Mike Royce

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

Opinion | What It Would Look Like to Pay W.N.B.A. Players What They Deserve (Gift Article) Other professional sports leagues give their players roughly 50 percent of the revenue, but the W.N.B.A. players get less than 10 percent.

extremely educational www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

see that's just good storytelling

the stress, no more I beg

I watched this and now I want the dictionary to run for president

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

hack shit

if a writer pitched "50 thousand dollars in a paper bag" you'd go "right, that's the area, obviously not that but something like that"

always gotta end on ♾️

extremely skillful emojiing

I've seen enough: it's time to ban the eighth inning

JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

It's how I presented my ideas, this is a photo of me

this took me 3 hours to make

when your town is hit by a hurricane and there’s no disaster response, remember the FEMA peeps been fired or are helping ICE add more secret police.

“With ICE looking to expand its immigration enforcement operations significantly, DHS is using 100s of FEMA staffers to help w/ background checks”

The Weird Way We Automatically Extend Unemployment Benefits The “insured unemployment rate” plays an important role in our unemployment insurance system. Should it?

The "insured unemployment rate" is a strange metric to use for automatically extending unemployment benefits. But that's exactly what we do. I wrote about it. Lots of charts, if you're into that sort of thing.

Am I reading this correctly?

A grad student ... in Computer Science ... enrolled in an undergraduate seminar ... in the American Indian and Indigenous Studies program ... where he ignored the readings and hijacked discussions to talk about Israel and defend its actions in Gaza?

What the hell?

Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Make Hollywood Great Again, but There’s a Plan That Can President Donald Trump says US movie production is “dying.” There’s something that could help, but it isn’t a 100 percent tariff on foreign-produced films.

So yeah... Trump has once again posted about imposing tariffs on the film industry. "I will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies made outside the United States."

Let's revisit our piece on how that won't exactly make Hollywood great again...

loved the dylan movie and can't wait for its sequel “springsteen” - looking forward to the other MCU (musician cinematic universe) movies and the final endgame battle against spotify

I’m biased but I endorse this newsletter on substantive grounds! it’s gonna be good

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is actively spreading misinformation about the cleanest forms of energy we have.

Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1

there is now a gofundme to support barbara’s family and friends:

www.gofundme.com/f/help-barba...

Cal Raleigh's nickname, explained: Why Mariners catcher is called Big Dumper | Sporting News Seattle's superstar has the best nickname in MLB.

www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/seatt...

Yes part of it is the wholesome agreement to embrace yet look past the fact it's all about his sweet ass

maybe we always need a baseball player nicknamed Big Something i.e. Big Papi, a national treasure

can't explain why but it gives me hope that we have a home run leader nicknamed The Big Dumper

REVENGE sorry I have to go all caps with it

finished The Payback today and you should read it this instant. Sharp and funny as hell, super duper relevant, and there’s REVENGE