politics

<p>april 5</p><p>5 min</p><p>Wealth and merit. What a wonderful world.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8d-QcKe4cE" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8d-QcKe4cE"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8d-Qc</span><span class="invisible">Ke4cE</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a></p>

<p>A second reflection I wrote after being at the Hands Off demonstrations yesterday, this time an exploration of what it means to be &quot;blessed&quot;--even when an angry Trump supporter yells at you from his car window.</p><p><a href="https://catecheticconverter.com/a-blessed-insult" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="catecheticconverter.com/a-blessed-insult"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">catecheticconverter.com/a-bles</span><span class="invisible">sed-insult</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/theology/" rel="tag">#Theology</a> <a href="/tags/bible/" rel="tag">#Bible</a> <a href="/tags/jesus/" rel="tag">#Jesus</a> <a href="/tags/episcopal/" rel="tag">#Episcopal</a> <a href="/tags/church/" rel="tag">#Church</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/handsoff/" rel="tag">#HandsOff</a> <a href="/tags/hawaii/" rel="tag">#Hawaii</a></p>

<p>The arrests of <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> member Don Lemon, a Democratic political candidate, and activists demand an immediate national response. Read my letter here... and let&#x27;s take action!</p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/an-open-letter-to-journalists-and" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/an-open-letter-to-journalists-and"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/an-open-lette</span><span class="invisible">r-to-journalists-and</span></a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#murder</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#dhs</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#minnesota</a></p>

<p>&quot;Die betroffenen Arten spüren den Wetterumschwung immer ein bisschen früher. Sie sind wie Vögel“, schreibt Mely Kiyak. Seit 15 Jahren warnt sie vor dem Aufstieg des Faschismus. Sie schreibt mal wütend, mal witzig, mal polemisch, mal zynisch (ein Lachen am Abgrund), aber immer seismographisch genau in der Beobachtung und geschliffen im Wort. <br>Diese Beiträge von Kiyak tun weh zu lesen. Und das ist gut so. <a href="/tags/bücherwabe/" rel="tag">#Bücherwabe</a> <a href="/tags/bucher/" rel="tag">#bucher</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/livre/" rel="tag">#livre</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/politik/" rel="tag">#politik</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#antifa</a> <a href="/tags/faschismus/" rel="tag">#Faschismus</a> <a href="/tags/melykiyak/" rel="tag">#melykiyak</a></p>

<p>&quot;Some of us always knew this was where this would end up. A bloated, stumbling, smash-and-grab, cash-licking cadaver who spent an entire life born on third base—yet somehow finding a way to get thrown out at second—taking out his vast wilderness of dumbf*kery on us all&quot;</p><p>Read The Rest: <a href="https://blueamp.substack.com/p/trump-mimics-stalin-uses-total-bs" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blueamp.substack.com/p/trump-mimics-stalin-uses-total-bs"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blueamp.substack.com/p/trump-m</span><span class="invisible">imics-stalin-uses-total-bs</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/bls/" rel="tag">#bls</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/stalin/" rel="tag">#stalin</a> <a href="/tags/jacksmith/" rel="tag">#jacksmith</a></p>

<p><a href="https://blueamp.substack.com/p/kamala-told-colbert-the-systems-broken" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blueamp.substack.com/p/kamala-told-colbert-the-systems-broken"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blueamp.substack.com/p/kamala-</span><span class="invisible">told-colbert-the-systems-broken</span></a> Kamala Told Colbert the System’s &quot;Broken;&quot; </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Proved it, Ended <a href="/tags/pbs/" rel="tag">#PBS</a> / <a href="/tags/npr/" rel="tag">#NPR</a> &quot;Kamala sat across from <a href="/tags/colbert/" rel="tag">#Colbert</a>—recently fired to make the slovenly golf-cheat happy so he’d “allow” Skydance <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> to take over Paramount Global—and admitted our system is broken&quot;</p><p>READ THE REST &amp; SUBSCRIBE! <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> <a href="/tags/jobs/" rel="tag">#jobs</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#business</a></p>

<p>When I see news with a link, but the link is to an article behind a paywall, it is still helpful because I then do a Google search or a Bing search for the same news. I often find more information about this news, sometimes from a television station or a foreign newspaper. <br><a href="/tags/findingfreecontent/" rel="tag">#FindingFreeContent</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>Green Queer Erotic Love Magic is an ecological, queer and anarchist manifesto of love as a politics that seeks to integrate humanity with the earth as an erotic whole. It plugs into myth, poetry, queer theory, the science of diversity, emancipatory fiction, nature and anarchist politics as the means to doing this. It is a book that is pro-love and pro-life, pro-queer, pro-trans and pro-diversity.</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/green-queer-erotic-love-magic" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/green-queer-erotic-love-magic"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/green-quee</span><span class="invisible">r-erotic-love-magic</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#lgbtqia</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/anarchy/" rel="tag">#anarchy</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#ecology</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a></p>

<p>&quot;Taiwan’s vibrant and competitive democratic system has allowed for regular peaceful transfers of power since 2000, and protections for civil liberties are generally robust. Ongoing concerns include inadequate safeguards against the exploitation of migrant workers and the Chinese government’s efforts to influence policymaking, media, and the democratic infrastructure.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://freedomhouse.org/country/taiwan/freedom-world/2025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="freedomhouse.org/country/taiwan/freedom-world/2025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">freedomhouse.org/country/taiwa</span><span class="invisible">n/freedom-world/2025</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/taiwan/" rel="tag">#Taiwan</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/freedomhouse/" rel="tag">#FreedomHouse</a> <a href="/tags/台灣/" rel="tag">#台灣</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>

<p>Yes, I&#x27;m an anarcho-syndicalist, bisexual, gender-fluid, autistic, radical leftist!</p><p>I won’t apologize for being an anarchist or for being autistic. Autism rules, and so does anarchism!</p><p><a href="/tags/anarchist/" rel="tag">#Anarchist</a> <a href="/tags/syndicalist/" rel="tag">#Syndicalist</a> <a href="/tags/anarchism/" rel="tag">#Anarchism</a> <a href="/tags/syndicalism/" rel="tag">#Syndicalism</a> <a href="/tags/anarchosyndicalist/" rel="tag">#AnarchoSyndicalist</a> <a href="/tags/anarchosyndicalism/" rel="tag">#AnarchoSyndicalism</a> <a href="/tags/bisexuality/" rel="tag">#Bisexuality</a> <a href="/tags/bisexual/" rel="tag">#Bisexual</a> <a href="/tags/genderfluidity/" rel="tag">#GenderFluidity</a> <a href="/tags/genderfluid/" rel="tag">#GenderFluid</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/radicalleftist/" rel="tag">#RadicalLeftist</a> <a href="/tags/radical/" rel="tag">#Radical</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>

<p>wants to read <a href="https://neodb.social/search?r=1&q=https://neodb.social/book/6mFviKTIkKYLKbsbPgwIQU" rel="nofollow">A Pocket Guide To Passively Resisting Tyranny</a> <br>Found on Mastodon: <a href="https://beige.party/@photovotary/114756656832562859" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="beige.party/@photovotary/114756656832562859"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">beige.party/@photovotary/11475</span><span class="invisible">6656832562859</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p><p><a href="/tags/ersneodb/" rel="tag">#ERSneodb</a></p>

<p>Just out from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>josephinelee</span></a></span> and Joelle DiPaolo: After three decades of fighting back against <a href="/tags/vouchers/" rel="tag">#vouchers</a>, the governor enlisted the help of the president to destroy the last vestiges of Republican resistance this week. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-trump-house-vouchers-pass/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/abbott-trump-house-vouchers-pass/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/abbott-t</span><span class="invisible">rump-house-vouchers-pass/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#schools</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gregabbott/" rel="tag">#GregAbbott</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/txlege/" rel="tag">#TXlege</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a></p>

<p>Another quiet week in the news, with nothing much to report… But if you do want to follow the very little, totally inconsequential stuff that&#x27;s happening, here’s a thread of news- and politics-related <a href="/tags/customfeeds/" rel="tag">#CustomFeeds</a> that have been created using Surf, plus a video on how to build a feed using our Starter Sets.</p><p><a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/surfsocial/" rel="tag">#SurfSocial</a> <a href="/tags/surffeeds/" rel="tag">#SurfFeeds</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>

<p>RS:<br>‘Completely lost his mind’: Trump&#x27;s &#x27;deranged&#x27; letter</p><p>“Whatever people&#x27;s views on Trump&#x27;s broader politics, these are the words of a man who is having some sort of serious mental breakdown,” wrote Dan Hodges, a British columnist and political commentator...</p><p>“This is plainly deranged,” wrote British writer and former lawmaker Daniel Hannan in a social media post... &quot;The Nixon, Clinton and, indeed, Trump impeachments were triggered by less.”<br><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674907657/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rawstory.com/trump-2674907657/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rawstory.com/trump-2674907</span><span class="invisible">657/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>&quot;The <a href="/tags/monopoly/" rel="tag">#monopoly</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> morons for whom he’s entertained tens of millions of ad-viewing viewers deemed it so, and I’m sure it has nothing to do w Stephen <a href="/tags/colbert/" rel="tag">#Colbert</a> using his brilliant timing and razor-sharp wit to disembowel Don-Don on the regular&quot;</p><p>CONT-&gt; <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/publish/post/168652683" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/publish/post/168652683"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/publish/post/16</span><span class="invisible">8652683</span></a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#funny</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#entertainment</a></p>

<p>A new campaign has begun: Let Cuba Play. <br>[Updated with new info] </p><p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration in the <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> has refused to grant visas to Cuban athletes who need to compete in various events in the upcoming months in order to qualify for the 2028 <a href="/tags/olympicgames/" rel="tag">#OlympicGames</a> in <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> <a href="/tags/sports/" rel="tag">#sports</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/olympics/" rel="tag">#Olympics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a><br><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.wales/@HarriettMB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HarriettMB</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.letcubaplay.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.letcubaplay.com/</a></p>

<p>“The whole system is premised on commodifying human beings.” </p><p>From Sandy West in our magazine: In the aftermath of Roe v. Wade, adoptions are on the rise in <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a>. But some private foster care and adoption agencies may have crossed serious ethical lines. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/private-adoption-agencies-legal-custody-battles/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/private-adoption-agencies-legal-custody-battles/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/private-</span><span class="invisible">adoption-agencies-legal-custody-battles/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/roevwade/" rel="tag">#RoeVWade</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/adoption/" rel="tag">#adoption</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>Tulsi’s <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#Russia</a> Remix Can’t Save <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> From <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a> Hell</p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/tulsis-russia-remix-cant-save-trump" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/tulsis-russia-remix-cant-save-trump"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/tulsis-russia</span><span class="invisible">-remix-cant-save-trump</span></a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#epsteinfiles</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#substack</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/italy/" rel="tag">#italy</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#business</a></p>

<p>Answers to <a href="/tags/newsweek/" rel="tag">#Newsweek</a>&#x27;s questions about <a href="/tags/ubi/" rel="tag">#UBI</a> that were never used</p><p>&quot;the income distribution system called jobs is not designed for the world we live in today</p><p>No one pays higher marginal tax rates in the US than the poorest who are receiving benefits</p><p>UBI is more than just money, it’s more power to the People, and to then engage in the level of civic mobilization that won women’s suffrage and civil rights&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/ubi/" rel="tag">#UBI</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@scottsantens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scottsantens</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.scottsantens.com/what-the-media-isnt-telling-you-why-universal-basic-income-ubi-is-the-answer-to-poverty-insecurity-and-inequality/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottsantens.com/what-the-media-isnt-telling-you-why-universal-basic-income-ubi-is-the-answer-to-poverty-insecurity-and-inequality/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottsantens.com/what-the-</span><span class="invisible">media-isnt-telling-you-why-universal-basic-income-ubi-is-the-answer-to-poverty-insecurity-and-inequality/</span></a></p>

Some food for thought for comrades abroad<br><a href="/tags/netherlands/" rel="tag">#netherlands</a> <a href="/tags/bicycle/" rel="tag">#bicycle</a> <a href="/tags/bike/" rel="tag">#bike</a> <a href="/tags/bikelanes/" rel="tag">#bikelanes</a> <a href="/tags/cycling/" rel="tag">#cycling</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a> <a href="/tags/activisme/" rel="tag">#activisme</a> <a href="/tags/fietsen/" rel="tag">#fietsen</a> <a href="/tags/politiek/" rel="tag">#politiek</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/nederland/" rel="tag">#nederland</a> <a href="/tags/traffic/" rel="tag">#traffic</a> <a href="/tags/urbanplanning/" rel="tag">#urbanplanning</a>

<p>&quot;The Biggest Criminal in D.C. Right Now Is Trump&quot;</p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/198996/biggest-criminal-dc-donald-trump" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="newrepublic.com/article/198996/biggest-criminal-dc-donald-trump"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/198996</span><span class="invisible">/biggest-criminal-dc-donald-trump</span></a></p><p>&quot;The president’s takeover of the capital’s police force is a distraction from his own rampant wrongdoing.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/dc/" rel="tag">#DC</a> <a href="/tags/criminals/" rel="tag">#criminals</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a></p>

<p>NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-agents-detained-mistreated-citizens-congressional-investigation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-agents-detained-mistreated-citizens-congressional-investigation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-agents-detained-mistreated-citizens-congressional-investigation</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanrights</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#civilrights</a></p>

<p>Introducing the September/October 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover art by Adrià Volt, and stories by Michelle Pitcher, Julie Poole, Francesca D&#x27;Annunzio and more. </p><p>Become a member to get our magazine 6 times per year: <a href="https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.fundjournalism.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/join/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a></p>

<p>“This is the most massive secrecy grab in <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> since the adoption of the Public Information Act.” </p><p>New today from Michelle Pitcher: A move to &quot;standardize&quot; <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> personnel files could have devastating consequences for <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#transparency</a>. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-g-file-police-records-texas-legislature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-g-file-police-records-texas-legislature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-</span><span class="invisible">g-file-police-records-texas-legislature/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/txlege/" rel="tag">#TXlege</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> that I&#x27;m never happy with:</p><p>I joined Mastodon during the Second Great Twitter Migration of 2022, if that&#x27;s what we&#x27;re calling it. </p><p>You may know me from:</p><p>@[email protected] (Oct 2022-Sept 2023)<br><a href="https://firefish.lgbt/@alex" rel="nofollow">@[email protected]</a> (RIP) (Aug 2023)<br><a href="https://xim.ca/@alex" rel="nofollow">@[email protected]</a> (Sept 2023-May 2024)<br>@[email protected] (May 2024-Oct 2024)<br><a href="https://anarres.family/@alex" rel="nofollow">@[email protected]</a> (Oct 2024-Aug 2025)</p><p>I&#x27;m a neurodivergent (AuDHD / GAD / cPTSD[?] <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/pawb.fun/neocat_thinking.png" class="emoji" alt=":neocat_thinking:" title=":neocat_thinking:">), ace/aromantic pan/aegosexual, 40s year old from <a href="/tags/ottawa/" rel="tag">#Ottawa</a>, <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a>. 🇨🇦 </p><p>Interests include: <br>• <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> (including <a href="/tags/startrek/" rel="tag">#StarTrek</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/doctorwho/" rel="tag">#DoctorWho</a>) <br>• <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <br>• <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a><br>• <a href="/tags/genealogy/" rel="tag">#genealogy</a> <br>• <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <br>• <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#travel</a> (when I can afford to)<br>• ....way too many special interests.</p><p>(Please don&#x27;t reply to the introduction post. Mentions or DMs are OK.)</p>