I wonder if this still happens if the ICE officer who did this had been wearing a mask, as usual? Remarkable how accountability materializes when there's a face to the violence.

Um, WTF

“JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED!” Trump posted on Truth Social after news of Comey's indictment broke. But as with George W. Bush’s famous announcement of Mission Accomplished, this declaration of victory may turn out to be premature.

"Trump’s us-vs.-them worldview will never run out of thems because what makes someone a them isn’t anything they’ve done — it’s simply that Trump has decided they are not an us."

DHS says the ICE officer who shoved the woman in New York yesterday has been relieved of his duties and his conduct unacceptable. Bit surprised as I’ve seen a lot of not too dissimilar videos of ice actions DHS has stood by.

Since Lindsey Halligan personally indicted Comey she should personally try the case and not hand it off to someone else. She can show us how competent and qualified she is for this job in front of a jury.

Sickens me to even read this article. "In Trump's remake of the White House, the Rose Garden is now the Rose Garden Club, with the iconic lawn outside the Oval Office transformed into a taxpayer-supported imitation of the patio at Mar-a-Lago, the president's private Florida resort."

OUR BATHROOM MIRRORS ARE VITAL TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY

For shame, Lindsey Halligan. For shame. ⚖️🇺🇸

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u... (gift article 🎁)

Sickening behavior by this agent. The fact that Mayor Adams has rolled out the red carpet for ICE is a stain on our city.

🚨 The U.S. scrambled jets after Russian aircraft approached Alaska. 🚨 Putin is testing our defenses, and he sees only weakness in Trump.

George Packer has a must-read analysis of our current state of "soft" authoritarianism, where rights are diminished rather than abolished, and for most of us most of time life still seems, personally, pretty normal. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Sharing an Atlantic Magazine gift article with you. “America’s Zombie Democracy” by George Packer www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

DONALD TRUMP's AMERICA❕ Horrific. This is ALL his fault.

Can watch this over and over and over, and still belly laugh each time. God bless Jimmy Kimmel. ♥️⚖️🇺🇸

"Defending democracy requires a collective refusal to acquiesce to lawless behavior from many different sectors of society..."

"they were just frantically running around trying to do impossible shit with no context and no flexibility and no ability to push back. “I thought maybe it would turn around. But it never did.” —General Services Administration (GSA) worker

Incredible. NYT reports that career DOJ prosecutors investigated James Comey and directly informed Trump's political appointees that there was insufficient evidence to get a conviction. Gonna keep suggesting that Trump's authoritarian designs are running into deep resistance (see piece below).

"Fighting doesn’t always result in victory, but surrendering guarantees defeat. The only people who have preserved their dignity or their rights in dealing with Trump are those who have been willing to stand up to him." -Adam Serwer

Love the UK and love the last part. It is America's shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn't just lose its soul, it shits out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader LOVE THEM AND SO VERY TRUE

NEVER FORGET WHO REFUSED THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER AND CAUSED THIS!!!! 🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

"It’s a dark, highly pessimistic scenario. The possibility of invoking the Federal Contested Elections Act makes gerrymandering seem quaint. But one lesson of this year is that whatever isn’t nailed down in advance is apt to be seized at the earliest opportunity." www.thebulwark.com/p/dirty-proc...

Scary stuff. "Johnson, the lead author of the 2020 amicus brief arguing for the nullification of electoral votes in four swing states won by Joe Biden, who rallied 125 House Republicans to back the scheme, is now the most powerful election denier in the House. He is a true believer." - Steve Posner

@realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social "Most people" see what the would-be king is trying to do to the country, Sen. Boxer. It's getting the message out to those not paying attention to what's actually happening in real time - - and praying the GOP grows a pair...

"'While it certainly would not be surprising for the Trump administration to disregard the law regarding congressional appropriations, it would be quite troubling if Paul Weiss were a willing accomplice in such an endeavor,' one of the letters said." - NYT (gift 🎁) www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Today: - Local NYC politics with @elizabethkim.bsky.social, - @ryrivard.bsky.social on climate and energy in NJ, - @thefireorg.bsky.social's CEO on free speech encroachments from the left and right, - Listeners, tell us about YOUR name change Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org

"...a national economic strike is the way to go here." - Scott Galloway

Collectively cringing in horror in our own lived Tragedy. The Greek Chorus has nothing on us!

Embarrassment on the world stage in New York City: TRUMP BRAGGING AT THE UN❕

"The gravest sin here is not so much that Trump has an enemies list and that he is issuing kingly orders of retribution. It is that not a single elected Republican seems likely to stand up and condemn this total perversion of the American legal system." - Paul Rosenzweig

So many coverups. Release the Epstein files. Release the Homan tapes. Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.

KIMMEL IS BACK

How the current administration has completely turned the facts upside down when it comes to WHO is spewing hate and violence in our country is stunning. The First Amendment has never been more important.

John Oliver says Bob Iger should use "the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away. And that is, 'fuck you, make me.'" youtu.be/ohPToBog_-g?...

What a despicable man is Trump.

"Some collaborators may sincerely share the autocrat’s goals, but opportunists provide a crucial margin of support. In the United States, such people now have to make a difficult calculation: Do the present benefits of submitting to Trump’s will outweigh the future hazards?" www.theatlantic.com

Neil Young brought it at Farm Aid. One of the greatest rock n rollers of all time.

🎶🎸 Neil Young❕"Big Crime" ⚖️🇺🇸 #FarmAid

Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe. And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.

Concerned people can call & leave a message + email: Robert Iger Disney CEO 310-890-5241 [email protected]

To recap, Trump signed a proclamation saying that after midnight tonight, no one with an H-1B visa may enter the US unless they have paid $100,000. However, anonymous White House officials are saying it doesn't apply to people with current H-1B visas — yet there is NO official guidance! None!

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Did Donald Trump cancel Jimmy Kimmel? We need a free press, not a few corporate media giants bowing down to Trump.

New from me: There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo. Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post. Read and judge for yourself. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

"What’s going on in the jail? I think that’s the bigger question. Are inmates safe? Are they being provided healthcare properly?”

A 42-year-old man being held at the Nassau County Jail on Long Island as an ICE detainee was found dead in his cell early Thursday morning. Sources say the man — who has not yet been publicly identified — was discovered unresponsive and not breathing about 18 hours after arriving at the jail.

In good news, the Trib picked the correct front-page photo today: