Thom Propson

Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says | Houston Public Media The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.

Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections

“It’s very concerning that ICE is targeting people who actually put their lives on the line for U.S. service members," Zakaria said.
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Fake emergencies to justify crackdowns-not very original

Tucked inside the House GOP tax bill? A massive national voucher program. $5B/year in tax credits to subsidize private & religious schools—$20B over 4 years. Public money, zero oversight.

A backdoor defund of public education masked as “choice.”
Hands Off Public Schools

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

75% of American researchers & scientists are considering leaving the US
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Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library? An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.

An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

Let me save you time: there isn’t (a grown-up) and they won’t (recognize what’s prudent.)

Worries grow over risks to Americans as Trump cuts health, safety agencies The chorus of experts issuing warnings include Republican lawmakers, former Trump officials and civil servants who worked under GOP and Democratic presidents.

Trump, Musk and DOGE have touted the short-term savings from their cuts.

What they don’t mention: the long-term consequences of shrinking food inspections, disaster response and other federal safety efforts.

Me + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social on Trump’s big shift of risk to everyday Americans.

His exchange with the Econ professor is priceless.

Reminder: as the Dow is tanking faster than 2008, and four dead servicemen arrive at Dover, Trump is golfing: with the saudis

Basketball also. Understanding Naismith was still a Canadian citizen (albeit in the US) at the time. But we certainly nurtured the game. And it’s beautiful.

Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq

Science, research, and services aren't just a spigot you can turn on and off. It could take years, even decades to undo this damage depending on how long it continues for.

Yeah it’s as if Walz were going onstage and chortling at eliminating life-saving aid to poor nations and putting ordinary people out of work. The ghoul. Oh, wait . . .

And cameramen.

The Trump regime and DOGE are rolling out this playbook to attack Social Security — one of the most popular and effective government programs.

They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services.

Why? Because they don't want it to work.

The Reichstag is next . . .

Opinion | How Trump is reshaping reality by hiding data Sweeping statistical purges are part of a broader attempt to reinvent “truth.”

“The Trump administration is deleting taxpayer-funded data — information that Americans use to make sense of the world. In its absence, the president can paint the world as he pleases.” The war on truth is every dictator’s dream.

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It’s all about privatizing government.

Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.

We let a bunch of con men run the government and this comes as a surprise? Desantis showed the way during COVID — control the data, control the narrative. Pretty soon they’ll be telling us the planet is actually getting colder. Oh, wait . . .

The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen.

Keep sharing this because it is vital to understanding this moment.

The timing of his entry into politics after this trip, the one position he’s held firm on (at odds with past presidents of both political parties) and the unraveling of the post-WW II world order.

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Don’t forget “dumber.” Their assault on public education is relentless.

Imagine you're the president of Taiwan or the Australian PM. Would you accept an invitation to Washington? Probably the last thing you'd want to expose yourself to.

«Il faut respecter ceux qui depuis le début se battent» : Macron réagit à l’affrontement verbal entre Trump et Zelensky Donald Trump a accusé vendredi Volodymyr Zelensky de ne «pas être prêt pour la paix» avec la Russie tant que les États-Unis étaient impliqués, lui reprochant également d’avoir «manqué de respect» à so...

Macron to TV reporters last night: “If there is one person, whose nuclear threats we have all heard, who is playing at world war three, don’t look for him in Kyiv; look rather in Moscow”

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Democracies stand with Ukraine.

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project Heroes

Russia’s greatest military asset is not any bomb, tank, plane or ship. It is the Republican Party.

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”

There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.