In case anyone is wondering how Whiskey Pete Hegseth's plan worked out to stack the press room with right wing trolls and propagandists in advance of a damning IC Report, I present Laura Loomer. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreigaihybezmd7kji2ii5prpvrfgkljrenrnxbdeizah5va5klte66u

Dan Bongino just posted a list of shitty things (like shifting FBI away fr public and corruption to hunting migrants, releasing details of criminal investigations and lying about what they show, and eliminating diversity) that he's proud of. One of them is putting AI in charge of NatSec. Alarming! https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreid343egs4fx2y4kzszrpxrc2udbsm42yqwrark2vvcrlfcck6ztnq

CNN with a useful timeline of all the bullshit Trump and his minions have said abt the September 2 strike. edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p... Here’s what the Trump administ...

CATO's report on ICE's increased focus on non-criminals talks about opportunity cost in terms of actual criminals whom ICE leaves alone. But think, too, how much $$ has been shifted into arresting peaceful neighbors away from things like curing cancer (my annotation). www.cato.org/blog/new-dat... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreigxbojixmmyt4qdialrxspmbiadikutvpwwywxyqjlnsedckbz2ii

Amid unprecedented hiring push, ICE and CBP both lose HR chiefs www.govexec.com/management/2... Amid unprecedented hiring push...

Come for the description of Rahmanullah Lakanwa feeling abandoned by the CIA. Stay for the description of the entire group feeling abandoned by John Ratcliffe's attempt to disown the murder. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreidguneamslmbhmpxzfirfclvnpec5hl7snntps3p3kzxfod6mahfu https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreibgfn3aufglt4ijivy247lvstght7zqvsqdwg2mb4xhnqczfsfv2m

I tried to do the latter here, with an assist from @cingraham.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy. www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/18/t... The United States Can't Afford...