Joe Carl "86 47" White

I am not a Lula fan, but I am very glad that Brazil won’t be serving as a willing concentration camp for people grabbed off the streets of the U.S. by armed masked men.

ICE causes man to wreck while his children are in the car, then tries to pry his kids from his arms. They got the wrong guy. Toward the end of the video, an ICE officer says law requires the person recording to back up 25 feet and threatens with pepper spray. (There is no 25-foot law.)

I don't think much of JD Vance, and tend to ignore his statements, but he at least got the part right that Russia was holding an American hostage. I don't think he intended it. youtu.be/Z4VFsoyQuS0

"Russia has been helping Iran the entire time....And Donald Trump’s response is to beg Putin to accept American money in exchange for a few thousand barrels of diesel....This is the most stunning display of submission and weakness from an American president ever."

Crazy idea: Democrats should defend immigration and immigrants, run on the idea that immigrants make America great, and stop Homer Simpsoning themselves into the shrubbery every time Republicans try to demagogue it.

This week someone ordered Ukraine's communications cut and no one will say who did it. Reuters quotes anons as saying it wasn't Hegseth, that "someone in the White House" ordered it. Only Trump has the power to tell Hegseth what to do, but they don't name him. Again: who is running the US military?

Grateful to see this. Democracy & leadrship in action. 'Military Chiefs Revolt Over Pentagon Pete’s ‘Barbaric’ Execution Plan' via @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/military-chi... #veterans cc @dpounder.bsky.social @fergdawg.bsky.social

Starshield on the other hand, which was previously not limited, is seemingly yet throttled. Unlike Starlink this system is under control by the US DoD and ultimately the White House. This has been reiterated by Musk. It confirms my assessment from the morning that the White House is responsible.

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Fedorov reports that Starlink has been restored to the previous setting so that it can be used for speed up to 160 kph (100 mph). In the last 24h the speed was throttled to 70 kph - 100 kph. Apparently, this “interference” has been corrected.

A bipartisan Ukraine Caucus in the US Congress raised concerns over Starlink restrictions and a possible halt to intelligence sharing with Ukraine, warning this could leave civilians, including US citizens in Ukraine, more vulnerable to Russian attacks. #Ukraine

It is madness The US (and Europe) are weakening Ukraine’s position at the very moment Russia’s own capacity to sustain the war is coming under increasing strain This is now the greatest danger for Ukraine. And it is happening just as Putin is running out of options of his own

Russia and the United States carried out a devastating attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in Kyiv and Kharkiv last night. The American side facilitated the attack by denying interceptor missiles to the defenders, denying early warning, and denying Starlink capabilities.

If reports of an end to intelligence sharing and Starlink access limits are confirmed, then the Trump admin has started helping Russia’s war effort. This a more harmful act against Ukraine than all the silly Witkoff/Kushner plans/trips put together. The US is trying to force Ukraine to surrender.

This bill would abolish ICE, DHS, and CBP, transferring legitimate customs duties to other departments. It would sunset Section 219 of the INA close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility and shutter all immigration detention centers. You have my sword, milady.

Ntm people like Musk have committed plenty of crimes to imprison them for already. No need to criminalize the free movement of people.

Actually no, the first thing they should do is amnesty for all immigrants, free them from the fucking concentration camps, and either burn them down or turn them into museums of a horrifying time. Immigrants are welcome here. Immigration makes our country great. Fuck this petty shit.

I am a Christian. Robert Jeffress may very well be a Christian, but what he preaches does not match up with my understanding of the Gospel. www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/r...

Hard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells

Just today: - The Trump admin announced the first public execution since 1936. - Trump tried to incite a race war against Somalis. - Trump said anyone using the phrase AI is "THE ENEMY" - The NYT reported on a potential ICE plan to deport migrants on military boats and ferries.

a sure sign that something is "highly accepted" is if you have to threaten to impose the power of the state against those who don't accept it

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Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.

And the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston. Jones Hall was our home for 20 years, until we opened the Cullen Theater at the Wortham.

Hey, Republicans in Congress, the Constitution - which you swore to defend and uphold - gives you a great way to stop a President who is committing illegal acts: IMPEACHMENT

Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.

Anyone who takes another's life needs to face justice; but those who do so under color of law are deserving of especial disapprobation for their undermining of the rule of law. There must come a time of accountability.

Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.

Insane

BREAKING: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prison. Solicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning. Today, at Law Dork:

The same idiots who think Trump, who dodged the draft five times, knows how to win a war also think Trump, who declared bankruptcy six times, knows how to run the economy. That's what Trump Derangement Syndrome actually looks like.

Anyone got any warehouse space in Houston they can give us cheap/free? We're a 501c3, so it's tax deductible!

Doleful, doleful! Came out to the warehouse to find two of our shelving units collapsed. More of an annoyance than anything, but if you have warehouse space available to donate to the Society, we're a 501c3 and it is tax deductible!

In this post, I explain how Trump's Section 338 tariffs and import bans run afoul of the major questions and nondelegation doctrines, in addition to their other legal flaws. Plaintiffs bringing cases against them should include these points: reason.com/volokh/2026/...

Ossoff: "Americans aren't a race. We're a people, united not by ethnicity but by shared convictions. That is what makes us exceptional and a beacon to the world. This is what small men like Donald Trump and Mike Collins will never understand."

At least some of them are condemning him.

After months of staying quiet on his gutter racism, top Texas Republicans are now condemning a post in which Bo French, candidate for Texas Railroad Commission, posted a photo of brown UT students at yesterday's game and said "the problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined."

I do not know this person, only their amazing work at documenting the extreme fragility of the Russian state. Ostensible allies posted...not great stuff. As a result, this tremendous resource is taking a pause. I do not blame them at all, and hope they are able to return soon.

And now millions of people around the world have got to hear all this in what should have been a pretty dull regional forum heard by policy wonks. "Thank you,” Teodoro adds to the Chinese official, “and I hope you don't suffer in a gulag for it."

Teodoro is our kindred spirit. Because that’s exactly how you deal with this kind of modern day imperialist nonsense. Call it out. Don’t play by their game. Stubbornly stick to your values.

China reiterated that it rejects a UN ruling on the South China Sea. “Of course, because you lost,” says Teodoro. “This is actual coercion, bullying & aggression. I will keep this paper as a memento of how desperate China is & how ineffective its position is in the face of a free audience.”

But Teodoro just read it all out, eviscerated it line by line, and called the Chinese official out on their disrespect - both to international law and their Korean hosts.

A Chinese official attempted some of that Wolf Warrior Diplomacy ™ shit. It did not go well. Philippines' Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro was speaking up for smaller nations and international law at a forum in Korea when he was handed a note from a Chinese official, meant as intimidating.

Dedicated to all those who put together the programs! www.youtube.com/shorts/7m5zi...

Today, a federal district court issued first ruling against Trump's new executive order on birthright citizenship. As the court rightly concluded, the new order is blatantly at odds with the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Trump v. Barbara. For more, see my analysis here: reason.com/volokh/2026/...