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US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons into space
US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons into space
Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbit
The US has deployed weapons in space, the US military has confirmed, in an extraordinary public announcement that analysts warn will accelerate a high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbit.
US secretary of the air force, Troy Meink, announced that Washington had active “on-orbit” weapons, meaning they had been deployed and were currently circling the globe. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 12:23 PM
US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons into space
Reposted by Kate Chitwood
We're going to be hearing about such abuses for years to come.
After Pretti was killed, Savageford, who is Asian-American, said she was taken to a warehouse near the Whipple detention center where immigrants were being detained. She was strip-searched, including by male agents who Cook told HuffPost on Friday were “touching her privates.”
NEW from me: Lawyers for a witness to the killing of Alex Pretti confirmed she has given an interview to the feds.
Full details inside.
Warning: Disturbing content.
www.huffpost.com/entry/she-wa...
Full details inside.
Warning: Disturbing content.
www.huffpost.com/entry/she-wa...
September 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
We're going to be hearing about such abuses for years to come.
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(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track.
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
September 7, 2026 at 3:38 PM
(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track.
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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How long do we want to keep doing this in the stupidest way possible?
Due to “rapid spread
of COVID-19”
Texas’s San Perlita ISD
has closed “all school operations”
until August 27th
as a “precautionary measure,”
which is another reminder
that we can keep saying
“Covid is over,”
but unfortunately Covid
doesn’t care what we say.
of COVID-19”
Texas’s San Perlita ISD
has closed “all school operations”
until August 27th
as a “precautionary measure,”
which is another reminder
that we can keep saying
“Covid is over,”
but unfortunately Covid
doesn’t care what we say.
August 27, 2026 at 1:59 AM
How long do we want to keep doing this in the stupidest way possible?
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Here's your daily reminder: Trump and Republicans are kicking 15 million Americans off their health care so that people like Mark Zuckerberg can buy another yacht.
August 22, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Here's your daily reminder: Trump and Republicans are kicking 15 million Americans off their health care so that people like Mark Zuckerberg can buy another yacht.
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Space X is being sued for unpaid bills while their stock is crashing. The contractor in Memphis that helped Musk build his datacenter at record speed, a data center powered by turbines that dump cancer causing chemicals into a historically black neighborhood, has not been paid since 2024.
August 9, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Space X is being sued for unpaid bills while their stock is crashing. The contractor in Memphis that helped Musk build his datacenter at record speed, a data center powered by turbines that dump cancer causing chemicals into a historically black neighborhood, has not been paid since 2024.
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He cares so much that in 2014 CNN obtained documents showing Trump shirts were made in a Honduran factory, where workers earned about $1.30 an hour. The factory’s contract reportedly ended in 2015, because even that wage was too high. Between he and Ivanka one could write a book on forced labor.
July 25, 2026 at 9:48 AM
He cares so much that in 2014 CNN obtained documents showing Trump shirts were made in a Honduran factory, where workers earned about $1.30 an hour. The factory’s contract reportedly ended in 2015, because even that wage was too high. Between he and Ivanka one could write a book on forced labor.
Reposted by Kate Chitwood
Reposted by Kate Chitwood
Last night four fans at the Dallas Stars match celebrated a goal with a Nazi salute. Local media blurred their faces. Why are we protecting Nazis!?! Here are their unblurred faces. Who are these assholes.
April 4, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Last night four fans at the Dallas Stars match celebrated a goal with a Nazi salute. Local media blurred their faces. Why are we protecting Nazis!?! Here are their unblurred faces. Who are these assholes.
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Your federal government on Trumpism:
"More than 10,000 veterans lost their homes to foreclosure since May 2025, when the Trump administration shut down a key safety net in the VA home loan program...
"Another 90,000 vets are heading toward foreclosure..."
www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...
"More than 10,000 veterans lost their homes to foreclosure since May 2025, when the Trump administration shut down a key safety net in the VA home loan program...
"Another 90,000 vets are heading toward foreclosure..."
www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...
Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it
Foreclosures on VA loans are at their highest level in a decade. VA has a fix but it is months away and could still leave vets worse off than most other homeowners.
www.npr.org
April 3, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Your federal government on Trumpism:
"More than 10,000 veterans lost their homes to foreclosure since May 2025, when the Trump administration shut down a key safety net in the VA home loan program...
"Another 90,000 vets are heading toward foreclosure..."
www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...
"More than 10,000 veterans lost their homes to foreclosure since May 2025, when the Trump administration shut down a key safety net in the VA home loan program...
"Another 90,000 vets are heading toward foreclosure..."
www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...
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It’s arguably less a war than it is just a string of war crimes
It seems we just bombed some residential buildings in an attempt to kill a former diplomat who was trying to facilitate negotiations.
A civilian trying to *end* hostilities, surrounded by other civilians in their homes.
We are completely lost.
A civilian trying to *end* hostilities, surrounded by other civilians in their homes.
We are completely lost.
April 2, 2026 at 12:39 AM
It’s arguably less a war than it is just a string of war crimes
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The fact that Trump is going to oral arguments to pressure the justices to acquiesce to his attempted nullification of a constitutional amendment and create a stateless class for the first time since the civil war, illustrates what is really at the core of the Trump project and it isn’t tariffs.
April 1, 2026 at 2:20 AM
The fact that Trump is going to oral arguments to pressure the justices to acquiesce to his attempted nullification of a constitutional amendment and create a stateless class for the first time since the civil war, illustrates what is really at the core of the Trump project and it isn’t tariffs.
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I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing.
Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service:
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service:
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com
March 22, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing.
Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service:
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service:
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
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Reposted by Kate Chitwood
"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes."
www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/p...
Trump administration underestimated Iran war’s impact on Strait of Hormuz | CNN Politics
The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, accord...
www.cnn.com
March 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes."
www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/p...
Reposted by Kate Chitwood
Reposted by Kate Chitwood
Links:
federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-news...
bisi.org.uk/reports/pent...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/anth...
federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-news...
bisi.org.uk/reports/pent...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/anth...
Hegseth warns Anthropic to let the military use the company’s AI tech as it sees fit, AP sources say | Federal News Network
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to give the military broader access to its artificial intelligence technology or lose its Pentagon contract. Defense officials warned Tuesday…
federalnewsnetwork.com
February 25, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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This is really good organization, that's why @mfwebb.bsky.social volunteered for years before going to work for them.
All of our kitties were neutered or spayed there.
myedmondsnews.com/2026/02/nonp...
All of our kitties were neutered or spayed there.
myedmondsnews.com/2026/02/nonp...
Nonprofit Lynnwood spay and neuter clinic committed to improving lives of cats - My Edmonds News
As the number of feral and homeless cats continue to grow, Lynnwood-based nonprofit Feral Cat Spay and Neuter Project (FCSNP) is doing their part to address feline overpopulation while cultivating […]
myedmondsnews.com
February 22, 2026 at 6:26 PM
This is really good organization, that's why @mfwebb.bsky.social volunteered for years before going to work for them.
All of our kitties were neutered or spayed there.
myedmondsnews.com/2026/02/nonp...
All of our kitties were neutered or spayed there.
myedmondsnews.com/2026/02/nonp...
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In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.
February 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
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How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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A new ProPublica investigation reveals new details about a sprawling ICE detention complex where families describe horrific conditions inside.
“I Have Never Felt So Much Fear”: Immigrant Children Speak Out on Life Inside ICE Jail in Dilley, TX
A new ProPublica investigation reveals new details about a sprawling ICE detention complex where families describe horrific conditions inside, such as being served contaminated food, with children and...
www.democracynow.org
February 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
A new ProPublica investigation reveals new details about a sprawling ICE detention complex where families describe horrific conditions inside.
Reposted by Kate Chitwood
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com
wired.com/story/social...
wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE
The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:19 PM
SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com
wired.com/story/social...
wired.com/story/social...
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I think this is the 3rd time I've seen of a black Captain being replaced by a white Captain since Hegseth because Secretary of Defense, for the same lack of confidence bullshit
Navy fires commanding officer of destroyer USS Mason
Capt. Chavius Lewis was relieved of his duties due to a "loss in confidence" in his ability to command, the Navy said.
www.militarytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I think this is the 3rd time I've seen of a black Captain being replaced by a white Captain since Hegseth because Secretary of Defense, for the same lack of confidence bullshit
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“If you read or share only one article today, make it this:
HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
No paywall:
archive.is/ZmfJC
HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
No paywall:
archive.is/ZmfJC
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 AM
“If you read or share only one article today, make it this:
HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
No paywall:
archive.is/ZmfJC
HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
No paywall:
archive.is/ZmfJC