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Citizens aren't... But resident visa holders are.

I was told when I arrived to always carry my green card. I always have.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason. Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

NEW: "Incidents like this are proof that civil rights protections in America are only as strong as our willingness to enforce them. What happens when government agencies act as though the Constitution doesn’t apply to them?"

The National Archives under the Trump administration released @mikiesherrill.bsky.social full, unredacted Navy personnel file to Jack Ciattarelli's campaign.

This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.

MAAT in Lisbon. Beautiful modern building with nice art stuff... Plus, the star of the show... The 1908 power station, perfectly preserved. What a sight.

From @matthewstoller.bsky.social in his indispensable newsletter "Big" on substack:
" When American policy was organized to benefit most of us, technology meant The Jetsons. Since it’s now organized to consolidate power, it’s become Black Mirror."

Hunter on Musk and immigration.

The very notion of Rep Foxx talking about integrity is just laughable.

I do not.

Democratic strategist David Plouffe to become Coinbase’s newest adviser The former aide to Kamala Harris and Barack Obama is jumping into an industry tightly embraced by Donald Trump.

Ah

SCOTUS Can Let the President Break the Law; They Can’t Change It We are now cranking up another edition of the “will he or...

SCOTUS Can Let the President Break the Law; They Can’t Change It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/scotu...

A Few Notes on Trump’s Abject, Humiliating and Maybe Not Even Accomplishing Much Cave Most of what happened today is obvious. And I’m no expert on...

A Few Notes on Trump’s Abject, Humiliating and Maybe Not Even Accomplishing Much Cave talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...

Just breathtakingly brave tbh

So frustrating.

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Makes dreadful sense...

Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.

Yes, bad headline. The point of the story is that politico is repackaging government data and selling it back to them, and that putting a stop to government purchasing their own Data is not harmful to the media, it's just not buying a product. Capitalism, as you say.

Politico Loses Millions in Government Funding. Good. The federal government is giving money to news media

This makes entirely good sense to me. Really enjoying this reporter's work.
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Career US Justice Department official in charge of public corruption cases resigns Corey Amundson, the U.S. Justice Department's senior career official in charge of overseeing public corruption and other politically sensitive investigations, resigned on Monday after the Trump administration tried to re-assign him to a new role working on immigration issues, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

www.reuters.com/world/us/car...

Thread.

I'm curious to see how the people who clutched their pearls at the online reaction to Luigi Mangione feel about this. Surely "the President pardons violent insurrectionists who attacked cops and tried to kill legislators" is worse than "rando online isn't sad health insurance CEO died," no?

Playing us for fools. Let's not be.

Can't say i make a habit of listening to Susan Collins. But many of the people who had their benefits cut are far from wealthy, and this will be very helpful.

Senate Votes to Repeal WEP and GPO, Send H.R. 82 to President Just past midnight in the early hours of Saturday, December 21, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, to repeal the windfall elimination provision (WEP), and the government...

My goodness they actually eliminated WEP. Under this cruel provision, 3 million teachers and other public servants lost HALF their earned social security benefits. My heartfelt thanks to all the politicians who got this repeal done.
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In which I investigate the investigations - Kevin Drum Hardworking Iowa senator Joni Ernst delivers a bombshell: My investigations exposed that just 8 out of 5,000 @ENERGY employees show up on the average day! There are more reindeer on Santa’s sleigh tha...

Joni Ernst tweets out utter nonsense. Dog bites man.
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So, David Frum shows courage. Mika doesn't. Interesting times, indeed.

Truly horrible details in the linked piece.

Wanna feel a little hopeful?

Just finished. Amazonite and enamel hinged pendant.