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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”

Via Sam Stein on twitter

This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*

Particularly pathetic as a fake emergency but that is on brand for this admin

‘The language of authoritarianism’: how Trump and allies cast LA as a lawless city needing military intervention As a pretext to sending in the national guard, the White House marked the Ice protests as a broader threat to the US

"You create a sense of existential fear that social anarchy is spreading, that criminal gangs are taking over. This is the language of authoritarianism all over the world,"
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social told me

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”

They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

Felt in Fairfax!

Don't let these men and their pissing match distract from the fact Republicans are still trying to rip away healthcare and food from actual children.

That’s silly. He was an amazing player who put us on the map. Appreciate the game, people.

NPR published a story 5 days ago about three high ranking Trump officials with clear ties to Hitler-admiring antisemites and it barely made a ripple. These are the kind of stories that used to end political careers. Now the subjects of the stories just hold up a middle finger and keep plowing ahead.

“Also, we’re ending the environmental and regulatory standards”

The White House account is dehumanizing people.

From the official White House account. The dehumanization is beyond disgusting. They need to make people think Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not human so they can justify treating him like he is one of the monsters they pretend not to be. No human being is illegal. No human being is an alien.

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

This is bad. Very very bad. Like everything else that is being destroyed. Many public radio stations won’t survive. All will suffer.

Purging wrongthink

The administration’s attacks on higher ed in the name of antisemitism are as credible as their tariffs on Canada because of fentanyl. It’s all lies. From top to bottom, stem to stern, it’s all lies. Every single thing they do.

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.
#TrumpTariffs

There’s not a besnard lakes album I don’t enjoy. Roaring Night, try that next.

One of my favorites. How did the deeper dig go?

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

powerful detailed account of ICE captivity

"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A critical point.

Oops 😬

Elon Musk: Why isn’t there enough water in California?

Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness

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Release the Gaetz report.

Pass it on.

The Guardian announces they're leaving Twitter (X)

“This is something we have been considering for a while given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism"