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A Compact for Control (opinion) No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.

Just so. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

China has reportedly stopped supplying Russia with high-precision machine tools.

The import of high-precision equipment from China to Russia has recently become almost impossible, Ildar Nuriyev, the owner of the company Tatpromstan, said.

Dick Durbin Rips Trump, Bondi: They Have 'Shut Down Justice' At The DOJ

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security. Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.

Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior DHS position in which she’ll help oversee election security.

“DHS now appears poised to become a primary amplifier of false election conspiracies pushed by our enemies,” one expert said.

The Brutal CBP Assault Tied to the Marimar Martinez Shooting - emptywheel The criminal charges against Marimar Martinez -- the woman shot by a Customs and Border Patrol agent on Saturday -- fail to mention that CBP was already looking for her for doxing an officer who would...

The Brutal CBP Assault Tied to the Marimar Martinez Shooting

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/07/t...

Can Canada Survive Donald Trump? Under assault from an increasingly aggressive and authoritarian United States, the country’s future looks less secure than at any time in postwar history.

"Buffoonery has unnerved Canadians almost as much as aggression. A timeline of US tariffs reads like a Marx Brothers directive to the Freedonian trade delegation. Between March 4 and August 7, the US tariff regime against Canada alone changed half a dozen times."

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Alligator Alcatraz snaps back to life after judges’ reprieve of Florida’s migrant jail The deportation hub seemed on the point of closure but has been revived as a ‘black site … people are being disappeared’

Everything about this is infuriating, from the illegal "disappearing" of people without due process to the pathetic effort of Trump judges to pretend Alligator Auschwitz isn't a federal government project

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

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation. New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and ...

The EFF obtained these docs and shared them with us. Their writeup is here:

www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Charlie Kirk fan murdered 2 teen girls.

This MAGA pyscho ran these girls down at 70 mph.

This is Trump's America, where sniper units are now aimed at ICE protestors, children are being dragged out naked and zipped tied, and people getting murdered in the name of Kirk.

What's next?

Just look at history.

The answer is 1992 (spoiler).

Zoom in to see gas in California under $2/gal and a sign for a pay phone inside.

ICE claims they were all beaten up by an antifa frog in a top hat who sang and danced a whole vaudeville routine after they got beaten up

BREAKING: Dana White Breaks With Trump If one of Donald Trump’s most visible backers just openly broke ranks with him — that’s not small potatoes.

demwinsmedia.substack.com/p/breaking-d...

I really don’t want to begin the day being petty, but when a grown man uses the vocal inflections of a 12 year old girl it’s really off-putting.

I know it's tiresome to play the "imagine if the parties were reversed" game, but thinking about how Republicans (and right-wing media) would be reacting if a Democratic-controlled House was refusing to swear in a newly elected *Republican* member may be the apotheosis of this particular meme.

Gretha Thunberg's reaction on Trump's comments are gold...

Project 2025 in action…

It’s getting worse and worse

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorn...

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

(next to an image of the Capitol and a hand holding a megaphone) STOP THE TRUMP SHUT DOWN

Senate Democrats must continue to hold the line. The GOP is trying to run out the clock, but we need to encourage our senators to keep fighting to protect healthcare for millions of Americans and stop health insurance costs from doubling this winter: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

US Senate fails to reopen government after fifth budget vote - BBC News This was the fifth time that Republicans and Democrats brought their funding measures up for a vote.

Republicans control the government, but they can’t even manage to keep the lights on. This Trump Shutdown isn’t about ‘fiscal responsibility’ — it’s a tantrum. The GOP would rather close shop and disrupt key government services than fund our healthcare.

A defining feature of an emerging authoritarian regime is that it makes the opposition feel like shit on a daily basis. Every day, there is some new atrocity committed; some new institution attacked; some new democratic norm demolished. Some of it -- much of it -- we have little ability to stop in the moment. But that’s not how to measure the health of an anti-authoritarian movement. Instead, we should measure it this way: Are we more unified than we were before? Are we bigger than we were before? Are our tactics proliferating? Is the regime’s popularity falling?

I find this encouraging, from @indivisible.org:

New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.

CDC drops universal COVID vaccine recommendations, suggests separate MMRV shots The CDC updated its immunization schedule on Monday, dropping universal COVID vaccine recommendations and splitting up the MMRV shot.

CDC drops universal COVID vaccine recommendations, suggests separate MMRV shots
The CDC's panel voted last month to recommend COVID shots be a personal choice.
RFK Jr. is not a doctor. he's a conspiracy theorist. Vaccinate your family.
abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-d...

There it is

New photos of Ukraine’s upgraded Neptune-D cruise missile reveal several design changes. External fuel tanks appear to extend its range to around 1,000 km, while a new satellite antenna system likely improves guidance and protection against jamming.

NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL

How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵

5/6 We must stop treating pacifism as a virtue.

It has failed us again and again.

The West needs to defend itself, not apologize for existing.

Strength deters war. Weakness invites it