Tom Smith
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Biden was the kind of old where you take away the car keys. Trump is the kind of old where you don't let him near the grandchildren
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Biden was the kind of old where you take away the car keys. Trump is the kind of old where you don't let him near the grandchildren
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NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
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Photojournalist Bill Biggart died when the second tower collapsed on him on 9/11, but the film he shot that day and his flash card were recovered from the debris and developed, along with his flash card.
You can see his amazing photos of 9/11, the last photos he took while alive, here:
You can see his amazing photos of 9/11, the last photos he took while alive, here:
September 11th — Bill Biggart Photographer
www.billbiggart.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Photojournalist Bill Biggart died when the second tower collapsed on him on 9/11, but the film he shot that day and his flash card were recovered from the debris and developed, along with his flash card.
You can see his amazing photos of 9/11, the last photos he took while alive, here:
You can see his amazing photos of 9/11, the last photos he took while alive, here:
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In a 2016 discussion, Commissioner Baldwin said, dismissing the idea of updating warning systems:
"The thought of our beautiful Kerr County having these damn sirens going off in the middle of night, I'm going to have to start drinking again to put up with y'all."
"The thought of our beautiful Kerr County having these damn sirens going off in the middle of night, I'm going to have to start drinking again to put up with y'all."
legacy.co.kerr.tx.us
July 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
In a 2016 discussion, Commissioner Baldwin said, dismissing the idea of updating warning systems:
"The thought of our beautiful Kerr County having these damn sirens going off in the middle of night, I'm going to have to start drinking again to put up with y'all."
"The thought of our beautiful Kerr County having these damn sirens going off in the middle of night, I'm going to have to start drinking again to put up with y'all."
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ANALYSIS: There is a LOT of stuff in the media right now about the Massive Ordinance Penetrator-- the American bunker-buster that might get used on Iran's deeply buried site at Fordow.
Can it hit Fordow? I'm not sure.
Here's why (WITH MATH). 🧵
Can it hit Fordow? I'm not sure.
Here's why (WITH MATH). 🧵
June 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
ANALYSIS: There is a LOT of stuff in the media right now about the Massive Ordinance Penetrator-- the American bunker-buster that might get used on Iran's deeply buried site at Fordow.
Can it hit Fordow? I'm not sure.
Here's why (WITH MATH). 🧵
Can it hit Fordow? I'm not sure.
Here's why (WITH MATH). 🧵
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Strains bounds of propriety?
Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?
Am I having a stroke?
What is happening?
Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?
Am I having a stroke?
What is happening?
May 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Strains bounds of propriety?
Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?
Am I having a stroke?
What is happening?
Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?
Am I having a stroke?
What is happening?
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And the Sun-Times got a photo of the new pope at a Sox Game (yes yes the 2005 World Series) — chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
Chicago high school cheers White Sox fan Pope Leo XIV — 'He's one of us'
While Robert Francis Prevost didn’t attend St. Rita of Cascia High School in Ashburn, his connection to the school runs deep. In the 1980s, he was a substitute and summer school teacher at the school ...
chicago.suntimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
And the Sun-Times got a photo of the new pope at a Sox Game (yes yes the 2005 World Series) — chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
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In fact, it is well established that when there is a conflict between a written order and an oral order, the oral order controls (i.e., is more binding than the written order):
March 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
In fact, it is well established that when there is a conflict between a written order and an oral order, the oral order controls (i.e., is more binding than the written order):
