Buried 35 paragraphs in: "Violent crime in Chicago has dropped significantly in the first half of the year, according to official data released by the city. Shootings are down 37% and homicides have dropped by 32% compared to the first half of 2024, while total violent crime dropped by over 22%..."
At last, the prophesied age of the Segway is upon us
Children did not understand what was happening. The government moved late at night, over a holiday weekend, deliberately making it harder for these children to reach their attorneys or the courts. This is all on purpose. Full statement ▶️ firrp.org/florence-pro...
Unfortunately, I have just discovered that I appear to be whatever kind of thing is killed by outrageous stupidity
The Republicans give us the venomous power-hungry racism but you need to go a Libertarian to get “the government suggesting I shouldn’t eat raw chicken is as tyrannical as the age of consent”
I'm sure it's all above-board. This is a facial expression that honest people make
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Absolutely bonkers personalist regime stuff www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
It has been wild to see what were always the two most paranoid pro-Second Amendment scenarios—the government snatching people away and sending occupying armies into communities—literally happen this year, to the delight of conservatives
She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse. ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit." 10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.
If something happened to be daughter and in response I was told that she is now "with the person who loved her the most," you could not hold me legally liable for what I would do next.
Undermining the Fed to get lower rates now is like ripping the batteries out of your smoke alarm because it’s beeping. It’s quiet for a bit. Then your house burns down. Credibility anchors expectations; expectations anchor inflation.
You’re not dropping a single, asshole. If you’re actually knew anything, it would be criminal not to reveal it now. But of course, this is a bullshit publicity stunt.
Moore: "The thing that gets me most about this is how deeply disrespectful this is to members of the National Guard who signed up for this job as I did when I deployed overseas & led paratroopers in combat where we signed up w/the expectation the commander in chief was actually taking it seriously"
This is not surprising, but so appalling. About 180 FEMA staff members knew they would be risking their jobs to communicate the degradation of emergency response under Trump tells you how bad things are. We can't say we were not warned, but the people who warned us are being punished for doing so.
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
"It is without a doubt the most illegal search I've ever seen in my life," U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said from the bench. "I'm absolutely flabbergasted at what has happened. A high school student would know this was an illegal search." unreal quote 😭
Among all the other things, "The President has screwed things up so badly that the world's other rich countries won't deliver mail to us anymore" really should end it immediately.
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
They’re making fun of the media referring to Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a Maryland man as they threaten to send him to Uganda, a country where he’s never lived. They’re simply fucking vile.
The prolonged public torturing of a single man because the state cannot admit to its errors is not something that occurs in a free country
TRUMP: “A lot of people are saying maybe we’d like a dictator.” He’s saying it. Are you listening? 🇺🇸
It's hard to take that because of a 1.5 percent margin in one election, our country will now commit suicide -- and take a good chunk of the rest of the world down with it.
They gaslit you all throughout the election.
Let’s be clear about what is happening: This man is being punished — and disappeared — because he embarrassed our pretender king. They trumped up a criminal case against him because he was embarrassing.
America now
Where is the Governance Disinformation Board Disinformation Board to clear all this up?
It was the 9/11 of American history
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
These fascist goons are mobilizing the whole power of the US government to persecute this one man and ruin his life, because he embarrassed them.
"Hey, we need a Republican to talk about how totally believable it is that an eyewitness to sexual assaults now insists they never saw anything wrong -- who should we get?"
the impression this gives is that you are defending the homeland against a troglodyte invasion
NEW: Leaders of a small Arizona city ramped up affordable housing & services like soup kitchens for homeless people. In response, a former mayor got angry & tried to recall them. But they survived the recalls this month. Bolts reports on what's happening—& the warring responses to homelessness:
Earlier reporting had it that Uganda had agreed to accept third party removals only of people with no criminal history. Hard to read this as anything other than the intentional, malevolent persecution of a man that the US Government affirmatively knows to be innocent of any crime.
the government is trying to disappear a man who can testify to torture committed at the direction and payment of the government
i think people need a refresher on what constitutes a Distraction. the cracker barrel logo thing (zero stakes, obviously invented controversy) is a Distraction. the ongoing military occupation of washington dc (ample footage of random delivery drivers being violently detained by feds) is not
I'm hoping the transparently disgusting deal made between Epstein's old best friend and his most notorious accomplice is obvious to everyone here.
“Uneasy mix”
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You guys. The Lisa Cook story isn’t about her mortgages. Please please please stop being so credulous.
As of late last month, the investigation—led by US senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat of Georgia—had unearthed 41 cases of physical and sexual abuse; 14 involving pregnant detainees and 18 involving children.
Well, if this doesn't perfectly encapsulate support for the modern GOP.
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous. Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
"I'm not going to be part of that process that gives [Trump] more reinforcement to harm my community and my people." Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier is being held in the State Capitol for refusing to comply with a Republican demand that she allow herself to be chaperoned by police.
That guy's a Nazi? You're kidding
The Independent has identified Eric Lendrum as the DHS PR officer responsible for a relentless flood of social media posts on DHS pages using Nazis memes, slogans and images. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
NEW: “I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.” Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
Can’t wait for @jaketapper.bsky.social’s book about this
Two Black Mom’s. Two Texas moms were forced to wait for urgent care after pregnancy loss. They died - The Dallas Morning News apple.news/Ar4R4ruBOT8K...
Declaring a fake emergency as an excuse to deploy the military to police civilians is one of the most canonical examples of authoritarian takeovers. Overseas, people see clearly what Trump is doing. Here in America most people — especially those with power or influence — are in denial.
An unarmed veteran was attacked from behind, sustaining injuries and being dragged into a Portland ice building.
I’m gonna say armed troops from red states descending on a blue city is just a few inches — or maybe one exchange of gunfire — short of a civil war’s opening stages.
laura loomer serving as president along with stephen miller and russell vought
“It’s a signal that identity, not ability or achievement, determines who stays in uniform and who gets a fair shot.” Forget about merit or achievement. The Trump-Hegseth military is all in for identity politics. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
BRENNAN: Well that February meeting in front of cameras where Zelenskyy was dressed down-- RUBIO: Do you know how many meetings we've had since then? BRENNAN: I was just up in Alaska watching the one with Vladimir Putin where a red carpet rolled out. It was very different
I want to congratulate leading Democrats’ for their insistence on saying the takeover of DC is a “stunt” or a “distraction.” It’s a rare trifecta of intellectual failure, political stupidity, and moral obtuseness.
I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
This right here. My blood boils just thinking about it.
I think an important thing for the nation is to know how many teenagers the President has raped
How Mediocre White Men & Their Fragility Are Destroying America The Trump Administration & corporate media are Affirmative Action for the world's most fragile, mediocre, white men who see equality as oppression & would rather burn the country down than share it. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
One of these things is not like the other #washingtondc
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Today, we honor the brave Navajo Code Talkers. Those 29 men are the definition of strength and honor in the face of adversity. We won’t let Trump erase their legacy.
Since this came out I've been so bitterly amused by how *much* of my stuff is here. Folks have spent so much energy declaring my work inferior and me a "DEI hire"... but then they stole every book, story, and even interview to feed their plagiarism machines. And yeah, I'm adding my name.
I’m trying to figure out what caused Trump to target these particular mayors
I brought my family to DC for the Cherry Blossom festival. The first thing I saw when when I exited the L'Enfant Plaza Metro was several cherry blossoms, which I should have expected but it still scared me. So forgive me if I doubt that crime is down.
Okay, I've deleted my earlier post. Apparently, this is *not* a pipe. But the fact that I thought it was says a lot about society.
The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement. The President does not run the Smithsonian. The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law. Release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
adrian vermeule's research program insists that the constitution is a blueprint for a catholic theocracy, which is the legal academic version of a tenured english professor whose entire research program is insisting that the x-men are in canterbury tales
Stephen Miller tried to claim only real "Americans" built the Empire State Building, but he left out the true stories of the Indigenous ironworkers who actually did. The Mohawk Skywalkers helped shape America's skylines—and shatter the lie behind Miller’s whitewashed nostalgia.
Israel Accuses Al Jazeera Of Being Mouthpiece For Journalism theonion.com/israel-...
i think they're handing this medal out to dipshits *because* it's gone to people like rosa parks and MLK
it's crazy how we just take for granted now that the president is a deranged racist
"“I ain’t ever bought no prostitutes. I ain’t never raped nobody. I ain’t never paid anybody off. None of that stuff,” said G, a resident from one of the photographed tents. “He’s much more of a criminal than I am”" streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
It’s very instructive that this is considered acceptable. It means that many of the people we assume are our friends really are not.
bragging about being a giant pussy is integral to the conservative mindset
reskeet with a tweet you still think about
“I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification… If I die, I die steadfast upon my principles,” he wrote. “Do not forget Gaza … “ www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/m...
we need to teach the 1930s properly so that people know the Reichstag Fire was exactly this stupid
hear me out here, what if none of it is a 'distraction' and they're just doing a lot of horrible shit simultaneously
guys it’s really not funny that the fbi agent took a footlong to the chest. stop laughing. it’s NOT FUNNY that an fbi agent in head to toe tactical gear tried to chase the guy who hucked a sandwich straight at his bulletproof vest but couldn’t outrun him
This is why Hegseth was brought in. A real secretary of defense would’ve objected to this.
I don’t think I’m exaggerating that this letter is sanctionable. All of it is total nonsense. For one thing, no money has been paid or will be paid back.
I'm really going to need every @npr.org and supposedly liberal news outlet to stop uncritically repeating this "tough on crime" narrative; fucking stop it
A teenage 4channer was beat up by two 15 year olds in DC, which was spotted and quickly stopped by nearby police. He told his friends, the richest man in the world and the Vice President of the United States, that he was pummeled by a dozen adult Romanians. A week later, Trump federalized DC police.
If you're National Guard in the DC metro area, text me securely via Signal at 202-510-1268
Pointing out how safe DC by showing the low crime rates isn’t going to convince conservatives because “people breaking the actual law” isn’t what they mean by “crime”. To them, “crime” includes merely seeing black people, unhoused people, and anyone else the bigots clutch pearls about as “crime”
The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
What's the bad news?
I think it's important to remember that conservatives don't care about crime or "disorder", they want to be able to use the force of the state to prevent anyone from acting in a way they don't personally approve of, and that's what's going on in DC. Crime's just how they justify it.
a specific skill I've developed over the past ~20 years is crafting responses to emails sent to me, but intended for that other Naomi Wolf
As an American journalist, I really wish the institutions that trumpet a free press had more to say about this administration funding the assassination of our comrades
Zohran should propose “Cuomo’s Law”, a law that bars sex offenders from being mayor of New York City
Given this, it seems reasonable to me that people would interpret many of the events/circumstances in the world today as evidence against the existence of one of these things but not of the other.
This strikes me as a flawed analogy. I think it's fair to say that the God in which Christians believe has made clear that humans are to behave in a certain way and will be punished for doing otherwise, whereas almost nobody would claim that the laws of physics have anything to do with morality. 1/
My firm represents FBI Special Agent in Charge of Las Vegas Field Office Spencer Evans, a decorated 21 year veteran, who was just summarily fired by Dir #KashPatel. No due process. Fired because he followed COVID protocol instructions issued by Justice Dept back in 2021-22.
