Straightforward case of where the interests of journalists and the public do not align. Yes, Trump is accessible. And journalists like him for that. But he is also a terrible President. Doing impromptu pressers does not make him better at the job, and has Trump shows, does not increase transparency.
Documents reveal a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they help regulate:
ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees who declined to identify former clients.
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"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here." Anna Bower Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:
/3 Here, by the way, is what the Supreme Court ACTUALLY said about Trump’s theory in Texas v. Johnson 36 years ago:
Judge issues temporary restraining order against DHS in Chicago, affirming attacks on press during ICE protests "clearly violate" constitution.
ln further win for transparency, agents also required to wear badges or other visible ID with unique number.
They call it Allston Christmas in Boston
DHS subpoenaed Meta for information about an account that posts names and images of the ICE agents raiding our communities, but @aclu-norcal.bsky.social and advocates are pushing back.
Recording federal agents while on duty in public — and sharing that information — is our First Amendment right.
I've been trying to understand why this isn't generating as much fury as it should, and i think it's because there is a fundamental belief among many americans that the military can pretty much do whatever (which isn't entirely inaccurate.) that said, what the actual fuck.
Lessons from being online since 1995
1. Brandolini's law:
"The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."
2. Chill before serving. (Mine)
3. It's irony when the actor or observer is "confidently unaware."
4. On the Media's rules.
To put this into context, the judicial warrant for the search at the Hyundai plant named just four people.
Relying on that warrant, ICE detained nearly 500 people. DHS admitted that included U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and people lawfully here on visas.
In 1900, 31% of all deaths were children under the age of 5. Today it’s 0.7%. Vaccines, medications, and modern science are the reason why. Trust the science, it’s been proven to work safely and efficiently time and time again.
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Did you reach Cool Hand Luke territory?
New Hampshire election officials are again denying a request by the Trump administration to turn over sensitive voter information, despite repeated demands and a deadline imposed by federal officials.
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seriously thought the same thing
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Just saw this on April - it’s absolutely amazing. Just incredible
New level of dystopia achieved: A state Supreme Court has announced a death sentence ruling via an AI spokesman
Before you see a hundred or so posts saying that Texas has issued arrest warrants for the absent Dem legislators, you should be aware that they are civil warrants issued by the House that are not effective outside the state
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/04/t...
Stage 1: We build a nuclear reactor on the moon.
Stage 2: ?
goddamn corn sweat season
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are getting access to the personal data of nearly 80 million people on Medicaid in order to acquire "information concerning the identification and location of aliens in the United States,” according to an information exchange agreement viewed by WIRED.
This is now a Cole Palmer fan account.
Living Colour releases “Cult of Personality” as a single today in 1988.
“It’s not a condemnation,” said singer Corey Glover. “It’s more of a commentary on how we, as a culture, are drawn to strong personalities. Sometimes we follow without question. That’s what makes it dangerous.”
The Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times has obtained a list of more than 700 people who have been detained or appear to be scheduled to be sent to the Florida-run immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz.
4 U.S. citizen children, with their mother, held in a detention facility for 2 WEEKS. Denied access to lawyers and even communication with family.
Disappeared. Held Incommunicado. No charges have been filed.
