Luke Knipe

Video: Surveillance Footage Shows Arrest of Tufts University Student Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen and a Muslim, was heading out to break her Ramadan fast with friends Tuesday night when she was detained by agents from the Department of Homeland Security.

This is chilling.

Trump Live Updates: Markets Wobble as China Tariffs Deepen U.S. Trade War (Gift Article)

Tired yet? (You know, of winning...)

iPhone Dictation Feature Transcribes the Word ‘Racist’ as ‘Trump’ (Gift Article) The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue.

Someone's getting canned.

Trump Administration Live Updates: News on Gaza, Cabinet Picks and More (Gift Article)

Today in ethnic cleansing, cont’d…

Trump Says He May Cut Aid to Jordan and Egypt if They Don’t Take Gazans (Gift Article) The president turned up the pressure on the two nations to agree to his proposal for them to house the Palestinian population of Gaza and said the Palestinians would not have the right to return to th...

Today in ethnic cleansing:

One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

Trump Officials Plan Immigration Raids in Chicago Next Week (Gift Article) The size of the planned operation is unclear, but it would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history.

Here we go.

Bill Beard, former chair of the Pima County GOP, shared this on his Facebook page. I'd describe Beard as one of the less extreme among our local Republican activists. But in his world—a world now firmly under Trump's control—this kind of hateful, violent fantasy is no longer in poor taste.

In 2024, Trump won over more voters in Pima County compared to 2020 run As Republican Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House on Jan. 20, an analysis of election results in Pima County shows that his 2024 performance was an improvement over his 2020 showing.

ICYMI: I had the privilege of working with Jim Nintzel at @tucsonsentinel.com on this analysis of Trump's 2024 performance in Pima County. The takeaway: he did better overall, and especially in some traditionally left-leaning areas, like Tucson's south side. See for yourself on the interactive map.

The President-Elect Comments Often on the Men Around Him (Gift Article) “These guys are specimens.”

Specimens!

Gorgeous days and nights with no end in sight. As I get older, I'd like to thing I'm getting better at not taking stuff like this for granted.

He also shows deep ignorance with his "no matter how ruthlessly" comment. Nobody (including corporations) has a duty to be ruthless. Everyone has moral, legal, and ethical obligations by which they should be constrained. The idea that anyone is duty-bound to ruthlessness is psychopathic.

I'm old enough to remember when nobody had an electric car and the most obnoxious South African in America was Dave Matthews.

UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Live Updates: Police Release Photos of Suspect in Killing of Brian Thompson (Gift Article) Investigators also are looking into words, including “delay” and “deny,” that appear to have been inscribed on casings collected after Brian Thompson was shot outside a Midtown hotel.

The words "delay" and "deny" were inscribed on the shell casings.

Israel Builds Bases in Central Gaza, a Sign It May Be There to Stay (Gift Article) In recent months, soldiers have demolished more than 600 buildings to create a buffer area and expanded a network of bases, a New York Times analysis of satellite imagery and video footage shows.

Of course it's there to stay.

there appear to be two requirements for working in the second Trump White House:

absolute loyalty to Trump above country and a history of abusing women

Trump Is Running His Transition Team on Secret Money (Gift Article) Breaking with past practice, President-elect Donald J. Trump has not agreed to disclose the donors paying for his planning effort or to limit their contributions.

It shouldn't surprise anyone that the backers of a criminal president-elect are eager to do lawless things. I fear it might not be long before we see some sort of showdown over the power of the federal courts, which relies solely on the obedience to the law of those soon to be under Trump's command.

Opinion | Matt Gaetz Is the Perfect Man for the Job Trump’s choice to lead the Justice Department is a flagrant provocation that is, like a pulpy B movie, so bad it’s good.

"It’s like Caligula trying to make his horse a consul."

Over the past few days, I've heard a number of news professionals refer to RFK Jr. as a "vaccine skeptic."

Willfully spreading disinformation and encouraging false belief isn't "skepticism." It's much worse. We've got to stop using flattering and softening language to describe outrageous behavior.

Maybe it’s time to start calling them oligarchs, then. I’ve always thought “billionaire” sounded a little silly.

I don’t think there’s anything stopping him from calling it a department. Its head won’t be a Senate-confirmed member of the cabinet, but these guys probably don’t care.

"Excellence matters."

Let's not forget that AOC became a U.S. rep by defeating a longtime incumbent Dem in a competitive district. That in itself is extraordinary.

Well, here's me giving Bluesky a try.

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