"Authoritarian Capacity" and the Trump Regime - Lawyers, Guns & Money In May of 2022, the Department of Homeland Security tried to stand up a group to coordinate government anti-disinformation efforts. As Deepa Shivaram wrote at NPR, the “decision” resulted from a “coor...

"Now Wired — which has become indispensable and deserves your subscription dollars (🙏) — reports that DHS wants to create dedicated centers to mass monitor social-media in real time."

Israeli Influence Operation Targeting Colorado Churches Israel has hired a California-based conservative Christian marketing firm to run a foreign influence operation targeting Christians in four states, including Colorado. First reported by The Times of I...

This is kinda wild, but Israeli has hired a PR firm to geofence targeted pro-Israel ads to churches across Colorado. Their aim is to
improve the perception of Israel, and to emphasize the role of
Palestinians in terrorism.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/isra...

this is one place we can see where press separate themselves from those of us who are just assaulted as regular people

Actually it did begin with a parade of tanks

none of us with melanin in our skin can hang our hat on the lawsuits of the white institutions, press included

"[Bodycam] video shows an agent turn federal vehicle left into Martinez’s vehicle, after which an agent says, 'Do something b----.' The agent then exits the vehicle and shoots at Martinez.

[Her lawyer] Parente said Martinez has 'seven holes' in her from the shooting."

Govt didn't show that video.

Let's see if you can still post anything less than flattering about Charlie Kirk.

Every large-scale platform is run by techno-fascists, that's just reality. This is the only social media I'm on because the community of good people is strong and important but it's also vulnerable to the whims of those in charge, who aren't our friends. Best to keep that in mind.

I miss the days when disgraced sex-pests went tf away and stayed tf away after having their noses rubbed in the sh*t they did. Don't y'all?

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo told "The View" on Monday it would be a "gift" to President Donald Trump if Zohran Mamdani wins the election in November and becomes New York City's next mayor. Cuomo said he's the "last person" Trump wants to see as mayor, citing their relationship while he was governor of New York. "We fought on a daily basis," Cuomo said. He alleged that a Mamdani win would lead to a federal takeover of New York City and then Trump would use Mamdani as an example during other elections about the dangers of electing a far-left politician.

this is an argument for donors, not voters. it's not even an attempt to make the case in terms that will matter to voters. it's entirely the same thing he'd say at a $5k-per-plate fundraiser

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA ‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

This guy is so full of his own shit; he plans to "flee the country" in fear of retribution by Dems. But *Democrats* don't jail ppl for ideas or speech; Republicans do.

Those carrying out this intellectually unevolved idiot's plans MUST BE HELD accountability.

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Pt1 🧵: Greta Thunberg deported to Athens says, "There's a live-streamed Genocide in front of our eyes in Gaza. No one will be able to say they didn't know this was happening. The Global Samud Flotilla only existed because our leaders failed. Our international systems are betraying Palestinians."

Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.

HAPPENING NOW: Emergency hearing before Judge Karin Immergut on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment.

I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵

Voting is underway in California on new maps that could swing US House control, check Trump's power LOS ANGELES (AP) — The midterm elections might be a year away, but the fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The midterm elections might be a year away, but the fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California.

She’s still out here ✌️

Readings + music at The Writer's Block this Saturday, 10/11, 5-8pm. Some of Portland's best poets are reading. ✨

#pdxpoetry

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New filing: "Oregon v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #69: Transcript Designation and Order Form

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To me, the entire point of Bluesky was the ease and speed with which we could curate our online experience, alone or in collaboration with others whose judgement we trust. Hamstringing the capacity to make it harder to avoid bigotry defeats the point. I migrated to Blacksky bc moderation is better.

you *might* be able to make a cohesive statement about a single 20 year cohort 50 years after it’s closed, but i promise every mainstream “Avocado Toast: A Millennial Ethnography” article written 2010 to now is just “here’s why you should hate some lazy people who deserve what’s coming to them.”

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

How does this make America become great again?

www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason. Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

"I believe that Americans would agree that the government can’t just make people disappear without any process or explanation. Second, because I want to give the government a chance to admit that they were wrong.

So far the government has not done so."

newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-us-ci...

Stop lying. Your state cops attacked protesters alongside ICE yesterday. I was there. I and others were violently attacked by ICE agents. Your state cops acted in concert with them during the attack.

This is *exactly* how the police (RUC/PSNI) in Northern Ireland used to leave the scenes of bedlam they caused after the community would come out on the streets.

It's scarier when the vehicles are armored land rovers but the trick of driving at high speed and almost hitting folks was the same.

They look like they're doing a WWE move.

Genuinely incredible how unprofessional these guys are. One dude yelling in your face and you immediately assault them on camera?

if you’re a visual learner i made you some maps of where the people quoted in this article as supporting portland being occupied by troops live

@weirdguitars.day truly bizarre

Perfect Game – SUPERMAN #423

It cannot be overstated just how amazing an impact was made by writer Alan Moore on comic books. He came along at exactly the right time, just as the Direct Sales Market was making it possible to do comic book stories with greater sophistication for a somewhat older…

Yesterday, Kristi Noem’s and Greg Bovino’s masked agents threw chemical agents near an elementary school, arrested elected officials exercising their First Amendment rights, and raided a Wal-Mart.