Yes, it is all nothing more than a reality tv show they are trying to win to satisfy their base (and to hide all the grifting they are doing).
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Well, to be fair, it probably ought to be illegal to enter Florida. /s
With apologies to @KeybillyJefe and any other Floridians here.
But, really, this is prima facie fascist goon squad stuff. Nobody in the US is safe, now. Nobody.
And the rest of the world is still expected to do trade deals…
Well, if there are no inspections I guess those chickens can go without the chlorination and we can just be forced to import US chicken bacteria bombs. /s
Umm - not really. Plenty of off-shore wind farms visible from UK coasts.
THIS! For Trump it is true - without the attention of cameras he dies. For his handlers it is true - meat for the base, and a distraction while nobody sees what’s going on behind the curtains. But we do see and they realise now that they don’t need to care whether we see or not. But the base still needs entertaining, so…
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Criminal defense lawyer Ken White remarked, “This letter is just freakishly incoherent and inappropriate. It’s what you would get if you put, like, Tim Pool or Ben Shapiro into a US Attorney’s chair, made them drink a quart of bourbon, and told them to get angry at something.”
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The link in that piece, to the original letter goes to a Bluesky account requiring a sign-in. I’m sufficiently intrigued now to want to read this letter!
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windchimes we got.
with the loss of NOAA weather bouys in the reef and bay, plus the stupidity of eliminating NOAA, i’ve ordered one of these weather station instruments in order to stay ahead of the next one to come this way.
there will be a next one.
and one after that, and one after…
onebox didn’t work there, but it is a link to bezosville and the wireless weather station array and monitor. where i am, i need this.
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You’re welcome. 
Dear Dr.
Mazzone: 𝓡. 𝓜𝓪𝔃𝔃𝓸𝓷𝓮
As United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, I receive frequent requests for information and clarification. I take these requests seriously and act on them with letters like this one you are receiving.It has been brought to my attention that more and more journals and publications like CHEST Journal are conceding that they are partisans in various scientific debates - that is, that they have a position for which they are advocating either due to advertisement (under postal code) or sponsorship (under relevant fraud regulations). The public has certain expectations and you have certain responsibilities.
Would you please answer these questions:
- How do you assess your responsibilities to protect the public from misinformation?
- How do you clearly articulate to the public when you have certain viewpoints that are influenced by your ongoing relations with supporters, funders, advertisers, and others?
- Do you accept articles or essays from competing viewpoints?
- How do you assess the role played by government officials and funding organizations like the National Institutes of Health in the development of submitted articles?
- How do you handle allegations that authors of works in your journals may have misled their readers?
I am also interested to know if publishers, journals, and organizations with which you work are adjusting their method of acceptance of competing viewpoints. Are there new norms being developed and offered?
I look forward to I look forward to and appreciate your cooperation with my letter of inquiry after request. Please respond by May 2, 2025. Should you have further questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to call my office or schedule a time to meet in person.
All the best,
Edward R. Martin, Jr.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
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Thanks. The Peter Principle and Dunning-Kruger intersection is powerful in this one.
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I know ICE has a bit of a history of detaining US citizens, and even initially refusing to release them, in some cases - usually because their documents were hard to come by. (The whole “ICE hold” mechanic is apparently so sloppy it’s notorious for false positives.) How long do they have to hold him before it crosses a line they’ve never crossed before? If they send him to CECOT, that’s obviously way, way past that line, but it seems like any outcome that isn’t ICE speedily releasing him and then being successfully sued seems like we’re in undeniable trouble.
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Worst. Captcha. Ever.
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“Select all squares with assholes. If there are none, press ‘skip’.”
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I don’t know, but here’s what I find most concerning. ICE arrested him for (a) violating a Florida state law. ICE is a federal agency. I’m sure that happens from time to time. Some crimes can be both state crimes and federal crimes, but in this case, there was only a state crime involved, so I don’t know why ICE is involved. (b) The Florida law in question is currently UNDER INJUNCTION AND CANNOT BE ENFORCED, because its Constitutionality is being questioned and there’s a lawsuit. (c) His mother is going through proper channels to try to get him released. She hired an attorney. That attorney filed a motion with the judge assigned to the case. Again, this involves a state law, not a federal one. The attorney presented clear proof that he is a natural born citizen, but the judge says she can’t do anything?!?! Why the fuck not? I know ICE is federal, and she’s a state judge, but so what? ICE is enforcing a state law here, so if a judge can declare that the charge is bogus, why can’t they can’t them released?
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I am still having trouble wrapping my head around the reality that the United States is now not a safe place for people from other countries to visit. More people should be outraged about this.
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The more news I read here and on other sites, the more it seems that the United States is becoming unsafe for those who were also born there.
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For many of us, absolutely. And for more every day.
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Not even in the worst days of the Bolsonaro government did we feel this way. I´m sorry.
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