BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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So is the government doing everything it can to bring him back now? Or are we off the rails? Or somewhere in the middle, still kicking the can down the road?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
This isn't The Art of the Deal.
It's insider trading with a bad comb-over.
Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires
Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast
Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’
Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same
Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.
If the agent of an embittered KGB officer somehow won the US presidency and entered into the office bent on destroying the USA in its national influence, network of alliances, and the American people’s quality of life, what would he be doing differently?
Reminder: Tariffs aren't paid by other countries.
They're eventually paid by us at the check out line.
And they're regressive — taking a higher percentage out of the paychecks of working people than out of the wealthy.
How did the US get into this mess you may ask.
It's because Republicans have spent the last 20 years saying "no" to nearly every bill proposed to stimulate the economy.
With Republicans it's always "no", "no", "no". Too expensive, too much bureaucracy, "DEI", "too much power to the president" (hah!).
With them it's always fear mongering, culture wars and no solutions. Just no, no, no.
How did the US get into this mess you may ask.
It's because Republicans have spent the last 20 years saying "no" to nearly every bill proposed to stimulate the economy.
Remember when we were going to revitalize our national infrastructure, which would have brought tons of money to red and blue states all over, modernized transit, etc?
All the social safety net initiatives Republicans shit down that would have given people the ability to start businesses and take career risks?
Or education initiatives to make sure we are training people in fields we need more expertise in?
In Oct. 2024, the ACLU of Connecticut filed for the immediate release of a video showing the death of J’Allen Jones after correctional officers attempted a strip search inside the Garner Correctional Institution.
It is imperative the people know what is being done in our names behind prison walls.
@nytimes.com what's up with your photo selection? This composition and lighting seems ill-considered at best.
Check out the masthead photo of this NYTimes and think about the guy whose life was saved 1/?
Now check out the photo when you click the share button!
Turns out the white dude is the doctor, and there's a Black man in the shadows of the main photo.
If your party leadership is trying to force you to buy cars made by a billionaire, it's safe to assume your party does not represent the working class.
WHOA. On March 15, a Cornell PhD student with UK and Gambian citizenship, here on a student visa, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Trump's EO aimed at foreign students accused of "antisemitism.
Last night, the DOJ emailed asking him to come to ICE to be detained and put into removal proceedings.
Here's an expert saying that "constitutional crisis" isn't the right term **because it doesn't go far enough.**
"The president is asserting dictatorial power and ‘constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
Several years ago, when things were bad, as they are now, I made a comic about art and community in the face of hate. Today feels like a time to reshare. 1/5
Scene: long day trip car ride
Me: "let's try this audiobook with the cute cat in a suit on the cover"
Me, two hours later, explaining to my 9yos what a "f*ck nugget" is all about union labor disputes.
So thanks for that @scalzi.com