Reposted by FTTBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23/10/2025NBC News finds that: -- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six. -- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam. -- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...nbcnews.comSome new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vettingThe recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to... 76090394124
FTT @firsttimetrek.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I spent a lot of time trying to think of a good mat color but white ended up working best. Because the piece is so complex I think your eye needs the break. The frame was out of stock when I first tried to get it and I waited six weeks for it because there was no other choice I wanted. It's perfect! 010
FTT @firsttimetrek.bsky.social · 12/09/2025@jpbrammer.bsky.social thought you might like to see... hung it today!!! 070
Reposted by FTTAmanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Here's a drawing I did of the TNG episode "Rascals" 231108193
Reposted by FTTPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 10/08/2025usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville” 424299675914
Reposted by FTTThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 31/07/2025Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza. “A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said. Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn 11519581485
Reposted by FTTThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 31/07/2025One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted. These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.washingtonpost.com‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrantsInterviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison. 634104055541
Reposted by FTTMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 29/07/2025You can watch this Green Beret describe this experience in his own words to @vanhollen.senate.gov, and for us, and I cried. I’m not sure how you could watch this veteran tell this child’s story and not feel all of the emotions at once.youtu.beWATCH: U.S. Army veteran gives first-hand account of suffering, starvation in GazaYouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen 12855446
Reposted by FTTDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Brad Lander's "The line in the Democratic Party right now is not between progressives and moderates — it's between fighters and folders" is truly *the* best diagnosis of what's needed right now. It also has the advantage of being backed up by public opinion. 41579330
Reposted by FTTStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Our political media is simply not equipped to handle a situation where the voters were unambiguously wrong in a way which morally implicates the electorate. 402435705
Reposted by FTTBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Maybe the most Axios brained you can be is when you look at things and go “he’s achieving so much evil, and yet people aren’t appreciating it” 30946121
Reposted by FTTStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025I feel like we owe Kojima an apology because he’s like “This is my villain, Corrupto Moneyguy. He controls the media and eats children.” As it turns out, this is a nuanced and accurate view of global politics. 6183922283
Reposted by FTTgamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 14/07/2025wow i wonder why everyone is so fractured and enraged and susceptible to propaganda gosh who can possibly expl 2330116
Reposted by FTTThe Onion @theonion.com · 14/07/2025DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Websitetheonion.comDOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From WebsiteWASHINGTON—In the latest of a series of escalations in President Donald Trump’s highly publicized war on “woke,” the U.S. Department of Justice reportedly removed all mentions of justice from its webs... 1265473931
Reposted by FTTBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Yes, my economic plan will cause short term pain. But after that you won't feel the pain anymore because you'll be dead 167381835448
Reposted by FTTjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/06/2025there is no jurisprudence at work here. the republican court believes that anything a republican president is presumptively constitutional, even if it directly violates the unambiguous constitutional text and causes total chaos in law and policy. 115100022423
Reposted by FTTjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/06/2025these people think you're stupid and hold you in absolute fucking contempt 334406624
Reposted by FTTjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/06/2025this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand? 282180994422
Reposted by FTTBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Imagine if the Democratic Party actually helped Zohran instead of trying to kneecap him at every step. A better party is immediately possible if they stop shoving money into the anti-trans combination Racism Dial/Money Toilet and instead get behind candidates people actually want. 194175233331
FTT @firsttimetrek.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Feels weird and dystopian that I'm the happiest I've ever been while everything is shit 050
Reposted by FTTChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 23/06/2025A federal officer cannot be “doxxed.” The public has a right to know who is operating in our government, especially if they have the power to imprison someone. 678198834954
Reposted by FTTThe Onion @theonion.com · 17/06/2025This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’ttheonion.comThis War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’tGeorge W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more. 6970251470
Reposted by FTTChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19/06/2025This is shocking. Pure totalitarianism from DHS, and also blatantly unconstitutional. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...newyorker.comHow My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My DeportationAs an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against. 12766462257
Reposted by FTTKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/06/2025I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles 517231397178
Reposted by FTTAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Grateful that Brad Lander is using his experience to highlight the biggest outrage; that ICE is re-arresting people who have been 100% compliant with ICE and the courts, with the goal of unlawfully stripping them of a court hearing to juice Stephen Miller's deportation numbers. 4862701932
Reposted by FTTFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 12/06/2025We need *mass* mobilization in the U.S. right now, and I think that people who are somehow still focused on sneering at Perfidious Wine Mom Liberals are profoundly unserious 924093584
Reposted by FTTMike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 12/06/2025I have to say: Thank God this man is not Chicago's mayor 38313
Reposted by FTTceej @ceej.online · 11/06/2025it’s not fair to judge me by my words alone. or actually my actions either. please judge me based only on my idea of myself that I hold in my own head 252748433
Reposted by FTTAndy Richter @andyrichter.co · 11/06/2025They keep talking about punishing protestors as if this country wasn’t FOUNDED BY PROTESTERS WHO ENSHRINED THE RIGHT TO PROTEST, I AM SO TIRED OF HOW STUPID THINGS HAVE BECOME 7359591001
Reposted by FTTUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025We feed you. They hunt us. 11933468214777
Reposted by FTTJonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide: 84131315154
