@manders1147.bsky.social
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“The fact that a governmental body can redact more than 1,000 pages of documents that are directly related to a major business’s activities in Texas is certainly problematic,” an attorney specializing in public records said.
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s i...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“The fact that a governmental body can redact more than 1,000 pages of documents that are directly related to a major business’s activities in Texas is certainly problematic,” an attorney specializing in public records said.
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
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@adamzyglis.bsky.social
Kleptocracy
Kleptocracy
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
@adamzyglis.bsky.social
Kleptocracy
Kleptocracy
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Personnel is policy. There's a reason most civil servants sit for some sort of exam. Yes, examination and credentialing cause delays in hiring. But civil servants serve in a position of public trust and you want to make sure they are qualified. Otherwise you end up in *waves wildly at DHS*.
ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Personnel is policy. There's a reason most civil servants sit for some sort of exam. Yes, examination and credentialing cause delays in hiring. But civil servants serve in a position of public trust and you want to make sure they are qualified. Otherwise you end up in *waves wildly at DHS*.
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Insurance companies are dropping customers as the cost of disasters goes up. Some communities in California are working to reduce their risk, but so far, insurance companies often aren't factoring that in.
This community is getting a disaster makeover. Insurance bills are still rising
Insurance companies are dropping customers as the cost of disasters goes up. Some communities in California are working to reduce their risk, but so far, insurance companies often aren't factoring that in.
n.pr
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Insurance companies are dropping customers as the cost of disasters goes up. Some communities in California are working to reduce their risk, but so far, insurance companies often aren't factoring that in.
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
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Amazing.
1) @washingtonpost.com reported Thursday on a controversial policy downgrading how nooses and swastikas are labeled in the Coast Guard.
2) Admin officials attacked The Post, falsely alleging the reporting of "fake crap."
3) The CG said it would review policy language.
4) The CG reversed course.
2) Admin officials attacked The Post, falsely alleging the reporting of "fake crap."
3) The CG said it would review policy language.
4) The CG reversed course.
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Amazing.
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When America celebrates its 250th birthday next year, it's a sure bet that all of the TV specials and programs will broadcast the whitewashed version of the country's history.
Of course.
250 years of lies continues.🔥☕️
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
Of course.
250 years of lies continues.🔥☕️
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
When America celebrates its 250th birthday next year, it's a sure bet that all of the TV specials and programs will broadcast the whitewashed version of the country's history.
Of course.
250 years of lies continues.🔥☕️
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
Of course.
250 years of lies continues.🔥☕️
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to discuss how it will handle a North Dakota case and a Mississippi case on whether private individuals and groups — whose lawsuits have been the main way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 — can keep suing.
ICYMI:
ICYMI:
60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to discuss how it will handle a North Dakota case and a Mississippi case on whether private individuals and groups — whose lawsuits have been the main way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 — can keep suing.
ICYMI:
ICYMI:
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At #COP30 climate talks in Brazil, Indigenous land defenders from the Amazon region are demanding greater control over their territories. "We are the ones that are saying what the forest is demanding. We are the ones that are saying what the river is asking for," says Alessandra Korap Munduruku.
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
At #COP30 climate talks in Brazil, Indigenous land defenders from the Amazon region are demanding greater control over their territories. "We are the ones that are saying what the forest is demanding. We are the ones that are saying what the river is asking for," says Alessandra Korap Munduruku.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Amazing. Congresswoman Shontelle Brown.
youtube.com/shorts/vli9L...
youtube.com/shorts/vli9L...
Under Trump, law and order means lawlessness for his friends and punishment for everyone else
YouTube video by Rep. Shontel Brown
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Amazing. Congresswoman Shontelle Brown.
youtube.com/shorts/vli9L...
youtube.com/shorts/vli9L...
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This is horrifying!
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This is horrifying!
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
Good for him. Someone needs to stop calling out these lies for what they are and those who spread them. Journalists are accountable for ethics too.
"That's absolutely a ridiculous assertion. Shame on you for saying that" -- Hakeem Jeffries was not happy when CNBC's Rebecca Quick claimed he actually wants healthcare costs to go up to score political points on Republicans
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Good for him. Someone needs to stop calling out these lies for what they are and those who spread them. Journalists are accountable for ethics too.
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NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
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Trump's DOT — which is stacked with corporate insiders — is gutting safety rules at Big Business' behest.
Deregulation is another form of trickle-down economics, where the financial gains go to the top, and nothing trickles down except risks and losses.
Deregulation is another form of trickle-down economics, where the financial gains go to the top, and nothing trickles down except risks and losses.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump's DOT — which is stacked with corporate insiders — is gutting safety rules at Big Business' behest.
Deregulation is another form of trickle-down economics, where the financial gains go to the top, and nothing trickles down except risks and losses.
Deregulation is another form of trickle-down economics, where the financial gains go to the top, and nothing trickles down except risks and losses.
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Trump promoting a death threat should not be dismissed as just one more of his excesses.
When a wannabe autocrat aligns himself with a call to execute political foes, it’s not just another Trump social media post. It’s another warning.
When a wannabe autocrat aligns himself with a call to execute political foes, it’s not just another Trump social media post. It’s another warning.
Trump endorses hanging Democratic members of Congress
"Their words cannot be allowed to stand."
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Trump promoting a death threat should not be dismissed as just one more of his excesses.
When a wannabe autocrat aligns himself with a call to execute political foes, it’s not just another Trump social media post. It’s another warning.
When a wannabe autocrat aligns himself with a call to execute political foes, it’s not just another Trump social media post. It’s another warning.
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Sen Thom Tillis (R-NC) is not amused by ICE's antics in Charlotte and wants an accounting. “I want to make sure that Homeland Security can provide me with the definitive list of people who were detained, how long they were detained, whether or not they were released and, when property was
Thom Tillis wants answers from Homeland Security on Operation Charlotte’s Web
Sen. Thom Tillis used a Senate hearing Thursday to demand answers about what’s happening to NC residents apprehended by Border Patrol.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Sen Thom Tillis (R-NC) is not amused by ICE's antics in Charlotte and wants an accounting. “I want to make sure that Homeland Security can provide me with the definitive list of people who were detained, how long they were detained, whether or not they were released and, when property was
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The US accidentally invaded Mexico on Monday, storming a beach and planting DoD “restricted area” signs claiming the land for “the commander,” triggering a standoff w/ armed Mexican security forces, all because Trump’s government can’t even identify a border on a map
www.cbsnews.com/news/warning...
www.cbsnews.com/news/warning...
Warning signs appear on Mexican beach declaring area restricted by U.S. as Mexico rejects Trump offer to strike cartels
The signs read in English and Spanish, "Warning: Restricted Area," and had been declared restricted by "the commander."
www.cbsnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The US accidentally invaded Mexico on Monday, storming a beach and planting DoD “restricted area” signs claiming the land for “the commander,” triggering a standoff w/ armed Mexican security forces, all because Trump’s government can’t even identify a border on a map
www.cbsnews.com/news/warning...
www.cbsnews.com/news/warning...
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"He's gonna pay for those shots," Parente added re: Exum, noting the agent bragged about the shooting.
"They were not good shots. You will see, eventually, that that was a bad shoot, it was a violation of CBP's use of force policy, and he is going to pay for those shots" the attorney told press.
"They were not good shots. You will see, eventually, that that was a bad shoot, it was a violation of CBP's use of force policy, and he is going to pay for those shots" the attorney told press.
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"He's gonna pay for those shots," Parente added re: Exum, noting the agent bragged about the shooting.
"They were not good shots. You will see, eventually, that that was a bad shoot, it was a violation of CBP's use of force policy, and he is going to pay for those shots" the attorney told press.
"They were not good shots. You will see, eventually, that that was a bad shoot, it was a violation of CBP's use of force policy, and he is going to pay for those shots" the attorney told press.
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And from CIDRAP, just to provide a trustworthy reference for the CNN article I just shared. Yep, no true healthcare professional should trust anything from CDC going forward.
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
And from CIDRAP, just to provide a trustworthy reference for the CNN article I just shared. Yep, no true healthcare professional should trust anything from CDC going forward.
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a very good and important response from @slotkin.senate.gov and company in response to Trump's threats. You absolutely cannot allow a would-be authoritarian to know that the surest way to make his opponents back down is to threaten them with violence.
www.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/11/20/j...
www.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/11/20/j...
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
a very good and important response from @slotkin.senate.gov and company in response to Trump's threats. You absolutely cannot allow a would-be authoritarian to know that the surest way to make his opponents back down is to threaten them with violence.
www.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/11/20/j...
www.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/11/20/j...
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While reporting this, we came across this ProPublica story from 2019 about a Border Patrol Facebook group.
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
While reporting this, we came across this ProPublica story from 2019 about a Border Patrol Facebook group.
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
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No better way to signal intent to give illegal orders than to blow up at the lawful suggestion to not follow illegal orders.
Do not follow illegal orders.
GI Rights Hotline (Independent & Confidential): 877-447-4487.
Do not follow illegal orders.
GI Rights Hotline (Independent & Confidential): 877-447-4487.
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
No better way to signal intent to give illegal orders than to blow up at the lawful suggestion to not follow illegal orders.
Do not follow illegal orders.
GI Rights Hotline (Independent & Confidential): 877-447-4487.
Do not follow illegal orders.
GI Rights Hotline (Independent & Confidential): 877-447-4487.