--von harris

sidewayz.2.the.next.life.................

[--von harris @vizzon11]

🙏🏽

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Michael Wright, a talented actor known for his roles in “The Five Heartbeats” and “Sugar Hill,” has died at 70 https://t.co/26UvwrOEkj

[--von harris @vizzon11]

All talk🤷🏽‍♂️

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

MYSTERY MEAT: Trump says he struck a deal to flood the U.S. with cheaper foreign beef.

There’s just one problem: He refuses to tell Americans which countries the beef is coming from.

And U.S. ranchers are furious. https://t.co/xtjFb43rnp

[--von harris @vizzon11]

Despite securing the most coveted endorsement in Republican politics, six Trump-backed candidates for House and governor lost their primaries in August.🙃 https://t.co/GGSHDsMEce

[--von harris @vizzon11]

🙏🏽

[NBC Bay Area @nbcbayarea]

A 2-year-old girl who was critically injured in a Richmond house fire allegedly set by her uncle has died, police said. https://t.co/Hnto5xVnOJ

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Parts of Indiana have been without power for 9–10 days due to storms.

Tens of thousands are currently in the dark (peak was over 300,000).

Puerto Rico has been rationing water for 13+ days due to severe drought.

Trump has not said a word about either crisis.

Not a tweet. A “Truth.” Nothing

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s pardons have cost crime victims a staggering $1.7 billion in restitution while wiping away penalties for wealthy fraudsters and political allies, according to a new congressional review.

The full findings are damning: https://t.co/kO0pyGe4Zk

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Florida Republican and Trump ally Mike Caruso, who backed the death penalty for child sex crimes, has been charged with sexually abusing his own grandson.

[Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes]

CASUALTY COUNT CLIMBS: Further American service members wounded in the Iran war were added to the Pentagon’s count of military casualties in recent days, bringing the total number of service members killed or injured to 775.
https://t.co/wOnbv7wTpA

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Pete Hegseth forces the editor of military newspaper Stars and Stripes to resign and replaces him with a loyal minion for breaking the story of sailors throwing themselves off the USS Abraham Lincoln!

The publisher of Stars and Stripes is walking away after more than 30 years at the storied military newspaper as Pete Hegseth's Pentagon moves to exert more control over a publication generations of American service members have trusted for independent news.

Max Lederer, who has served as publisher for nearly two decades, announced his retirement after the Pentagon installed an active-duty Navy public affairs officer as his deputy without even consulting him.

Lederer made clear this was no ordinary retirement. “It has become clear that my philosophy of leadership, and my understanding of the value and mission of Stars and Stripes, differ in fundamental ways from the direction the leadership of the Department of Defense has for the organization,” he wrote to staff.

That “direction” has been increasingly obvious since Hegseth took over the Pentagon. His Defense Department has derided Stars and Stripes as “woke,” announced plans to overhaul the publication, and fired its independent ombudsman (who is now suing the Pentagon and alleges she was retaliated against for criticizing its attempts to control the paper's editorial content).

Now active-duty Capt. William Urban has been placed directly in the newspaper's senior leadership, which members of the Stars and Stripes advisory board say threatens the separation that has allowed the government-funded newspaper to report independently on the Pentagon for decades.

“How does someone with zero experience in a global news organization walk into a senior-level role at Stars and Stripes?” asked advisory board member and newspaper editor Bill Church. “We should all worry about the future of Stripes.”

Three Democratic senators are worried enough that they've demanded Hegseth explain Urban's role and whether he will have any influence over editorial operations.

And here's why this matters right now: Stars and Stripes has continued doing exactly the kind of journalism an independent military newspaper is supposed to do.
It has reported critically on the mental health crisis and risk of self-harm among sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, even as Hegseth has attacked reporting about conditions aboard the carrier as misrepresenting what's happening.

There are plenty of traditions that survive long after their usefulness has disappeared, but the editorial independence of Stars and Stripes isn't one of them. Through it, the three million people who serve in and work for the Defense Department have a trusted source of news that isn't controlled by the same people who command them.

Hegseth has shown little interest in leading the Pentagon through the institutional restraints, professional expertise and hard-won consensus that traditionally govern an organization of nearly three million people.

He wants to impose his will on it, and an independent newspaper capable of telling those people things their boss doesn't want them to hear plainly doesn't fit that model.

Some traditions are there for a reason. This is one worth fighting for.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING NYT: DHS claimed nearly 16,000 noncitizens were registered to vote in Nevada.

A month later, officials found just 185 potential anomalies and could not substantiate the claim.

Trump’s voter fraud narrative collapsed under scrutiny.

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

ICE is opening a private prison in a defunct Air Force base in Louisiana that will hold children awaiting deportation.

It's operated by the same people that run Angola.
https://t.co/UVCyQ5T3ls

[--von harris @vizzon11]

🙏🏽

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Alisa Goods, a missing woman from NYC, was found dead near Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, her family says

https://t.co/BqPUWfPXhU

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The editor of military newspaper Stars and Stripes says he has been fired for insubordination after calling any censorship a "red line." https://t.co/mH26oIxweS

[--von harris @vizzon11]

🙏🏽

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

MAJOR BREAKING: The Pentagon has now raised the number of U.S. service members killed or wounded in the Iran war to 774, after adding scores of troops to the wounded count in just the past few days.

18 Americans are dead.
756 have been wounded.

Every American should be outraged over this ridiculous war.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

The U.S. carries out its first deportation under an agreement for Liberia to accept up to 1,200 people who are not from the West African country, one of the Trump administration’s largest efforts yet to deport people to countries other than their own. https://t.co/ZmawRHYEbl

[--von harris @vizzon11]

Admitting without admitting 🙄

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Wait a sec... is he saying tariffs increased the cost to consumers?! I know anyone with a brain already knew that, but he is shooting down his own argument that tariffs are free money that other countries pay.

[--von harris @vizzon11]

They can’t even Lie straight 🙃

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

A month ago, the Trump administration claimed to have identified 15,903 noncitizens registered to vote in Nevada. But during a meeting last week, DHS officials said they have identified just 185 so far, per emails and recordings of the meeting. @NYTnickc https://t.co/S197egn275

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

A month ago, the Trump administration claimed to have identified 15,903 noncitizens registered to vote in Nevada. But during a meeting last week, DHS officials said they have identified just 185 so far, per emails and recordings of the meeting. @NYTnickc https://t.co/S197egn275

[--von harris @vizzon11]

Yep

[Peter Salt @PeterSalt1000]

@nytimes

[--von harris @vizzon11]

It never stops this administration is the worst🙄

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

This should be on the national news.
This is outrageous‼️
Let’s be clear, it’s 80% black, this administration has been clear on where they stand #Racists