Margery Harrison

“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...

"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."

Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:

www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Bye 4 now.

Park Service Is Ordered to Take Down Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes

Gifting this article.

Erasing people, rewriting history, destroying scientific data, silencing free speech unless it is hate speech, accusing detractors of being unAmerican, reversing environmental & public health protections, taking away civil liberties…don’t stop pushing back. ✊

He Fled Putin’s War. The U.S. Deported Him to a Russian Jail. Antiwar Russians are being sent back as part of President Trump’s immigration crackdown, despite facing imprisonment and other dangers.

Dozens of Russian deportees have been loaded twice onto mass deportation flights, a new phenomenon during the Trump administration. The Department of Homeland Security said it was saving taxpayer dollars by “efficiently flying illegal aliens to their home country on large flights.”

The United States Is Undoing Post-9/11 Security Architecture Every year we utter the grim slogan “Never Forget,”, but this year, it seems that so many in this administration have forgotten.

And as always, @donell-harvin.bsky.social offers invaluable (and damning) insight: “today, at the direction of the president, we are witnessing the degradation of those homeland security capabilities.” @justsecurity.org www.justsecurity.org/120328/undoi...

If you want to dress more like Redford, start with a navy sport coat, the most versatile tailored garment. It can be worn with jeans, tailored trousers, dress shirts, casual shirts, tie or no tie.

Gray herringbone tweed also works well if you mostly wear blue jeans.

ICE’s Tough Tactics Were Forged on the Streets of Boston ICE’s Tough Tactics Were Forged on the Streets of Boston

www.wsj.com/us-news/ice-...

Upgrades Begin on Plane Donated by Qatar to Serve as Air Force One The 747 jetliner needs extensive security modifications. Some members of Congress worry that President Trump will pressure the Air Force to do the work too quickly.

The U.S. Air Force has started upgrading the 747 jetliner that the government of Qatar donated to the U.S. this summer, the Air Force said in a statement this week. Industry and Pentagon officials have said the extensive upgrades could cost as much as $1 billion. nyti.ms/4prxszi

Grocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs bite On the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices.

www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...

The thing to emphasize here is that this treatment is *utterly normal.* It's part of the system of detention which has existed for decades. Folkston has been like this for many, many years,

Toxic Fumes Are Leaking Into Airplanes, Sickening Crews and Passengers Doctors compare brain effects to concussions in NFL players. A Wall Street Journal investigation shows such incidents are increasingly common.

New reason to fear flying.
Also, Boeing safer than Airbus in this report.
Another profit vs safety saga:
www.wsj.com/business/air...

So it really doesn’t matter how we disagree. If guns are ubiquitous and if they are now the only thing the Constitution protects absolutely, then guns will do the only thing they can do, and nothing else—especially words—will matter. 10/10

Hearing about Hmong people getting deported, a demographic group that is in the US because they fought a war we lost on our behalf.

404?

This is known as "chain refoulment" and yes, it's a violation of international law.

Wo

Suddenly thought of the Todal from Thurber's 'The Thirteen Clocks':
"an agent of the devil, sent to punish
evildoers for having done less evil than they should."

NEW: A judge warned Friday that the Trump admin is "with a wink and a nod" deporting people to Ghana, only for Ghana to quickly re-deport them to countries where they face torture and persecution.

w/ @joshgerstein

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Hard to tell from a photo on a phone but it seems to need something like a small dark line in the rear window of the car.

We're close to reaching a chilling moment; the first time in history where the single largest group of people arrested by ICE in the interior and held in detention are people with no criminal record. The gap is now down to fewer than 300 people.

Yellow flowers splayed out from flowerpot; blurry grass background.

More yellow flowers: cosmos.

"No I certainly think we're giving him the attention he deserves, and this is NPR news."

Why ending the war in Sudan should be a higher priority for the West As world leaders gather for the UN General Assembly, now is the time to put the focus back on Sudan and build international support for ending the war.

Sudan receives insufficient high-level diplomatic attention, action or media coverage – despite enduring the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with 14 million people displaced.

Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It

“Geoffrey Corn, who was the Army’s senior adviser for law-of-war issues…expressed concern an apparently illegal order was passed down through the military chain of command and carried out. The apparent turning of the boat before the attack reinforced that judgment.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

Oh! my friends, but this is man-killing! Yet this is life.

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Suspected Venezuela Drug Boat Had Turned Around Before U.S. Strike The White House said more vessels will be targeted despite unease on Capitol Hill over the legality of attacks.

A U.S. military aircraft struck a boat suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean several times from the air last week, even though the vessel had turned around before the strike began.

The US stopped showing up to disasters. The results are horrifying. Emergency response’s newfound sluggishness, explained by earthquakes and landslides.

“As a functional matter, the US government is simply out of the business of disaster aid globally...it’s done huge damage.”

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"What's your job--Trauma Warrior?"