Catherine Rampell

@Sec_Noem on X: Chicago, we’re here for you.

If you showed this tweet to James Madison, he would be like, "yes, this is why I wrote the 2nd Amendment"

Ford CEO says $2 billion in tariff costs prevents more US investments Ford CEO Jim Farley says tariffs on imported parts are driving up costs on the company's cars.

Ford CEO on tariffs: “I mean, it's frustrating 'cause we're the most American auto company, and we export the most, and yet, we have this $2 billion headwind, which prevents me from investing even more in the US.”

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BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/

Pity the ADL. It went out of its way to defend Elon Musk's definitely-not-a-sieg-heil, and in return gets this.

lol saving this

It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession” Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.

"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."

Taylor Swift’s new album references Lenox in 'The Life of a Showgirl' In Taylor Swift's new album "The Life of a Showgirl," the Grammy-winning artist gives a shoutout to the Berkshires in the title track featuring Sabrina Carpenter.

There's always a local angle www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/t...

Exclusive | Trump Explores Bailout of at Least $10 Billion for U.S. Farmers Farmers are harvesting one of the largest crops in history, while China holds off on buying U.S. soybeans.

More hotdogman gifs
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Germany arrests three suspected Hamas members in plot to attack Jews Police seized weapons and ammunition while arresting the three men in Berlin, Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office said.

Germany arrests three suspected Hamas members in plot to attack Jews
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Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

One of the demands is to freeze tuition. Which will help the rich kids and international students, since they’re the only ones at some of these schools who actually pay the sticker price www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s ...

An administration of petulant toddlers. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Today marks the 7th anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.

Note that the original House GOP budget proposal for what would become the “big, beautiful bill” included cuts to WIC which would’ve resulted in $1.3 billion in fruit and vegetable benefits being taken from some 5.2 million women and children who participate in the program

Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…

"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

This raid is disgusting, abominable behavior, traumatizing children and families in their homes.
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€2,000 bonuses and free parties: hotels enter Poland’s fertility fight Perks for couples trying to conceive reflect concerns over one of lowest birth rates in EU

Poland’s largest privately owned hotel group is offering couples a novel incentive to conceive during a stay, as part of an effort to help reverse the country’s plunging birth rate. on.ft.com/3INcnyL

Does Your Backyard Need a Stegosaurus?

Yes it does. Next question

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?

JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.

S: Those are quotes

Brief thread: just a reminder that the budget reconciliation law enacted by President Trump and the GOP Congress (H.R. 1, OBBBA) cut $1.1T/10 yrs in net spending from Medicaid, CHIP & the Marketplaces. That includes $990B in gross #Medicaid cuts: the largest cuts to the program in its history (1/x).

Immigration Data Indicate Indian Student Enrollment May Plummet Immigration data show a drop of nearly 50% for arriving international students from India in July and August 2025 compared to one year ago.

Immigration data show a nearly 50% drop in the number of international students from India arriving in July and August 2025 compared to the same period one year ago.
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Second immigrant shot in attack at ICE office in Dallas has died, family says Miguel Ángel García was among the detainees sitting in an ICE transport van when a gunman fired from a nearby rooftop.

Miguel Ángel García, one of the immigrants shot in attack at ICE office in Dallas, has died. 
García’s wife was allowed twice daily visits for two hours while a DHS officer guarded her husband’s hospital bed. Officers kept soft restraints on his arms and shackled him.

Imagine under a Bernie Sanders admin, Congressional Rs and Ds agreed to give a 5% increase to DOD in exchange for big boosts to housing and nutrition.

And then Bernie decided to just illegally ignore it and actually cut defense 10%.

That’s what Trump is doing. How can you make a deal under that?

Statement of the Friends of BLS on the White House’s Withdrawal of Dr. Antoni’s Nomination Following the withdrawal of Dr. Antoni’s nomination, the Friends of BLS urges President Trump to find a new nominee who possesses the key characteristics identified by the Friends in our statement of August 13, 2025. We believe the next nominee should demonstrate a commitment to gold standard statistics, strong management skills, excellent economics training, and a record of public support for the integrity of BLS products and standards

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good luck growing your own vanilla or coffee

Department of Homeland Security is cutting over $187 million or 86% of homeland security funding to New York State which will radically defund NYPD, FDNY, and NY State Police terrorism programs, according to a letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising

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If the Urgent Trump-Hegseth Address to the Military Had Been an Email THIS IS NOT SPAM.

“PLEASE DROP EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING TO READ THIS EMAIL AT ATTENTION. THIS IS NOT SPAM AND I AM EXTREMELY SOBER! YOU ARE TOO FAT TO FIGHT WARS!”

The coal industry has been shrinking for a reason: Coal is no longer cost-competitive.
There are more students enrolled at say Penn State than there are workers left in the coal industry (about 40k).

Trump administration spending $625m to revive dying coal industry White House allocating 13.1m acres of public land to coal mining, which has been on rapid decline over past 30 years

Trump administration spending $625m to revive dying coal industry
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