*to bulldoze the White House and build a gaudy monument to Dear Leader @schatz.bsky.social

The president is establishing the principle that he can order the murder of anyone he deems a threat.
And Congress is letting it happen.

Q: Has Speaker Johnson reached out to you since the January 6er made a threat on your life?

HAKEEM JEFFRIES: No

Threads post from julieceye At my local Home Depot today in Evanston, IL. They abducted 5 people in my immediate area.

For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.

$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings

But no money to lower your healthcare costs.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

@propublica.org found more than 170 U.S. citizens who have been held against their will by immigration agents. They’ve been kicked, dragged and detained for days.

Full story by immigration reporter @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by me here: www.propublica.org/article/immi...

Attorney General James Launches Portal to Collect Photos and Videos of ICE Activity in New York NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James is encouraging New Yorkers to submit videos or other documentation of federal immigration enforcement actions in New York following yesterday’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on Canal Street in New York City. “Every New Yorker has the right to live without fear or intimidation,” said Attorney General James. “If you witnessed and documented ICE activity yesterday, I urge you to share that footage with my office. We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law. No one should be subject to unlawful questioning, detention, or intimidation.” Attorney General James is asking New Yorkers to share photos or videos of federal government actions using the Office of the Attorney General’s new online portal.

The day after the Chinatown raid, New York AG Tish James launches an online portal for the public to submit photos and videos of ICE activity.

"We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law," she writes.

Portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

As a DC resident—-I’m with you 100%!!!!!

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

Steve Witkoff promised to divest of his crypto assets linked to the Trump family’s crypto schemes.

But 10 months in, and he still hasn’t.

So many of these assets involve Middle East countries with an interest in U.S. policy.

The conflicts of interest are massive. We need answers.

Brooklyn friends, especially Bushwick and parts of Ridgewood, please keep an eye out for my friend’s dog Penny who ran away last night ❤️

Reporting exposes Trump-Bondi Justice Department as WEAK on drug trafficking.

Drug prosecutions have dropped to the lowest level in decades.

All while they waste resources on political pet projects.

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

“Once my colleague pulled out his camera, the agent put away the gun," Huynh told the Sun-Times Tuesday night. "[But] if they can do this in broad daylight to an elected official, and point a gun at someone, imagine what’s happening behind closed doors.”

+ canceling SNAP benefits Nov 1 so remember that when you’re voting Nov 4.
Think back to November 2, 2024 . Remember how you used to have a hospital nearby, food in your cupboard, a job to cover your bills, and didn’t live in fear that you/your neighbors were going to be kidnapped off the street.

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:

“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

U.S. marshal and undocumented immigrant shot during ICE stop in Los Angeles, officials say

Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

Monday's photo from the Washington Post

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Makes me sick

Once again, trigger discipline of a guy playing a video game in an arcade. These rejects are playing Call of Duty on our streets.

Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.

North Carolina already one of most gerrymandered states. Now GOP passing new gerrymander giving Rs nearly 80% of seats in state where Trump got 51%. Specifically targets Black Dem Don Davis. This is preview of what post-Voting Rights Act America will look like www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

it wouldn't fix everything but you could do a lot to improve journalism by simply straight out banning the passive voice

Federal agents descend on Chinatown in apparent raid The raid follows recent federal arrests at a Midtown migrant shelter, part of what officials call a broader push to restore order in New York City.

Welp. gothamist.com/news/federal...

Government Shutdown. Health care costs rising. But hey, at least the President’s getting a new ballroom in Washington?

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

CONGRATULATIONS, Chief “Justice” Roberts!!!
You must be so proud!!

@normornstein.bsky.social remember in 1980s when the Soviets built the U.S. Embassy in Moscow loaded with listening devices?
That's all I can think about as Trump plasters gold stuff everywhere, installs 2 new flag poles, remodels the Rose Garden, & now is building a ballroom at the White House.

This is what a Republican cover-up looks like. Mike Johnson has been keeping the House in recess for weeks now so lawmakers can't vote on releasing the Epstein files. Instead of assurances from known liars, RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.