Reposted by Karen LunchMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10hUkraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right. 474193597287
Reposted by Karen LunchMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15hI keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true. 532230367557
Reposted by Karen LunchAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10hWe’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic. 382154465599
Reposted by Karen LunchRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 15hICYMI, great statement by former VP Mike Pence about Trump's betrayal of Ukraine. Scandal there's no one else left in Republican Party able to say it out loud. 31452184
Reposted by Karen LunchElizabeth S @manhttnfoodproj.bsky.social · 15h@philinvestigates.com working with the tireless journalists at @rns.org is *exactly* the kind of collaboration we need right now: 1198
Reposted by Karen LunchMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October. 28428611590
Reposted by Karen LunchAmerican Oversight @americanoversight.org · 10/10/2026NPR reports ICE is detaining people in a New Jersey warehouse. Stephen Miller “did not want facilities that were humane,” said a government contractor. We need to know the conditions inside. We asked ICE for related planning documents and communications. www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...npr.orgICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors sayThroughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. 13520
Reposted by Karen LunchAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It is not normal for a state attorney general to even have a security detail, unless there's some particular threat or an event of high concern. 419045
Reposted by Karen LunchCIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 09/10/2026📰 CIDRAP News reporter Chris recaps 3 news stories: -Measles-related “immune amnesia” bit.ly/4zppJGg -Health consequences of measles bit.ly/4dWC6RM -Study: sugary foods, gut microbiome & antibiotics bit.ly/4AT90fS 🔔Subscribe: bit.ly/4ygphdu 01710
Reposted by Karen LunchGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol. 7075853047
Reposted by Karen LunchEric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating. 18167301961
Reposted by Karen LunchMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now. 11675217813585
Reposted by Karen LunchLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4093512410578
Reposted by Karen LunchAli Winston @awinston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The ICE agent seen brandishing an AR-15 at the scene of yesterday’s shooting in NYC’s Marble Hill has a record of lying, excessive force & getting caught by judges. He also goes by “Shooter Cuni” on social media, & posts the same gun he had on him today W/@dmehro.bsky.social @regret.bsky.social 23971415
Reposted by Karen LunchShoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Roger Marshall is like it Mr. Burns had become a doctor. 112430
Reposted by Karen LunchEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...nytimes.comHow a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel (Gift Article)A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times. 11512
Reposted by Karen LunchHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026“…real-time crime centers have not just ALPR cameras and sensors, but video analytics and drones and essentially a way to create a visual single-pane-of-glass vision of what's going on in a city…”npr.orgFlock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisomeReal-time crime-center software is a sometimes overlooked but powerful tool allowing police to aggregate immense amounts of data, significantly expanding their surveillance reach. 03516
Reposted by Karen LunchSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026One of the first things Trump did in Feb. 2017 was set up an office in DHS to *exclusively* publicize crimes committed by immigrants — just as the Nazis used Der Stürmer to publish a special section only highlighting “Jewish crimes.” See this article from 2017: www.thewrap.com/der-sturmer-... 6305140
Reposted by Karen LunchAILA @aila.org · 08/10/2026"I indicated that I was a member of Congress, and I was here to provide oversight and to enter and to see this series of rooms...They said no, I was not allowed to enter," said Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona. bit.ly/47a2ZxXbit.lyDHS Is Using FEMA Buildings as Pop-up Immigration Courts, Denying Public AccessCongressman Greg Stanton says he was blocked from entering a makeshift immigration courtroom, raising concerns about public access to the proceedings. 314467
Reposted by Karen LunchJenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026youtube.com/shorts/m_M9b...youtube.comLawyer for Renee Good family enacts the Ku Klux Klan actYouTube video by MPR News 0135
Reposted by Karen LunchDan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Ken's piece yesterday that Trump reacted to noted that Zeljka Cvijanovic, an ally of Bosnia Serb boss Milorad Dodik, met recently with WH chief of staff Susie Wiles, with help from lobbyist Robert Garcia of Continental Strategy. Continental also happens to employ Wiles' daughter. Can't hurt. 23523
Reposted by Karen LunchRick Claypool @rickclaypool.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yesterday I released a @Public_Citizen report documenting 200+ corporations benefiting from Trump's canceled enforcement. Today: A new report shows a handful of those corporations gave $200 million to MAGA Inc. & other Trump-aligned super PACs www.citizen.org/article/cost...citizen.orgThe Cost of Canceled Corporate Enforcement - Public Citizen 194
Reposted by Karen LunchAndy Carvin @acarv.in · 07/10/2026Records obtained by @americanoversight.org: "The Trump administration reduced training for officers whose departments agreed to help ICE from four weeks of in-person education to 40 hours of virtual training last year as part of a broader effort to expand the agency’s footprint across the nation."washingtonpost.comEmails show how ICE trimmed training for deputized officersPolice officers helping ICE arrest unauthorized immigrants were given a shortened training course that scaled back instruction on the nation’s immigration laws. 19241
Reposted by Karen Lunchlwilde11.bsky.social @lwilde11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/a...cnbc.comAnduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after Luckey joins Pentagon weapons groupDefense tech leaders are gaining sway in Washington in President Donald Trump's military reindustrialization push 19198122
Reposted by Karen LunchVittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This isn't the first time we're seeing the IPA system being used as a roundabout way to bring the administration's allies into government. Last month, we found that the same thing was happening at Census with a group of employees from a Trump-aligned think-tank. www.wired.com/story/a-trum...wired.comThe Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think TankThe US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu... 1164
Reposted by Karen LunchVittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026SCOOP: Last week the National Design Studio announced a new AI website, America.gov. Turns out some NDS workers are on loan to the government and are actually employed by a newly formed nonprofit, founded by the general counsel of SpaceXAI who is himself a DOGE alum. www.wired.com/story/myster...wired.comA Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government WorkersThe National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel. 8150101
Reposted by Karen LunchPatrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Another deeply reported story by @lindseywilkinson.bsky.social at @fedscoop.bsky.social on DHS and Washington's "culture of corruption," to borrow a phrase my wife coined when we became CIA whistleblowers. It's also just one more reason why #DHS should be abolished.fedscoop.comThe revolving door for tech officials at Trump's DHSIT leaders at the agency have flirted with the boundaries of ethical and legal limits with various ties to federal contractors, government experts say. 087
Reposted by Karen LunchPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026In case you were wondering, they STILL haven't managed to fix the Reflecting Pool, six months after work began 28423133
Reposted by Karen LunchJared Rennie @jjrennie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I think a lot about this video made by the Weather Channel indicating how high these actual colors mean. It might seem silly to some, but it's really REALLY informative and helps contextualize the water. Impacts Impacts Impacts #Isaías www.youtube.com/watch?v=q01v...youtube.comStorm Surge Like You've Never Experienced it BeforeYouTube video by The Weather Channel 0257
Reposted by Karen LunchRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Not that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all. 50569122561
Reposted by Karen LunchRick Claypool @rickclaypool.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Since Trump took office, @publiccitizen.bsky.social has tracked the admin's retreat from enforcement against corporate lawbreaking. Today, our new report documents the admin's cancellation of investigations, lawsuits, & penalties against more than *200* corporations. www.citizen.org/article/trum...citizen.orgTrump’s Cascade of Canceled Corporate Enforcement Against Over 200 Corporations - Public Citizen 9440254
Reposted by Karen Lunchmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026imagine if the mainstream media covered Republicans' number one donor — the biggest political donor in US history! — and his controversial views with as much scrutiny as they covered Hasan Piker's 312298600
Reposted by Karen LunchBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It’s October and the neighbors are back with #SkeletonCrew. Strong start! 964972711
Reposted by Karen LunchThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/10/2026The service members were left to seek their own medical treatment. trib.al/cLKQe1Ptrib.alSoldiers Wounded in Iran Say DOD Made Them Get Their Own TreatmentThe service members were left to fend for themselves. 17216133
Reposted by Karen LunchDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 7070131918
Reposted by Karen LunchThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/10/2026Federal immigration officers are now asking immigrants they arrest if they have ever voted illegally and whether they did so by mail or in person as part of a pre-election push to root out alleged voter fraud.washingtonpost.comIn run-up to election, ICE is asking detainees if they voted illegallyPeople who admit to voting illegally are then asked if it was by mail or in person. 81512
Reposted by Karen LunchAmerican Oversight @americanoversight.org · 06/10/2026We’re in court today for one of the first lawsuits we filed back in 2017. A Congressional committee has been trying to keep its communications with federal agencies secret. That’s not the law and we'll keep fighting for the public’s right to the records. americanoversight.org/press-releas...americanoversight.orgJudge Rejects Boilerplate “Congressional Records” Label Used to Shield Agency Emails from Disclosure - American OversightAmerican Oversight clears the way to uncover communications, as Congress and the Trump administration drive up health care costs and cut coverage. 0113
Reposted by Karen LunchMuckRock @muckrock.com · 06/10/2026@americanoversight.org obtained the Army’s 2024 report on shock gloves through a FOIA request. Here’s what the report says.americanoversight.orgWhat the Army’s Testing Report Tells Us About ICE's New Shock Gloves - American OversightAmerican Oversight obtained the Army’s 2024 report on shock gloves, raising further concerns about ICE using them. 0109
Reposted by Karen LunchPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Also, the DoD just put Anduril founder Palmer Luckey on "Project Meridian," its commission to determine the future of warfare, which may just involve buying lots of Anduril products, who knows. Luckey has made over 1,000 contributions to Republicans since 2017, 23 of which were for over $100K each. 21305165
Reposted by Karen LunchThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/10/2026A veteran lawyer at the Department of Interior submitted a resignation letter warning about the complete “assault on the rule of law.” trib.al/Gk5tjh0trib.alFederal Lawyer Quits, Warns Trump Admin Is Creating “a Shitty Country”A veteran lawyer at the Department of Interior submitted a resignation letter warning about the complete “assault on the rule of law.” 56542
Reposted by Karen LunchReuters @reuters.com · 06/10/2026US Senator Murphy says Pentagon denied him access to US base in Qatar reut.rs/4hP5HOpreut.rsUS Senator Murphy says Pentagon denied him access to US base in QatarDemocratic US Senator Chris Murphy said the US Department of Defense denied him access to a key US military base in Qatar during a visit to the Middle East, describing it as part of a US government effort to conceal the impact of the Iran war. 14364164
Reposted by Karen LunchGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically. 1335761334
Reposted by Karen LunchProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026“The ultimate goal was to create chaos and doubt in the vote-by-mail process,” said the American Postal Workers Union president. “You’re creating a rule to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.”propublica.orgThe Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In VotingProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near... 9537260
Reposted by Karen LunchRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026On the left: President Trump false claims of violent crime in Chicago (as prelude for laying a pretext) On the right: Most recent official stats showing Chicago success in back-to-back years of historic reductions in violent crimes 23785269
Reposted by Karen Lunchfirejourney.bsky.social @firejourney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Got mine today and here is the story: Under federal regulations, an insurer selling a policy through a federally facilitated Marketplace pays HHS a fee calculated as a %of the premium . The fee is used to administer the ACA marketplace. There is a surplus and they returned some to enrollees. 031