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sometimes the problem
isn’t where to begin
sometimes the problem
is when to stop

Chaos erupted in Little Village.

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Quick note about this again; the 100 mile zone has nothing to do with Border Patrol’s ability to operate. They can operate anywhere in the country.

The 100 mile zone is ONLY about where they have heightened stop and search powers.

It’s not a jurisdictional thing.

Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)

Who wants to use a credit card / go to a store when you can't tell if the form of payment you brought is accepted until you try it?

The best explanation here is: they know much of the American economy is more collusive than competitive, so consumers generally won't have a choice anyway.

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫

Trump administration presses Western states to find consensus on shrinking Colorado River The Trump administration gave seven Western states a deadline to agree on initial terms for an agreement on cutting water use to address chronic shortages along the Colorado River.

Negotiators for seven Western states are under pressure to reach an agreement outlining how they plan to share the Colorado River’s dwindling water. "What it takes now is folks to be able to roll up their sleeves and make tough decisions and compromises." www.latimes.com/environment/...

the Iranian drought story is insanely undercovered.

foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/07/i...

More broadly, officials across ICE say Noem and Lewandowski have directed them to use a $170 billion infusion of cash from Congress to launch splashy ideas that have proven ineffective or impractical. Among the examples some ICE officials have cited: A few weeks ago, the pair ordered ICE officials to buy 10 737 jets from Spirit Airlines that they said would be used to boost deportation flights— and for their own travel, according to people familiar with the matter. Some officials warned the pair that the effort would be prohibitively expensive compared with hiring more flight contractors, the people said.

Once the officials looked into the proposal, they learned that Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy for a second time in August, didn't own the planes. The planes also don't have engines, which would need to be purchased separately. The project has since been put on pause, though DHS recently purchased two Gulfstream jets for $200 million, according to Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee, who were notified by the department. A spokesperson for Spirit didn't respond to a request for comment.

The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.

I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

One of my kids used to work at a Major Grocery Store deli, and they all rang up hot foods as cold for SNAP recipients.
If you work in a deli and can do this without losing your job, please do so.

"A team of independent forensic analysts examined their testimony. The experts called it consistent and credible, saying most of the acts described met the United Nations’ definition of torture."

In our name, with our tax dollars.

Trump II is an indelible stain on our national honor.

usaspending.gov AGENCY PROFILE Agency for International Development (USAID) Fiscal year 2024 Summary Data through 9/29/2024 How much funding was available to this agency? $44.20 Billion in budgetary resources this was 0.4% of the FY 2024 U.S. federal budget

AGENCY PROFILE US AID (US Agency for International Development) Agency Mission: We partner to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our security and prosperity.

In case you were not familiar, here was what USAID budget looked like in 2024. the total budgetary resources for the agency represented just
0.4% of FY 2024 U.S. federal budget. mission was to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing US security & prosperity

Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On New State Department guidance encourages embassies and consulates to deny visas to people with obesity or other health issues.

The Trump administration has ordered visa officers to deny immigrants who are obese or have certain health issues, in yet another instance of the president’s strange obsession with physical traits. trib.al/tRBiY0C

Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.

“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

“The move risks undermining global efforts to bring a new pandemic agreement into force and ensure countries get fair access to vaccines, treatments and diagnostics, advocates said.”

interestingly enough ‘no effort has been made’

Hmmmmmm

thanksgiving is gonna be lit

What to know about the flight cancellations at US airports caused by the government shutdown Hundreds of flights at the busiest airports in the U.S. are being scratched this weekend. Airlines are moving forward with reducing air service due to the lingering government shutdown.

Hundreds of flights at the busiest airports in the U.S. are being scratched this weekend.

also you do have to respect a conflict that totally decimates the better part of a continent for a generation only for everyone to eventually sort of go "nah dude i just dont give a shit anymore", decide the whole affair was silly to get that worked up about and go home

Black and white photo of a young Rosalind Franklin in a lab. She wears a plaid dress and is holding what appear to be two sample dishes, one in each hand. There is a lab bench next to her with glassware and other lab equipment. Franklin is looking to her left, at something outside the frame of the photo.

Rosalind Franklin was born #OTD in 1920. Her X-ray diffraction work was critical for establishing the helical nature of DNA. 👩‍🔬 🧪

Work carried out by Franklin (with doctoral student Raymond Gosling) was given to Watson and Crick without her consent.

Image: Vittorio Luzzati / Jewish Women’s Archive

Turkiye issues arrest warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu over Gaza genocide Turkiye accuses Israeli officials of 'genocide and crimes against humanity' over Israel's war on Gaza.

In addition to Netanyahu, Turkey's warrant accuses 37 suspects of genocide and crimes against humanity, lncluding Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and army chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.

If a human therapist talked to a patient like this, they would absolutely face civil and/or criminal liability. We cannot let this continue. AI cannot be beyond the law and medical ethics

NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.

One of the key things the Supreme Court is supposed to do on an emergency motion is to balance the hardships to each sides.

Here it is not even close--people starving v. the government not tapping a reserve they are supposed to tap anyway in the event of an emergency

“ICE and CBP have been effective at engaging in what can be thought of as ‘stochastic authoritarianism’
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“surging into places seemingly at random. Residents never quite know when or where the federal agents will pop up, leaving the whole city on edge.”

Opinion | ICE and CBP's aggressive tactics may have finally gone too far A federal judge dealt federal agents a setback – and shed light on a much more persistent, deeper problem with policing.

My latest, in @msnbc.com, on how ICE, CBP, and Bovino may be overplaying their hand in Chicago.

Also: this will only make hiring go ICE harder.

And: I hope ppl appreciate that the lying Judge Ellis calls out is NOT an aberration, but a very consistent problem w police claims.

“We are 400 less controllers today than we were in the 2019 shutdown. And now they’ve been stretched so thin for so long, with so much going on, so much pressure on their backs, that they’re actually resigning from the profession.”

Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump. New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...

NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war

-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"

www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...