James McCrone

www.vox.com The Pentagon’s battle with Anthropic is really a war over who controls AI

The Pentagon’s battle with Anthropic is really a war over who controls AI

Kudos to @hillaryclinton.bsky.social
No friend of Epstein, never been to his house, island, office.
GOP breaks rules during deposition - that’s par. Also asks about conspiracy theories 🤷🏻‍♀️. She answered every question.
Now leave her the hell alone!
#SheShed

It took Putin and Orban years to do what they’re doing.

I call it the Gaza strip condo homeowners association and timeshare sellers

Illegal not only by the terms of his own refugee ceiling (set at 7,500 for the fiscal year, although he can raise it) but also likely illegal because these aren’t really refugees AND insanely hypocritical given what they’re doing to refugees admitted under Biden. Disgusting, awful bigotry.

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

As noted, Rosen asserted in his email that "[t]he lawyers in my civil division didn't deserve" the supposedly inaccurate January 28 order. Putting aside the fact that the January 28 order was not inaccurate, Rosen failed to mention that this Court said the following in the show-cause order that preceded the January 28 order: The Court expresses its appreciation to attorney Ana Voss and her colleagues [in the civil division], who have struggled mightily to ensure that respondents comply with court orders despite the fact that respondents have failed to provide them with adequate resources. ECF No. 7 at 2 n.1. The judges of this District have been extraordinarily patient with the government attorneys, recognizing that they have been put in an impossible position by Rosen and his superiors in the Department of Justice (leading many of those attorneys- including, unfortunately, Ana Voss- to resign). What those attorneys "didn't deserve" was the Administration sending 3000 ICE agents to Minnesota to detain people without making any provision for handling the hundreds of lawsuits that were sure to follow.

If anything is "beyond the pale," it is ICE's continued violation of the orders of this Court. Increasingly, this Court has had to resort to using the threat of civil contempt to force ICE to comply with orders. The Court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the United States in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt -again and again and again - to force the United States government to comply with court orders. -5- CASE 0:26-cv-00107-PJS-DLM Doc. 12 Filed 02/26/26 Page 6 of 6 This Court will continue to do whatever is required to protect the rule of law, including, if necessary, moving to the use of criminal contempt. One way or another, ICE will comply with this Court's orders. Dated: February 26, 2026 (s/ Patrick J. Schiltz Patrick J. Schiltz, Chief Judge United States District Court

BREAKING: Judge Patrick Schiltz in Minnesota threatens criminal contempt, if necessary, to address ICE noncompliance in an order calling out U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen's response to Schiltz's earlier questions about noncompliance with court orders.

"ICE will comply with this Court's orders."

One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.

The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.

But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.

😯

If the GOP is going to tell vicious lies about Democrats, the least the Democrats could do is tell vicious truths about the Republicans.

Nope, sloplords, there were just far fewer horses after they ceased to be the central transit and hauling technology.

Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Panics When Asked if Flu Vaccine Is Safe (The New Republic) It’s unsurprising, but disappointing nonetheless: The president’s pick for surgeon general is a vaccine skeptic. During her Senate confirmation hearing Wedne...

l.smartnews.com/p-7euFdbTa/H...

@interpol.int @euatun.bsky.social @europarl.europa.eu @theguardian.com @ox.ac.uk @ungeneva.bsky.social @unocha.org @mark-carney.bsky.social @europol.europa.eu @who.int

They left him to die

Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All (The New Republic) The “forever wars” abroad and the global war on terror after the September 11 attacks left behind a long trail of failure, disillusionment, and death—but the...

l.smartnews.com/p-7eoGE9GM/n...

Fact-checking Trump's 2026 State of the Union address Trump made a series of exaggerated and false claims as he touted his administration's work on the economy, crime, immigration and more.

Burger King has the Whopper.
Trump has a truckload of 'em and unloaded a bunch tonight.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Tax cuts for giant corporations and the super rich.

Paid for by cuts to the social safety net for everyone else.

The state of Trump's union. [@itep.org]

Curious about how to integrate research into your historical crime fiction without resorting to the dreaded info-dump? Join this #writing class I’m teaching next month with Rock and a Hard Place Press! Lnk in 🧵to register!

Q: What happens to you if you’re a doctor who drops out of your surgical residency and never finishes?
A: Donald Trump names you Surgeon General.
Introducing Casey Means, who joins RFK Jr and Dr. Oz as the latest member of the Quack Pack.
Andy Borowitz

ellabakercenter.org
Ella Baker
Civil rights activist

New Philly soft pretzel store in our neighborhood! Corner of S. 5th & Dickinson. I think we're going to be there a lot. :). #SouthPhilly

This the 338 page special counsel report on classified documents found at Joe Biden’s home. Legally, there is no good reason to withhold the one about Trump. www.justice.gov/storage/repo...

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

“The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against Jeffrey Epstein also mention Trump.”
www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Trump Administration Moves to Allow Intelligence Agencies Easier Access to Law Enforcement Files “None of this has been thought through very carefully,” one official said of the plans, which upend long-standing restrictions meant to protect Americans’ privacy.

NEW: The Trump administration is easing restrictions on law enforcement agencies sharing information with the intelligence community, raising concerns about the possible violation of laws that bar those agencies from collecting data on U.S. citizens.

Trump: "We just received from our new friend and partner Venezuela more than 80 million barrels of oil"

Conservative group seeks to revive hiring bias case against Northwestern law school A conservative organization is seeking to revive its lawsuit against Northwestern University alleging its law school discriminates against white men in faculty hiring, after a federal judge dismissed the case in January.

Conservative group seeks to revive hiring bias case against Northwestern law school reut.rs/3OypSoQ

Jeffrey Epstein was the subject of a DEA probe that spanned at least 5 years, heavily redacted document reveals A memo shows Jeffrey Epstein was the subject of a previously undisclosed U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency investigation targeting him and 14 others for suspicious money transfers possibly linked to illega...

The document described here is a big development that expands our understanding of Epstein's criminal activities, but remains too redacted. We know the Trump administration is covering up for Epstein's pedophile buddies. This is evidence they're covering up for drug cartels too.

Donald Trump’s state of mind is a global risk A cabinet of sycophants makes an already erratic US president a greater threat

This is probably the best— and most damning—piece I've read in months on the dangers posed by foreign and US officials trying to humor Donald Trump when they're just reinforcing his mental instability.
www.ft.com/content/8802...

Highly destructive mussel has started to invade the Amazon After ravaging waterways across South America, the fast-spreading species threatens a biodiversity stronghold

The golden mussel, a highly destructive invasive species that began to plague South American waterways decades ago, has reached the Amazon region, threatening some of the richest biodiversity on the planet.
www.science.org/content/arti...

cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFile...

Click on the link and understand one of the reasons Donald Trump won't allow it to happen.