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Wondering why data centers are as unpopular as nuclear waste? It's not the data centers. The problem is both more obvious and more fundamental: The daily lived experience of the AI boom sucks. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ai-is-maki...

This cruelty has no need but cruelty. Haiti remains deeply dangerous; a country in the throes of anarchy. Hundreds of thousands of people are SAFE. They are safe. They are safe here and the nation has decided to make them unsafe. We are embarking on a tragedy and we cannot look away. We cannot.

Funny how after every SCOTUS ruling striking down some protection from government abuse, the officials those protections restrained — cops, prosecutors, Republican state electeds — immediately start acting in the precise manner SCOTUS assured us they no longer do.

Had to put my beautiful girl down Friday. Heidi was 11 and everyday we had a discussion about if she was the best dog. We agreed that she indeed was the best dog.

We don’t talk enough about how weird—just weird!—it is that so many GOP and admin officials spend so much time just standing around the Oval watching Trump do stuff. All of these people have jobs! Sometimes important ones! But just being the awkward backdrop of the Mad King’s rantings matters more.

Logic

Gen. Grynkewich: "What I've observed over the course of studying air power in history is that any time you attack a civilian population, you usually end up finding that it just hardens their resolve."

Kristi's next costume for her new role as "Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas".

How many stories and exploitation of people are going to be in this SOTU? Fine stories and some heroism, but allowing the exploitation is becoming gross. And boring.

They aren’t spending billions of dollars on detention camps to leave them empty. They either aren’t planning on deporting people, or they intend to fill the camps with someone else.

Everything needs to be the Epstein Files. There is no other issue until people are thrown in jail for raping and abusing children. They will ramp up killing US citizens by ICE agents to deflect and distract. But we must keep on the Epstein Files. We want names.

The system is breaking. Attorneys either quit, get fired or get overwhelmed and break down.

Chuck Negron and Three Dog Night. RIP.

This is not normal. It is not how our system was designed to function. It's pure political theater.

I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.

WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment "I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to assess the victim. At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."

We have for now the same kaleidoscopic jumble as in the aftermath of every such episode. But real clarity emerges when look at last two weeks: 1. again a US citizen committing no crime 2. again a murderous illegal onslaught by ICE 3. again, instantaneous pack of lies by Bovino & Co

Biological female gives biological male her trophy and assures him that he is a winner.

I hit my limit watching this and broke down and cried. This was so chaotic and confusing for this poor woman that it was impossible for her to satisfy them.

Smith: I think who should be accountable for this is Donald Trump. These records exist because, in the case of the senators, Donald Trump directed his co-conspirators to call these people to further delay the proceedings. He chose to do that.

According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes. If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

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DOJ whistleblower Erez Reuveni says Emil Bove told him, 'those planes need to take off no matter what, and if some court should issue an order preventing that, we may have to consider telling that court 'fuck you.' Reuveni: It is the highest, most egregious violation of the lawyer's code of ethics.

History does have a way of repeating itself.

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

By the head of the Federal Communications Commission, in 2022:

Just so I'm clear: TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft. TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism. Free speech, everyone.

Whoa.

I plan to post this ABC News supercut video of Trump calling Harris and Democrats "fascists" (and "communists"!) everytime I see a Republican on TV whining about Trump being called a "fascist" by the left. Oh, the hypocrisy! Oh, the gaslighting!

I hope the Epstein survivors do compile a list and release every single fucking name, whether Democrat or Republican. Everybody should be held accountable for being a part of these disgusting crimes.

The Supreme Court — specifically conservatives— have said for centuries that the federal government has no obligation to or role in protecting American citizens from private violence. But suddenly, we can do that provided that it is under military occupation? It’s despotism wrapped in hypocrisy.

This is something similar to what I have talked about having someone do. Everytime you see someone arrested and put in the back of a vehicle, follow it!

Snake poking out of the rocks in my backyard. If you are into "good snakes", enjoy. The rest of us can collectively go "eeww!".

A statue or monument is considered something of honor. You can acknowledge history without giving everything a place of honor.

The good hero lawyers.

What if TX gerrymandered the districts and still lose seats because even too many in TX think this is a shitty move? Even some of the soft support trumpers might be upset enough with the economy etc by then.

Why didn't Todd Blanche talk to the victims to get the names of the perpetrators?

Waiting for the first brave reporter to ask trump about his right hand's bruises and makeup.

The Supreme Court derives its power from its legitimacy. It earns its legitimacy by explaining its decisions. The endless stream of wholly unexplained orders in favor of the Trump administration is not just indefensible—it's a threat to the court's own long-term power. This reeks of illegitimacy.

The lavender smells amazing.

"America First" means paying the people who refuse to do the jobs that need doing to arrest the people who are doing them. Every ICE Agent and prison guard could be out building houses or harvesting food, but they would rather kidnap and abuse the people doing the honest work they won't do.

When you tariff steel — but forget that’s what pipes and drills are made of. 🤡 @financialtimes.com #DrillBabyDrill www.ft.com/content/2497...

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.