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sky just got super black here and it is VERY windy

"We are outsourcing torture and murder. What kind of president, what kind of political party, can look at that with satisfaction?" And what American can not at least wonder about their own security? New from @monacharen.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/are-any-of...

Exclusive: Under pressure from DOGE, employees of a Pentagon defense tech unit are resigning en masse over the next month. “Either we die quickly or we die slowly,” said the director.

what is dimon doing

I don't think they're gonna like the outcome of forcing this choice (also there's a secret third option: europe)

Go!!!!!

The best part is Grassley trying to cover for Trump saying “the president of that country does not have to respond to the Supreme Court”. He probably thought they would buy that. Folks, they did not, they were pissed.

tfw you're hip to internet slang "A term of high praise on the dissident right is “based,” short for “based in reality.”"

This administration sent 200+ fathers, sons, and husbands to be tortured in a foreign prison for the rest of their lives. 9 in 10 have no criminal record. None received any due process. If you *aren’t* outraged, you need to check your fucking humanity.

checking in on this now that trump is explicitly ignoring SCOTUS: a magical resistance did not appear. resistance must be nurtured. it’s slow work and we would be much further along if political leaders like Schumer had been planning for this instead sitting on their hands

me: oh yeah i should look at the thing I got sent yesterday msft:

Jesus tapdancing christ. Remember when people tried to claim that Russiagate was a nothingburger? Ah, well, nevertheless...

Practically begging at this point lmfao

Big shout out to all the Dems that voted for the Laken Riley act.

Do you know how bad things are if you’re -15 with independents on your signature issue, deportations?

How dare he share this sort of misinformation. The chart isn't controlling for Milo

The anonymous image board 4chan has survived years of controversy, weathering user and advertiser boycotts as well as damning accusations that it incubated hate speech that may have fueled mass shootings This week, though, a series of outages led to speculation that the site had been hacked.

What are your best theories about why Newsmax is showing this?

the govt is so clearly just grabbing at stereotypes of "latin american gang" (mostly derived from MS13, as far as I can tell?) and pasting them onto tren de aragua, even though there's no actual connection

How Did This Suburb Figure Out Mass Transit? “Transit ridership is off the charts in Brampton, Ontario, despite its typical low-density suburban layout. Here’s how the city got residents to get on the bus.” (spoiler: They ran more frequent buses. Your city can too.)

Attacked the political order that sustained it in the belief it was eternal. Many such cases!

I think the smart thing for them to do would be to deport really oddly exceptional people for most of the term and dialing it up for 2028, but I think they lack the discipline to wait. They are going to make this a culture war thing immediately

Buried at the bottom of the article is the guy they detained and hassled (a US citizen) claiming: "I really thought things would change after this administration, when we have Mr. Trump in office, things would change to the better."

He is a union apprentice and raising three special needs kids, two of them from his wife's previous relationships so yes he is certainly in the running.

Old enough to remember when 30 campus speaker disinvitation attempts were a grave threat to free speech

Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing: - Complaints about car-honking are down 70% - The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48% - 6 million fewer cars - Half as many traffic-related injuries - 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year

Deleting safety devices is my passion

Even Cathie Wood thinks the US is entering a recession. EVEN CATHIE WOOD. on.ft.com/4cwwQ5z

Looks like moron risk premium beats the usual (and at this point boring) predictions that the repo market will blow up the world.

xi starting to swing the big hammers:

If only our incredible stupid president knew that “political entities” are also tax exempt - 501c4

now this is cooking with gas