b. rubrecht

Who could've thought that spending $15 can bring so much satisfaction...

One of the biggest political battles of the midterms is happening in California. The result will shape the Democratic Party and how we shift the balance of power from the billionaire class back into the hands of the people. ⬇️ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-californians-want-a-billionaire

So then none of the press corps shows up at all, right? ... ... ... SO THEN NONE OF THE PRESS CORPS SHOWS UP AT ALL, RIGHT?

B'Tselem just published a major report on Israel's systematic dismantling of Palestinian life in the West Bank, with over 2,000 personal accounts. A compelling portrait of the whole Israeli programs, highlighting how every step depends on government control and action www.btselem.org/the_eliminat...

An incredible story. The Iranian Christian woman who wrote “help” on the glass on the hotel in Panama has finally found permanent safety; in Canada. The Trump admin deported her to Panama soon after taking office, rather than let her seek asylum. Read her story 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...

“When I come back to life, I hope to be more than our suffering. Like, my god the storm is so shimmering, incredible and glad. I want to break like that. Over everything.” Shared with gratitude from ‘The Past Still Needs Me’ by Hua Xi

The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks. The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again: the stock market is not the economy.

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I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:

Sharing, with deep gratitude for the discovery, the poem “Interpretations” by poet Mourid Barghouti, translated by Radwa Ashour.

In no way surprising but so incredibly horrific. I pray his family is successful in suing the government.

ICE murdered another person.

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I think this might be one of the most incredible, unsettling and symbolic photos of today’s America I’ve ever seen. I can’t stop looking at it. From Reuters, published on the Guardian website.

There's a perverse symbolism in the legacy of White racism sheltering under the bowers of all African Americans have done for this country while patiently waiting for the chance to go back to insisting we are a drain upon their society and that they never needed us at all.

Donald Trump’s repainting of the Reflecting Pool is another example of how he sees himself as a builder, David Graham tells Adam Harris on Radio Atlantic: “But the problem is you have to do things well. And that has always been a challenge for Trump.”

If you don’t like what you’re seeing at Delaney Hall, pay attention to what’s happening in Congress this week.   We must stop giving ICE and for-profit companies like GEO Group a blank check to create chaos.

Yesterday I published this detailed article arguing that women are simply not safe around men. I cited history, data, legal analysis, and meaningful solutions to combat the systemic violence men commit against women. It is currently approaching 500,000 reads. www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...

BREAKING: Sen. Ed Markey calls for Trump's impeachment.

This is going to be such a nightmare to unravel…

This is just exhausting. And also all a constant attempt to distract from an insane war, ICE’s ongoing egregious behavior, and the abhorrent reality of the Epstein files.

Whenever someone uses "luddite" as criticism or insult it's painfully clear that they've never looked at the actual history of the term

Mark Strand

There’s always enough money for wars, for ICE, for billionaires. Just not for you.

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Musk’s Wealth 2012: $2 billion 2026: $827.2 billion Bezos’ Wealth 2012: $18.4 billion 2026: $222.7 billion Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2012: $17.5 billion 2026: $204.2 billion Federal Minimum Wage 2012: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Three words: tax the rich.

Buttigieg: You’ve got money from the Middle East going into the Trump family crypto fund while you have Americans going to the Middle East for Donald Trump’s war.

This guy speaks like a psychopath

Above and beyond the Epstein files (for which he believes he will never face any consequences), @ianbassin.bsky.social is absolutely right. This is primary reason these attacks are happening now.

When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.” For these Americans, that wasn’t true. (Published Oct. 2025)

U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez, killed at age 23 by an ICE agent last March and the public’s only learning of it now bc of American Oversight’s FOIA and @newsweek.com reporting. www.newsweek.com/ice-agent-fa...

AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

ICE pistol whips a 16 yr old with his hands up

This is horrifying—the child asking her to open the door, her husband screaming from the ICE vehicle not to do it, because they’d all be taken, including her child inside with her.

Bondi: "At my direction" feds arrested journalists. At direction of AG may be because: "Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved...The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges." (per @kylegriffin1.bsky.social re @carolleonnig.bsky.social)

See what’s happening in real time, and support the students doing this critical data mapping ⬇️

The wins just keep coming. If you weren’t convinced before about Jeffries leadership, this should really be a breaking point.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ngl—the photos and article hit different in print than online. Many thanks to @vanityfair.com for boldly showing the truth of this administration through their journalism. Best subscription money I’ve ever spent. Support their work.

An extraordinary document. Read it. “Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”