hongpong

judge - "this is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law" in that ruling yesterday re Portland federal military mobilization

reeee forms are coming any day now bsky.app/profile/lexi...

for any UVA folks that follow me you should circulate this among your networks balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

'collateral'

Brian Schatz has been in the US Senate since 2012 and has concerns about how media critic Adam Johnson is using his twitter account to question the ICE budgets he signed off on. It really makes me wonder if any of these senators can have an earnest discussion about the previous years of ICE budgets

important to realize though that these mayors and governors still send out their police forces for various forms of crowd control against protesters, including in broadview illinois in the last 48 hours. (and federal judges generally expect them to do so)

this Argentina bailout seems to bother at least some conservatives

there is a quip in the big NYMag article about Noem and Lewandowski that they lay low in a way and stay out of the White House to survive
archive.ph/FVkCF - nymag.com/intelligence...

A quip in the big NYMag article about Noem and Lewandowski that they lay low in a way and stay out of the White House.
“one of the best ways to survive is to stay off the radar.” archive.ph/FVkCF - nymag.com/intelligence...

true facts website insanity is a known risk. and a factor in Mod Wars and other perception funnels

is the GOP ever going to pay a price for economically nuking these reliably Republican square counties that fill up the middle strip of America

there are a bunch of videographers with "DHS PAO" vests wearing masks at the Broadview Illinois facility (in the last 48 hrs or so). filming that CBP boss guy looking dramatic and so on. i think @unraveledpress.com and /or other peeps had these clips

It appears that the federal agents occupying Portland have people embedded with them charged with the task of producing stories presenting the government’s version of events. Ironically, this was the sort of work JD Vance did in Iraq before he decided he was against that war.

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

Someone needs to do a big mega post of all these guys who have photos with trump. He gotta be the American with the most photos standing next to convicted pedophiles.

Federal tactics on protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on prote...

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city.

Troy and I were on the ground:

What lawful authority does DHS have to clear peaceful protestors from public streets several blocks away from federal property, firing tear gas and flash bangs at the crowd trying to retreat?

he knows the clock is ticking

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

🚨Richard Eckman, 84, a Vietnam war veteran, and his wife Laurie Eckman, also 84, held signs at a rally in Portland then marched to protest the ICE facility. The Eckmans say federal officers rushed at them “for no apparent reason," knocking the couple to the ground.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

man, as someone who people write to about their conspiracy theories all the time (civil rights law, occupational hazard), it's *remarkable* how it's all the same with a handful of nouns swapped out

fascinated by how the structure of conspiratorial mania is the same across contexts

If I saw one of my soldiers do this to someone in Iraq, I'd have them up on charges.

this kind of dynamic happens a lot

Khaki shirt state trooper

Have seen a few troopers out here without their name patches. This one tells me they're not required to wear them "with this uniform."

Asked him to identify himself and he then told me his name is "Tad Nelson."

40th & kedzie chicago - chaotic ICE activity really bad today

another ugly situation in illinois developing

It only took 256 days to reach the “zip tying little kids at 2am on the street” stage of this administration.

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...

looks really bad

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+