically important Office of Naval Research, and who brought lengthy experience in Navy tech-leadership to the job, "is being replaced by a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience." www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...

Portland police say Trump’s troop deployment inflamed protests www.straitstimes.com/world/united...

'Quick reaction' National Guard forces to be trained for civil disturbances by 2026, US officials say reut.rs/3Jo4hNC

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo “I’m an American citizen so leave me alone” “Alright, we just got to verify that” www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Trump claims ICE agents are in constant danger. The data tells another story. Records show that none of ICE’s agents have ever been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s more than two-decade history. Instead, the leading cause of death by far among ICE officers is COVID-19.

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) this week placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they wrote in a court filing that on Jan. 6, 2021, “thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol,” a source familiar with the personnel moves told Democracy Docket.

Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...