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Trump's online behavior tells us he 'can't hold a thought together': analysis In an article for the Guardian published Sunday Adam Gabbatt noted that President Donald Trump’s recent online behavior — especially the sharing of bizarre AI‑generated videos — signals a deeply conce...

Trump's online behavior tells us he 'can't hold a thought together': analysis

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behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

United States downgraded to 'critically insufficient' in major international rating: 'The US is being left behind' Climate Action Tracker — an initiative that tracks progress in the fight against rising global temperatures — has downgraded the U.S. from “insufficient” to “critically insufficient” based on a new re...

United States downgraded to 'critically insufficient' in major international rating: 'The US is being left behind'

--> Shithole Country we are!!!

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It's time to believe your eyes.

Pro-tip: if you have video of you or others directly intervening to obstruct ICE or de-arrest someone, for god’s sake don’t post it on social media. Or at a minimum blur faces first. You’re just begging for federal charges.

An understanding of what constitutes appropriate military training gleaned from watching Rambo movies.

Can't help but feel like BSKY leadership fundamentally does not understand that BSKY users aren't here because it's the "decentralized future of social media." They're here because it (was) a safe space for targeted minorities on the progressively right-wing dominated mediasphere.

This child molester was not a drag queen, immigrant, leftist, or transgender person — he was a self-described Republican “MAGA pastor” and Trump’s “spiritual advisors.”

If I were the Mayor of Portland and I had access to any street cameras, I would make their feed public. I might go so far as to create a mosaic of the various camera feeds showing reality in Portland. And then I would call a news conference to talk about it. With the URL to the feed and or a QR

Israel planning to deport around 170 flotilla activists tomorrow, lawyers say <article data-history-node-id="429705" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-planning-deport-around-170-flotilla-activists-tomorrow-lawyers" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-planning-deport-around-170-flotilla-activists-tomorrow-lawyers" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel planning to deport around 170 flotilla activists tomorrow, lawyers say</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Adalah, the legal and human rights organisation, says the Israel Prison Service has informed the group’s lawyers of its intention to deport about 170 flotilla activists on Monday.</p> <p>This follows the deportation of about 170 flotilla activists&nbsp;yesterday and today, most of whom were flown to Istanbul, with smaller groups deported to Italy and Spain.<br aria-hidden="true"> <br aria-hidden="true"> The group said in a statement that&nbsp;"the participants confirmed to the lawyers that widespread assaults and violence" occurred during their first days of detention,&nbsp;but their current situation is&nbsp;"relatively stable, with continued concern over the health of the hunger strikers and denial of adequate medical care."</p> <p>The Adalah attorneys were "denied access to all participants" during their visits to the prison today and were only permitted a 30-minute meeting with all 11 Tunisian participants, the group added.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="People welcome Tunisian actor Mohamed Mrad upon arrival at the Tunis-Carthage International Airport on October 5, 2025, as one of the Tunisians who were sailing with the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), before its interception by Israeli forces in the Mediterranean sea off the Gaza Strip waters and the arrest and deportation of its crews. " data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d14ea6cd-c682-4eaf-9c49-7cfe6be7077a" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_77RQ66C.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="People welcome Tunisian actor Mohamed Mrad upon arrival at the Tunis-Carthage International Airport on October 5, 2025, as one of the Tunisians who were sailing with the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), before its interception by Israeli forces in the Mediterranean sea off the Gaza Strip waters and the arrest and deportation of its crews. " typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>People welcome Tunisian actor Mohamed Mrad at Tunis-Carthage International Airport on 5 October 2025, following his release after Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) off the Gaza coast. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

Israel planning to deport around 170 flotilla activists tomorrow, lawyers say - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-planning-deport-around-170-flotilla-activists-tomorrow-lawyers

More messaging like this please

I don’t think that the United States military murdering Venezuelans at sea is getting anywhere near the attention it should

The judge is a woman.

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How the fuck are we allowing this on American streets!?!

Tear gas is banned in warfare by international agreements, including the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which prohibit its use as a "method of warfare".

Where Is the Line? On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America

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I would remind folks that among the reasons Stephen Miller is saying crazy crap on Twitter is because he's losing in the courts, both judicial and public opinion.

This from @govpritzker.illinois.gov on @cnn.com

Face the Nation anchor checks Mike Johnson’s shutdown spin in real time #TrumpShutdown

RFK Jr's third Tylenol-autism study is just run-of-the-mill bad research I’m reading through RFK Jr’s supposed evidence that Tylenol causes autism and it’s not looking good for his conclusions.

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Tech and the Wealth of Nations Does every country need to have a Silicon Valley?

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There is massive incentive to play down the problem and no incentive to tell the truth How bad could it become in the United States?

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181. Courts and Domestic Use of the Military In response to adverse judicial rulings, the President's advisers and supporters are claiming courts lack the power to halt domestic use of the military. A critical early precedent is to the contrary.

Here’s the longer version of this thread:

www.stevevladeck.com/p/181-courts...

The specific provision is section 2 of the Calling Forth Act of 1792:

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For more background on the judicial review provision, and on how President Washington expressly relied upon it in putting down the Whiskey Rebellion, see:

www.yalelawjournal.org/pdf/427_pa9s...

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.