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From the pro law enforcement party comes eliminating crime stats so informed decisions cant be made depending on crime trends.
The Trump administration’s abrupt termination of funding for criminal justice data collection and research will upend years of progress toward building safer communities bit.ly/3Y4QGP2
Rollback of Federal Investment in Research and Data Collection Jeopardizes Public Safety
The Trump administration’s abrupt termination of funding for criminal justice data and research will upend years of progress toward building safer communities.
www.brennancenter.org
December 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
From the pro law enforcement party comes eliminating crime stats so informed decisions cant be made depending on crime trends.
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Cattle branding?
I'm uneasy with visible religious symbols because they historically function as markers of belonging and exclusion, and I’m sensitive to how identity symbols can falsely signify moral authority.
I'm uneasy with visible religious symbols because they historically function as markers of belonging and exclusion, and I’m sensitive to how identity symbols can falsely signify moral authority.
December 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Cattle branding?
I'm uneasy with visible religious symbols because they historically function as markers of belonging and exclusion, and I’m sensitive to how identity symbols can falsely signify moral authority.
I'm uneasy with visible religious symbols because they historically function as markers of belonging and exclusion, and I’m sensitive to how identity symbols can falsely signify moral authority.
Touching gift article... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Why I Keep Returning to Middle-Earth
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Touching gift article... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
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WTF? ICE is arguing in court that US CITIZENS can be detained, handcuffed, and biometrically screened unless they can prove citizenship on the spot. And that a REAL ID isn't enough. This isn't border security.
December 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
WTF? ICE is arguing in court that US CITIZENS can be detained, handcuffed, and biometrically screened unless they can prove citizenship on the spot. And that a REAL ID isn't enough. This isn't border security.
Firewood Banks Aren’t Inspiring. They’re a Sign of Collapse. newrepublic.com/article/2040... via @newrepublic.com
Firewood Banks Aren’t Inspiring. They’re a Sign of Collapse.
Rural communities are banding together to chop firewood so that people in need can heat their homes. This shouldn’t be necessary.
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Firewood Banks Aren’t Inspiring. They’re a Sign of Collapse. newrepublic.com/article/2040... via @newrepublic.com
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Sean Hecker, Kilmar's attorney, once hailed how much courage it took Kilmar to challenge what DOJ/DHS is doing to him. That stuck with me. Kilmar Abrego is just some guy, vulnerable in a way most of us are not.
But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.
But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.
"Today’s ruling is a powerful affirmation that the rule of law still matters," Sandoval-Moshenberg said. "The Court made … clear that the govt cannot detain a person indefinitely without legal authority, and that every agency involved must now comply fully and promptly with the Court’s directives."
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from ICE custody following judge's order
Judge Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court in Maryland ruled that the Trump administration lacked the legal authority to continue holding Abrego.
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Sean Hecker, Kilmar's attorney, once hailed how much courage it took Kilmar to challenge what DOJ/DHS is doing to him. That stuck with me. Kilmar Abrego is just some guy, vulnerable in a way most of us are not.
But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.
But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.
"...the administration’s claimed legal bases for conducting the lethal operations, as well as its legal characterization of them, are counterfactual, counter-normative, and...contradictory.
Presidential Determinations On Tren de Aragua and Venezuela www.justsecurity.org/123360/presi...
Presidential Determinations On Tren de Aragua and Venezuela www.justsecurity.org/123360/presi...
Irreconcilable Presidential Determinations on TdA and Venezuela
The two characterizations are mutually exclusive; it is legally impossible to maintain both simultaneously.
www.justsecurity.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"...the administration’s claimed legal bases for conducting the lethal operations, as well as its legal characterization of them, are counterfactual, counter-normative, and...contradictory.
Presidential Determinations On Tren de Aragua and Venezuela www.justsecurity.org/123360/presi...
Presidential Determinations On Tren de Aragua and Venezuela www.justsecurity.org/123360/presi...
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15.8 billion miles away from earth. 😳
Next up, a meeting with the Epsilon Eridani aliens in, checks watch, a million years.
Next up, a meeting with the Epsilon Eridani aliens in, checks watch, a million years.
Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth in 2026. Here’s what that means | CNN
Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, could soon become the first spacecraft to reach a historic milestone. In November 2026, the probe will be one light-day from Earth.
www.cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
15.8 billion miles away from earth. 😳
Next up, a meeting with the Epsilon Eridani aliens in, checks watch, a million years.
Next up, a meeting with the Epsilon Eridani aliens in, checks watch, a million years.
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this is crazy, these people are 2nd grade-level liars
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
this is crazy, these people are 2nd grade-level liars
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He thinks 5G is about cameras. Donald Trump is an idiot.
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
He thinks 5G is about cameras. Donald Trump is an idiot.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Cinema will find a way. 💕
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Cinema will find a way. 💕
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Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
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Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
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Hannah reminds us why we have a cabinet with "talents" like Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, RFKJr and Pam Bondi...
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hannah reminds us why we have a cabinet with "talents" like Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, RFKJr and Pam Bondi...
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More than 100 immigration judges fired or pushed out since Trump took office
More than 100 immigration judges fired or pushed out since Trump took office
More than 100 immigration judges fired or pushed out since Trump took office
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
More than 100 immigration judges fired or pushed out since Trump took office
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"In other words: Hegseth was there, watching live, but didn’t issue any orders, but was extremely happy that the spirit of the orders he never issued were executed anyway, which he then took credit for in real time and hailed as a glorious triumph." lnk.thebulwark.com/3KCnNX9
Lies, Coverup, and Videotape
Congress must thoroughly investigate the boat strikes.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"In other words: Hegseth was there, watching live, but didn’t issue any orders, but was extremely happy that the spirit of the orders he never issued were executed anyway, which he then took credit for in real time and hailed as a glorious triumph." lnk.thebulwark.com/3KCnNX9
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My brother-in-law, who is also a close friend, is at David's show tonight, Fox Theater, Atlanta. Lucky man.
Ticket prices for shows these days price them out of bounds for my budget. However, NPR is FREE - completely within my budget, and this one is almost as good as seeing him in concert.
TY NPR.
Ticket prices for shows these days price them out of bounds for my budget. However, NPR is FREE - completely within my budget, and this one is almost as good as seeing him in concert.
TY NPR.
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
My brother-in-law, who is also a close friend, is at David's show tonight, Fox Theater, Atlanta. Lucky man.
Ticket prices for shows these days price them out of bounds for my budget. However, NPR is FREE - completely within my budget, and this one is almost as good as seeing him in concert.
TY NPR.
Ticket prices for shows these days price them out of bounds for my budget. However, NPR is FREE - completely within my budget, and this one is almost as good as seeing him in concert.
TY NPR.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Prices in the Machine" - A.I. preying on personal data to maximize prices. prospect.org/2025/12/02/p...
Prices in the Machine - The American Prospect
AI’s real contribution to humanity could be maximizing corporate profit by preying on personal data to raise prices. In fact, it’s already happening.
prospect.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Prices in the Machine" - A.I. preying on personal data to maximize prices. prospect.org/2025/12/02/p...
The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That. newrepublic.com/article/2036... via @newrepublic.com
The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That.
Oil companies want the Supreme Court to intervene to dismiss lawsuits about climate change. Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito both have big conflicts of interest on that front.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That. newrepublic.com/article/2036... via @newrepublic.com
Progressive Mayors vs. Developers prospect.org/2025/11/25/p...
Progressive Mayors vs. Developers - The American Prospect
In New York, one of the toughest challenges that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani faces will be preserving and increasing the supply of affordable housing. Same story in Boston, where progressive Mayor Mich...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Progressive Mayors vs. Developers prospect.org/2025/11/25/p...