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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at an ICE Detention Center where he was protesting its opening, a federal prosecutor said.
New Jersey mayor arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting, prosecutor says | CNN
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at an ICE Detention Center where he was protesting its opening, a federal prosecutor said.
www.cnn.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at an ICE Detention Center where he was protesting its opening, a federal prosecutor said.
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
May 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
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I’m….going to screen save this post.
Because, it’s SO now.
And…WTF?
Because, it’s SO now.
And…WTF?
We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.
April 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I’m….going to screen save this post.
Because, it’s SO now.
And…WTF?
Because, it’s SO now.
And…WTF?
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Raskin: Would it be problem for it to be standard practice to conduct sensitive foreign policy on a signal chat group? It just came out that Waltz’s team set up 20 signal group chats for crises across the world… I’m sure this will raise the question on whether he should continue in that position
April 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Raskin: Would it be problem for it to be standard practice to conduct sensitive foreign policy on a signal chat group? It just came out that Waltz’s team set up 20 signal group chats for crises across the world… I’m sure this will raise the question on whether he should continue in that position
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FLORIDA SPECIAL ELECTION
Tuesday, April 1st
There are only a couple of days left to jump in and volunteer to help Gay Valimont make history by flipping FL01.
Join us and sign up to help get out the vote!
🍊 Volunteer: Mobilize.us/GayForCongress
Tuesday, April 1st
There are only a couple of days left to jump in and volunteer to help Gay Valimont make history by flipping FL01.
Join us and sign up to help get out the vote!
🍊 Volunteer: Mobilize.us/GayForCongress
March 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
FLORIDA SPECIAL ELECTION
Tuesday, April 1st
There are only a couple of days left to jump in and volunteer to help Gay Valimont make history by flipping FL01.
Join us and sign up to help get out the vote!
🍊 Volunteer: Mobilize.us/GayForCongress
Tuesday, April 1st
There are only a couple of days left to jump in and volunteer to help Gay Valimont make history by flipping FL01.
Join us and sign up to help get out the vote!
🍊 Volunteer: Mobilize.us/GayForCongress
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Is tu riamh an ceann do dhleastanais,
mu chòcaireachd, caoraich, leabhraichean;
a bheil fios an d’fhuair thu do dhìol
airson do dheataim is spàirn is sgìths?
—Meg Bateman, “Màthair”
from Soirbheas/Fair Wind, Polygon Books 2007
A #Gaelic #poem for #MothersDay
mu chòcaireachd, caoraich, leabhraichean;
a bheil fios an d’fhuair thu do dhìol
airson do dheataim is spàirn is sgìths?
—Meg Bateman, “Màthair”
from Soirbheas/Fair Wind, Polygon Books 2007
A #Gaelic #poem for #MothersDay
March 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Is tu riamh an ceann do dhleastanais,
mu chòcaireachd, caoraich, leabhraichean;
a bheil fios an d’fhuair thu do dhìol
airson do dheataim is spàirn is sgìths?
—Meg Bateman, “Màthair”
from Soirbheas/Fair Wind, Polygon Books 2007
A #Gaelic #poem for #MothersDay
mu chòcaireachd, caoraich, leabhraichean;
a bheil fios an d’fhuair thu do dhìol
airson do dheataim is spàirn is sgìths?
—Meg Bateman, “Màthair”
from Soirbheas/Fair Wind, Polygon Books 2007
A #Gaelic #poem for #MothersDay
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NEW: Per a source with knowledge, the entire HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, or OIDP, was just fired.
March 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
NEW: Per a source with knowledge, the entire HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, or OIDP, was just fired.
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"Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online"
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...
www.spiegel.de
March 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online"
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
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I don’t care what Donald Trump says about me. I wear his scorn as a badge of honor.
But one lawyer — or even a thousand lawyers — won’t solve this problem alone. It will take the civic courage of thousands of leaders and millions of voters. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
But one lawyer — or even a thousand lawyers — won’t solve this problem alone. It will take the civic courage of thousands of leaders and millions of voters. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Latest Executive Order is a Sham—and a Warning
From Marc | The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections.
www.democracydocket.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I don’t care what Donald Trump says about me. I wear his scorn as a badge of honor.
But one lawyer — or even a thousand lawyers — won’t solve this problem alone. It will take the civic courage of thousands of leaders and millions of voters. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
But one lawyer — or even a thousand lawyers — won’t solve this problem alone. It will take the civic courage of thousands of leaders and millions of voters. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.
March 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.
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Quite a fun moment when the security contractors who had been terminated by the USIP but had switched their allegiances to DOGE entered the property with an unconfiscated key and headed immediately to the gun safe.
March 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Quite a fun moment when the security contractors who had been terminated by the USIP but had switched their allegiances to DOGE entered the property with an unconfiscated key and headed immediately to the gun safe.
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The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities
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In today’s installment of batshittery, Co-presidents Beavis & Butt-Head were standing on the WH lawn, grinning like two newly de-flowered incel assholes who just realized they could turn democracy into their own goddamn “CALL NOW!” segment on QV-motherfucking-C.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
The White House: Now with More Horsepower…
Less Democracy.
open.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In today’s installment of batshittery, Co-presidents Beavis & Butt-Head were standing on the WH lawn, grinning like two newly de-flowered incel assholes who just realized they could turn democracy into their own goddamn “CALL NOW!” segment on QV-motherfucking-C.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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me in 2005: Jurassic Park is unrealistic because it's a movie about a dinosaur theme park
me in 2025: Jurassic Park is unrealistic because the rich CEO of the dinosaur park is not immediately handed complete control of the US National Park Service
me in 2025: Jurassic Park is unrealistic because the rich CEO of the dinosaur park is not immediately handed complete control of the US National Park Service
March 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
me in 2005: Jurassic Park is unrealistic because it's a movie about a dinosaur theme park
me in 2025: Jurassic Park is unrealistic because the rich CEO of the dinosaur park is not immediately handed complete control of the US National Park Service
me in 2025: Jurassic Park is unrealistic because the rich CEO of the dinosaur park is not immediately handed complete control of the US National Park Service
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This is how you win back a district. New Jersey deserves a Rep who will listen to their constituents!
March 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is how you win back a district. New Jersey deserves a Rep who will listen to their constituents!
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Mahmood Khalil is the first person to have been disappeared by this administration. He will not be the last.
Disappeared: Mahmood Khalil
Disappeared count: 1
Khalil was a Columbia University graduate student, US permanent resident, and husband of a US citizen detained by order of the White House on 3/9/2025. He spoke out against the Israeli government, which is believed to be the reason he was targeted.
Disappeared count: 1
Khalil was a Columbia University graduate student, US permanent resident, and husband of a US citizen detained by order of the White House on 3/9/2025. He spoke out against the Israeli government, which is believed to be the reason he was targeted.
March 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Mahmood Khalil is the first person to have been disappeared by this administration. He will not be the last.
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The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
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This THREAD is essential for all of my colleagues in the academy.
PLEASE READ.
PLEASE READ.
There was a lot of #AcademicFreedom, good scholarship, and independent thought in German universities before Hitler. After Hitler had risen to power, many academics fled the country. Some resisted the Nazi regime and were persecuted. Most adapted to a new situation. Here are some examples. 1/n
March 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This THREAD is essential for all of my colleagues in the academy.
PLEASE READ.
PLEASE READ.
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I find the idea of Musk being in control even more disturbing than the idea of Trump being in control.
February 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I find the idea of Musk being in control even more disturbing than the idea of Trump being in control.
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
If you want to "fix the price of eggs" you could raise the minimum wage.
January 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you want to "fix the price of eggs" you could raise the minimum wage.
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Crickets...
January 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Crickets...