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These Are Not the Hombres You’re Looking For: The Atlantic (Gift Article): He Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE. She’s been here since she was six. The couple has four kids. Is this getting rid of criminals and the worst of the worst? Plus … “‘We’re almost dead in the water because our workforce is gone,’ said Scott Brannock, president of Jacksonville-based Tidewater Homes and the Northeast Florida Builders Association. ‘We have national builders who are missing projections, losing hundreds of thousands of dollars because they have slabs sitting on the ground and no one to frame.'” WSJ (Gift Article): The Immigration Crackdown Is Making It Much Harder to Build Houses. (Feel safer?) And… “As Hannah Arendt wrote … ‘One is almost tempted to measure the degree of totalitarian infection by the extent to which the concerned governments use their sovereign right of denationalization.'” Michelle Goldberg in the NYT (Gift Article): Trump’s Attempt to Deport Ilhan Omar Is Another Leap Toward the Abyss. As the administration is threatened by the prospect of losing Congressional majorities, these strategies will only grow more urgent, and their record more abyss-mal.
+ The Gall is Coming From Inside the House: “The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House.” Sickening.
+ Bend Shooting: “A teenager shot his way through locked doors at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher, police say … The suspect, identified as a 16-year-old Bend resident, was shot and killed inside the school by a member of the community who saw him enter the building and pursued him.” Teen kills 3 children, 1 teacher at Bend elementary school before being fatally shot by bystander. Here’s the latest from CNN.
+ Billionaire Citizens United: “If you’re a Democrat, new election filings show many of the party’s Senate and House nominees raising more than their Republican rivals. This campaign cash is the most important money in politics, because candidates can control it directly and buy ads at cheaper rates. If you’re a Republican, the same filings show that the G.O.P. has a significant advantage in money from super PACs and other outside groups tied to Elon Musk, President Trump and the party’s big donors. In many races, this edge has allowed the party to club Democrats with advertising even though Republican groups have to pay more for ads. In fact, both of these perceptions are true.” Avalanche of G.O.P. Cash Keeps the Party Competitive Despite Its Problems.
+ Check Your Chiklist: “When The New York Times ranked the best TV shows of the 21st century, buried way down the list was an underrated FX series that, in many ways, provided the blueprint for Breaking Bad.” GQ: Put Some Respect on The Shield. Michael Chiklis won the first acting Emmy for a basic-cable show as the lead in The Shield. That alone changed TV.
+ Wag the Dog: “It has even become common political fodder in Argentina that Mr. Milei seeks out his dogs for advice. A top foreign diplomat and a longtime friend of Mr. Milei’s, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations, said they have heard Mr. Milei say so.” The President’s Dog Psychic. “In Argentina, many people try to read the mind of the president. Celia Melamed read the mind of his dogs.” (Their main thought: “It could be worse, we could live with Kristi Noem.”)
