I was part of the internal Trump administration team trying to convince the president to end the shutdown in 2018 - 2019 — for 35 days — before people went hungry, workers lost pay, and government services collapsed.

Here’s what I learned: he doesn’t give a shit.

A long-deranged and deeply depraved man with a pronouncedly and acceleratingly deteriorating mind announces that he intends to play with the large arsenal of nuclear weapons he controls.

But it's okay, because he's not seeking a third term.

#Thugs

CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs. All of them are women EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources told The Independent that senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta was added to the layoff list following a last-minute change by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

“a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the last minute.”

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Old frog shouts at scorpion

You won't forget it? We certainly haven't forgotten your journey, Bethany. This is the road you chose.

Trump administration limits number of refugees to 7,500 and they're mostly white South Africans The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. to 7,500 and they will be mostly white South Africans.

BREAKING: The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. to 7,500 and they will be mostly white South Africans.

cool cool cool cool cool

Meanwhile, Argentina: Thanks for the $20B!

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This is … a fair question. And DeRosa, if only for the sake of her own conscience, should think about what a fair answer to the question should be.

NEW: A data-sharing agreement that gives the Department of Homeland Security access to hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security data contains alarmingly few provisions to ensure accuracy, security or privacy, experts say.
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Trump administration won't tap contingency fund to keep food aid flowing, memo says The Trump administration says it won’t use a roughly $5 billion contingency fund to keep food aid flowing in November amid the government shutdown

$5 billion has been allotted to keep Americans from starving. Trump would rather starve them.

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His flying-monkey House Speaker says there’s no “way to amend the Constitution 22nd Amendment”—and Trump concedes that’s true! “If you read it, it’s pretty clear, I’m not allowed to run. It’s too bad.” Reality-based! Except he added: “We have the greatest economy ever, my highest poll numbers ever.”

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Honestly, of all the things to worry about, this one is not on the list. (Yes, you can trigger disasters with nukes underwater, I guess, but I'd worry more about having 20 minutes to live before the city you're in evaporates in a fireball.)

"Because of other countries testing programs" President Trump ordered the Pentagon "to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis". Normally, testing nuclear weapons refers to explosive testing of a nuclear weapon, something the US has not done at full scale since 1992.

The phrase “We tried to tell you” springs to mind for some reason

If you're a wealthy individual looking for a legacy, one of the craziest bargains to be had right now is saving an entire generation of American nuclear policy expertise by tossing some change at the nonprofits. The field is trying to hold together ~500 jobs max, and it can't last as things stand

If you need to explain to an idiot why Tolkien would have despised these goons, I have already grabbed a picture of the relevant passage (and I doubt I was the first):

"No one asked me if I was the mayor."

That is incredible. As bad as you think the state of journalism is in this moment, it's worse. It's much much worse.

A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto

She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card

Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.

She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.

It’s retaliation & it’s wrong

More bad news from Trump's government shutdown:

"Air traffic controllers are working their jobs without any pay amid Day 29 of the government shutdown. The 14,000 controllers across the country received $0 deposits to their bank accounts just yesterday."

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

There seems to be less interest in building a longterm united front to any sufficient degree and far more interest in brand building and career positioning.

It's been 37 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf