"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop

The sort of people the administration calls 'terrorists' : "[the 84 year olds] were rushed by federal officers “for no apparent reason.” She said her husband was leaning on his walker and wearing his Vietnam veterans cap as he was pushed to the ground."

Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism. I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]

a person at Treasury gave Defector a rundown of how this process—which appears to be against the law—was expedited in order to avoid public scrutiny defector.com/treasury-dep...

Every Republican accusation is a confession, Part Infinity

I’ve been saving the world for years

Terrorizing and wrecking an entire 150-unit apartment building--hundreds of people, mostly legal or citizens--to detain 37 people. This should be a much more massive story.

This is illegal, plain and simple, with penalties including removal from federal service, debarment from federal employment for five years, and a fine of $1000. 5 U.S.C. § 7326. A country which valued the rule of law would enforce its laws.

1. UPDATE: Billionaire Rob Citrone, whose hedge fund bet heavily on Argentina, pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, his longtime friend and former colleague, to rescue the country, according to Argentine media. Shortly thereafter, Bessent announced a $20 billion taxpayer-funded bailout.

They reportedly had a judicial warrant for some part of the building. They, however, apparently refused to show it to anyone. I am also DEEPLY skeptical that the warrant permitted them to smash down every door and arrest every person in the building. My gut says they went far beyond the warrant.

Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion. Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.

An “immigration judge” is not an actual judge in the judicial branch. They are a DOJ employee. As Judge Young, an actual judge, made clear in one of the truly essential parts of his Tuesday ruling. www.lawdork.com/p/judge-will...

Team Trump will spend $625 million and open public lands to revive a dying industry [via @theguardian.com]

Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a $20 billion package to rescue the Argentinian economy. Too bad that it's basically a gift for one hedge fund manager with ties to Bessent himself.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka. I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws. Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States of America:

OMG. He is a global laughingstock. This is beyond parody.

ICE is shooting at journalists Reporter for the local CBS affiliate was sitting in her station’s truck w the windows down outside the ICE facility in Broadview near Chicago. There were no protesters, it was quiet, but ICE agent shot their truck w a pepper ball blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/29/i...

This is so unfair. How can any of you expect a Trump to have an idea, much less an original one? Back off and let them all be the worthless, thieving idiots they all are! Shame on you.

The alleged shooter in Michigan. Weird that Vance and Patel haven’t tweeted out this info. 🤷🏽‍♂️👇🏽 www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.” Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins? www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...

The president authorized the use of “full force” against an American city, then went golfing right after.

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

This ought to be a huge story everywhere. It is imperative that we not normalize sending troops into blue cities on false pretenses. The consequences could be tragic. Journalists must rebut the lies and quote the outraged at the top of their articles and segments. www.cnn.com/2025/09/27/p...

“A Portland Police Bureau assistant chief said in court recently that federal police were “instigating” some of the clashes between officers and protesters outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland.” www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.

Any news organization (or tic fricking tocker) that does not report from the “war front” daily is not on the side of America. The mad king needs to be exposed and humiliated constantly for this.

Clear grounds for removing Trump from office. He’s sending America’s military against a domestic terror organization that does not exist fighting a war that is not happening. He’s gone completely and dangerously mad.

America is bailing out Argentina, while Argentine farmers sell soybeans to China instead of American farmers, thereby bankrupting them, which is why America also have to bail out American farmers. If this is considered winning, I fear what losing looks like.

In light of Trump’s pick for SecDef, posting my 2021 article on a commander’s duty to punish war crimes by subordinates. Failure to discharge this duty—including by pardoning war criminals—can itself amount to a war crime. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/ils/vol97/is...

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

“Starting October 1st, 2025, we will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product, unless a Company IS BUILDING their Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant in America.”

Last week:

Step 1: Start a dumbass trade war with China (and Brazil). Step 2: Lose Chinese soybean market to Brazil. Step 3: Bail out your nutty right wing buddy Javier Milei. Step 4: Lose soybean market to Milei, too. Steph 5: Make taxpayers pay for your stupidity.

NEW: @thebarbedwire.com conducted an in-depth review of the court records and statements thus far in the July 4 Prairieland case and found holes that call into question the government’s narrative. thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/24/n...

“.. For Bessent, the Argentine crisis is significant .. He bought up distressed Argentine debt as an investor and worked with [President] Macri .. , Now, rather than fighting government intervention in currency markets, Bessent is advocating for it.” @barrons.com www.barrons.com/articles/bes...

I’d never seen this one.

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash. Pam Bondi knew. Kash Patel knew. Emil Bove knew. And they made the investigation go away. A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

"In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration..." www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

AOC: All in the name of Charlie Kirk, Trump and the FCC are now cynically threatening to shut down ABC and any outlets who give air time to the administration's political critics. This is a disgusting attack on the American people and the very first amendment rights that define us as a country.

@theonion.com I think this paper is stealing your stories

A cybertruck for your face

When shit starts coming full circle and shit gets real.. Holy shit y’all Release the files.. #SheShed

US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.

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In summary: The hateful Charlie Kirk was shot by the acolyte of a more hateful version of Charlie Kirk. It wasn’t any of the imaginary bogeymen they were hoping for. Just a case of them slowly drowning in their own hate.