These stories really seem to be starting to break through to segments of the public and internet that aren't often engaged in politics

"They put her in hand shackles and in leg shackles, and around the waist as well, like she's some hardened criminal. She had tears streaming down her face, and she told me one of the ICE agents pulled out his cell phone, laughing, and took a selfie."

Let me add: “So what, law doesn’t matter” “It’s a distraction” “Both parties are the same”

honestly if you say some variation of "This isn't news" "Are you surprised by this" "Everyone knows this already so what's the point" I *immediately* mute you. Exhausting

"The anti-Semitic attack in Manchester was wrong, but Annnnnnnnnd blocked.

DEVELOPING: King Charles III responds to Manchester synagogue attack

BREAKING: The deadly synagogue rampage in Manchester was a terrorist attack, U.K. police say.

Terrible news from Manchester. The attacks on Heaton Park Synagogue’s congregation are utterly horrific. Thinking of the bereaved families & those recovering in hospital. Antisemitism, Islamophobia & hatred, based on religion, are despicable. Condolences to Manchester.

Astonishing bravery from security and worshippers outside the synagogue in Manchester looks to have prevented an appalling attack being even worse.

8:45 p.m.: White House Communications Director Steven Cheung posts to X that the “@WhiteHouse is schlonging Democrats on the viewer count.” The accompanying screenshot showed more than 100,00 people watching the White House’s livestream ... over a screenshot of Democrats garnering just 224 views.

11:17 p.m.: Maxwell Frost is back. “Gen-Z is in the house,” says. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) Frost raises his eyebrows and smirks. “People are really encouraged to see this fight we are putting up,” Frost says to 171 people.

“America should probably be looking to leapfrog the Chinese using drone advances. Instead, we are coming late to the party with a design named for Trump, while talking about battleships and PT routines for senior officers. Decline is a choice. And we have made it.” www.thebulwark.com/p/the-depart...

"He held a plate of lumpy brown mush, animal fodder normally fed to camels and cows. It had become the main source of food for most people in El Fasher, he explained — a disturbing sign of how both a doctor and the people he was trying to save had been stripped of their humanity."

RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)

Great ad from my friend James Martin, who just announced a bid to oust Rep. Brian Mast, a MAGA loyalist who supported the insurrection. I served with James at the White House. He's a 4th gen Floridian, a dad, husband, nat sec expert, Coast Guard vet, and a great guy. Help him out! bit.ly/3Wi8Njj

New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

A Kol Nidrei themed restaurant concept: A 2 floor Techina joint. TECHINA SHEL MALA - upper floor, lotta natural light, elevated hummus/Techina dishes, gourmet toppings TECHINA SHEL MATA - downstairs, underground, grungy vibe, dance club, Arak bottle service, curated halva menu Gmar chatima tova

I dunno about you but everytime I'm addressing a group of people I need on my side, I always start by calling them fat and lazy

COLLINS: So you're telling me you're willing to vote no every time? BERNIE SANDERS: Damn right

People are mocking Hegseth but he's going to kill at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

A Kol Nidrei themed restaurant concept: A 2 floor Techina joint. TECHINA SHEL MALA - upper floor, lotta natural light, elevated hummus/Techina dishes, gourmet toppings TECHINA SHEL MATA - downstairs, underground, grungy vibe, dance club, Arak bottle service, curated halva menu Gmar chatima tova

We hear all over the world about autocrats who are at war with their own people. This is what that looks like, and it's happening here, in our neighborhoods, to our neighbors.

In an interview with NBC News on Sunday, Trump accused Wray—who stepped down as FBI director when Biden left office—of “inappropriate” behavior.

"Here I am, this middle-aged black man, I'm in my best suit. I actually argued the case at the Supreme Court that we were trying to implement. I've got all these degrees and awards. And I'm still required to laugh at my own humiliation." Bryan Stevenson with @katiecouric.bsky.social

ICE used autistic 5-year-old to ‘lure’ Leominster father, family’s lawyer says trib.al/2Ni6m4w

A mother cries for her 19yo son, abducted off the streets of the town they call home. “All I want is to know if he is alive.” Carmo was taken by ICE on his way to work. His car was later found with one of the windows shattered. Shattered like his mom’s heart. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/28/m...

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

NYT newsletter on broken windows policing: "There’s little evidence that minor neighborhood disorder inspires more crime, according to a recent analysis of nearly 100 studies. And cities that singled out low-level offenses in the 1990s and early 2000s enjoyed no special reduction in crime rates."

🚨 IMPORTANT THREAD 🚨 People are protesting the Broadview ICE facility tonight. This will likely be an extremely high-risk action. I caution you to consider your risk level before attending. I will not attend. Attendance risks your safety, but also the safety of Broadview residents + detainees. 1/6

Fascism relies on you finding earnest enjoyment of things cringe, it relies on you being ironically detached, it relies on you suppressing that bit of you that is unafraid.

Disney shareholders deserve the truth about exactly what went down inside the company after Brendan Carr’s attempts to bully ABC and punish Jimmy Kimmel’s speech. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Past books: On Repentance & Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by @theradr.bsky.social, The Sunflower: On the Possibilities & Limits of Forgiveness by Simon Wiesenthal, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn (DNF) & This is Real & You Are Completely Unprepared

I pick a repentance-themed book every year during High Holidays, and this year I read The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance by Rebecca McLaren. Highly recommended! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/647961...

Welcome to this week’s ForbesWomen newsletter, which every Thursday brings news about the world’s top female entrepreneurs, leaders and investors straight to your inbox.

what counts as a friday news dump in this context? I have no idea.

NEW: I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines. What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior. By @tilleckert.com

The Guardian on the left, the New York Times on the right Two different approaches for covering authoritarianism.

I think we should also ridicule Miller here, not fear him. His fascist cosplay is absurd. He thinks tweeting in a clipped, military-sounding tone will frighten us. Oooo, he said "utilized"! Scary! Meanwhile their efforts to prosecute foes are imploding in buffoonery and Trump is polling in the 30s.

The crisis of synthetic child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is getting worse. In the US, the federal government could create a safe harbor for red teaming models for child sexual abuse material, reports Tech Policy Press fellow Jasmine Mithani (@jazzmyth.bsky.social).

Not the point of this piece exactly but a great example of how chatbot validation could increase polarization www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/w...

Why do Trump's white sneaker/baseball cap/suit no tie combo make him look like the bar mitzvah boy whose mom was like how can I make this dweeby kid "cool" but then he just looks like this

We would do well to heed @sifill.bsky.social's warning: "I now believe that the conservative majority on this Court is likely prepared to accept Trump’s argument for overriding the Constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship...They truly believe that Trump’s power should not be constrained."

NEW: ICE agents violently arrested a man in a busy Hyattsville, MD intersection this week, at one point brandishing guns and pointing them at bystanders. I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...

Not to make everything about Jewish summer camp but this reminds me of the time my unit head at camp told all the counselors we had to have an emergency staff meeting after the kids went to bed so we rushed through bedtime and ran out of the bunk really fast and when we got there it was six pizzas

I ask those Jewish leaders who remain opposed to meaningful consequences for Israel's abuses: The Talmud says to leave open one wall of a city under siege so that the innocent may flee. From where in the tradition it is derived that one may taunt, torture, and humiliate destitute civilians? ENOUGH!

I know many are disoriented by Trump news, but one event in recent Russian history can help ground us. A short 🧵: In May 2012, after protesters clashed with police in Bolotnaya Square, the Russian government prosecuted dozens of protesters. Not only movement leaders – folks who were just there. 1/6

It's good to see that Zach Woods has only become more powerful and based with time.

AP: “Blaine Milam, 35, was pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m. [Thursday] following a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.”