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JUST IN: A federal judge says one of the Venezuelan men — illegally deported to El Salvador in March before he was swapped back to Venezuela in a prisoner exchange — is now missing, possibly a victim of the violence he was seeking asylum from. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The woman in this story asked for an abortion to protect her health during the first trimester. If not for Dobbs, that choice would have been hers. Instead, she got increasingly sick for another 2 months, and then died.

no good politics, no good journalism, no good writing. but great content

The one thing I have to add to The Discourse is that I have it on good authority that Ryan Lizza’s current girlfriend is in her 20s.

US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
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The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.

Cortez Masto is (along with Jacky Rosen) the reason that Emil Bove—a criminal who defied court orders to rendition innocent men to a torture camp in El Salvador—is a federal judge instead of Adeel Mangi, who would have been the first Muslim federal appeals court judge in American history

Which is baffling, because if you’re not willing to use the filibuster when you’re the minority party for fear that the GOP will just nuke it, what is it even good for?

It is a very common belief in this country that once a girl hits puberty she is no longer a child and no longer deserving of protection from predatory men.

Couldn’t remember which of the many House lunatics he was so I checked his Wikipedia page and reading the political positions section was an absolutely wild ride

That is why anything short of ousting Schumer from leadership and replacing him with someone clear-eyed about what this moment requires is a dereliction of duty on your part.

Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything

This and legislative term limits

Step 1: Build a party strong enough to impose hegemonic message discipline on tens of millions of people.

There is no Step 2, you have already won politics.

Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.

"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"

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SCOOP: Latino Tenants Told to Vacate After Georgetown ICE Raid Witnesses describe multi-agency sweep at Wisconsin & O St. NW; 10–12 taken; Latino units “tossed;” ammunition left in the hallway, and tenants told to vacate.

Not just Kavanaugh stops. Kavanaugh ransacking of apartments. open.substack.com/pub/migranti...

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

More than 5 million people face an increased cancer risk because they live near a type of industrial plant that would have been subject to rules put forward by the Biden.

The Trump administration is rolling them back

By the inimitable @lisalsong.bsky.social

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ICE has now sent at least 72 people to prisons in African countries where they have no ties.

Via two ICE flights to Rwanda, two to Eswatini, three to Ghana and one to S. Sudan.

Some had US convictions but had finished their sentences. None have convictions in the places where they're now jailed.

Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.

Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation. A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

The sight of opposition politicians being arrested is becoming more and more common in America.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

Report: Alabama continues to lead nation in prosecutions of pregnant women | Alabama Reflector Pregnancy Justice found that Alabama prosecuted 192 women from June 2022 to July 2024, two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Alabama continues to lead the nation in prosecutions of women in relation to pregnancy, pregnancy loss and birth, according to a report released Tuesday.

Sometimes won’t even tell you the names of the parties!! It is madness

A completely baseless lie consciously concocted to stir up hatred against a vulnerable group of his own constituents

This is pretty fucking rich coming from a guy who recently engaged in something actually analogous to blood libel by concocting and propagating a lie that Haitian immigrants were killing and eating their neighbors’ pets

For example, on August 21, 2025, plain-clothed and unidentified federal agents arrested Mr. Escobar Molina without a warrant while he was getting in his truck to go to work. They did not ask for his name or his identification or ask anything about his immigration status, where he lives, whom he lives with, how long he has lived here, or anything else about his ties to the community. The agents immediately handcuffed Mr. Escobar Molina, grabbed him by the arms and legs, and called him “illegal” repeatedly. When he responded that he has “papers” (in other words, immigration status), they replied, “No you don’t. You are illegal.” After the agents put Mr. Escobar Molina into a vehicle, when Mr. Escobar Molina told them again that he had “papers,” the driver of the car yelled at him, “Shut up, bitch! You’re illegal.” The agents did not make an individualized determination about Mr. Escobar Molina’s immigration status or flight risk before they arrested him. While Mr. Escobar Molina was in detention, ICE fingerprinted and interviewed [excerpt ends there].

The circumstances of Mr. Escobar's arrest are even worse than the brief summary above. He repeatedly tried to tell the immigration officials that he had papers while they were arresting him.

In response, a federal agent said "No you don't. You are illegal," and "Shut up, bitch! You're illegal."

Southern University, other HBCUs close due to ‘potential threat’ Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge will be closed through the weekend after officials called a lockdown Thursday morning due to a “potential threat.”

At least seven historically Black colleges and universities across the South received threats Thursday that caused lockdowns and closures. via @wwno.org

It’s not easy being a nanny dog but somebody’s gotta do it