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OPINION: The Chicago Public Library budget is under threat. Let’s remember what libraries do for us • The TRiiBE Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources.

NEW — Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources, one resident writes.

Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.

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This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.

Lecturing Europe on the importance of free speech.

I remember that when it was announced that the general reaction was “WTF are they thinking???”

Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders “This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”

“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”

The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.

It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.

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Thurl Ravenscroft who also voiced Tony the Tiger.

There was a prequel TV series with David Soul in the late 70s/early 80s.

According to Article 1(1) of the UN Convention against Torture, an act constitutes torture if four elements are present: (1) intention, (2) infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering, (3) a purpose such as coercion, intimidation, obtaining information or a confession, or discrimination and (4) a degree of official involvement.254 State agents at “Alligator Alcatraz” use the ‘box’ as a form of punishment. The conditions of the ‘box’ – an extremely small space that prevents sitting, lying or changing position –, combined with high temperatures and humidity levels, and the deprivation of water, sanitation and protection from harsh weather conditions and insects, would likely cause severe physical and psychological pain and suffering.255 Amnesty International considers that the use of the ‘box’ as a form of punishment at “Alligator Alcatraz” constitutes torture.

Amnesty International released findings from its investigation into the Everglades Concentration Camp (Alligator Alcatraz), which was built by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.

They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.

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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.

It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”

- Garry Kasparov

There was a prequel TV series starring David Soul…

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.

Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.

It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.

That’s it.

From The Betrayal of Anne Frank, by Rosemary Sullivan. #booksky

What’s interesting here is that, despite the best efforts of unhinged lawmakers, there’s no legal reason for any of this. It’s coming from administrators desperate to avoid a fight.

YouTube video by KING 5 Seattle Sen. Murray urges release of man allegedly mauled by ICE dog

Warning: dog bite images

Tacoma ICE agents lured Wilmer Martinez out of his home, released their dog on him, he received bites and gashes, was denied medical attention for hours.

Senator Murray @murray.senate.gov is demanding his release. Stop this inhumanity

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HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.

Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT

This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.

If Trump and Musk had a falling out, and if Musk is no longer involved in politics, why is the Trump admin using levers of US foreign policy to get Musk’s company out of well deserved fines?

This is the moment, Europe. Stand up for yourself, your laws, your freedom against foreign interference.

It predates Campbell by at least a century. Both “Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions” and “The Golden Bough” laid out the basic framework in the 1800s.

☢️🇺🇦 Today marks another anniversary of the Budapest Memorandum.

Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for assurances of support in the event of aggression…

History has shown that without effective guarantees, international law often fails to work in practice.

worth saying that some portion of the freed slaves were themselves illegal aliens having been brought illegally into the united states by smugglers. if the birthright clause applies to them, it applies to undocumented immigrants

Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.

Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.

This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵

Monarca Alert Federal agents are roaming the entire Metro area. If you can, patrol a major business corridor near you. Call 612-441-2881 if you see anything

Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Twin Cities: ICE is out terrorizing people. Please be aware. If you see them, call 612-441-2881 and then pull out your phone to record. Comply if they tell you to step aside but keep recording. You are legally allowed to film them.

BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?

TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded


BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.

Joint Statement on the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix The world's largest streaming company swallowing one of its biggest competitors is what antitrust laws were designed to prevent. The outcome would eliminate jobs, push down wages, worsen conditions for all entertainment workers, raise prices for consumers, and reduce the volume and diversity of content for all viewers. Industry workers along with the public are already impacted by only a few powerful companies maintaining tight control over what consumers can watch on television, on streaming, and in theaters. This merger must be blocked.

The following is a statement from the WGA on the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.

Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns

A massive step back for the United States

Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns

@apoorvanyt.bsky.social

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YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert "Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)

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First time I’ve heard him. Has me grinning.

Anyone here with political aspirations, please take note. We live in an era, policy-wise where there is such a dearth of humanity that if you simply allow basic fundamental baby-brained levels of human decency to guide your policy it’s like 99% certain you’ll be goddamn Superman to the average voter

Even if there 𝘸𝘢𝘴 a radio, it's 𝘯𝘰𝘵 an excuse.
This U-Boat commander who used that very excuse was tried, convicted and executed by firing squad along with two of his officers.

U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.

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