Susan Sachs

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

The new age of the African Big Man Ageing autocrats are not a relic of a bygone age. They are a template for the future

Many autocrats’ legitimacy stems from their ostensible role in preventing a return to bloodshed, whether genocide in Rwanda or civil war in Uganda and Ivory Coast. “They’ve done a good job of making themselves seem indispensable,” says an academic

Journalists working in exile

In this episode of BBC ’s 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, “Journalists Working in Exile,” MCJN members Hind Aleryani (Yemen) & Naziha Saeed (Bahrain) share how they keep reporting on their countries from afar when it’s no longer safe to be there.

Listen here ➡️
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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

Wag the Dog all over again

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Happening now: at Kedzie and 40th, where Border Patrol agents just opened fire on rapid response this afternoon. A woman CFD says they found after the incident is reported in fair condition.

A growing number of outraged neighbors have gathered across from ICE/CBP agents who have closed Kedzie.

Today’s front page of @theglobeandmail.com - featuring my report on life and death in the Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad, as the frontline approaches: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

U.S. used a transnational crime unit to secretly target campus protesters A Tufts University graduate student was among those targeted after the Trump administration created a “tiger team” to investigate pro-Palestinian activists.

U.S. Used A Transnational Crime Unit to Secretly Target Campus Protesters

By Joanna Slater & John Hudson
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Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk was among those targeted by a Trump administration “tiger team” to investigate pro-Palestinian activists.

One of Our Greatest Filmmakers Was Banned From Filmmaking. Now He’s Back With Cannes’ Best Movie. Two years after he went on hunger strike in an Iranian prison, he’s returned with one of the year’s best movies.

really requires no further comment that Iran let dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi out of prison but he can't come to the New York Film Festival because this country won't issue him a visa in time

Hegseth's Meeting Backfires as Military Audience Starts Chanting, "Epstein, Epstein" The Defense Secretary fled the stage in tears.

Hegseth burst into tears, sending mascara streaking down his cheeks.

What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

Nikole Hannah-Jones on what the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination reveals about the mainstreaming of extremist, racist, bigoted views.

Real post on another network:

FAQ for Senior Military Officers at Hegseth's Quantico Meeting Military justice expert Eugene Fidell answers crucial questions ahead of next week's senior military meeting with Secretary Hegseth.

This is one of the more chilling things I've read in recent weeks. I can't believe Just Security had to publish this, but I'm glad it did.

Microsoft revokes cloud services from Israel’s Unit 8200 The tech giant blocked access after we revealed the Israeli army had been using its servers to store millions of Palestinians' intercepted phone calls.

Microsoft revokes cloud services from Israel’s Unit 8200, following +972 exposé

The tech giant blocked access after we revealed the Israeli army had been using its servers to store millions of Palestinians' intercepted phone calls.

Yuval Abraham reports.

www.972mag.com/microsoft-cl...

After Surviving the Syrian Civil War, an Underground Newspaper Makes a Triumphant Return Enab Baladi’s founders went from clandestine print runs to exile — and now to a fresh start in a free Damascus

“Fourteen years after its clandestine birth, and after sacrifices that claimed the lives of six of its founders, Bilal Abu Allaban and Bahaa Ziadeh look out through the newsroom’s large windows at the shattered horizon of Darayya.”

Slaughter for Hire | Joshua Hammer From Africa to Ukraine, the rise and fall of the Wagner Group and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was marked by theatrical violence, the seizure of resources, and an utter lack of accountability.

www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Case 1:25-cr-00176-MMG Document 51 Filed 09/20/25 Page 1 of 114 UNITED STATED DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. --X 25 Cr. 176 (MMG) LUIGI MANGIONE, Defendant. --X DEFENDANT LUIGI MANGIONE'S MOTION CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE DEATH PENALTY

The False, Damaging, Public Statements of the Attorney General, in Violation of Rule 6(E) And Local Rule 23.1, In Combination with the Staged Perp Walk, the NYPD Leaks, and the Public Statements of the Mayor and Police Commissioner, Violated Mangione's Right to Due Process Such That This Death Penalty Case Should Be Dismissed 22 By Indicting This Case While a Motion Regarding Grand Jury Prejudice Was Pending and Where the Defense Explicitly Requested the Grand Jurors to Be Screened for Exposure to the Attorney General's Illegal and Prejudicial Statements, the Government Violated Mangione's Due Process Rights Such That the Indictment Should Be Dismissed..... 33 By Refusing to Permit the Defense to Present Mitigating Factors and Instead Seeking the Death Penalty for Explicitly Political Reasons, the Government Seeks to Apply the Death Penalty In an Unconstitutionally Arbitrary Manner....... 37 Returning a Death Eligible Indictment Through Unconstitutional and Prejudicial Conduct Permits the Government to Try Mangione with a Death-Qualified Jury in Violation of His Due Process Rights.... 50

The Federal Death Penalty Is Imposed in an Arbitrary and Capricious Fashion in Violation of the Fifth and Eighth Amendments A. B. The Federal Death Penalty is Unconstitutional Because it Continues to be Imposed and Carried Out in an Arbitrary and Capricious Manner Post-Furman and Gregg ... No principled rubric separates death penalty cases from non-death cases, rendering the federal death penalty unconstitutionally arbitrary.......... THE FDPA bifurcated trial procedures violate due process because jurors cannot reach a reasoned choice between life and death sentences ....... The FDPA Lacks Constitutional Procedures Approved by the legislature and the Government's Efforts to "Gap-Fill" Through Procedures Not Authorized by Congress Cannot Pass Constitutional Muster..... A. Introduction and Summary of the Argumen..... B. The FDPA's Aggravating Factors are "Elements" of a Capital Offense Under Ring and Must be Presented to and Found by a Grand Jury... С. The Indictment's "Special Findings" Cannot Cure the FDPA'S Constitutional Shortcomings 55 58 71 80 87 87 88 91

BREAKING: Luigi Mangione's lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss his case on constitutional grounds. Some arguments are specific to his case, involving AG Bondi's actions, while others are more generally applicable.

Law Dork earlier covered the underlying conduct: www.lawdork.com/p/luigi-mang...

Early Edition: September 18, 2025 A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.

Today's news roundup:
-Nvidia to invest $5bn in Intel, co-design chips
-Pentagon lawyers raise concerns over alleged drug boat strikes legality
-No food aid delivered to north Gaza since Friday, UN says
-Syria's FM to visit Washington to discuss US sanctions
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Video shows Israeli settler children assaulting a Palestinian Bedouin family near the village of Taybeh, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, after setting up a new illegal outpost in the area.

Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.

"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power."

New from @markhertling.bsky.social:

Opinion | The Border Is Invading America

The border “snakes between white and brown, between families and neighbors … The brute force that it once unleashed out of sight, in remote desert regions at the nation’s edge and behind the locked doors of detention centers, is beginning to erupt in broad daylight”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...

“My Undesirable Friends: Part I” Is a Staggering Portrait of Russian Journalists in Dissent In Julia Loktev’s epic documentary, filmed before, during, and after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, several courageous Moscow reporters see their worst fears realized.

"Evil is not eternal, and truth will surely win." On dissidence, despair, and defiant hope in Julia Loktev's extraordinary five-part documentary, MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I — LAST AIR IN MOSCOW. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

He’s wrong about everything, and thinks he’s right about everything. Hard to tell which is worse.

The war will end when Russia decides no longer to fight. The US could make that happen with a few simple policies. Instead the Trump administration offers ridiculous analysis and pathetic excuses.

💥It’s 04:35. Explosions in Lviv, Ukraine. Luckily we are safe for now. Stay in the shelters. Russia is a terrorist state!

Stripped of dignity: Gaza’s disabled women in crammed shelters Disabled women in Gaza face dire conditions in overcrowded shelters, lacking privacy, hygiene, medical care, and dignity amid ongoing war and displacement

MCJN member Warda Al Shanti, from #Gaza, sheds light on the overlooked struggles of 🇵🇸Palestinian #women with disabilities, surviving #displacement and stigma in Gaza’s overcrowded camps.

Full story via @thenewarab.bsky.social:

🔗 www.newarab.com/features/str...

Iraq’s marshes were considered an Eden. Now the oil industry is sucking them dry Hawizeh’s wetlands once had abundant fishing and wildlife. In a land threatened by drought and desertification, oil drilling is draining the last of the water

Iraq’s marshes were considered an Eden. Now the oil industry is sucking them dry

Opinion | When Is It Genocide?

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...

Why Poor Nations Got Hit With Higher Tariffs Than Rich Ones In a new era of gloves-off trade negotiations, poorer countries had the least leverage with a country the size of the U.S.

It's called meanness and bullying. www.wsj.com/economy/trad...