It is embarassing that only a news outlet from the UK has an accurate headline while our local papers keep saying "reports" without specifying a liar made that report.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@nicholas-eoin.bsky.social
It is embarassing that only a news outlet from the UK has an accurate headline while our local papers keep saying "reports" without specifying a liar made that report.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us theyβre still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
08.11.2025 14:46 β π 5676 π 2112 π¬ 11 π 93Paneraβs moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAIβs own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
β.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: βI fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.ββ
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
"Centrists" need to call Mamdani a "radical leftist" so they can say Trump/Farage fascism is just the opposing side of an equally matched "both sides" conflict
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
New footage shows armed Israeli settlers in Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, draining a Palestinian familyβs water tank, wasting the water and blocking their livestock from drinking the water as well.
Footage shared on Al Qastal Telegram.
It's impossible to overstate how much of what ICE is doing on the ground reflects this completely preposterous conflation of hostile *speech* and hostile *conduct.*
The First Amendment protectsβor, at least, is supposed to protectβthe former up and until it's a "true threat," which none of this is.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
03.11.2025 14:11 β π 1271 π 660 π¬ 39 π 89Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily armed, masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street. People yelled as vehicles honked their horn β a sign now used to alert neighbors that immigration federal agents are in the area β and witnesses said federal agents had arrested several landscaper workers presumed to be in the country without authorization. As Figuero tried to drive through the 1600 block of West Hubbard Street on Friday, Oct. 10, an unmarked vehicle driven by federal agents collided with Figueroaβs as it tried to speed away from a hostile crowd, multiple videos reviewed by the Tribune show. Seconds after the crash, agents abruptly stopped their vehicle and exited with weapons in hand pointing at Figueroa, a U.S citizen. Agents then forcibly opened her door and pulled her out of the vehicle by her legs without identifying themselves, presenting a warrant or informing her that she was under arrest. As bystanders yelled, βYou hit her! We have it on video!β agents ignored the crowd and forced Figueroa into a red minivan and drove away. Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view. The Department of Homeland Security later released a statement claiming that Figueroa was at fault, saying βshe crashed into an unmarked government vehicle and violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers.β
"If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter."
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
"One former law enforcement official familiar with the matter, who spoke to Bloomberg on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivities surrounding the case, said the probe lasted 18 months and turned up at least tens of millions of dollars in questionable financial transactions."
31.10.2025 17:33 β π 171 π 102 π¬ 3 π 0Kevin Roberts' defense of Nick Fuentes is a watershed moment: the right has officially declared open, unabashed Hitlerism to be an acceptable position in their coalition
www.vox.com/politics/466...
- @willsommer.bsky.social knows this stuff better than anyone so if he says that this was a real shift and escalation, believe him
31.10.2025 13:30 β π 346 π 111 π¬ 7 π 2At the same time, there are legitimate debates about the best ways to feed the needy, how many should qualify and how much they should get. In the 1970s, 1 in 50 Americans received food stamps. Now, 1 in 8 do. On average, these households get $322 a month. Are 42 million Americans really in such danger of suffering malnutrition that the federal government should spend about $100 billion every year
Certainly, many need the help. The American Enterprise Institute's Kevin Corinth estimates that 2.9 million individuals willbe pushed into poverty if SNAP benefits are not paid in November, including 1.1 million children, 1.3 million working-age adults and about 500,000 seniors. But no one should aspire for large segments of the population to depend on government handouts. The program could certainly be designed better to not discourage work. Ultimately, the best way to help over the long run is to grow the economy, which leads to job creation and rising wages.
Are you people fucking kidding me with this shit @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
31.10.2025 03:04 β π 1740 π 240 π¬ 144 π 137I was always certain taking Arseblog off Twitter was the right thing to do, but stuff like this makes me very happy I did.
This is a deranged billionaire unaccountable to anyone using his platform to incite violence. Grim.
Sticker shock for ACA recipients:
Clint and Cindy Kittrell, Oregon: $305/month --> $2,500/month.
Chad and Tara Smith, Idaho: $710/month --> $1,000/month.
Jessica Bunger, Florida: New premiums quadruple to $1,100/month. "Iβve never felt so powerless in my life"
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
A U.S. colonel was at the scene of Shireen Abu Aklehβs murder within hours and was able to conclude quickly the shooting had obviously been intentional. His boss then covered it up so as not to βdispleaseβ the Israelis, the Times reports.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/w...
Sky News reveals that Israel is backing four anti-Hamas militias operating behind the βyellow line,β the ceasefire boundary for IDF troops. Militia leader Hossam al-Astal said he and others β Yasser Abu Shabab, Rami Halas, and Ashraf al-Mansi β are part of a joint plan to βremove Hamasβ and establish βThe New Gaza.β His group operates less than 700 meters from Israeli positions, coordinating logistics and supply deliveries with the IDF through the Kerem Shalom crossing. Sky found similar coordination in northern Gaza, with militias receiving aid and vehicles via Israeli and PA channels, and possible Gulf backing, including ties to UAE-linked forces in Yemen. Al-Astal says, βOur project is βThe New Gazaβ β no war, no Hamas, no terrorism.β
Ben van der Merwe @_BvdM Israel is backing four separate anti-Hamas militias in Gaza, Sky News has confirmed. Militia leader Hossam Al Astal says they are part of an "official project" backed by Israel, the Palestinian Authority and unspecified Arab and Western states.
Ben van der Merwe @_BvdM\
Sky News reveals that Israel is backing four anti-Hamas militias operating behind the βyellow line,β the ceasefire boundary for IDF troops. Militia leader Hossam al-Astal said he and others β Yasser Abu Shabab, Rami Halas, and Ashraf al-Mansi β are part of a joint plan to βremove Hamasβ and...
26.10.2025 05:06 β π 70 π 39 π¬ 1 π 5it's important to remember the people doing this aren't "just following orders," they signed up to do this, they're excited to do it, it's what they want to be doing, and each one of them is personally culpable for the entirety of ICE's conduct
25.10.2025 20:00 β π 6853 π 2163 π¬ 99 π 32Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
23.10.2025 18:51 β π 12782 π 6417 π¬ 328 π 462a photo of Taki Allen and a bag of doritos
Baltimore high school student Taki Allen was swarmed by police after an artificial intelligence system apparently mistook his bag of Doritos for a gun www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
24.10.2025 16:33 β π 1667 π 672 π¬ 122 π 205Bari buried yesterday's big Trump scandal
www.mediamatters.org/cbs-evening-...
ah but i was told the administration would be good on antitrust
24.10.2025 00:10 β π 4625 π 787 π¬ 92 π 31I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime.
While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...
So, per reporting from Zeteoβs Asawin Suebsaeng, in todayβs new βFirst Draftβ newsletter, Trump tried to get a newly-divorced Russ Vought, Project 2025 architect & now budget chief, laid at Mar-a-Lago.
The details are, ahem, as crude as youβd expect from Trump.
zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...
DHS just got caught telling multiple lies about federal agents shooting a US citizen multiple times
newrepublic.com/article/2019...