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www.rawstory.com 'Who are they for?' Ex-Trump lawyer appalled at buildup of MAGA prison network

'Who are they for?' Ex-Trump lawyer appalled at buildup of MAGA prison network

Veterans at Risk: New VA Disability Assessment Proposal Will Hurt Veterans The Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing a change to disabilities ratings which will hurt our veterans by potentially reducing their award for service-connected afflictions. Details of the proposed change appear as an Interim Federal Regulation (IFR) in the Federal Register. "For years, courts held that VA could not reduce ratings based on the effects of medication, requiring evaluation of a veteran's true functional impairment when evaluating a service-connected disability.

CALL TO ACTION: Comment on the VA's proposal to cut Veterans' disability ratings!

The Press Secretary confirms: Donald Trump posted the racist video of the Obamas.

US EPA plans to loosen mercury rules for coal plants this week, NYT reports The Trump administration plans to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants this week, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants including mercury, the New York Times reported on Wednesda...

Trump clears the way for power plants to dump more mercury into the atmosphere.

YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol Aaron Reichlin-Melnick: Trump’s Mass Deportation Regime

If just one of the regime's warehouse detention centers comes online, "It would be the largest prison in the country."

All the college and university "leaders" who chose to surrender in advance on this, take a bow

And then get in the fuckin sea

So late with this fact today it’s actually tomorrow…well around these parts at least!
Hope it finds you in good spirits no matter what day it arrives with you.
Here’s your landscape bee for today. Or tomorrow. Or yesterday…ah now I’m all confused…can we start over?
#bees
#confused

me at 2:37am quietly turning on the microwave light nope that’s the vent fan

George W. Bush Can Suck It He didn’t throw shade at Trump; he whitewashed authoritarianism.

This is for everyone who thinks The Bulwark is just a "we wish Bush were still president" publication

Ashley Moody was appointed to be an automatic “yes” vote for Trump. No wonder she refuses to be a much needed check on Donald Trump abuse of power.

I’ll be that check on the chaos and corruption that is running rampant in this administration.

If this proves true and clergy are allowed inside the Broadview facility regularly to provide pastoral care and Communion, that would be a huge shift.

Note: clergy access at Broadview has indeed been the subject of a lawsuit, as well as several protests — including one with dozens of arrests.

www.youtube.com Michelle Yeoh gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Michelle Yeoh gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 1h BREAKING NEWS: U.S. District Court Judge Laura Provinzino has just found a government atty in CIVIL CONTEMPT of COURT for violations of her orders in a habeas case. Attorney cited is Matthew Isihara, a JAG atty from Dept. of War assisting in local US Attorney office @FOX9 (1/) Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 1h Judge Provinzino had ordered a detained immigrant held by ICE in El Paso, TX be released in Minnesota with all of his identification papers. ICE released the man in TX with none of his papers, forcing his attorney to find him a shelter for the night & flight back to MN (2/)

Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 57m Judge said she is imposing CIVIL CONTEMPT "to force the government to comply with her court order" to immediately return immigrant's papers. Gov't attorney Matthew Isihara is responsible for $500 daily fine, every day the man does not have his papers starting tomorrow. (3/3) Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 47m CONTEMPT FINDING: Matthew Isihara apologized for allowing the order in this habeas case to "fall through the cracks." Blamed situation on case overload & significant understaffing in US Attorney's office. Says he has picked up nearly 130 habeas cases in just last month. @FOX9

1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.

Net favorability of world leaders.

Kaylie Morphew threads.com/@kaylie.morphew My 13-year-old son just said, “Mum, I think I have a good idea. The people in America protesting ICE should call themselves LAVA — Local And Very Angry. And lava melts ice. You should post that and see if it’s a good idea.” We’re about as far away from the United States as you can get, here in Perth, Western Australia. But I hope the people over there know that even a young boy on the other side of the world can see when something isn’t right.

Children are wise.

CFPB Staffer Alexis Goldstein Fired for Confronting DOGE Members, Announces Run for Congress The Trump administration has fired Consumer Financial Protection Bureau program manager Alexis Goldstein for documenting a meeting a year ago between the agency and Elon Musk’s Department of Governmen...

@alexisgoldstein.bsky.social is a real one and she's running for Congress. www.democracynow.org/2026/2/18/al...?

this seems mask off in a particularly weird way, even by the dismal standards of our present political era

The Suffering Of Lindsey Vonn | Defector I woke to a flurry of notifications on my phone. Overnight in Cortino, Lindsey Vonn violently crashed in her Olympic downhill race and was airlifted from the mountain. My group chat, made up of colleg...

This is really stunning writing.

Newsom press office: ‘CALIFORNIA IS SUING DONALD TRUMP FOR ILLEGALLY TERMINATING $1.2 BILLION IN CONGRESSIONALLY APPROVED FUNDING FOR THE NATION’S LARGEST HYDROGEN HUB. Trump defied Congress, jeopardized 200,000 good-paying jobs, and put billions in health savings at risk for

More on this at the link…

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Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program

"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)

He might not know where he appointed his own ambassadors but he can recite the lyrics of Kokomo

YouTube video by Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre First shark to be filmed in situ across the entire Southern Ocean

An unexpected encounter on a recent expedition to Antarctica for the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre!

Despite the name 'Southern Sleeper Shark' this species is not usually found this far south, in fact sharks in general are not associated with Antarctica.

youtu.be/73gz5zQDHg8?...

Our new CDC Director

journalists think they "learn more" on X because it is durably shifting users' views on policy and current events towards conservative positions -- which assuredly nets them more positive attention and engagement on the platform

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Al Jazeera English: #Epstein #DOJ #PedoFührer Just believe them.

As you process the Epstein files, remember:

Palantir received early funding from Jeffrey Epstein.
It was also backed by the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel.
Then came the defense contracts.
Then mass data analytics at scale.

This isn’t separate stories.
It’s one ecosystem: the Epstein network.

CHARLAMAGNE: “Trump went platinum in the Epstein files.”

The Constitution is currently being interpreted by the Epstein Class at SCOTUS.

Rep. Thomas Massie & I are campaigning for accountability of the Epstein class and the Epstein Administration.

Begin with Lutnick!