Cara Alferness
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Cara Alferness
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Under the guise of 'speeding the delivery of essential infrastructure', the government is going to basically remove the option of taking judicial reviews.

Very often, this is the only legal route communities have to defend local ecosystems against being destroyed.
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Govt to introduce legislation to fast-track key projects
The Government is set to introduce emergency legislation to fast-track key projects through the planning process under a plan Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers will outline to the Cabinet.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Exactly.
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Reposted by Cara Alferness
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old American citizen born in the U.S., was jailed in Florida under a controversial state immigration law, even though he had a valid U.S. birth certificate and Social Security card. A judge confirmed both documents were real, but said she
April 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has handed over control of the Department of the Interior to Tyler Hassen, a former oil executive and Musk staffer. Hassen, who came to the agency through the so-called DOGE, now has broad authority to cut costs and consolidate operations across the department,
April 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Democracy by definition is inefficient. What we get in return is justice and a fair society.
March 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Currently maintaining sanity.
February 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM