The NYTimes wisely hired Anna Griffin, one of the best journalists in Portland, as the head of its Pacific Northwest Bureau

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

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Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

They should create a day of the week where nothing happens

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

Ghana’s foreign minister just posted this to X:

“The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US Department of Homeland Security.”

Whoa, Judge Perry says the Feds’ declarations about unrest at ICE facilities are not credible because some of the incidents they cite in their declarations were separately no-billed by grand juries

Missed this but according to a recent Hebrew University poll, half of all Israeli Jews think Fox News is biased in favor of Palestinians

2:12 am going back for more hole in the ground

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

I don't think there's any better example of leopards eating faces than the Lebanese immigrant who opened a Trump-themed burger restaurant and then got arrested by ICE.

No, you do not have to hand it to Tucker Carlson, MTG, or any white supremacist who suddenly found compassion for Palestinian children

Begging Democrats to live up to the fantasy version of them that lives inside every Republican’s head

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

First, they ignore you. Then, they laugh at you. Next, they jack up prices to be you. Then you win.

More street vendors taken by ICE today, according to rapid response team & neighborhood reports.

Masked men arrested one of Pilsen’s longtime tamal vendors near Damen and 21st Pl, by Chase.

Those ladies are very loved by the community. I bought tamales from her many times.

It’s fucking exhausting how predictable and obvious everything is when nobody is ever fucking held accountable.

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

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This motion is expected to be heard in the next Ad Hoc Committee on Unarmed Crisis Prevention, Intervention, and Community Services. If you want to see this program expanded citywide, be sure to submit a comment on the Council File at bit.ly/25-0331.

Read below about CM Raman’s push to make a city-wide unarmed crisis response program. Important work!

Gaza Humanitarian Fund "distribution sites" (Israeli killing fields) are being dismantled as part of the ceasefire

Realized I’ve been looking at this from the “Bari Weiss is a talentless hack” perspective and forgot to notice that Hillary Clinton actually agreed to this dumb shit. Surely if Clinton wants to be on TV she can do better.