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It brings a smile to my face to see a candidate for public office joyfully embrace the rich cultures and communities that make the U.S. a place I dearly love.
02.11.2025 02:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In the antebellum period, judges who ruled against fugitive slaves and in favor of their owners would get more money.
It incentivizes racial profiling and discrimination then as it does now. There is no real due process in a scheme like this.
Yeah, Shingrix punches hard. Worth it, but damn!
01.11.2025 21:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0When I worked at Wells Fargo, my coworkers were on SNAP.
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DHS document states ICE will NOT let people decline from being scanned by its new facial recognition app - Mobile Fortify.
It is used to verify one’s identity and immigration status. However, the face photos taken will be stored for 15 years, regardless of your immigration status.
note how the messaging has shifting from "we're targeting criminals" to "we're deporting everyone"
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THIS is what republicans have done to our peaceful Illinois communities (taken this morning in River Forest IL)!! 😡😡😡 WHY exactly are they doing this ? Happy Halloween everyone - be safe!
31.10.2025 16:09 — 👍 298 🔁 184 💬 43 📌 24
White House announces new limits on press access at 5 pm on Halloween
31.10.2025 21:09 — 👍 254 🔁 121 💬 14 📌 12🚨BREAKING: 2 fed courts have issued orders blocking Trump’s attempt to defund SNAP. Congrats to @democracyforward.org, its co counsel and clients, and Dem State AGs.
31.10.2025 18:04 — 👍 4980 🔁 1340 💬 87 📌 52
“Indeed, the federal government seems to be going out of its way to arrest and charge protesters — and women in particular — on what appear to be trumped-up charges aimed at chilling dissent,” writes @timdickinson.bsky.social in his latest.
31.10.2025 18:08 — 👍 189 🔁 82 💬 6 📌 1Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
There are more and more places stepping in every day (and they don’t have all those donors) Most of them will provide meals to anyone who asks- not just SNAP recipients.
www.oregonlive.com/food/2025/10...
Unless I'm missing something, this seems pretty straightforwardly unconstitutional.
30.10.2025 02:19 — 👍 336 🔁 105 💬 9 📌 3
Per systematic review: After COVID or flu, heart risks spike.
🧠 Stroke risk ↑ 3–5×
❤️ Heart attack risk ↑ 3–4×
…in the weeks after infection — lasting up to a year for COVID
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A witness in our case had ICE reject all her documents after using facial rec on her.
For her, tho, it seemed like nothing could make them accept that she has a right to be here.
Either way, a gov policy of not trusting gov-issued docs is going to violate lots of people's rights.
The U.S. is experiencing its highest wave of layoffs since 2020, with close to a million workers losing their jobs this year.
29.10.2025 22:08 — 👍 5006 🔁 2207 💬 279 📌 146Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
1. This will be a forced labor camp; 2. Utah is already planning to make it easier to commit people to it.
29.10.2025 14:35 — 👍 328 🔁 189 💬 6 📌 5
Lawn sign: On Oct. 12 we stopped ICE from kidnapping our neighbor!
So proud of my city. 👊❤️
(Albany Park is a diverse neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago.)
* Continuing to fight the "Chicago is a hellhole" narrative: I saw this because I biked a few miles to a lovely chocolate cafe on a gorgeous fall day where the leaves were starting to turn golden.
Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
"Costumes optional" means that costumes are permitted.
Counsel has a chance to do something legendary is what I am saying.
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
28.10.2025 16:09 — 👍 18323 🔁 5797 💬 472 📌 274At the behest of corporate lobbyists, Trump's CFPB will block states from erasing medical debt from credit reports.
This comes as the GOP allows ACA subsidies to expire – which could cause millions to go uninsured and medical debt to skyrocket.
A perfect storm of cruelty.
This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
28.10.2025 15:20 — 👍 7774 🔁 2525 💬 62 📌 18What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
the year is 2066. the dodgers and blue jays are in their 8692nd inning of the 2025 world series, game 3
28.10.2025 03:52 — 👍 1598 🔁 226 💬 44 📌 21
Real bravery and patriotism.
www.cbsnews.com/news/illinoi...
701 WTNT33 KNHC 272352TCPAT3 BULLETINHurricane Melissa Intermediate Advisory Number 26ANWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132025800 PM EDT Mon Oct 27 2025 ...MELISSA EXPECTED TO BRING CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE-THREATENING WINDS, FLOODING, AND STORM SURGE TO JAMAICA LATER TONIGHT AND ON TUESDAY... SUMMARY OF 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION----------------------------------------------LOCATION...16.6N 78.6WABOUT 155 MI...245 KM SW OF KINGSTON JAMAICAABOUT 335 MI...535 KM SW OF GUANTANAMO CUBAMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...175 MPH...280 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 2 MPH...4 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...909 MB...26.85 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS--------------------CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY: None. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT: A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...* Jamaica* Cuban provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo, andHolguin* Southeastern and Central Bahamas A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...* Turks and Caicos Islands A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...* Haiti* Cuban province of Las Tunas* Turks and Caicos Islands A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area. A warning is typically issued 36 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds, conditions that make outside preparations difficult or dangerous. Preparations to protect life and property should be complete in Jamaica and rushed to completion in Cuba. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possiblewithin the watch area. A watch is typically issued 48 hoursbefore the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-forcewinds, conditions that make outside preparations difficult ordangerous. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions areexpected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours. Interests in Bermuda should monitor the progress of Melissa. For storm information specific to your area, please monitorproducts issued by your national meteorological service. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK----------------------At 800 PM EDT (0000 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Melissa was located near latitude 16.6 North, longitude 78.6 West. Melissa is moving slowly toward the northwest near 2 mph (4 km/h). A slow turn toward the north is expected tonight, followed by a turn toward the northeast at a slightly faster forward speed on Tuesday. A northeastward motion with a faster forward speed is expected on Wednesday and Thursday. On the forecast track, the core of Melissa is expected to move near or over Jamaica by early Tuesday, across southeastern Cuba Tuesday night, and across the southeastern or central Bahamas on Wednesday. Maximum sustained winds are near 175 mph (280 km/h) with highergusts. Melissa is a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-SimpsonHurricane Wind Scale. Some fluctuations in intensity are likely before Melissa makes landfall on Jamaica. However, Melissa is expected to reach Jamaica and southeastern Cuba as an extremely powerful major hurricane, and will still be at hurricane strength when it moves across the southeastern Bahamas. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles (45 km) fromthe center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 195miles (315 km). The minimum central pressure estimated by aircraft dropsonde data is 909 mb (26.85 inches). HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND----------------------Key messages for Melissa can be found in the Tropical CycloneDiscussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT3 and WMO header WTNT43 KNHC. WIND: Tropical storm conditions are occurring in Jamaica, andcatastrophic and life-threatening hurricane-force wind conditionsare expected to begin late tonight and continue into Tuesday. Within the eyewall, total structural failure is likely, especially in higher elevation areas where wind speeds atop and on the windward sides of hills and mountains could be up to 30 percent stronger. Tropical storm conditions are expected to begin in eastern Cuba on Tuesday, with hurricane conditions expected to begin in the hurricane warning area starting Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning. Tropical storm conditions are expected in Haiti late Tuesday and Wednesday. Hurricane conditions are expected in the southeastern and centralBahamas on Wednesday. Tropical Storm conditions are expected in theTurks and Caicos Islands on Wednesday with hurricane conditions also possible on Wednesday. RAINFALL: Melissa is expected to bring rainfall of 15 to 30 inchesto portions of Jamaica and additional rainfall of 6 to 12 inches forsouthern Hispaniola through Wednesday, with storm total local maximaof 40 inches possible. Catastrophic flash flooding and numerouslandslides are likely. For eastern Cuba, storm total rainfall of 10 to 20 inches, withlocal amounts to 25 inches, is expected by Monday into Wednesdayresulting in life-threatening and potentially catastrophic flashflooding with numerous landslides. Over the Southeast Bahamas, total rainfall of 5 to 10 inches isexpected Tuesday into Wednesday resulting in areas of flashflooding. For a complete depiction of forecast rainfall associated withMelissa, please see the National Weather Service Storm TotalRainfall Graphic, available athurricanes.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?rainqpf STORM SURGE: A life-threatening storm surge is likely along thesouth coast of Jamaica late tonight and on Tuesday. Peak storm surge heights could reach 9 to 13 feet above ground level, near and to the east of where the center of Melissa makes landfall. This storm surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves. On the northwest coast of Jamaica, near Montego Bay, there is the possibility of 1 to 3 feet of storm surge above ground level. There is a potential for significant storm surge along the southeastcoast of Cuba late Tuesday or Wednesday. Peak storm surge heightscould reach 7 to 11 feet above normal tide levels, near and to theeast of where the center of Melissa makes landfall. This storm surgewill be accompanied by large and destructive waves. Storm surge of 4 to 6 ft above normally dry ground is possible inthe southeastern Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands on Wednesday. SURF: Swells generated by Melissa are expected to affect portions ofHispaniola, Jamaica, eastern Cuba, and the Cayman Islands during thenext several days, and the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands,and Bermuda later this week. These swells are likely to causelife-threatening surf and rip current conditions. Please consultproducts from your local weather office. NEXT ADVISORY-------------Next complete advisory at 1100 PM EDT. $$Forecaster Pasch
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Hurricane Melissa 34-Knot Wind Speed Probabilities
Atlantic Hurricane Melissa Intermediate Advisory Number 26a issued at Mon, 27 Oct 2025 23:52:47 +0000
...MELISSA EXPECTED TO BRING CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE-THREATENING WINDS, FLOODING, AND STORM SURGE TO JAMAICA LATER TONIGHT AND ON TUESDAY...
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