FWIW, I think that the US will move to destabilize Europe far more quickly than people consider, not least by tipping as many countries as they can into fascism. Moving to the EU is at best a temporary reprieve.

The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others

Quoting @wyden.senate.gov: "It makes a mockery of the idea that ICE is trying to make our country safer. Rather, agents are reportedly picking people to deport from our country the same way you'd choose a nearby coffee shop."

The import of this ruling: Foreign citizens in the United States—including green card holders—can be arrested for political speech and imprisoned for months or even years before being given a meaningful opportunity to challenge the constitutionality of their arrest and imprisonment.

Trump is using the US military to hijack oil tankers and is confiscating the funds and parking them offshore. It is a mob boss using the US military as his mob muscle. The US military as we knew it is dead.

My take on Trump, Putin and where things stand: I believe the Steele Dossier got some things right and some wrong. Was there a "pee tape"? Probably. If Trump is at a Moscow hotel and some "high-end prostitutes" show up, there's no chance in any reality he turns them away stating he's married.

When we say "explicitly neo-Nazi" we mean channels that fly swastikas and praise Hitler. That's the zone of internet where DHS is apparently finding inspiration for their X posts. It's ultra unlikely they would have ever encountered that song if they weren't in that space, imo.

Here's what it looks like if you put all the ICE shootings I know of from the last year on a map. For no particular reason other than that it was just handy, I used the 2024 Presidential election map.

This dude is the leader of a neo nazi militia, and now he's in ICE. You know, in case you were wondering why I call ICE a nazi death squad.

Craig: "In my district, 2 days ago a special ed teacher pulled into her school parking lot, her windows were smashed, she was taken & detained for 12 hours. I've never seen such an out of control agency. That's why as soon as I leave, I'm joining a group to file articles of impeachment against Noem"

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I was under the impression we elect presidents here in America, not Blackbeard the Pirates. In my lifetime we’ve gone from a president who sold a peanut farm to avoid any conflicts of interest to a pirate who buries his booty in Qatar.

A small, petty, insecure drunk who wears far too much makeup trying to run DOD from a Twitter account with a junior officer’s mentality in way over his head who is mocked by better men and women in his department for the fool that he is.

Evening.

“Any search targeting a journalist warrants intense scrutiny because these kinds of searches can deter and impede reporting that is vital to our democracy.” Sadly, that is probably the point of this administration….

“ICE’s recruitment push is so sloppy that the administration effectively has no idea who’s joining the agency’s ranks. We’re all, collectively, in the dark about whom the state is arming, tasking with the most sensitive of law enforcement work, and then sending into America’s streets.”

Spit take. 🤡

Note they also submitted a letter from their attorneys. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Iran is an Islamic theocracy because of the US. Iran had a democratic government which the US and UK overthrew to install a brutal pro western dictatorship for oil. The 79 revolution was a direct consequence of this. People pretend the government is anti-US for no reason

"The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a 'drug boat,' killing 11 ... the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then killing them. That is a war crime."

The Civil Right Division has become an absolute joke. The only people whose rights are protected are ICE agents. www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...

The text that was taken down read that President Trump was “impeached twice, on charges of abuse of power and incitement of insurrection after supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, he was acquitted by the Senate in both trials.”

The DOJ is more than three weeks late in delivering the Epstein Files. In those three weeks: - Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela - ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota - Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally - Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell

Trump's White Nationalist Cosplay Crusaders Are Playing for ALL the Marbles America’s refusal to face its past is forging a new authoritarianism. From the unpunished sins of the Civil War to the war on the Fed, the cost of “moving on” has never been higher. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social, former metro editor at the Chicago Tribune, describes what a "radically truthful" journalism would look like. www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-to-bui...

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Right-Wing Influencers Have Flooded Minneapolis Clips from creators in Minnesota have become primary evidence in attempts by the right wing to justify ICE’s surge on American cities.

Pacific Ocean hits the reset button. La Niña’s icy grip collapses, signaling a rapid pivot to El Niño by fall. It’s a total atmospheric vibe shift: trade winds flip and winter gets inverted. We’re swapping predictable chills for a chaotic, warm-water driven bizarro weather map.

This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.

“The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.” ~ Jack Kornfield Good morning Bluesky! What does love have in store for us today? Where will love take us? Where will we take love? Love is here. Love is now. ❤️

High school crushes who never felt the same way I bet www.popularmechanics.com/science/a699...

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

As always, @emptywheel.bsky.social is providing insightful analysts. And the community comments are enlightening (and sobering): tracing the arc from WWII, the Vietnam war, through the global war on terror to Veterans, PTSD, and how it feeds Kevin Robert’s’ second American Revolutions.

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WaPo. catalogs who left govt and via what means. These will be useful to show that Trump effected a SHIFT--from spending on things that help people (like VA care) TO snatching grannies. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Here's one of those reports. www.404media.co/ice-is-using...

New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant “This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

The porn aspect of what ICE/CBP crucial. Here's an excellent piece of journalism on how they literally stimulated riots for the camera in Chicago. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Who would have ever thought that it would be a president of the United States who would threaten to invade NATO territory and not Vladimir Putin?

Amy Klobuchar: "There are now more ICE agents in Minnesota than there are police officers combined in Minneapolis and St. Paul. So they are outnumbering our own local police officers out on the streets."

Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.

We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.

There is no "normal" to go back to. Only what we do next.

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers. Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing

My suspicion, cannot prove it: Stephen Miller responded to 12/24 SCOTUS ruling that he can't deploy the Guard bc the Regular Forces have to fail first by figuring out what crimes he would need to commit to invoke the Insurrection Act. So Bovino's dudes shooting like wildcats.