Haters vs decent people

a twice-weekly news & meme round-up,
usually on Tuesdays and Saturdays

West Virginia prosecutor suggests that women should alert local law enforcement if they’ve had a miscarriage

The police will investigate, and decide whether a crime has been committed.

Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid ICE protests

What do you think the people running the TrumpBot are hoping for here? Martial law, is what I’m starting to suspect and expect. The haters want to kill decent people, legally.

Supreme Court lets DOGE access sensitive Social Security Administration information

Now the worst people in the world know where you live, see your paycheck stubs, etc — info to be weaponized and sold or leaked.

Me, looking grumpy, reading the news

AND NOW THE NEWS
#525

JUNE 8, 2025

Trump’s new favorite law for criminalizing his opponents

Excerpt: In practice, it’s even worse. Federal agents increasingly operate in masks and plain clothes, drive unmarked SUVs, and make arrests without warrants or even identifying themselves. Meanwhile, impersonators are exploiting this ambiguity often without fear of federal prosecution. Despite impersonation being a federal crime, federal prosecutors have not prosecuted ICE impersonators — armed with ICE-branded clothes and SUVs that look just official enough — who have improperly removed people from jail, kidnapped civilians, and terrorized neighborhoods. In many communities, the difference between a rogue officer and a criminal impersonator is nearly impossible to discern. Yet the law criminalizes any mistaken resistance.

TO HELL WITH HEALTH AND SCIENCE

About 8-million Americans would lose their healthcare under Trump’s bill

FDA food inspector vacancies near 20% after Trump hiring freeze

The White House gutted science funding. Now it wants to ‘correct’ research.

GIVE US YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE, SO WE CAN IMPRISON THEM

ICE arrests record number of immigrants in single day, including hundreds at scheduled appointments

Arresting people who are trying to follow the law encourages people not to follow the law.

The ICE agents disappearing your neighbors would like a little privacy, please

Months after detaining 47 people accused of being Tren de Aragua in Austin, authorities offer no evidence of gang ties

In addition to the bad news, the word “detained” in this context is a lie. That’s what our enemies call it, because it sounds softer than what it is — being imprisoned without a trial.

GOOD NEWS

Los Angeles stands up to ICE

DA says 40 UnitedHealthcare execs got bodyguards, and one dyed her hair after Luigi Mangione killed CEO Brian Thompson

AND I SAY TO MYSELF, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

Trump administration imposes sanctions on four ICC judges in unprecedented move

Excerpt: The U.S. sanctions mean the judges are now on a list of specially designated sanctioned individuals. Any U.S. assets they have will be blocked and they are put on an automated screening service used by not only American banks but many banks worldwide, making it very difficult for sanctioned persons to hold or open bank accounts or transfer money.

Me again: For the ‘crime’ of opposing war crimes, these people might find their bank accounts closed.

Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine and Russia ‘fight for a while’

THE CRUELTY IS THE POINT

Republicans want to ban pets from domestic violence shelters

In recorded calls, reports of overcrowding and lack of food at ICE prisons

FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DYSTOPIA

University of Michigan using undercover investigators to surveil student anti-genocide protesters

Federal agents in a white van ran over a protester, leaving them injured in the streets, and sped away

HORRID, HORRID PEOPLE

Louisiana House passes legislation to ban ‘chemtrails’, which aren’t real

Rift widens between Elon Musk, anyone who ever met him

MY BROWSER HISTORY, MINUS THE PORN

A brief history of Parisian pissoirs

Ken Jennings: Trivia and ‘Jeopardy!’ could save our republic

Never really thought about it before, the link between trivia and truth.

Denouncing antisemitism, Trump also fans its flames

American police are out of control — 6/4/2025

Dead people — 6/8/2025

Ignoring the climate emergency — 6/2/2025

The Lord works in mysterious ways — 6/6/2025

And that’s the way it is,
and nothing will
meaningfully improve
until billionaires fear for their lives

6/8/2025

Logo illustration by Jeff Meyer. Tip ‘o the hat to the Anderson Valley Advertiser, Bleepity-Bleep, Lorem Ipsum Dolor, Mitchipedia, Sloth Unleashed, Toad’s Lily Pad, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I’ve stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.

Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Joey Jo Jo emeritus, Jeff Meyer, John the Basket, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and proved that the world isn’t always shitty.

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5 responses to “Haters vs decent people”

  1. Roger Longnose Avatar
    Roger Longnose

    Martial law? You are being overly dramatic, which is unhealthy and unhelpful. You’re imagineing a course in which every conceivable negative event occurs, culminating in the worst possible conclusion but martial law would be bad for the economy, and Republicans are all about money so that won’t happen. It would also be unpopular, and Republicans want to win elections.

    It’s better to concentrate on the real problems than the imagined problems.

    1. Sam I Am Avatar
      Sam I Am

      I’m not there but I’ve heard from friends, NOTHING is happening in Los Angeles except some protests against ICE. No riots, even the protests are small and non-violent, just loud. Trump calls in the national guard over this NOTHING, worries about what he;s really planning are rational.

      1. Doug Holland Avatar

        Up here the protests have all been boringly peaceful, except for the one where the cops made trouble. It isn’t and won’t be a good think, necessarily, but if not LA then somewhere else, and if not today then soon. They can’t push push push at people forever and not expect some pushing back.

        1. Sam I Am Avatar
          Sam I Am

          Trump wants to push us into a redo of Kent State but on a much larger scale. Killing some lefties will make him look tough.

    2. Doug Holland Avatar

      I’d love to be wrong.

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