Valerie Steel

ICE agents randomly assault woman by pepper spraying the shit out of her several times.
I’m sickened to be seeing more women ICE agents that are equally as scummy as their male counterparts.

#Pinks #TrueBlue #ICEAgents

Pretty much a complete inversion of the rules applied in civil law societies, like most of Europe—where the identity of a person arrested or charged is to be scrupulously guarded, but he identity of police and their images are deemed public information.

Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.

Baldwin: Without that extension, people are seeing shocking increases in their premiums. I spoke with a small business owner in Milwaukee named Nancy. Nancy is a cancer survivor. She cannot afford to be without health care because she has special medical needs. But her premiums are tripling…

It was genuinely an honor to meet Mr. Chavarria at Tuesday's hearing. His story is incredible; grew up in a refugee camp in Honduras, graduated as a valedictorian at 15, got scholarships in the US, met his husband here, became a US citizen, and is now a school superintendent in Vermont.

WOKE COINS BAD

To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.

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Except for weeks and then it’s 2

Justice Souter driving off looking dejected

25 years ago at about this time: Justice Souter drives home after the issuance of Bush v Gore.

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2025: The year the US gave up on climate, and the world gave up on us While the U.S. sits in self-imposed isolation, the rest of the world, led by China, raced to build renewables and commit to climate action.

As the year comes to a close, 2025 looks like a turning point in the world’s fight against climate change. Most conspicuously, it was the year the U.S. abandoned the effort. The Trump administratio...

Tom Nichols on Kristi Noem: “There is no plausible world, there is no other planet, on which Kristi Noem and Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel and others would occupy senior jobs in government.”

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?

TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.

Flamingo Friday
Barny Trevelyan-Johnson
Professional drone and camera operator
lake Bogoria, Kenya

Reminder on the anniversary: the best social science evidence we have suggests Florida Republicans stole the 2000 election.

"Did Illegal Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?" Kosuke Imai and Gary King
gking.harvard.edu/files/ballot...

The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.

Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.

The internet is fast becoming so choked with this, it'll be unusable. We'll all be boats chugging blindly through the gloom and the muck, finding nothing, barely each other, uncertain what's true or even real anymore.

Flyer explaining whistle code system. Whistles! Instant alert system. Simple, effective, faster than social media. Together, we keep our community safe. How Whistles Work: 1. Wear a whistle. 2. If you spot ICE, blow your whistle 3. When you hear a whistle, either: ...a. Get to safety ...b. Follow the sound, form a crowd, stay loud WHISTLE CODE #1: ICE IS NEARBY If ICE is driving or lurking: blow in short blasts PRE--PRE--PRE--PRE WHISTLE CODE #2: ABDUCTION If ICE is abducting someone: blow continuously PREEEEEEE-PREEEEEEE Upper left image is of a crowd with their fists raised up. A whistle on a string is depicted above them. A star shines above the whistle. Alt text written by an actual human being.

The demolition of New York's original grand Beaux-Arts Penn Station (1910-1963) served as the powerful catalyst for America's modern historic preservation movement and the birth of The National Trust for Historic Preservation.

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders Israel’s war against journalists must end | Video by Dylan Collins

Israel has killed 249 journalists in the last 2 years.

That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together.

A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.

DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.

My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.

and he would have lost the legal challenge

Theres no lying about it now…

The complete destruction of Gaza, in considerable part paid for by US tax-dollars, was a joint project of Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden and Donald Trump. It prepares the way for Trump's casino and resort project.

Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested in Iran, supporters say Rights groups say Mohammadi, who won 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, was detained at ceremony in northeastern city of Mashhad.

Rights groups say Mohammadi, who won 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, was detained at ceremony in northeastern city of Mashhad.

The FDA just killed a proposal that would require testing for the cancer-linked asbestos in talc. Talc is widely used in medication, food, and personal care products, like baby powder.

‘Make America Healthy Again’ RFK Jr signed the order. 🧵
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Robert Arnold
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