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Mother Nature suits up every day and she always bats last.
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This is a policy failure by every city in Minnesota.

This gentleman and I had just gotten off the busiest bus line in the state. The entire sidewalk was this bad or worse.

Enforcement is not working. Community driven solutions leave too many areas out.

Municipal sidewalk clearing now.
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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States need to push back hard here. ICE is saying Real ID isn't valid because some states extend it to those lawfully present and now a state issued birth certificate is deemed insufficient, in this case Maryland. This is very dangerous.
December 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Pls sign/share! UNC is preparing to cave to political pressure from the Heritage Foundation by publishing all syllabi online.

This puts a target on instructors' backs. It clears a path for abuse and endangers student safety.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...
Protect Academic Freedom, Our Faculty, Our Communities
Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members: The UNC System is preparing to cave to political pressure from the Heritage Foundation, the Oversight Project, and the James Martin Center by ...
actionnetwork.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Greg Bovino took a photo yesterday with known Proud Boys, in Slidell, Louisiana, including one wearing a Proud Boys hat.
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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ICYMI, I wrote about Greg Bovino texting someone to complain that DHS is hiding him, and appearing to admit that Border Patrol was running license plates to find doors to knock on.
December 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Protesters rally in New Orleans as Trump launches immigration sweep

www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
Protesters rally in New Orleans as Trump launches immigration sweep
New Orleans anti-ICE protesters gather at City Hall to protest Trump's deportation effort known as "Swamp Sweep"
www.nola.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to shorten the deadline again for returning absentee ballots — removing any grace period and invalidating all ballots that arrive after Election Day. That measure, Ohio Senate Bill 293, is now on its way to the governor. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/19/o...
Ohio lawmakers send new Election Day deadline for absentee ballots law to governor • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to shorten the deadline again for returning absentee ballots — removing any grace period and invalidating all ballots that arrive after Election Day.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it

New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Waging war without congressional approval to distract from the Epstein emails was on my bingo card. Entirely expected.
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Sending (and attempting to send) Guard troops to D.C., LA, Portland, Chicago, Memphis in recent months has cost taxpayers nearly half a billion dollars so far….
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
theintercept.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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This is awful. Journey Aviation is doing TWO ICE removals to Africa via private jet right now. Both are likely third-country removal to prisons. Don’t know where the second is going to land yet. Could be South Sudan, Rwanda, or somewhere else.

Still awaiting word on Liberia ICE flight last week.
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:

- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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It appears Magistrate Judge Laura McNally has arrived for the morning's inspection, along with a team of attorneys.

"Hold them accountable!" A protestor yells repeatedly.

"They had a week to clean things up, remember that!" Another says through a megaphone.
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Oof.

Here's the article that Ruemmler, former Obama White House counsel, dismissed: www.thedailybeast.com/how-did-trum...
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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No ballistic evidence. No one hit. No injuries. No damage from gunfire. Local cops can’t find a “crime scene.” DHS claims shots were fired. I don’t believe them. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Report of shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village under investigation
The Chicago Police Department responded to a call of shots fired at federal agents in the 2500 block of South Kedzie Avenue Saturday morning, police said.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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running for GA governor 👇
Seeing a debate brewing on how long ACA subsidies should be extended which is an absurd position. As I’ve said weeks ago, why are we negotiating healthcare? There’s no end date to a potential health emergency that risks bankrupting a family.
Thank you to Victor Blackwell for having me on First of All to discuss the shutdown and its impact on Georgians. Healthcare is not a debate. It’s a life saving necessity. #GovernmentShutdown
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.

I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.

To hack Americans. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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This is all a very real overview of how life is for us right now. My coworkers are among those using food pantries. Many of my colleagues are in dual Fed homes meaning their spouses are also Feds not getting paid. But we all still have bills and childcare to pay for and groceries to buy and and and
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA ushered in the age of genetics and provided the foundation for the biotechnology revolution of the late 20th century, died at age 97 reut.rs/4ou5MZL
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Ridiculous. Cruel. Lawless.
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS grants yet another stay to the Trump administration, putting back into place a new State Department policy requiring passports to display their bearers' biological sex at birth.

Justice Jackson (joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan) once again dissents.
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM