ZestyLefty
@suspinistral.bsky.social
Left-handed, left-leading, left behind in the rat race. My super-power is making things super-awkward for bigots.
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SCOOP: ICE is allocating as much as $180 million to pay bounty hunters and private investigators who verify the address and location of undocumented people ICE wishes to detain, including with physical surveillance, according to procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.
ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
SCOOP: ICE is allocating as much as $180 million to pay bounty hunters and private investigators who verify the address and location of undocumented people ICE wishes to detain, including with physical surveillance, according to procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.
Just caught up on the third season of Star Trek SNW and @pattonoswalt.bsky.social is my new favourite Vulcan.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Just caught up on the third season of Star Trek SNW and @pattonoswalt.bsky.social is my new favourite Vulcan.
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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An exchange from Trump's "60 Minutes" interview about his family's crypto empire was not included in the extended version shared online.
Trump sued and settled with the network over the program's editing of a 2024 Kamala Harris interview.
Trump sued and settled with the network over the program's editing of a 2024 Kamala Harris interview.
Dems want FCC probe of "60 Minutes" omission of Trump's Binance pardon exchange
A note said the extended version of the interview had been "condensed for clarity."
www.axios.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
An exchange from Trump's "60 Minutes" interview about his family's crypto empire was not included in the extended version shared online.
Trump sued and settled with the network over the program's editing of a 2024 Kamala Harris interview.
Trump sued and settled with the network over the program's editing of a 2024 Kamala Harris interview.
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Data from ICE shows that none of its agents have ever been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s more than two-decade history.
How dangerous is it really to work for ICE?
According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.
www.motherjones.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Data from ICE shows that none of its agents have ever been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s more than two-decade history.
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US border patrol is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.
DHS Wants a Fleet of AI-Powered Surveillance Trucks
US border patrol is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.
wrd.cm
October 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
US border patrol is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.
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Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
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NEW: The DOJ announced it will send election monitors to California and New Jersey polling sites for the upcoming November elections. Democrats and advocates warn the move may be a step toward the Trump administration seizing control of voting.
Trump Administration To Monitor Voting in California and New Jersey
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
NEW: The DOJ announced it will send election monitors to California and New Jersey polling sites for the upcoming November elections. Democrats and advocates warn the move may be a step toward the Trump administration seizing control of voting.
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NEW — Videos obtained by The TRiiBE show federal agents detaining a Laugh Factory worker on Chicago’s North Side this morning.
He and another person were detained around 9:20 a.m., according to rapid response teams.
Story TK shortly on thetriibe.com.
He and another person were detained around 9:20 a.m., according to rapid response teams.
Story TK shortly on thetriibe.com.
October 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
NEW — Videos obtained by The TRiiBE show federal agents detaining a Laugh Factory worker on Chicago’s North Side this morning.
He and another person were detained around 9:20 a.m., according to rapid response teams.
Story TK shortly on thetriibe.com.
He and another person were detained around 9:20 a.m., according to rapid response teams.
Story TK shortly on thetriibe.com.
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Federal inflation data was postponed for the first time in years as a government shutdown delayed economic reports.
Inflation Rose Again Last Month, Delayed Data Shows
Federal inflation data was postponed for the first time in years as a government shutdown delayed economic reports.
www.forbes.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Federal inflation data was postponed for the first time in years as a government shutdown delayed economic reports.
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Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
October 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
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if you’ve never seen Interview with the Vampire, it ends with the vampire being told he’s made it through to a second interview
October 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
if you’ve never seen Interview with the Vampire, it ends with the vampire being told he’s made it through to a second interview
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American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
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They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
October 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
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Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
October 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
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If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
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📽️ WATCH: This video on the rise of Russ Vought, Trump's “shadow president,” is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
📽️ WATCH: This video on the rise of Russ Vought, Trump's “shadow president,” is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
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Holy shit. The Chevy Tahoe Border Patrol used to slam Marimar Martinez before shooting her was the personal vehicle of the officer involved, not a rental and not CBP's--and he drove it back to Maine.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
October 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Holy shit. The Chevy Tahoe Border Patrol used to slam Marimar Martinez before shooting her was the personal vehicle of the officer involved, not a rental and not CBP's--and he drove it back to Maine.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative
October 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative
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10/16/25😳ICE disappeared US Citizen Leo Martinez after ramming his truck-Oxnard, CA🇺🇸
October 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
10/16/25😳ICE disappeared US Citizen Leo Martinez after ramming his truck-Oxnard, CA🇺🇸
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This USA spinach was falsely labelled as “Product of Canada” with a maple leaf at "Drew’s Your Independent Grocer" (Loblaws) in #ldnont.
Just a few weeks ago it had no Canadian branding and wasn’t selling well. Maple-washed just before Thanksgiving. Reported on Sat, still maple-washed 4 days later!
Just a few weeks ago it had no Canadian branding and wasn’t selling well. Maple-washed just before Thanksgiving. Reported on Sat, still maple-washed 4 days later!
October 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This USA spinach was falsely labelled as “Product of Canada” with a maple leaf at "Drew’s Your Independent Grocer" (Loblaws) in #ldnont.
Just a few weeks ago it had no Canadian branding and wasn’t selling well. Maple-washed just before Thanksgiving. Reported on Sat, still maple-washed 4 days later!
Just a few weeks ago it had no Canadian branding and wasn’t selling well. Maple-washed just before Thanksgiving. Reported on Sat, still maple-washed 4 days later!
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After the Missouri GOP passed a new gerrymander at the expense of Black voters, over 2,400 Missourians gathered together to collect 106,000 signatures to veto the measure. However, the state is doing everything in its power to stop them.
https://bit.ly/47fy2rH
https://bit.ly/47fy2rH
Missouri Secretary of State Erects New Hurdle for ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander
Read more here.
bit.ly
October 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
After the Missouri GOP passed a new gerrymander at the expense of Black voters, over 2,400 Missourians gathered together to collect 106,000 signatures to veto the measure. However, the state is doing everything in its power to stop them.
https://bit.ly/47fy2rH
https://bit.ly/47fy2rH
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The acknowledgement of covert action in Venezuela comes after the U.S. military in recent weeks has carried out a series of deadly strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean. n.pr/43dKqqW
Trump confirms the CIA is conducting covert operations inside Venezuela
The acknowledgement of covert action in Venezuela comes after the U.S. military in recent weeks has carried out a series of deadly strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean.
n.pr
October 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The acknowledgement of covert action in Venezuela comes after the U.S. military in recent weeks has carried out a series of deadly strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean. n.pr/43dKqqW
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It’s typically standard practice for attorneys to avoid commenting on issues they are litigating for fear of prejudicing those cases. But DOJ Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon is departing from tradition, instead opting to own the libs online.
https://bit.ly/4okeA47
https://bit.ly/4okeA47
Trump's Terminally Online DOJ Could Be Killing Its Cases Just to Own the Libs
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It’s typically standard practice for attorneys to avoid commenting on issues they are litigating for fear of prejudicing those cases. But DOJ Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon is departing from tradition, instead opting to own the libs online.
https://bit.ly/4okeA47
https://bit.ly/4okeA47