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‘The Wire’ actor Bobby J. Brown dies at 62 in barn fire “The Wire” actor Bobby J. Brown is dead at 62 as the result of a barn fire. The incident reportedly occurred when he was jumpstarting a vehicle.

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AI Opted to Use Nuclear Weapons 95% of the Time During War Games: Researcher | Common Dreams AI models like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini show alarming readiness to deploy nuclear weapons in war games experiment. Study reveals sobering results.

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We're running another craft auction over at @ourfamilyourfight.bsky.social to support the American Immigration Council— it goes live March 5 with over 700 items (so far!). Folks should follow the OFOF bsky for info, because we have some AMAZING items up to support their crucial work!

The speed with which American voters are turning against data centers is breathtaking.

One comparison might be what happened to nuclear after the doublewhammy of "The China Syndrome" debuting days before Three Mile Island, except there's no equivalent in terms of Hollywood or industrial accidents.

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Pro-Trump attorneys push EO that would give Trump wide power over elections: Sources The emergency order would mandate the use of voter ID and hand-counted ballots.

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To any Democrat who ever said about any issue, "Maybe if we agree with Republicans just this far, they'll stop there," remember that you were wrong, it was obvious at the time, and you really should never believe that again about any issue, ever.

The first US Cabinet happened in 1789.

Trump’s Border Czar Says He’ll “Educate” Pope Leo XIV on Catholic Teaching Homan argues Leo XIV is wrong on deportations — and says his Catholic grade school education in the 1960s qualifies him to explain the faith’s “always pro–law enforcement” stance.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall for the discussion between Pope Leo and (I'm guessing) wanting to be ex-communicated Homan
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Statement from Mayor Sean M. Ryan on Death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam • Buffalo, NY

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Nurul Amin Shah Alam, Blind Rohingya refugee dumped by CBP, dies in cold "They just left him."

The cruelty is the point for trump and ice.
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ICE took their papers—and won’t give them back Immigrants are being released from detention without documents proving their status.

After Isabel was released from a Minnesota detention center, ICE didn't return her work permit, ID, checks worth $700, or her daughter’s US passport.

She's one of many now missing key immigration and identity documents.

This has nothing to do with fraud.

The agents Trump allegedly sent to investigate fraud are shooting protesters and arresting children. His DOJ is gutting the U.S. Attorney’s Office and crippling their ability to prosecute fraud. And every week Trump pardons another fraudster.

Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as ...

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Protect Intellectual Freedom & Parental Rights at Mohave County Libraries It’s already handled by professional librarians. Mohave County Library follows American Library Association and Arizona Library Association professional standards, and has a formal Review of Library M...

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50+ Groups Condemn Trump Admin for Sabotaging Independent Probe of Alex Pretti Killing Trump administration accused of sabotaging investigation into killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents. Groups demand accountability and independent investigations.

50+ Groups Condemn Trump Admin for Sabotaging Independent Probe of Alex Pretti Killing

Largest nurses strike in New York City history ends as holdout workers ratify contract The largest nurses strike in New York City history ended this weekend when the last holdout nurses voted to ratify a contract and agreed to return to work.

New York City nurses get a deal, end strike, ratify contract. “The largest nurses strike in New York City history ended this weekend when the last holdouts in the 41-day labor action overwhelmingly voted to ratify a contract and agreed to return to work, officials said." abcnews.com/US/largest-n...

Kudos to @vercel.com for going above and beyond for an employee
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Crypto exchange Binance may have funded Iranian entities, reports say Internal investigators said at least two accounts allegedly saw $1.7bn move to Iranian-backed groups

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Federal court rejects GOP-led Utah Legislature’s latest try to block House map that helps Democrats - WTOP News New Utah voting districts that give Democrats an improved shot at winning a U.S. House seat can be used in this year’s election, a federal court ruled Monday while turning aside a Republican request…

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🤨This reads like they plan on requiring elders and disabled and/or their carers to travel farther to appointments with SSA www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Long thread worth reading (but infuriating)

Why some cities are ditching their Flock license plate readers Cities around the country are debating whether to keep their automatic license plate readers. Concerns about privacy and federal immigration agents accessing local data are driving these debates.

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The rotting orange suppresses the news flow here and his followers only believe what he rage tweets or slurs from a podium, but that does sound awfully nice.

Starfleet Academy's First Gay Klingon Has The Support Of Star Trek Legend George Takei - SlashFilm Starfleet Academy has introduced the first canonically gay Klingon, Karim Diané's Jay-Den Kraag, and he has the support of queer Star Trek icon George Takei.

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