The first 100 days. Mind boggling.
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A mother speaks outI hope this link is not behind a subscription paywall.
I Lost My Son to MS-13. I Still Oppose Trump’s Deportations.
Dear readers,
One of the goals of Tangle is to expose you to a broad range of perspectives. Part of that work means being open-minded about views even (and especially) if they challenge your preconceptions or run against the mainstream consensus. So, you can imagine my interest when we got an email last week from a reader who said her son was killed by MS-13 — yet she was opposed to some of the deportations of MS-13 gang members.
Her argument was surprising and novel (at least to me) and we thought it was a fascinating read. On top of that, as you can imagine, it was an emotional and powerful plea from someone who has been finding a way to both grieve and make something positive come from her son’s death.
I know this essay is controversial. I know, also, that Rebekah’s view might be the minority among other parents in her situation. But I found it thought-provoking and challenging in the way Tangle should be, so I hope you enjoy it.
Best,
Isaac
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How much are are all these Kristi Noem commercials costing the taxpayer?Kristi Noem's TV Ad Calling to 'Hunt' Down Migrants Faces Ban
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DoD meltdownDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s controversial chief of staff, who played a central role in a power struggle that gripped the Pentagon, will exit the agency today.
Joe Kasper was originally expected to transition to another role within the Defense Department, but is now planning to go back to government relations and consulting, he said in an interview.
He will continue to support and advise the Pentagon, he said, but as a special government employee. This will limit him to performing temporary jobs for just 130 days a year.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/hegseth-chief-of-staff-pentagon-leaving-00308721
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Eagle huntersThat is, using an eagle to hunt rather than going after the eagle...
In the spring of 2021, Talgar Shaybyrov embarked on a heartbreaking journey. For twenty years, Talgar had hunted with a golden eagle he called Tumara. The two lived at nearly 6,000 feet above sea level, in the quiet town of Bokonbaevo, Kyrgyzstan, where guesthouses and yurt camps line the shore of Issyk Kul, the world’s second-largest saltwater lake. They had spent the past two decades hunting jackals and foxes together, often traveling in Talgar’s run-down Volkswagen Golf, a modern replacement for a horse. Now Talgar was ready to return Tumara to the wilderness, as was the custom among eagle hunters. Doing so allows the birds a chance to mate and be free as they near the end of their long lives. “I have spent so many years with her,” Talgar told me. “I hope she will enjoy her freedom.”
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My favorite sides for grilling season@Mik said in My favorite sides for grilling season:
Love summer food. What are your favorites?
Cold soups are a lunchtime staple in the wtg house during the summer . Since tomatoes, cukes, and peppers are usually abundant in my garden, we often have gazpacho. We both also love cold beet soup with a side of boiled spuds.
We also like to make a green bean salad. It's a German thing. Steam or boil the green beans. While they are hot, toss them with some finely chopped mild onion and sprinkle on some vinegar, oil, and salt. This recipe includes sugar, which we never use. It also says you should refrigerate it overnight. We eat it as soon as it's made and it's excellent. And leftovers are very good the next day.
https://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/703041172925958/Gruener-Bohnensalat.html
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Judge arrestedMilwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was charged April 25 with two felonies for her role in helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after he appeared in her courtroom last week.
Dugan, 65, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Dries during a brief hearing in a packed courtroom at the federal courthouse. Dugan, who was wearing a black dress with white flowers, made no public comments during the brief hearing.
As it ended, her attorney, Craig Mastantuono, told the court: "Judge Dugan wholeheartedly regrets and protests her arrest. It was not made in the interest of public safety."
The federal criminal charges have not yet been made available.
But Brady McCarron, spokesman for U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C., said Dugan is being charged with two federal felony counts: obstruction and concealing an individual. McCarron also confirmed Dugan was arrested at about 8 a.m. at the Milwaukee County Courthouse.
U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi posted on X: "I can confirm that our @FBI agents just arrested Hannah Dugan – a county judge in Milwaukee – for allegedly helping an illegal alien avoid an arrest by @ICEgov."
Earlier, FBI Director Kash Patel posted and later deleted a tweet about the arrest.
"Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction — after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week," Patel wrote. "We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest."
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Judge arrestedThe FBI is looking into whether veteran Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan tried to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest when that person was scheduled to appear in her courtroom last week, sources told the Journal Sentinel.
In an email to judges, Chief Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Carl Ashley said agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement came to the Milwaukee County Courthouse on April 18 with an arrest warrant. But his note made no mention of Dugan or a federal investigation into her conduct.
ICE spokesperson Alethea Smock declined to comment.
"We have no information to provide at this point," Smock said in an email.
The FBI said in an email on April 23: "As a standard practice, the FBI does not confirm or deny the existence of investigations."
The Journal Sentinel reached out to Dugan by phone, at her courtroom and via email in recent days. In an April 22 email, Dugan said, "Nearly every fact regarding the 'tips' in your email is inaccurate."
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UkraineDonald Trump's "Objectively Embarrassing And Hilarious" Message To Vladimir Putin Is Now A Meme
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China's cosmetic surgery boomOy.
'I've had 100 operations and will never stop' - inside China's cosmetic surgery boom
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TariffsChina on Thursday denied any suggestion that it was in active negotiations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump over tariffs, saying that any notion of progress in the matter was as groundless as “trying to catch the wind.”
China’s comments come after Trump said Tuesday that things were going “fine with China” and that the final tariff rate on Chinese exports would come down “substantially” from the current 145%.
Guo Jiakun, a spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, said during a daily briefing on Thursday that, “For all I know, China and the U.S. are not having any consultation or negotiation on tariffs, still less reaching a deal.”
“China’s position is consistent, and we are open to consultations and dialogues, but any form of consultations and negotiations must be conducted on the basis of mutual respect and in an equal manner,” Commerce Ministry spokesman He Yadong said.
“Any claims about the progress of China-U.S. trade negotiations are groundless as trying to catch the wind and have no factual basis,” the spokesman said.
Trump had told reporters earlier in the week that “everything’s active” when asked if he was engaging with China, although his treasury secretary had said there were no formal negotiations.
https://www. apnews.com/article/china-us-tariff-negotiations-trump-481ff4402f5c34776ffcb8ced4c8ae42
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Unusual find at CostcoThere was a great little market up in Door County with a wonderful selection of meats where years ago I used to buy veal and lamb shanks for maybe $4 a pound. I would make Osso Buco and also a Greek lamb shank recipe with orzo, but as @Mik says, the price of the meat just skyrocketed, and I kind of stopped buying it.
All of these cuts - lamb and veal shanks and the ox tails - are deliciously rich. Glad that all the parts are getting used and not going to waste!
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Need some helpWell, you found your way here to WTF-Beta, the new gathering place for WTFers, so that's great! And you started a thread, also muchly good.
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NIOSH layoffsWhen a firefighter dies in the line of duty, a small team of federal health workers is often called on to pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future.
That’s what happened after two firefighters died in California in 2020 while searching for an elderly woman in a burning library. It happened in 2023 when a Navy firefighter died in Maryland after a floor collapsed in a burning home. And it happened last year in Georgia when a career battalion chief died after a semitrailer truck exploded.
But President Donald Trump’s administration has taken steps to fire nearly all of the Department of Health and Human Services employees responsible for conducting those reviews.
At least two-thirds of the employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, an agency within HHS, were notified on April 1 that they had been laid off or will be in June. These cuts included seven of the eight members of the Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program, the team that studies firefighter line-of-duty deaths, one of the laid-off investigators told ProPublica.
Most nonunionized NIOSH workers were given until the end of the day to clear out their desks. The layoffs were so abrupt, staff said, that lab animals were left without staff to care for them and had to be euthanized, and an experimental mine used to test protective gear beneath the agency’s Pittsburgh campus was at risk of flooding and polluting the surrounding environment.
“It was pure chaos,” another NIOSH employee said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cuts-firefighter-deaths
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Unusual find at Costco
Was really surprised to see what I think of as a specialty cut, not often seen except at a butcher. Mr wtg's Mom would have been in seventh heaven.....she absolutely loved ox tail soup....
Costco also had short ribs. I think they had both flanken and English cuts.
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What do you think of this house?"Roberto Clemente Park - 0.3 mi away"
On the other side of the expressway...
A nearby listing.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2324-W-38th-St_Cleveland_OH_44113_M46731-31839
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What do you think of this house?Wow. Built in 1880.
Looks pretty basic. I'd be thinking about HVAC, electrical (some oddly placed outlets and romex on the outside of walls make me wonder what evils might lie hidden), and what kind of insulation there is, or isn't, up on the second level. Could get pretty hot in the summer and cold in the winter if not well insulated.
Oh - I just saw something I've never seen on an online listing: Status of permits. Two electrical permits in the not too distant past. Also one for roof and windows.
It sold in 2011 for $7000, then for way more, so someone must have done some work.
In the Neighborhood and Schools section it shows the prices for nearby properties. This one is the cheapest by far (like hundreds of thousands), so that can't be a bad thing. Or maybe it indicates a huge red flag? Dunno.
Says it has a basement. How do things look down there?
Cemetery across the street. And the highway looks pretty close. I imagine you'll definitely hear the road noise. edit: And there are a whole bunch of railroad tracks nearby, too.
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Some refugees welcomeOne of President Donald Trump’s first actions of his new term was to halt the arrival of all refugees coming into the United States. Yet there’s one group he’s made a point of welcoming: the white South Africans known as Afrikaners.
“Any Farmer (with family!) from South Africa, seeking to flee that country for reasons of safety, will be invited into the United States of America with a rapid pathway to Citizenship. This process will begin immediately!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account last month.
His social media post was only the latest invitation to the Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch and French settlers. Trump signed an executive order in February encouraging their resettlement in the United States. As justification, he cited a South African law on land expropriation and affirmative action that he claimed discriminated against Afrikaners, as well as that country bringing a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
At the same time, the president has ended funding for refugee resettlement programs and declared that refugees competed for “resources” against Americans. About 600,000 people were being considered for admission when Trump suspended the program right after his inauguration. Some refugees had already been approved following a yearslong process and had scheduled flights.
