Tahfromslc
@tahfromslc.bsky.social
Retired lawyer and public policy analyst, leftist humanitarian. I don’t look like this anymore.
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This (and every other state where it happens) will be the big story of the midterms and even more so the presidential election.
I understand people don’t want us to be doomers. But we can do two things: the more likely we are to win the harder we have to work to ensure the elections aren’t stolen.
I understand people don’t want us to be doomers. But we can do two things: the more likely we are to win the harder we have to work to ensure the elections aren’t stolen.
Michigan Republicans asking Trump to take over the 2026 election Michigan. (I know that this, in theory, references in 'monitoring'. But we're not obligated to accept bullshit cover stories.)
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This (and every other state where it happens) will be the big story of the midterms and even more so the presidential election.
I understand people don’t want us to be doomers. But we can do two things: the more likely we are to win the harder we have to work to ensure the elections aren’t stolen.
I understand people don’t want us to be doomers. But we can do two things: the more likely we are to win the harder we have to work to ensure the elections aren’t stolen.
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How many profs in major PhD granting science departments have *not* advised even 1 Chinese student or Chinese postdoc in the last five years 😧?
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
How many profs in major PhD granting science departments have *not* advised even 1 Chinese student or Chinese postdoc in the last five years 😧?
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A copy of this needs to go to every Senator that voted to confirm this grossly incompetent blowhard.
A recent spate of reporting indicates that Kash Patel’s time as director is going about as well as could be expected — which is to say, it’s an organization-soul-crushing and morale-killing disaster that imperils national security. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/kash-patel...
Kash Patel, the FBI's Agent of Chaos
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A copy of this needs to go to every Senator that voted to confirm this grossly incompetent blowhard.
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ICE wants you to believe that he tied his own and hands and feet, then hung himself.
When ICE reported Chaofeng Ge’s death on Aug. 6, it "said he was found the day before, hanging in a shower stall with a cloth tied around his neck. It made no mention of additional bindings that were on hands and feet."
His family is suing to access records that may explain what really happened.
His family is suing to access records that may explain what really happened.
Queens Family Demands Answers After Chinese Immigrant Found Bound in ICE Jail
Chaofeng Ge, a Chinese immigrant, was found dead in an ICE custody facility in Pennsylvania with his hands and feet bound. While the county coroner ruled his death as a suicide, his family is suing to...
documentedny.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
ICE wants you to believe that he tied his own and hands and feet, then hung himself.
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In the last week, we’ve seen federal officials threaten or scheme to arrest a governor, federal judges, and a former president.
Bovino: "We're ratcheting operations up in Chicago. That's a very corrupt system in Chicago. Whether it's those elected leaders like Pritzker or those out of control judges, Chicago needs some attention. You're gonna see some very dynamic operations."
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
In the last week, we’ve seen federal officials threaten or scheme to arrest a governor, federal judges, and a former president.
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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When ICE reported Chaofeng Ge’s death on Aug. 6, it "said he was found the day before, hanging in a shower stall with a cloth tied around his neck. It made no mention of additional bindings that were on hands and feet."
His family is suing to access records that may explain what really happened.
His family is suing to access records that may explain what really happened.
Queens Family Demands Answers After Chinese Immigrant Found Bound in ICE Jail
Chaofeng Ge, a Chinese immigrant, was found dead in an ICE custody facility in Pennsylvania with his hands and feet bound. While the county coroner ruled his death as a suicide, his family is suing to...
documentedny.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
When ICE reported Chaofeng Ge’s death on Aug. 6, it "said he was found the day before, hanging in a shower stall with a cloth tied around his neck. It made no mention of additional bindings that were on hands and feet."
His family is suing to access records that may explain what really happened.
His family is suing to access records that may explain what really happened.
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I presume in a formal setting that bone saws go on the knife side, not the fork side.
President Trump apparently thinks it's time to throw a lavish party for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who will host a U.S.-Saudi investment summit the next day.
The Trump Organization is currently working on Trump Tower Jeddah and also has plans for a property in Riyadh. trib.al/UybFL62
The Trump Organization is currently working on Trump Tower Jeddah and also has plans for a property in Riyadh. trib.al/UybFL62
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I presume in a formal setting that bone saws go on the knife side, not the fork side.
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In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
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The US is moving forward with offshore mineral plans that will impact the economy and environment of the Northern Mariana Islands.
pacific.scoop.co.nz/2025/11/us-a...
pacific.scoop.co.nz/2025/11/us-a...
US Advances Offshore Mineral Plans In American Samoa, Northern Marianas
The United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has taken major steps toward offshore critical minerals exploration in the Pacific.Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas...
pacific.scoop.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The US is moving forward with offshore mineral plans that will impact the economy and environment of the Northern Mariana Islands.
pacific.scoop.co.nz/2025/11/us-a...
pacific.scoop.co.nz/2025/11/us-a...
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I’ve been briefed by CAL FIRE on the #PackFire in Mono County.
Heed directions from local authorities and follow evacuation orders.
Heed directions from local authorities and follow evacuation orders.
Fanned by powerful winds, the Pack Fire in Mono County surged to more than 1,000 acres Thursday, forcing urgent evacuations near Mammoth Lakes.
Pack Fire in Northern California spreads to 1,000 acres, impacting up to 20 homes
Fanned by powerful winds, the Pack Fire in Mono County surged to more than 1,000 acres Thursday, forcing urgent evacuations near Mammoth Lakes.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I’ve been briefed by CAL FIRE on the #PackFire in Mono County.
Heed directions from local authorities and follow evacuation orders.
Heed directions from local authorities and follow evacuation orders.
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For fifty years my husband had a subscription to the NYT, and read it daily - hours on Sunday as well.
When we left the USA, I bought him an online subscription for his birthday every year.
A few years back, he asked me to stop renewing it. Said it was garbage - all the truth was gone.
When we left the USA, I bought him an online subscription for his birthday every year.
A few years back, he asked me to stop renewing it. Said it was garbage - all the truth was gone.
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
For fifty years my husband had a subscription to the NYT, and read it daily - hours on Sunday as well.
When we left the USA, I bought him an online subscription for his birthday every year.
A few years back, he asked me to stop renewing it. Said it was garbage - all the truth was gone.
When we left the USA, I bought him an online subscription for his birthday every year.
A few years back, he asked me to stop renewing it. Said it was garbage - all the truth was gone.
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it's neither dumb nor obvious. @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social talks about the barriers to the document release here: goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/trumpepstein
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
it's neither dumb nor obvious. @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social talks about the barriers to the document release here: goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/trumpepstein
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inadvertently good for the planet
Trump tariffs are helping drive U.S. beef prices to new highs flip.it/K.-zTn
Trump tariffs are helping drive U.S. beef prices to new highs flip.it/K.-zTn
Trump tariffs are helping drive U.S. beef prices to new highs
President Trump's tariffs are adding to higher beef prices, along with drought and parasites in a stressed U.S. beef supply chain.
flip.it
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
inadvertently good for the planet
Trump tariffs are helping drive U.S. beef prices to new highs flip.it/K.-zTn
Trump tariffs are helping drive U.S. beef prices to new highs flip.it/K.-zTn
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I think regime collapse is possible, but then the million dollar question is 'what comes next?'
as much as the USG might hate Maduro, it's not hard to imagine a word where paramilitary and narco-capital end up growing stronger as a result of this
as much as the USG might hate Maduro, it's not hard to imagine a word where paramilitary and narco-capital end up growing stronger as a result of this
I think people on here are huffing hopium if they think the Venezuelan operation ends in Vietnam II or is a complete debacle.
We’re likely to see a very competent air campaign, that does have the potential of decapitating the Maduro regime.
I’m skeptical massive ground operation is in the works.
We’re likely to see a very competent air campaign, that does have the potential of decapitating the Maduro regime.
I’m skeptical massive ground operation is in the works.
November 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I think regime collapse is possible, but then the million dollar question is 'what comes next?'
as much as the USG might hate Maduro, it's not hard to imagine a word where paramilitary and narco-capital end up growing stronger as a result of this
as much as the USG might hate Maduro, it's not hard to imagine a word where paramilitary and narco-capital end up growing stronger as a result of this
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Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...
This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...
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Conservatives claim that structural racism does not exist while simultaneously creating innovative new forms of structural racism like banning discussions of the concept.
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Conservatives claim that structural racism does not exist while simultaneously creating innovative new forms of structural racism like banning discussions of the concept.
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This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
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This is the case at all Texas state universities btw not just A&M
At UT Austin I can say they have been actively and intentionally moving toward this since at least 2021
At UT Austin I can say they have been actively and intentionally moving toward this since at least 2021
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is the case at all Texas state universities btw not just A&M
At UT Austin I can say they have been actively and intentionally moving toward this since at least 2021
At UT Austin I can say they have been actively and intentionally moving toward this since at least 2021
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There are really no words that can sufficiently express my gratitude for everyone who came out and stood with me, a boring suburban dad, yesterday.
NEW: So, the courtroom at the "Broadview 6" arraignment in Chicago yesterday featured lotsa Methodist pastors.
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
Methodist pastors march into courtroom with 'boring suburban dad' indicted for protesting
CHICAGO (RNS) — ‘If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,’ said a Chicago area UMC pastor.
religionnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
There are really no words that can sufficiently express my gratitude for everyone who came out and stood with me, a boring suburban dad, yesterday.
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… I need this account until I have a job and off site network
So I can’t say what I want to say
So I’ll say , this is why I dislike the “media literacy” discussions
part of the reason people can’t understand is that media is purposely trying to weasel word them
So I can’t say what I want to say
So I’ll say , this is why I dislike the “media literacy” discussions
part of the reason people can’t understand is that media is purposely trying to weasel word them
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
… I need this account until I have a job and off site network
So I can’t say what I want to say
So I’ll say , this is why I dislike the “media literacy” discussions
part of the reason people can’t understand is that media is purposely trying to weasel word them
So I can’t say what I want to say
So I’ll say , this is why I dislike the “media literacy” discussions
part of the reason people can’t understand is that media is purposely trying to weasel word them
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"Fourth-year Sophia Bangura, one of the student journalists who worked on the project, was terminated from the organization three days later for “insubordination” for asking followup questions during the interview and declining to apologize to the interim president’s office."
Student journalist terminated following interview with UVA interim President Paul Mahoney - C-VILLE Weekly
Getting an interview with, let alone answers from, upper leadership at the University of Virginia is an uphill battle for any news organization. The groups with the most access to UVA’s administration...
c-ville.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"Fourth-year Sophia Bangura, one of the student journalists who worked on the project, was terminated from the organization three days later for “insubordination” for asking followup questions during the interview and declining to apologize to the interim president’s office."
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*supervillain with a heart of gold voice* Well well well
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
*supervillain with a heart of gold voice* Well well well
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Rep. LaMonica McIver had a long Wednesday. The New Jersey Democrat arrived at the hospital at 6 a.m. for surgery but left soon after for a rushed trip to Washington, where the House was scheduled at the last minute to vote on a bill to reopen the federal government.
New Jersey Rep Rushed to D.C. Hours After Surgery to Make Shutdown Vote
“It's beyond worth it, because that's what they elected me to do,” Rep. LaMonica McIver told NOTUS.
www.notus.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Rep. LaMonica McIver had a long Wednesday. The New Jersey Democrat arrived at the hospital at 6 a.m. for surgery but left soon after for a rushed trip to Washington, where the House was scheduled at the last minute to vote on a bill to reopen the federal government.