kimberly grace
@grace8ming.bsky.social
freelancer • traveler • empathizer • analyzer • problem solver • dreamer • re-poster • a fan of curiosity & the cat it killed • she/her • formed in kalamazoo • now in the pnw
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House Democrats just DEFEATED a Republican bill to let employers deny overtime pay or minimum wage to workers if they classify time worked as "job training" or "education."
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
House Democrats just DEFEATED a Republican bill to let employers deny overtime pay or minimum wage to workers if they classify time worked as "job training" or "education."
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
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I've mentioned this before, but one thing I've been closely watching for is when crypto people begin to distance themselves from Trump.
November 2024 vs. January 2026
November 2024 vs. January 2026
![ Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has also clearly been trying to woo Trump, claiming very shortly after the election that he was “going to be spending quite a bit of time working with lawmakers in Washington DC and quite a bit of time with members of the administration to help foster and facilitate with other key leaders in industry the crypto policy”.6 While he has continued to boast vaguely about meetings with various influential figures, winkingly describing a “VIP dinner” where “diet coke will certainly be on [the menu]”, there’s been little outside confirmation that he’s had much access to the Trump administration. ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/bafkreibwu7nnfjdr7icvg2bzdh6ug5tbaza5hcut2q5lmerpqalj2cxiwy@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I've mentioned this before, but one thing I've been closely watching for is when crypto people begin to distance themselves from Trump.
November 2024 vs. January 2026
November 2024 vs. January 2026
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After four immigrants died in ICE custody last week and the agency waited until after hours to announce it, I’m sitting here on a Tuesday night wondering how many people (we’ll learn about later on the weekend) will have died during this week. What a morbid reality.
January 14, 2026 at 3:41 AM
After four immigrants died in ICE custody last week and the agency waited until after hours to announce it, I’m sitting here on a Tuesday night wondering how many people (we’ll learn about later on the weekend) will have died during this week. What a morbid reality.
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Deep in the OLC memo is an assertion that "Hezbollah is among the groups that we have been targeting throughout the War on Terror," citing the OLC memo that justified the Soleimani strike. But this isn't really true! Hezbollah isn't covered under the 2001 AUMF, and I'm only aware of one instance...
Wonder what the couple hundred personnel of the strike force—the Delta squadron, Rangers, and 160th pilots—think of the assertion that even if they had all been shot down and killed, “the operation falls short of war in the constitutional sense.”
January 14, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Deep in the OLC memo is an assertion that "Hezbollah is among the groups that we have been targeting throughout the War on Terror," citing the OLC memo that justified the Soleimani strike. But this isn't really true! Hezbollah isn't covered under the 2001 AUMF, and I'm only aware of one instance...
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Update: Since Jan 9, there have been 12 ICE Air flights out of Minneapolis, MN—a jump from the typical 3 flights/week to Minneapolis. This surge is taking place as people with valid refugee status are being taken from their homes in MN & transferred to detention centers in TX.
January 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Update: Since Jan 9, there have been 12 ICE Air flights out of Minneapolis, MN—a jump from the typical 3 flights/week to Minneapolis. This surge is taking place as people with valid refugee status are being taken from their homes in MN & transferred to detention centers in TX.
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Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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Somebody buy the man a beer
UPDATE: TJ Sabula, the worker who shouted "pedophile protector" at Trump, has been suspended - WaPo
WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
January 14, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Somebody buy the man a beer
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cnn really gonna go with "suspect charged in antisemitic arson attack was an honor roll student and baseball player" at the same time as they run a story calling the murdered mother some kind of far-left agitator
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 AM
cnn really gonna go with "suspect charged in antisemitic arson attack was an honor roll student and baseball player" at the same time as they run a story calling the murdered mother some kind of far-left agitator
"that really just came out of the blue... no one was really doing anything here"
🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us.
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 1:02 AM
"that really just came out of the blue... no one was really doing anything here"
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Bandcamp says AI music is not permitted on the platform. Via @brooklynvegan.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Bandcamp says AI music is not permitted on the platform. Via @brooklynvegan.bsky.social
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“I ask @aoc.bsky.social what she would tell a teenage girl who has been victimized by Al abuse. ‘First of all,…what I want to tell her is that society has failed you,’ she says. ‘Someone did this to you and it's wrong, but society has failed you. People should not have the tools to do this’.”
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January 14, 2026 at 12:42 AM
“I ask @aoc.bsky.social what she would tell a teenage girl who has been victimized by Al abuse. ‘First of all,…what I want to tell her is that society has failed you,’ she says. ‘Someone did this to you and it's wrong, but society has failed you. People should not have the tools to do this’.”
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Today's strikes comes after dozens of Los Angeles fast food workers and @sbworkersunited.org baristas converged on City Council to make it clear how serious we are our demands for 55,000+ workers.
In 2025, we begun moving a #FastFoodFairWork ordinance.
In 2026, we’ll do whatever it takes to win.
In 2025, we begun moving a #FastFoodFairWork ordinance.
In 2026, we’ll do whatever it takes to win.
January 14, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Today's strikes comes after dozens of Los Angeles fast food workers and @sbworkersunited.org baristas converged on City Council to make it clear how serious we are our demands for 55,000+ workers.
In 2025, we begun moving a #FastFoodFairWork ordinance.
In 2026, we’ll do whatever it takes to win.
In 2025, we begun moving a #FastFoodFairWork ordinance.
In 2026, we’ll do whatever it takes to win.
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BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
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BREAKING: Los Angeles Subway workers are ON STRIKE after the company has repeatedly paid workers over a month late, and at other times many months late. 🧵
#UnionsForAll
#UnionsForAll
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
BREAKING: Los Angeles Subway workers are ON STRIKE after the company has repeatedly paid workers over a month late, and at other times many months late. 🧵
#UnionsForAll
#UnionsForAll
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WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
January 13, 2026 at 9:19 PM
WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
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The Oregon Department of Human Services says it needs $114.6 million from the state’s general fund to fill gaps in its 2025-27 budget because of cuts and other changes to federal food assistance.
Implementing Trump’s tax law to cost Oregon $114 million in SNAP investments • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Oregon Department of Human Services says it needs $114.6 million to fill gaps in its 2025-27 budget for food assistance.
buff.ly
January 13, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The Oregon Department of Human Services says it needs $114.6 million from the state’s general fund to fill gaps in its 2025-27 budget because of cuts and other changes to federal food assistance.
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Update — Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Update — Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:
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Another win. Rhode Island Wind Project Halted by Trump Can Resume, judge rules. Orsted A/S can resume building a wind farm project while it challenges the government’s latest stop-work order.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Orsted Wins Ruling to Resume US Wind Project Halted by Trump
A US judge ruled Orsted A/S can resume building a wind farm project off the coast of Rhode Island while it challenges the government’s latest stop-work order, a major win for the Danish energy giant i...
www.bloomberg.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Another win. Rhode Island Wind Project Halted by Trump Can Resume, judge rules. Orsted A/S can resume building a wind farm project while it challenges the government’s latest stop-work order.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This video, depicting a man saying he is receiving an hourly wage to protest against ICE after an agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, is AI-generated.
The fake has spread despite its Sora watermark.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
The fake has spread despite its Sora watermark.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
January 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
This video, depicting a man saying he is receiving an hourly wage to protest against ICE after an agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, is AI-generated.
The fake has spread despite its Sora watermark.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
The fake has spread despite its Sora watermark.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
spokane
Students have now left the building and posted up on the sidewalk to continue their action.
January 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
spokane
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New: Police have released info about millions of surveillance targets nationwide from thousands of different police departments because of a public records redaction error in Flock data. Reveals active police investigations, border patrol & ICE targets, lots more:
www.404media.co/police-unmas...
www.404media.co/police-unmas...
Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error
Flock is going after a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com that has collated public records files released by police.
www.404media.co
January 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
New: Police have released info about millions of surveillance targets nationwide from thousands of different police departments because of a public records redaction error in Flock data. Reveals active police investigations, border patrol & ICE targets, lots more:
www.404media.co/police-unmas...
www.404media.co/police-unmas...
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Now you won't even need an ICE officer to choke to death!
Trump: "We're canceling the EPA's absurd tailpipe emissions standard, one of the worst ever"
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Now you won't even need an ICE officer to choke to death!
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Trump: "Starting February 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities"
January 13, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Trump: "Starting February 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities"
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Last week, the House passed a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits to help millions of Americans afford health insurance.
Now, Trump is saying he may veto the bill if it passes the Senate. He does not want you to have health care. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Now, Trump is saying he may veto the bill if it passes the Senate. He does not want you to have health care. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Says He May Veto Extension of Health Care Subsidies
President Donald Trump said Sunday he may veto a bill to extend Obamacare subsidies if Congress sent one to his desk.
www.bloomberg.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Last week, the House passed a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits to help millions of Americans afford health insurance.
Now, Trump is saying he may veto the bill if it passes the Senate. He does not want you to have health care. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Now, Trump is saying he may veto the bill if it passes the Senate. He does not want you to have health care. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...