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Trump Is Destroying One of America’s Oldest Traditions America has always had a strong aversion to seeing the military on the country’s streets. That is not stopping the current president.

Donald Trump’s deployments of the National Guard to American cities “are best understood as an effort to erode the nation’s sense that such use of the military is unacceptable,” Quinta Jurecic argues.

Benny Johnson « @bennyjohnson X.com BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stares down army of Antifa and a guy in a chicken suit from the rooftop of the ICE facility here in Portland. Noem says: "Hey; Guy in the chicken suit. You can do better. Too bad they are uneducated and ill-informed." Noem isn't chicken: [chicken emoji]

A view from the roof of the building. There are about 15-20 people visible in total, several of whom appear to be reporters. Most are holding signs. They aren’t even taking up the whole sidewalk. One guy is wearing a chicken suit.

This made me laugh so hard. Second screenshot is of the video posted by Benny Johnson of the event.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

What is Stephen Miller trying to accomplish in Portland and Chicago? | Press Watch Trump engages in crazy talk. Miller is inciting civil war.

NEW! What is Stephen Miller trying to accomplish in Portland and Chicago?: presswatchers.org/2025/10/what...

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

There is zero doubt that Stephen Miller wants to incite violence in peaceful cities like Portland and Chicago. He knows what he is doing. He wants to incite violence so a violent crackdown on dissent can be justified.

It’s pretty obvious.

I’ve been saying for a while Miller wants his Kent state and it’s inevitable one will happen if they keep sending troops into cities.

He’s counting on it.

What is Stephen Miller trying to accomplish in Portland and Chicago? | Press Watch Trump engages in crazy talk. Miller is inciting civil war.

Trump engages in crazy talk. Miller is inciting civil war. presswatchers.org/2025/10/what...

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.

What is Stephen Miller trying to accomplish in Portland and Chicago? | Press Watch Trump engages in crazy talk. Miller is inciting civil war.

NEW! What is Stephen Miller trying to accomplish in Portland and Chicago?: presswatchers.org/2025/10/what...

Column | Food critic Tom Sietsema is stepping down — and dropping his anonymity After a quarter-century of reviewing restaurants, donning disguises and turning down photos, The Post’s food critic is ready for his next course.

Tom Sietsema is stepping down from his longtime gig as WaPo restaurant critic, and showing his face. A terrific critic and absolutely lovely guy — big loss for the Post and I’m sure he will do something great next www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/10...

The NY Times continues to be the biggest sucker in the world for bad faith bullshit, just so the publisher can claim they're not too liberal and to pretend they'll somehow convince MAGA they're being fair to them.

An enterprising journalist that could prove that his aides and advisors are showing Trump fake shit that led to him signing EOs and making policy decisions would be a huge deal. Maybe the biggest story in the history of the Presidency? Bigger than Nixon. Too bad the newspapers quit being newspapers

As basic question from an ex-police reporter: Can some of our journalists detail the training regimen all these new federal agents receive? The lethal incompetence involving use of force and perameters of the 4A suggests they are just handed guns, masks and badges and told to go fuck people up.

My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
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Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...

"At the Pentagon, some military lawyers, including international law experts within DoD’s Office of General Counsel, have raised concerns about the legality of the lethal strikes on suspected drug traffickers....

Multiple current and former JAGs ... told CNN that the strikes do not appear lawful."

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

Identifying public officials isn't "doxing." People have the right to know who is working for their government. Nor, for that matter, is it "radical left-wing terrorism." So it's frustrating to see platforms caving to these bad faith characterizations. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...

They are clearly up to no good.

Very troubling thread ==>

I believe Trump is completely crazy

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

Good afternoon. U.S. District Judge April Perry just took the bench for today's status hearing in Illinois v. Trump, over deployment of the National Guard.

A link to the complaint, for those who don't have it: t.co/yaknq55rr8

Every crisis is an opportunity. This is the moment for Dems on Capitol Hill to call a news conference and make clear: Not one dime to fund the federal government until Trump withdraws his unlawful orders and agrees not to send troops to occupy Democratic-run cities

If Dems win in 2026, we need hearings to publicize the abuses by federal law enforcement. Then pass a bill creating a path to sue for those abuses. Trump will veto it. Let him. Let the public see these videos & hear from victims, & then learn there's no way to hold the abusive officers accountable.

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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imagine going from cronkite and murrow to bari fucking weiss.

BREAKING: Illinois has filed suit to block Trump's deployment of the military to Chicago.

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