Exclusive: cases of Afghan man, Ukrainian man and Saudi woman show repeated nasogastric tube insertions and lack of legal representation

‘What they’re doing qualifies as torture’: new details of ICE force-feeding revealed

theguardian.com

thinking about all of the “Daddy’s home” stuff for Trump 47, for a lot of the core Republican electorate, beating your wife and threatening her life, being a terror to your own children, is a feature not a bug they like the promise of getting to be the tyrant of your home with servants and subjects

Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · 3d ago

To the extent that the media is treating this as a horse story: Max Miller is not a some random candidate from Ohio. This is a picture of President Trump speaking at the wedding of Max Miller and Emily Moreno.

Children don't belong in prison, ever. This is state-sponsored child abuse.

ICE detention center staff taunted kids by eating candy in front of them: Democrat investigation

ICE’s main detention center where it holds families awaiting deportation is beset by a “culture of cruelty,” according to a report by a senior Senate Democrat who said migrants were made to wait for m...

washingtontimes.com

Watched a multi-acre fire break out before my very eyes and then watched a bunch of helicopters show up and put it out. Government was a good idea, it should do more things like that instead of evil and corruption

Too many have been unable to understand that the klan was also “Christian nationalist”. They weren’t just dumb rednecks in rural areas. They were doctors, lawyers, “upstanding business men”. They dressed in robes in private. In public, they wore nice suits and called themselves “public servants”. 🧵

ProPublica@propublica.org · 4d ago

Three years ago, our reporter received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of thousands of files: years of secretly recorded conversations, private militia chat logs and videos sent by a man named John Williams. (Published Jan. 2025)

This is because domestic violence is a plank in the far-right platform—not a coincidence, not a correlation, but the result of a concerted effort to live and govern such that it is easier for men to beat their wives and children, a goal the far right believes in and strives for

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d ago

Should the congressman who is credibly accused of beating and throwing scalding water at your own daughter run for re-election? “I don’t know,” says GOP Senator Bernie Moreno www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...

if you want to see normally sclerotic do-nothing local governments suddenly snap into action, do some quietly beneficial tactical urbanism type thing like this and watch how quickly they race to remove it

wishda@wishda.bsky.social · 5d ago

The DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.

Michael Jackson made great music, but it is nowhere near good enough to justify the “separate the art from the artist” argument people make around him

lil miss big boy@lighter.bsky.social · 5d ago

Post your hottest music take. Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.

ChatGPT: you’re right you’re so much smarter than him. He’s so schlubby and you’re so suave. Columbo will never catch you.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,500 people in just over two months, and it is spreading much faster than previous outbreaks, the nation’s health ministry reported on Thursday.

Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second-Deadliest Ever, and in Record Time

The disease has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in just over two months, causing deaths faster than officials have ever recorded.

nyti.ms

“The government hasn’t paid for any work performed since November, providers say, and in recent months has insisted it will only hand over the money in exchange for information about the children that the lawyers say is confidential.”

Matt Shuham@mattshuham.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Trump administration has gone months without paying attorneys who represent unaccompanied immigrant children as part of a years-old, congressionally-funded effort. The latest in a series of temporary bridge contracts ends tomorrow, with no replacement in sight: www.huffpost.com/entry/unacco...

"Blacksplained" is a weekly podcast where an expert, scholar, or someone who knows things tackles ONE QUESTION from a Black perspective. This week, linguists Sunn m'Cheaux and Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Weissler Blacksplain: "Can white people code-switch?"

i'm sorry i missed this important reporting earlier in the month about republican rep. max miller, who allegedly abused his 2-year-old daughter and his ex-wife, who is the daughter of republican senator bernie moreno of ohio. moreno has refused to condemn miller.

Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller

Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.

motherjones.com

This isn't our lane at all but there's such a strong ending to this article with a really incredible quote. It's worth sharing.

Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 6d ago

Blogged it. Happy Hater Week. aftermath.site/war-crime-n6...

Head of DOJ task force that is pushing baseless charges against anti-fascist and anti-ICE activists took part in January 6th.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 3w ago

EXCLUSIVE: Trump DOJ’s Top ‘Antifa’ Prosecutor Marched with Crowd on Jan. 6 talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...

This is a metaphor so on the nose it hurts. Literally, they are removing knowledge from the public domain to feed their machines and permanently deny your access to it. The privatization of knowledge and information is their goal.

chiller@chiller.eurosky.social · last wk.

This is ... horrific

Upwards of 200,00 people may have lost their jobs today; or will in the upcoming days. There is a palpable sense of fear among the Haitian community right now. They need your support.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · last wk.

My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.

we got an unprecedented look at how GEO Group treats the people it's holding for ICE: thesouthlander.com/exclusive-ge...

EXCLUSIVE: Unsealed videos show GEO Group used chemical weapons to break up a sit-in at Adelanto ICE detention center

In 2020, a group of people detained at the notorious Adelanto ICE Processing Center launched a protest by refusing to return to their cells. GEO Group sent in an armed force that deployed chemical wea...

thesouthlander.com

Maria Bamford in the Comedians Of Comedy era was easily one of the most influential comics to Gen Xers & Elder Milennials. You hear her DNA in so many modern stand up, sketch & improv comedians alike

rudetuesday@rudetuesday.bsky.social · last wk.

She and W. Kamau Bell had a great conversation on his podcast. You can safely assume that I pretty much always have some Maria Bamford funny thing going in my brain, tho youtu.be/dAqMiYlVaVI

Despite all the accusations of crimes and cover-ups, the Trump admin has never actually prosecuted or jailed anyone. The supposed stolen 2020 election, Jan 6 deep state, Dr Fauci, etc. All of its is just theater for the base, revving them up. In the end, will undermine faith in gov and institutions.

This is ... horrific

Lady Yapper (KJ Colt)@moistenedtart.bsky.social · last wk.

futurism.com/artificial-i... Excuse me while I go cry

Friends with benefits? First of all dummy all friendships are inherently beneficial unless one of us sucks, so you sound stupid.

at the end of disability pride month, i remixed a pals vid into this piece, an attempt to distill surreal pandemic years—buoyed by the tireless work of fellow queer &disabled folks—into something you, if i’m lucky, can feel. felt like time to post it to bsky, bc we’ve been, are still, here, despite.

After an extended hiatus, I’ve returned to researching the far right and monitoring extremist movements. This work is important, exhausting, and only possible with your support — Please considering supporting my independent investigative journalism by donating. Ways to support my work below ⬇️

Gotta start taxonomically classifying people as exhibiting "Twitter user behavior." Developed "concerns" about Fauci in 2026. Says he's an old-school Democrat, but had a bad experience at a barbecue. $24,000 in debt to Kalshi but about to turn it around. Uses AI to nudify his ex. Teeth falling out.

Love a good prof slam: “It’s bewildering. It seemed weird and laughable,” Davis said of the indictment. “It felt like the length of the indictment was a cover for how thin it actually was. I’m a professor. I’ve seen people pad out papers when they’ve got nothing to say.”

The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’

Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ lives

theguardian.com

We've made the world so bad that we've essentially taught a couple generations in a row now to dissociate 24/7, to avoid having to think or feel the constant overwhelming stress of their lives. The consequences of this are already profound, they will continue to grow more severe.

David Rheinstrom@icarusfloats.bsky.social · last wk.

Emilie Owens calls brainrot content "a decompression-driven genre of participation." They use the infinite scroll to put off having to deal with stress, like a kind of compensatory behavior. I kinda get it: the world sucks right now. I can't imagine being 15! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I believe there is no greater generational constant in USA than the high profile snake oil salesman. I bet historians can document trajectory changes in USA purely based on phenomena & gold rushes engineered by snake oil salesmen. ‘I invented a genie’ guy may be their crowning achievement though.

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.

“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.

The only responsible attitude for liberals and progressives to align on is that all right-wing grievances, claims and believes are not only false, but malicious lies. Nothing passes the mouth of an American conservative in public life that is not meant to harm and destroy the lives of millions.

The fact he can claim this when every right-wing slopmonger's vanity media projects collapse like a Jenga tower the moment Putin or Koch or Murdoch tighten their belts...

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · last wk.

Yglesias is connected enough in lefty media to know that he’s lying here. the idea that there’s significant money to be made pandering to the left is ridiculous.