Wade
@wadehc.bsky.social
Mathy microeconomic theorist
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Trying to figure out how to synthesize these
Socialist
Trying to figure out how to synthesize these
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In California, laborers as young as 12 can legally work in agriculture. But many of them toil in punishing and dangerous conditions, and the state is failing to ensure their health and safety.
California Is Failing to Protect Health and Safety of Child Farmworkers
The climate of fear has made families more reluctant than ever to complain about unsafe working conditions.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
In California, laborers as young as 12 can legally work in agriculture. But many of them toil in punishing and dangerous conditions, and the state is failing to ensure their health and safety.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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6 Nov 2025 -- Homeland Security (DHS) opens public comment on new rule allowing it to impose mandatory “biological sex” DNA testing on millions of immigrants as part of its mass biometric surveillance program, putting targets on the backs of trans & intersex people. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
DHS Wants to Make Some Immigrants and Visitors Take a DNA Sex Test
The public comment period for the proposal has begun.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
6 Nov 2025 -- Homeland Security (DHS) opens public comment on new rule allowing it to impose mandatory “biological sex” DNA testing on millions of immigrants as part of its mass biometric surveillance program, putting targets on the backs of trans & intersex people. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
Alarming criminalization of green card holder based on "Antifa Materials" - another attempt to silence dissent and target people critical of this administration
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
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Trump on a third term: "I would love to do it. I have the best numbers ever. Am I not ruling it out? You'll have to tell me."
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets.
Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6
Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6
October 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets.
Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6
Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6
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🚨NEW: A case at the Supreme Court cites Trump reportedly promising oil donors favors as proof that pay-to-play influence is so pervasive that bribery laws must be narrowed so pay-to-play is no longer a prosecutable crime.
The case is represented by a Trump-connected law firm.
The case is represented by a Trump-connected law firm.
October 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🚨NEW: A case at the Supreme Court cites Trump reportedly promising oil donors favors as proof that pay-to-play influence is so pervasive that bribery laws must be narrowed so pay-to-play is no longer a prosecutable crime.
The case is represented by a Trump-connected law firm.
The case is represented by a Trump-connected law firm.
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This is the response I received from ICE when I inquired about the 13-year-old they abducted from Everett, Mass. on Friday:
October 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is the response I received from ICE when I inquired about the 13-year-old they abducted from Everett, Mass. on Friday:
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Pretty insane stuff from DHS Acting General Counsel Joseph Mazzara:
www.thehandbasket.co/p/dhs-fps-me...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/dhs-fps-me...
October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Pretty insane stuff from DHS Acting General Counsel Joseph Mazzara:
www.thehandbasket.co/p/dhs-fps-me...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/dhs-fps-me...
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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These headlines are a few hours apart.
Abundance!
Abundance!
October 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
These headlines are a few hours apart.
Abundance!
Abundance!
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Meta sent emails to 6 people informing them that ICE had served the company with a subpoena demanding extensive personal information about the users. The accounts, most notably StopIce.net, are part of a broader crowd-sourcing movement that works to publicly identify masked ICE agents.
Trump’s ICE Turns Its Target to Activists, Not Just Immigrants
ICE demanded Meta hand over personal information attached to Instagram accounts that track immigration raids.
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Meta sent emails to 6 people informing them that ICE had served the company with a subpoena demanding extensive personal information about the users. The accounts, most notably StopIce.net, are part of a broader crowd-sourcing movement that works to publicly identify masked ICE agents.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists says a set of Israeli strikes on two newspaper offices was the second-deadliest attack on the press ever recorded by the organization.
Israel Killed 31 Journalists in Yemen in Deadliest Attack on Press in 16 Years
The Committee to Protect Journalists says recent Israeli strikes on newspaper offices in Yemen killed 31 journalists and media support workers, making it the deadliest attack on journalists anywhere i...
www.democracynow.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Committee to Protect Journalists says a set of Israeli strikes on two newspaper offices was the second-deadliest attack on the press ever recorded by the organization.
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A man caged by ICE was found dead in his cell inside a Long Island jail 18 hours after arriving there.
Sources: ICE detainee dies at Nassau County jail; investigation underway
The man was being held under a partnership between Nassau County and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under which the county provides 50 jail cells for immigration detainees and receive...
longisland.news12.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A man caged by ICE was found dead in his cell inside a Long Island jail 18 hours after arriving there.
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In South Carolina, it’s projected that data centers will account for 65 to 70% of the state’s new energy usage.
While residents pay more, the companies score reduced rates.
Google was given an electricity rate that amounts to less than half of what South Carolina residents pay.
While residents pay more, the companies score reduced rates.
Google was given an electricity rate that amounts to less than half of what South Carolina residents pay.
Google announces $3.3B investment in SC data centers, 200 new jobs • SC Daily Gazette
Google will invest $3.3 billion in SC data centers and add 200 new jobs in Dorchester County as legislators debate their energy needs.
scdailygazette.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In South Carolina, it’s projected that data centers will account for 65 to 70% of the state’s new energy usage.
While residents pay more, the companies score reduced rates.
Google was given an electricity rate that amounts to less than half of what South Carolina residents pay.
While residents pay more, the companies score reduced rates.
Google was given an electricity rate that amounts to less than half of what South Carolina residents pay.
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People in a New York prison’s mental health unit are kept in their cells 24 hours a day, with the exception of an occasional “callout,” and denied therapeutic services, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
People in NY Prison’s Mental Health Unit Kept in Solitary Confinement, Suit Says
In recent months, at least two people on the unit have attempted suicide and at least three have gone on hunger strike.
truthout.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
People in a New York prison’s mental health unit are kept in their cells 24 hours a day, with the exception of an occasional “callout,” and denied therapeutic services, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
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Protesters shouted “Free DC, free Palestine, Trump is the Hitler of our time” as Trump dined at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in DC
September 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Protesters shouted “Free DC, free Palestine, Trump is the Hitler of our time” as Trump dined at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in DC
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Israel launched airstrikes in Doha, reportedly targeting senior Hamas officials who were meeting to discuss a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal. Qatar condemned the attack as a violation of its sovereignty and international law.
Israel Bombs Doha, Reportedly Targeting Hamas Negotiators Discussing US Proposal
The strike came as Hamas officials were in Qatar to discuss a ceasefire proposal put forth by the Trump administration.
buff.ly
September 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Israel launched airstrikes in Doha, reportedly targeting senior Hamas officials who were meeting to discuss a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal. Qatar condemned the attack as a violation of its sovereignty and international law.
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On Monday, the Supreme Court’s Republican majority issued an order that allows federal immigration agents in Los Angeles to resume arresting Latino people en masse simply because they are Latino.
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/conserv...
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/conserv...
Conservative Justices Declare Racial Profiling Just Fine If Trump Asks For It
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
On Monday, the Supreme Court’s Republican majority issued an order that allows federal immigration agents in Los Angeles to resume arresting Latino people en masse simply because they are Latino.
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/conserv...
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While ICE agents can note in their database if someone they’ve investigated turns out to be a citizen, they are not required to do so.
As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake.
(Published March 2025)
As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake.
(Published March 2025)
Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in ...
www.propublica.org
August 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
While ICE agents can note in their database if someone they’ve investigated turns out to be a citizen, they are not required to do so.
As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake.
(Published March 2025)
As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake.
(Published March 2025)
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The City of Atlanta is opening its first municipal grocery store today.
The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
City of Atlanta opening grocery store to clear up downtown food desert
The Azalea Fresh Market opens on Friday.
www.wsbtv.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The City of Atlanta is opening its first municipal grocery store today.
The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
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George Retes, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen and Army veteran, was driving to work when he encountered an ICE checkpoint, where agents broke his car window, pepper-sprayed him and dragged him out of his vehicle for arrest. He was detained for three days and three nights without explanation.
US Citizen Detained by ICE During Raid on CA Farm Is Suing Trump Administration
“They didn’t need an excuse for anything they did. They just did it,” George Retes says of ICE agents who arrested him.
truthout.org
August 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
George Retes, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen and Army veteran, was driving to work when he encountered an ICE checkpoint, where agents broke his car window, pepper-sprayed him and dragged him out of his vehicle for arrest. He was detained for three days and three nights without explanation.
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Now this is a journalist who deserves respect.
August 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Now this is a journalist who deserves respect.