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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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“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 2:42 AM
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Trump administration must pay food aid benefits within days, judge says reut.rs/4qzV4CF
Trump administration must pay food aid benefits within days, judge says
A federal court in Rhode Island on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to make full food aid benefit payments by Monday, or partial payments by Wednesday, while acknowledging the "irreparable harm" that exists without their timely payment.
reut.rs
November 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Trump administration must pay food aid benefits within days, judge says reut.rs/4qzV4CF
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Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.
More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents
ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.
www.motherjones.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.
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A federal judge has denied OpenAI's request to dismiss a copyright suit from George R. R. Martin, Ta-Nehisi Coates, John Grisham and other authors.
The judge says that text generated by ChatGPT may infringe their copyrights.
The judge says that text generated by ChatGPT may infringe their copyrights.
October 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A federal judge has denied OpenAI's request to dismiss a copyright suit from George R. R. Martin, Ta-Nehisi Coates, John Grisham and other authors.
The judge says that text generated by ChatGPT may infringe their copyrights.
The judge says that text generated by ChatGPT may infringe their copyrights.
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Have you seen the banners on government agencies’ websites blaming the government shutdown on a particular political party? That likely violates several laws.
We sent records requests to eight agencies seeking communications and policies regarding these messages.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
We sent records requests to eight agencies seeking communications and policies regarding these messages.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Have you seen the banners on government agencies’ websites blaming the government shutdown on a particular political party? That likely violates several laws.
We sent records requests to eight agencies seeking communications and policies regarding these messages.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
We sent records requests to eight agencies seeking communications and policies regarding these messages.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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The Trump administration's latest move to re-deport Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia has failed once again.
Trump's bid to ship out wrongly deported migrant 'fizzles' out again
The Trump administration's latest move to re-deport Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia has failed once again.According to Politico, U.S. officials have tried to remove him to Africa, but so far have found no country willing to take him: "A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official t...
bit.ly
October 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Trump administration's latest move to re-deport Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia has failed once again.
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Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
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The man had been detained for more than 37 days without being charged with any immigration violation.
ICE Ordered to Release Man From 24/7 Guard After Leg Break
www.newsweek.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The man had been detained for more than 37 days without being charged with any immigration violation.
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Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city. via @opb.org
Federal tactics on Portland protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump
Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on prote...
www.opb.org
October 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city. via @opb.org
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Outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Saturday, federal officers pushed crowds of protesters hundreds of yards down city streets and fired tear gas, flash-bang grenades and pepper balls without any clear signs of provocation.
Federal tactics on Portland protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump
Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city.
www.opb.org
October 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Saturday, federal officers pushed crowds of protesters hundreds of yards down city streets and fired tear gas, flash-bang grenades and pepper balls without any clear signs of provocation.
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“They was bringing the kids down too, had them zip-tied to each other,” she said. “That’s all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where’s the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, ‘f*** them kids.’” trib.al/Eyd0Wfu
ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building
ICE agents forced everyone out of a Chicago apartment building in the dead of night.
trib.al
October 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“They was bringing the kids down too, had them zip-tied to each other,” she said. “That’s all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where’s the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, ‘f*** them kids.’” trib.al/Eyd0Wfu
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Some 450 activists were arrested as Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet of 42 boats seeking to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza and deliver a symbolic amount of aid to the famine-stricken territory.
https://to.pbs.org/4o8OQYn
https://to.pbs.org/4o8OQYn
Released Gaza flotilla activists allege mistreatment while being detained in Israel
Some of the activists detained while trying to reach Gaza by sea have returned to their home countries to describe mistreatment at the hands of Israeli guards, claims that Israel denies.
www.pbs.org
October 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Some 450 activists were arrested as Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet of 42 boats seeking to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza and deliver a symbolic amount of aid to the famine-stricken territory.
https://to.pbs.org/4o8OQYn
https://to.pbs.org/4o8OQYn
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Agents fired pepper balls into a crowd of about 75 protesters Saturday evening and several arrests were made. Steve Held, a Chicago man who describes himself as an independent journalist, was one of those arrested.
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ICE 'launching enforcement action' after Broadview mayor urges agents to end 'siege' on protesters, village officials say
Village officials said Saturday that federal agents warned the Broadview Police Department there would be “a sh-- show” in Broadview in response to Mayor Katrina Thompson's comments that ICE is “making war on my community.”
trib.al
September 28, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Agents fired pepper balls into a crowd of about 75 protesters Saturday evening and several arrests were made. Steve Held, a Chicago man who describes himself as an independent journalist, was one of those arrested.
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"Too often, women are pitted against themselves — told that caring for their own health means risking their child’s — when in fact, evidence and trusted medical providers show us ways to support both maternal well-being and healthy fetal development," writes Kristin Hodson.
Voices: ‘Toughing it out’ isn’t maternal mental health care
"Too often, women are pitted against themselves — told that caring for their own health means risking their child’s — when in fact, evidence and trusted medical providers show us ways to support both maternal well-being and healthy fetal development," writes Kristin Hodson.
www.sltrib.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"Too often, women are pitted against themselves — told that caring for their own health means risking their child’s — when in fact, evidence and trusted medical providers show us ways to support both maternal well-being and healthy fetal development," writes Kristin Hodson.
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Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet
Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on tra...
www.propublica.org
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
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When J. D. Vance hosted “The Charlie Kirk Show,” it became clear that the Vice-President was not interested in soothing the nation after Kirk’s horrific, polarizing murder.
J. D. Vance, Charlie Kirk, and the Politics-as-Talk-Show Singularity
Broadcasting from the White House, the Vice-President seemed to complete the merger of politics and red-meat live streams—and to threaten more ominous crackdowns ahead.
www.newyorker.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
When J. D. Vance hosted “The Charlie Kirk Show,” it became clear that the Vice-President was not interested in soothing the nation after Kirk’s horrific, polarizing murder.
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So much for the justices’ promise of a “colorblind Constitution.”
The Supreme Court says colleges can’t consider race. But ICE can.
So much for the justices' promise of a "colorblind Constitution."
www.motherjones.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
So much for the justices’ promise of a “colorblind Constitution.”
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The Brennan Center is connecting the dots between the Trump administration’s unprecedented, and in some cases illegal, moves to undermine American elections.
Join us on Thursday, September 18, at 3 p.m. ET for a live virtual event on protecting the integrity of the vote. RSVP: bit.ly/46gWk3V
Join us on Thursday, September 18, at 3 p.m. ET for a live virtual event on protecting the integrity of the vote. RSVP: bit.ly/46gWk3V
September 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Brennan Center is connecting the dots between the Trump administration’s unprecedented, and in some cases illegal, moves to undermine American elections.
Join us on Thursday, September 18, at 3 p.m. ET for a live virtual event on protecting the integrity of the vote. RSVP: bit.ly/46gWk3V
Join us on Thursday, September 18, at 3 p.m. ET for a live virtual event on protecting the integrity of the vote. RSVP: bit.ly/46gWk3V
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A federal judge late Friday ruled that the Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary employees earlier this year was illegal, a victory for the labor unions and nonprofit groups that had sued the government over the terminations.
Mass Firing of Probationary Federal Employees Was Illegal, Judge Rules
Months have passed since the lawsuit was filed, and many of the fired employees have moved on, the judge noted.
nyti.ms
September 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A federal judge late Friday ruled that the Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary employees earlier this year was illegal, a victory for the labor unions and nonprofit groups that had sued the government over the terminations.
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Charlie Kirk spent his life making people like me unsafe. His followers sent me death threats for years and threatened my employer if they didn’t terminate me.
His work was NEVER about free speech. It was about hate and emboldening violent people. The dishonesty of the past 24hrs is disgusting.
His work was NEVER about free speech. It was about hate and emboldening violent people. The dishonesty of the past 24hrs is disgusting.
September 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Charlie Kirk spent his life making people like me unsafe. His followers sent me death threats for years and threatened my employer if they didn’t terminate me.
His work was NEVER about free speech. It was about hate and emboldening violent people. The dishonesty of the past 24hrs is disgusting.
His work was NEVER about free speech. It was about hate and emboldening violent people. The dishonesty of the past 24hrs is disgusting.
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Authorities say a 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an unspecified extremist network fired multiple shots with a revolver during an attack at a suburban Denver school.
Authorities say student who had been radicalized fired revolver at Colorado school, wounding 2
Authorities say a 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an unspecified extremist network fired multiple shots with a revolver during an attack at a suburban Denver school.
bit.ly
September 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Authorities say a 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an unspecified extremist network fired multiple shots with a revolver during an attack at a suburban Denver school.
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This. Is. Fascism.
What the actual fuck.
US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”
US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”
U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump
An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.
www.benrothenberg.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This. Is. Fascism.
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JD Vance has always been the long-term plan for right-wing tech billionaires to cement a dictatorship in America.
“Vance has been anointed by Thiel and the rest of the anti-democracy movement as the post-Trump president, tasked with replacing the US establishment with an authoritarian regime.”
“Vance has been anointed by Thiel and the rest of the anti-democracy movement as the post-Trump president, tasked with replacing the US establishment with an authoritarian regime.”
JD Vance is the handpicked leader of the antidemocracy movement in America | Robert Reich
Rightwing tech lords are betting that Vance will be the Republican presidential pick in 2028. They’re probably right
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
JD Vance has always been the long-term plan for right-wing tech billionaires to cement a dictatorship in America.
“Vance has been anointed by Thiel and the rest of the anti-democracy movement as the post-Trump president, tasked with replacing the US establishment with an authoritarian regime.”
“Vance has been anointed by Thiel and the rest of the anti-democracy movement as the post-Trump president, tasked with replacing the US establishment with an authoritarian regime.”
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CVS is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states, including Florida, New York and Pennsylvania, even to people who meet newly restricted criteria from the FDA.
CVS said it needed a CDC panel to recommend the shots before it could offer them nationwide.
CVS said it needed a CDC panel to recommend the shots before it could offer them nationwide.
CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States
The country’s largest pharmacy chain said it needed a C.D.C. panel to recommend the shots before it could offer them nationwide.
nyti.ms
August 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
CVS is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states, including Florida, New York and Pennsylvania, even to people who meet newly restricted criteria from the FDA.
CVS said it needed a CDC panel to recommend the shots before it could offer them nationwide.
CVS said it needed a CDC panel to recommend the shots before it could offer them nationwide.