southern state governments are banning black congressional representation and installing statues of men who waged a war to continue the enslavement of black people in public parks

“A recently published study in The Lancet, the British medical journal, forecast that at present rates the defunding will cost 9.4 million lives by 2030, including 2.5 million children under the age of 5.”

The scale of this is really striking, and so too is the notion that it is the worst atrocity committed by the regime. Of all the chaos, corruption, destruction, gross negligence and mismanagement, this really is still an ongoing atrocity of the highest order and should continue to be treated as such

"Crane warned...that such “systemic failures” are “not only possible but inevitable” because the AI industry is “building AI-agent integrations into production infrastructure faster than it’s building the safety architecture to make those integrations safe”."

The destruction and devastation is rapid and unyielding

World's largest agricultural research facility is on the chopping block

Revoking kids' visas because their parents criticized Elon Musk.

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

The attache, Marcelo Ivo de Carvalho, seems to have tried to get the US government to detain & deport Brazilian intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem, who ​fled Brazil in September following his conviction for plotting a coup with ex-President Jair Bolsonaro. Instead, the US will expel Carvalho.

Pretty sick and horrifying stuff happening here

It’s not a novel point but one that is still, to this day, fundamentally misunderstood by most even well meaning people who are strongly opposed to [waves arms around] all of this

Legal eagles noticed, and there’s been SOME mainstream coverage. But overall the political class has underreacted to this month’s OLC opinion, ordered up by Trump or on his behalf, declaring the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional. Things are likely being stolen and/or destroyed *right now*.

There are two videos from two D.C. officers: youtube.com/watch?v=gOIw... youtube.com/watch?v=bRpW... They don't show the shooting itself, but the footage seems to confirm Brown's claim that he wasn't at all a threat to police and federal agents after he was pulled over.

I wonder what their argument would be when one highlights that we are quickly headed towards a place wherein the US is no longer considered a republic

CNET is being brought back after the AI articles fiasco www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...

They probably only let him out to avoid having him die in ICE custody. Really a 360-degree assault — decimate cancer research, send health insurance premiums skyrocketing, then detain thousands of people and deny them healthcare. Death cult.

Worthwhile read for those interested in NATO, Ukraine, and/or the state of military readiness

Seems like ICE agents have been ordered to go unmasked at airports. So, a good time to photograph as many of them as possible, so details like tattoos or how they arrange their pouches or patches can be matched to faces later after masked abuses.

Decades ago, when he owned Resorts hotel & casino in AC, and he was coming to “inspect the property”, staff knew he never actually would. They would repaint & recarpet the floor he was staying on. He thought that meant the whole place was redone. He’s always been this way

Well then www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

War abroad and war at home.

The only criticism I have of this statement is the inherently false implication that motivation for striking Iran has anything to do with a desire to "create enduring democracies in the region". The admin has made it clear this is nowhere close to the objective. We should all stop pretending it is.

Hahahaha this is too much

I’m all for welcoming converts. But Rufo isn’t a slow learner. He’s an architect of this hellscape. If he’s truly repentant, he needs some time in the wilderness. And maybe — *maybe* — after that . . . he can go fuck himself.

“Several of the migrants in the detention center who arrived there in January said they had felt pressured by the local authorities to return to their home countries or face indefinite detention in Cameroon, according to four people on the flight interviewed by The Times.”

A resident criticized the Surprise City Council’s weak letter sent to DHS and Noem, saying they need to take more action to stop the camp. “We will protest and we will show up to every meeting. We will not go quietly into the night. I want you to feel the weight of every child kidnapped.”

POLITICO reports that the US is looking to back out of several NATO commands: UK to lead NATO’s Joint Force Command in Norfolk, Va. and Italy to staff JFC Naples. Both are currently led by US officers. (US takes MARCOM instead.) subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026... Called for this last Oct 👇

In 2009, this was the mask of a UK SAS character in “Call of Duty.” By 2015 it was de rigeur among Iraqi government commandos and Shiite militiamen. In 2018, in “Sicario 2,” it was what CIA surrogate characters wore to disguise themselves as cartel gunmen. Now US law enforcement wears it.

Hanging this on the wall in my office

Former CO here and if your facilities have a problem with shit getting smuggled in via books and magazines I regret to inform you the problem is with corrupt COs and not books and magazines.

Former BLS commissioner Bill Beach says the agency has lost 25% of its staff since January. 40% of leadership positions are vacant. And DOL leadership “does not seem to support the Bureau.” #ASSA2026 #EconSky

That peanut worm is a little too exciting for me you got anything else?

The tightening of border controls and freedom of movement is truly a global phenomenon. Kyrgyzstan has tightening rules for Kazakh citizens with hundreds of Kazakhstanis, including students, now stranded at the border. kaktus.media/doc/537255_v...

It is amazing that the ruling administration has managed to set up not one but multiple opaque schemes that essentially allow for mass money laundering/payouts/corruption, some of which have already resulted in favors such as pardons, and the rest of the government isn't even trying to stop them.

In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites. He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Drunk raccoon found in liquor store suspected in karate studio break-in

This deserves every bit of the scorn and ratio it receives. It is fundamentally inaccurate and deeply irresponsible framing. Stuff like this is simply announcing to the world that the Economist does not understand what is happening let alone how to cover it.

"The sites are all over the country, including California, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia."

The Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff, Dallas. Today they’re showing the same double bill they showed on 22-11-63, when Oswald was arrested here

5/Its easy (or difficult to swallow) this as corruption/crony capitalism. But in a new paper w/ @segoddard.bsky.social in IO, we argue these interactions suggest something much more fundamental -- a shift in the international order which we call neo-royalism. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...

Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals. This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.

1/When @himself.bsky.social and I wrote about the future of US economic coercion we hoped that the tools could be used for global collective goods like climate. Now US “evaluating sanctions on officials sponsoring activist-driven climate policies”’ on.ft.com/4qJF3Ko