FWIW, both of VDARE’s founders were on the masthead of the National Review in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Peter Brimelow was also a staffer for Senator Orrin Hatch. This white nationalist thread has been present in the conservative movement for a long time. Screenshot is from 1997.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12h ago

SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know

Wow! @menendez.house.gov says that the EXACT scenario I flagged two months ago, where ICE "releases" someone having a medical emergency solely so their death won't be recorded as occurring while in custody, happened last month at the infamous Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ.

Matt Shuham@mattshuham.bsky.social · yesterday

Days before the death of Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo, ICE officials did not report the death of another man who’d been detained at Delaney Hall — because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) alleged. www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...

This is a 1,600 bed facility, so it will instantly become one of ICE's largest facilities. It will also be one of (if not the actual) largest ICE jail/prison in the midwest.

Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · 2d ago

🚨ICE has awarded CoreCivic $536.2 million to operate the Prairie Correction Facility in Appleton, Minnesota as an immigration jail. The period of performance begins August 11.

The top of the US govt abusing power with even trivial things *is* the story. Federal law enforcement warped around lies and assuaging one man’s hurt feelings. The cynical, above-it-all attitude of doesn’t matter, stop being hysterical, why not humor him for a bit is part of why we’re in this mess.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d ago

So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.

The Trump admin had a real theory of war: Put on a show of toughness, tell people how manly you are, disdain law, do war crimes, and you win. Earlier losses came from leaders too "weak" to do that. It was a very stupid theory. But they espoused it a lot, really seem to believe it, and acted on it.

Shoe@shoe.bsky.social · 7d ago

President Toddler

Meanwhile, while Senators are grandstanding over absolutely nothing in Fauci's fracking diary, of all fracking things...

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6d ago

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.

17 Mexican citizens have been killed during ICE operations. The Mexican government has filed criminal complaints w/several state prosecutors, served evidence preservation letters on detention centers, & called for a formal review by the UN Human Rights Council. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Mexico seeks accountability in Chicago-area ICE death and 16 others. Can it force the U.S. to act?

Mexico has filed criminal complaints with state and county prosecutors seeking investigations into the deaths of 17 Mexican nationals, including Silverio Villegas González, who was shot and killed by ...

chicago.suntimes.com

TPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...

ICE plans to target Haitians as Temporary Protected Status is set to end, sources say

The plans include arresting migrants in Ohio and quickly putting them on deportation flights to crisis-stricken Haiti, the internal documents indicate.

cbsnews.com

Distorting government records in service of absurd lies aimed at getting around clear laws really sucks. Corrosive in multiple ways. In this case, altering US casualty data for the Iran war to pretend it’s multiple separate wars as a contemptuous disregard for the time limits in the War Powers Act.

Roger Sollenberger@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · last wk.

After the official Iran war casualty database listed the four U.S. servicemembers recently killed in the Iran war, the Pentagon quietly removed their names and put them on a new list. That new list starts July 7, the day Trump notified Congress of a “new” conflict in Iran apnews.com/article/iran...

I think I'm all caught up on writing and revising minutes for the past few months. Between various guides and the latest Robert's Rules, I think (I hope?) I won't torpedo the next meeting with an extended debate on my minutes again!

Five years ago today, #Belarus began one of Europe's most sweeping crackdowns on civil society. On July 23, 2021, the regime filed to dissolve more than 50 NGOs in one day. Since 2020, at least 2,044 non-profit organizations have been liquidated.

Orwell is cited a lot these days, and yes "we have always been at war with Eastasia" applies here. But the most Orwellian thing about all this is doublethink. You are required to believe the US and Iran have been at war for 47 years AND that the US and Iran have been at war for only a few months.

Apparently not part of Western Civilization (incomplete list): Homer, Socrates, Plato, democracy, Aquinas, Shakespeare, liberty, Locke, Montesquieu, Superman, NATO, vaccines Western Civilization that Must Be Defended: Carl Schmitt, the Confederacy, Green M&Ms in heels, the movie 300, domestic abuse

Canada is great, the US-Canada alliance was great—world’s longest land border and at peace! joint air defense! tons of money from trade! mutually enriching cultural exchange!—and this entirely Trump-caused damage to the relationship really sucks. For many reasons. So unnecessary. So self-harming.

We hope to see you this weekend for chock full program. www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events

This kind of John Birch Society rhetoric used to be the sort of thing most Americans laughed at. Now it’s just standard issue GOP talking points.

at this point i think we can stop calling it “highly unusual”

#Belarus A powerful gust in Viciebsk toppled Lenin's bust. Nature occasionally delivers symbolism no censor can control🤭

Do not fall for this, @durbin.senate.gov.

They just keep killing people and lying about it. Everybody involved in this criminal organization needs to be prosecuted.

Olivia 💙 4thTransformer@olivia4t.bsky.social · 3w ago

⛔ #UPDATE — New video shows #ÏCE agents running along the side of the car. Video does not show the agents in danger of being "run over." Agent shot & killed the driver—witnesses say they heard 4 shots. Incident occurred in #Biddeford, #Maine— about 15 miles south of #Portland.

That feeling when you're reading a far right fringe publication from 1995 and it reads like a standard Twitter timeline or official messaging from the federal government in 2026. Don't overlook the ad for the health benefits of magnets.

Per capita, Lukashenka's dictatorship is even more brutal than Putin's when it comes to political prisoners and state terror. So whenever I read about repression in Russia, I think of #Belarus - and the people who have been living through an even darker reality for years.

🧵This story is insane in so many ways that others are more qualified to analyze. Can only add that viz US foreign policy, Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, acting as viceroy of Venezuela is derelict, unconscionable, & impeachable. The SecState's time is scarce, valuable, and not outsourcable. 1/

Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal.bsky.social · 4w ago

Think. About. This. The U.S. Treasury receives the revenue from most of Venezuela’s exports, then disburses it gradually to Venezuela through the country’s private banks…. Mr. Rubio and his team set the conditions on what that money can be spent on, and by whom. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...

I bet they'll have a good laugh about this at the White House Stenographers Dinner.

Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 4w ago

"The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...

These guys wouldn't understand Clausewitz if the man himself came back and broke it down for them in two syllable English words with accompanying illustrations.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Rep. Rich McCormick: "We should be participating in Clausewitzian warfare. We should be dominating them and bringing them to their knees."

Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with

Pop Crave@popcrave.com · 4w ago

‘The Odyssey’ women Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, and Charlize Theron stun in Paris.

Feds indict state Rep. Carol Ammons and Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons on fraud and obstruction charges

Democratic state Rep. Carol Ammons and Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons indicted on fraud and obstruction charges

A federal grand jury indicted Democratic state Rep. Carol Ammons of Urbana on wire fraud and other charges.

chicagotribune.com

Feds indict Rep. Ammons

They’ve said this about nearly everyone they’ve shot in a moving car, and they’ve lied nearly every time.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 4w ago

ICE says agent shot and killed Houston driver, FBI investigating

Speaking as just one guy who sues the government a lot: This basically does not happen. It is a transparent effort to shut down further inquiry by conceding relief. What they are seeking to cover up must be unspeakably bad.

Jon Seidel@jonseidel.bsky.social · 4w ago

The feds just made it official: They won't fight a bid by members of the "Broadview 6" for attorneys' fees. They do "not concede that the United States has acted or done anything to warrant those fees." They also say there should be no discovery. Full filing: cst.brightspotcdn.com/dc/d1/e34a37...