Asshole is back on duty. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-officer-pushed-woman-video-returns-to-duty/

Worth reposting

Stock market collapse in ’27 to V-J day was only 18 years. It’s now been 25 years since Bush v. Gore launched us into this dark timeline (or 24 since 9/11 if you prefer). How many more years do we have of this nightmare century?

It's nice that Comey is worried about law enforcement abuses. Imagine what would have happened if he followed the rules designed to stop those in 2016.

This is wildly unacceptable behavior for a LEO. On January 19th this DO would have face serious consequences from ICE OPR. Now???

Bear in mind there are already visas for athletes, directors, and others of great merit. This is for otherwise-worthless rich shitbags, like Luttnick and Trump themselves.

Ahh, democracy dies in late-nite specifically.

At this point it’s a little offensive nobody is trying to silence me.

When did "worthless pieces of shit shouldn't be murdered" become controversial?

Can #DoorDash / #Uber / #grubhub release data on how martial law is effecting delivery times and volumes in LA, DC, now Chicago vs control cities? @doordashhelp.bsky.social#DoorDash

Dude, we get it, you’re an evil fuck. You don’t have to keep tearing off masks. We got it.

Great Guardian piece yesterday in which I got to say things like "You don’t have to spend weeks teaching someone immigration law if you’ve decided the law just means the president gets to deport anyone he wants."

If Putin poisoned Trump, would he be able to admit it?

You may not have known Turkish broadcasting runs a global English news service - I sure didn’t! - but I think this program does a nice job surfacing issues around new ICE practices (masks and not identifying themselves). With yours truly.

I understand the U.S. is about to host the #FIFAWorldCup and shortly thereafter, the Summer Olympics. If you are a non-U.S. citizen, you would be INSANE to come here to watch sports. America is not safe for tourists.

You have not, under any circumstances, got to catch ‘em all.

Is it wrong that every time a #peloton instructor exhorts the class “you were BUILT for this!!” I think “I don’t know about you, but *I* was built for arguing with my customers over a wood fire in the Pale of Settlement.”

ICE's new plan is to hire retired cops. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/au...

I say this as someone who worked at ICE: If you don’t already work there, you absolutely should not start! Want to work in public safety? Plenty of good police departments are hiring for that worthwhile work. Or sheriffs:

I had been enthusiastic about the rise of younger politicians like Mamdani but jfc “and I’s marriage” is going to be the goddamn death of me. What is wrong with “my”?

Great review

I guess I said some spicy things in this interview. To be clear: 21,000 people work at ICE. A great many of them are committed, good people doing vital work. But why would you sign up to go there now, knowing what it’s about to become?

Someone needs to ask Obama to confirm he will run for a third term if Trump does. Not to do it, of course. But to call Trump’s bluff.

I think it's now possible to make a poli-sci course that equips one for modern political analysis better than most classic theory and has a syllabus sourced entirely from random internet posts. Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...

Sure hope nobody put their horcrux in a Chemex

We should be terrified of who the next new 19,000 ICE and CBP officers will be. Are you watching the news and excited to rough up abuelas, hog-tie the guy cutting the lawn down the street, or manhandle a member of Congress? Apply today! www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/four-fears...

How is anyone still on Twitter

If you are an elected Dem talking about *anything* other than how the Trump/Musk cuts killed those campers, resign.

Is there a sociological term for the tendency of ancient public service messaging to stick around forever? This is a spring 2020 COVID message still on a tv in July 2025.

Maybe ICE will finally be able to afford badges and uniforms.

Why would you name a law after what it's going to make your credit rating

I was glad to have the chance for an in-depth conversation with @maryharris.bsky.social about ICE officers conducting operations masked and without uniforms on Slate’s “What’s Next” podcast today. ICE needs to fix this before people get badly hurt.

I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.

Had a great talk today with Shannan Ferry on NY1 on ICE mission and tactics. It's time to lower the temperature and reduce the risk masked, plainclothes officers performing at large operations pose to themselves and everyone else.

Just completed a Manhattan morning trifecta: - Waiter appreciated my disdain when he asked if I wanted the bagel toasted - Taped a segment for NY1 - Tourist asked me for directions

@mattlevine.bsky.social I would have thought that the Sam Altman objection to Meta paying 9 figures for AI researchers is that the point of the enterprise is to make money irrelevant (see the prospectus) so avarice should be a negative correlate of people dedicated to building the GAI

Some personal news

Great analysis of ICE’s dubious claims about anti-officer assaults and baffling effort to justify the Secret Duck Dynasty Police gaiters we now see everywhere

We need to shut this whole thing down until Yelp can figure out how to differentiate between American and Korean BBQ

Thinking about Paul Weiss this evening.

So if you had to guess, how many countries have secret drone bases in the U.S. or targeting an overseas U.S. installation? Minimum 4, right?

A great time for Gavin Newsom to have decided to take charge of the opposition would have been a year ago when he could have captured the Democratic nomination 

Oh noes Cobra Commander and Destro are in a tiff

After 4 years of the brass at ICE ERO slow-walking, outright lying, backstabbing, and doing everything else under the sun to sabotage our efforts in the Biden Administration to improve the agency, I guess it's refreshing to see the head of ERO admit it? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“I am shocked that this company I went to work for, named for an evil magic surveillance tool, is building an evil surveillance tool” is, I’m sorry, the dumbest thought anyone has ever had.

.@nytimes.com it is literally never breaking news that a non-head of state over 75 died.

Trump is so painfully predictable, which means I made 50% on my investment in Fannie Mae in February. Try betting on him doing the corrupt thing, it’s fun and profitable.

Crosby Stills & Nash enjoyed lounging on an excellent faded couch. But every mom must lowkey chill - because mom's gotta work! Wobbly tamarinds sit meditating 6 verses. Hebrews, Gentiles walk west. -- What is it and why isn't there a (well-known) better one?

Kant’s famous formulation of the Categorical Imperative: “Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law—except for the Federal Reserve.”