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"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario
A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.
abc7.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
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“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 28, 2024 at 11:03 PM
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
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Guards at the Rankin County jail beat people behind closed doors and encouraged some inmates to join in on the brutality, former inmates and guards said. The violence created a culture of fear, widely accepted by officials to keep order, a New York Times and Mississippi Today investigation found.
In a Brutal Mississippi Jail, Inmates Say They Were Enlisted as Enforcers
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Guards at the Rankin County jail beat people behind closed doors and encouraged some inmates to join in on the brutality, former inmates and guards said. The violence created a culture of fear, widely accepted by officials to keep order, a New York Times and Mississippi Today investigation found.
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Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
By not showing the aftermath of a nuclear strike, “A House of Dynamite” commits “a dereliction of moral duty,” Spencer Cohen writes.
By not showing the aftermath of a nuclear strike, “A House of Dynamite” commits “a dereliction of moral duty,” Spencer Cohen writes.
Opinion | Why Didn’t ‘A House of Dynamite’ Show a Nuclear Explosion?
Hollywood refuses to show the brutal reality of nuclear war.
nyti.ms
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
By not showing the aftermath of a nuclear strike, “A House of Dynamite” commits “a dereliction of moral duty,” Spencer Cohen writes.
By not showing the aftermath of a nuclear strike, “A House of Dynamite” commits “a dereliction of moral duty,” Spencer Cohen writes.
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Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
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We agree with LadyVols_fan31 this guy should be nowhere near a badge
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We agree with LadyVols_fan31 this guy should be nowhere near a badge
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Indictment of ex-Newsom aide hints at feds' probe into state's earlier investigation of video game giant
Indictment of ex-Newsom aide hints at feds’ probe into state's earlier investigation of video game giant
Top California political consultants indicted in a federal investigation had ties to a gaming company investigated by the state in a controversial sex discrimination probe.
www.latimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Indictment of ex-Newsom aide hints at feds' probe into state's earlier investigation of video game giant
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« Je suis sûre que mon père me tuerait » : les femmes saoudiennes toujours écrasées par les normes sociales
« Je suis sûre que mon père me tuerait » : les femmes saoudiennes toujours écrasées par les normes sociales
L’Arabie saoudite des Bédouins, c’est terminé depuis un bail. Aujourd’hui, le royaume est un havre ultra-technologique perfusé aux pétrodollars. Normal, donc, que l’égalité des droits suive, dans un système qui se libéralise de plus en plus. Les grandes gagnantes ? Les femmes bien sûr ! C’est même le prince héritier du royaume, Mohammed ben Salmane, […]
charliehebdo.fr
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
« Je suis sûre que mon père me tuerait » : les femmes saoudiennes toujours écrasées par les normes sociales
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Kansas Republican leaders couldn't rally enough support this fall for a special session on redistricting. It's just one example of lawmakers pushing back on a new round of partisan gerrymandering.
In Kansas and elsewhere, some state lawmakers are skeptical of the redistricting rush
Kansas Republican leaders couldn't rally enough support this fall for a special session on redistricting. It's just one example of lawmakers pushing back on a new round of partisan gerrymandering.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Kansas Republican leaders couldn't rally enough support this fall for a special session on redistricting. It's just one example of lawmakers pushing back on a new round of partisan gerrymandering.
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Trump has pardoned people convicted of seditious conspiracy (Stewart Rhodes & Enrique Tarrio) and who have provided a vehicle for terrorists to exchange money (Binance CEO "CZ" Changpeng Zhao)
And at least ten of the people Trump has pardoned have been rearrested
And at least ten of the people Trump has pardoned have been rearrested
New in PN: The hysteria over Biden's pardons seems extra ridiculous now
"Trump has perverted the pardon power far beyond the most questionable actions of any other modern president, emboldening a diverse cast of crooked politicians and outright fraudsters in a new American age of corruption."
"Trump has perverted the pardon power far beyond the most questionable actions of any other modern president, emboldening a diverse cast of crooked politicians and outright fraudsters in a new American age of corruption."
The hysteria over Biden's pardons seems extra ridiculous now
Trump's abuse of the pardon power makes everything else look like child's play.
www.publicnotice.co
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Trump has pardoned people convicted of seditious conspiracy (Stewart Rhodes & Enrique Tarrio) and who have provided a vehicle for terrorists to exchange money (Binance CEO "CZ" Changpeng Zhao)
And at least ten of the people Trump has pardoned have been rearrested
And at least ten of the people Trump has pardoned have been rearrested
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At a health care town hall on Friday, Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona test-drove what Democrats say will be the party’s core message for the 2026 midterm elections, centered around placing the blame for massive increases in health care premiums and looming cuts to Medicaid squarely on Republicans.
Gallego Pitches Demoralized Democrats on a Midterm Message
At a health care town hall in his swing state, Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, test-drove his party’s new political pitch to an audience disappointed in the outcome of the shutdown.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
At a health care town hall on Friday, Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona test-drove what Democrats say will be the party’s core message for the 2026 midterm elections, centered around placing the blame for massive increases in health care premiums and looming cuts to Medicaid squarely on Republicans.
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Rugby : Le XV de France s'impose sans briller contre les Fidji
Rugby : Le XV de France s'impose sans briller contre les Fidji
Les Bleus se sont imposés ce samedi 15 novembre dans la douleur (34-21). Une victoire hésitante, mais qui fait du bien aux hommes de Fabien Galthié après une série d'échecs.
www.rtl.fr
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Rugby : Le XV de France s'impose sans briller contre les Fidji
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#Gaza : la paix ne pourra se faire qu’avec la reconnaissance de la dignité du peuple palestinien, son droit à l’autodétermination, à la justice et à l’égalité, et donc la fin des incarcérations massives et des traitements infamants infligés aux prisonniers palestiniens !
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse deprived of natural light since January, and teenager held for nine months
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#Gaza : la paix ne pourra se faire qu’avec la reconnaissance de la dignité du peuple palestinien, son droit à l’autodétermination, à la justice et à l’égalité, et donc la fin des incarcérations massives et des traitements infamants infligés aux prisonniers palestiniens !
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“They said, ‘We got the right guy. We got him,’ before they knew or really looked into the existence of Edgar’s alibi,” said attorney Anna McGinn of the Great North Innocence Project, who represented Edgar. “It’s on TV. I mean, that’s problematic.”
(Published March)
By @jlussenhop.bsky.social
(Published March)
By @jlussenhop.bsky.social
“A Wholly Inaccurate Picture”: The Popular Reality Show and the Wrongly Convicted Man
Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.” The Minnesota attorney general’s office effectively alleged that the show shaped the c...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“They said, ‘We got the right guy. We got him,’ before they knew or really looked into the existence of Edgar’s alibi,” said attorney Anna McGinn of the Great North Innocence Project, who represented Edgar. “It’s on TV. I mean, that’s problematic.”
(Published March)
By @jlussenhop.bsky.social
(Published March)
By @jlussenhop.bsky.social
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‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
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Le siège du groupe RMC BFM évacué après « une alerte de sécurité », les directs suspendus
Le siège du groupe RMC BFM évacué après « une alerte de sécurité », les directs suspendus
« Les forces de l’ordre sont sur place pour mener des vérifications », ont fait savoir, samedi après-midi, la radio et la chaîne d’information en continu.
www.lemonde.fr
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Le siège du groupe RMC BFM évacué après « une alerte de sécurité », les directs suspendus
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During the recent government shutdown, Trump directed Pulte to think about ways to use Fannie and Freddie to ramp up housing production and address the US’s critical housing shortage.
Pulte flew down to Trump’s Palm Beach golf club to present his idea for the president’s demand: a 50-year mortgage.
Pulte flew down to Trump’s Palm Beach golf club to present his idea for the president’s demand: a 50-year mortgage.
Bill Pulte is really having a week
The revelations against the Trump loyalist keep piling up.
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
During the recent government shutdown, Trump directed Pulte to think about ways to use Fannie and Freddie to ramp up housing production and address the US’s critical housing shortage.
Pulte flew down to Trump’s Palm Beach golf club to present his idea for the president’s demand: a 50-year mortgage.
Pulte flew down to Trump’s Palm Beach golf club to present his idea for the president’s demand: a 50-year mortgage.
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Far too often, Donald Trump and other elites find a way to avoid accountability.
Will the Epstein files finally change that?
Will the Epstein files finally change that?
November 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Far too often, Donald Trump and other elites find a way to avoid accountability.
Will the Epstein files finally change that?
Will the Epstein files finally change that?
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Budget de la Sécu : le Sénat entame son opération «nettoyage» et propose de rétablir la réforme des retraites
La commission des affaires sociales de la Chambre haute a détricoté ce samedi plusieurs mesures du PLFSS votées par les députés
La commission des affaires sociales de la Chambre haute a détricoté ce samedi plusieurs mesures du PLFSS votées par les députés
Budget de la Sécu : le Sénat entame son opération «nettoyage» et propose de rétablir la réforme des retraites
www.liberation.fr
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Budget de la Sécu : le Sénat entame son opération «nettoyage» et propose de rétablir la réforme des retraites
La commission des affaires sociales de la Chambre haute a détricoté ce samedi plusieurs mesures du PLFSS votées par les députés
La commission des affaires sociales de la Chambre haute a détricoté ce samedi plusieurs mesures du PLFSS votées par les députés
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‘You can't eat if you're dead’: Democrats wrestle with how to go after RFK Jr.
‘You can't eat if you're dead’: Democrats wrestle with how to go after RFK Jr.
Some candidates and groups see the health secretary as an ideal “boogeyman” for 2026. Others aren’t so sure.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
‘You can't eat if you're dead’: Democrats wrestle with how to go after RFK Jr.
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On Friday, Trump reversed the administration’s stance that there was nothing left to see in the Epstein case and ordered the FBI to target his political enemies.
Trump calls for an Epstein investigation into everyone but him
The Department of Justice has launched a probe targeting prominent Democrats.
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
On Friday, Trump reversed the administration’s stance that there was nothing left to see in the Epstein case and ordered the FBI to target his political enemies.
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I stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers on strike.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers on strike.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
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Plastic paradise: on the frontlines of the fight to clean up pollution in Bali – in pictures
Plastic paradise: on the frontlines of the fight to clean up pollution in Bali – in pictures
Photographer and film-maker Sean Gallagher documents the increasing tide of rubbish washing up on beaches and riverbanks
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Plastic paradise: on the frontlines of the fight to clean up pollution in Bali – in pictures