"The number of people in immigration detention reached a new high of more than 60,000 on Monday, breaking a modern record set during the first Trump administration, according to internal records from Immigration and Customs Enforcement."

~ Chris Cameron and Hamed Aleaziz

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #MaskedThugs #ConcentrationCamps #deportations
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/us/politics/immigration-detention-numbers.html

How worried might China be by the threat of US Tariffs?

Well, if you look at the destination of Chinese imports and the shift in focus in the first six months of 2025, you'll have some idea why the Tangerine Tyrant has found he's not quite as able as he thought to brow-beat them into a quick deal - the Chinese are already pivoting their trade relations....

#trade #politics

The crime rate in DC is lower than at any other time in the last 30 years, but with potus ordering federal agents and U.S. military into DC, he is committing crimes and directing them to do so.

#USpol #DC #FreeDC #FreeWashingtonDC

Wife beater to battered wife:

"I'm killing you? If I wanted to kill you it would take me 5 minutes {laughter}"

#Netanyahu:

"If we had wanted #starvation, if that had been our policy, 2 million Gazans wouldn't be living today after 20 months. It’s the same with #genocide- if we had wanted to commit genocide, it would have taken exactly one afternoon”

Abusers have tells in their weak rationalizations

The way they frame an issue leaks their true thoughts

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-if-we-wanted-to-commit-genocide-it-would-have-taken-exactly-one-afternoon/

#Israel #Gaza

The FT's summary of Trumponomics:

'The cost of Trump’s transactionalism is clear: trading an economy grounded in the rule of law for one ruled by arbitrary deals. Such a system rewards a powerful few, punishes the small & unconnected, and ultimately erodes the stable foundations on which America’s prosperity has long rested'!

There's a reason I refer to the current administration as 'The Court of Tangerine Tyrant'!...

#politics #RuleOfLaw

h/t FT

Allow me to address the elephant in the room:

The Trump administration is not setting the course for a four-year term.

The Trump administration is setting the course for an everlasting dictatorship.

If Americans don’t want that, the window to stop them is closing quickly.