@tstin63.bsky.social
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Adams, former officials said, was so close to the NYPD Community Response Team that he had access to a little-known livestream of the CRT’s body-worn camera footage.
(Published March)
(Published March)
How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses
After NYPD officials warned about a unit’s aggressive policing, the mayor boosted the team led by his allies. “The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall,” a former police official said.
www.propublica.org
July 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Adams, former officials said, was so close to the NYPD Community Response Team that he had access to a little-known livestream of the CRT’s body-worn camera footage.
(Published March)
(Published March)
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NEW: Former NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon has sued Mayor Eric Adams and other top police officials, accusing Adams of running the force as a “criminal enterprise."
The suit draws extensively from a recent ProPublica investigation into a NYPD unit Adams championed.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
The suit draws extensively from a recent ProPublica investigation into a NYPD unit Adams championed.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
Former NYPD Commissioner Accuses Mayor Adams of Running “Criminal Enterprise” and Cites ProPublica Investigation
A lawsuit filed by former Commissioner Thomas Donlon alleges that the NYPD’s Community Response Team was a “rogue” unit that answered “only to City Hall.” The complaint draws extensively from ProPubli...
www.propublica.org
July 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
NEW: Former NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon has sued Mayor Eric Adams and other top police officials, accusing Adams of running the force as a “criminal enterprise."
The suit draws extensively from a recent ProPublica investigation into a NYPD unit Adams championed.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
The suit draws extensively from a recent ProPublica investigation into a NYPD unit Adams championed.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
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Thank you for this, @indivisible-ncsd.bsky.social. 🐓
July 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Thank you for this, @indivisible-ncsd.bsky.social. 🐓
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"More than just being a lawyer [for Jeffrey Epstein], Alan was a friend of Epstein's, and a friend of Ghislaine Maxwell, and went to the mansion, and went on the plane... I am questioning Alan's judgement on this and many other issues."
Me vs Dershowitz.
Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFCg...
Me vs Dershowitz.
Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFCg...
July 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"More than just being a lawyer [for Jeffrey Epstein], Alan was a friend of Epstein's, and a friend of Ghislaine Maxwell, and went to the mansion, and went on the plane... I am questioning Alan's judgement on this and many other issues."
Me vs Dershowitz.
Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFCg...
Me vs Dershowitz.
Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFCg...
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Local journalists are reporting that Israeli military just bombed the very church in Gaza that Pope Francis used to call every night, killing 2 Christians and injuring 6 more.
If you still actually believe this is "Muslim vs Jew" & not War Criminal vs Civilians, you're helping whitewash genocide.
If you still actually believe this is "Muslim vs Jew" & not War Criminal vs Civilians, you're helping whitewash genocide.
July 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Local journalists are reporting that Israeli military just bombed the very church in Gaza that Pope Francis used to call every night, killing 2 Christians and injuring 6 more.
If you still actually believe this is "Muslim vs Jew" & not War Criminal vs Civilians, you're helping whitewash genocide.
If you still actually believe this is "Muslim vs Jew" & not War Criminal vs Civilians, you're helping whitewash genocide.
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After substantial government support and poaching top Western talent, China’s car industry is about to dominate globally. The US on the other hand? The affordable car is about to go extinct.
What major questions do you have about the future of cars?
What major questions do you have about the future of cars?
July 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
After substantial government support and poaching top Western talent, China’s car industry is about to dominate globally. The US on the other hand? The affordable car is about to go extinct.
What major questions do you have about the future of cars?
What major questions do you have about the future of cars?
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the dc press corps basically took leave of youngkin after he won but the single most striking thing about his tenure is how he is, by any measure, a total failure. easily the least accomplished virginia governor of the 21st century.
The BOV being full of people hand chosen by a loser governor who has accomplished essentially nothing in his term and who bows to our president ever chance he gets is going as expected
July 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
the dc press corps basically took leave of youngkin after he won but the single most striking thing about his tenure is how he is, by any measure, a total failure. easily the least accomplished virginia governor of the 21st century.
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Six members of the Guard — including infantrymen, officers and two officials in leadership roles — spoke of low morale and deep concern that the deployment may hurt recruitment for the state-based military force for years to come.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A.
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Six members of the Guard — including infantrymen, officers and two officials in leadership roles — spoke of low morale and deep concern that the deployment may hurt recruitment for the state-based military force for years to come.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
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If Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials can brief an election-denier group on how states are now using its databases to verify voters’ citizenship, then they can brief Congress, a trio of Democratic senators wrote to DHS Sec. Kristi Noem Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Senators Want Answers on Use of DHS Database to Purge Voters
Senators Want Answers on Use of DHS Database to Purge Voters
www.democracydocket.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials can brief an election-denier group on how states are now using its databases to verify voters’ citizenship, then they can brief Congress, a trio of Democratic senators wrote to DHS Sec. Kristi Noem Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Corruption is the brand
NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Corruption is the brand
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Seeing a lot of discussion about the birthright citizenship case: the very issue is upsetting, the consequences (even at this preliminary stage) could be dire. But I think the truly alarming case from Friday is Mahmoud v Taylor, the “LGBTQ opt-out” case.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
June 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Seeing a lot of discussion about the birthright citizenship case: the very issue is upsetting, the consequences (even at this preliminary stage) could be dire. But I think the truly alarming case from Friday is Mahmoud v Taylor, the “LGBTQ opt-out” case.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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These numbers for ice are insane
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
These numbers for ice are insane
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You would think that the UK government has better things to do with their time?
consequence.net/2025/06/knee...
consequence.net/2025/06/knee...
UK Police Are "Assessing" Kneecap's and Bob Vylan's Glastonbury Performances
Police in the UK say they are assessing video footage of Kneecap’s and Bob Vylan’s respective sets at Glastonbury on Saturday to “determine whether any offences may have been committed that would requ...
consequence.net
June 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
You would think that the UK government has better things to do with their time?
consequence.net/2025/06/knee...
consequence.net/2025/06/knee...
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@fetterman.senate.gov you must resign.
You are no longer representing the values of the Democratic party.
We helped you get elected and now you spit in our faces by helping the orange rapist felon consolidate power.
It's embarrassing and you should be ashamed.
#FettermanResign
You are no longer representing the values of the Democratic party.
We helped you get elected and now you spit in our faces by helping the orange rapist felon consolidate power.
It's embarrassing and you should be ashamed.
#FettermanResign
June 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@fetterman.senate.gov you must resign.
You are no longer representing the values of the Democratic party.
We helped you get elected and now you spit in our faces by helping the orange rapist felon consolidate power.
It's embarrassing and you should be ashamed.
#FettermanResign
You are no longer representing the values of the Democratic party.
We helped you get elected and now you spit in our faces by helping the orange rapist felon consolidate power.
It's embarrassing and you should be ashamed.
#FettermanResign
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John Roberts: "I Never Thought the Leopards Would Eat *My* Judiciary"
www.muellershewrote.com/p/john-rober...
www.muellershewrote.com/p/john-rober...
John Roberts: "I Never Thought the Leopards Would Eat *My* Judiciary"
The chief justice who handed an oligarch a crown is once again surprised by the consequences of his own actions
www.muellershewrote.com
June 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
John Roberts: "I Never Thought the Leopards Would Eat *My* Judiciary"
www.muellershewrote.com/p/john-rober...
www.muellershewrote.com/p/john-rober...
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i honestly do not understand why or how people do these kinds of willful misreadings. do they not grasp that anyone halfway curious will notice they’ve taken a line or passage totally out of context? do they believe that language works such that every sentence is logically untethered from the next?
My central objection here is that Taibbi refers to me as a friend, which is offensive even when sarcastic. But I reserve some indignation for his having either willfully or inexplicably misread my view of Mamdani’s victory.
Like, here’s a gift link. wapo.st/4nr9xz6 This is lamenting Cuomo’s loss?
Like, here’s a gift link. wapo.st/4nr9xz6 This is lamenting Cuomo’s loss?
June 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
i honestly do not understand why or how people do these kinds of willful misreadings. do they not grasp that anyone halfway curious will notice they’ve taken a line or passage totally out of context? do they believe that language works such that every sentence is logically untethered from the next?
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We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win
Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.
www.axios.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
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you know, if i were in the position of interviewing jeffries here, i would ask the congressman to specify exactly when and where mamdani used that language.
Hakeem Jeffries on Mamdani: "'Globalizing the intifada' by way of example is not an acceptable phrasing. He's gonna have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward."
June 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
you know, if i were in the position of interviewing jeffries here, i would ask the congressman to specify exactly when and where mamdani used that language.
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Trump considers forcing journalists to reveal sources who leaked Iran report
Trump considers forcing journalists to reveal sources who leaked Iran report
President dismisses leaked assessment suggesting strikes only temporarily disrupted Iran’s nuclear development
Donald Trump said he is weighing forcing journalists who published leaked details from a US intelligence report assessing the impact of the recent American military strikes on Iran to reveal their sources – and the president also claimed his administration may prosecute those reporters and sources if they don’t comply.
In an interview Sunday with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, Trump doubled down on his claim that the 21 June airstrikes aimed at certain Iranian facilities successfully crippled Iran’s nuclear program. He insisted the attacks destroyed key enriched uranium stockpiles, despite Iranian assertions that the material had been relocated before the strikes. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trump considers forcing journalists to reveal sources who leaked Iran report
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*goose meme** What caused the pile-up, John. WHAT CAUSED THE PILE-UP
NEW: Chief Justice John Roberts again warns heated political rhetoric aginst judges can trigger violence but insists it's "not politically associated in any way with one side or the other." Also says #SCOTUS suffered bit of a pile-up at the end this year
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Chief Justice John Roberts warns anti-judge rhetoric can lead to violence
"Threatening the judges for doing their job is totally unacceptable," Roberts said at a judicial conference.
www.politico.com
June 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
*goose meme** What caused the pile-up, John. WHAT CAUSED THE PILE-UP
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Well I'm Jewish I don't agree with @ericswalwell.bsky.social's decision to be a fucking liar, and I definitely trust Zohran Mamdani more than I trust Eric Swalwell's defamatory ass
Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell says of Zohran Mamdani: "I don't associate myself with what he has said about the Jewish people."
June 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Well I'm Jewish I don't agree with @ericswalwell.bsky.social's decision to be a fucking liar, and I definitely trust Zohran Mamdani more than I trust Eric Swalwell's defamatory ass
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One officer from this secretive NYPD unit swerved into a motorcyclist, killing him.
Another needlessly stopped a pedestrian, then shoved him into a car window. A third hit a man and then kicked his head.
(Published March)
Another needlessly stopped a pedestrian, then shoved him into a car window. A third hit a man and then kicked his head.
(Published March)
How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses
After NYPD officials warned about a unit’s aggressive policing, the mayor boosted the team led by his allies. “The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall,” a former police official said.
www.propublica.org
June 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
One officer from this secretive NYPD unit swerved into a motorcyclist, killing him.
Another needlessly stopped a pedestrian, then shoved him into a car window. A third hit a man and then kicked his head.
(Published March)
Another needlessly stopped a pedestrian, then shoved him into a car window. A third hit a man and then kicked his head.
(Published March)