Jfrisco
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"Who among us hasn’t basked for an hour or two in the self-congratulatory stupor of the like-minded? In contrast, thoughtfulness can be a lonely choice, especially when accompanied by courage." - Garret Keizer
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Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
“The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause injury.”
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause injury.”
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Weakest October Job Market in 22 years 🚨🚨🚨
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Weakest October Job Market in 22 years 🚨🚨🚨
The thing about hoarding old bike parts long enough is that there can come a magic moment when it goes from old junk to “vintage” and you can sell it off on eBay for good money. #bikesky
October 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The thing about hoarding old bike parts long enough is that there can come a magic moment when it goes from old junk to “vintage” and you can sell it off on eBay for good money. #bikesky
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⏰In just 2 days, Riverside joins 2,500+ cities for “No Kings” Day!
We’re organizing, mobilizing, and standing for democracy.
We’re organizing, mobilizing, and standing for democracy.
October 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
⏰In just 2 days, Riverside joins 2,500+ cities for “No Kings” Day!
We’re organizing, mobilizing, and standing for democracy.
We’re organizing, mobilizing, and standing for democracy.
They are paying? He lies and people believe.
Trump said “…will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump said “…will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner
President Donald Trump says he’s placing an additional 100% tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to levels that in April fanned fears of a ste...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
They are paying? He lies and people believe.
Trump said “…will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump said “…will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
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I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America
October 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
The only bright spot of my day so far is learning that the CHP is giving a 60 day grace period on the use of Clean Air Tags in Carpool lanes.
October 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The only bright spot of my day so far is learning that the CHP is giving a 60 day grace period on the use of Clean Air Tags in Carpool lanes.
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BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has bought access to a surveillance tool that is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data from hundreds of millions of mobile phones, according to ICE documents reviewed by 404 Media.
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has bought access to a surveillance tool that is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data from hundreds of millions of mobile phones, according to ICE documents reviewed by 404 Media.
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
The rapid capitulation of media has me thinking that we will soon be secretly trading mimeographed copies of zines and swapping cassette tapes in the dark of night.
September 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The rapid capitulation of media has me thinking that we will soon be secretly trading mimeographed copies of zines and swapping cassette tapes in the dark of night.
Had a back and forth B2B email conversation today that I'm sure was AI assisted on the other end. Definitely not ready yet and a waste of my time.
September 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Had a back and forth B2B email conversation today that I'm sure was AI assisted on the other end. Definitely not ready yet and a waste of my time.
Time for another look at this.
"We learn that violence that starts on one corner of the far right often ricochets. We find that the important threshold is the enabling of the violence. And we realize is what we do afterwards that counts the most."
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"We learn that violence that starts on one corner of the far right often ricochets. We find that the important threshold is the enabling of the violence. And we realize is what we do afterwards that counts the most."
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Political Violence
Reflections from the 1920s and 1930s
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September 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Time for another look at this.
"We learn that violence that starts on one corner of the far right often ricochets. We find that the important threshold is the enabling of the violence. And we realize is what we do afterwards that counts the most."
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
"We learn that violence that starts on one corner of the far right often ricochets. We find that the important threshold is the enabling of the violence. And we realize is what we do afterwards that counts the most."
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
In the alternate universe report I had a conversation with a business contact recently that causally remarked that the military occupation of DC was welcomed by residents and restaurants and nightlife were booming. This is what we are up against.
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In the alternate universe report I had a conversation with a business contact recently that causally remarked that the military occupation of DC was welcomed by residents and restaurants and nightlife were booming. This is what we are up against.
I live within a 5-7 minute walk to a nearby elementary school. I have neighbors that drive their children to school and pick them up by car instead of walking for under 10 minutes.
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The dehumanizing school car line
America’s morning ritual is treating kids like packages instead of people
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September 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I live within a 5-7 minute walk to a nearby elementary school. I have neighbors that drive their children to school and pick them up by car instead of walking for under 10 minutes.
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The hate of all things green and all things non white merge. Unbelievable.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
South Koreans detained in ICE raid at Hyundai electric vehicle site in Georgia
The raid has sparked an angry response from South Korea which called it an unjust infringement of people's rights.
www.bbc.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The hate of all things green and all things non white merge. Unbelievable.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kaiser Healthcare statement. Looks like a basic FU Mr. Kennedy we’re going to do what’s right. Wish they’d hurry up and do it.
September 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Kaiser Healthcare statement. Looks like a basic FU Mr. Kennedy we’re going to do what’s right. Wish they’d hurry up and do it.
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The Sheriff With California's Worst Crime-Solving Record Is Running for Governor www.cjcj.org/reports-publ...
The Sheriff With California's Worst Crime-Solving Record Is Running for Governor
Former Oath Keeper and Riverside County Sheriff, Chad Bianco, is running for governor. Despite talking tough, Bianco ranks last among sheriffs in crime-solving, while deaths in his jails surge.
www.cjcj.org
August 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Sheriff With California's Worst Crime-Solving Record Is Running for Governor www.cjcj.org/reports-publ...
Two things about this 1) It looks like Bianco needs to spend less time on Fox and running for Governor and more back at the office. 2) When did it become okay for reporting to use “leftist” as a descriptor.
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/08/22/r...
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/08/22/r...
Report slams Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco on low violent crime clearance rate
A nonprofit dedicated to reducing incarceration in California calls out the sheriff for, oddly, not arresting more people to put behind bars.
www.pressenterprise.com
August 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Two things about this 1) It looks like Bianco needs to spend less time on Fox and running for Governor and more back at the office. 2) When did it become okay for reporting to use “leftist” as a descriptor.
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/08/22/r...
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/08/22/r...
Coming to a street near you.
New from 404 Media: photos we were sent show the aftermath of a National Guard vehicle in DC t-boning a civilian vehicle. The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) All Terrain Vehicle was previously used in the Afghanistan War. Now bashing peoples' cars in U.S. www.404media.co/a-national-g...
A National Guard Tactical Vehicle T-Boned a Civilian Car in D.C.
Emergency workers sent a civilian to the hospital after an Afghanistan War era military vehicle smashed into their car.
www.404media.co
August 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Coming to a street near you.
This got lost in the headlines just like the papers left in the business center.
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Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
www.npr.org
August 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This got lost in the headlines just like the papers left in the business center.
www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
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This reminds me of a story from a Russian friend that was rounded up before the Goodwill games in Russia and spent the duration of the games in prison and was released once they were over. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Homeless people in detention camps? Fears grow about Trump and the Olympics
Trump's announcements have raised fears that the government will use the Olympics to take actions that deprive homeless people of their human rights.
www.latimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This reminds me of a story from a Russian friend that was rounded up before the Goodwill games in Russia and spent the duration of the games in prison and was released once they were over. www.latimes.com/california/s...