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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
"Colmenares said he tried to film the agents when they burst into his unit. They snatched his phone, threw it to the floor and hit him across the head with the butt of a rifle, he said. He dropped to his knees, he said, and raised his hands to his neck."
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Colmenares said he tried to film the agents when they burst into his unit. They snatched his phone, threw it to the floor and hit him across the head with the butt of a rifle, he said. He dropped to his knees, he said, and raised his hands to his neck."
Gift article: "The point was not subtle: Trump wanted to mock and smear millions of Americans, literally depicting them covered in excrement, precisely so that none of his own supporters would want to join them."
Why Trump Turned to the Sewer
The president’s disturbing, excremental propaganda campaign
www.theatlantic.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Gift article: "The point was not subtle: Trump wanted to mock and smear millions of Americans, literally depicting them covered in excrement, precisely so that none of his own supporters would want to join them."
"'The truth no longer matters, all you have to do is go viral,' Mr. Dilley wrote on X during Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign."
How Trump is Using AI to Attack Enemies and Rouse Supporters (Gift Article)
The president has posted A.I.-generated images and videos dozens of times on social media, in some cases misleading viewers and amplifying political divisions.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"'The truth no longer matters, all you have to do is go viral,' Mr. Dilley wrote on X during Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign."
Gift article: "Demolition crews on Monday began tearing down part of the White House to build President Donald Trump’s long-desired ballroom despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing building."
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Gift article: "Demolition crews on Monday began tearing down part of the White House to build President Donald Trump’s long-desired ballroom despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing building."
"The remade Jackson statue, titled Unmanned Drone, is a monument to the “horror”, rather than the myths, of American white supremacy, said Hamza Walker, the Los Angeles curator who has spent much of the past decade working to collect Confederate monuments that American cities have decided to remove"
Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: how US artist Kara Walker transformed a Confederate monument
The sweeping exhibition Monuments, which features 19 contemporary artists, opens in LA on 23 October
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"The remade Jackson statue, titled Unmanned Drone, is a monument to the “horror”, rather than the myths, of American white supremacy, said Hamza Walker, the Los Angeles curator who has spent much of the past decade working to collect Confederate monuments that American cities have decided to remove"
"Before their departure dates came and went, they had made preparations to leave — turning over the keys to their apartments, pulling their children from school, shipping their belongings to Venezuela. And they have sunk deeper into poverty as the weeks and months pass."
“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America
Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Before their departure dates came and went, they had made preparations to leave — turning over the keys to their apartments, pulling their children from school, shipping their belongings to Venezuela. And they have sunk deeper into poverty as the weeks and months pass."
Gift article: "The move to revoke his visa for social media comments, Santineli added, suggests that freedom of expression in the U.S. had been a facade and now 'only exists for right-wing extremists with fascist ideals.'"
U.S. revoked at least six visas over Kirk comments, State Department says
“The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” it said, adding that it continues to identify visa holders who have made such comments.
wapo.st
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Gift article: "The move to revoke his visa for social media comments, Santineli added, suggests that freedom of expression in the U.S. had been a facade and now 'only exists for right-wing extremists with fascist ideals.'"
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here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.
October 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.
"The day before our departure, one reporter placed signs throughout our soon-to-be-vacated spaces that read Journalism is not a crime. As soon as members of Hegseth’s staff saw the signs, they tore them down."
The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps
I’ve been evicted from a building I’ve covered for 18 years. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.
www.theatlantic.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"The day before our departure, one reporter placed signs throughout our soon-to-be-vacated spaces that read Journalism is not a crime. As soon as members of Hegseth’s staff saw the signs, they tore them down."
Gift article: "The outcome of his upcoming trial is not in doubt. What is also not in doubt is that people like Maxim — Russians who refuse to become silent accomplices to the Kremlin’s crimes — are saving our country’s honor amid this current darkness."
Opinion | What Putin is crushing in Russia
The arrest of opposition leader Maxim Kruglov is a blow against the last vestiges of Russian democracy.
wapo.st
October 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Gift article: "The outcome of his upcoming trial is not in doubt. What is also not in doubt is that people like Maxim — Russians who refuse to become silent accomplices to the Kremlin’s crimes — are saving our country’s honor amid this current darkness."
Gift article:“It reflects a preexisting notion among some in the Trump administration as to who are the true Americans,” said Barbara L. Strack, a former chief of the refugee affairs division at Citizenship and Immigration Services[..]“And they think it’s white people and they think it’s Christians”
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Gift article:“It reflects a preexisting notion among some in the Trump administration as to who are the true Americans,” said Barbara L. Strack, a former chief of the refugee affairs division at Citizenship and Immigration Services[..]“And they think it’s white people and they think it’s Christians”
Gift article: "It is disturbing to see the U.S. military employed in such a potentially unlawful fashion. But it is also disturbing to note that, so far, there has been no public protest from anyone in uniform."
The Dilemma of Duty Under Trump
What his assault on the U.S. military means for America.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Gift article: "It is disturbing to see the U.S. military employed in such a potentially unlawful fashion. But it is also disturbing to note that, so far, there has been no public protest from anyone in uniform."
"Perhaps expecting Americans to live up to the extraordinary ideals that they proclaimed in the 18th century was always unreasonable, but that language nevertheless shaped the way we thought about ourselves. Now we live in a world where America is led by people who have abandoned those ideals [...]"
The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark
For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.
www.theatlantic.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"Perhaps expecting Americans to live up to the extraordinary ideals that they proclaimed in the 18th century was always unreasonable, but that language nevertheless shaped the way we thought about ourselves. Now we live in a world where America is led by people who have abandoned those ideals [...]"
"Immediately upon returning to office, in January, the president signed an executive order to reinterpret the Fourteenth Amendment to ban birthright citizenship, the legality of which is still being debated in the courts. Heritage Americans seems engineered to move the goalposts even further."
Are You a ‘Heritage American’?
Why some on the right want to know if your ancestors were here during the Civil War
www.theatlantic.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"Immediately upon returning to office, in January, the president signed an executive order to reinterpret the Fourteenth Amendment to ban birthright citizenship, the legality of which is still being debated in the courts. Heritage Americans seems engineered to move the goalposts even further."
Gift article:"Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg & critics of technology or artificial intelligence are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future"
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction
In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.
wapo.st
October 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Gift article:"Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg & critics of technology or artificial intelligence are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future"
Gift article: "The furor grew after Fox News reported on the petition. Dr. Bray’s home address was revealed on social media. He received several death threats, including one vowing to kill him in front of his students."
Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Death Threats
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Gift article: "The furor grew after Fox News reported on the petition. Dr. Bray’s home address was revealed on social media. He received several death threats, including one vowing to kill him in front of his students."
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
"There is a certain kind of Army officer who, after the excitement of company command, finds his career stalled, and who perhaps leaves the service as a major in the National Guard filled with bitterness and resentment."
Pete Hegseth Is Living the Dream
A man who retired as a major lectures hundreds of generals about the need to meet his standards.
www.theatlantic.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"There is a certain kind of Army officer who, after the excitement of company command, finds his career stalled, and who perhaps leaves the service as a major in the National Guard filled with bitterness and resentment."
"[...] they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.
abc7chicago.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"[...] they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"
Gift article: “Christians must learn to hate again,” a Texas pastor posted on X, citing a Psalm that reads, “Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?”
Charlie Kirk and the ‘Third Great Awakening’
MAGA is embracing the language of a rising Christian movement.
www.theatlantic.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Gift article: “Christians must learn to hate again,” a Texas pastor posted on X, citing a Psalm that reads, “Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?”
Gift article: "In a matter of months, the Justice Department’s independence has been obliterated as it has launched numerous investigations aimed at Trump’s perceived enemies as part of his promised retribution campaign."
Trump’s push for political prosecutions upends a cornerstone of American democracy | Editorial
Enabled by conservative Supreme Court members and elected Republicans, the president's crackdown on political enemies and free speech makes Richard Nixon look like a jackleg.
share.inquirer.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Gift article: "In a matter of months, the Justice Department’s independence has been obliterated as it has launched numerous investigations aimed at Trump’s perceived enemies as part of his promised retribution campaign."
“The President has sent agents here to create chaos and riots in Portland, to induce a reaction, to induce protests, to induce conflicts. His goal is to make Portland look like what he’s been describing it as,” Oregon’s junior senator, Jeff Merkley said
Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon
Apparently misled by hyperbolic reporting from conservative outlets on a single small protest, president described peaceful city as ‘war ravaged’
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
“The President has sent agents here to create chaos and riots in Portland, to induce a reaction, to induce protests, to induce conflicts. His goal is to make Portland look like what he’s been describing it as,” Oregon’s junior senator, Jeff Merkley said
"The acting U.S. attorney in Sacramento has said she was fired after telling the Border Patrol chief in charge of immigration raids in California that his agents were not allowed to arrest people without probable cause in the Central Valley."
Veteran U.S. attorney in California insisted Border Patrol follow a court order. Then she was fired
Michele Beckwith, U.S. attorney in Sacramento, said she was let go after warning the border patrol's Gregory Bovino not to violate a court injunction.
www.latimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"The acting U.S. attorney in Sacramento has said she was fired after telling the Border Patrol chief in charge of immigration raids in California that his agents were not allowed to arrest people without probable cause in the Central Valley."
"Experts say Heritage's push not only distorts the data but also diverts attention from the extremist movements actually driving violence: nihilistic violent extremist networks, accelerationist neo-fascist movements, and lone actors motivated by any number of far-right culture war grievances."
Heritage Foundation Uses Bogus Stat to Push a Trans Terrorism Classification
By inflating numbers and narrowing definitions, Heritage promotes a false link between transgender identity and violence in its push for the FBI to create a new terrorism category.
www.wired.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"Experts say Heritage's push not only distorts the data but also diverts attention from the extremist movements actually driving violence: nihilistic violent extremist networks, accelerationist neo-fascist movements, and lone actors motivated by any number of far-right culture war grievances."