Sunday, July 20, 2025
'Extra Cruel': Trump Admin Ends Job Program for Seniors as Work Requirements Loom
"Many of our participants are living on the edge of poverty," said the head of one organization impacted by the termination of the Senior Community Service Employment Program. more
Saturday, July 19, 2025
ICE Agents Are Harassing the Courthouse Volunteers Who Assist Besieged Immigrants
The recent, nationwide phenomenon of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents showing up at federal courthouses to arrest undocumented people after their immigration hearings has inspired an outpouring of volunteers who come to observe the hearings and assist the immigrants and their families. MORE
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Israeli Troops Gun Down 30+ Palestinians in Yet Another Food Aid Massacre
One witness said Israeli forces opened fire indiscriminately at Palestinians seeking food aid near a hub operated by the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. more
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Facing Growing Outrage and Legal Action, Trump Admin Frees Chunk of Withheld Education Funds
"He's still illegally withholding $5.5 billion more from schools," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Congress passed it. The president signed it. Trump must release it." more
Friday, July 18, 2025
Florida Tribe Joins the Fight Against “Alligator Alcatraz”
The Miccosukee Tribe in Florida joined environmental groups on Tuesday to sue the federal and state agencies that constructed an immigrant detention center known as the “Alligator Alcatraz” and located in the Everglades National Park. more
Labor Change Will Hurt Workers, Spare Violators
Employers will have far less incentive to comply with an anti-wage theft law under a new Department of Labor rule. more
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Trump’s Purge of Civil Servants Is a Direct Attack on Civil Rights—And Democracy Itself
The dismantling of our rights relies on complacency—we must begin to organize protests, strikes, and direct aid to affected communities starting immediately. more
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Is Florida Quietly Removing Alligator Alcatraz Contracts from Public Database?
On Tuesday, Orlando lawmaker Anna Eskamani accessed the contract documents on the website. The next day,
they were gone. more
AG Pam Bondi visits Alcatraz amid Trump's proposal to reopen; Pelosi blasts 'stupidest' idea
Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum are in the Bay Area and visited Alcatraz Thursday morning as part of the controversial plan to reopen the federal penitentiary. more
'Horror Story': Flight Logs Reveal Dozens Disappeared on El Salvador Deportation Trips
"This further demonstrates the callousness and lack of due process involved and is further evidence that the U.S. government is disappearing people," said one immigrant rights advocate. more
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RGENT TRANSMISSION FOR FUNCTIONING AMERICAN CARBON-BASED UNITS
rom the Intergalactic Federation of the Andromeda Collective
Greetings, carbon-based units of the third rock from Sol, colloquially known as “Earth.” We’ve been observing your planet for quite some time—think of it as a cosmic reality show, only with more doomscrolling and fewer coherent plotlines.
We regret to inform you that, based on recent galactic polling and interdimensional focus groups, your civilization is in the final stages of a Category 7 Self-Inflicted Implosion. (That’s just one level below “Kardashian Singularity.”)
But rejoice! We, the Federation of Planets from the Andromeda Galaxy, have unanimously voted (after three espresso nebula shots) to offer your more functional carbon-based units a one-time evacuation opportunity.
Departure Cities:
1. Los Angeles – For those already pretending they’re aliens.
2. New York City – You’ll probably complain the whole way, but fine.
3. Ybor City, Florida – We’re not entirely sure why either, but our galactic anthropologist was charmed by the roosters.
4. Seattle – For carbon-based units who are part coffee, part moisture.
5. Chicago – The deep dish convinced the council.
♿ Special Accommodations: If you are disabled or unable to travel, please install a green, solar-powered strobe light on your roof. We will beam you up individually. And yes, solar-powered. This is a spacefaring society, not an oil lobby. A NOTE ON DEFECTIVE UNITS: Any carbon-based units exhibiting signs of persistent denial of reality, conspiracy theory addiction, chronic cruelty, or unrelenting narcissism will be rerouted to Mercury, your neighboring planet, recently reclassified as a Thermal Detention Zone. No amenities. Just vibes and lava. ⸻
We encourage all interested units to begin preparing immediately. Bring only what you can carry: a toothbrush, your favorite snacks, and a working sense of humor. Estimated arrival of ships: TBD (subject to time-space dilation, and pending resolution of the galactic DMV strike). In unity and mild bewilderment, Commander Thraak of the Glitter Nebula Andromeda Evacuation Liaison for Species 847-CBU (Carbon-Based Units) ⸻
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
How MAGA propagandists responded to Trump’s demand to shut up about Epstein
My latest piece for MSNBC.com details how Fox News hosts and other MAGA media elites followed President Donald Trump’s order to move on from coverage of convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, and what that response means for the future of Trump’s coalition: more
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