Reposted by ed glibertineRyan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 10hIt should alarm us that the civilian head of the military gathers together troops to give them a political speech in which he calls the free press treasonous. He should be removed from office for doing so. 371702369
Reposted by ed glibertineDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And once again, real harms imposed on real people must be set aside until after real damage is done in order to privilege the unproven right of Trump to impose those harms 9896253
Reposted by ed glibertinesouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Making fundamental due process rights a nullity with the emergency docket (again) 13750197
Reposted by ed glibertineRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Not sure it’s tenable if, going forward, every president knows that so long as they have firm control over DOJ, enough loyal senators to avoid removal, and are willing to issue blanket pardons on the way out, they can break any law they please while in office. 32800317
Reposted by ed glibertineArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 25/09/2026arstechnica.comUS being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70%The new LFP battery charges from 10 to 70% in 4.5 minutes at just 65˚C. 1526567
Reposted by ed glibertineAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comRead the document (Gift Article)Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter 20261212203
Reposted by ed glibertineKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026JUST IN: A federal judge (Trump-appointed Stephanie Gallagher) has held the Trump administration in contempt for deporting a man to El Salvador in violation of three court orders. She's ordering the government to return him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 632911954
Reposted by ed glibertineChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026BREAKING: SCOTUS allows DHS to use its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database with Social Security info, staying a district court order that had vacated the new policy. Justice Jackson dissents for the three Dem appointees. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p... 32915405
Reposted by ed glibertineJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Prosecutor who was the sacrificial lamb in the Broadview Six Case files motion with the court in which she claims US Attorney Boutros knew everything, approved everything, demanded felony charges over her objections. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...chicago.suntimes.com'Broadview Six' prosecutor breaks silence, says she 'owns' mistakes but there's 'no basis' for smearsLawyers for former federal prosecutor Sheri Mecklenburg say she retired Thursday from the Justice Department — a week before a federal judge is expected to hold a crucial hearing over the mishandling ... 13437134
Reposted by ed glibertineAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21188073851
Reposted by ed glibertineEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026On two fronts—WH press access and third-country removals—the administration appears to be ignoring court orders. 23400207
Reposted by ed glibertineNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Remember when legal eminences scolded everyone saying “Constitutional crisis” to settle down because it’s not a Constitutional crisis without the government blatantly violating court orders, then the White House blatantly violated more and more court orders, and those prominent lawyers said nothing? 15461107
Reposted by ed glibertineTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...texastribune.orgDPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to countiesCounties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar. 4119421412
Reposted by ed glibertineAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ANOTHER death in ICE detention which appears likely to be the result of medical neglect. A diabetic who told his family members he wasn't receiving regular insulin shots OR getting diabetic-appropriate meals just died in custody. The U.S. prison-ICE detention-industrial complex kills. 261060579
Reposted by ed glibertinelauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 23/09/2026look, you can't just punish trump when dems are in power. that might make republicans do something crazy, like stage a coup, illegally shred the federal bureaucracy, or even vstart abducting people off the street and extraditing them to torture sites all over the world 434438784
Reposted by ed glibertineMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.c-span.org 38347271064
Reposted by ed glibertineAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 21/09/2026US has deported more than 25,000 people under secretive agreements with 35 countries to take migrants with no ties to those nations, according to an investigation published Monday u.afp.com/Sj9Z 32349231
Reposted by ed glibertineolive consumer @machete.gay · 23/09/2026It will probably end up lost in the arc of history and just how everything that's happened is so stupid and there's such a massive volume of it, but I think it was the Reflecting Pool that really started the slide. It was so undeniably, obviously stupid and so wholly unnecessary. 1021823
Reposted by ed glibertineAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The same point applies for members of the Cabinet. The secretary of defense has proudly and openly murdered hundreds of people as official policy. Leave the official record on that as an indifferent shrug and you're not doing anything to tell future secretaries not to do the same or worse. 514729
Reposted by ed glibertineAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The CW idea impeachment backfires isn't true. Nor is there any value in surrendering in advance on conviction. But there's a more important long-term consideration. Looking at all this and saying nope, we're not even going to say he should be removed, is locking in a message for future presidents. 517346
ed glibertine @edwardtdean.org · 22/09/2026Note to Gruters: resonance comes in many formsstatic.klipy.comTacoma Narrows Bridge SwingingAlt: Tacoma Narrows Bridge Swinging 000
Reposted by ed glibertineProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 13746312240
Reposted by ed glibertineChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If executive branch creates a system so that people under government control can be located and then just stops listing some people in that system — despite their still being under government control — that should be a five-alarm fire for the other branches, the states, and the public. 141285545
Reposted by ed glibertineAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal ordersU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an... 18945972949
Reposted by ed glibertineAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 20/09/2026ICE Detention Claims 25th Life Since the Start of the Year Carlos Josué Marchena at Louisiana and Lianyong Wei in Saipan are the 25th and 24th people to die in ICE custody. Story by Spanish-language media, slow to hit English-language media. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-detent...austinkocher.substack.comICE Detention Claims 25th Life Since the Start of the YearCarlos Josué Marchena at Louisiana and Lianyong Wei in Saipan are the 25th and 24th people to die in ICE custody. Story by Spanish-language media, slow to hit English-language media. 15551343
Reposted by ed glibertineIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Barack Obama drove a lot of white people insane. This was the election version of being ordered to integrate the town swimming pool, and choosing to fill it with cement instead. 41308268
Reposted by ed glibertineAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Symbols matter. White House isn't a palace. Kennedy Center is for the general public to enjoy. We don't have a triumphal arch in DC because that's imperial. We don't put the president's face on money because it's monarchical. It's about tearing down everything that says we're a democratic republic. 292554659
Reposted by ed glibertineThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef… 68129192811
Reposted by ed glibertineThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.washingtonpost.comMore U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publiclyOfficials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database. 14724971209
Reposted by ed glibertineNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Photos leaked of bombed out US Middle East bases, with aircraft in pieces and buildings turned to rubble from Iranian fire. As @gregsargent.bsky.social notes, it's striking imagery, a symbol of US decline. Utter failure of Trump/Hegseth's fascist worldview, with its shallow conception of strength. 15363136
Reposted by ed glibertineDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 17/09/2026my guess is that most americans do not perceive these deportations for what they are -- systematic crimes, under a framework directed at the highest levels of government, the evidence of which is in this defiance (inter alia). the rest of the world would rightly call this crimes against humanity. 221376
Reposted by ed glibertineDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026We really can't let ourselves get accustomed to this. He's telling the people of NC that he's going to let them die if they don't vote how he wants. 451552462
Reposted by ed glibertineDaniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Statehood for DC is imperative. They should never again be subjected to the mad king shit they are having to put up with under Trump. No other state would ever tolerate what DC is being made to. 114040
Reposted by ed glibertineSean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 15/09/2026There is a lot of shadiness here. But the fact that Bessent referred to an account that is managing sovereign assets of a foreign nation as a large asset on the US balance sheet is a BFD. It's either theft or he doesn't understand basic accounting. 491300391
Reposted by ed glibertineAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵 69286014169
Reposted by ed glibertineGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Speaking for myself, I find the idea that allowing Ken Paxton of all people to become a US Senator is somehow in the best interest of trans people (or immigrants or Muslims or the country as a whole) to be self-destructive and risks further alienating trans people from our allies 2647673
Reposted by ed glibertineGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’” 1731701737
Reposted by ed glibertineHoyle @axelhoyle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026every argument that trans allies should withhold their vote from Talarico would also have told abolitionists to shun Lincoln, equal rights advocate to avoid LBJ, and gay marriage proponents to oppose Obama 1229932
Reposted by ed glibertineKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: Once exceptionally rare, illegal deportations — in defiance of court orders or due to ICE screw-ups — are now a routine part of President Trump's mass deportation push. It happened 3 times this past week and more at least 30 times in recent months. www.politico.com/news/2026/09... 261800770
Reposted by ed glibertineBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"The president is a stupid asshole" quickly became a trite observation but that's still the analysis that most accurately and succinctly explains almost everything that happens 394017552
Reposted by ed glibertineDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A recurrent theme in this excellent story about China’s progress is that people there regard Trump as essential to their success, including his ability to drive scientific talent from the US www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... 361742737
Reposted by ed glibertinevictoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 12/09/2026As I was standing by this gas pump filling up my truck with six dollar gas I couldn’t help but think that this was a small price to pay so that every child wanting to play sports in elementary school has to submit to mandatory genital inspections 555444944
Reposted by ed glibertineJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026W/o getting drawn into the "seriously or literally" / "it'll never happen" trap, we need to stomp *hard* on the continuing effort to undermine Article 1 power of the purse by saying that this or that revenue stream makes something outside the normal budget process. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...nbcnews.comLutnick says Trump’s $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn’t rely on taxpayer fundsA top White House official suggested Congress would use a budget process to fund them. Vice President JD Vance had said tariff revenues. 1773207927
Reposted by ed glibertineAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 11/09/2026what is there to even say. it's jumping up and down screaming I'm the bad guy from every political morality tale deeply embedded in Western culture from ancient Rome to Hitler. They aren't unaware of that, they revel in it. They are bad people and they want bad things. 11425105
Reposted by ed glibertineAleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 10/09/2026I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done. This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands. He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.transiticsnews.comI’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids. 9164162556
Reposted by ed glibertineWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026How is ICE making record arrests? I found the answer in Pa. coal country, where cops lured by a promise of federal $$$ have embraced ICE's 287(g) and are throwing up checkpoints, raiding job sites, arresting 100s, and terrorizing their communities My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/penn...inquirer.comIn Pa. coal country, local police join with ICE to bring arrests, fear | Will BunchPa.'s Schuylkill County is the new face of Trump's mass deportation, as local cops lured by federal cash bust scores of migrants. 6517951048
Reposted by ed glibertineAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The president ordering USPS to illegally throw out millions of ballots is at least on par with what he tried to do for 2020, and in big ways it's worse. It's another attempted self-coup, trying to create a fake Congress. That he's even attempting it is already a deadly serious constitutional crisis. 171374335
Reposted by ed glibertineJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New: a secretive DHS predictive policing unit is analyzing Americans' financial activity, feeding those names to police, then having cops pull them over. Not suspected of any particular crime We're revealing the unit name too: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team www.404media.co/a-secretive-...404media.coA Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. 461286799