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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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NEW: North Carolina prison officials, this summer, raised the price of items that incarcerated people can buy.
The prices are already way marked-up; & incarcerated people make a tiny fraction of minimum wage if they work.
An incarcerated reporter explains what's happening, & why it matters:
The prices are already way marked-up; & incarcerated people make a tiny fraction of minimum wage if they work.
An incarcerated reporter explains what's happening, & why it matters:
North Carolina Prison Officials Raise Prices for Those Who Can Least Afford It - Bolts
It’s 4:30 pm on a Monday as Colell Steele stands in front of the closed canteen window at Neuse Correctional, a medium-custody prison in North Carolina. He’s lined up to... Read More
boltsmag.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NEW: North Carolina prison officials, this summer, raised the price of items that incarcerated people can buy.
The prices are already way marked-up; & incarcerated people make a tiny fraction of minimum wage if they work.
An incarcerated reporter explains what's happening, & why it matters:
The prices are already way marked-up; & incarcerated people make a tiny fraction of minimum wage if they work.
An incarcerated reporter explains what's happening, & why it matters:
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Bernie Moreno was born in Columbia to a powerful political family there www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Bernie Moreno was born in Columbia to a powerful political family there www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Please read to the end. This kind of blew my own mind.
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández—pardoned by Trump while the counting in Honduras’ current presidential election is still in progress—-was accused not only of drug trafficking, but also of election fraud during the 2013 and 2017 Honduran presidential elections. 1/
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Please read to the end. This kind of blew my own mind.
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United States paid Eswatini $5.1M to accept deportees from third countries, Eswatini’s finance minister confirmed to Reuters.
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
United States paid Eswatini $5.1M to accept deportees from third countries, Eswatini’s finance minister confirmed to Reuters.
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In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
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America has no idea what's about to hit them. "Young Republicans" are fully steeped in neo-Nazi edge lord talking points. Fuentes is the present and future of the GOP. After Trump, this is the new form of MAGA. The establishment isn't built for this fight.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling
The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
America has no idea what's about to hit them. "Young Republicans" are fully steeped in neo-Nazi edge lord talking points. Fuentes is the present and future of the GOP. After Trump, this is the new form of MAGA. The establishment isn't built for this fight.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Essential research shows that particulate pollution—generated from motor fuels exhaust, tire wear, wildfires, factories, etc—is associated with dementia. More evidence that it is in the interest of public health to reduce pollution. (Gift link)
What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Essential research shows that particulate pollution—generated from motor fuels exhaust, tire wear, wildfires, factories, etc—is associated with dementia. More evidence that it is in the interest of public health to reduce pollution. (Gift link)
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Maybe you need something different than doomscrolling? How about a banger about disco snails? youtu.be/oAZBKlVSLkU?...
Vulfmon & Zachary Barker - Disco Snails (Official Video)
YouTube video by Vulf
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October 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Maybe you need something different than doomscrolling? How about a banger about disco snails? youtu.be/oAZBKlVSLkU?...
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
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Earlier this year, we published an article headlined “10 Ways to Enrich the Trumps and the MAGA Movement.”
We failed, though, to consider that the president might simply force the US government, i.e. us taxpayers, to straight-up pay him hundreds of millions of dollars.
We failed, though, to consider that the president might simply force the US government, i.e. us taxpayers, to straight-up pay him hundreds of millions of dollars.
Report: Trump demands taxpayers hand him $230 million
Is it still "ridiculous that anyone would even suggest" that he's cashing in?
www.motherjones.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Earlier this year, we published an article headlined “10 Ways to Enrich the Trumps and the MAGA Movement.”
We failed, though, to consider that the president might simply force the US government, i.e. us taxpayers, to straight-up pay him hundreds of millions of dollars.
We failed, though, to consider that the president might simply force the US government, i.e. us taxpayers, to straight-up pay him hundreds of millions of dollars.
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“The fear generated by this action is totally inconsistent with the goal of having a government that follows the law rather than doing whatever it pleases," a former IRS commissioner told @michaelmechanic.bsky.social, of the Wall Street Journal's Trump-IRS bombshell.
It sure looks like Trump is about to weaponize the IRS
That is very, very bad—and also illegal.
www.motherjones.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
“The fear generated by this action is totally inconsistent with the goal of having a government that follows the law rather than doing whatever it pleases," a former IRS commissioner told @michaelmechanic.bsky.social, of the Wall Street Journal's Trump-IRS bombshell.
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"It was unclear why Adm. Holsey is leaving now, less than a year into his tenure....But one of the U.S. officials...said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"It was unclear why Adm. Holsey is leaving now, less than a year into his tenure....But one of the U.S. officials...said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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This is how The Boston Globe chooses to frame the kidnapping of a local teenager.
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is how The Boston Globe chooses to frame the kidnapping of a local teenager.
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Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...
Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.
www.statnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...
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They're going to shred what's left of the Voting Rights Act. slate.trib.al/gDWHR6g
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Rule That It’s Racist to Remedy Racism
It's going to be an electoral bonanza for Republicans.
slate.trib.al
October 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
They're going to shred what's left of the Voting Rights Act. slate.trib.al/gDWHR6g
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Looks like Pulte filed his backdated Form 3 yesterday, the day we published my story. Better 7 months late than never! fanniemae.gcs-web.com/static-files...
New from me: In March, FHFA director Bill Pulte made himself chairman of the board of Fannie Mae. But after, he did not file a required disclosure form tied to the role with the SEC—the same kind of paperwork error he has used to attack Trump's political foes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own
As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.
www.motherjones.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Looks like Pulte filed his backdated Form 3 yesterday, the day we published my story. Better 7 months late than never! fanniemae.gcs-web.com/static-files...
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New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences.
Unserious people cause real-world harm.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Unserious people cause real-world harm.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences.
Unserious people cause real-world harm.
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Unserious people cause real-world harm.
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
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Seriously folks ICE is making fake 911 calls to Chicago PD according to the hellsite. They are the biggest perpetrators of lawless and criminal violence in the country today.
October 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Seriously folks ICE is making fake 911 calls to Chicago PD according to the hellsite. They are the biggest perpetrators of lawless and criminal violence in the country today.
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📽️ WATCH: In 2016, the Mississippi River broke through a levee and wiped out 1,200 acres of Steve Williams’ farmland.
He signed up for a federal program in 2019 to retire the damaged fields. But instead of help, he and his daughter had to spend years farming the unfarmable: https://propub.li/3KFetS7
He signed up for a federal program in 2019 to retire the damaged fields. But instead of help, he and his daughter had to spend years farming the unfarmable: https://propub.li/3KFetS7
October 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
📽️ WATCH: In 2016, the Mississippi River broke through a levee and wiped out 1,200 acres of Steve Williams’ farmland.
He signed up for a federal program in 2019 to retire the damaged fields. But instead of help, he and his daughter had to spend years farming the unfarmable: https://propub.li/3KFetS7
He signed up for a federal program in 2019 to retire the damaged fields. But instead of help, he and his daughter had to spend years farming the unfarmable: https://propub.li/3KFetS7
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When is the round table on the tooth fairy?
October 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
When is the round table on the tooth fairy?
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Maybe someone should investigate if Wells Fargo asked ICE to evict the occupants for them.
therealdeal.com/chicago/2025...
therealdeal.com/chicago/2025...
Inside real estate fight that led to South Shore immigration raid
City of Chicago inspected the troubled 130-unit apartment complex two weeks before massive federal operation on Chicago’s South Side.
therealdeal.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Maybe someone should investigate if Wells Fargo asked ICE to evict the occupants for them.
therealdeal.com/chicago/2025...
therealdeal.com/chicago/2025...
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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.
The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.
The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.