Ben Schiff

Now. now. The ER will be gone when their rural hospital closes

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.

You’d think a decade into all of this, the NYT would have figured out how to stop lauding the arsonist for helping to extinguish the fire.

Agree. Agree. Agree.

Navi Pillay is a great jurist and a great person. She knows whereof she speaks and speaks eloquently. Also, she and her commission are right

Exclusive: UN commissioner says Trump's Gaza plan breaches international law Navi Pillay, the chair of the UN inquiry that found Israel responsible for genocide, says her findings will still stand even if a ceasefire is reached

Exclusive: UN commissioner says Trump's Gaza plan breaches international law - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-gaza-plan-breaches-international-law-un-commissioner-navi-pillay

One of the things Obama said early on—he liked sports analogies—was it’s hard to win if half your team is on the bench. And he was talking about women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, and medicine. A large fraction of the country’s talent base is not being effectively used because of lack of access, lack of inclusion, and lack of equity. And to the extent that we fixed that, we improved the system. There’s now a substantial amount of scholarly research that shows that diversity is beneficial in science and technology. And the idea that diversity, inclusion, equity, per se, are bad ideas—which is obviously the stance that the Trump administration holds—are very destructive to the future of this country in these fields.

Great to see John Holdren, Obama's Science Advisor, make a very clear statement about how equity and diversity improve science and technology. When I do EDI training for hiring I am clear. We're looking for great researchers and teachers and we risk missing out on those people.

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Seems like if the administration had a strong legal theory for killing people in the Caribbean, they’d be willing to share it publicly.

Exonerations Grind to a Halt Under Chicago’s New Prosecutor - Bolts Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has weakened her office’s already broken system for freeing the innocent, even as allegations of coercion mount against a former Chicago detective.

Great new investigative piece showing how the new Cook County prosecutor has weakened the conviction integrity unit - even as concerns mount over the pressure tactics of a former Chicago detective, with the reporter finding evidence of 24 cases with coercion allegations:
boltsmag.org/chicago-cook...

Notice her non-answer.

This is explosive. Should be explosive. The US AG who said she had the Epstein files on her desk cannot say whether or not the FBI has pix of Trump with half-naked women, which one witness who knew Epstein has said he has seen.

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

Blue states should come together to declare an emergency. Here’s how | Thomas Geoghegan States opposed to Trump can create a compact – a new prototype for American government – even if it’s perceived as political theater

Ok, sensible states, time to take positive steps, not just reactive ones! The faster, the better: time to flood Trump's zone.

Excellent October 5 Thomas Geoghegan piece in The Guardian.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yes. The Obama Administration's original sin was to not hold the Bush Administration people accountable. Doing so
would have entailed a clash with the CIA and much of the intelligence and defense communities. Easier in the short run to move on, but terribly costly in the long run.

Looking for narco submarines?

And California and Oregon!

The states must stand up or forever sit down.

Hey, June is onto something! Surely, Miller has violated some state laws in Oregon and elsewhere.

They still haven’t found all the missing children from the floods. Why are they more worried about Illinois than about the children in Texas?

Media Office: 76,600 Palestinians killed, 90 percent of Gaza totally destroyed  <article data-history-node-id="429709" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/media-office-76600-palestinians-killed-90-gaza-totally-destroyed" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/media-office-76600-palestinians-killed-90-gaza-totally-destroyed" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Media Office: 76,600 Palestinians killed, 90 percent of Gaza totally destroyed&nbsp;</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Government Media Office in Gaza on Monday said that Israeli forces have killed at least 76,600 Palestinians in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide.</p> <p>In a statement, the media office said that the number of missing persons has reached 9,500, adding that the percentage of "total destruction" caused by the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has reached 90 percent.</p> <p>The occupation has seized control of more than 80% of Gaza's area through invasion, fire, and displacement, after dropping more than 200,000 tons of explosives, it said.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Israeli occupation forces are continuing their genocide in the Gaza Strip despite calls to halt the bombing for the second consecutive day," the statement said, adding "occupation forces have launched more than 131 airstrikes on areas densely populated with civilians and displaced persons."</p> </div> </div> </article>

Media Office: 76,600 Palestinians killed, 90 percent of Gaza totally destroyed  - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/media-office-76600-palestinians-killed-90-gaza-totally-destroyed

Judge Immergut has issued her written TRO prohibiting the Trump administration from relocating or deploying federalized national guard troops to Oregon.

Here it is:

Charge Stephen Miller with something -- incitement, attempted insurrection.

Stop this man -- he's the main dude & he's completely fucking insane. Im a demure 83 year old woman, a former journalist.

President Miller is running Trump's actions.

He should be charged by Oregon ? With attempted insurrection, incitement to violence. What else.

Trump reminds us of the universal constant that has caused every tragedy, and spurred every revolution, in the history of humankind: landlords are absolute bastards.

America is under threat but it isn’t dead yet.

Why is Canada quiet on the International Criminal Court while recognizing Palestine? Despite Canada’s historic support for the International Criminal Court, Mark Carney’s government has yet to defend it against attacks by the U.S. Why?

"Carney’s Liberal government...has yet to push back against the U.S. attacks on the ICC. Foreign Affairs Minister Anand did note that she has'“utmost confidence' in Prost and praised the court, but made no reference to the American sanctions against her." theconversation.com/why-is-canad...

Dude, the mandate has been revoked. People fucking hate you. Your guy is more unpopular than Biden when he got out of the race last year. They’ve rejected every part of your agenda. You’ve been losing elections all across the country this year. You’ve lost your mind. Stand down.

Trump has declared war on the United States of America. He told the top officers in our armed forces that they were going to fight the “enemy within.”

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

BREAKING: Immergut has *granted* Oregon and California's motion to block the new call-up of Guard troops to Portland. She says this effort to bring CA and TX troops to Oregon is in "direct contravention" of her oroginal order.