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ICE agents have new tools to track and ID people

www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...

This is bad and here is where you can submit public comment by January 2nd: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike.
www.npr.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Great summary from Jamelle

youtu.be/4jHonla5GYY?...
The Legacy of Dick Cheney
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Overcast
Podcast player app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"First they recognized that influence could be readily purchased from unprincipled leaders."
"But Congress today is supine—this, perhaps more than anything, is what they could not possibly have imagined."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
American Corruption
The Founders would have hated Trump’s luxury jet.
www.theatlantic.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
@mikebradleymke.bsky.social I’m curious if you find this generally useful or harmful and if useful, what does this look like for MKE?

austinlouisray.com#/how-id-fix-...
Austin L. Ray
austinlouisray.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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"One way or another, it’s time for Earth Day to return to its roots as a day of anger and activism, not awe and celebration."

Even more true today than when I wrote it in 2019.
What's Wrong With Earth Day
Today is Earth Day, a moment when children all over the world are taught valuable lessons about the wonders of the planet we live on.
www.rollingstone.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The fact that we need the Supreme Court to rule on this is unfuckingbelievable.
April 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This writing is so real
What It Feels Like, Right Now. “It’s hard to focus. It’s hard to focus on the things in front of me, that I need to do. It’s hard to focus on the news, because it’s not just one thing, it’s a hundred things, news like fire ants…” [terribleminds.com]
What It Feels Like, Right Now
When I was in college in North Carolina, I flew home to Pennsylvania for the holidays. My mother and father were going through a divorce at that point (a divorce that should’ve happened many …
terribleminds.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Humans. Plastic pollution is a real problem. It’s in you and all my fish.
Send a message by refusing single use plastic things as much as possible 🌊🌊

www.ripplesofplastic.com
Ripples of Plastic
Explore the unseen impacts of Great Lakes plastic pollution, inspiring a movement for systemic change and a plastic-free future.
www.ripplesofplastic.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse.

2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."

3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."

This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
April 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
WASHINGTON—According to a new report published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, you live in a deeply embarrassing and barely functional country. “Our latest research and statistical analysis show...
theonion.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Hey Wisco humans - I hear there is an election on Tuesday April 1. Don’t be an April fool. VOTE!
Support the candidate that will defend the environment, clean water, women’s reproductive rights, and the constitution. @crawfordforwi.bsky.social
SUSAN CRAWFORD for Supreme Court
March 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Timothy Snyder on the terrifying deportations being undertaken by the Trump regime. This is a prelude to any American being stripped of citizenship and expelled from the country for any reason (protesting, faving the wrong photo, using pronouns). [snyder.substack.com]
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
snyder.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM