Steven Damron

Barcelona bakery Canal wins Spain's Best Croissant Award for the fourth time Over sixty bakeries from across Spain took part in the prestigious 18-year-old competition held in the Catalan capital

Barcelona admires Parisian culture, so it's no wonder you can find decent croissants here.

Unfortunately, Canal is 30 minutes by metro from my place. Luckily, I know good alternatives that are walkable.

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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

¡Felicidades!

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

Simple economics. Renewable energy costs dropping. Trump is making poor energy investments. Who's lining his pockets?

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People really have no idea what's about to happen.

Trump isn't testing in WDC, Portland, and Chicago just to expand to two more metro areas.

"Insurrection" means "votes against Trump."

He wants troops in every blue voting district.

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An astrologer in Raval describes current conditions.

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Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act The comments came a day after a federal judge blocked the president from sending National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.

Miller calls court rulings against Trump "legal insurrection" and says it's sufficient to invoke the Insurrection Act.

There is order in the courts, not in the White House.

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YouTube video by The Bulwark Seriously. What?

This makes no sense.

The rest of the speech isn't much better.

26th amendment time.

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I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason. Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

DHS, ICE, and Stephen Miller are using language like “became violent and refused to comply with law enforcement” repeatedly to deny culpability.

They are lying. Don't believe them.

Trump says cities are war zones.

Don't believe him.

Listen to your fellow countrymen. Believe them.

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What really strikes me about this video is that these goons have no training

Pretty sure throwing someone to the ground and handcuffing them is Cop 101 but it looks like they're just handing recruits $50K and sending them into the field with some Army Surplus gear being like "good luck boys"

The 14th century Santa Maria del Mar church is a quick walk from the city's cathedral.

Adjacent to the church, you'll find Plaça de Fossar de les Moreres, a memorial to the Catalan War.

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Exclusive: Trump says Hamas faces ‘complete obliteration’ if it insists on staying in power | CNN Politics President Donald Trump told CNN Hamas faces “complete obliteration” if the group refuses to cede power and control of Gaza, amid ongoing efforts to push forward his proposed ceasefire plan.

Interesting claim from a man who's dismantling US intelligence and counter-terrorism capabilities.

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Two states are giving other states a preview of hospital closures and denial of medical services before Trump's draconian healthcare cuts even hit.

This leads to either higher costs later or earlier mortality. Pick your poison.

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Good morning. Don't panic.

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

In its statement addressing the raid, DHS noted it was still gathering information about those arrested “due to the size” of the operation and will provide more information. “Federal law enforcement officers will not stand by and allow criminal activity flourish in our American neighborhoods,” DHS said.

DHS describes detaining people w/o knowing who they are and then, unironically, claims they won't stand by and watch [or commit] crime.

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Border Patrol shoots woman on Southwest Side; agents, protesters battle for hours The shooting occurred Saturday in Brighton Park when federal patrols were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security, which has yet to be verified. In the p...

Don't trust anything ICE reports.

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It's fig season in Barcelona!

Delish dessert at Can MarLau.

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Thugs.

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

Big brother, anyone?

Remember when people were bothered about the NSA spying on Americans?

Any chance ICE will limit its surveillance to undocumented people?

Some friends have already changed what they say on social media. Will you?

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Barcelona pro-Palestine protests heating up throughout the city after Israel intercept of aid flotilla headed to Gaza this week.

These are protesters blocking traffic yesterday on Balmes at Diputació. There have been helicopters, extra police, and traffic jams everywhere. No violence.

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‘I don’t think it helps either side’: Quiet concerns emerge in Trump’s orbit over shutdown President Donald Trump believed the government shutdown would deliver Republicans a swift and decisive political victory. But with the stalemate now likely to spill into a second week, that calculatio...

Trump is using the shutdown as an opportunity to grab more power illegally by firing govt employees and shutting down "democrat" programs.

He'll end up shouldering more blame when something goes wrong. Maybe he'll blame someone else for problems, but Congress is no longer a good foil.

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These terrorism "indicators" can be applied to anyone arbitrarily, giving Trump the right to detain and render anyone he wants to any foreign country.

When I say "anyone," I mean me and I mean you.

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YouTube video by MSNBC ‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

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As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...