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U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

JUST IN: Judge Smith says the Trump administration is violating his order prohibiting FEMA from conditioning grants to states on their willingness to assist with immigration enforcement.

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Will people forget all of the hostages being grabbed off the streets of America?

When will we be free from the fascist occupation of American cities?

#NoKings

Quid Pro Presidency Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…

1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.

U.S. consumers bearing more than half the cost of tariffs so far, Goldman Sachs says The findings suggest U.S. consumers will continue to struggle with high prices — something Trump had promised to address in the run-up to his re-election.

U.S. consumers are already shouldering as much as 55% of costs due to Trump’s unprecedented gambit to impose sizable tariffs on imports, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs analysts.

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

If you put your ear against the Capitol, you can hear the sound of a man who will do nothing to challenge—and anything to justify—presidential violations of the Constitution, as long as the president is of his own party. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

Is He Lying Or Crazy? Does It Matter? Living in the world the president dreams up.

"No Kings is a protest against oppression & authoritarianism...I was pleased to attend our local No Kings gathering on June 14 and I plan on being there Oct. 18.

And I’m even more inclined to attend because of the desperate and disgraceful Trumpist smears."

www.thebulwark.com/p/is-he-lyin...

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining Holly Baxter reports on a meeting which, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got ri...

“We’re not going to stop at just arresting people in the street.”
--USAG Pam Bondi

Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla's unsold Cybertrucks Hundreds of Tesla Cybertrucks have been spotted being delivered Elon Musk’s private companies, SpaceX and xAI, as Tesla is having...

"If a company buys their own product, where is the profit? Answer: there is none. It’s a loss. But if you sell to your own family of companies - especially ones that have access to “free” money in government subsidies and such - then suddenly the books look good; at least for a moment."
#EconSky

Yes, I am standing at the very end of that limb.

Hyundai Made Big Plans For America. Then It Got Rolled By Two Presidents Hyundai has big plans for local production in America. But plans to win favor in Washington keep falling short. Plus, how much Tesla cost-cutting is too much?

"Tariffs are expected to cost automakers an average of $4,600 per vehicle by 2027 and threaten 3.9 million vehicle sales over the next three years, according to a recent analysis by the Center for Automotive Research."
#EconSky

Get to know a Godwit: Hudsonian Godwit at Willapa Bay, WA, USA
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But a mayor under federal indictment didn't bother them?

Eric Adams was charged with:
Conspiracy to defraud the United States,
Wire fraud,
Solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, &
Bribery

Universal Healthcare would make more sense....

no data was provided, but after nudging the claim to 1,000 percent through the summer, ICE stuck with it into October."

Claims of huge rise in assaults against ICE drive responses, but aren’t seen in available data Despite repeated requests from CPR News for data to support the assault claims — ICE and Homeland Security have produced nothing but a handful of anecdotes.

"A week after the 413 percent increase claim, ICE said assaults on agents had now jumped 500 percent, according to Homeland Security. By July 8, it was up 700 percent. A week later, it was 830 percent...

China's capacity to hack the U.S. is growing, former NSA head says. Here's what they're targeting and why. Recently retired Gen. Tim Haugh warns that China is hacking America's computer systems – targeting water, infrastructure and telecommunications. He says China's capacity for targeting the U.S. is grow...

While DHS is busy attacking Chicago and Portland...

"It feels terrible," she says. "I don't know if I even have a job when I walk away from this, much less if I will get paid. Do I have health insurance if we don't get back pay? It's a really hard place to be in when you have children who rely on you."

"It feels terrible." Federal worker's family tightens their belts as shutdown drags on With no end in sight to the funding standoff, financial anxiety is growing. One single mom in Colorado raided her retirement savings to get through the shutdown.

"Rogers has been a microbiologist with the Food and Drug Administration for 16 years and is now among hundreds of thousands of federal employees not working..."

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

The U.S. Dollar was worth almost 13 percent more on Jan. 19th compared to today.
#EconSky

Unemployment is surging for Black workers — and federal government layoffs will only make it worse. Important story from @lydiadepillis.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b... #EconSky

“So far, the ICE gang has shot & killed an unarmed man & lied about the circumstances; shot a woman 5 times for obstructing their vehicle; roughed up elderly women and zip-tied small children; shot a clergyman in the face with a pepper ball; marched through downtown Chicago, masked and armed."

🐸 Frog Team 6 stands up to Fascism! 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

This is fascism.

Make no mistake: this is part of eugenicist policy under fascism.

This is fascism. It’s fascism every damn day here. Grotesque.

IT'S FASCISM!!

This Is Fascism

Trump’s fraud stunt with the tariffs on China, cost the US economy $1.65 trillion, which was wiped out in seconds.