Eric Hallstrom

If diversity weakened unions, the administration would be all in on DEI. They don't want strong unions, so don't take their advice.

If the legal case would cause an attorney to be sanctioned for bringing it because it is is so obviously frivolous, you shouldn't put too much weight in the legal case.

I truly do not care if Joe Walsh "became" a Democrat.

He's anti-Trump and that's great, but, what he wants to do is make the Democratic Party into what he wanted the Republican Party to be.

Sorry, man, you failed once, you don't get to do it to the Dems now, too.

The problem, again, is elected Dems & candidates DON'T actually spend very much time at all talking about these things. Right-wing media does. And Dems ultimately have no control over what right-wing media is going to talk about.

What sort of logic puzzles? Like, from a single source book or do you collect your own logic puzzles?

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in: - Los Angeles - Phoenix - Philadelphia - Denver - El Paso - San Diego - Seattle/Portland - New Orleans Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed. Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. I am hearing from both sides of this friction. One senior DHS official tells me: "ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?". Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me: "What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. Official statement to @FoxNews via @TriciaOhio : "While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country." 7:57 PM · Oct 27, 2025 · 29.6K Views

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

[looks around for jake tapper] hey man, do you, uh, want to write about this?

Wealth tax of just 2% on that $52 trillion owned by the wealthiest 1% would generate more than $1 trillion in tax revenue

That is ten times as much as the feds spend on SNAP annually- so would leave another $900 billion for other spending to help working families
www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-...

I got my cat back.

I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?

The dooming on this site is getting out of control. Every time you post anything about politics some rando condescendingly wonders how you can't possibly know that elections are over and all hope is lost. If you've completely lost hope, I'm sorry, but shut the fuck up, OK? You're not helping.

It is not the President's privelege to demo the White House. This is not redecorating. It is illegal, you sycophants.

I noticed in the solo rulebook for Hubris, it calls out a hybrid solo mode where you use the bot as a guide, but retain control over the decisions for the oponents.

Just have to find the right person.

Def prefer a game made to be played solo. But certain games like Labyrinth and COIN games adapt well. I also discovered I like some 2 player games, like Great Battles of History, better playing both sides myself. This is because I can take a leisurely pace and savor the experience while learning.

Looks as if Trump is saying no Democrat will be allowed to win another national election—and he will use the FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA to make sure of that. This is a full-scale attack on American democracy, and every Republican, CEO, and conservative mouthpiece who doesn't object is complicit.

It’s far from the most important thing, morally right now, or in terms of the human stakes, but the ballroom thing is really breaking my brain.

YouTube video by Just Security There’s a reason the govt didn’t continue to detain the two strike survivors

There's a reason the government didn't continue to detain the two strike survivors, says @becingber.bsky.social in the latest episode of The Just Security Podcast, "Murder on the High Seas Part III"

www.youtube.com/shorts/l8JYt...

The U.S. Marshal was shot by the ICE agent, in case that wasn't clear.

“The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it.”

All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!

Sarkozy enters jail over campaign financing - France's first ex-president behind bars Nicolas Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé prison.

Former presidents can go to jail if they are guilty of criminal offenses without causing democracy to collapse
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"No, we don't want a monarchy, we want a theocracy" is a not the flex they think it is.

I believe you, but this just seems crazy to me. They taste the same.

Front page of NYT on September 22, 2025, with large top-of-page photo of a Charlie Kirk memorial service, and the lead page-one story on the same topic.

Front page of today's NYT, Oct 19, with no story about the nationwide protests, and a "below the fold" montage of two photos, and a link to a story on page 23.

Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.

See if you can spot it! /s

Then you can find today's story on p A23

Nothing that any elected Democrat has ever said about Republican voters is ever as crass or as cruel as what Trump says about Democratic constituencies every single day, and the media just treats it as background noise.

For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.

The fact that this overpriced note card holder is referred to as an "analog" system makes me want to smash everything.