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So if you're wondering when ICE would start directly sabotaging the electoral process, the answer is, right now
Wild events in Missouri: "Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway on Thursday involved federal immigration agents in her push to halt a campaign seeking to strike down the state’s congressional map."
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
Missouri attorney general involves ICE in push to halt anti-gerrymandering group
The attorney general did not provide any evidence to support her claims, which the campaign called false.
www.kansascity.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
So if you're wondering when ICE would start directly sabotaging the electoral process, the answer is, right now
This invites the question, whether such brutal conditions are constitutional, under the 8th Amendment. The dehumanising of inmates has been going on for a long time. But given how the regime treats the 4th Amendment (requirements for issuing warrants)…
NEW: President Biden commuted the death sentences of most people on the federal death row before exiting office.
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
This story was produced by Bolts and published in partnership with The Nation. Inside the federal supermax tucked away in Colorado’s high desert, prisoners spend 22 to 24 hours a day... Read More
boltsmag.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This invites the question, whether such brutal conditions are constitutional, under the 8th Amendment. The dehumanising of inmates has been going on for a long time. But given how the regime treats the 4th Amendment (requirements for issuing warrants)…
We have all seen what ICE officials are doing to U.S. citizens — yes, U.S. citizens — in our nation’s cities. As disgraceful as their behavior is, I [Mark Elias] have urged you before to imagine what happens when they turn their focus to interfering in elections.
Well, the time has come.
Well, the time has come.
"So It Begins": The GOP’s 2026 sabotage has already started
newsletters.democracydocket.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We have all seen what ICE officials are doing to U.S. citizens — yes, U.S. citizens — in our nation’s cities. As disgraceful as their behavior is, I [Mark Elias] have urged you before to imagine what happens when they turn their focus to interfering in elections.
Well, the time has come.
Well, the time has come.
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
We now have a President preparing to prosecute a sitting Democratic senator for warning service members not to obey illegal orders.
“The Department of War has received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.). In accordance
We now have a President preparing to prosecute a sitting Democratic senator for warning service members not to obey illegal orders.
“The Department of War has received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.). In accordance
BREAKING: Trump Opens Investigation Into Mark Kelly After Calling for his Execution
In a stunning escalation, the Trump-controlled Pentagon has confirmed it has opened a formal investigation into Democratic Senator Mark Kelly—an inquiry that officials say could lead to a military cri...
aaronparnas.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
We now have a President preparing to prosecute a sitting Democratic senator for warning service members not to obey illegal orders.
“The Department of War has received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.). In accordance
We now have a President preparing to prosecute a sitting Democratic senator for warning service members not to obey illegal orders.
“The Department of War has received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.). In accordance
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www.propublica.org/article/paul....
YET AGAIN, WHITE HOUSE, TRIES TO PROTECT THE DIRTIEST OF MEN -- THIS TIME THE TATE BROTHERS
WOMEN OF AMERICA -- AND THE WORLD -- FIGHT BACK. BE FIERCE IN YOUR FIGHT. #MeToo didn't shut it down. What will????
YET AGAIN, WHITE HOUSE, TRIES TO PROTECT THE DIRTIEST OF MEN -- THIS TIME THE TATE BROTHERS
WOMEN OF AMERICA -- AND THE WORLD -- FIGHT BACK. BE FIERCE IN YOUR FIGHT. #MeToo didn't shut it down. What will????
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
In letters to the White House and DHS, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Gary Peters called the intervention a “brazen interference with a federal investigation.”
www.propublica.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
www.propublica.org/article/paul....
YET AGAIN, WHITE HOUSE, TRIES TO PROTECT THE DIRTIEST OF MEN -- THIS TIME THE TATE BROTHERS
WOMEN OF AMERICA -- AND THE WORLD -- FIGHT BACK. BE FIERCE IN YOUR FIGHT. #MeToo didn't shut it down. What will????
YET AGAIN, WHITE HOUSE, TRIES TO PROTECT THE DIRTIEST OF MEN -- THIS TIME THE TATE BROTHERS
WOMEN OF AMERICA -- AND THE WORLD -- FIGHT BACK. BE FIERCE IN YOUR FIGHT. #MeToo didn't shut it down. What will????
While al Qaeda was armed by the US government to attack the Soviet presence in Afghanistan, despite warnings in the New York Times as early as 1988 that they would be as opposed to the US as they were to the USSR
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
While al Qaeda was armed by the US government to attack the Soviet presence in Afghanistan, despite warnings in the New York Times as early as 1988 that they would be as opposed to the US as they were to the USSR
While we are all talking about the Epstein files and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s antics and the price of turkeys and how Mamdani has managed to charm Trump, Trump is doing to Ukraine what Chamberlain did to Czechoslovakia: 1/2
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
While we are all talking about the Epstein files and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s antics and the price of turkeys and how Mamdani has managed to charm Trump, Trump is doing to Ukraine what Chamberlain did to Czechoslovakia: 1/2
Yes, it’s already happening; ICE being used to interfere with the electoral process: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri AG Now Siccing ICE on Gerrymander Referendum Signature Gatherers
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Yes, it’s already happening; ICE being used to interfere with the electoral process: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
My local U3A had the good sense to cancel meetings two weeks before Boris Johnson acted: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
23,000 died because government Covid response ‘too little, too late’
An excoriating report by the UK Covid-19 inquiry says Boris Johnson failed to appreciate the calamity and that lockdowns have left ‘lasting scars’ on society
www.thetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
My local U3A had the good sense to cancel meetings two weeks before Boris Johnson acted: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
If, like me, you think Starmer needs to be placed as soon as possible, I can immediately think of two people (the other one is the Home Secretary) who would almost certainly be worse: jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/starmer-an...
Starmer and Streeting could have done much more to avert disaster this winter…
Call To Action
jujuliagrace.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If, like me, you think Starmer needs to be placed as soon as possible, I can immediately think of two people (the other one is the Home Secretary) who would almost certainly be worse: jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/starmer-an...
There is no way to soften this moment. A sitting president is threatening to kill members of Congress because they released a video reminding U.S. service members of the most basic principle in military law: you must not follow unlawful orders… the military lawyer overseeing operations concluded 1/2
Thursday Afternoon News Updates as Trump Calls for Execution of Democrats - 11/20/25
Trump, cornered by his failing presidency and dark past, is lashing out in the most unhinged and dangerous ways yet
www.meidasplus.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
There is no way to soften this moment. A sitting president is threatening to kill members of Congress because they released a video reminding U.S. service members of the most basic principle in military law: you must not follow unlawful orders… the military lawyer overseeing operations concluded 1/2
Is there any mention of "Eat out to help out,"in August 2020, before any vaccine was available, which must certainly, and predictably (I even predicted myself) have caused a considerable large number of deaths? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_Out...
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Is there any mention of "Eat out to help out,"in August 2020, before any vaccine was available, which must certainly, and predictably (I even predicted myself) have caused a considerable large number of deaths? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_Out...
And of course, another Russian attack will follow in due course, just as 2022 followed the 2014 seizure of Crimea and part of the Donbas... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US and Russian officials draft plan to end Ukraine war based on capitulation from Kyiv
It is unclear if Trump administration backs deal that would mean Kyiv giving up territory and slashing size of military
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
And of course, another Russian attack will follow in due course, just as 2022 followed the 2014 seizure of Crimea and part of the Donbas... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Indeed. The mid-20th century creationist revival allied itself with US conservatism from the outset: 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Indeed. The mid-20th century creationist revival allied itself with US conservatism from the outset: 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
Just when you thought they couldn't do anything to make things worse…
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Words fail. Well, nothing says, "We care about children" more than criminalising the parent trying to protect them from further trauma, eh?
Do we learn absolutely nothing from one year to the next, as a nation?
Do we learn absolutely nothing from one year to the next, as a nation?
Domestic abuse victims who flee with children overseas to be criminalised under new law
Change to crime and policing bill backed by fathers’ rights groups seeking support in cross-border abduction cases
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Just when you thought they couldn't do anything to make things worse…
Today’s prize euphemism:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
Trump Family’s Business Ties to Saudi Arabia Raise Ethics Worries
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Today’s prize euphemism:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
Not only that, but he is going to do his best to make sure he doesn't accidentally dismember any more. Isn't that good enough for you?
So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?
MBS claims the murder of Khashoggi was "a huge mistake and we're our doing our best that this doesn't happen again."
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Not only that, but he is going to do his best to make sure he doesn't accidentally dismember any more. Isn't that good enough for you?
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Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
Refugee Council response to UK Govt’s proposed changes (please don’t call them “reforms”): www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/press-office... Will help no one, will make it more difficult for incomers to contribute, and will require an expensive bureaucratic apparatus that (mercifully) does not as yet exist
Refugee Council responds to Home Offices Restoring Order and Control policy paper - Refugee Council
Refugee Council responds to Home Office's Restoring Order and Control policy paper
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Refugee Council response to UK Govt’s proposed changes (please don’t call them “reforms”): www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/press-office... Will help no one, will make it more difficult for incomers to contribute, and will require an expensive bureaucratic apparatus that (mercifully) does not as yet exist
More right wing rubbish from “Labour”: theconversation.com/the-uk-gover... The only people who can replace the present leadership are the backbenchers. Time for them to do their duty
The UK government’s risky rollback of financial regulation threatens long-term growth
Some rules are there for a very good reason.
theconversation.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
More right wing rubbish from “Labour”: theconversation.com/the-uk-gover... The only people who can replace the present leadership are the backbenchers. Time for them to do their duty
From Mark Elliott, Professor of Public Law, Cambridge publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t... tl;dr Labour’s proposed new procedures for handling asylum claims involve granting officials discretionary powers incompatible with the rule of law. And then it gets worse
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
Proposals for radical reform of the UK’s asylum system raise a number of legal and constitutional issues, with respect both to the European Convention on Human Rights and the domestic principle of …
publiclawforeveryone.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
From Mark Elliott, Professor of Public Law, Cambridge publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t... tl;dr Labour’s proposed new procedures for handling asylum claims involve granting officials discretionary powers incompatible with the rule of law. And then it gets worse
And let's also stop pretending that he's competent
Let’s revisit the ‘Starmer is a fundamentally decent man’ cliche’
November 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
And let's also stop pretending that he's competent
And Mahmood is a barrister specialising in professional indemnity law. So she can't pretend she doesn't know what she's doing
I haven't got much to add to the general horror at Labour's migration plans, but the bizarre focus on ebikes as assets seems to serve - intentionally perhaps - to increase the stigmatisation of ebike riders (read: delivery drivers) still further and undermine migrants' everyday mobilities.
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
And Mahmood is a barrister specialising in professional indemnity law. So she can't pretend she doesn't know what she's doing
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Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question