Brent Amos

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Looks gaudier than a New Orleans whore house.

Electricity prices are up 38% over the last five years, and are re-accelerating this year

A trade regime that tariffs the wires, transformers, batteries, & other capital goods necessary to meet growing electricity demand is just going to exacerbate our power cost problem

I think it’s dementia, not lying. I think he legitimately didn’t know who she was and so gives this non-answer of “I’ll look into it” because he has no idea what’s going on.

(2/2) No doubt history will speak to the MAGA cult; how easily they were gaslit; embraced the most flawed cult leader ever; rallied around grievance; railed against their own interest; fell for an obvious con. But the unforeseen disaster - the biggie - is the media's wide normalization of a madman.

A Half Century of American Book Banning In the 21st century, censorship of work like Judy Blume’s has evolved into a broader attack on books.

Books that merely describe sexuality, LGBTQ people, or ugly aspects of American history aren't getting accidentally caught in a well-intentioned dragnet, Emma Sarappo writes: “They are targets of a deliberate effort to ban books deemed to have the wrong viewpoints.”

With a cross dangling around her neck, Leavitt makes the case that a migrant who comes into an emergency room with mortal injuries should be denied treatment because the cost can't be borne by US taxpayers. Quite something.

Homeland Defender (Immigration Services Officer) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Citizenship and Immigration Services Field Operations Directorate Protect your homeland and defend your culture. Join USCIS, America's frontline defense against illegal foreign infiltration and fraud. This entry-level role requires no college degree and offers up to $50,000 in signing and retention bonuses. If you're driven and ready to serve with pride, join USCIS and become a vital part of homeland security!

overt nazi language in this DHS job listing (which i’m told is for a low-level but important job in adjudicating immigration applications and requires knowledge of the law)

Earlier this morning, on President Trump's orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike, and no U.S. forces were harmed in the operation. The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics - headed to America to poison our people. Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route. These strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!!!

Further premeditated killing by the Trump administration.

Labelling the victims of these strikes as "narco-terrorists" does not magically make these attacks legal.

“.. His conclusion is very stark: not just that an economy already at stall speed will fall into recession as both the data-center and wealth effects plateau, but that they’ll reverse, just as in the dot-com bubble did ..”

@marketwatch.com
www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ai...

The Rise of MAGA Christian Identity Plus: The crocodile comes to eat Jonathan Greenblatt and the ADL.

"Christianity has morphed into an identity group, untethered from much of Christian teaching. It has become another tribal association jockeying for power and pursuing grievances." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-rise-o...

Complaining about cancel culture in Riyadh is one of the best examples I've seen of how "free speech culture" rots the brain.

The dude that wrote this is 63. 🤮

No matter what you think of it, this is accurate:

Harassed, but y’all understood what I meant

My niece cut her hair short, something between a bob & a pixie cut I guess. The next day she was harnessed at high school for “being trans” so severely her parents had to be contacted. She’s on the cheer squad & the most girly girl you can imagine. She just had a short haircut.

Unfit for Office Donald Trump’s narcissism makes it impossible for him to carry out the duties of the presidency in the way the Constitution requires.

"You don’t need to be a mental-health professional to see that something’s very seriously off with Trump—particularly after nearly three years of watching his erratic and abnormal behavior in the White House."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Judge William Young's ruling against Rubio and Noem is a lesson for all in the Trump era Young lays bare the unconstitutionality of the Trump administration's student deportation efforts — and issues a challenge to America. Also: More court pushback.

Judge William Young ruled on Tuesday that Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem’s student deportation effort violates the First Amendment, but he also had important messages for Donald Trump, John Roberts — and all Americans.

At Law Dork, I explain.

(solemnly) You've had mail.

MAGA can't expand its base — and Christian music tells us why The songs from Charlie Kirk's memorial exposed a serious problem

That's part of why I wrote this. It's important to understand that MAGA is not "real" America.

On the contrary, the reason they're all so fucking bitter is they know most people aren't like them. And they resent that.

www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...

Opinion | Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America

I wish Ezra would read his colleague @jamellebouie.net. Because he keeps making a point the centrist pundit class ignores: Trump barely won, and even then, only by convincing a sliver of low info morons to back him. Then he immediately abandoned those swing voters.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Goldman looks at how the economy is relying upon the rich continuing to spend money — and how the rich are relying upon stocks continue to rise.

The Speaker of the House flailed across television as reporters fact-checked his claim that Democrats shut down the government to lavish undocumented immigrants with free health care.

In reality, those immigrants are ineligible for tax credits, Medicaid, and Medicare. trib.al/jn6rb4g

As predicted last week. And to repeat: Pushing forward with this will fragment the armed forces and risk not just the security but the existence of the Republic. For no reason at all.

The “definitely not a bribe” is paying off for Qatar with what is definitely not a treaty but just Trump saying “trust me guy!” Because he’s famously known for keeping promises.

But more galling is this bribe could be fulfilled with American blood.

May Solidarity and Speech Defeat Pardons and Tanks - emptywheel In a sharp rebuke to Trump's assault on free speech, Judge William Young reflects that Alone, [we] have nothing but [our] sense of duty. Together, We the People of the United States –- you and me -- h...

If you find it too daunting to read Judge Young's opinion in full, read this excellent summary from @emptywheel.bsky.social. I promise, it is worth your time.

Most companies aren’t seeing a return on AI investments. This tech CEO wants to change that | CNN Business The artificial intelligence industry has a big problem: 95% of companies that try AI aren’t making any money from it, according to a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last month. O...

The artificial intelligence industry has a big problem: 95% of companies that try AI aren’t making any money from it, according to a recent report.

The "left terrorism hits 30-year high" headlines are a lie A new study has the media inaccurately reporting on a statistical fluctuation in left-wing terrorism.

NEW: Multiple media outlets - and Senator @johnfetterman.com - are claiming that left-wing terrorism has hit a "30 year high".

That's not what the data says. They're lying.
www.peoplesline.org/p/the-left-t...

Incredible pairing of text and chart

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'