Greg KB

Playing around with a Canon R5 MkII and the RF 100-500 L.

Camera tech is sooooo good these days.

ICE Offers, Then Quickly Withdraws, Cash Bonuses for Swiftly Deporting Immigrants

This morning, ICE sent out a memo offering cash bonuses for quick deportations.

The New York Times reached out to DHS about the memo.

It then got cancelled.

Story:

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...

very cool that the same chuds screaming about “unqualified DEI hires” are giving ignorant 23-year-olds the power to destroy federal agencies

Announcing Grok for Government - a suite of products that make our frontier models available to United States Government customers We are especially excited about two new partnerships for our US Government partners 1) a new contract from the US Department of Defense 2) our products being available to purchase via the General Services Administration (GSA) schedule. This allows every federal government department, agency, or office, to purchase xAI products We're hiring mission driven engineers who want to join the cause

Elon Musk's anti-woke MechaHitler proudly announces a new contract with the Department of Defense

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I mean, not like they were doing much enforcing of this anyway…

I’m gonna run for mayor of DC and a key plank in my platform is that whenever Metro shits the bed, you get your ride automatically refunded.

NEW: Workers at Snopes.com are unionizing because fact-checkers deserve transparency, too!

Follow @snopesguild.bsky.social and read their full press release here: newsguild.org/snopes-worke...

OMB's Russell Vought, the Christian 'nation-ist' driving Project 2025 and DOGE WASHINGTON (RNS) — The director of the US budget has declared that Christians should be 'stewards of a blessing that has been God-given: to live in this land, this particular land.'

NEW from me: A deep dive into OMB Director Russell Vought — specifically, how his plan to reshape the government is rooted in a specific ideology: Christian nationalism.

Also, his favorite religious quote from an early president may be, uh…not true. religionnews.com/2025/06/23/r...

Big Balls, we hardly knew ye…

Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says

Top Trump lawyer nominated to be a federal judge privately suggested defying court orders, whistleblower says. "Bove stated that D.O.J. would need to consider telling the courts 'fuck you' and ignore any such order." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...

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Missteps, Confusion and ‘Viral Waste’: The 14 Days That Doomed U.S.A.I.D. The rapid dismantling of the global aid agency remains one of the most consequential outcomes of President Trump’s efforts to overhaul the federal government, showing his willingness to tear down institutions in defiance of the courts.

The rapid dismantling of USAID remains one of the most consequential outcomes of President Trump’s efforts to overhaul the federal government. Here is how the global aid agency’s demise unfolded.

Sunday’s @nytimes.com front page

“We love you god”

U.S. Enters War With Iran, Striking Fordo Nuclear Site: Live Updates President Trump announced the United States had struck Fordo, Iran’s heavily fortified nuclear facilities, as well as two other sites.

Breaking News: President Trump said that the U.S. had bombed Fordo, Iran’s heavily fortified nuclear facility, as well as two other sites.

Welp

Protesters in all 50 states marched against President Trump's policies on Saturday as Trump held a military parade in Washington. Read more: https://trib.al/JnBJSdw

‘Murica

Business insider screenshot: A major commodity trader received containers full of painted rocks instead of the $36 million shipment of copper it paid for

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I have lost track of how many times I've said "holy shit" under my breath while reading this piece...

Photo of President Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, during a meeting in the Oval Office in April 2025. Trump has praised Bukele as “one hell of a president.” Credit: Al Drago/The Washington Post/Getty Images

In April, President Trump and Salvadoran President Bukele shook hands in the Oval Office to celebrate a deal to ship gang members to the notorious CECOT prison.

But a new ProPublica investigation found there’s more to the story. 🧵👇

Very cool that a verified Twitter account apparently claiming to rep DHS has gotten thousands of retweets of its claim of civil war after sharing a stock photo of bricks. bsky.app/profile/roth...

Seeing images of protesters pushing back against federal agents in NYC and LA as tear gas fills the air alongside clips of tanks/military vehicles are being rolling into DC by train (presumably for the upcoming parade) is…quite something.

Trump to Send National Guard to LA to Quell Immigration Protests: Live Updates Federal immigration officials squared off with protesters in Los Angeles County on Saturday using tear gas and flash-bang grenades. The unrest comes just a day after raids were conducted through the city of Los Angeles.

The Trump administration said it would deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles as immigration agents clashed with protesters for a second consecutive day. Follow live updates. https://trib.al/hNUn74W

Yikes.

The last thing I’m gonna see is a blur of white New Balance sneakers, jorts, and t-shirt from their last beach vacation

I don’t know for sure how I want to die, but I am increasingly feeling that it’s going to be from being run over by a family of beefy Nebraskan tourists riding electric scooters on the sidewalk…