This is illegal. Today's GOP where the cruelty is the point.

Raw Story@rawstory.com · 16h ago

President Donald Trump's own inspector general for the DHS revealed damning new details this week about the tiny cages detainees at "Alligator Alcatraz" were subjected to. Detainees could be confined for hours, allegedly exposed to mosquitoes and the elements, as punishment or to manage "stress."

Again: It isn’t about antisemitism. It’s about Israel. Criticism of Israel is not antisemitism.

That's how it's done!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h ago

DEARBORN, MICHIGAN mayor 👇🏽 extends the invitation to @macklemore

“Look at Gaza” 😕 (H/T @zeteo.com )

Despite seemingly bending over backwards to avoid political controversy, the #Emmys got spicy when Sally Field seemingly took a shot at Paramount merger while accepting best actress in a tv movie award: "We're the arts! We matter...we can't let our voices be silenced or compromised or merged."

Macklemore says he has been dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour following pro-Palestinian comments he made onstage earlier this month at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium.

Macklemore is dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour over pro-Palestinian comments onstage

Macklemore says he has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour following pro-Palestinian comments he made onstage earlier this month at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.

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Interesting thread.

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · yesterday

This is a VERY weird post from @maxtani.bsky.social, which may say as much about Semafor as it does about Bessent.

Former US CIA director David Petraeus was at a Ukrainian train station at the very moment a Russian drone struck a passenger train on Sunday, shortly after a diplomatic train carrying former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other foreign dignitaries had passed through. https://cnn.it/4dDgd9V

They own car dealerships, law firms, dental practices, and restaurant chains. Collectively, these overlooked business owners hold far more wealth than the Forbes 400 — and wield considerable political power. n.pr/46VSXQN

The powerful millionaires hiding in plain sight

They own car dealerships, law firms, dental practices, and restaurant chains. Collectively, these overlooked business owners hold far more wealth than the Forbes 400 — and wield considerable political power.

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The CEO and president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, Steven Kolb, was filmed appearing to physically restrain two activists who interrupted a New York Fashion Week presentation. https://cnn.it/4io9WSV

… reminds me of one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of my time at The Post. www.washingtonpost.com/news/politic...

Senate Democrats are demanding a full accounting of President Donald Trump's Freedom 250 organization, accusing the group of running a "pay-to-play" operation that showered corporate donors with lucrative federal contracts.

'Bribery' accusations fly as senators home in on Trump's 250th birthday fund

Senate Democrats are demanding a full accounting of President Donald Trump's Freedom 250 organization, accusing the group of running a "pay-to-play" operation that showered corporate donors with lucrative federal contracts.In a letter sent Sunday night to Freedom 250 CEO Keith Krach, a group of sena...

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No surprise here.

NPR@npr.org · yesterday

Evanston, Ill., became the first U.S. city to compensate Black people for historical discrimination. The Justice Department is trying to kill its program before other cities follow suit. n.pr/4hqselp

(Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomes dozens of global investors to Toronto this week, hoping to lure investments for more than 160 projects that ​he says are key to steering Canada's economy through a trade war with the United States. www.reuters.com/business/car...

ESPN is dealing with an internal mess after handing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) a chunk of "College GameDay" airtime Saturday — and staffers want answers about his appearance.

Ted Cruz surprise on ESPN ignites firestorm inside network: report

ESPN is dealing with an internal mess after handing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) a chunk of "College GameDay" airtime Saturday — and staffers want answers about his appearance.Cruz appeared on the show from the University of Texas campus ahead of the Longhorns' showdown with Ohio State, but the segment was ...

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Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Empire of Grift

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

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FOX BUSINESS: In an election year, when AI data centers have become such a hot button issue, what do you say to voters who say we have an energy deficit and I don't want my power bills to go up? BURGUM: I would tell them to look specifically at President Trump's leadership

Yet we have current actors involved with MBS, and $2B payouts. Wait, that's the president's SIL. 😉

Democracy Now!@democracynow.org · yesterday

Saudi “agents were directly involved with providing the support network that was needed here in the United States for Al Qaeda to carry out the treacherous attacks,” says National Chair of 9/11 Families, Terry Strada, whose husband was killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center.

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Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · yesterday

NEW: Once exceptionally rare, illegal deportations — in defiance of court orders or due to ICE screw-ups — are now a routine part of President Trump's mass deportation push. It happened 3 times this past week and more at least 30 times in recent months. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

The "60 Minute" premiere on Sunday night ended on an odd note as one of the new conservative contributors added a cryptic — and scripted comment — that seemed divorced from his central topic.

Bari Weiss hire causes stir with cryptic '60 Minutes' message that 'clock is ticking'

The “60 Minute” premiere on Sunday night ended on an odd note as one of the new conservative contributors added a cryptic — and scripted comment — that seemed divorced from his central topic.Appearing for the first time as the venerable newsmagazine began its 59th season, ex-Washington Post columnis...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who derides rules of engagement as “woke,” gutted the civilian harm reduction program over the objections of top military commanders, ProPublica previously reported. Staff plunged from nearly 200 to about two dozen.

Empty Seat: U.S. Absent as Western Powers Meet on Wartime Protections for Civilians

A multinational group meets this week at NATO headquarters in Belgium to discuss protections for civilians during combat. Even though the U.S. co-founded this effort, no American delegation will be in...

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this is the bill that would give Trump authority to tariff basically any country he wants. it passed the senate with bipartisan support. ostensibly a Russia sanctions bill, but the sanctions provisions have no teeth and the new tariff authorities are enormous. www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-vot...

Senate Voting to Give Trump a Tariff Nuke

A bill supposedly aimed at Russia is really an unprecedented new tariff power grab—yet prominent Democrats are backing it.

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Mona Burns@monaburns.bsky.social · yesterday

House Rules Cmte will markup the Senate- passed Russia Sanctions Act at 4pm today House votes expected later this week rules.house.gov/bill/119/hr-...

NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...

Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.

The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...

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They are supposed to be doing the jobs they are getting paid by taxpayers to do, not using their positions and government resources to fly around the country doing partisan political campaign events.

🚨BREAKING: Washington DC federal court BLOCKS Postal Service mail-in ballot rule. First court to prohibit USPS from taking steps to allow voluntary compliance with anti-voting rule. A victory for ELG and our clients DSCC, DCCC, DNC, DGA and Leaders Schumer and Jeffries!

His laptop, lol

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · yesterday

Don Jr clearly has enough money to pay for his own wedding. But the family motto is to never pay for anything if you can avoid it, especially when there are bribe opportunities on the table.

What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it?

He has always been carny material; his dad knew it, and that's why he sent his kids to business school. His business is ran by lawyers. His sole project, the casinos, he bankrupted.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

New in PN: “Trump Dividend” is the new Trump Steaks "Trump sounds like a carny salesman, not a president. That’s because he is a carny salesman. He’s shilling hard because the Republican Party he is selling for the midterms is about as appetizing as his patented explosive diarrhea lettuce."

I've said for a long time now....the snap will happen. There's a reason why some live by the NDA.

@trueharmony.bsky.social · yesterday

This is how he answers a reporter.

PRO PUBLICA: “Don JR’s wedding secretly bankrolled by Russian oligarch close to Putin” 🤔 So weird how this keeps happening 🤷🏼 www.propublica.org/article/dona...