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Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...

NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.

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Includes a quote that the Padres will discuss stretching out Mason Miller and Adrian Morejon into starters.

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.

In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

Exclusive: Instagram shows more ‘eating disorder adjacent’ content to vulnerable teens, internal Meta research shows Meta researchers found that teens who report that Instagram regularly made them feel bad about their bodies saw significantly more “eating disorder adjacent content” than those who did not, according to an internal document reviewed by Reuters.

Absolute bombshell from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social:

Meta's internal research found that Instagram's algorithms preferentially displayed harmful content to vulnerable teens.

I'm glad I left Instagram back when I did, even if it was for other reasons (their anti-LGBTQ policies).

How to prepare for a Screen Draft We talk about the process we go through to appear on one of our favorite shows

I have left Substack. It is a scary move financially, and I urge you to consider signing up now for my newsletters.

The Ghost Era is off to a good start. Check out some of these pieces from the last week. There's this morning's newsletter, for example...

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The ballroom addition/destruction of the White House is expressly illegal and would stand as independent grounds for impeachment and removal if we had a functioning government.

The cover of Atlas Shrugged, but instead the title reads, "Atlas Needs You to Spot Him Like 20 Billion Dollars."

I have launched my website: tjstats.ca

This will be your one stop shop for everything related to TJStats.. All my articles, rankings, and apps will be housed here. To celebrate the launch, I have temporarily lifted the paywall from my apps so everyone can test them out!

Dude seemed quite reasonable in his 538 days, no?

They are dying, but we are only going to save them if they elect the guy we like.

Applies to the Louvre jewel heist, btw.

"Tucker founded Brownstone months after the declaration, following his resignation from his previous job amid sexual harassment allegations."

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

Exclusive: In order to deport immigrants to El Salvador’s most notorious prison, Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised President Nayib Bukele to betray arrangements protecting some U.S. informants.

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.

Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏

History.

lolol

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Bethlehem PA - No Kings Rally

So dangerous that they must be blown into small pieces rather than arrested … unless they are actually captured in which case they may go home with a warning. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

No Kings

This goes so hard

We will remember.

Massive crowd in Boston

Boston

Unrealistic. Try again.

#NoKings Miami!

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

Email from my alma mater Dartmouth says its leadership does not believe signing a compact with *any* government administration makes sense to achieve academic excellence. 👊 to them.

Sure Shohei Ohtani was impressive yesterday, but he cost us baseball today. Not a team player.

I have a somewhat superstitious Mariners fan friend who attended games 3 and 4 of the ALCS. I'm not sure he can ever go to an Ms game again.