Source: SFGate
“The mayor of Newark imposed a curfew early Sunday around an immigration [concentration camp] in New Jersey after a series of intense clashes between protestors and [gang members]. The curfew around Delaney Hall will be in place between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. until further notice, Mayor Ras Baraka said in a statement. The move came after another night of standoffs between [gang members] and demonstrators at the facility, as protestors could be seen in photographs and videos fighting over barricades as [gang members] used riot shields to push them back. A video posted on social media showed [gang members] on horseback marching into crowds attempting to break up groups of protestors. The demonstrations at Delaney Hall began earlier this month after advocates said detainees inside launched a hunger strike over poor living conditions at the 1,000-bed facility, the latest hotbed of opposition over the federal government’s immigration crackdown.” (05/31/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/newark-mayor-imposes-curfew-around-delaney-hall-22284790.php
Source: Liberal Currents
by Alan Elrod
“Ken Paxton is not the first criminal with a narcissistic personality to run for and hold office in this country. In the Trump era, such traits might not seem worth remarking on at all. But Paxton manages to exceed most of his peers in his perfidy and his cruelty. He’s a man who seems to know absolutely no decency, down to a molecular level. And, sadly, he also may be the future of this country.” (05/29/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/hell-is-empty-and-all-the-ken-paxtons-are-here/
Source: Glenn Greenwald
“Q&A on Glenn’s JUBILEE DEBATE, Norman Finkelstein on the Anti-Israel Right, Thomas Massie Drama, Trump’s SLUSH FUND, Cats & More.” (05/29/26)
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/thursday-q-and-a-on-glenns-jubilee
Source: The Watch
by Radley Balko
“It took nearly a year for the public to learn that a DHS officer killed a Latino man and U.S. citizen — and that federal officers lied about how it happened.” (05/29/26)
https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/you-cant-hide-your-lying-ice-the-432
Source: Serious Trouble
“Court Officers Behaving Badly.” (05/29/26)
https://www.serioustrouble.show/p/court-officers-behaving-badly
Source: Liberalism.org
by Ilya Somin
“Liberalism — defined as the political philosophy that prioritizes individual freedom and human happiness — has always had an equivocal relationship with democracy. Democratic governments generally feature much greater liberty and happiness than other types of regimes. Liberals should resist the temptation to embrace authoritarianism. But there are also multiple ways in which democracy can often threaten liberty and human welfare. These dangers include the tyranny of the majority and widespread voter ignorance. Democracy can also be a threat to its own perpetuation, by bringing to power authoritarian political movements. These are all longstanding problems. But recent events demonstrate their continuing — and in some cases growing — significance.” (05/29/26)
https://www.liberalism.org/p/liberalism-s-uneasy-relationship-with-democracy
Source: New York Post
“A meteor exploded over New England Saturday afternoon, creating a daytime fireball and a massive ‘double boom’ that shook local homes. The American Meteor Society reported the space rock puncture the atmosphere around 2:30 p.m. before disintegrating over the ocean near eastern Massachusetts. … Several people filed reports with the US Geological Survey registered the shaking with the National Earthquake Information Center, according to an agency spokesperson. … The phenomenon was observed from Delaware to Montreal.” (05/30/26)
https://nypost.com/2026/05/30/us-news/double-boom-meteor-fireball-shakes-homes-spooks-new-england-residents/
Source: Crooked Media
“Is It Gay to Flip Texas?” (05/29/26)
https://audioboom.com/posts/8909249-is-it-gay-to-flip-texas
Source: Astral Codex Ten
by Scott Alexander
“The philosophers of the Frankfurt School practiced a technique called negative dialectics, where concepts are defined as much by what you can’t say about them as what you can. Appropriately, the Frankfurt School has ended up defined by what you can’t say about them. You can’t say that they invented a new form of left-wing thought called Cultural Marxism. This would be (according to Wikipedia) the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory, a ‘far right anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that misinterprets Western Marxism, especially the Frankfurt School, as being responsible for modern progressive movements, identity politics, and political correctness.’ … What other aspects of our culture might we be unable to say they were involved in? For answers, I turned to the classic history of the group, Martin Jay’s The Dialectical Imagination.” (05/29/26)
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/book-review-the-dialectical-imagination
Source: The Daily Economy
by Daniel J Smith
“Herbert Hoover’s wartime sugar program generated shortages that led to expanding rationing systems and increasingly centralized control over the allocation of sugar.” (05/29/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-bitter-lessons-of-sugar-control-in-world-war-i/
