this is why shipping migrants to third party countries is inherently a due process violation. it very literally removes them from the realm of legal process entirely.

“Are We Still Friends?”: How Donald Trump Is Unraveling the Western Alliance A gathering of diplomats in Europe only heightened fears that the United States is abandoning NATO and siding with Russia over Ukraine—which Trump cemented in his latest attacks on “dictator” Zelensky...

“It actually felt like history is happening in front of our very eyes,” one Polish official tells @jenkirby.bsky.social in her report from Munich on fears the US is disengaging from the continent—or worse, actively working against it

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That’s how you write a headline, people.

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The series of events — in which the acting No. 2 official at the Justice Department seemed to guide criminal defense lawyers toward a rationale for dropping charges against a high-profile client — represents an extraordinary shattering of norms for an agency charged with enforcing the laws of the United States. It also sends a message that, under the Trump administration, the Justice Department will make prosecutorial decisions based not on the merits of a case but on purely political concerns, longtime prosecutors and defense lawyers said. Prompted by Mr. Bove, the mayor’s lawyers refined their approach until they landed on a highly unorthodox argument, records and interviews show — one that was ultimately reflected in Mr. Bove’s memo to prosecutors on Monday. That memo stated that the criminal case had “unduly restricted Mayor Adams’s ability” to address illegal immigration and violent crime. It also pointedly said that the decision had nothing to do with the evidence or the law.

Wow. The NYT reports that Acting Deputy AG Emil Bove coached Mayor Eric Adams' attorneys on what to argue in order to get the charges dismissed (namely, that the charges were interfering with the mayor's ability to cooperate with Trump's immigration crackdown): www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

BREAKING: CFPB probationary employees just received a termination notice without the pertinent information filled out. Click to see all of it.

“Extinction Burst” as applied to MAGA.

This is worth the two minutes of your time. Trust me on this one…
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A screenshot of a tweet from the account "Department of Government Efficiency" (@DOGE) stating, "Adjustment to DHS website." The tweet includes a side-by-side comparison of two screenshots of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) website. The left screenshot shows a page titled "LGBTQI+ Community Resources," containing information on safety resources and support for LGBTQI+ individuals. The right screenshot shows a "Page Not Found" message with a DHS logo and an image of a K-9 dog wearing a vest. Below the tweet, engagement metrics indicate 1.1 million views. The post includes suggested questions: "Why was DHS page removed?" and "Why was the adjustment made?"

They removed resources for LGBTQ institutions to get support when threatened with violence.

The message is clear, MAGA can now threaten and commit terrorism against the LGBTQ community with impunity.

So they literally could have set up 400 people in a $1500 a month apartment for 29 YEARS for what they spent to abuse people. Or housed almost 1000 people for a year at the same rate.

This is what they used to do in the Soviet Union.

Why Trump’s Data Purge is a Digital Book Burning How reporters tracked the Trump administration's data purges in real time.

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I want you to imagine that your baby has been born with mysterious symptoms. A hospital data scientist is trying to figure it out with rare disease data from the CDC. But suddenly that information is deleted. Today’s show. With @jasonkoebler.bsky.social:

It's worth reiterating - Microsoft's own research indicates that use of generative AI degrades critical thinking skills and erodes confidence in unassisted decision making.

SpaceX Silently Loses Another Rocket To Space - FAA Rules Out Investigation SpaceX might have lost another second stage Falcon 9 rocket launched at the start of this month shows data from the satellite tracking website Celes Track. The Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Vanden...

The FAA and SpaceX hid the fact that they list yet another rocket this month.

Not only that, but the FAA is not going to investigate either.

And there’s your reason for forcing out the head of the FAA.

Representative and Republican Mike McCaul of Texas stood up for PEPFAR and USAid on Sunday’s “Face The Nation”. He is starting to rally the Republican opposition to The purge. Please call (202)225-2401 and tell him you support him and how we can help.

THIS is the version of the ‘farmer who’s about to lose his farm’ testimonial that you need to see.

Here’s the thing—I don’t care if they admit they were wrong. We already know they were. But they do need to admit they were lied to—by Donald Trump. Call him out by name!

starting to believe that the people who campaigned to usher in a millennia of white supremacist fascist oligarchy were not as committed to the principle of free speech as the media had led voters to believe

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These are the only refugees we’re now taking. So guess it’s just full-on white nationalism.

If you were wondering what white supremacy looks like, it is when you deprive darker-skinned people in Afghanistan, who risked their lives to help American troops as translators, refugee status, but give it to white South Africans who only helped keep black people down with Apartheid.

Henry Waalce, FDRs V.P. said this about Fascism here.

How so prescient.

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The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army At least three individuals associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year, WIRED has learned.

SCOOP: We've learned at least three individuals closely associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year. Step inside the recruitment effort that helped build Elon's DOGE army:

New acting CFPB director Russell Vought sends a directive to Bureau staff telling them to "cease all supervision and examination activity" and "cease all stakeholder engagement," per a source familiar

Can we revisit Musk and his views on family values? Monogamy? Honesty? Charity? Drug use? I’m curious what his values are and how in the world did he end up as unelected leader of the Republican Party that used to spout “family values” constantly?

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The Idaho Gop have proposed HB 162, the "School sponsored Bible reading act", which would require that the Bible be read daily in public schools.

The Bible has no place in public schools. Religious fanatics need to stop trying to force their religion on others.

Hello, I am in Hampton Roads Virgina and I need help rehoming my two female cats.

Clementine The Calico is a little over 4 yrs old and Domino will be 2 in May. Clementine is a little shy but is very sweet. Domino is playful.

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February 8, 2025 Yesterday the National Institutes of Health under the Trump administration announced a new policy that will dramatically change the way the United States funds medical research.

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The most qualified Supreme Court justice nominee in history gets dismissed as a “DEI hire”—because she’s Black.

Mediocre White men don’t get this disrespect!

Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.

Now under Trump, the NIH says it is cutting ~$9 billion in federal research grants supporting medical research ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's diseases.

“I think it’s going to destroy research universities in the short term, and I don’t know after that." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...