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Also, note that the person making all these decisions is not Secretary Noem; it's Corey Lewandowski, who is still a "special government employee" (and by many reports sleeping with Noem and running the agency while she does mostly TV), as well as Gregory Bovino himself.

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style. Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

Climate change is disrupting animal migrations by altering environmental cues and reducing prey availability. This disruption not only threatens the survival of individual animals but also has cascading impacts on entire ecosystems and human communities.

FYI: it’s, uh, *not nothing* that the head of an entire Christian denomination — here Rev. Karen Georgia A. Thompson of the United Church of Christ — issued a statement decrying DHS agents for shooting one of her pastors in the face with a pepper round, adding, “No one is safe from tyranny."

from Robert Paxton, The Anatomy of Fascism

Hurricane Melissa could be one of the most worst hurricanes on record for Jamaica...and it's a textbook example of how climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous: explosive intensification, slow movement, and massive rainfall. If you know any there, please make sure they’re prepared 🙏

This is the thing that the President and Vice-President routinely joke about

worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.

Gaza largely absent from US media and discourse, as violence continues. The Trump administration doesn’t seem to care, because they already got their photo op. And apparently most media doesn’t care either, because Trump’s feelings were the most important story and they got on record with praise.

Reagan was like Joe Free Trade. He and Thatcher are the avatars of the neoclassical economics resurgence, trade liberalization, etc. good or bad this is pure reality. The idea that this conversation is even happening shows how much we’re in the mad king 2+2=7 world.

This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.

"After an accident, drivers are required to exchange names, addresses and vehicle registration but nothing else. Avoid sharing any unnecessary information such as copies of an insurance policy or your driving licence." NB

Any analysis of the future trajectory of the US as a global power needs to take the cohesion of American state and society into account

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For one example: I covered the Ayman Soliman situation — the children’s hospital Muslim chaplain beloved here in the Cincy area jailed by Trump’s ICE for weeks, with intention of deporting him to Egypt where he says he’d face political targeting perhaps death — here very closely. Like so many cases…

So much hand-wringing about SNAP fraud. Meanwhile the people scamming SNAP recipients have an operation that can scam nearly $23million in 2 days. JUST IN MARYLAND. Stealing info from EBT cards esp at gas stations is a real threat. www.thebanner.com/economy/secr...

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.

Usha Vance was a secret adviser on a high-stakes minerals deal with Ukraine this year, Jonathan Karl claims in a forthcoming book. The question of whether the Feb deal had been legally vetted emerged during talks between Trump and JD Vance. That’s when the VP offered his wife’s legal expertise.

Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk. I had it exactly backward.

Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him

Chilling to realize that without doing an asbestos survey and containment before the East Wing demolition, the people who live and work there have likely been condemned to wretched diseases and early deaths that will only be evident after DJT is dead. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_...

A person worth knowing about

Fun fact: Mellon is known to be fixated with Amelia Earhart — so if you’ve wondered why Trump has talked about her seemingly out of nowhere, that’s probably a big clue! www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/news/federal...

If I’m recalling correctly, Timothy Mellon was the only MAGA donor who surpassed Elon Musk in 2024. He dropped $50m on a pro-Trump super PAC the day after Trump was convicted of dozens of felonies last year. God only knows what that has bought him. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

Every day there are new vulgarities that should offend any person who loves Jesus. This week, he is literally autographing BIBLES and selling them for $1,000 each. Don’t ever pay $1,000 for a Bible… we’ll send you a free copy & make sure it doesn’t include the founding documents of America.

MAGA has become a vast receptacle for people trying to solve their mental health issues without going to therapy. Candace Owens has just released a video saying Musk, Altman and Thiel are not human but transhumanist hybrids who don’t bleed - dark, demonic presences.

The Founders anticipated the possibility of a corrupt, venal, lawbreaking, wannabe monarch president. What they did not expect is numerous people achieving prominent national office and not wanting to guard their own power. The combo of ego to run but pathetic absence of ego in office stands out.

Fantastic report covering what I would say is the single most important idea in the world of renewable development processes: avoiding failure, delays, conflict and friction by just sharing the benefits of resources like sun and wind

He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Whoaaaaa www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

Once again Elon Musk has stoked far right violence in Ireland or England. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

The reshaping of the playing field is underway www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

Sorry, but it *is* unnerving. I agree with @rieckhoff.bsky.social that this idea that the military is Trump's personal muscle, and should kill anyone he points at, should be among the biggest stories in America right now.

i think the issue here is that Rubio's hawk nature + Trump's land-grabbing nature + Miller wanting to crackdown on immigration means that all major principals have a reason to deploy assets to Venezuela

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose. “They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote. (Published Dec. 2024)

He desperately wants an ICE officer to shoot someone so we can enter the Cool Zone like he’s dreamed since childhood

"These days, your money belongs to Donald Trump, and he does whatever he wants with it. The White House belongs to Trump, and he does whatever he wants with it. That’s what kings do. And it's part of the broader breakdown of democracy." — @snipy.bsky.social

If Congress has not appropriated funds for this project, the Anti-Deficiency Act makes it illegal to accept private donations to offset costs. ONLY Congress has the power of the purse. Not POTUS. Not Anonymous LLC. Every story about this scheme should include the word illegal. Every one.

Full post isn’t much better, given that — among several other problems with it — Trump is alleging that a 2023 investigative action “rigged the 2020 Presidential Election.”

If Congress has not appropriated these funds (it hasn't) the Anti-Deficiency Act makes it illegal to accept private donations to offset a funding lapse. ONLY Congress has the power of the purse. Not POTUS. Not Anonymous LLC. Every story here too should put "illegal" in the headline. Every one.

In 2023, I moved to Paris at 36 wks pregnant in a heatwave. The day after we arrived, jet lagged and I bit overwhelmed, I met my doctor & toured the hospital. “How are you,” she asked me in English. “Je suis fatigué,” I replied. “No,” she said. “Tu es épuisé.* Remember that.” *You are exhausted

I get why some people are still skeptical about the song being a dog whistle for Nazis, but here’s an article from 2021, when the meme had first become immensely popular

So what would stop Trump from waking up in the middle of the night, saying "fuck it," and ordering that the rest of the White House be torn down and replaced with a tall golden tower in the shape of a T? abcnews.go.com/Politics/his...

Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

More people have died this year in immigration detention than any other year in decades. The best way to prevent abuse and deaths in ICE custody is for Congress to stop funding the ICE detention machine.

12% of Americans will lose access to food resources when SNAP benefits expire in 8 days

I assumed that second quote was satire, or at least a paraphrase. It’s not. The thug trash said that.

Just because he says so? So many many many people are going to jail for a very long time. And men like him, even in the short decades of modern history I’ve witnessed—vigilante justice comes for them.