If you have direct knowledge of DHS operations in the San Francisco Bay Area, and want to share what you know with the media, get at me on Signal or in a DM here. My email is [email protected]

i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this

if you want to defend the working class? buy out a street vendor’s cart so they don’t have to choose between their income or kidnapping by ICE

You can donate to the Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund to help buy out a local street vendor’s cart for the day. They’ve partnered with a bike patrol / cycling solidarity group, which rides around buying out the inventory then distributing the food at homeless & unhoused encampments & shelters.

He said what he said

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: Association of American Universities joins US Chamber of Commerce's lawsuit over Trump's $100K fee for H-1B visas. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... @AAUniversities @USChamber

The Department of Defense has accepted a $130 million donation from a "friend" of President Trump — but the agency refuses to say who it is

It's their individual identities that are secret, not their conduct

NEW: DHS is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.

by me @ wired:

This is how it works: We protect each other, period. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family. We do the things we have to do to ensure that as many of us can make it to tomorrow as possible. Not everyone does. I need you to understand that we tried.

dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...

Sinema fails the "who goes fascist" test; sorry if you're surprised!

Cillizza's attempt at savvy political commentary in the screenshot below is the rare X post where even the top comments from paying users amount to "what an uninformed and racist thing to say; what is wrong with you?"

NEW: DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton scammed at home by group claiming to be cleaning crew

They charged her $4,362 for work they didn’t perform. A police report says Norton has "early stages of dementia." Her office pushed back.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

quintessential centrism in action

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.