Calvin Hilton
@calvinhilton.bsky.social
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New from @jaxtrib.org | A communication breakdown within the JSO dispatch system led multiple officers on a frenzied search for the wrong car in the wake of a fatal drive-by shooting. An officer shot a 14-year-old boy who had nothing to do with the crime.
jaxtrib.org/2025/12/05/p...
jaxtrib.org/2025/12/05/p...
Police shooting of 14-year-old boy exposes JSO dispatch failure
The shooting, which the state attorney said was a "perfect storm" of unusual circumstances, revealed a critical flaw in JSO's dispatch system.
jaxtrib.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
New from @jaxtrib.org | A communication breakdown within the JSO dispatch system led multiple officers on a frenzied search for the wrong car in the wake of a fatal drive-by shooting. An officer shot a 14-year-old boy who had nothing to do with the crime.
jaxtrib.org/2025/12/05/p...
jaxtrib.org/2025/12/05/p...
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An addendum to today's post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-pro-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
An addendum to today's post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-pro-...
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The government has no business spying on court watchers' group chats.
Monitoring the courts is First Amendment-protected activity. Period.
Monitoring the courts is First Amendment-protected activity. Period.
BREAKING: The FBI infiltrated the private Signal chat of a volunteer group monitoring ICE activity at immigration courts.
Spying on New Yorkers for their constitutionally-protected activism is a dangerous return to the discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
Spying on New Yorkers for their constitutionally-protected activism is a dangerous return to the discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The government has no business spying on court watchers' group chats.
Monitoring the courts is First Amendment-protected activity. Period.
Monitoring the courts is First Amendment-protected activity. Period.
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ICYMI: Post editorials advance Bezos’ financial interests, omit conflicts
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
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Post editorials advance Bezos’ financial interests, omit conflicts
A report by NPR revealed that “[o]n at least three occasions in the past two weeks, an official [Washington] Post editorial has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest wi...
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
ICYMI: Post editorials advance Bezos’ financial interests, omit conflicts
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
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Starbucks' outrageous CEO-to-worker pay gap might make you spit out your morning coffee. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
October 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Starbucks' outrageous CEO-to-worker pay gap might make you spit out your morning coffee. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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If AI can't distinguish between a Doritos bag and a gun, it can't be trusted to police our communities.
Gun-Toting Police Swarm, Handcuff Young Black Man After AI Mistakes Doritos Bag For a Gun | ACLU
Deploying AI in inappropriate ways can and does get people hurt
www.aclu.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If AI can't distinguish between a Doritos bag and a gun, it can't be trusted to police our communities.
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
Drawn by a Vast Rocky Landscape on Ireland’s West Coast www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/t...
Drawn by a Vast Rocky Landscape on Ireland’s West Coast
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Drawn by a Vast Rocky Landscape on Ireland’s West Coast www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/t...
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Today, I'm breaking down everything you need to know about how Trump and the Republicans plan to interfere with the 2026 and 2028 elections. youtube.com/watch?v=7PXQ...
Is Trump Rigging The 2026 Election Already?
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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September 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Today, I'm breaking down everything you need to know about how Trump and the Republicans plan to interfere with the 2026 and 2028 elections. youtube.com/watch?v=7PXQ...
NSS
all signs point to this being just an incredibly destabilizing moment. very very bad stuff. we're in a very dark place.
September 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
NSS
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BREAKING: The House just passed its annual defense bill by a 231-196 margin, bringing the U.S. one step closer to spending $1 TRILLION a year on the military.
Reminder: The House took away Medicaid and SNAP in JULY because these programs were "too expensive.”
Reminder: The House took away Medicaid and SNAP in JULY because these programs were "too expensive.”
September 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
BREAKING: The House just passed its annual defense bill by a 231-196 margin, bringing the U.S. one step closer to spending $1 TRILLION a year on the military.
Reminder: The House took away Medicaid and SNAP in JULY because these programs were "too expensive.”
Reminder: The House took away Medicaid and SNAP in JULY because these programs were "too expensive.”
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$31 billion to prop up an industry that is destroying our planet.
Our government continues to put the interest and profits of the fossil fuel industry over the safety of Americans.
We need to end polluter handouts NOW.
Our government continues to put the interest and profits of the fossil fuel industry over the safety of Americans.
We need to end polluter handouts NOW.
September 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
$31 billion to prop up an industry that is destroying our planet.
Our government continues to put the interest and profits of the fossil fuel industry over the safety of Americans.
We need to end polluter handouts NOW.
Our government continues to put the interest and profits of the fossil fuel industry over the safety of Americans.
We need to end polluter handouts NOW.
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welcome back polio!
September 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
welcome back polio!
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
August 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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New in PN: @pkrugman.bsky.social on Trump's teetering economy
"The thing that’s extra damaging now is the craziness. Nobody knows what the tariff rates will be in six months. That means a lot of cash sits on the sidelines."
"The thing that’s extra damaging now is the craziness. Nobody knows what the tariff rates will be in six months. That means a lot of cash sits on the sidelines."
Paul Krugman on Trump's economic house of cards
"The thing that’s extra damaging now is the craziness."
www.publicnotice.co
August 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
New in PN: @pkrugman.bsky.social on Trump's teetering economy
"The thing that’s extra damaging now is the craziness. Nobody knows what the tariff rates will be in six months. That means a lot of cash sits on the sidelines."
"The thing that’s extra damaging now is the craziness. Nobody knows what the tariff rates will be in six months. That means a lot of cash sits on the sidelines."
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Are we really cool with our government handing 12 Wall Street bankers $52 million with absolutely no idea what they'll do with it and a vague promise that it'll all trickle down eventually?
Really?
Really?
August 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Are we really cool with our government handing 12 Wall Street bankers $52 million with absolutely no idea what they'll do with it and a vague promise that it'll all trickle down eventually?
Really?
Really?
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I wrote about the imaginary New Jersey windmills of Trump's mind and other topics 1/ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/kilowatt-m...
Kilowatt Madness
Trump’s electricity crisis — and ours
paulkrugman.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I wrote about the imaginary New Jersey windmills of Trump's mind and other topics 1/ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/kilowatt-m...
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Trump posted on Truth Social that “We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting."
34 countries allow postal voting including Canada, the UK, & Australia.
Shocker: Trump is yet again blatantly lying to the American people.
34 countries allow postal voting including Canada, the UK, & Australia.
Shocker: Trump is yet again blatantly lying to the American people.
August 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trump posted on Truth Social that “We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting."
34 countries allow postal voting including Canada, the UK, & Australia.
Shocker: Trump is yet again blatantly lying to the American people.
34 countries allow postal voting including Canada, the UK, & Australia.
Shocker: Trump is yet again blatantly lying to the American people.
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Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
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from today’s post, in which the DC-insider website The Hill actually broaches the subject of Donny’s cognitive decline —
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/3IZi9gD
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/3IZi9gD
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
August 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
from today’s post, in which the DC-insider website The Hill actually broaches the subject of Donny’s cognitive decline —
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/3IZi9gD
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/3IZi9gD
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
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Let me get this straight: Trump is using millions in FEMA shelter and services funds to build the cruel and unnecessary "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention facility.
The cruelty is staggering.
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/a-dedicated-fema-fund-will-pay-for-alligator-alcatraz/
The cruelty is staggering.
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/a-dedicated-fema-fund-will-pay-for-alligator-alcatraz/
A Dedicated FEMA Fund Will Pay for 'Alligator Alcatraz' - FactCheck.org
Q: Are FEMA funds being used to construct an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades? A: Yes, the immigrant dete
www.factcheck.org
July 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Let me get this straight: Trump is using millions in FEMA shelter and services funds to build the cruel and unnecessary "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention facility.
The cruelty is staggering.
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/a-dedicated-fema-fund-will-pay-for-alligator-alcatraz/
The cruelty is staggering.
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/a-dedicated-fema-fund-will-pay-for-alligator-alcatraz/
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EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker.
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
June 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker.
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...