Stephen Semler

-Patriot interceptors delivered to the US Army over 225 months (Sep 2001–May 2020): 1,795 -Patriot interceptors fired in the Iran War’s first 7 months (Feb 28–Sep 30, 2026): ~1,800 www.stephensemler.com/p/us-fired-1...

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“The US has fired more interceptors to defend Israel than Israel has.” !

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The US spent $11 billion shooting down missiles for Israel from October 2023 through September 2026. New research by me: www.stephensemler.com/p/us-fired-o...

If you encounter ICE, here's what every New Yorker should know.

"The US has fired more interceptors to defend Israel than Israel has."

"Does anybody read these footnotes." @stephensemler.bsky.social I do. I'm that kind of dork. Great research btw.

By @stephensemler.bsky.social #NoWarButClassWar open.substack.com/pub/stephens...

The Simon Wiesenthal Center *literally blessed* Donald Trump while he was ushering Nazis into the government. The organization condemned anti-fascist Jews for using a Yiddish anti-fascist slogan. To pretend they represent anything but a fascist fringe is absurd.

"1 in 6 people and 1 in 5 children face food insecurity in OR and southwest WA, according to the OR Food Bank...Black and Latine families...are twice as likely to experience poverty as white families, according to the OR Center for Public Policy."

1) I made it clear that SNAP emergency allotments were tied to the covid public health emergency. 2) My point was Biden ended extra SNAP benefits during a cost of living crisis, completely by choice, and that maybe he should’ve not done that. www.stephensemler.com/p/trumps-foo...

This is the exact same argument the GOP used to slash enhanced ACA subsidies: it was a pandemic era policy so it should end post-pandemic; who cares how many millions of people it was helping.

Enrollment in SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) has dropped by more than 5 million people since July 2025. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Trump’s flagship legislation, passed in July 2025. jacobin.com/2026/08/trum...

Trump has cut off food aid to more than 5 million people. But is Trump’s SNAP cut worse than Biden’s? In terms of total monthly benefits lost, Biden’s was 4x worse after nine months ($4 billion to Trump’s $1 billion). www.stephensemler.com/p/trumps-foo...

Via @stephensemler.bsky.social #BreadNotBombs open.substack.com/pub/stephens...

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📢As @stephensemler.bsky.social breaks down, millions of families are being forced to go hungry because of Trump's SNAP cuts... All while ICE sits on a nearly endless budget to terrorize our communities and rip families apart. We can and must create a moral budget that funds compassion > cruelty.

Earlier this year in Minnesota, Trump’s Department of Homeland Security infiltrated and surveilled meetings of nonprofit groups and two of the US’s biggest labor unions, the Communications Workers of America and the Service Employees International Union.

Dockworker unions in 6 countries, representing 40 ports, are calling for strikes and shutdowns in October 30 to protest war. The unions say, ​“We are ready to meet with organized groups of dockworkers and port workers from any other ports interested in becoming part of this common struggle.”

The War Department delivered its unreleased annual report on civilian casualties to members of Congress on Tuesday, two government officials told The Intercept — one of whom called the report “a fucking joke” while the other called it a “total whitewash.” interc.pt/4q9aLR8

The Trump administration bought ICE eight Boeing 737s and two luxury Gulfstream G650 private jets, which are said to provide a “seamless blend of privacy, efficiency, and indulgence” for “executives, celebrities, and high-net-worth individuals.” Caviar fascism www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-is-sit...

ICE is bewildered by the scale of its own budget. The agency has used just 12% of the funding from the GOP's two reconciliation bills. www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-is-sit...

Earlier this year, the White House said ICE would use $36 billion from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in FY2026. The agency is on track to use just half that amount. After local resistance, ICE's incompetence appears to have done the most to limit its harm. www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-is-sit...

ICE is sitting on $100 billion in unused funds. By the time ICE got $39 billion from the Secure America Act in June, it still had $61 billion left over from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed almost a year earlier. www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-is-sit...

NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social piece: Following up on my reply to @edzitron.com,I've decided to provide some more context on the GFC's key ingredient & contrast it with the lack of remotely similar dynamics in Data Center financing.That is: no threats to liquidity www.crisesnotes.com/the-great-fi...

Earlier this year, the White House said ICE would use $36 billion from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in FY2026. The agency is on track to use just half that amount. After local resistance, ICE's incompetence appears to have done the most to limit its harm. www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-is-sit...

If/when we retake control of Congress, we must claw back any remaining funds and #AbolishICE:

ICE is bewildered by the scale of its own budget. The agency has used just 12% of the funding from the GOP's two reconciliation bills. www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-is-sit...

Caviar fascism may be my new favorite descriptor of our political leadership.

The Trump administration bought ICE eight Boeing 737s and two luxury Gulfstream G650 private jets, which are said to provide a “seamless blend of privacy, efficiency, and indulgence” for “executives, celebrities, and high-net-worth individuals.” Caviar fascism www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-is-sit...

ICE is sitting on $100 billion in unused funds. By the time ICE got $39 billion from the Secure America Act in June, it still had $61 billion left over from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed almost a year earlier. www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-is-sit...

By @stephensemler.bsky.social #AbolishICE and invest in health care, education, housing, etc. open.substack.com/pub/stephens...

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

If you win the primary, Rogers wins the general. bsky.app/profile/step...

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The reason Israel blew up the 900 year old Beaufort Castle in Lebanon is (1) they have to fake their nationalist archaeological ancestry and can't bear any other regional history; (2) they were ignominiously defeated at Beaufort by PLO in their 1980s invasion of Lebanon & want to erase the memory.