I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped. (A must read that tells the story from the inside of the current blitz on migrants in America.) theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

How desperate are the Trumpstapo to make their numbers? This desperate. 10news.com/news/team-10/i…. .

A cancer lab having to start a GoFundMe is insane. This is Trump’s America — where billionaires get tax cuts and researchers beg for funding.

The vast majority of able-bodied people on Medicaid already have jobs. And the idea that people who have not been working any job are going to decide to suddenly become farm workers, of all things, is obviously insane.

Americans targeted in Mexico City as locals protest against tourism Demonstrators smash storefronts, demand foreigners 'learn Spanish, respect my culture' Protesters marched in neighborhoods that are popular with tourists, as well as near the US Embassy. foxnews.com/travel/america…

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to comment on the circumstances of Roman Starovoit’s death, saying that investigators will have to determine the details. to.pbs.org/3GyOxFW

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday launched a two-day tour of South Carolina, meeting voters across rural areas — and some GOP strongholds — in the latest signal that he is eyeing a 2028 run for president. to.pbs.org/3U2SvK0

More than 100 people, including 28 children, have been killed in Texas in the deadliest floods to hit the country in decades. Matthew Cappucci, senior meteorologist at MyRadar, explains what “low probability, high impact events” are and why the public should take warnings

In the Russian papers a change in tone regarding Donald Trump: “Trump changes his mind on key issues as easily as he changes shoes." “Mental gap between Trump & Putin.” “Trump offers Russia too little. The continuation of a good quarrel is better than a bad peace.” #ReadingRussia

Why is Elon Musk’s chatbot spewing anti-Semitic bile? Charlie Warzel and Matteo Wong report: theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

The Atlantic Charlie Warzel Matteo Wong Some one needs to go down to South Memphis & pull the plug on nasty ol’ Grok & put it out of it’s misery. It’s a terrible waste of energy and puts an enormous strain on the City’s electrical grid not to mention it belches out methane gasses all day. It’s Frankenstein AI.

Drop off ballots & uncounted votes SMART Elections - Rockland County NY Lawsuit in Detail - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=FTv-uc…

Hand Recounts to examine Dropoff anomalies. youtu.be/FTv-ucT0Ffk

“I knew it would be bad. I was not prepared for just how bad it would be.” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder recently returned from his fifth mission to Gaza during this ongoing war. I spoke with him about what he saw.

As a ceasefire & hostage release deal is still being negotiated, “this is the first time that I really have hope,” Galia David tells me. Her son Evyatar was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct 7. “I hope that he still knows that we are doing everything to bring him [back] from this hell.”

Congratulations Julia Davis !

The privatization effort also reveals the difficulty that uber-wealthy members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet have in freeing themselves from conflicts, even if they have met the letter of federal ethics law. to.pbs.org/46yUgWR

America is destroying its Natural beauty & resources. Chesapeake Bay is stagnating. Here’s what could help. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…