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I enjoyed Nolan's ODYSSEY quite a bit, and found it more moving than expected. I also read Wilson's critique and found that both enjoyable and insightful. It's not even really a bad review -- it's an incisive dissection from the POV of someone whose knives have long been sharpened on the material.
NEW: DHS' top number-cruncher just left the department -- and blasted the administration's "war on immigrants" on the way out. He's one of the very few DHS officials to step down and speak out publicly against this White House. Me in @wired.com ... www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...
DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.www.wired.com
"It remains a mystery to me why this assortment of White House journalists agreed to play the role of passive targets in Trump’s crude performance." www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
A tale of two speeches.The press’s responsible handling of Trump’s incoherent speech about US election integrity contrasted starkly with Friday’s farcical WHCA dinner.www.cjr.org
Exclusive: Officials who separated Pete Buttigieg from his young twins last month relied on a vague and unsubstantiated allegation from an accuser authorities later deemed possibly “mentally unstable,” according to unreported police records.
Source of false Buttigieg allegation appeared ‘mentally unstable,’ records showThe Michigan attorney general’s office is investigating how the accusation that prompted the ex-Cabinet secretary's separation from his 4-year-old twins was handled.www.washingtonpost.com
I would further recommend people listen to the second season of @vermontgmg.bsky.social’s podcast “Long Shadow” for more on the history of the far-right: longshadowpodcast.com/podcasts/ris...
Long Shadow: Rise of the American Far RightEpisode 1, Waco: The Spark, chronicles the 1993 FBI raid on the Branch Davidian compound which solidified a far-right movement.longshadowpodcast.comAvel Guénin--CarlutWould assume everyone knows it by now, but just in case "First the traitors, then the invaders" is an explicit reference to The Turner Diaries, where a white supremacist revolution overruns "The System" and kills all their enemy during the evocatively named "Day of the Rope".
This is pretty stunning. Let me translate: A federal judge does not trust the acting AG is telling the truth—before the court, to be clear—about specific redactions, and ordered him to bring proof. Just a staggering taint on DoJ.
Katie PhangBREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.
If anyone from the federal government had contacted Tremont mayor Justin Moeller before ICE bought the warehouse, he could have explained that their little town simply didn’t have enough water for a detention mega-center. Instead, this happened.
How the threat of an ICE detention center galvanized a Trump-country coal town“We do deserve better than a plethora of data centers, detention centers, warehouses, biosolids processing plants, massive landfills.”www.motherjones.com
A gentle reminder. We are all birthright citizens for the law recognizes that our parents are irrelevant to the question of our status.
Mrs. Betty BowersMarco Rubio is against birthright citizenship. But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen. Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship. But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother. They are both shameless hypocrites.
JUST POSTED: A deep investigation by The NYT of shortcuts taken to get President Trump his Qatari-donated plane in time for POTUS to show it off during 250th anniversary events-compromises that leave the plane more vulnerable to potential threats (Free link) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/u...
Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force OneA New York Times investigation found that President Trump’s push to speed delivery of the aircraft led to ballooning costs and trade-offs in safety features.www.nytimes.com
Spoke to @zackwhittaker.com about the case of U.S. federal prosecutors going after an American for allegedly wiping his phone with a duress password during a border search. First case I've seen, though I've discussed the potential scenario with at-risk folks. techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/u...
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunchA U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constit...techcrunch.com
By filing Freedom of Information requests, 404 Media has obtained bodycam footage and documents that uncover stories about tech that powers ICE and how cops abuse Flock. You can FOIA too! On July 30th at 1 pm ET, we will teach you how to file a FOIA request live: www.404media.co/our-new-foia...
This is insanity — especially given the incoherence of the WHCA redoing their celebratory dinner with Trump tonight.
Judd LegumNews outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
This is all another sign of Joyce Carol Oates’ epic takedown of Elon Musk is fundamentally true. Imagine becoming a gazillionaire and not being able to appreciate that eating a perfect backyard tomato mid-summer is the peak of satisfaction and joy. Elon Musk is bankrupt of joy.
Matt NovakAnother odd moment occurred when Musk insisted that work in the future would be "optional" because robots would do everything. Musk said people might still work in the future but compared it to people who grow their own backyard tomatoes. He said they could just go to the store for better tomatoes.
FFS 🤦♂️ The Pentagon removed the names of 4 servicemembers who died in Jordan from their official list of casualties. They explain that this is because "their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in the war in April." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website (Gift Article)Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.www.nytimes.com
One of my favorite people doing political commentary today is Greg Sargent. You should follow him, IMO. Here he examines how Susan Collins is caught in an pro-ICE quagmire of her own making.
Greg SargentSusan Collins voted for $70 billion in ICE funding just before an ICE agent gunned down a young immigrant father in Maine. Collins also voted against an amendment requiring bodycams. These votes will now be hung around her neck, Dems in the state tell me. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2133...
