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Anatomy of an ICE Arrest

"'His arrest was like the show of the day,' Porfiria Lopez, one of Mr. Lopez Benitez’s sisters, said. 'The question we were left with is: How do they decide who to arrest? Is it chance or just theater?'"

⤴️ insightful on where the rule of law stands

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/n...

Yes, we know Illinois and Maryland are Dem gerrymanders. And WI, PA, NC, OH, FL, TX, UT are Republican gerrymanders. The Democrats support a nationwide ban on gerrymanders. Do any Republicans?

unblocked here
archive.ph/gI3dD

Israel’s One-State Reality It’s time to give up on the two-state solution.

Was thinking about this piece today, given Israel's plan to annex Gaza

www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...

Mayoral Candidates worth considering:
- Omar Fateh: @omarfatehmn.com (DFL Endorsed)
- DeWayne Davis: @dewayneforminneapolis.com
- Jazz Hampton: @jazzformayor.bsky.social
All three offer a platform of transparency, accountability, and community. Strong mayors work WITH their people.

#Minneapolis

Because of Reagan, a recent arrival got to work, raise a family, and contribute taxes to their community

Because of Trump, secret police will spend over $500k in tax dollars to hunt and exile each recent arrival, forever

i tried to figure this out

under reagan, an immigrant who would be a working, legal resident contributing to your community -- is now hunted by trump's secret police for over $500k in taxpayer money

was just saying to my wife

"where can we find a streaming service chock-full of our dead relatives, who must spend their eternity pushing AncestryCoin crypto in the ad breaks between our hallucinated family lore"

Thank God I Didn’t Vote for Hope and Joy Several months ago, in the lead-up to the most recent Most Important Election of Our Lifetime, I wondered out loud whether we should choose the unc...

"[T]hat’s what I like [..] This despair feels infinite & is therefore predictable & safe.Instead of living in some diaphanous house of cards built out of positivity & mutual respect, I’m living in an unheated, unlit cave at the base of a gloomy mountain called woe"
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...

The Money Is In All The Wrong Places | Defector You can always tell who in Hollywood has family money by their Instagrams. People like Dakota Johnson, who have a Hollywood lineage deeper than the Mariana Trench, post only rarely. They post about so...

BTW, if you want to read an actually good story about Sydney Sweeney I really liked this from 3 years ago defector.com/the-money-is...

Community has it covered

Was not expecting Mickey 17 to be a satire of capitalism and corruption ... as told thru the sitcom trope of a guy trying to do two dates at the same time

‘They roll right over’: Many Democrats call their party weak and ineffective, AP-NORC poll finds Many Democrats see their political party as ''weak'' or ''ineffective,'' according to a poll that finds considerable pessimism within Democratic ranks. Republicans are more complimentary of their part...

political actions w some stakes -> hope -> mobilization -> change

www.startribune.com/they-roll-ri...

i'd say we need a "NYT Pitchbot"-style account to satirize the Strib, but maybe Twin Cities Business Magazine (unintentionally) already has that market cornered

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The looming Trumpcession Orange man bad (for the economy).

"The president usually has limited control over the economy, with downturns being caused by events beyond their control. In this case, however, Trump’s policies are directly responsible for job losses, rising prices, wavering confidence, and a speedrun toward what looks like stagflation."

also I love that he just goes w his own talking pants and sometimes they fall flat, like his weird messaging discipline in calling the economy "the hottest"

this is an absolute twenty alarm fire and I just cannot bring myself to believe capital, in one way or another, isn’t going to reel him in on this.

we can’t have a real economy without the goddamn labor numbers. it just doesn’t work.

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words `` it 's fine '' written above him . ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words `` it 's fine '' written above him .

Compromising this appointment or that bill -- when your spending powers have been taken -- instructs the opposition, media, and your supporters about the seriousness of the situation, which in this case seems to be

I called @amyklobuchar.com 's office with so many voicemails that basically said this

I mean, if the executive has stolen spending powers from the legislature, why isn't it a five alarm fire for these folks?

she posts videos of them trying to get away from her on tiktok that are sped up yakety sax style and scored by norteno music, theyre hilarious

just wild that this week it was

"dems, why do you refuse to comment on this random actor's jeans ad or this fake nyc mayoral quote about the mideast"

while the GOP never has to answer for the impact of their decisions, like people gasping for air

reason #567845 to abolish the filibuster, to better equalize power now that the GOP has no scruples burning it all down

Imaginary Elected Dem: "Every time your child chokes on wildfire smoke this weekend, remember that fossil fuel companies teamed up with the GOP to set our planet on fire.

We're stuck inside, while they poison our farms, beaches and parks with smoke"

"Flanagan applies a broad-stroke, feel-good gaze that insists that we all “contain multitudes,” and as a result house limitless potential to create and destroy by way of our very existence. There’s nothing inherently wrong with this message, but in a moment plagued by fascism, environmental collapse, and violent bigotry—all ills that must be collectively combated—The Life Of Chuck feels like the escapist fantasy of a rabid individualist."

looks like natalia keogan at @avclub.com said it better

www.avclub.com/the-life-of-...

Life of Chuck was fine, but it was like the 1990s saw what it's like here in the 2020s, and made the most 1990s movie possible to make us feel better

maybe a wealth tax is good because it better aligns the incentives of corporate officers w their corporations

Democrats Can't Buy Themselves A Joe Rogan The effort to replicate the right's influencer network is destined to fail

This was also very good. Effective cultural communication gets you “liberal Joe Rogan” types, you’re not gonna manufacture them in a lab. Dems had major advantages with Hollywood and late night but they’ve lost power for business reasons and right wing takeovers.

stringinamaze.net/p/democrats-...

Bill Burr calls out podcasts offering "softball interviews" to racists, antisemites, and nationalists Bill Burr calls out podcasts offering "softball interviews" to racists, antisemites, and nationalists

he's running

www.avclub.com/bill-burr-po...