Laura Bassett

DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.

Trump said he won't sign any legislation til this passes, and it's not passing ever, so this will be a fun humiliation to witness

Trump can just openly say “I am doing this to bring in a one party state for 50 years” and commentators will hem and haw about the intricacies of carrying off a talking filibuster

Actually feels like a relief

thank god

This one feels closer to reality bsky.app/profile/ckaf...

I thought Iran war approval was closer to 25%? 38 is crazy

FUCK.

Herd immunity, so fucking important, and we're vaporizing it

the Dem party number is easily explained by the fact that bluesky is full of people who will crawl over broken glass to vote for Democrats in November and also hate Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries with every bone in their body

Why...did CNN do this

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over homes on March 3, 2026, in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor.

Human Rights Watch says they've verified that Israel has used white phosphorus on civilian populations in Lebanon.

the new york times post captioned “here are the suggested serving sizes of common household supplies that surprised us the most” with a photo of a glob of white goo in the palm of a hand

gotta be another way to do this

nyt laughing and dancing as they chuck human civilization the ocean

You know it's bad because even this piece of shit didn't try to get some cry-laugh-emoji zinger off

Oh my god

Reporter: You said the war is "very complete." But your Defense Secretary says "this is just the beginning." So which is it?

Trump: You could say both.

2 Teen Mariachi Musicians Released From ICE Detention Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas led a delegation of Democrats to a South Texas detention center to press for the release of the brothers and their family.

Two teenage brothers and mariachi stars who visited the White House last summer were released with their family on Monday from an ICE detention center in South Texas. Rep. Joaquin Castro led a delegation of Democrats to the center to press for the release.

The biggest city in the US just elected a Muslim mayor, so perhaps it is [checks notes] Ogles who doesn’t belong

This is why they're desperate to pass the SAVE Act

Trump already blamed it on Iran, against all evidence. Do people actually think there’s some honest investigation happening whose results will be revealed with an apology by Pete Hegseth?

"For the next phase of my career, I look forward to some independence and finding new spaces to share my work in line with my personal goals."

Another CBS News journalist leaving and talking about independence. Bit of a not-so-subtle hint at what's happening over there.

Thank you this actually makes complete sense

Ok I give. What’s Florsheim

love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region

maybe I'm focusing on the wrong thing here but this is the wildest shit I've ever heard a white South African say and I study racism for a living

U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.

Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.

We can bomb their literal children and their desalination plants but if you hit their oil, that hurts Graham’s bottom line. Let’s be discerning here about which war crimes we wanna do together

ICE Detention of Teen Musicians Roils Texas Mariachi Community Two brothers who were recognized by their congresswoman last year, along with their parents and younger brother, are facing deportation.

Two brothers from South Texas and their high school mariachi bandmates were recognized by their congresswoman last June for winning a state mariachi competition. Nine months later, the brothers, along with their parents and younger brother, are in ICE detention and facing deportation.

Genuinely, what made Lindsey Graham so remarkably horny to kill people in foreign lands

Braun signs bill eliminating child labor tracking in Indiana Opponents say eliminating the database reduces guardrails for child labor exploitation.

Oh wow Indiana governor Mike Braun has banned child labor and now to take a big sip of coffee and finish reading this headline