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Screenshot of ProPublica article about ICE detaining immigrant kids that reads "In South Carolina, a Colombian family of five went to a government office for a fingerprinting appointment, only to have the parents detained while the children — ages 5, 11 and 15 — were sent into the shelter system for four months. In South Florida, a 17-year-old from Guatemala was taken into custody because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad after a traffic stop; his dad is deaf. In Maryland, a 17-year-old from Mexico ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn onto military property."

Since the start of this year, some 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE, according to government data — the highest number since recordkeeping began a decade ago. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

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Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.

hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires

They're offloading all the debt onto special purpose vehicles (SPV) that are legally distinct entities propped up by promises from meta for decades of demand in compute. The banks take all the risk, Nvidia gets the equity and revenue, Meta gets the stock bump without the downside.

The trade-off for signing your life away on those waivers is that they clean up the barf...

Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.

New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.

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This film is so sadly beautiful & beautifully sad... we've only been able to watch the first third (so far)...having to pace our feels. Can't wait to finish & (as I've started here...) to recommend it to everyone.

ACLU and EFF Sue a City Blanketed With Flock Surveillance Cameras “Most drivers are unaware that San Jose’s Police Department is tracking their locations and do not know all that their saved location data can reveal about their private lives and activities."

“Most drivers are unaware that San Jose’s Police Department is tracking their locations and do not know all that their saved location data can reveal about their private lives and activities."

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The Deliberate Decimation of the Federal Workforce Systems built up over the last 120 years are being either eliminated or corroded at warp speed, with the implicit blessing of the US Supreme Court.

Trump is systematically demolishing the federal government, firing one in eight workers and stripping away their rights. He is targeting scientists, consumer watchdogs, and public health experts, leaving vital services in ruins while rewarding his cronies.

#GildedAge 🥇

@washingtonpost.com $TSLA
@emgusk.bsky.social
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy' Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files

When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'

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Burning Love is one of the funniest things ever, & Bibb was fantastic. JDR had one of the greatest still-not-appreciated-enough comedic performances living out a "fanty-tale" in s02 & she should have won ALL of the Emmy's that year. (Hey @paulscheer.com make sure to tell her we all think so...)

In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.

When replay was new there were discrepancies when the "big" game of the week would have 50 cameras & the network would send half that many to the weakest game & sometimes they just "wouldn't have the angle" for replay. This game felt like that... Broadcast team was not up to "prime time" standards.

This whole piece is all the actual horribles on parade, and this one is just infuriating

This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.

license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...

i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate

This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.

"Why are American taxpayers funding Sami [Hamdi]'s arbitrary detention when ... millions of children risk going hungry by losing their food aid?"

Ohio State Highway Patrol Has Contract With Flock, Firm That Tracked Abortion Patient - Cleveland Scene Flock Safety has received criticism for tracking a Texan who drove to Illinois to flee the state's forced-birth laws. Despite 2023's Ohio Issue 1 decision, Ohio's state highway patrol gave the firm te...

When Ohio voters protected the rights "to make reproductive decisions and travel for healthcare, they didn’t intend for their state to subsidize the very surveillance tools that can criminalize those choices,” EFF’s @tsnvaa.bsky.social told @clevelandscene.bsky.social.

How Palantir infiltrated the state At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company

Peter Thiel is in the Epstein emails, enjoying himself.

Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.

Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.

Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.

You can't make it up.

Imagine trying to convince someone a decade ago that this sentence would be a 100% literally accurate description of the American political situation.

Black soldiers/vets not only confronted racism at home and in the army, they continued to after they returned.
I've always taught the story of Isaac Woodard Jr, when I teach disability histories, it is a necessary counter to the myths White racists like to tell

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“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.

NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.

The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.

Truly Kafkaesque: a student made the complaint to a US Senator who then contacted the Dean. IU removed the Lecturer from teaching her class, which is "atypical for intellectual diversity reviews." Meanwhile, "Diversity, Human Rights, & Social Justice is still being taught by guest lecturers."

I have a plan to save movie theaters and it’s gonna work:

Double-price for phone-friendly showings. You can have your phone out the entire time, make calls, talk, bring young active children without fear of being judged.

Half-price for silent showings. Phone use gets you banned for six months.

Project 2029

Let’s do this!! 🔥
#SheShed

As I have said before, the broader silence on the ethnic pogrom of terror across this country is one of those things you can’t help noticing from the loudest special boy politics knowers on here.

Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders. After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...

After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.

We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.

If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇