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Is ICE Today’s Klan? From concealed identities to sanctioned violence, the echoes between ICE raids and Klan terror are too loud to ignore…

Important insights from
@hartmannreport.com
"ICE operates today with a level of anonymity, impunity, and intimidation that closely parallels the Ku Klux Klan’s tactics as masked, semi-official enforcers."

hartmannreport.com/p/is-ice-tod...

I mean we've all had to wait in line for Voodoo donuts but its not a war zone.

What a Chicago immigration raid says about Trumpism The worst excesses seem designed to produce content

An embarrassment on the world stage. @economist.com

Rappelling from helicopters, flash-bang grenades, kids in zip ties. All for show.

What a Chicago immigration raid says about Trumpism
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YouTube video by MSNBC John Fugelsang: Right-wing Christians use the Bible ‘as a prop’ & ignore Jesus’ message

The brilliant @johnfugelsang.bsky.social with @velshimsnbc.bsky.social discussing his NYT best-seller Separation of Church and Hate. Just finished my copy. Must-read and must-watch!

youtu.be/5FvPa3ckZ-c

Yup. Not enough gold.

This

Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.

Trump's Brain Drain:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Judge Poised to Free Abrego Garcia if Officials Can’t Supply Deportation Plans

"Judge Paula Xinis expressed exasperation at Justice Department lawyers’ failure to answer 'basic questions' that could determine Mr. Abrego Garcia’s fate." Of course they can't. With Abrego Garcia it's always been pretext; lies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

In 2019, Trump Made Her a Federal Judge. In 2025, She Blocked His Troop Deployment.

Integrity.
“This is a nation of constitutional law, not martial law,” wrote Judge Immergut, rejecting the administration’s claims that it needed military support to protect federal property and enforce immigration law, what she called an “extraordinary measure.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Trump Gave a Partisan Speech to Navy Sailors, to Mixed Reactions

The commander in chief could not contain himself. He did not even try. “Let’s face it,” President Trump told thousands of U.S. Navy sailors Sunday afternoon, “this is a rally.”

Actually, it was meant to be a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Navy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

elderly golfer big mad because he can’t do a fascism in Portland boo fucking hoo, Donny

@jefftiedrich.bsky.social
"Judge Immergut was all ‘no, you don’t get to do a fascism,’ and slapped Donny with a writ of go fuck yourself."

www.jefftiedrich.com/p/elderly-go...

FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to 'illegal immigrants' This is false. Democrats say they are pushing for the inclusion of key health care provisions in the next congressional spending package.

@apnews.com fact checks Trump, Tiny Johnson, and MAGA.

apnews.com/article/fact...

🫘Listening to @muellershewrote.com Allison Gill and Andy McCabe now...

Trump tried to deploy the 82nd Airborne to Maryland and Virginia early in Black Lives Matter, June 2020. They had arrived with fixed bayonets and automatic weapons when SecDef Esper talked Trump down. Don't expect Hegseth to do the same...

Federal judge blocks Trump's National Guard mobilization in Oregon "The President’s determination" that the Guard was needed "was simply untethered to the facts," Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, found. DOJ is appealing.

"As was clear from Friday’s arguments, the Trump administration’s case fell apart for the judge largely on one fact: There is nowhere near a crisis in Portland."
www.lawdork.com/p/judge-bloc...

Due process?

Either he can't spell or he's admitting to being fascist. Perhaps, both?

Newsom to sue over Trump sending California National Guard to Oregon “This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power,” the governor said in a statement.

Newsom sues Trump for sending California National Guard to Oregon after judge blocks Trump's federalizing Oregon National Guard.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live Pete Hegseth Cold Open - SNL

SNL's cold open last night...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZb1...

Kash Patel’s Challenge Coin Is Perfect for Him The FBI director has created a memento that symbolizes his unfitness.

I'm shocked -- shocked! -- to discover that the FBI Director has taken a solemn tradition and infantalized it. @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Portland’s ‘War Zone’ Is Like Burning Man for the Terminally Online There’s more absurdity than menace on the city’s streets—at least for now.

"I have been hanging around the demonstration that the president wants to crush. What I’ve found is an atmosphere that is more like a carnival than combat."
@theatlantic.com

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.

The Trump attack on Americans continues... Looking for any opportunity to deprive Americans of earned benefits.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be ‘All Over’ the Super Bowl

Yes, ICE Barbie: Show your true colors on the most-watched most-American program of the year:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/a...

Fox Host Reveals Stunning Ignorance on U.S. Citizenship Tomi Lahren did not know Puerto Rico was part of the United States.

Fox host didn't know Puerto Rico is part of the United States.

Bad Bunny said he was reluctant to tour the US because: “There was the issue of—like, f---ing ICE could be outside [my concert]." Now ICE Barbie promises to do exactly that: stalk the Super Bowl.
www.thedailybeast.com/fox-host-rev...

Pritzker Says Federal Agents Are Trying to Make Chicago a ‘War Zone’

It's all pretext; lies. Trump is trying to turn Chicago into the war zone he claims it is, to justify his deployment of troops.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

Trump Sends California Guard Troops to Portland, Ore., Newsom Says

Such contempt: After being blocked by a federal court from deploying the Oregon National Guard in that state, Trump administration sent 300 federalized members of the California National Guard to Oregon early Sunday...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...