@ben1cam.bsky.social
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They cannot be given authority to forcibly remove anyone from their vehicle this way. Think about how bad actors would abuse this power.
December 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
They cannot be given authority to forcibly remove anyone from their vehicle this way. Think about how bad actors would abuse this power.
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Cool optics bro
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Cool optics bro
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The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!
Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!
Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
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I don't mean to sound hysterical but there are some pretty clear historical examples of "force the urban-dwellers to the farms," and none of them are great.
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I don't mean to sound hysterical but there are some pretty clear historical examples of "force the urban-dwellers to the farms," and none of them are great.
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UPDATE: Trump’s IRS now says churches can openly endorse candidates from the pulpit. The Johnson Amendment is no more.
Trump has wanted this for a while.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
Trump has wanted this for a while.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
July 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
UPDATE: Trump’s IRS now says churches can openly endorse candidates from the pulpit. The Johnson Amendment is no more.
Trump has wanted this for a while.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
Trump has wanted this for a while.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
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Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening hemorrhage.
NEW: More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
July 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening hemorrhage.
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I'm a former senior US trade official. I knew these tariffs would be bad (though not this surpassingly idiotic). I knew Trump had terrible advisors deeply discredited among trade professionals. I knew the consequences would be terrible. What I didn't realize was that so many people would be...
April 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I'm a former senior US trade official. I knew these tariffs would be bad (though not this surpassingly idiotic). I knew Trump had terrible advisors deeply discredited among trade professionals. I knew the consequences would be terrible. What I didn't realize was that so many people would be...
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.
February 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.
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Americans are likely to pay more for products from popular Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein and Temu as the U.S. Postal Service said it would stop accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong.
USPS suspends incoming parcels from Hong Kong and China
Americans are likely to pay more for products from popular Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein and Temu as the U.S. Postal Service said it would stop accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Americans are likely to pay more for products from popular Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein and Temu as the U.S. Postal Service said it would stop accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong.
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At the newsletter right now:
The Trump administration has scrubbed information about HIPAA protections for reproductive rights from the Department of Health and Human Services website.
The Trump administration has scrubbed information about HIPAA protections for reproductive rights from the Department of Health and Human Services website.
Breaking: Trump is Scrubbing HIPAA Info off HHS Website
The White House is deleting information on reproductive health privacy and discrimination at pharmacies
jessica.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
At the newsletter right now:
The Trump administration has scrubbed information about HIPAA protections for reproductive rights from the Department of Health and Human Services website.
The Trump administration has scrubbed information about HIPAA protections for reproductive rights from the Department of Health and Human Services website.
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Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractor, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at the Treasury Department.
Musk Says DOGE Is Halting Treasury Payments to US Contractors
Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at...
www.bloomberg.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractor, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at the Treasury Department.
PA peeps: state Supreme Court justices are up for retention this year. Lots of $$ will be spent trying to flip our court. We must hold the court. Please remember to vote in the primary and the municipal elections.
February 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
PA peeps: state Supreme Court justices are up for retention this year. Lots of $$ will be spent trying to flip our court. We must hold the court. Please remember to vote in the primary and the municipal elections.
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if you cared about morale and recruitment you would not alienate a group that disproportionately enlists into the military, but if you are a white nationalist…
Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and removes Black History Month from any mention by the DoD.
Pentagon agency pauses celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and more
www.stripes.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
if you cared about morale and recruitment you would not alienate a group that disproportionately enlists into the military, but if you are a white nationalist…
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On the same day a NY museum recreates the attic where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis, law-abiding immigrants in Chicago hid in their attic, fearful of a knock on the door from ICE agents swarming outside
Inside Trump's made-for-TV assault on morality. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Inside Trump's made-for-TV assault on morality. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Hiding in the attic in Donald Trump's America | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Trump’s ‘broligarchs’ get a Wall Street wakeup call.
www.inquirer.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
On the same day a NY museum recreates the attic where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis, law-abiding immigrants in Chicago hid in their attic, fearful of a knock on the door from ICE agents swarming outside
Inside Trump's made-for-TV assault on morality. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Inside Trump's made-for-TV assault on morality. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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Like honestly the only way we're gonna get through this is to cultivate an unrealistically positive vibe to carry us through because a big part of resisting shock and awe is not giving into despair
Giving into despair is worse than being cringe
Giving into despair is worse than being cringe
January 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Like honestly the only way we're gonna get through this is to cultivate an unrealistically positive vibe to carry us through because a big part of resisting shock and awe is not giving into despair
Giving into despair is worse than being cringe
Giving into despair is worse than being cringe
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Also yes project 2025 was always the plan.
January 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Also yes project 2025 was always the plan.
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"As of today, it looks as though Donald Trump is in the process of freezing federally-funded cancer research in the United States," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"As of today, it looks as though Donald Trump is in the process of freezing federally-funded cancer research in the United States," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social
