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Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.

a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:

Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.

So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.

For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:

splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app

Canada is currently experiencing a large, multi-jurisdictional outbreak of measles that began in October 2024 with cases in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories. While transmission has slowed recently, the outbreak has persisted for over 12 months, primarily within under-vaccinated communities. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status. PAHO's Measles and Rubella Elimination Regional Monitoring and Re-Verification Commission reviewed recent epidemiological and laboratory data, confirming sustained transmission of the same measles virus strain in Canada for a period of more than one year.

UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.

This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.

The words "FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE" placed over David Lynch's face (a still from TWIN PEAKS THE RETURN).

I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

DC ‘Sandwich Guy’ Found Not Guilty After Defense Successfully Highlights Absurdity Of It All Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn. She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.

The D.C. man accused of assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent with a Subway sandwich was found not guilty by a jury

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

Brilliant. Should be a model everywhere

Once upon a time, American soldiers handed out food to Germans because *they* had followed a fascist madman into national ruin.

How times change.

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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

Seems like the guy who threw the sandwich at the federal agent is holding his own in the trial today.

I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury

🎶 This little vote of mine, Im gonna make it count 🎼

IMPORTANT ELECTIONS TOMORROW, Nov. 4.

Go to ballotpedia.org to see what’s happening in your area.

NJ - vote Mikie Sherrill
VA - vote Abigail Spanberger
PA - Courts Matter - Vote YES
CA- YES on Prop 50

hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.

we’ll all subscribe en masse

How to answer a loaded question.

(This is Joe Neguse, Congressman for Colorado's 2nd District.)

The LAPD rioted last night.

COP30 Is Not Just about Climate What will come of COP30 negotiations on protecting biodiversity, as climate change threatens entire ecosystems?

"At COP30, world leaders will negotiate over emissions targets, nationally determined contributions, and loss and damage. But other, equally important conversations about biodiversity will be happening." Learn how climate change and biodiversity impact one another in a blog by UCS’s Astrid Caldas.

Vaccine-Preventable Disease: A Global Tracker | Think Global Health This map is updated weekly and visualizes outbreaks of nine childhood diseases in collaboration with the International Society for Infectious Diseases

I'd love to say lots of nice things about this invaluable preventable disease tracker from @monscience.bsky.social and team at Think Global Health. It's an incredible resource.

But I can't get over my anger & sadness that this resource is even needed.
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...

Crowdsourced map of ICE Activity now has a local alert system: iceout.org

24-hour live ICE activity map now gives local alerts. This can be particularly helpful for individuals at risk and also for allies attempting to intervene. You can select your own alert radius.

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🚨ICE posing as sheriff in Hollywood, CA. Governor Newsom is going to see this and he is going to be lit with rage, as he should be. The guy asking questions on video pointing out all the illegal acts they are committing. Let’s make sure he sees what happened tonight. 1/2

🚨USPS mail carrier terrorized by ICE. A federal worker carrying mail over his shoulder suspected of being an “illegal immigrant? The worst of the worst?” No. He was existing while black. 1/2

Not the west end. It's the mini man-made island with one bridge in/ out.

Tactically extremely stupid. Let em in. Then barricade the bridge.

Federal Action Reporting Form Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start

AG Letitia James has launched a New York Government portal for reporting ICE regime troopers committing crimes and violating civil rights.

Report ICE thugs in New York here: ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

FOIA - How to File a FOIA Request in Each State.docx FOIA Requesting School Board and School District Records Purpose: Fighting book censorship legislation by requesting information from elected school board officials as members of the general public ...

Sometimes to fight book bans you need to know what your officials are doing and sometimes they ah...don't want to tell you. Here's how to make a FOIA request in EVERY state docs.google.com/document/u/0...

Boycotts work.

Pissedoffbartend3r (IG) served up a #CupOfJoe so full of facts that I had to drink it in a few times!

Opulence and oppression often go hand in hand.