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"When [Texas] sends their people, ..." "The Texas National Guard sent home some of the 200 troops who were sent with 24 hours’ notice to a federal mission in Illinois after they were found to be out of compliance with certain standards..." www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...

Great piece from @owenjones.bsky.social . "The price paid by Palestinians is beyond our imagination. But what price will we pay? The west has dehumanised itself, just as a far-right movement that sees Muslims and the left as enemies within is on the rise." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is exactly right: it's real violence, but a performance at the same time

“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it. But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan. Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety" Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime www.404media.co/police-said-...

"'To hold different opinions and to be aware that other people think differently on the same issue shields us from that Godlike certainty which stops all discussion and reduces social relationships to those of an ant heap.'" (Arendt) Excellent read. www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe the Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity. msf.org/msf-denounce...

Still tied to Amazon? This excellent article explains how Amazon uses its monopoly power to exploit its customers and vendors. Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

It’s odd Vance is trolling on gratitude because I’ve noted before his complete lack of gratitude to anyone who helps him. Extended family takes him in… he writes book about what losers they are. Mentored at Yale? Take it down. Ohio makes him senator? Suckers

ICE lied about the person it shot, claiming he was a "criminal," but NBC finds that he had no criminal history whatsoever. Not even traffic tickets in 12 years! It also lied about the extent of the injuries to its agents....

Gov is shutdown. Let’s see who picks it up this time 🤣

My god. “Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

Vessel believed to be acting as the drone carrier for recent incursions into Denmark has been seized by France. "The tanker has had nine ISM managers, four registered owners, and three commercial controllers in 16 months." maritime-executive.com/article/fran...

BREAKING: legal immigrant kidnapped by ICE at green card hearing reveals new tactic. “Marques spent a week at the Adelanto ICE Facility in CA, before she was transported to a different center in Arizona. She is set for transport to Louisiana” a “tactic now being used to convolute the process.”

"The Ocean Trader is usually spotted near hot spots for special operations activity, like Somalia." maritime-executive.com/article/shad...

Too soon?!? “For my family, these months have felt like an eternity. For the camp, it seems like nothing more than a brief pause before business as usual,” said a victim's mother. apnews.com/article/texa...

"...outsized strategic value has made Palau the target of a concerted influence campaign by individuals with ties to the Chinese government" Palau. Same story in many of the SW Pacific island nations. 🤔 www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Ignorant people do not read. Racist people do not travel.

Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.

You are now the leadership class. "...people in positions of significant responsibility have succumbed to greed, small-mindedness, insularity, and cowardice." America’s leadership class is failing us. It’s up to you and me to defend democracy | Robert Reich www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Panel declines to recommend COVID-19 shots for anyone ... as the virus has remained a public health threat, resulting in 32,000 to 51,000 U.S. deaths last fall and winter, according to CDC data." apnews.com/article/vacc...

Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles

"Located fifteen nautical miles off Rhode Island’s coast, Revolution Wind had reached approximately 80% completion with all foundations installed and 45 of 65 planned wind turbines already in place." "...enough electricity to power 350,000 homes..." gcaptain.com/legal-battle...

I was raised as a White Christian Republican (evangelical, even). As an adult, I have had "the talk" with my children. I have explained to them to beware of evangelical groomers that will sucker you with "love" before they teach you who to hate. www.mediaite.com/media/texas-...

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The Trump administration is attacking another clean energy project. My power bill is running about 25% higher than twelve months ago. Meanwhile, the Trump administration seems determined to produce more energy scarcity. gcaptain.com/trump-admin-...

Rep Nancy Mace erupted in fury on the House floor after Rep Sara Jacobs gave a speech sharply criticizing GOP anti-trans viciousness. On the pod, Rep Jacobs talks to us about the dust-up and about Mace's "cruel" politics. Jacobs is great, don't miss this one: newrepublic.com/article/2002...

Charlie Kirk: “It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment” Don't be Charlie. Stay in school, and learn about false dichotomies. www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk...

Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory? Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”

"In a recently-unsealed search warrant reviewed by Forbes, ICE used such a cell-site simulator in an attempt to track down an individual in Orem, Utah." www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...

Donald's Gulf-ification of the Caribbean. maritime-executive.com/article/vene...

"Among those detained were South Korean employees on business travel.... "The raid could raise concerns for South Korean companies that are sending personnel to the US and hiring locally." It comes weeks after Hyundai pledged $26 billion in US investments. Gift link ⬇️ www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-...

This is about to get ugly ‼️ DOJ caught on hidden camera admitting they’ll only redact Republican names from the Epstein files.

Clean energy is suing the admistration for "canceling" wind farm. "Revolution Wind seeks an emergency ruling vacating the administration’s Aug. 22 stop work order and letting it finish the project off the coast of Rhode Island, which the company says is 80% complete." gcaptain.com/new-england-...

China shows off their preparations for WW3A. maritime-executive.com/article/chin...

Everything Donald Trump touches turns to shit. "The Trump administration did not notify key members of Congress who oversee intelligence operations, before or after the mission. The lack of notification may have violated the law." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

As a parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent, human being—if you don’t feel for this young woman and see the injustice here, you’re dead inside. Deported to Guatemala. She’s an honor student, a track star. She doesn’t even speak Spanish. And this isn’t the worst story out there, not by a long shot.

Maga and Donald Trump are bad for business. Levi Strauss, probably the most apolitical company in America, expects rising anti-Americanism to negatively affect their profit and growth. In a recent filing, they name Donald Trump's tariffs and policies as the cause. www.newsweek.com/levi-jeans-w...

Careful with your phone. "US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is on track to gain access to controversial spyware designed to hack phones and read private messages after the Trump administration jettisoned a Biden-era order." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This is not how a great power does interdiction. "The U.S. military conducted a strike against a Venezuelan vessel in international waters on Tuesday, marking the first known operation since the Trump administration’s recent naval buildup in the Caribbean region." gcaptain.com/u-s-military...

There is that! Epstein Victims will be speaking publicly tomorrow at 10:30am in front of the Capital.

"Seven U.S. warships, along with one nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, are either in the region or are expected to be there soon, bringing along more than 4,500 sailors and marines." "Venezuelan officials believe their government might be the real target." gcaptain.com/us-builds-up...

Most Trump tariffs are illegal. "The core Congressional power to impose taxes such as tariffs is vested exclusively in the legislative branch by the Constitution,” the court said. “Tariffs are a core Congressional power.” www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/t...

What's it really like to live on the International Space Station? In January, we spoke with the author of a space novel and an astronaut about the realities of life in orbit.

The Bondi family business. Charges dropped…for those with the right connections.