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Editor-in-chief @penncapital-star.com. Breaking down how policy and politics in Pennsylvania impacts you. Husband, Happy's dad, journalist, history guy and traveler. https://penncapital-star.com/
NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
This includes our team at the @penncapital-star.com
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State officials are beginning to raise concerns of potential cuts to nutrition assistance benefits that feed millions if the government isn’t reopened. In South Dakota, officials said there's "some uncertainty" after Oct. 31. buff.ly/CHmV7Wq
17.10.2025 20:58 — 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0For the record, your tax dollars pay their salaries.
The WH press secretary makes at least $195k.
The U.S. has seized survivors after a strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean.
The survivors of this strike now face an unclear future and legal landscape, including questions about whether they are now considered to be prisoners of war or defendants in a criminal case.
The U.S. military carried out a new strike on Thursday against a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean, and in what is believed to be the first such case, there were survivors among the crew, a U.S. official told Reuters.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
“.. one of the U.S. officials, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Screen grab of the court docket showing: "Oct 08 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025. Oct 16 2025 Rescheduled."
NEW: Supreme Court's no longer set to discuss on Nov. 7 if it will hear North Dakota case on whether private individuals & groups — whose lawsuits have been main way of enforcing Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 — can keep suing. Change comes day after rehearing case on Section 2's constitutionality
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The National Park Service furloughed more than 9,000 of its roughly 14,500 workers, according to a planning document published just before the shutdown began on Oct. 1.
16.10.2025 21:52 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1“And I ain't no communist
And I ain't no capitalist
And I ain't no socialist
And I ain't no imperialist
And I ain't no democrat
So I ain't no republican
I only know one party
And it is freedom
I am, I am, I am
I am a patriot”
— Steven Van Zandt
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
"I believed the Constitution brought the country more success than failure, and I believed our presidents took their oaths to it seriously," writes Doug Krugman, who served for 24 years in the United States Marine Corps.
"With President Trump, I no longer believe that."
Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
And then we invaded Iraq. Although I was drawn to the sheer magnitude and drama of the war, I didn’t cover it because I was personally so against our decision to invade that I didn’t think I could be objective. I still had high hopes for Afghanistan, but my optimism didn’t survive long. I spent a year embedded with a platoon from the 173rd Airborne in the infamous Korengal Valley, and our outpost was attacked almost daily. After one particularly fierce firefight, a special operator shook his head and said, “We’re never going to win this war until we admit we’re losing it.” What he said shocked me: It was 2007, and questioning the war was still considered unpatriotic heresy. If you didn’t believe America was right and honorable in all things and would win any war it fought, you were basically siding with the terrorists. And yet here was a highly experienced soldier questioning exactly that. And that is the proper role of the press: to provide the kind of honest and brutal assessment that generals, politicians, contractors, and second lieutenants can’t because they’ll lose their jobs. The simple truth is that if you’re against the working press, you’re against protecting American soldiers from faulty weapons and bad decisions. No military or government will publicly examine itself for failures. Only the press — and internal whistleblowers — can do that.
In the wake of the Hegseth/Pentagon press ban, I'm reminded of this section from Sebastian Junger's National Review essay, 2024.
www.nationalreview.com/magazine/202...
"Smith emphasized the administration has diverged from previous ones. 'Nothing like what we see now has ever gone on"...This divergence takes two forms: personal loyalty to the president over loyalty to institutions, and a commitment to outcomes instead of rules."
www.thebulwark.com/p/jack-smith...
need to consider that this administration's anti-antifa campaign is essentially directed by the likes of Glenn Beck, Andy Ngo, & Jack Posobiec
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"“A huge part of the fascist creep here has to do with how much crazy stuff is happening, which kind of normalizes it and allows them to do more,” the band leader said. “It’s got to stay shocking to us.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
Contrast this rhetoric with the GOP stance on the Jan. 6 insurrection.
15.10.2025 15:16 — 👍 237 🔁 40 💬 2 📌 0here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.
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President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to protect them from black lung disease, a lethal workplace hazard.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.
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The government’s own data and detentions like the ones we reported on in Chicago raise serious doubt about whether the Trump administration’s mission is to target “the worst of the worst” at all. New reporting from @msnbc.com. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
13.10.2025 22:41 — 👍 788 🔁 363 💬 54 📌 15STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.
VANCE: No, George, I sai--
STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back
“We’re just very disappointed because we simply wanted to bring the love of God and the presence of the Eucharist to these prisoners, which we had been allowed to do before all this stuff happened. So they’re basically rejecting us bringing the presence of Christ and the love of God.”
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Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards trib.al/IUzbCAb
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Videos from Chicago over the past month captured protests, raids, arrests on city streets and residents’ confrontational responses to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. The New York Times reviewed more than 100 videos. Together, they show how the crackdown has escalated week by week.
12.10.2025 18:25 — 👍 202 🔁 93 💬 27 📌 6Maria Bartiromo tries to reassure Fetterman: "You know, senator, what you just said, it's really shamefully on your colleagues. You feeling isolated -- that is absolutely outrageous. You are a breath of fresh air. I know our viewers are grateful."
12.10.2025 14:54 — 👍 581 🔁 116 💬 412 📌 122I’m going to be out of the office for the next week. It will be back on the 22nd
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