Late on Oct. 5, a Portland ambulance crew informed dispatchers over the radio that it was attempting to transport a patient from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center but that ICE officers were impeding its departure. Six minutes later, at 9:40 pm, according to publicly archived radio records, the medic driving the vehicle delivered an update: "We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers." As the delay dragged on, according to the reports, the ambulance operator put the vehicle into park, causing it to lurch forward slightly. The reports indicate the federal agents did not like this"so much so that an agent threatened to shoot and arrest the driver. The driver, frightened, asked why. An agent, according to the reports, responded that the driver had attempted to hit him with the ambulance.
Joblessness for Black workers is rising again, two years after reaching a record low. It's a troubling indicator: Joblessness often spikes higher for historically marginalized groups during economic downturns, and takes longer to fall. This time, the Trump administration's assault on diversity programs and cuts to the federal workforce could make it even more difficult for Black workers to recover when conditions improve. The African American unemployment rate has surged over the past four months, from 6% to 7.5%, while the rate for white people ticked down slightly to 3.7%. On top of a slowing economy, the White House's actions have disproportionately harmed Black workers, economists said.
ABC News presenter George Stephanopoulos to Empty Suit VPOTUS JD Vance: "It's not a weird left-wing rabbit hole. I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50,000, as was heard on an audiotape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. And you did not answer the question. Thank you for your time this morning." CLICK. JD Vance is humiliated yet again. Open source reporting indicates that D/ICE Tom Homan has a net worth of $10 million. Read more
"When coal miners came to Washington in April, they posed behind President Trump at the White House, wearing their hard hats and thanking him for trying to reinvigorate their struggling industry," the New York Times reports. "But on Tuesday dozens of miners and their families will be in a more unusual position: protesting the Trump administration outside the Labor Department building, arguing it has failed to protect them from black lung disease, an incurable illness caused by inhaling coal and silica dust."
For many Americans, the gap between Christian teachings and MAGA politics is baffling. How can people profess faith in Jesus who preached love, mercy and care for the oppressed -- while supporting policies that punish immigrants, demonize LGBTQ people and glorify cruelty?
The latest movie by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Leonardo di Caprio and Sean Penn. What did you think of this movie? Read more
The way Louisiana's Republican leaders put it, the pervasive racial discrimination in elections that led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is all in the past. That is why they are now urging the Supreme Court, in a case being argued on Wednesday, to bar states from using any consideration of race when drawing legislative districts, gutting a key plank of the law that was designed to ensure Black voters would have a chance of electing their preferred candidates.
MKs Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif interrupted Dummkopf Trumpf's speech at Israel's Knesset and were expelled from the plenum after jeering the pedophile. Odeh held up a sign that said "Recognize Palestine." He later posted on X' that the recognition of a Palestinian state is "the simplest demand, a demand that the entire international community agrees on ... There are two peoples here, and neither is going anywhere." Cassif posted on X' that their protest was "to demand justice," accusing the Israeli government of occupation and apartheid against Palestinians: "Refuse to be occupiers! Resist the government of bloodshed!" ICC-indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu rejects recognizing a Palestinian state, even though he has signed onto Trumpf's 20-point peace plan that is supposed to lead to a sovereign Palestine. Read more
The Department of Defense is shifting $8 billion in previously allocated money to pay troops for the middle of the month as the government shutdown continues. With the shutdown approaching two full weeks and Congress not looking to see any votes until Tuesday at the earliest, military service members' Oct. 15 paychecks are in jeopardy. President Donald Trump announced earlier today that he was directing the Department of Defense to use "all available funds" to pay military members on Oct. 15. Read more
OpEd: "The Shipping Forecast," presented twice on weekdays on the BBC and thrice on weekends, is 100-years-old this week. It broadcasts weather forecasts for the seas that surround the British Isles. You may wonder: why don't sailors and citizens on the North and Irish Seas, and along the English Channel, just look at their iPhones for the weather? They probably do.
Ancient life has been resurrected from the bowels of a military tunnel that penetrates the Alaskan permafrost. Some of the microbes thawed from these long-frozen soils have been trapped for 40,000 years. Now, they've been reawakened.
The Boring Co. is disputing the violation letter, a state spokesperson said. The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection could have fined the company more than $3 million under the 2022 agreement, which allowed for daily penalties to be assessed. But regulators knocked down the total penalty to $242,800. For example, the bulk of the total possible fine was linked to the alleged missed inspections, but the agency chose to levy just a $10,000 penalty for each of the company's 11 permits.
When one thinks of the Democratic Party in 2025, most don't think of compassion or relatability. Instead, anger is the first word that usually comes to mind. Here are ten examples of anger on display during Trump's second term:
I've talked about propaganda in Russian schools and brainwashing in Russia before, but today we're going to look at something even worse - a sort of a Putin's Youth organization known as the Young Army.
It's a place where Russia brainwashes children with Z propaganda, teaches them combat skills and tries to get them to join the army. Let's talk about what it's like growing up in Putin's Russia today and talk about Russia's new program to mobilize children. S
That's an excellent question that highlights a common misconception due to map projections. **Africa is vastly larger than Greenland.** Here are the facts: * **Area of Africa:** Approximately 30.37 million square kilometers (11.7 million square miles) * **Area of Greenland:** Approximately 2.166 million square kilometers (836,000 square miles) **To put it in perspective:** You could fit Greenland into Africa **about 14 times**. Check out the tool: true-size.com Read more
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) " A mass shooting at a crowded bar on an idyllic South Carolina island has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, officials say. The shooting occurred early Sunday at Willie's Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island, officials said. A large crowd was at the scene when sheriff's deputies arrived and found several people suffering from gunshot wounds.
