Fuck you @chriscillizza66.bsky.social. If you want to celebrate a "heritage" that includes racist enslavers, you're very far out on the wrong side of history.

'Dystopian': Protester decries arrest after blasting Darth Vader's theme at Trump troops www.rawstory.com/darth-vader/

oh so now suddenly these guys can't do phrenology

Boat strikes put US service members in legal jeopardy: "Some junior officers have asked military lawyers, known as judge advocates general or JAGs, for written sign-off before taking part in strikes .... It does not appear that such memos were furnished, said one of the people."

wapo.st/3WRMcKG He says his requests for a lawyer, and for a shower to ease the discomforts of tear gas and pepper spray residues, were ignored. After three days... an agent told him the charges against him had been dropped. “What charges?” he recalls asking. Silence.

goddamn he is so good

OK. *deep sigh* If we’re really doing this … If anyone has information about this alleged $130 million “donation” — including the identity of the “donor,” if such a person or corporation exists, and any legal opinions purporting to authorize this — please send it my way. I am at crg.32 on Signal.

Do you know a federal worker (or are you a federal worker) who has been laid off, furloughed or working, but without pay under Trump 2.0? How are they/you coping? What can we do to help?

BREAKING: ICE unlawfully arrested E.J.C.C., a 16-year-old Bronx high schooler with protective SIJ status. ICE agents illegally detained him when he appeared for a mandatory, routine check in. Now, ICE is attempting to deport him to dangerous conditions in Ecuador. We are filing for his release.

I’ve voted twice to make independent redistricting the law of the land nationwide, and I would gladly do so again. But I also live in the real world. I’m voting YES on Prop 50. Here’s why: #VoteYESonProp50

Wells Fargo scammed millions of people by opening fake accounts. The Trump Administration just reduced a former Wells Fargo exec's $10 million fine to $0. Trump is making life more affordable for Wall Street executives — and more expensive for everyone else.

The Trump Administration has been desperately shopping for faraway countries where they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia — all to deny him his constitutional rights here in America. We cannot stand for it. He must be allowed to defend himself in court. My full statement:

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

He has to at least experience the inside of a jail cell for committing Contempt via—of all things—Assault. If he is not locked up briefly (24 hours) he is not going to understand the severity of his conduct, nor will anyone in his entire organization.

REDISTRICTING: California is doing it democratically— a temporary measure to level the playing field— meanwhile Texas did it without people’s approval #VoteYesOnProp50

“Don’t protest.” Not great when federal law enforcement leaders start directly and openly denying the existence of the literal and explicit First Amendment.

Josh Marshall; gift link. Civic virtue is incredibly important. People who study crime say: most people don’t commit crimes not because they’re scared of punishment, but because you just don’t do that. Imagine how awful it would be if that weren’t true; if we couldn’t rely on people’s decency.

making it illegal to have good taste 😝

This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it. They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: Association of American Universities joins US Chamber of Commerce's lawsuit over Trump's $100K fee for H-1B visas. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... @AAUniversities @USChamber

In important math news: new shape just dropped (the noperthedron) www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...

They used to proudly call themselves the party of Reagan. Under Trump they’ve become too extreme for Ronald Reagan, who was against tariffs, was pro-immigration and would’ve firmly opposed demonizing the majority of Americans for political gain.

Here’s my beautiful girl Scully, who loves you even if she hasn’t met you yet

I've asked that question multiple times and all I get is silence or anger as they walk away.

Free for all readers. The World Series begins today, but some things are more important than baseball. Thoughts go out to the Vesia family <3: mollyknight.substack.com/p/the-world-...

If the "The Donald J. Trump Ballroom at the White House" costs $350,000,000.00 in total, that price would translate into roughly $4,000.00 per square foot of floor area. Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao, even with its sheet titanium skin, cost only $650.00 (2025 currency) per square foot of floor area.

> “The [Connecticut Airport Authority] understands Avelo’s financial distress and the impacts of public backlash related to its other business decisions..." (Avelo works with ICE to move shackled immigration detainees around the country) More on "ICE Air": www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-g...

Monthly DoD payroll is ~$16 billion. This supposed "gift" would cover less than 1% of that amount. If split evenly among active duty service members, each would get just under $100. Reporters who don't challenge on this are committing egregious malpractice.

ICE officers should not take legal advice from this ignorant Trump crony, who is practicing TrumpLaw without a license. If federal officials engage in violent crimes, they could well be indicted and convicted by state law enforcement authorities.

Isn’t the National Guard deployed in DC to stop people from illegally destroying federal buildings?

The carceral state is generally brutal and evil in the way it treats the human beings it cages, but it’s fine to point out when there are bursts of unusually concentrated or vigorous evil and use it to get people to care.

😯 ✨Betjeman described it as 'Holy Air Encased in Stone'. If you've never visited St. Wystan's in Repton before - deep below the surface - that first glimpse of the C9th Saxon crypt is quite something.

For the internet hot-takers who think Nazism began with gas chambers and ghettos

This is far from the most important issue here, but the Ontario govt was under no obligation to "seek...permission to use and edit" any recording of Ronald Reagan that is in the U.S. National Archives/Reagan Library, as is the case here. And the Reagan Foundation has *no* relevant role here.

No one knows this more than the disabled. Even if you can get on disability payments, you're just forced into artificial poverty by the rules of the system. If you don't get it, your health suffers and your health care bills grow exponentially. Then comes hunger and homelessness. Precarity kills.

If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now.

Release the Epstein Files.

“'Dhs is posting little dark age edits. Crazy timeline on our hands,' wrote one account that features a profile picture of an anime character wearing a Nazi hat." gizmodo.com/dhs-little-d...

Doug Krugman is a 24-year Marine Corps veteran who chose to resign rather than participate in Trump's and Hegseth's #ForeverWars. His voice carries the weight of someone who has personally made "life and death targeting calls" in combat zones like Iraq and Afghanistan.

Well done Caerphilly! Plaid Cymru have secured the seat, with Lindsay Whittle winning 47% of the vote and a majority of 3,848. A fantastic result for the people of Caerphilly and for Wales! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #PlaidCymru #Caerphilly #ElectionResults #Wales #LindsayWhittle #CommonSensePrevails #CymruAmByth

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Hakeem Jeffries' endorsement of Mamdani is the most passive aggressive one I've ever seen. It notes areas of "disagreement" before saying he won "a free and fair election"

This is about to get bad. D.C. Republicans are on paid vacation while millions in their own districts are about to lose SNAP benefits. They’ll find out soon enough—families with hungry kids don’t stay silent. #FeedTheShutdown

when all this is over we need to have a pretty serious conversation about the utter moral failure of the elite of this country

The imbecilic, child-raping, rotting corpse known as Trump claims this is fake. It's not. This video has been available on the verified official YouTube channel for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum, for 8 years & you can contact them to verify: 1-800-410-8354 [email protected]

Oh wow: "During the fracas, a federal agent fired a pepper round that struck a (UCC) clergyman, Jorge Bautista, near the chin. The impact caked his face and clothing in orange powder. Bautista said the agent shot him in the face from about 5 feet away." "'I’m in a lot of pain,'" Bautista texted…"

ZOHRAN: “This is disgusting. These are @andrewcuomo’s final moments in public life and he’s choosing to spend them making racist attacks.”

It’s an atrocity. bsky.app/profile/bria...

I don't want to exaggerate or be controversial but it kind of seems like AI is a huge steaming shit taken on everything by techbrahs who are not fully normal or human