David Corbett

Those who know him best warn the rest.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.
 
American citizens are being detained & brutalized.
 
This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Among many many other wee little probbies.

Not that I'm complaining. When well done they can be every bit as much fun as alternative history novels.

2027 SuperBowl to feature a puppy-shooting contest at halftime?

So far.

One more reason time travel novels seldom feel convincing.

Traffic stop in Benton leads to ICE detention, deportation risk What began as a routine traffic stop in Benton ended with a man jailed, detained by immigration authorities for a month, and now living under the threat of deportation —

Arkansas police pulled over an Indian GrubHub driver wh ois married to a U.S. citizen. They found a bottle of Opium-brand perfume, arrested him for narcotics possession, and turned him over to ICE, where he was held for 30 days.

He has now been stripped of his immigration status.

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Adolf Hitler's lead legal advisor Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since as he seeks to topple modern democracy and replace it with something very authoritarian.

Lindsey Halligan, the attorney selected by Donald Trump to bring criminal charges against James Comey, has never prosecuted a case.

But, like Trump, she did get her start in reality TV — with a brief cameo on South Beach Tow.

Here is Halligan’s newly resurfaced TV moment:

Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans forced a government shutdown tonight.

Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs.

What happened to the art of the deal?

The article itself reveals that though the NUMBER of supposedly left-wing acts of terror (in which they include the murder of the UnitedHeathcare exec) rose this year, the body count was NINE TIMES HIGHER from right-wing acts of terror over the past decade. Yeah, deceptive headline puts it mildly.

When you do your holiday catalogue shopping, you'll find prices are sharply higher. That's because of Trump's tariffs. But vendors are working hard to disguise this fact, for instance by more than doubling the shipping costs to make up for it.

Kamala Harris: "We also need to remember those 107 days around some other stuff that he said -- mass deportations, that he would weaponize the DOJ against his political enemies, that he would silence critics. And he has done that consistently."

Jimmy Kimmel’s Show to Return to ABC on Tuesday Night

ABC says Jimmy Kimmel will return to its airwaves tomorrow, ending an impasse that began last week and touched off a furor over the Trump administration's attacks on media institutions. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...

Every major outlet bent the knee today, giving wall-to-wall coverage to Kirk's funeral like it was state decree.
This is how propaganda works: normalize the fascist, erase the truth.

Don't let them gaslight you.

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Opinion | The chilling reason the military is silent now National Guard in cities and attacks on drug boats began with ousting military lawyers called JAGs.

“In nearly four decades of reporting and writing, I have never seen commanders so concerned about issues that could tarnish the U.S. military’s independence and standing. They swear an oath to the Constitution, not a president, and they don’t want to break it.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Since when did 'perfect smokey eye' become an insult, America? | Jean-Hannah Edelstein Comedian Michelle Wolf was slammed by a wide range of commentators for commenting on the press secretary’s eye shadow. This is a storm in a teacup

The canceling of Kimmel is definitely a new phase in the war on democracy, but let's not forget that MAGA bgean bullying comedians in Trump's first term. Remember when Michelle Wolf got canceled in 2018 for joking about Sarah Huckabee Sander's eyeshadow? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“His ambition is fueled by the money of others who would never deign to live in the Midwest. And like other populist charlatans, he has convinced himself that he should be anointed to lead the rubes out of their misery.”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Remember when someone got mad at me for calling the Post a Trump rag recently? Well.

China’s Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers

MAGA

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...

'Unhumans': J.D. Vance and the language of genocide Trump's VP pick endorses the tactic of dehumanization

This is an essential read on the political thought of JD Vance. The notion of Unhumans (in German Untermenschen) is a core concept of fascist thought in late-20s and 30s Germany. Its best exposition comes in Carl Schmitt's Begriff des Politischen (1927). www.thenerdreich.com/unhumans-jd-...

Pami Bondi spouting lies about the assassination of prominent Democrats in Minnesota.

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

Yes, Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade really said this about homeless people: “Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill 'em."

Just to be clear: Brian Kilmeade *did not* endorse euthanizing homeless people. He advocated MURDERING over 700,000 of them.

And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.

Time to Play … !! SPOT THE BOT !! Perhaps, like me, you’ve received an email filled with effusive, gratifying praise lately. The subject line likely caught your eye right off. Perhaps it read something like: A Story as Fierce and U…

My monthly joint on Writer Unboxed, in which I address the increasing rate of AI-generated scams directed at writers.

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Oh thank God, I just thought I had an especially bad case of gas.

THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!