Indra's Net

ICE detained the wife of a U.S. service member.

Hegseth: "Per the president's direction, today will be the largest volume of strikes since day one of this operation. Tomorrow, even more than today."

Then he blurts out confidential military information. Amazing.

Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales is again in trouble for pursuing a sexual relationship with one of his staffers, after he had an affair with one who later committed suicide. trib.al/chefLt2

$1.1 trillion in credit card debt. Delinquencies rising fast. Households falling way behind. That’s not strength. That’s America collapsing in real time.

“Trump’s former spiritual advisor released from jail after serving just 6 months for molesting a 12 year-old girl.”

Trump: "The entire country could be taken out in one night. And that night might be tomorrow night."

Trump threatens to arrest members of the media for reporting that a second pilot was missing: "We're going to go to the media company that released it, and we're going to say, national security, give it up or go to jail."

Meanwhile Prof Tim Snyder is also issuing warnings about the same.

To everyone celebrating Easter, Michelle and I wish you a joyful holiday filled with reminders of the enduring power of faith and hope.

A reminder to folks: A lot of folks were aware that a rescue mission was taking place. Most kept their mouths shut until everyone was safely out of Iran. Lives are more important than your engagement on social media.

New Attorney General Todd Blanche has officially closed the Epstein files. Peculiar timing for Pam Bondi's departure. Check out this and more from my Weekend Video on Substack. Link in reply.

If you pray, pray for America.

🚨 Ever Alvarenga, an asylum seeker, was driving to work Thursday morning when he was rear-ended by an ICE vehicle. He is still in the hospital after suffering significant injuries to his head, chest, back, & hands. [1/2]

US-Israeli air attacks have destroyed Iran's oldest medical research facility, the Pasteur Institute. Israel also destroyed a key pharmaceutical company. Both were civilian targets, war crimes.

NEW: Bondi's portrait already in the trash at DoJ per a photo shared with @msnowreports.bsky.social www.ms.now/news/pam-bon...

"Among young American men, the strongest predictor of support for the tradwife lifestyle was not gallantry but hostility towards women" Apparently this is not what researchers "expected". Which makes one wonder: had these researchers thought about it for 30 seconds? www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

Hearing from #NIH sources the peer review office (CSR) is being broken. "They [top of CSR] want ppl with zero expertise in the review area to run review. I heard they don't want people to be "distracted by the science." (??) It's crazy to think a person can run good review for any kind of science."

Womp womp. Sounds like Gabbard might be on the chopping block too.

UPDATE: NASHVILLE NOTICIAS reporter Estefany Rodriguez — who was grabbed by ICE and detained for weeks — files in federal court. “she states ICE has offered neither evidence nor a consistent explanation justifying ICE’s arbitrary and abusive treatment.” www.newschannel5.com/news/nashvil...

Golden retriever runs 15 feet after owner mimes throwing tennis ball

Weird

Paula White, appointed by Trump as chair of the Office of Faith at the White House, conducts an exorcism session to drive out evil spirits from the audience by blowing into the microphone. Bluesky Czy Médias Max Madmen THE SITUATION IS VERY BAD.

$100 million — not spent on food assistance, health care, housing, or veterans. Just golf!

BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. I'll explain it all in 45 minutes on @meidastouch.com here: www.youtube.com/live/H-D8SzR...

There’s no better day than NO KINGS to reflect on the words of General Mark Milley “We don’t take an oath to a King”…

“Broken down into what government finances would look like as a household budget: “Household earns $52,446 and spends $73,378 — running a $20,932 annual deficit. Total liabilities and unfunded promises amount to $1,361,788 against just $60,554 in assets. $1.3 million in the hole.”

LONDON #NoKings

Still can’t get over the House GOP rejecting a 100-0 bill from the Senate to fund TSA, Coast Guard, and FEMA and… just going on vacation. Complete abdication of duty.

This is what solidarity looks like. #NoKings

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

No Kings and anti-ICE protests tell the same story: the people are appropriately pissed. NEW: More than 50 *US citizen* children lose a parent to ICE *every day* Disclaimer: It’s even worse for non-citizen children www.propublica.org/article/trum... youtu.be/qfSj9Srg0F0

We are estimating more than 200,000 people at the flagship No Kings rally in the Twin Cities. #NoKings

‼️‼️‼️ Renee Good did NOT deserve to have her brains blown out in front of her dog for not complying with armed vigilantes who were terrorizing HER community. Look at her and her son! You simply arrest, fine and release. YOU DO NOT MURDER! ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW ‼️‼️‼️

Vigeland: You could pay for college for all for Americans in a week with what we're spending in Iran.

The fact that military officials can’t give the President of the United States an honest assessment of the war in Iran—and have to placate him by showing him videos of stuff blowing up—should be concerning to everyone.

Oudone Lothirath missed four out of five chemotherapy appointments while in ICE detention and received no medical care there. Now he will likely die in a matter of days. www.startribune.com/how-ice-deta...

Trump has spent the last 3 days talking about negotiations with Iran that Iran says is not happening. We know Iran rejected a ceasefire proposal out of hand We have not seen 8 oil tankers coming through the Strait, even though he claimed they did. It’s nuts

NEW: Last October, Border Patrol agents gassed Chicagoans after agents caused a major car crash on the southeast side. I analyzed body cam videos that show agents Benito Nunez, Oscar Guillen, and Carlos Chavira ignored orders to end the pursuit—moments before they blew a tire and crashed.

We finally started to deal with this problem under Biden and now Trump is undoing all of it. By the time Trump is finally gone it will be too late. What an unbelievably destructive man.

I know I was naive when I was younger, but this isn't the America I thought I grew up in.

Here's me noting that documents went missing at Bedminster. I suspect Smith wanted to flip Walt Nauta, who would have had firsthand information about the docs and the Saudis. emptywheel.net/2023/06/02/i...

Everyone congratulate Donald J. Trump on his *seventh* bankruptcy. Glory!

The company knows just who that somebody is and I'm pretty sure a government that gave a shit would have no trouble prying that information loose.

I wonder what it would be like to have a government that functioned.