Lilly J. Goren

In a savvy move, Trump undoes sanctions on Russia after Russia helps Iran target Americans.

As Operation Metro Surge recedes, concern grows over tactics of Twin Cities bounty hunters There are no licenses needed to become a bounty hunter in Minnesota, an issue that is raising concerns after highly public actions by bounty hunters in the Twin Cities this week.

Outside Minneapolis City Hall, two protesters blocked a van labeled with “Midwest Plumbing” decals advertising a disconnected phone number. The driver pointed a pistol at them. One of the armed men shot pepperballs into the crowd.

The men weren’t federal agents. They were bounty hunters.

Once again, @profsaunders.bsky.social provides an important 🧵on the situation with regard to the war in Iran and the lack of US planning or capacity.

Awful reading about concentration camp conditions. It’s currently closed to visitors due to a measles outbreak—WaPo has reported it may close completely but it hasn’t yet. Starvation, suicide, restricted healthcare, but also “detainees only see sunlight during brief outings once or twice a week”

records from three additional interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexual assault were "incorrectly coded as duplicative"? oh for sure, definitely passes the smell test

It holds up well and has a good bit of irony.

if you're keeping score at home what's happening is this the department of war is running major combat operations in iran which may last just a few weeks maybe longer or maybe even forever and which are NOT a war but whose stated objective is unconditional surrender

Weird chart. What happened in 2025 in the US? Did political leadership change and then start systematically dismantling education, science, health care, and government, levying arbitrary tariffs, randomly attacking major US cities, and destroying the economy?

Just asking.

An original Nashville sit-in member, along with Diane Nash, James Bevel, and John Lewis. Trained in non-violence by James Lawson. At age 21, he signed a will before the Freedom Rides, knowing he could die.

May his soul be at peace, and may we all have such courage in the face of oppression.

The civil contempt hearing Judge Tunheim ordered US Atty Dan Rosen to attend today, concerning late or no return of detainees' property in ~5 cases, should not be confused with the one Judge Bryan ordered Rosen to attend Tuesday concerning the same issue in ~25 other cases. ...
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Sounds like RoJo has missed sections of the Constitution in his reading of it.

I haven't said anything about this before, bc in the grand scheme of horrors this only rates as an inconvenience, but since others are experiencing it:

Just three days after CBP arrested me for filming them outside Broadview on 9/27, my TSA Pre & Global Entry were suspended—and so were my wife's.

PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year.

Knitting for healing, one stitch at a time A Kenyan woman who survived breast cancer is knitting prostheses and training others to make them in a country where silicone ones are expensive.

Mary Mwangi "now makes knitted prostheses for other breast cancer survivors in Kenya who who have had an entire breast removed, known as a mastectomy, without the reconstructive surgery common in higher-income countries."

Well done

🎯

One thing about these big camp systems is that they inflict a tremendous amount of harm through sheer momentum. When a system is built to be both negligent and punitive, it tends to cause suffering by default.

Why?

i have been to the emergency room for a dental abscess. it is a uniquely excruciating kind of pain. this man was tortured to death via medical neglect.

This cartoonishly childish Hegseth persona is an insult to the American military, the American people, the Iranian people, and just about everybody affected by this war. It is absolutely incredible, in the literal sense, that this man is at the hinge of the chain of command in this spiraling war.

Today’s reminder that Trump doesn’t follow laws or court orders & the solution to this problem is not more laws or court orders, & everyone is just kidding themselves at this point.

Useful thread on many of the issues that are surrounding the *war* in Iran. Thanks @profsaunders.bsky.social for pulling your thoughts together here.

Truly odd, since Russia is Iran's primary ally and China funds the regime - as it does Russia - by buying its oil.

Moments after saying she reviews all contracts over $5 million, Sec. Noem now says she “did not have anything to do” with selecting contractors who won a $220 million bid to produce TV ads.

Yes.

Congrats to these 4 strong law firms that refused to knuckle under. And to Princeton, Harvard, Wesleyan etc who've used their fame and resources to set that example in education. And governors and mayors. And district court and circuit-court judges. AND AMERICANS BY THE MILLIONS, across the country.

Lessons from the Iraq invasion for Trump's Iran war The parallels aren't perfect, but they tell us something about our domestic politics around war

Wrote a thing about the lessons of the 2003 Iraq invasion for the current situation. tl;dr, the world is a serious place and we're an increasingly unserious country goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...

Greg nails it here. "Vanity war."

(It might be worse; it's possible that instead of no vote in Congress, there could be a vote *against* the war in at least one chamber.)

Trump campaign peace promises loom large over wartime presidency The "anti-war" candidate has bombed seven countries and launched a new regime-change war in Iran.

💥“No president in the modern era has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Trump. He's attacked 7 nations, 3 of which — Iran, Nigeria & Venezuela — had never been targeted by US strikes. He authorized more individual air strikes in 2025 than Biden did in 4 years.”💥