Larry Lynam

Truth. Genocide denial is a choice.

He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared. Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.

Calling from a Texas detention center, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas told his wife to hit record:

“They detained me simply because of my tattoos. I am not a criminal.”

“Just in case something happens to me, so you can be aware.”

A month later, he was gone.

Avelo Airlines deportation flights hard to track On the heels of protests, NBC Connecticut Investigates has been digging into Avelo’s role in deportation flights. Our camera was rolling when a white, odd-looking Avelo plane without any branding land...

"Our camera was rolling when a white, odd-looking Avelo plane without any branding landed at Tweed Airport in East Haven in July.

Using a hex code unique to each plane, tracking software showed us it’s one of 3 aircraft operated by Avelo for deportations..."
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Cruelty for sport.

Small town Alabama is the only home Fonzie knows, but ICE came for him anyway “I don't know nothing about Mexico,” he said. “I don't even know how their political things work."

He played ball at JB Pennington High, went to the Baptist church on Sundays and Methodist youth group Wednesday nights. He fell in love and drives a pickup and referees high school games and talks with a better Southern accent than I do.

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🎶Sweet Home Aloknaa🎶

“When a story seems to draw blood, then you assign more stories reporting on the narrative you pretend you didn’t create.” prospect.org/politics/202...

Didn’t walk on the Moon, but flew around it twice, which I think only Eugene Cernan and John Young matched.

A lot of people don’t realize that the New Deal was successful because Franklin D. Roseeneah was in office for four centuries

I haven't laughed this hard in days. 😭

Billy Long ousted by Trump as IRS chief after less than 2 months in office | Alabama Reflector The former lawmaker’s ouster comes as the IRS must begin to implement changes to the tax code championed by Senate Republicans and signed into law by Trump just last month.

Via @ashleymurray.bsky.social: President Donald Trump will remove former Missouri Republican U.S. Rep. Billy Long from his post as head of the Internal Revenue Service less than two months after his confirmation, according to the White House Friday.

I had to reply that section twice because I was enjoying it so much. 😄. I’m forcing myself to save episode 4 until tomorrow. Congrats to you both for such a splendid and important series.

I am already into the 3rd episode and I am fascinated. Loved your 25yo mistake.😀I can just imagine how gob smacked you were to realize that one. The look on your face must have been a Kodak moment (as if anyone remembers what that phrase means. 🙂

The IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates. That Could Give Texas Pastors More Power Than Ever. While the IRS move applies across the country, Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence, one expert said.

The day after the IRS said it would let churches endorse candidates, Fort Worth-based Mercy Culture Church posted on social media that it was “time for the church to get loud!”

"We don’t endorse parties — we stand for the Kingdom!” the post read.

W/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social & @texastribune.org

A Pregnant Texas Teen Died Under Texas’ Fetal Heartbeat Law It took three ER visits before a hospital admitted pregnant teen Nevaeh Crain, one of at least two Texas women to die under the state’s abortion ban.

After Nevaeh Crain died, her mother couldn’t stop thinking about how Christus Southeast Hospital had ignored her daughter’s condition.

“She was bleeding,” she said. “Why didn’t they do anything to help it along instead of wait for another ultrasound to confirm the baby is dead?”

FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked with rooting out dangerous manufacturing practices.

With deep job cuts at the FDA, inspectors say the ongoing strain could compromise policing an industry spread across more than 90 countries.

“Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.

And I'm supposed to believe these people care about women athletes so much that they must go on an entire hate crusade against trans people? Please.

The White House should hand over the Epstein files.

His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp. Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to…

One contractor hired to work on the new Fort Bliss immigrant detention center is a company whose owner previously co-owned a business that pleaded guilty to a scheme to hire undocumented workers and conceal them from immigration authorities.

That will do, Duolingo. That will do. I’m going to have to neuter you aren’t ?

Harlem Legionnaires' disease outbreak reaches 73 cases Anyone in Central Harlem experiencing flu-like symptoms should seek medical care.

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Don't let anybody tell you that antiabortionists have any respect for life.

Just a note that these are likely career civil servants, and their firing is illegal, but the Supreme Court has chosen not to stop the purge of government employees for partisan reasons.

Um, this may not work out well for her.

The man who is taking Medgar Evers' name off a Navy vessel says he is proud of "our (Confederate) history" and is demanding that statue be restored.

Our country has been captured by white supremacists. The mere notion of a better future for all in 2020 radicalized them and Americans let it happen.

I think I am going to go back to Babel when this free trial is over.

So far I can order a coffee with ice or tea in bread in Portuguese and say thank you. This is going just splendidly. 🤣🤣

OMG 🤣🤣🤣 you win this round. It was probably the Duolingo troll trying to get into your house. 🤣🤣

I downloaded Duolingo to learn Portugeese for our upcoming trip. I’m regretting it. This bitch of an app send me notifications until 11PM last night reminding me I did not complete yesterday’s lesson. Enough already.

Here is the link

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