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South Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as US officials detain imports A South Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have been detaining imported compone...

"A South Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have been detaining imported components needed to make solar panels."

“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...

NEW: A Fort Worth church is offering a $100 online academy that aims to train conservative Christians to run for office.

At the core of the program is the idea that there's no separation between what happens within the church and in the government.

w/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org

Trump administration demands states 'undo' full SNAP payouts as states warn of "catastrophic impact" President Donald Trump's administration is demanding that states reverse full SNAP benefits issued under recent court orders. The U.S.

Trump administration demands states "undo" efforts to provide full SNAP payouts for November amid court battle

How Trump’s DOJ wiped out a pioneering anti-violence nonprofit “We’re just the tip of the iceberg.”

A few years ago, Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), a criminal and racial justice nonprofit, was awarded $3 million in federal grants to expand its work supporting community violence intervention efforts.

This April, Trump's DOJ terminated its funding. Its last day of operations was August 15.

This is pathetically and willfully out of touch. You punch down on the workers due your ethical failings. Good job corporate shills keep telling the public how much you keep trying to dodge the point.

OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:

“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”

Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.

From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airlines cancel more than 1,000 flights on first day of cuts tied to government shutdown.

This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them. The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...

The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate.

It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.

(Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)

Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time.

Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges

AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge "Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."

Librarians told 404 Media they are being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books that they need to wade through. AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, academics
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

Bees??

The Middle English word ‘bede’ meant “prayer.”

People started to keep track of their prayers with a string of little balls.

We now call those little balls “beads.”

Mamdani tells Trump that New York is ready to fight after president's threats fail to thwart voters Trump has previously targeted other cities and has threatened to cut federal funding and take control of New York. Mamdani's progressive policies have drawn criticism from Republicans. But Mamdani rem...

“Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up,” NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said, before declaring, “If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him.” https://to.pbs.org/4nJrpUS

The Shot in the Eye Squad After losing a retina to "less lethal" police munitions during a George Floyd protest, I decided to start a club.

In 2021, we published a series of portraits and interviews with people shot in the eye during the George Floyd protests.

One of them, Soren Stevenson, just won his race for Minneapolis City Council.

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

“I don’t care if it’s toenail cancer,” said Kirby Lewis, a veteran who was diagnosed with breast cancer a dozen years ago and is now Stage 4. “If exposure occurs, they should take care of those people.”

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:

(Published 2019)

Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor's race Democrat Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to give Democrats a key victory heading into the 2026 midterm elections and make...

Democrat Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to give Democrats a key victory heading into the 2026 midterm elections and make history as the first-ever woman to lead the commonwealth. https://to.pbs.org/4hOFU8C

Morning. ☕️

Bomb threats force closures at some New Jersey polling places Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said polling sites at School 2 and School 10 in Paterson were shut down after threats were received.

Across New Jersey, bomb threats at multiple polling locations have prompted closures and relocations today

CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.

New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...

Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It. Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...

In Oklahoma, oil companies inject tens of billions of gallons of toxic wastewater into the ground each year — enough to fill the Empire State Building 300+ times — frequently at pressures above the legal limit.

Regulators have failed to stop them.

With @readfrontier.bsky.social

Famine is gripping two regions of war-torn Sudan, hunger monitoring group says The world's leading authority on hunger crises says famine has spread to two regions of war-torn Sudan.

Two regions of war-torn Sudan are enduring a famine that is at risk of spreading to other areas of the northeastern African country, where paramilitary fighters have been battling the military for power for more than two years, a global hunger monitoring group said. https://to.pbs.org/4onhZj5

New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.

Dear Canada, can someone explain why we are not doing this??

electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...

White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town. Then, They Followed Her to the Next One. Cecelia Lewis was asked to apply for a Georgia school district’s first-ever administrator job devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion. A group of parents — coached by local and national anti-CRT gr...

An anti-CRT movement targeted an accomplished educator — driving her out of two Georgia school districts.

The mission began inside a golf community clubhouse on a Sunday afternoon, where parents were coached on how to land a Fox News appearance.

(Published June 2022)
By @nicolefcarr.bsky.social

Disturbing Australian survey exposes depraved truths: one in fifteen men confess they'd molest kids under fourteen if secrecy guaranteed, with one in six harboring lust for minors. #ChildAbuse

Hegseth bars bearded troops from Air Force event Petty Pete strikes again.

Pentagon boss Pete Hegseth has figured out that he doesn't need a “No Coloreds” sign to ban Black and brown soldiers from military events. He can just ban soldiers with beards.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.

According to reports, ICE officers are being told to trust the results of a faulty facial recognition app over evidence of citizenship.

The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.

I know it's tedious to say at this point, but this is why we need to listen when porn artists and sex workers raise the alarm about this shit. Art and people that can be dismissed as "immoral" are ALWAYS the thin end of the wedge when the powers that be try and assert control over entire systems.