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Emergency Alert Earthquake Detected! Drop, Cover, Hold On. Protect Yourself. -USGS ShakeAlert

👀 just now NE of SAC

Whatever just happened was real and caused real shaking.

M5.9 just now near Reno, Nevada — that's relatively big for the area.

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.

The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge

"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."

ICE operations targeting Somali immigrants underway in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/live-updates/ice-somali-immigrants-minneapolis-st-paul/

Live updates: FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6, AP source says The FBI has made an arrest in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, a law enforcement official told The...

The arrest marks the first time investigators have settled on a suspect in the nearly 5 year investigation

Russian President Putin says the territories of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” will be “liberated in any case,” repeating long-standing Kremlin claims about the war in eastern Ukraine. https://www.kyivpost.com/post/65573

The U.S. does not subject itself to accountability, so we're using the avenues we have before us," Kovalik said Wednesday. "We believe that a decision in our favor, combined with public pressure, can get us that compensation and also can end the killings in the Caribbean

You can't separate this from the Atlantic article claiming their are too many students with disabilities. It's a moral panic meant to push out young people with disabilities from access to resources and to reify ableist bigotry. It's exactly what they did to trans people.

Whatever anyone thinks of rank, experience, or interpersonal respect, “don’t ask questions” is terrible leadership.

An admiral leading an entire combatant command probably knows some things. And such a person will sometimes need to ask things to do their job well.

Can’t believe I have to say that.

Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.

It appears the administration is now referring to the US institute of Peace as the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.

Legal per the Supreme Court btw

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.

She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him. Months after a judge tossed out his 1998 murder conviction, Jimmie Duncan is free on bail. But prosecutors have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Duncan, even as the...

Jimmie Duncan, who was on death row in Louisiana for 27 years for the murder of his former girlfriend's toddler, is free on bail following a @propublica.org + @veritenews.org investigation that examined the reliability of the key forensic evidence used to convict him.

Breaking on MS NOW: The Signalgate report contradicts Pete Hegseth's claims he did nothing wrong. It shows he "violated policy by using a non-approved device," a source who read the report says.

Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.

go to hell

SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.

It doesn't just threaten their First Amendment rights. It plainly violates them.

Trump Says He's Pardoning Henry Cuellar

Trump said he is offering a "full and unconditional PARDON" to a Democratic Rep. and his wife who were indicted for bribery and money laundering

A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips | NewsLab The White House has added a Media Bias Offender Tipline to its new ‘Media Bias Portal’ website. It’s reportedly being inundated with links to articles that submitters contend have a right-wing bias. https://lnkd.in/dyk49kBy

What could possibly go wrong? https://www.linkedin.com/posts/newslab-olemiss_a-call-to-action-submit-media-bias-tips-activity-7402006538359406592-iWyh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAABclmUBf6Njn3dh0gGpyjplf5j3hdNHRRA

i like dunkelman’s book as well but this argument really ought to grapple with the fact that trump’s agenda is mired in lawsuits and even the signature parts of it, the deportations, fall far short of the president’s ambitions

NYT documents the vote share shift from 2024 to last night's special election in Tennessee. Note the blue arrows.

Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.

We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.

What we know, 10:30pm:

—Dems flip mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia.
—GOP defends TN-07. Margin shifts blue by ≈14%.
—Solomon crushes McGreevey to become Jersey City mayor; his progressive slate also dominates city council.
—In Atlanta, establishment ahead in most but not all battles vs. left

Trump called Rep. Ilhan Omar 'garbage' today and said that Somalis should 'go back to where they came from.'

Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials preparing immigration operation in Minnesota that would primarily focus on Somali immigrants, AP source says.