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Chilligan’s Islander
Related to the @nytimes.com “exposé” on #ZohranMamdani’s unaccepted app to @ColumbiaUniversity, & the hacker behind it, who goes by “Crémieux”. #AliciaKenworthy’s essay not only explains the sinister significance in the hacker’s name, it draws an insightful through-line from French Algeria to Gaza.
I Think I've Seen This Film Before
The Genocide in Gaza started as a Colonial War: A Case Study Comparison with French Algeria
catalectic.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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In case anyone on here needed more good reasons to boycott Walmart.

Here you are 🤲🏽
Walmart staff panic as bosses roll out mass sackings overnight leaving stores understaffed.

The retailer, is complying with a sweeping Supreme Court decision that allowed the Trump administration to revoke work protections for half a million migrant employees.

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Walmart staff panic as bosses roll out mass sackings overnight leaving stores understaffed - NewsBreak
Walmart employees are saying they're losing coworkers overnight.
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July 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Oh we are in real trouble. This is a sign. amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
It’s official: Miami cancels November election, postpones it to 2026
The change gives the city commissioners and the mayor an extra year in office.
amp.miamiherald.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
While news cycles are focused on our outrageous administration, with its unconstitutional gulag in El Salvador, let’s not forget the ones at home, still run by profiteers.
This story is a reminder that local politics (and news) matter!
Chad LaVia was acquitted after spending over a year in jail in Pennsylvania. But he was still hit with a bill for over $17,000 in “room and board” and other fees — and given just two months to pay it off. boltsmag.org/jail-de...
This Pennsylvania County Wiped Out Millions in Jail Debt
After Dauphin County ended the practice of charging people while they’re detained in jail, Commissioner Justin Douglas pushed it to forgive more than $65 million in lodging fees.
boltsmag.org
April 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Wait till DJ finds those crumb bums teasing him at the gas station.
March 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Ben Horowitz is known for bridging Hip-Hop and Silicon Valley, helping Nas diversify investments post-divorce, including early Uber stakes. He’s married to a Black woman from Compton, named Felicia, and they have a transgender son. Meanwhile...
Andreessen Horowitz Defends Hiring Daniel Penny
Mr. Penny, who was acquitted after choking a mentally ill subway passenger to death, was hired to join the firm’s American Dynamism investment team.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So, related to these #200ExecutiveOrders — looks like some of these master plan cheerleaders now understand #FAFO.
January 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Not the The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) disagreeing with MAGA. I’m shocked, but also understand neither actually cares.
January 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Let's not forget who instituted this co/opt of a celebration around virtue and morality, in the life and legacy of #MLK, to instead also celebrate the opposite—vice and immorality, of an American traitor—pretending they are one and the same. In ‘07 former #MS Governor #HaleyBarbour proclaimed it so.
January 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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January 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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In building a 68-mile tunnel under Las Vegas, Elon Musk’s Boring Company has skirted building, environmental and labor regulations, according to records obtained by ProPublica and City Cast Las Vegas.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight
Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.
propub.li
January 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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The antidote to drecky, hacky takes on LA from people who don't know it is the great writing we're seeing from people who love it.
my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social

my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged.

"Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?
Black Sci-Fi Writer Octavia Butler Predicted The Dystopia of the LA Fires By Studying History
This week, her hometown of Pasadena has seen at least 5 killed, and 5 schools burned to ash.
www.teenvogue.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
& in labor news, @seiu.org has reunified with the @aflcio.org. Time for the @teamsters.bsky.social to get on board to strengthen the power of the people over this evident rise of the oligarch overlords—in this pending era of greater greed. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/b...
SEIU Joins Forces With AFL-CIO Ahead of New Trump Era
A marriage between the service employees union and the A.F.L.-C.I.O. could better equip organized labor to deal with a less-friendly administration.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The tale of a Sheriff’s sale accidentally working out in favor of a deserving citizen, but authorities manipulate the system to reverse the outcome and regain their perpetual boot on the neck.
www.wcpo.com/news/local-n...
He bought an entire city street. Now Trenton wants it back, but the owner says they aren't paying its worth.
Jason Fauntleroy bought a vacant lot in Trenton, Ohio three years ago at an auction, hoping to build a home on it. With the purchase came more than just a lot: He bought the entire street.
www.wcpo.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Any other revaltions uncovered among the trove of last Friday’s #BidenPardons? I see PA’s #KidsForCash judge, the dishonorable #MichaelConagan, has been given clemency. So has #JaclynHooker the so called #QueenBee head of a drug dealing operation funding TX based ❄️👺 group, #TheAryanCircle. Meanwhile
December 17, 2024 at 9:24 PM
2600 convictions - how many crack rocks does that equally, to what Broward County Florida police cooked up itself, to convict that amount of people?
Florida prosecutor seeks to clear records of people charged with buying police-made crack in 1980s
A Florida prosecutor says he will seek to vacate as many as 2,600 convictions of people who bought crack cocaine manufactured by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office between 1988 and 1990.
apnews.com
December 15, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Drippy had the drop on the CEO I see.
December 5, 2024 at 11:25 PM
The Interesting Cas(t)e of Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy Secretly Thinks Elon Musk Is in “China’s Pocket”
Resurfaced audio shows Vivek Ramaswamy sang a very different tune about Elon Musk not too long ago.
newrepublic.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Anyone catch this, among other burried holiday news? Bubbling it back to the top of your timelines.
#SonyaMassey murderer released, pretrial!
Illinois court orders pretrial release for deputy charged in Sonya Massey's killing
An Illinois appellate court has ruled that a former deputy sheriff charged with murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey should be released from jail pending trial.
apnews.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:40 AM
First time in 63 years! #RoarLionsRoar
November 28, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Who knew (beyond NFL Thursday) that BezosPrime had live tv, and a channel dedicated to Bourdain reruns? Reminds me of my OG holiday binge watching of Real World.
November 28, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Published before the election, some insight into the fight between Oligarchical and Corporate power. Obviously the oligarchs duped the masses into choosing their version of evil.
The Choice this Election is between Corporate and Oligarchic Power
There is a civil war within capitalism. Kamala Harris is the face of corporate power. Donald Trump is the mascot of the oligarchs. Either way, we lose.
chrishedges.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:37 PM