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Rep. Adam Smith: "This country has not agreed to have the death penalty for drug smuggling. If we want to have that policy conversation, we can have that policy conversation, but the president has unilaterally decided that lethal force is going to be applied. It's an enormous expansion of power."

Jack Ciattarelli Blamed Trump For the January 6th Riot

Trump endorsed a Republican who said he is responsible for the Capitol attack

meidasnews.com/news/jack-ci...

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

“we will rule you forever with an iron fist of suffering” is maybe not the most compelling message any administration has ever had

Speaker Johnson admits Trump & Republicans are forcing millions of kids to go hungry for political leverage. He says funding SNAP would "reduce the pressure" on Democrats. Disgusting.

HAYES: “The more unpopular Trump & Republicans grow, the harder they try to project strength with lies… As they talk about an unconstitutional third term Trump is as politically weak as he has ever been… Do Americans like the MAGA agenda? The polls are clear: NO.”

stunned to learn that constantly sephiroth posting is not a winning comms strategy

#FakeNunes previews Syracuse vs North Carolina Where Ramblin’ Wreck could describe both teams

Fake Nunes previews Syracuse vs UNC

ICE Wants to Build a Shadow Deportation Network in Texas A new ICE proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

"What the plan describes, in essence, is a shadow logistics network built on agreements with local police under the 287(g) program. These once symbolic gestures of cooperation are today a pipeline for real-time biometric checks and arrest notifications. Transportation is the next logical step."

Early planning documents reviewed by WIRED describe a statewide transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers across Texas, with ICE estimating each trip to average 100 miles. Every county would have its own small, around-the-clock team of contractors collecting immigrants from local authorities deputized by ICE. It is a subtle transfer of the physical custody process into the hands of a private security firm—authorized to carry firearms and perform transport duties “in any and all local, county, state, and ICE locations.”

NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

Classic egirl/podcaster boyfriend couple

Mike Johnson desperately wants people to blame the end of SNAP benefits on the Democrats, but given the GOP's longstanding attacks on the program -- coupled with Trump's expensive White House: Extreme Makeover extravaganza -- that's going to be a hard sell.

In other words, they're coming to gut the trucking industry. The goal appears to be to grind the economy to an absolute stop.

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A multiple line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Views of Donald Trump by age in his second term." The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following people? [Donald Trump] (% with a very or somewhat favorable opinion minus the % with a very or somewhat unfavorable opinion)." The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown."

NEW Economist/YouGov
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among U.S. adult citizens by age
18-29: +5 | -51
30-44: -6 | -17
45-64: +12 | 0
65+: -4 | -16
today.yougov.com/politics/art...

There used to be this website about how Joe Morgan was a terrible announcer, I forget what it was called though

I respectfully* submit: If you manage to become a “disaffected democrat” based on a thing that happens 10 times on half a million student-athletes, you weren’t much of a democrat to begin with.

@jbren.bsky.social #Level3Wednesday

uh-oh. turns out the mortgage document that the DOJ is alleging was fraudulent b/c great niece paid some rent (great niece testified she didn't) refers to "short-term rentals," which seems to blow DOJ theory that it could't be rented out of the water. Another disaster of a case.

Whichever one of you can get this guy a John Wallace No. 44 jersey will be my hero.

Hello from the Dome!

It’s the final tune-up before the regular season starts. Game #3 of my season is Syracuse men’s basketball’s Dome debut against Division II Pace.

Tip is at 7 @nunesmagician.bsky.social

Reporters must stop accepting this. Options:

-Laughing at him. Long and hard (combine with others)
-"It's your job to be informed"
-"How can Americans take you seriously when you always claim ignorance?"
-"I've never heard a speaker claim ignorance so often"
-"Nancy Pelosi knew what was happening"

Holy shit

This suggests that a majority is at least skeptical of Trump's argument that his deployment of the Guard is totally unreviewable in court, which is a relief. Seems the justices are debating the meaning of the statute—not whether its limits can be enforced against the president in the first place.

The triumph of bullshit Internet conspiracy theories are now official government policy.

"Ken Paxton just filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson that quotes Trump’s rantings about Tylenol as if they were peer-reviewed studies. Internet conspiracy theories are now official government policy and the animating force in Republican politics."

"To any governors or state legislators out there... if you are in a position where you have the power to redraw your maps... if you have the ability to meet this moment with the urgency that it deserves, I'm calling on you to do exactly what we're doing in California and to fight fire with fire."

The White House ballroom saga could be worse for Trump than he realizes | CNN Politics President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom saga last week followed a familiar Trump-era arc: A bunch of the president’s critics sounded the alarm about his latest provocation – in this case, the su...

Americans disapproved of Trump’s demolition of the East Wing (57%-26%), his plans for replacing it with a 90,000-square foot ballroom (61%-25%) and his broader handling of the situation (55%-28%) all by around a 2-to-1 margin.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...

It’s not a joke. Republicans in Congress have totally given up on being a separate and coequal branch of government. Mike Johnson has shrunk himself so much and made himself so irrelevant and trivial that the only joke is him.

In 2025, MN Dem State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, PA Dem Gov Josh Shapiro’s home was set on fire, and a pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested for threatening to kill House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries. Condemning all political violence shouldn’t be hard.