ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status. The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.

Reggae Pioneer Jimmy Cliff Dies at 81 www.aarp.org/entertainmen...

What in the actual-- ?!

Republicans are treating this like it's some kind of treason. Nothing is being said here that wasn't taught to me as a US Army officer, as a core and standard part of my training.

Interesting. That's been a concern of mine (and countless others). Although I'm still not holding my breath on shenanigans taking place with the release of these docs. This is way too straightforward and, dare I say, easy.

The year is 2025, and this shouldn't have to be said, but here we are. I can name at least a hundred men on this platform who would have put Trump in his place. Grow a pair, boys, or turn in your press credentials. You're not journalists, you're cowards.

427 to 1. Never in my life have I seen such an overwhelming vote. Now, let's hope the senate doesn't screw it up...

This stuff is disgusting. Also (and I know I'm nowherenear the first to bring it up)-- where did all the proud boys and oath keepers go? Haven't heard a peep from them in a while...

in other news, water is wet.

Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws to restore federal funding and end investigations into the school.

It's a long thread (heck, it's almost a whole spool 😀) but well worth reading.

Voters don’t just want promises of affordability; they want results. And a party beholden to corporate interests, that would rather tinker around the edges than push for real inroads against inequality, will have a tough time making good on those promises. fair.org/home/for-est...

The judge DENIES the government a stay. SNAP must be fully paid by TOMORROW.

BREAKING: Federal Judge McConnell orders the Trump administration to provide full SNAP payments to states for November, finding that the administration did not comply with his order. Judge raises Trump's Truth social post as evidence that he intended to defy the order.

Following the worst mass shooting in the state's history, Maine voters took to the polls and approved a new red flag law to prevent further tragedies. Now, Maine will allow families to petition a judge to remove guns temporarily from a family member who poses a threat to themselves or others.

This is a horrible descision (but what did we expect from these chuckleheads?). IF there's a bright spot in all this is that at least all those already w/ passports that reflect their correct gender identity won't have them invalidated (at least for now. You never know w/these clowns).

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Breaking News: A jury found a man not guilty of assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington.

BREAKING: A federal judge finds the Trump administration "did not comply" with his order.

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Hmm... I'm in North Jersey, and the Trumpers at work are awfully quiet this morning...

Don't tell Greg Abbott

I encourage you to read the whole thread. #puertorico #politics

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It has always been a coup. Since January 2025. It started with DOGE. Speaker and puppet Mike Johnson says the House will not reconvene until January 2026. At that point, who knows?

I don't know what "deokdeok", is but the gochujang ketchup actually sounds good.

That's very kind. Tank you.

@samsteindc.bsky.social Watching the tail end of the DWH segment. Agree 💯 on the broad point of standards. Re: questionable incidents— I think BECAUSE these question-raising events are so frequent, the media NEEDS to bring it up. EVERY TIME. Otherwise the severity & gravity of the matter gets lost.

K&A Bagel Cafe is offering free bagels to anyone impacted by the government shutdown. K&A will put out free bags of bagels Wednesdays through Sundays for as long as the shutdown continues.

ROLLING STONE: “The current Congress has dropped the pretense of public service altogether… Congress enjoys ultraluxe health care as it fights to gut yours.” @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why don’t you care about anyone but yourselves? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Each one of these dirtbags needs to be arrested and put on trial as soon as humanly possible, if not sooner.

JHC. I had trouble believing it, so I checked the link. It is totally legit.

They are completely ignorant of Puerto Rican history. I tell them they need to read - and look at all the readily available videos (including Bad Bunny's “El Apagón”) on YouTube Caribbean Matters: Puerto Rico’s complicated history as a US colony www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Puerto Rico schools amend schedule after key water pipe breaks, affecting tens of thousands www.thestar.com/news/world/a...

American Backlash to Bad Bunny Exposes Puerto Rico’s Colonial Purgatory Just saying he is an American citizen is not going to cut it thelatinonewsletter.org/p/american-b...

Republican math. Can afford: Trump ballroom, $40 Billion Argentina bailout, massive tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires Can’t afford: health care for Americans, SNAP for struggling Americans, tax relief for middle class families.

@abc7.bsky.social @cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com @cnn.com @msnbc.com @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @latimes.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @jenpsaki.msnbc.com @donlemonofficial.bsky.social @joyannreid.bsky.social @apnews.com @reuters.com Where’s your coverage of this ???

There are several bills to cut off Congress's pay checks during government shutdowns Now there's a bill to halt White House ballroom renovations during the shutdown: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Whatever you think of the White House as a building or a symbol, the fact is that the image of it being torn apart on a whim two days after 7 million people hit the streets against autocracy is going to make a HUGE amount of people really, really angry, and that's an energy that should be harnessed.

The Department of Homeland Security just spent over $170M in taxpayer funds to buy Kristi Noem two luxury Gulfstream jets. Meanwhile, Trump's shutdown is threatening the paychecks and SNAP benefits of millions of Americans. "New Golden Age" for who?

This is shameful and un-American. The people have a right to ask what their military is doing, and we shouldn’t have to buy just the official line.

If someone on your own side is caught frolicking in a racist group chat, is it fair to criticize them? Or should you just keep your mouth shut because you agree with them about Trump? For some, this is difficult. The latest False Flag from @willsommer.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/racist-you...

Saturday October 18 #NoKings

Elise Stefanik is scrubbing photos of herself accepting awards from the vile Young Republicans caught in the Politico group chat. She supported every single one of them in New York State.

This is well worth the time to read. TLDR: Get off hyperpartisan social media, ditch "entertainment" news designed to incite, look to art that reveals truths about ourselves, recognize the ways we are manipulated by media. Find reliable, unbiased news sources. terikanefield.com/whyextremism...

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Beautifully said. Worth the couple of minutes it will take to watch both parts.