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In the last couple of weeks ICE has gotten dramatically worse.
Alex Ip 葉清霖INBOX: There are reports circulating that multiple Hong Kong residents legally in the United States on Deferred Enforced Departure status have been detained by ICE agents while boarding domestic flights www.uscis.gov/humanitarian...
For any other president, this would be grounds for immediate impeachment. Democrats would help impeach and convict a Dem president who did this. But here we are because the GOP is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trump Inc. and Democrats are useless, feckless losers.
David RobertsThis is morally monstrous behavior. These are ordinary, innocent people that Trump is condemning to suffering & death out of political vindictiveness. Every decent human being, regardless of political party, should condemn it. Where is the fucking *anger*? From the press? From civic leaders? Pols?
Read my July 18 story for the original reporting that the New York Times didn’t link to... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max MillerPolice reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.www.motherjones.comEric UmanskyGOP House member--and fmr Trump advance man--allegedly -threw boiling water on his then-wife -held a gun to her head -broke his daughter's collarbone. She's 2 -abused abuse a fmr Trump WHer too When a reporter asked him about it , he threatened to block their # www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
(The nazis were the bad guys) (Still are)
Don Moynihan"Debates over World War II became popular at Heritage, with a lot of “rehashing and going through who was the bad guy and who were the good guys,”" Also, sounds like a lot of anti-Semitism at the Heritage Foundation. Maybe Trump's task force on anti-Semitism could look into this!
Yep
Ned ResnikoffSeeing how many respectable liberals, and even leftists, in New York media continued to speak warmly of Reihan Salam is what made me first realize that some journalists have no criteria for moral judgment other than whether someone is personally nice to them. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/n...
this sounds elitist but our recovery from the present moment will depend in part on being able to once again effectively malign, ostracize, and refuse a platform to cranks
[Christopher M. Federico]I don't stan Fauci in any mawkish resistlib way but I do not blame him for not wanting to play along on television with a gaggle of conspiracy-addled degenerates who are objectively beneath him in terms of intellect, culture, and values
one of my most strongly held beliefs is that a hell of a lot of people haven't been told to their face that they sound like a slower-than-average third-grader often enough
Dare Obasanjo“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.
only one man alive could make Dulles worse
Olga NesterovaHere’s what I got Trump will make a public unveiling of upcoming architectural and structural renovation plans for Washington Dulles Int Airport, alongside Duffy. They’ll remodel airport's terminal layout, passenger transport systems, and parking based on Trump’s hand-drafted plans.
all things considered the Bari Weiss era is going slightly better than I expected
Oliver DarcyNew: Bari Weiss’ revamped “CBS Evening News” posted its worst ratings month since Tony Dokoupil took over as anchor, per Nielsen data for the month of July obtained by @status.news. “CBS Mornings” posted its worst ratings month on record. www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
