Kristin Roth

Unbelievable story of Afghan refugee, a highly vetted fluent English speaker who helped the US against the Taliban and now lives here with his US citizen kids, declared “illegal” and perhaps about to be shipped home by the Trump admin to his likely death

Can confirm.

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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Trump watchdog pick faces scrutiny after hotel incident with female colleague Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

Politico reporting OSC nominee Ingrassia changed TDY reservations so a junior female employee had to share a hotel room with him (big misconduct). Woman filed a complaint but then withdrew fearing retaliation.

OSC is the office that protects whistleblowers

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Portland is so peaceful Republicans had to go all the way to South America to find photos from years ago for their bad memes.

My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
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This feels like evidence Trump's aides are deliberately gaslighting him, which is unfortunately very easy to do with dementia sufferers (Trump did it to his father) and which aides are using to seize control of the US military for their own purposes.

The President of the United States is lying and/or delusional, and it seems like we should be talking about this and nothing else.

“Bathrooms for customers only” sign needed.

Joy Reid and her ancestors arguably built and did more for this country than his:

"the typical black American has much deeper American roots than the typical white American. Trump himself, whose grandparents were all foreign-born, is an excellent example of relatively shallow white American roots."

Tweet from the VP: Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most. Yet she oozes with contempt. My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much happier person if you showed a little gratitude

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Research shows:
More H-1Bs → more patents
Fewer H-1Bs → more offshoring

Your choice, America.

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

The unmaking of Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Part 2: What you didn't know about the "accountability" Marine.

3 In July Hegseth put Lt Col Stuart Scheller in charge of reviewing how officers get promoted. Scheller was court-martialled in 2021 for attacking leaders over Afghanistan withdrawal. The Marines convicted him. Now he controls the promotion ladder. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-ma...

The president is lying

The laws are to protect our own soldiers. This is the actual truth.

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect

NEW: Statement from VoteVets Senior Advisor MG (Ret.) Paul Eaton on SecDef Pete Hegseth's bizarre gathering of hundreds of generals and admirals at Quantico, Virginia: "These are not serious people and they are making us less secure — not more lethal."

Rules of engagement is what protects our forces, and American civilians, as well

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

Portlanders — show off your corner of war-ravaged Portland below.

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look' The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

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He lied. Gotta use the word

A poster announcing a teach-in in washington DC. Sunday, October 26th - Sunup to Sundown Washington, DC - The National Mall “AMERICA’S FRONT YARD” FEATURING KELLIE CARTER JACKSON, NICOLE HEMMER, DEREK MUSGROVE, NATE DIMEO, TRESSIE MCMILLAN COTTOM, AMANDA SEALES, JODY AVIRGAN, JAMES FALLOWS, MARTHA JONES, MARCIA CHATELAIN, PAUL BUTLER, NATHAN CONNOLLY, AND MORE

Announcing a good ol’ fashioned Teach-In in Washington, DC on Sunday, October 26th.

We’ll convene for a series of lectures, stories, and conversations to celebrate and stand up for the work of history and museums.

Shoutout to @natedimeo.bsky.social for bringing this idea to us.

See you in DC!

“Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle.” -Andor

Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order

BREAKING NYT:
 
Trump just fired a U.S. attorney who insisted on following a court order.
 
Michele Beckwith, the top federal prosecutor in Sacramento, was fired hours after she reminded a Border Patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.

DJT declassifies JFK files: SQUIRREL!!
DJT declassifies MLK files: Squirrel!
DJT declassifies Amelia Earhart files: Squirrel?

ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.

Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
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When the federal government is rewriting history in the service of white supremacy, it’s all the more important for higher education to teach the truth - and all the more outrageous that Ohio State University has banned land acknowledgments of Native American history from most syllabi.