🧵 This reporting confirms my suspicion on why, based on reporting last week, the CIA's Deputy Director, Michael Ellis, installed himself as the agency's general counsel. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

#Voidzilla has a well watched analysis of the crash and has good reason to question what Trump knew when and was in on it? Who was in, who was out tho? Someone made $190 million while others blew their brains out. #Crypto #FlashCrash #BTC #Binance #BItcoin #Liquidation youtu.be/5fTv9ThJg6U?...

Imagine if the daughter just picked them up and they met at the restaurant… Were they ratted out or does ice hang out at the gates daily?

Look whose names are on the list of House Republicans getting a nice fat break from Trump's big, ugly bill: John James and Bill Huizenga. newrepublic.com/article/2016...

The CEO of GoFundMe just said the economy is so bad that more of his customers are crowdfunding on the platform just to afford groceries. Yet another terrifying recession indicator—another massive, red, blinking light for Trump and the Republicans to ignore.

Hmm. It appears the Royal Marines are more skilled than the US Navy. Are they more macho Sec of WAR (Defense)? Are they better? Are they everything you wish you could be, Secretary?

I actually found this exchange pretty fascinating, and with a better communicator than Vivek, those kids might have walked away thinking about a few things outside of their dogma. What those kids need is a Buttigieg type that is skilled at dealing with and breaking through to brainwashed folks.

The conventions of political reporting today are not well equipped to handle this concerted use of pretexts for instrumental purposes and the bottomless bad faith they employ. Grasping the industrial-scale deception at the core of MAGA politics is essential. 6/ newrepublic.com/article/2016...

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation Depraved. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

When are we going to say enough?

Damn. So: airplane mode and take lots of videos… techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/i...

ICE spent $800K on vans with stingray tech that collects data from all nearby phones, even yours. These devices mimic cell towers to track locations and intercept communications. Oversight and transparency are needed now.

This Is Fascism

That was a nice thing James did for her relative, much like the nice thing billionaire Harlan Crowe did for the mother of his investment property SCOTUS Justice Thomas. (Hope he filled out HIS paperwork correctly.) www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Are we really that dumb? Yes.

Only a government run by billionaires would berate its employees for not wanting to work without pay.

This part…

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution” THAT PART! Thank you, Judge Perry.

Love Maggie!

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Why are there no rules with this organization? Why are our local police forces held to higher standards?

You may not be paying attention to this story, but a white police officer was caught on camera tampering with a witness and other evidence for the express purpose of framing LSU football player Kyren Lacy for a vehicular manslaughter he had NOTHING to do with. Kyren took his own life in April.

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

Omg I’m in love!! This is what has to be shown. Just people out being happy. They hate happiness.

Bonta: Just minutes before the hearing, we got word that the Texas National Guard has been federalized. We asked the judge to issue a broad order — one that applies to every National Guard unit in every state — stating that none of them can be deployed to Oregon. She issued that order

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

All the people asking what they can do-start with the FCC comment period. leave comments about how having the merger go through would be a negative thing for free speech and diversity of thought. There is another comment period after the first one. Then a chance for lawsuits youtu.be/WyF2fyeCseU?...

I was once one of those junior enlisted relying on SNAP. There are more military families than you'd think who do. It's all fun and games apparently.

This inspiring, as dark as it is. What will make the Republicans find their way?

In spite of it all, Sandy is showing up and speaking out. This shutdown isn’t a partisan discussion point, it is literally about our lives. May we all find Sandy’s courage, and lift our voices.

Do this: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

More of this throwing out cases when it looks like they are being malicious.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 2, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This is interesting.

I’m sorry.

Each downpour brings a renewed threat to disaster-weary Ruidoso, New Mexico, which has been under 13 flash flood emergencies since June 2024. Rather than risk the destruction of their wildfire-scarred village with every flood, Ruidoso’s leaders are plotting for survival. https://cnn.it/48PU46C

The day before Jan 6, the 10 living Secretaries of Defense wrote about the danger of politicizing the military. Their words are essential rereading today. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Agreed. But let’s refuse to get “used to it.” It is absolutely insane, it’s wrong, it’s un-American, and let’s always be righteously pissed off about it.👇

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What in the heck is going on!?!? Why are all these other governments getting into stuff that is geared at our kids? I really like the prince email comment. 😂 www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

Holy shite!

Back to back “free speech” headlines this afternoon.

Interesting interview with a council candidate who spoke to the shooter last week, before the shooting in Michigan. People need help. Wake up. www.wxyz.com/news/local-n...

The CBC 🇨🇦 has it in the headline & 2 sentence. You have smart neighbours to your north. We’re worthy of a mention. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

It's impossible to overstate how big of a deal this is. In a normal world, there would be impeachments, investigations, and prison sentences.

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

It’s a fact. Data from three decades of political violence reveals that right-wing terror attacks outnumber attacks from the left. And it’s not even close!