Under the latest plans, a contractor would use sites such as Facebook, Instagram and X—and could, in addition, use powerful online commercial, law enforcement and federal government databases—to generate leads about "individuals who pose a danger to national security."

Couldn’t be happier that the Nobel has gone to Laszlo Krasznahorkai. Back in 2012 I tried to astroturf a movement claiming him as the Next Big Thjng but it didn’t take off because he’s too difficult www.theguardian.com/books/2012/j...

No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. www.nokings.org

A large new study confirms: Age and gender biases are deeply baked into what we see online

The complete failure of the MAGA Congress to enact its Article 1 responsibilities and powers is a huge part of the story of where we are today. In large part, this is on them.

'For some, the pain caused by the aid cuts has become so intense that death seems like the only escape...One day in June, as the family gathered for a meal, Eliyas began to cry. The family did not realize he’d mixed poison into his rice. He never said goodbye.' apnews.com/article/myan...

Very good piece abt Russ Vought and the larger project of this admin. A central issue is how the media has sanitized and normalized a set of very radical folks. You might be talking to people in your life who have been misinformed about what this administration is all about. Read 👇👇

Venezuela's Maduro has signed a 10-year Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Russia.

All my solid state Golden State homies, Please register people to vote, vote early and often🤣🤣🤣 lol jk, and turn your ballots in right now if you have them, they were mailed out this week. Like and share if you already voted😃😃🎃🎃💖💖💖 Please Phonebank, precinct walk, donate if ur a political junkie💖💖

“Country star Zach Bryan is back with a bold new track, “The Fading of the Red, White and Blue,” where he openly criticizes ICE and speaks on the state of America. Fans are buzzing about the lyrics and the powerful message behind the music.” youtube.com/watch?v=frPw...

I urge every leftist to study COINTEL-PRO and its techniques, and to NOT assume it’s a thing of the past.

General strike folks. Sorry but it’s gotta happen.

Across the country, hospitals are vanishing and doctors and paramedics tell ABC News they’ve already seen conditions worsen in irreversible ways — even deaths — because of shuttered hospitals in rural areas. #TrumpShutUSDown abcnews.go.com/US/loss-life...

Now 6 of 9 to US based- of the 6, 3 are immigrants, 5 have University of California connections.

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Former USAID official here. The current Administration has done zero impact analysis to estimate the effects of its obliteration of USAID on deaths around the world. It just keeps saying "no one has died" as a mesmeric incantation. The facts, below. 🧵

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops. 📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

For when conservatives spew lies: The DC National Guard is solely under the control of the President who delegates authority to the Secretary of Defense and to the Secretary of the Army. No one can “deny” a deployment request, which never came on January 6th. dc.ng.mil/Join-the-DC-...

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House. Not a single offer. Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

Starving children screaming. Elon Musk must be so proud.

I’m shocked.

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown. Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

Trump fires one of the few black folks in his administration. Seems like a pattern... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Been having lunch in Reykjavik with varied Europeans that I’ve been with in some tours around Iceland & the consensus is that it is very, very worrying that America’s lunatic in chief has access to that political football. It’s been the same conversation for me in Finland, Scotland & France too.

No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, “One day, I’ll invade Oregon.”

“There is going to be infants skipping feeds. There is going to be pregnant women skipping meals so that they can feed their toddlers." apnews.com/article/wic-...

Residents of apartments surrounding the ICE facility say they can't get vehicles in or out and got no warning that the streets would be closed off.

ICYMI..

A resident of a nearby building asks a very important question: “You claim you have warrants, but do you have a warrant to seize the entire building?” she asked the agents. “Do you have warrants to detain the entire building?” Or: do people lose their rights if they live near undocumented people?

"The FCC has no business interfering in constitutionally protected editorial decisions of licensees, and Brendan Carr is well aware of that," @seth-stern.bsky.social said. Read the full letter from @nhmc.bsky.social: www.nhmc.org/defendthepre...

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Government officials should never interfere with or influence artists’ music. Art is protected speech under the First Amendment. When power tries to control creativity, it’s no longer about culture—it’s about censorship, and that’s a dangerous path for any democracy. #Pinks

Travelers share stories of airport delays caused by the Republican shutdown: "There's been some instances of planes coming really close to each other or having a circle or things getting delayed... it concerns me about being safe and also about getting home."

If you care about public health, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about medical research, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about climate change, labor conditions, the well-being of children in war zones—you have to become a revolutionary. crimethinc.com/becomeananar...

Meta considers women's health a "political issue" and stopped the campaign of the Swedish Cancer Foundation that was informing women about the importance of mammograms on Facebook. This is completely deranged behaviour from a social media company. Health is apolitical, women's health is apolitical.

The Dude has spoken: "ICE? Let's get ICE off our streets and into our beverages. This aggression will not stand. Let's just abide together"

I grew up in a small farming town in one of the reddest counties in Texas. The numerous ways in which our town has been eroded by Republican politics and monopolization are too many to list. And yet. Red as red gets to this day.

The main idea is this would destroy a lever of potential control and oversight. I know Congress has not been exerting oversight, but still the lever exists. But every control mechanism people get rid of, they need to ask themselves what would happen if the opposite party had no such requirement?

Congress is considering a provision in the Intelligence Authorization Act that would end Senate confirmation of the chief lawyers responsible for secretly shaping policies on surveillance, detention, and interrogation at U.S. intelligence agencies.

Broadview police are investigating.

Anyone who ever expressed concern about Hunter Biden "profiting off his last name" should also follow up on these examples, too. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

If you think those campaign donations are large, just compare them to the potential windfalls that may come to you in this administration. Then they seem small. popular.info/p/trump-appr...

Jack Smith didn't "tap" anyone's phone. He got phone records of potential insurrection suspects via lawful grand jury subpoenas. Just so happens some of those suspected of participating in January 6th were republican members of congress. If you don't want you phone records subpoenaed...

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

Murray: I talked to a family that’s paying about $300 a month for their health insurance. It’s going to jump to over $1,800 per month. Many people will turn away and not pay for it—obviously, they’ll lose their health insurance. The fewer people who have insurance, the more everybody pays.

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.