\n
![\"entrance](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/entrance-to-Alligator-Alcatraz.webp\" "\\"entrance")
<\/a>\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Closer to the Edge: An Interview with Betty Osceola<\/a><\/h2>\nOn the edge of the Florida Everglades, where ancestral lands meet razor wire, a detention facility known as \u201cAlligator Alcatraz\u201d has become the center of a legal and moral battle. Just days after a federal judge ordered the site shut down, our editor-in-chief, Rook T. Winchester, spoke with Betty Osceola<\/strong> \u2014 Miccosukee tribal judge, and longtime protector of this land. What follows is a conversation about resistance, and the deeper currents beneath the headlines.<\/em>
\n…<\/p>\nRook<\/em>: Do you feel like people outside Florida understand what\u2019s happening here?<\/p>\nBetty<\/em>: No. I don’t think they do. Because if they did, there would be more outrage. There would be more people standing with us. There would be more media coverage. When the media ignores it, when the public ignores it, that\u2019s when they get away with things like this. That\u2019s when they bulldoze the land and say, \u201cOops, sorry, didn\u2019t mean to.\u201d And it\u2019s too late. There are already environmental laws that are supposed to protect the environment. Those laws need to be upheld.
\n
\n(Closer to the Edge more…)<\/a><\/p>\nAustin Chronicle: Kidnapped in McAllen<\/a><\/h2>\nTwo migrant Austinites\u2019 nightmare trafficking experience \u2013 and how it may impact their path to citizenship
\n
\n![\"phone](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/phone-of-kidnapping-victim.jpg\" "\\"phone")
<\/a>
\n<\/center>
\n (Austin Chronicle more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\n- \n
Guardian: Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for \u2018conspiracy\u2019 over protest against Ice<\/a><\/h2>\nLegal experts say charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on first amendment rights
\n
\n![\"Bajun](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/675.avif\" "\\"Bajun")
<\/a>
\n<\/center>
\n…
\nThe 11 June protest against Ice that led to Mavalwalla\u2019s arrest was confrontational, leaving a government van\u2019s windshield smashed and tires slashed, but Mavalwalla was not among the more than two dozen people arrested at the scene. More than a month passed before the FBI arrived at his door on 15 July.
\n(Guardian more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
WSJ: Trump\u2019s Troop Deployment to Los Angeles Violated Federal Law, Judge Rules<\/a><\/h2>\nDecision finds military units engaged in domestic law enforcement, which the law prohibits<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Bulwark: Trump\u2019s Real Health Care Problem<\/a><\/h2>\nFrom Medicaid cuts to vaccine availability to Obamacare subsidies, the president\u2019s troubles are mounting.<\/p>\n
Noah Berlatsky: RFK Jr gives Republicans a chance to defy Trump on easy mode<\/a><\/h2>\nThey’re failing \u2014 so far.<\/p>\n
WSJ: The Turmoil Inside MAHA Is About More Than Just Vaccines<\/a><\/h2>\nDisparate factions are sparring over some of RFK Jr.\u2019s biggest priorities; a top FDA scientist is hired, ousted, then hired again<\/p>\n
NY Post: RFK Jr. is \u2018endangering every American\u2019s health,\u2019 9 former CDC directors argue in scathing op-ed<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: “Maybe We Like a Dictator,” Trump Says & The Cracker Barrel Fiasco Reveals MAGA’s Anti-Capitalism<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n![\"maybe](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/maybe-we-like-a-dictator.webp\" "\\"maybe")
<\/a>
\n<\/center>
\n…
\nKareem\u2019s Daily Quote<\/em><\/p>\nWhat would my replacement do?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Intel President Andrew Grove [1985]
\n…<\/p>\n
Imagine what qualities your children would give your replacement as a parent. Imagine what qualities your friends and colleagues would give your replacement as a friend and colleague. Then try to be that person.
\n(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar more…)<\/a><\/p>\nJennifer Rubin: Whatever is happening, Trump is not “testing” anything<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nWhen corporate and billionaire media suggest<\/a> that Donald Trump is testing the limits<\/a> of the Constitution or executive authority or congressional Republicans\u2019 self-debasement, one conjures up a vision of deliberate inquiry. It assumes a level of intentional, rational analysis, a set of intellectual skills Trump has never demonstrated. Worse, the deceptive phrasing gives one the false impression that Trump would retreat if the \u201ctested\u201d scheme did not work or proved unnecessary (or if courts disallowed it). But it is not a \u201ctest,\u201d if he plunges forward regardless of facts, deterrents, public reaction, or nettlesome lower court decisions.<\/p>\nDan Pfeiffer: Defeating MAGA One Share at a Time<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump benefits from politics being impossible to follow
\n…<\/p>\n
In the meantime, all of us can inform the people in our lives about what is happening.<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Atlantic: Only One Republican Is Holding This Many Town Halls<\/a><\/h2>\nMark Alford bucked his party and held 15 public events this week. Here\u2019s what he heard.
\n
\n![\"Mark](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-Alford.avif\" "\\"Mark")
<\/a>
\n<\/center>
\n(Atlantic more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
Robert Reich: The \u201cWoke\u201d Myth<\/a><\/h2>\nWho should decide what we see, read, and learn?
\n
\n![\"Smithsonian\"](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Smithsonian.webp\" "\\"Smithsonian\\"")
<\/a>
\n<\/center>
\n(Robert Reich more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
NBC: Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy<\/a><\/h2>\nIn the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what artificial intelligence gets wrong.
\n
\n![\"Despite](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250829-ai-art-before-after-lr-5f2fe7.webp\")
\n<\/center>
\n(NBC more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
Adam Mockler: Trump\u2019s Gaza Plan Just Leaked, And It’s As Bad As You Feared<\/a><\/h2>\nA 38 page document has leaked from the Trump administration and it is breathtaking. It outlines a postwar plan for Gaza that goes far beyond reconstruction. It proposes relocating Gaza\u2019s entire population and transforming the ruins into what Trump calls the Riviera of the Middle East.<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n…<\/p>\n
Rook<\/em>: Do you feel like people outside Florida understand what\u2019s happening here?<\/p>\n Betty<\/em>: No. I don’t think they do. Because if they did, there would be more outrage. There would be more people standing with us. There would be more media coverage. When the media ignores it, when the public ignores it, that\u2019s when they get away with things like this. That\u2019s when they bulldoze the land and say, \u201cOops, sorry, didn\u2019t mean to.\u201d And it\u2019s too late. There are already environmental laws that are supposed to protect the environment. Those laws need to be upheld. Two migrant Austinites\u2019 nightmare trafficking experience \u2013 and how it may impact their path to citizenship Legal experts say charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on first amendment rights Decision finds military units engaged in domestic law enforcement, which the law prohibits<\/p>\n From Medicaid cuts to vaccine availability to Obamacare subsidies, the president\u2019s troubles are mounting.<\/p>\n They’re failing \u2014 so far.<\/p>\n Disparate factions are sparring over some of RFK Jr.\u2019s biggest priorities; a top FDA scientist is hired, ousted, then hired again<\/p>\n What would my replacement do?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Intel President Andrew Grove [1985] Imagine what qualities your children would give your replacement as a parent. Imagine what qualities your friends and colleagues would give your replacement as a friend and colleague. Then try to be that person. … Trump benefits from politics being impossible to follow In the meantime, all of us can inform the people in our lives about what is happening.<\/p>\n Mark Alford bucked his party and held 15 public events this week. Here\u2019s what he heard. Who should decide what we see, read, and learn? In the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what artificial intelligence gets wrong. A 38 page document has leaked from the Trump administration and it is breathtaking. It outlines a postwar plan for Gaza that goes far beyond reconstruction. It proposes relocating Gaza\u2019s entire population and transforming the ruins into what Trump calls the Riviera of the Middle East.<\/p>\n
\n
\n(Closer to the Edge more…)<\/a><\/p>\nAustin Chronicle: Kidnapped in McAllen<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n
\n<\/a>
\n<\/center>
\n (Austin Chronicle more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\n
Guardian: Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for \u2018conspiracy\u2019 over protest against Ice<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n
\n<\/a>
\n<\/center>
\n…
\nThe 11 June protest against Ice that led to Mavalwalla\u2019s arrest was confrontational, leaving a government van\u2019s windshield smashed and tires slashed, but Mavalwalla was not among the more than two dozen people arrested at the scene. More than a month passed before the FBI arrived at his door on 15 July.
\n(Guardian more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWSJ: Trump\u2019s Troop Deployment to Los Angeles Violated Federal Law, Judge Rules<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nBulwark: Trump\u2019s Real Health Care Problem<\/a><\/h2>\n
Noah Berlatsky: RFK Jr gives Republicans a chance to defy Trump on easy mode<\/a><\/h2>\n
WSJ: The Turmoil Inside MAHA Is About More Than Just Vaccines<\/a><\/h2>\n
NY Post: RFK Jr. is \u2018endangering every American\u2019s health,\u2019 9 former CDC directors argue in scathing op-ed<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nKareem Abdul-Jabbar: “Maybe We Like a Dictator,” Trump Says & The Cracker Barrel Fiasco Reveals MAGA’s Anti-Capitalism<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>
\n<\/center>
\n…
\nKareem\u2019s Daily Quote<\/em><\/p>\n
\n…<\/p>\n
\n(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar more…)<\/a><\/p>\nJennifer Rubin: Whatever is happening, Trump is not “testing” anything<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nWhen corporate and billionaire media suggest<\/a> that Donald Trump is testing the limits<\/a> of the Constitution or executive authority or congressional Republicans\u2019 self-debasement, one conjures up a vision of deliberate inquiry. It assumes a level of intentional, rational analysis, a set of intellectual skills Trump has never demonstrated. Worse, the deceptive phrasing gives one the false impression that Trump would retreat if the \u201ctested\u201d scheme did not work or proved unnecessary (or if courts disallowed it). But it is not a \u201ctest,\u201d if he plunges forward regardless of facts, deterrents, public reaction, or nettlesome lower court decisions.<\/p>\nDan Pfeiffer: Defeating MAGA One Share at a Time<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n…<\/p>\n
\nAtlantic: Only One Republican Is Holding This Many Town Halls<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n
\n<\/a>
\n<\/center>
\n(Atlantic more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRobert Reich: The \u201cWoke\u201d Myth<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n
\n<\/a>
\n<\/center>
\n(Robert Reich more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nNBC: Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n<\/center>
\n(NBC more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdam Mockler: Trump\u2019s Gaza Plan Just Leaked, And It’s As Bad As You Feared<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n
\n