Thanks, @jerseybuckeyes.bsky.social! I’m still trying. I’ll be speaking at local screenings of updated @badfaithdoc.bsky.social documentary in the coming months. To host: Carylanna at badfaithscreenings@gmail.com

Akin to Omnishambolic

donald trump is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face . ALT: donald trump is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face .

Good morning!

Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates—

💰His net worth is up $1.9 billion, to $6.2 billion

💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million

💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million

💰19-year-old Barron is worth $150 million

And Jared became a billionaire last year.

Have a great day!

Trump is using immigration policy to suppress speech, lawsuit claims A new lawsuit accuses the administration of violating the First Amendment by threatening the visas of researchers for work on disinformation and content moderation of social media.

A new lawsuit accuses the administration of violating the First Amendment by threatening the visas of researchers for work on disinformation and content moderation of social media. n.pr/4be42ye

Live updates: Casualties in Israel as Iran vows to avenge Khamenei, attacks 9 countries in region Israel’s national emergency service reported the deadly strike after Iran promised a new wave of attacks in revenge for the ayatollah’s death.

Breaking news: At least nine people are reported dead in strike near Jerusalem, Israel says, as Iran retaliates across the region after the death of its supreme leader. Nearly 30 more were injured, according to Israel.

An official accounting of Trump’s golf and customer service time It remains the case that President Trump doesn't particularly seem to like the White House. During his first time in office, there was reporting to this effect; in 2017, he allegedly told members of h...

If you're curious: Yes, of course Trump is at Mar-a-Lago as his unilateral war kicks off. www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...

Hello Claude

If you’re interested in learning whom your elected representatives work for, it’s worth checking out Open Secrets, an organization that tracks campaign financing. In a nation in which political bribery was legalized by SCOTUS, true representative democracy is quite elusive.

www.opensecrets.org

ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...

NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.

Rice ICE tracker: Where Blue Is Red. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Rice ICE Tracker www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Trying!

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Now why would that be?

A Small Texas Think Tank Cultivated Covid Dissidents. Now They’re Running US Health Policy. - KFF Health News Fueled by covid backlash, a libertarian author created the Brownstone Institute in 2021. In recent months, people with ties to the group have catapulted to the highest levels of U.S. government, exerc...

I’ve been tracking and writing about Brownstone since December 2021 and it’s really validating to see these pieces.

Solid write-up from KFF on its influence. One thing left out: The group helped steer the GOP House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic long before Trump took office.

Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.

This Thanksgiving. thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-tr...

This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them. The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...

The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate.

It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.

(Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)

Americans are on the verge of losing their ability to choose their government. But they don't seem to have realized it yet.

“.. In the first half of this year, the Trump Organization’s income soared 17-fold to $864 million ..

“.. more than 90% .. came from Trump crypto ventures, including sales of World Liberty tokens.”

@reuters.com $WLFI
www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It. Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...

Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It. - from @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/okla...

That’s Brent Bozell III, founder of the Media Research Center, nephew of William F Buckley and one of many Council For National Policy members who worked to oppose anti-apartheid efforts in the 1980s. Also, his son was one of the first rioters inside the Capitol on Jan 6. Got four years for it.

On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...

There already aren’t enough dentists who accept Medicaid patients, said Kimberly Raleigh of the Michigan Oral Health Coalition, and “if there is a reduction in community water fluoridation, it’s just a downward spiral.”

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

The White House’s mass firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease. www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

Canada’s historic wildfire season hits Indigenous people hardest Indigenous people make up 5 percent of Canada’s population but have accounted for more than half its wildfire evacuees this year.

Indigenous people are 5 percent of Canada's population but have made up more than half its wildfire evacuees this year while their generational knowledge of forest stewardship is largely ignored. Indigenous Services Canada says “more work needs to be done”

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...