"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...

Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics

Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.

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Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.

US appeals court blocks Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law for now in XAI lawsuit

Elon Musk's xAI on Friday ​persuaded a US ‌federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ​ban on AI-generated ​fake nude images as ⁠the technology and ​social media company pursues ​a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.

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Renee Nicole Good's family has now filed TWO lawsuits, alleging a conspiracy between Greg Bovino, Stephen Miller, & others to deprive people of their rights & killing Renee in furtherance of that conspiracy. Why discovery will bring accountability for Renee’s murder: youtu.be/2kU7_-Yt-Ig?...

Trump HIT With TWO NEW LAWSUITS Over DEADLY ICE SHOOTING!!

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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So confusing why this guy doesn't want the rest of the Epstein Files released.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 6d ago

Trump defends the men in the Cornell gang rape case, saying he “feels bad” for them and they won't get a “fair shake”

I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

JD Vance on Angie Nixon: "Get the hell out of here. You don't belong in America"

All these attacks on trans people are Nazi bs. The people making them don’t even believe them. It’s all opportunism to push fascism, an easy smokescreen for misogyny to hide how the biggest threat to women and kids are men, and specifically men they know. Anyone buying into it should be ashamed.

We don’t have to live in the weird world tech billionaires have convinced their serfs and vassals is inevitable.

Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 2w ago

An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.

@ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social have a damning new story about how the Roberts Court is reviving Jim Crow, relying on the same legal tactics used to undermine the Reconstruction. A must read to understand the stakes of this election. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No wonder they're trying to destroy the ICC.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2w ago

White-nationalist "Remigration" envisions mass removals of nonwhite immigrants in service of ethnic cleansing. The Office of Remigration's activities have now been exposed by a good WaPo investigation. Its deportations are unfolding under indefensible conditions. 2/ newrepublic.com/article/2157...

Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2w ago

Remarkable: An Iowa right wing radio host just leaked word that GOP polling shows House Rs in peril even in districts Trump won by +10. The culript? Trump and the war. On the pod, Iowa Dem chair Rita Hart explains why the conditions are ripe for big Dem rural gains: newrepublic.com/article/2158...

BREAKING: Judge Kelly has ordered the government to RESPOND to the CNN/MSNOW/Politico TRO by TOMORROW, and a hearing is set on the Temporary Restraining Order motion for WEDNESDAY at 3:30 PM.

Here's the 27-page complaint just filed by CNN, MS NOW, and Politico challenging President Trump's categorical exclusion of those three outlets from the White House: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... As I explained this morning, this suit will succeed: www.stevevladeck.com/p/251-newsga...

#1 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com

COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF against Steven Cheung, DONALD J. TRUMP, SUSAN WILES ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-12686613) filed by Betsy Klein, POLITICO LLC, MS NOW Cable, ...

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You can’t distance yourself from him when you long ago sold your soul to be part of his treacherous regime. And nobody should let them.

‘He is kryptonite’: Republicans start breaking with Trump

Candidates in tight races are publicly distancing themselves from a president whose low approval rating is dragging the party down.

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1/When you learned Trump banned MS NOW, CNN & Politico from the WH, the first thought that crossed your mind was probably, “That has to violate the First Amendment.” You would not be wrong. joycevance.substack.com/p/its-a-nice...

It’s a Nice First Amendment You’ve Got There…

Mea culpa for the long post on a Saturday night, but read on and see if you don’t agree that it’s essential.

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Precisely this—the power attributed to technology makes it incredibly useful for laundering responsibility

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 3w ago

The AI industry wants you to say "the AI just did that thing on its own!" Like, United Health's AI that's denying a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate? They wanted you to think it's just the AI.

They employ only 2630 people and use 1/4 of the electricity in the entire state. Boycotting AI is actually a reasonable response.

Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report

A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.

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Recalling the quaint notion that the U.S. President should act in the national interest rather than in his own personal financial interest. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump and sons invest heavily in AI economy as he resists calls for slowdown

Trump’s decisions as president on one of the most consequential policy debates of his administration could affect the value of his personal investments.

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“Jesus doesn’t hear the prayers of those who wage war.” — Pope Leo XIV

It better come with accountability so that every American can see what we allowed into the house.

So, In Sum - Trump Is A Titanic F-ck Up, His Madness Is Getting Worse, American Voters Are Angry, And Are Ready Now To Put Us Back In Power

Trump had a very bad week and we had a very good one

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Yet another issue where Dems need to look left instead of right. End-stage capitalism. Climate denial. Election denial. Look back at all the darkness wrought upon us by the new brand of Republican Trumpism and if you’re a Dem looking for bipartisan solutions on AI, you might want to fuck off.

The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving

Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.

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The court filing dug up by @kint.bsky.social is the most They Admit It i have ever seen in my life www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

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Pick one, because the two are incompatible.

Democracy May Survive Trump, but It Looks Like Capitalism Might Not

The “businessman” with “private sector” experience is exactly the person who might bring not only the American but the global economy to its knees.

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While SoCal coastal residents sandbag sea walls, only consolation is that the Republican Party has to sand bag in +10 districts just to hold the line.

Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...

Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton

The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”

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I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

Dems need to get their heads around what a big clusterfuck Iran will be by January. We could be in full-blown energy crisis, 1979-style, with an urgent need to put grown-ups in charge of the war machine (if it is not targeted at Dems before then).

The whole lot of them are gone beyond recall, better they be gone.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"

Between the PRs of (largely likely stolen) math breakthroughs, claims of "rogue AI" (actually cybercrimes by companies, but whatevs), and doomerist "whistleblowers", it feels like we've been subjected to a gish gallop of hype recently. >>

So helpful! Mapping AI belief systems and factions kategage.substack.com/p/political-...

Political AI Field Guide: Factions and Beliefs

A mapping of six of the major factions shaping AI and the political landscape: their beliefs, money, policy positions, schisms, and alignments.

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