Advocates warn of worsening conditions for ICE detainees Detainees risk retaliation to get out messages about what they’re experiencing, including inadequate medical care and limited communication

Advocates warn of worsening conditions in ICE custody as detainees take extraordinary risks to be heard, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Detainees risk retaliation to voice what they’re experiencing, including inadequate medical care, prolonged isolation, poor nutrition & limited communication.

Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a period of fasting and reflection This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians.

This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians.
https://to.pbs.org/3MtgiTu

House Republicans release new farm bill text Agriculture Chair Glenn Thompson borrowed some Democratic ideas, but the panel’s ranking member called it a “charade.”

A new draft of the farm bill from House Republicans is being used to advance protections for pesticide manufacturers. The proposal includes language that would shield companies from state-level penalties or court rulings if their product labels don’t spell out potential health risks.

A win! A federal judge has instructed the Interior Department to restore signage and video exhibits at George Washington’s former Philadelphia residence that explain his ownership of enslaved people.

👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump’s new $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividend’ to troops is coming from Pentagon funding, not tariffs It’s not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president suggested.

The “Warrior Dividend” Trump announced during his televised address to the nation is not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president suggested. The $1,776 payments to troops come from a congressionally-approved housing supplement — money they were already set to receive

I don't know what makes me more angry about what he is doing. I think the signs he's putting under the portraits of former presidents is at the top of my list. But I think it's all "shiny things" to distract us

We didn’t realize how bad Trump’s Biden-derangement syndrome really is. The first analysis found that he mentioned “Biden” an average of 6.32 times per day. That number has since climbed it’s now just over seven times a day.

Make this make sense..pardoning a known drug kingpin while bombing a small boat that "may" have drugs on board

If you see any problems during today’s special election in Tennessee’s 7th District and want to share them with us, please email report@ourparks.org. We’ve been closely monitoring this election and will help spread the word.

#VotingRights #TN

Link to see the letter and the full list of names who signed: protectnps.org/2025/10/23/p...

October 23, 2025

The Honorable Doug Burgum
Secretary
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington D.C., 20240

Dear Secretary Burgum:

'We’re going down the rabbit hole’: Stephen Miller’s dark new threat stuns experts Stephen Miller's grim threat that Democratic officials could face arrest for "seditious conspiracy" if they try to hinder President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown was met with widespread backlash Friday night.During a conversation with Fox News host Will Cain, Miller threatened that any offici...

Stephen Miller's grim threat that Democratic officials could face arrest for "seditious conspiracy" if they try to hinder President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown was met with widespread backlash Friday night.

Trump wants to curb freedom of speech, not only in USA bit in Canada also

Exactly. I fear he's building up to No Kings 10/18! There'll be instigator in the crowds of peaceful protest, violence will ensue, and the dictator will declare insurrection.

Yep.

Trump has begun dismissing federal workers, with furloughed staff at the Department of Health and Human Services now facing permanent layoffs. The cuts are hitting the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention especially hard.

A win! Much love to Indiana, so proud of you all!

Concrete battery that can power homes is now 10 times better MIT scientist says we’re ‘at the brink of a new architectural revolution’ with multifunctional concretes

MIT: Buildings and roads built with new type of concrete could soon serve as giant #batteries capable of powering homes and electric vehicles.
#climate #EV
www.independent.co.uk/tech/concret...

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

Mamma bear playing with her cub.

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The monster is really coming for us all. General Letitia James has been indicted following Trump’s pressure campaign. She’s accused of committing “mortgage fraud.” The MAGA movement is weaponizing the Justice Department.

Standing by at waypoint.

Not lost. Just holding the line.

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

Yes, this 👇 is spot on. 🤔🙄😉

The American Federation of Government Employees filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for inserting partisan political statements into furloughed employees’ automatic out-of-office replies during the government shutdown without their consent.