Of course they are concentration camps. And @anatosaurus.bsky.social is right that once you accept the euphemism you are halfway to normalizing the thing.

Concentration camps. If objective is to close camps, voters must view them as vile & without any merit. Many voters believe "detention facilities" are necessary for law/safety. Plus they fit legal definition of concentration camps (which is NOT same as extermination camps.)

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“Superpower Suicide” is a concept to help understand the approach of the Trump regime to the rest of the world. We are fighting a war for no reason we can name, losing it, and covering our defeat with genocidal and apocalyptic propaganda.
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Sheinbaum exige a EU explicación por agentes en Chihuahua La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo enfatizó que los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y Chihuahua deben aclarar la presencia de dos agentes estadunidenses en un operativo en campo en esa entidad, a fin d...

Mexico’s president is demanding an explanation of what CIA officials were doing in Chihuahua when they died in an car crash over the weekend. www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026...

Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it. The agreement governing hundreds of millions in private donations was kept secret until a watchdog group sued and a judge ordered it disclosed.

Court documents show President Trump knew he was going to tear down the East Wing at least two months before doing so, but he never told the public.

Read more on what we learned here:

Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it. The agreement governing hundreds of millions in private donations was kept secret until a watchdog group sued and a judge ordered it disclosed.

Breaking news: The Trump administration’s fundraising arrangement for the White House ballroom project shields donor identities and excludes the White House from conflict of interest requirements, according to records obtained by The Post.

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This sounds like an absolutely unreal case to bring, Blanche couldn't give a coherent justification for it, and we know how Patel felt about the SPLC.

More to come once I get the indictment.

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FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center, Anti-Defamation League after conservative complaints FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau is cutting ties with two organizations that for decades have tracked domestic extremism and racial and religious bias, a move that follows complaints about the ...

Here was the prelude to the prelude: apnews.com/article/fbi-...

Prominent Civil Rights Group Says It Is Under Federal Investigation

Here was the prelude background:

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The Justice Dept’s theory of the case— that the group that single-handedly disassembled the Ku Klux Klan defrauded its donors by concealing that it was using paid informant to do that work and more— has about as much merit as the now-dismissed charges against Jim Comey.

Though on these matters, and all legal matters abt AL, you should put more stock in what @joycewhitevance.bsky.social says than me.

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Effectively, they're saying SPLC lied to their donors, claiming they were dismantling hate groups, when in fact they were funding them.

The legal theory, as alleged (which may crumble) is pretty compelling. And all the while AL USAO has been picking through an anti-racist org w/grand jury secrecy.

Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a criminal investigation by the Justice Department The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

BREAKING: The Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces investigation by Justice Department over past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

Ossoff kicked ass last night on the Maddow show.

The record-setting pace of retirements from Congress continues, led by Republicans NPR is tracking the record number of congressional lawmakers — now more than one in eight current members — who have announced plans to retire or run for a different office in 2026.

With (former) Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick's resignation from Congress, we're at 84 members who started the 119th Congress and don't plan to return.

NPR's Congressional retirement (and resignation/died/lost election) tracker has been updated:

Southern Poverty Law Center says it's being 'targeted' by Trump administration The head of the civil rights organization said that they believe DOJ is running a criminal investigation, possibly involving their use of confidential informants.

Southern Poverty Law Center says it's being 'targeted' by Trump DOJ

The thrust ofthe current alleged violationsset out in the recent Petitionsis a dispute over Mr. Taranto’sliving arrangements. The Probation Office has directed Mr. Taranto to reside at hisfamily home whereas Mr. Taranto isliving in his van which is parked on his property. The Probation Office has indicated that Washington State will not accept supervision unless Mr. Taranto resides in the family home.

Hearing at 2PM for Jan. 6 defendant Taylor Taranto, who is still on probation because of his separate gun case.

Issue appears to be centered around whether he can still live in a van on his family property.

He's still getting mental health treatment.

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Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).

Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.

And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.

Remember this.

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

The BBC has found a consistent pattern of market volume spikes just before Trump social media posts or media interviews were made public, raising suspicion of insider trading. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Wrote about the Palantir "mask off" thread...

And it’s written by a Harvard Law professor who is not Adrian Vermeule💀

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Dozens of people in fatigues lined up in the Capitol Rotunda with signage demanding an end to the Iran War

Dozens of US military veterans were arrested at the Capitol today during a protest against the Iran War.

Photos via @frankthorp.bsky.social

Column titled “Est. Payment In Lieu of Taxes ($/yr)” showing annual amounts per site, including approximately $1.1M, $6.21M, $5.48M, and $365K, with several values repeated across rows.

Table titled “Warehouse Litigation Summary” listing two federal cases. Row 1: Case 2:26-cv-02884, State of New Jersey and Township of Roxbury v. DHS and ICE, in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Claims include APA, NEPA, and Immigration and Nationality Act violations. Seeks to halt purchase, construction, and operation of a warehouse detention facility. Status: preliminary injunction/TRO request pending. Row 2: Case 3-26-cv-00957, El Paso County, Texas v. ICE, in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso division. Claims FOIA violations related to records on a proposed detention center. Seeks disclosure of planning, funding, contracts, and environmental documents. Status: agency response pending.

NEW: The ICE Warehouse Tracker now has:

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To be fair, Kash has been in the "file bogus SLAPP suits" game for a while now. www.techdirt.com/2019/11/21/f...

Chef's kiss for this logo remodel.

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Victoria Toensing @VicToensing Hubby being sworn in as Counsel to the Attorney General. 4:04 PM · Apr 20, 2026 · 6,199 Views Jason Reding Quiñones, the US Attorney in Miami, swearing in a much shorter Joe DiGenova.

Joe DiGenova, whose wife once solicited payments from foreigners to lie about Joe Biden in 2019, just got sworn in to investigate things those things he lied about in the past.

Over the weekend I laid out why this is so problematic.

emptywheel.net/2026/04/19/t...

What if verification can’t keep up with increasingly sophisticated AI-generated media? Bellingcat researcher @koltai.bsky.social spoke with @bendobrown.bsky.social and Reuters' George Sargent at #ijf26 on the role we can play. Watch back here: www.festivaldelgiornalismo.com/programme/20...