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'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.

"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The World Cup is coming up fast but we need to pay attention to what's happening at the Paralympics, starting March 6. Donald Trump has not only severely disrupted the Winter Games, he's potentially jeopardized the chances of the U.S. participating in and possibly hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics

Mideast clashes breach Olympic truce as athletes gather for Winter Paralympic Games Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics.

Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics.

Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

The entire reason I went to target over other big box stores was cause target was always the one with visibly weirdo, queer and otherwise non-mainstream employees.

Their entire business model was Being Woke

I don't normally care who reads my stuff but I really hope the CEO of Target dude sees this because it's true. You fucked up. You're only sorry because it cost you money. when you shit on DEI you're alienating way more people than the turds who yell at you about being "woke" and that's facts

literally your customer base was 90% parents of young children who want a good future for their kids in which they can be free to be themselves, no matter who they are. you told those people to go fuck themselves. they won't be back

Bus on campus

Explanation of the stripes inside the bus.

This bus is electric!

Stripes made in Reading.

The new Reading 'warming stripes' double-decker electric bus came to campus today.

The bus is painted in the local warming stripes to start climate conversations throughout the town.

I wish some major media outlets would do broad reports on the impact of death threats on our politics, and on who's doing them (MAGA men mostly from what I can tell), and why law enforcement appears to be doing so little about them. They are such a big (submerged) part of our politics now.

After working as an assistant to litigators in Seattle & then as a court reporter & as someone who sits in courtrooms as a hobby, I have the utmost respect & appreciation for Judge Coughenour, as did all the attorneys I worked for.

I hope OTHER judges get as loud & blunt as he. We need that now. 🇺🇸

Federal Judge John Coughenour says he’s received dozens, if not hundreds, of death threats after he ruled against the Trump administration. cbsn.ws/3N73lPr

Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

This is a nice contrast to all the awful behavior confirmed through the Epstein files. Proud of @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social & @seanmcarroll.bsky.social for picking up on the sexism & charlatanism right away.

I'm sorry, if you're going to make a big show about how you've got a Department of WAR helmed by a Secretary of WAR and staffed by WARfighters, it's totally inane to then claim that your massive bombing of a foreign country constitutes something other than a war.

This was done so the medical community would be better able to separate out gender nonconforming youth from trans youth. And all indications are that it worked! Studies have shown that 97.5% of trans youth at clinics have remarkably stable gender identities for at least 5 years.

One thing about Jamelle is that he absolutely drives a lot of his peers crazy because he’s better at his job than they are at theirs. I think the reasons for that are not hard to figure out.

You know people keep making connections to the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions and one big difference is those weren't surprises.

guessing we’re tapping the strategic petroleum reserve again even though it’s down ~50% from pre-Russian invasion levels and oil is $70 a barrel. guys it’s supposed to be for emergencies not whenever you get scared your foreign policy is unpopular

Gregory Bovino is now under criminal investigation Video shows the Border Patrol's former "commander-at-large" throwing a gas canister at protesters and observers in Minneapolis in January.

Minneapolis-area prosecutors are investigating disgraced Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced today.

the HPV vaccine is fucking incredible, period end of that's it

Reminder that HPV vaccine in boys prevents penile, anal, and throat cancers as well as genital warts —and protects their sexual partners. So grateful that BOTH my kids, one girl and one boy—got this vaccine series. Optimal timing is ages 11-12.

CIDRAP Op-Ed: The HPV vaccine prevents cancer. The new ACIP wants to re-examine that.

Let's not forget that this highly and durably effective vaccine which is on track to eliminate cervical cancer in countries that adopted it early and have had good up take is the next target on RFK.Jr's ACIP list.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...

Extended follow-up of invasive cervical cancer risk after quadrivalent HPV vaccination: nationwide, register based study Objectives To evaluate the long term risk of invasive cervical cancer after receiving the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, how risk varies by time since vaccination, and to assess the ...

The HPV vaccine is durably AMAZING.A massive Swedish registry study w 18 years of follow-up found no waning protection against invasive cervical cancer. If vaccinated before age 17, cancer risk is cut by ~80%. Even those vaccinated later still had substantial protection.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...

SCOTUS just blocked a state court ruling that required a new congressional seat in Staten Island.

The NY court's ruling, upheld by a state appeal court, would have likely delivered a new congressional seat for Democrats.

SCOTUS conservatives grant the stay: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Meanwhile. 😂

And at the same time: the US is also running low on some missile stocks, including Tomahawks and SM-3 interceptors. (CNN)

Security Updates for Americans in the Middle East (Updated March 2, 4pm EST) DEPART NOW VIA COMMERCIAL MEANS DUE TO SERIOUS SAFETY RISKS • Bahrain • Egypt • Iran • Iraq • Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • United Arab Emirates • Yemen

Americans should evacuate the entire Middle East.

Trump Says He Would Deploy Troops to Iran The President also offered conflicting timelines on Monday for how long the U.S.-Israeli campaign in Iran would last.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has 190,000 fighting men and 600,000 reserves.

Toward an Understanding of Fascist Aesthetics, Part I The question of whether or not we are living “in fascism” is, I’ve always thought, a kind of useless one, mostly because history does not go backwards: today there is not a “return” to fascism so much...

hello I am now a member of @flaminghydra.com and am kicking things off with a multi part series on fascist aesthetics and what their whole deal is flaminghydra.com/toward-an-un...

they didn’t do it with CA, but are now toying with the idea that the constitution means “Republicans get to gerrymander but Democrats can’t”

How the ICE Raids Turned Minnesota Politics Upside Down

Read the full New York Times article here: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...