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The Brazilian Judge Taking On the Digital Far Right | The New Yorker share.google/dgSKwW3YzBYU...
The Brazilian Judge Taking On the Digital Far Right
Alexandre de Moraes’s efforts to fight extremism online have pitted him against Jair Bolsonaro, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles says ICE called her Oregon tribal ID ‘fake’ - oregonlive.com share.google/tQQhFbJTYKQ8...
Oregon Local News, Breaking News, Sports & Weather
Get the latest Oregon local news, sports, weather, entertainment and breaking updates on oregonlive.com
oregonlive.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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The Army veteran and husband of a former Congressional candidate has been detained by ICE since August. If he's detained much longer, he could lose his eyesight.
This Army veteran and husband of a former Congressional candidate has been detained by ICE since August. If he's detained much longer, he could lose his eyesight.
As time creeps by in the Northwest Detention Center, pressure builds in the muscles behind Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry’s eyes. The swelling tissue puts pressure on his optic nerve. For Zahid, as he’s call...
www.thestranger.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants by @sambiddle.com
theintercept.com/2025/10/31/i...
ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants
Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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This regime is spending half a BILLION dollars to occupy blue cities and terrorize and kidnap brown people??? While it cuts off food assistance and health care??
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising 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 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
apnews.com/article/trum... administration cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in states that backed Harris
Trump administration cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in states that backed Harris
The Trump administration has announced the cancellation of $7.6 billion intended for clean energy projects across 16 states.
apnews.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
September 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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ICE just reactivated its contract with an Israeli firm that makes phone-hacking spyware. Here's what you should know.
#ICE #NewsUS #Hacking #spyware
September 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Smoketember Is Rolling In. Here's How to Protect Yourself via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
Smoketember Is Rolling In. Here’s How to Protect Yourself | The Tyee
There’s no safe level of exposure to wildfire smoke.
thetyee.ca
September 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Smoketember Is Rolling In. Here's How to Protect Yourself via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
Smoketember Is Rolling In. Here’s How to Protect Yourself | The Tyee
There’s no safe level of exposure to wildfire smoke.
thetyee.ca
September 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Smoketember Is Rolling In. Here's How to Protect Yourself via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
Smoketember Is Rolling In. Here’s How to Protect Yourself | The Tyee
There’s no safe level of exposure to wildfire smoke.
thetyee.ca
September 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Trump administration advances plan to reverse federal rule that limits logging in national forests alaskabeacon.com/2025/08/27/t...
Trump administration advances plan to reverse federal rule that limits logging in national forests | Alaska Beacon
The ‘Roadless Rule’ has prohibited new road construction, a prerequisite for large-scale logging, in parts of the American West since 2001.
alaskabeacon.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Seen at the #Fremont Troll
August 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Seen at the #Fremont Troll
August 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Fez 2017
August 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Imagine finding this scrolling through old planning commission minutes.
Bainbridge Island is still in the throes of updating its Comp Plan, grappling with what minimum level of density increases the city can get away with and still comply with state law.

In April, Bainbridge Island resident Jay Inslee shared his thoughts with the city's planning commission.
July 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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if Trump were actively trying to impoverish and deskill the united states for the sake of our competitors, what would he be doing differently?
July 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM