Auld Black Jack

Dunno what all the whining is about, since he's taking up residence at Gracie in Yorkville the swells on the UES are gonna have their streets plowed first like they're *entitled* to.

“This money that belongs to us is being used to terrorize our communities,” affirmed Assembly Member @dianaforqueens.com.

NY cannot continue to aid & abet ICE’s reign of terror, and only one legislation can stop this: the New York for All Act! #NY4All

DARVO.

60% disapprove of Trump ahead of State of the Union, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds But Democrats have made little headway in persuading Americans that they have better ideas or policies to offer.

ABC/WP/Ipsos

Pres. Trump
🟢Approve: 39% (-2)
🔴Disapprove: 60% (+1)

Trump's net approval on key issues
Border Security: -3
Economy: -16
Immigration: -18 (new low)
Tariffs: -30
Inflation: -33

(change since last poll)

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You're letting a lot of people off the hook.
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Battle of Cable Street - Wikipedia

Do they have any marches planned?
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YouTube video by The Cheat V for Vendetta (2005) - Lewis Prothero / The Voice of London Speech

Too on the nose...
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NEW

How Palantir captured the Ministry of Defence

How a close read of public domain documents show how MoD was commercially colonised by Palantir

By me, at FT

www.ft.com/content/5207...

The calls to this fake ICE tip line, set up by Ben Palmer, are incredible. This one is a teacher who wants a small child (from their kindergarten) and their family deported.

Many of the callers really don't like it when Ben simply reflects back what they're saying

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made by his sister in lawsuit In a lawsuit filed in Missouri, Sam Altman's sister has accused the OpenAI CEO of years of sexual abuse. Altman denied the claims.

In a lawsuit filed in Missouri, Sam Altman's sister has accused the OpenAI CEO of years of sexual abuse. Altman denied the claims.

And so, for jackasses like me, the steady, relentless demonstration of how wrong we were about the Court’s commitment to constitutional order has been jarring.

With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans In states that once focused mainly on health care and sports for transgender minors, debates now revolve around the validity of transgender identity.

The subheadline on this NYT piece is going to turn me into the Joker.

Like... this... is exactly what trans people have been saying was going to happen for years.

Trans people for the past decade: This isn't actually about sports or ensuing there's appropriate screening before someone starts medically transitioning. The goal is to effectively criminalize the existence of all trans people.

Very Reasonable Journalists: You're crazy

They can’t figure out how to spend the extra $500 billion they gave themselves for the military, but cut our healthcare and food assistance because they said they couldn’t afford it.

Just an amazing string of coincidences that the Republican Party has so many pedophiles, pedophile enablers and pedophile protectors in its ranks.

YouTube video by Alistair Knight The Beatniks trailer (1960)

cool daddy-o.
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Jeffrey Epstein Was Vladimir Putin's Wealth Manager, FBI Source Claimed in Newly Released Epstein Files Jeffrey Epstein managed money for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, among other powerful world leaders, one confidential source claimed in FBI testimony

"The FBI's source...claimed in their testimony that Epstein — a wealth manager — "made his money from charging his clients fees to hide their money offshore."

uh, didn't have "PEOPLE has reached out to the Kremlin for comment." on my bingo card. but joke's on me I guess

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Let me show you a wardrobe you can build with $1,700 🧵

The Founders Knew Great Wealth Inequality Could Destroy Us At the founding of America, leaders predicted that a concentration of wealth would weaken the republic.

Also it would honor the 250th commemoration of the Revolution, 'cause that Founding generation feared that very wealthy men would endanger the republic. time.com/7297269/foun...

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NJ lawmakers introduce the FUCK ICE Act.

The bill "permits civil action for violations of US Constitution related to immigration enforcement."