Очень интересно.

Six senators accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of a “glaring” conflict of interest, citing ProPublica reporting that found he held at least $159,000 in related investments when he shut down crypto investigations at the DOJ. His disbarment is but a short distance away.

The second half of the post is behind a paywall, but here's a pass-through link for folks who'd like to read the full thing (and will hopefully consider becoming subscribers going forward): www.stevevladeck.com/p/ea29bfc0-0...

ICE and CBP brandish and use battlefield equipment the use of which was sharply constrained by US forces when deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Moreover, examination of footage by battlefield professionals shows that the DHS agents don't know how to wield or use the extremely lethal equipment.

EDUARDO Lucé Preet Bharara 'Nuff said? youtu.be/zFp7VmThn_4?...

Is this an inflection point for Trump? @preetbharara.bsky.social is joined by @edwardluce.bsky.social to discuss the the aftermath of the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by border patrol agents and what comes next. Listen to a new episode of Stay Tuned with Preet:

Atlantic staff writer Robert Kagan: “We are heading into dictatorship if we are not already in dictatorship here in the United States.” He tells Channel 4 🇺🇸 is in “much deeper trouble” than European leaders understand, and Europe should not expect the world to return to the old order after Trump

Watch the full video here: youtu.be/CzJd5zkDrBk

Raskin: ICE and CBP — these are not law enforcement entities, and at this point they’re completely lawless. They’re outside of the Constitution.

The civil rights law that has allowed lawsuits against local and state police doesn’t apply to federal agents.

Stubb and Carney are real Western leaders.

I know bad police work when I see it.

ICE agents are scanning your face while hiding theirs.

Days after Secretary Noem took office, she purported to "vacate" decisions by Secretary Mayorkas to extend TPS for Venezuela and Haiti — even though the law says repeatedly that TPS, once granted, lasts until it expires. The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.

ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.

I have no doubt that the witness who asked to be called Javier heard DHS officials referring to "USCs", but it just means "United States citizens" not "United States citizens in custody." USCs is just part of the lingo. Like LPRs, EWIs, and (more recently) PWIs.

Since the first of the year.

Trump says he has the power to seize ballots — and now his spy chief is joining FBI raids of election offices. But guess what? I co-wrote the order he’s talking about. He’s lying. And a crime might be in progress. www.defiance.news/p/why-we-sho...

It’s easy to forget since he’s still a high public official but Homan straight up took $50,000 in cash from undercover agents on camera and then nothing happened

Capgemini Government Solutions signed contract with ICE in Decfor “skip tracing services”, in wh private investigators help the agency locate people it intends to deport. The company also agreed to modify an older contract for “data analysis” services, adding skip tracing work starting in October.

"..the order was written in response to foreign interference in the 2016 election and designed to make it easier for a president to impose sanctions on foreign actors who meddle in U.S. elections." www.defiance.news/p/why-we-sho...

"..the order was written in response to foreign interference in the 2016 election and designed to make it easier for a president to impose sanctions on foreign actors who meddle in U.S. elections." www.defiance.news/p/why-we-sho...

" It does NOT confer domestic law-enforcement authority; it does NOT override state and local control of elections; and it does NOT authorize the seizure of voting machines by the National Guard, or anyone else for that matter."

Police in Helena, Montana, is withdrawing from a regional law enforcement task force because the task force is tied to the border patrol: apnews.com/article/hele...

Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

🚨 I've obtained a list of secret watchlists the Department of Homeland Security uses to keep tabs on American citizens www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...

". . . . that there are more than a dozen secret and obscure watchlists that homeland security and the FBI are using to track protesters (both anti-ICE and pro-Palestinian), “Antifa,” and others who are promiscuously labeled “domestic terrorists.”" www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...

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ICE LISTS OF TARGETS

So it’s another blackmail effort.

Homan's message: obey, opposition to the invasion is futile! And $50,000 in a CAVA bag would be nice, too.

Maine gave trump her voter rolls homan just said if Minnesota wants no ice hand over voter rolls

The European Union sanctions 15 officials and 6 organizations in Iran over brutal crackdown on protesters.

PALANTIR LISTS "ELITE" "FORTIFY" youtu.be/b-QHWpqjD-E?... @raskin.house.gov @durbin.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov @ocasio-cortez.house.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

‘We ran from monsters’: Once welcomed by Germany after IS genocide, Yazidis are now deported to a life of limbo in refugee camps theconversation.com/we-ran-from-...

Democracies fail when leaders stop representing citizens and start condemning them. We’re there. My new TIME essay looks at how the Trump administration’s rhetoric is being used to justify violence, dodge accountability, and weaken the meaning of citizenship.

I’ll be joining @jimlokay.com tonight at 11:30 PM ET on Fox 5 DC to discuss the dangerous FBI raid on Fulton County election offices.

Again, there is no legislative fix for the magnitude of the authoritarian crimes being committed daily. Everyone is just pretending at this point: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

This is a total shadow budget with a shadow oversight group….a slush fund that bypasses Congress completely. Our forefathers have been spinning in their graves so much that they are boring through the Earth!!!

@raskin.house.gov @durbin.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov

nationalshutdown.org MINNEAPOLIS ORGANIZERS CALLING FOR NATIONAL STRIKE

SHUTDOWN ON FRIDAY NATIONAL MINNEAPOLIS www.youtube.com/live/IfgfqJd...

Federal immigration officers wear a bewildering array of labels, tactical gear and clothing accessories from different agencies, often wearing masks and refusing to identify themselves. It's sometimes not possible to know which agency an individual works for. This visual guide can help ⬇️