<p>One would think that 1/3 of shipped by sea fertilizer that usually crosses the strait of Hormuz suddenly not.. would be bigger news.</p><p>Trump’s billion dollar “ballroom” won’t save him when food runs out in a nation with more guns than people </p><p><a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2026/03/fertilizer-iran-hormuz-food-crisis" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2026/03/fertilizer-iran-hormuz-food-crisis"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">carnegieendowment.org/emissary</span><span class="invisible">/2026/03/fertilizer-iran-hormuz-food-crisis</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#iranwar</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#republicans</a></p>
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<p>Department of <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> officials to meet with White House to tamp down Trump’s idiotic idea of explosive nuclear testing</p><p>Top energy & <a href="/tags/nuclear/" rel="tag">#nuclear</a> officials in the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration are planning to meet with the White House & <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> Council in the coming days to dissuade Trump from resuming testing of the nation’s <a href="/tags/nuclearweapons/" rel="tag">#NuclearWeapons</a>, sources told CNN.</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/politics/nnsa-nuclear-testing-white-house-meeting-exclusive?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/politics/nnsa-nuclear-testing-white-house-meeting-exclusive?cid=ios_app"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/nnsa-nuclear-testing-white-house-meeting-exclusive?cid=ios_app</span></a></p>
<p>“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime<br>---</p><p>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 arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> Gov <a href="/tags/jbpritzker/" rel="tag">#JBPritzker</a> says he’s worried how <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> might respond to the growing controversy over his ties to <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a>.</p><p>“My great fear, of course, is that with the release of that information, which I think will be devastating for Trump, he’s going to do everything in his power to distract. What does that mean? I mean, he might take us to <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> with <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> just to get a distraction in the news & take it out of the headlines.”</p><p>[we’re all worried about that JB]<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/pritzker-trump-reaction-epstein-files-distraction-280eb69c80aee902b3ed6d712c79f332" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/pritzker-trump-reaction-epstein-files-distraction-280eb69c80aee902b3ed6d712c79f332"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/pritzker-tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-reaction-epstein-files-distraction-280eb69c80aee902b3ed6d712c79f332</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> to propose opening <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> Coast to <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> <a href="/tags/drilling/" rel="tag">#drilling</a> for the first time in roughly 4 decades, acc/to 3 people.</p><p>The move would set up a confrontation with Gov <a href="/tags/gavinnewsom/" rel="tag">#GavinNewsom</a>, a <a href="/tags/democrat/" rel="tag">#Democrat</a> who has fought <a href="/tags/offshoredrilling/" rel="tag">#OffshoreDrilling</a> & who has emerged as one of Trump’s chief political antagonists. Newsom is in Brazil for the <a href="/tags/un/" rel="tag">#UN</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> summit, where he is drawing a contrast between himself & Trump, who denigrates efforts to fight <a href="/tags/globalwarming/" rel="tag">#GlobalWarming</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/climate/offshore-drilling-california-trump-newsom.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/climate/offshore-drilling-california-trump-newsom.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/cli</span><span class="invisible">mate/offshore-drilling-california-trump-newsom.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>This first excerpt in the thread is long. My apologies for that. What J. Filipovic has to say here seems so important that it's hard to choose short pieces to share:</p><p>"The Trump administration is a regime of restoring male power. That includes being a pedophile protection racket covering for men who sexually abuse girls."</p><p>~ Jill Filipovic</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/dirtydonald/" rel="tag">#DirtyDonald</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a> <a href="/tags/ghislainemaxwell/" rel="tag">#GhislaineMaxwell</a> <a href="/tags/virginiagiuffre/" rel="tag">#VirginiaGiuffre</a> <a href="/tags/maleentitlement/" rel="tag">#MaleEntitlement</a> <a href="/tags/maledomination/" rel="tag">#MaleDomination</a> <a href="/tags/sexualabuse/" rel="tag">#SexualAbuse</a> <a href="/tags/misogyny/" rel="tag">#misogyny</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://jill.substack.com/p/the-dogs-that-havent-barked" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jill.substack.com/p/the-dogs-that-havent-barked"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jill.substack.com/p/the-dogs-t</span><span class="invisible">hat-havent-barked</span></a></p>
<p>1-yr-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a></p><p>Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam’s Club Saturday morning. The action obviously violates a judge’s restriction on use of force.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/useofforce/" rel="tag">#UseOfForce</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/thecrueltyisthepoint/" rel="tag">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <br><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/09/1-year-old-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agent-in-cicero" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/09/1-year-old-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agent-in-cicero"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati</span><span class="invisible">on/2025/11/09/1-year-old-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agent-in-cicero</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin to fire worker for TV interview about <a href="/tags/snap/" rel="tag">#SNAP</a><br>
The employee warned that the <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a> could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the <a href="/tags/federalgovernment/" rel="tag">#FederalGovernment</a> to put <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#food</a> on the table.</p><p><a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#censorship</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/13/usda-worker-snap-benefits-interview/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/13/usda-worker-snap-benefits-interview/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/2025/11/13/usda-worker-snap-benefits-interview/</span></a></p>
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<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin has developed plans for a shift in <a href="/tags/homelessness/" rel="tag">#homelessness</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> that would slash support for long-term housing programs…& critics say it could place as many as 170k formerly <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#homeless</a> people at risk of returning to the streets.</p><p>Pivoting from <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#housing</a> <a href="/tags/aid/" rel="tag">#aid</a>, the approach would shift billions to short-term programs that impose work rules, help <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> dismantle <a href="/tags/encampments/" rel="tag">#encampments</a>, & require [force] the <a href="/tags/unhoused/" rel="tag">#unhoused</a> to accept treatment for mental health or addiction.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-homeless-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-homeless-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-homeless-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>Venezuelan <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> preparing <a href="/tags/guerrilla/" rel="tag">#guerrilla</a> response in case of <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> attack</p><p><a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> is deploying <a href="/tags/weapons/" rel="tag">#weapons</a>, including decades-old Russian-made equipment, & is planning to mount a guerrilla-style resistance or sow chaos in the event of a US air or ground attack, according to sources with knowledge of the efforts & planning documents seen by Reuters.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="/tags/lawofarmedconflict/" rel="tag">#LawOfArmedConflict</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelan-military-preparing-guerrilla-response-case-us-attack-2025-11-11/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelan-military-preparing-guerrilla-response-case-us-attack-2025-11-11/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/americas</span><span class="invisible">/venezuelan-military-preparing-guerrilla-response-case-us-attack-2025-11-11/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> using Dolly Parton's "Jolene" today in Michigan.</p><p>Don't fuck with Dolly Parton. </p><p>Period. </p><p>Lawyers on line 1...</p>
<p>Meanwhile <a href="/tags/sotomayor/" rel="tag">#Sotomayor</a> apologized to <a href="/tags/kavanaugh/" rel="tag">#Kavanaugh</a> today. Ridiculous.</p><p><a href="/tags/ketanjibrownjackson/" rel="tag">#KetanjiBrownJackson</a> seems to be the only liberal with real integrity.</p><p>Justice Jackson chides <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> conservatives over 'oblivious' pro-<a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> “emergency” orders</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/legalethics/" rel="tag">#LegalEthics</a> <a href="/tags/partisancourt/" rel="tag">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="/tags/activistcourt/" rel="tag">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="/tags/compromised/" rel="tag">#compromised</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-jackson-criticism-conservatives-trump-rulings-976a16d91953f42426818add77c7e3f2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/supreme-court-jackson-criticism-conservatives-trump-rulings-976a16d91953f42426818add77c7e3f2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/supreme-cou</span><span class="invisible">rt-jackson-criticism-conservatives-trump-rulings-976a16d91953f42426818add77c7e3f2</span></a></p>
<p>Authorities investigating ex-Trump prosecutor <a href="/tags/jacksmith/" rel="tag">#JackSmith</a> for alleged *illegal* political activity</p><p>Federal officials have opened an investigation into Jack Smith, the fmr special counsel who investigated <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> for illegal retention of <a href="/tags/classifieddocuments/" rel="tag">#ClassifiedDocuments</a> & for a <a href="/tags/seditiousconspiracy/" rel="tag">#SeditiousConspiracy</a> to steal the 2020 election.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/revengepolitics/" rel="tag">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trumplies/" rel="tag">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="/tags/weaponizationofgovernment/" rel="tag">#WeaponizationOfGovernment</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-jack-smith-investigate-cotton-special-counsel-f32b39962d7aee1cb87f71ea9fde13f5?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-02-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-jack-smith-investigate-cotton-special-counsel-f32b39962d7aee1cb87f71ea9fde13f5?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-02-Breaking+News"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-jack-</span><span class="invisible">smith-investigate-cotton-special-counsel-f32b39962d7aee1cb87f71ea9fde13f5?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-02-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
<p>HOW did <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> hire him? Bombshell report reveals violent past of agent in <a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#Maine</a> shooting</p><p>New reporting from the Portland Press Herald and the AP reveal the violent history of the ICE agent who fatally shot a 25-year-old father in Maine—and raises urgent questions about how he was hired.</p><p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APVdcYcmULc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=APVdcYcmULc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=APVdcY</span><span class="invisible">cmULc</span></a></p>
<p>“The altercation came moments after <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> criticized major media outlets for what he said was unfavorable coverage”</p><p>Then, as the cops hailed him out Trump said, “is there anywhere that’s more fun to be than a Trump rally?”<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-rally-arrest-taser-media-68fe78b79ae65556c4efc850e142998c" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-rally-arrest-taser-media-68fe78b79ae65556c4efc850e142998c"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-rally</span><span class="invisible">-arrest-taser-media-68fe78b79ae65556c4efc850e142998c</span></a><br><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#Election2024</a></p>
<p>"Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) just inked a $12.2 million contract for an artificial intelligence tool that claims to map out immigrants’ daily routines, habits, and real-time location and categorize them as potential threats, per procurement records reviewed by the Lever.</p><p>Dubbed “Project SAFE HAVEN,” the product is advertised by defense vendor Edge Ops LLC as a “question-based AI interface” that uses “persistent passive data collection” to map “patterns of life,” a surveillance tactic that ICE says will identify the “habitual locations, routes, and behavioral patterns” of its targets.</p><p>Additional features of the technology described in procurement documents include real-time location tracking and analysis that will categorize individuals and groups as affiliated with ostensible criminal organizations, such as gangs or cartels. That includes building “target profiles” that track individuals’ activity by linking data obtained from Wi-Fi network connections and mobile smart devices, such as cell phones and smartwatches.</p><p>A promotional blurb for the tool on Edge Ops LLC’s website claims that Project SAFE HAVEN “transforms the way we identify, locate, and map illegal migrants.”"</p><p><a href="https://jacobin.com/2026/04/ice-contract-ai-surveillance-immigrants/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jacobin.com/2026/04/ice-contract-ai-surveillance-immigrants/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jacobin.com/2026/04/ice-contra</span><span class="invisible">ct-ai-surveillance-immigrants/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#Surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a></p>
<p>Noting that she is not a Christian or a Christian thinker but an Americanist who specializes in American history, Heather Cox Richardson explains why she thinks it important to talk to someone like Diana Butler Bass, whose specialization is religious history: as Richardson says,</p><p>"Evangelical Christian nationalism ... is right now making a play to take over our entire country."</p><p><a href="/tags/whitechristiannationalism/" rel="tag">#WhiteChristianNationalism</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/evangelicalism/" rel="tag">#evangelicalism</a> <a href="/tags/theocracy/" rel="tag">#theocracy</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDysBx_wIHc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDysBx_wIHc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDysBx</span><span class="invisible">_wIHc</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/jeffreyepstein/" rel="tag">#JeffreyEpstein</a> Alleged in Emails That <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Knew of His Conduct</p><p><a href="/tags/house/" rel="tag">#House</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> on Wednesday released emails in which <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a> wrote that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Trump knew far more about his abuse than he has acknowledged.</p><p><a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#criminal</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/rape/" rel="tag">#rape</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/felon47/" rel="tag">#felon47</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#EpsteinFiles</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-epstein-emails.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k8.5Xpw.eV8ZST0R2omh&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-epstein-emails.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k8.5Xpw.eV8ZST0R2omh&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-epstein-emails.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k8.5Xpw.eV8ZST0R2omh&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>Under DOJ standards and requirements, people seeking pardons generally must wait five years after release, demonstrate good conduct and remorse, and file petitions through the Office of the Pardon Attorney.</p><p>Trump has largely abandoned that process.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/pardons/" rel="tag">#Pardons</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a></p>
<p>ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.</p><p>The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-fox-news-coverage?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-fox-news-coverage?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/por</span><span class="invisible">tland-protests-national-guard-fox-news-coverage?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/portland/" rel="tag">#Portland</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#Protest</a> <a href="/tags/fox/" rel="tag">#Fox</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s Baseless Claims [<a href="/tags/lies/" rel="tag">#lies</a>] About the Assassination Attempt Are <a href="/tags/dangerous/" rel="tag">#Dangerous</a></p><p>His growing effort to blame <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> & <a href="/tags/harris/" rel="tag">#Harris</a> for the shooting isn’t supported by ANY <a href="/tags/evidence/" rel="tag">#evidence</a>. But experts say it could stir <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#violence</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/factcheck/" rel="tag">#FactCheck</a> <a href="/tags/trumplies/" rel="tag">#TrumpLies</a> <br><a href="/tags/incitement/" rel="tag">#Incitement</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a> <a href="/tags/radicalization/" rel="tag">#radicalization</a> <a href="/tags/politicalviolence/" rel="tag">#PoliticalViolence</a> <a href="/tags/domesticterrorism/" rel="tag">#DomesticTerrorism</a> <br><a href="/tags/weird/" rel="tag">#weird</a> <a href="/tags/insane/" rel="tag">#insane</a> <a href="/tags/nonsense/" rel="tag">#Nonsense</a> <a href="/tags/conspiracytheories/" rel="tag">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <br><a href="/tags/wearenotgoingback/" rel="tag">#WeAreNotGoingBack</a> <br><a href="/tags/commonsense/" rel="tag">#CommonSense</a> <a href="/tags/sanity/" rel="tag">#sanity</a> <a href="/tags/realitybasedpolitics/" rel="tag">#RealityBasedPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/harriswalz2024/" rel="tag">#HarrisWalz2024</a> <br><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/trump-assassination-attempt-blame-biden-harris/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/trump-assassination-attempt-blame-biden-harris/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.motherjones.com/politics/2</span><span class="invisible">024/08/trump-assassination-attempt-blame-biden-harris/</span></a></p>
<p>Saying goodbye to comet A6 Lemmon. It's getting very low, and clouds are increasing in southern New Mexico.</p><p>It was a remarkable run of many clear nights.</p><p>This is a single exposure on a fixed tripod. </p><p>There's a blurred silhouette of a power line, and satellite trails in this image. They belong in the frame because this is the world we have created. It's getting increasingly difficult to escape to pristine nature.</p><p>Perhaps the phrase 'pristine nature' is now an oxymoron?</p><p>When is the first No Kings General Strike? </p><p>We all need to help with community building and boosting civic engagement. These activities have atrophied for decades, and it shows.</p><p><a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a> <a href="/tags/comet/" rel="tag">#Comet</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/astrophotography/" rel="tag">#Astrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/anthropocene/" rel="tag">#Anthropocene</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> Outlines Legal Justification to Abolish Monuments</p><p>A US president’s power to create & undo <a href="/tags/nationalmonuments/" rel="tag">#NationalMonuments</a> under the 1906 <a href="/tags/antiquitiesact/" rel="tag">#AntiquitiesAct</a> is among the White House’s “most sweeping unilateral powers,” the DOJ said in a slip opinion.</p><p>The opinion forms the DOJ’s rationale for abolishing national monuments, many of which have been declared by presidents to protect large swaths of <a href="/tags/publicland/" rel="tag">#PublicLand</a> from development.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/publiclands/" rel="tag">#PublicLands</a> <a href="/tags/conservation/" rel="tag">#conservation</a> <a href="/tags/drilling/" rel="tag">#drilling</a> <a href="/tags/mining/" rel="tag">#mining</a> <br><a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/trump-doj-outlines-legal-justification-to-abolish-monuments-1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/trump-doj-outlines-legal-justification-to-abolish-monuments-1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.bloomberglaw.com/environm</span><span class="invisible">ent-and-energy/trump-doj-outlines-legal-justification-to-abolish-monuments-1</span></a></p>
<p>Trump hinter Glas </p><p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/uswahl2024/" rel="tag">#USWahl2024</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/cartoon/" rel="tag">#cartoon</a> <a href="/tags/karikatur/" rel="tag">#karikatur</a></p>
<p>This is <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a></p><p>Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> crackdown</p><p>The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods & stopping at tamale carts, elote stands & candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food & deliver it to <a href="/tags/shelters/" rel="tag">#shelters</a> & <a href="/tags/families/" rel="tag">#families</a> in need. </p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/useofforce/" rel="tag">#UseOfForce</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/chicago-illinois-immigration-ice-c24537965e31860fb07ba83e79de4f4b" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/chicago-illinois-immigration-ice-c24537965e31860fb07ba83e79de4f4b"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/chicago-ill</span><span class="invisible">inois-immigration-ice-c24537965e31860fb07ba83e79de4f4b</span></a></p>