Miss Aranel

I got a tip a few months ago that ICE was planning to use tribal airports for ICE flights. I spent a few hours scouring flight data, found no evidence of this, and let it go.

But perhaps they all just said no? If anyone has more info, hmu on signal at gbrockell.44!

872: Winners

Absolutely fascinating listen, particularly to hear racist Afrikaaners navigating their way through the refugee definition to try to get to the US, and their relationship with that label. Good to hear e.g. removal companies in SA refusing to deal with them.

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To explain briefly: at the moment people successful in their asylum claims get permission to stay in the UK for 5 years, then have to apply for permanent residency. At that point a review of their status is done, but it’s rare not to succeed at that point unless they‘ve committed an offence 1/

US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of white men in Ahmaud Arbery killing A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago

A federal appeals court upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased Ahmaud Arbery with pickup trucks before one of them killed him with a shotgun

A New Attack Lets Hackers Steal 2-Factor Authentication Codes From Android Phones The malicious app required to make a “Pixnapping” attack work requires no permissions.

The malicious app required to make a “Pixnapping” attack work requires no permissions. www.wired.com/story/a-new-...

Senator Hale, 1851, dropping truth bombs about the Fugitive Slave Act that apply just as well to Trump's efforts to send troops do "mass deportation" against the will of the people (Cong. Globe, 31st Congress, session 2, p. 598)

This is important. How WOULD an administration less keen on self-imposed guidance use these broad draconian powers?

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Shabana Mahmood to demand migrants earn right to settled status New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

The current visa system already leaves many migrants facing poverty, working multiple jobs, as they pay the often tens of thousands of pounds in costs.

Proposed changes from this government continues the dehumanising treatment of us as we are treated as second class.
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Calling these people unserious is extremely generous.

One email attachment, a spreadsheet, tracked nearly $2 million in spending:

• A $71K Lexus for Alan Dershowitz
• A $35K watch for a top Clinton aide
• Lingerie and wire transfers to teenage girls

Maxwell told the DOJ she stepped away from Epstein around 2003.

But the emails show that they were emailing almost every day, even as he prepared to serve his 2008 jail sentence.

American woman feared losing job and home after Home Office visa error Ordeal comes as government considers lengthening the standard qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain * UK politics live – latest updates An American woman married to a British man feared she would have to leave the UK and lose her house and job after a Home Office error led to her being issued with a visa for less than two weeks. Ashley, who requested that her real name not be published in the current UK migration climate, ended up having to apply for a second visa, paid for with savings for a deposit for a home. Continue reading...

American woman feared losing job and home after Home Office visa error

Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.

It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

A Minnesota Lawmaker and Her Husband Are Lying in State. Next to Them: Their Golden Retriever.

I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

a picture of the statue of liberty with the words never forget always in our hearts on it ALT: a picture of the statue of liberty with the words never forget always in our hearts on it

Let us not forget tomorrow, Americas darkest day when 2,977 died.

My cousin a NY Firefighter died and all they recovered was his helmet… nothing more. He was 1 of many.

Let us honor our hero’s and pray for all the families of the lost loved ones never recovered.

#neverforget
#flagsathalfmast

UPDATE: According to Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk has died.

And Utah Valley University spokesperson, Ellen Treanor, now clarifies that authorities do NOT have a suspect in custody, despite earlier reports.

I just saw this one, which is pretty fucking ominous.

You would think a hospital would care about high standards and infection control. They have severe staff shortages and put a great deal of pressure on doctors and staff to run through patients like a meat grinder. But no one cares what happens when they encourage the spread of disease. Always $$$s.

They were likely infected by an unmasked sick doctor. That doctor has proceeded to infect the entire staff on the ward, including vulnerable pregnant women, and staff from other wards filling in for those too sick to work and their families. Staff report it has spread to their children and schools.

A family member just recovered from their 4th or 5th COVID infection. It has always been contracted at the hospital where they work. The hospital has a blasé mask if you feel like it policy. Emoyees are encouraged to come to work sick even if +. Employees are not allowed to have HEPA devices either.

Northeastern states consider regional approach to vaccine guidance after CDC changes Shifting national vaccine policy under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has Massachusetts and other states exploring a regional approach.

Article:

Furious Trump’s Firing of Fed’s Lisa Cook May Be about to Backfire The fired Fed governor has filed suit against Trump—and the discovery process may allow her celebrated lawyer to find out if the White House ordered a Trump loyalist to move against her.

Our slide into authoritarian rule would not be possible without Trump's willing accomplices. William Pulte's corruption of the bureaucracy to single out the mortgages of Trump foes like Lisa Cook for "investigation" is the perfect example of this.

New piece from me:
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frankly i think the White House should be converted into some kind of diplomat's ceremony building and the President should actually work out of a corner office in some grim government green rectangle where he has to make a new pot of coffee in the break room if he takes the last cup

Nor does Johnson's expressive conduct fall within that small class of "fighting words" that are "likely to provoke the average person to retaliation, and thereby cause a breach of the peace." Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U. S. 568, 315 U. S. 574 (1942). No reasonable onlooker would have regarded Johnson's generalized expression of dissatisfaction with the policies of the Federal Government as a direct personal insult or an invitation to exchange fisticuffs. See id. at 315 U. S. 572-573; Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U. S. 296, 310 U. S. 309 (1940); FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, supra, at 438 U. S. 745 (opinion of STEVENS, J.).

Thus, we have not permitted the government to assume that every expression of a provocative idea will incite a riot, but have instead required careful consideration of the actual circumstances surrounding such expression, asking whether the expression "is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action." Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U. S. 444, 395 U. S. 447 (1969) (reviewing circumstances surrounding rally and speeches by Ku Klux Klan). To accept Texas' arguments that it need only demonstrate "the potential for a breach of the peace," Brief for Petitioner 37, and that every flag burning necessarily possesses that potential, would be to eviscerate our holding in Brandenburg. This we decline to do.

also and much more importantly, Texas v. Johnson literally already considered the exact two reasons which the Trump administration is saying that they can prosecute people for burning flags for and declined to allow the government to prosecute the burning of flags for those reasons

Notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s rulings on First Amendment protections, the Court has never held that American Flag desecration conducted in a manner that is likely to incite imminent lawless action or that is an action amounting to “fighting words” is constitutionally protected. See Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, 408-10 (1989).

"notwithstanding the Supreme Court's rulings on why I can't punch you in the face, the Court has never held that I can't punch you in the face on the grounds that I really want to"

Trump administration plans to cancel approval of Maryland offshore wind project The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump intends to withdraw federal approval for US Wind’s offshore wind farm off the coast of Maryland, according to a filing in the U.S. District Court in Delaware on Friday.

Trump administration plans to cancel approval of Maryland offshore wind project reut.rs/4oQD9Xi

Reform councillor works on asylum claims for Home Office, investigation reveals Paul Bean may have breached civil service impartiality rules over alleged social media posts

HO needs to act quickly on this. You can't do personal politics on social media if you're a civil servant. Quite apart from the blatant lying. If this is true, dismiss him now or you have no reputation left to defend.

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CBP Had Access to More than 80,000 Flock AI Cameras Nationwide Flock said it has "paused all federal pilots" after police departments said they didn't realize they were sharing access with Customs and Border Patrol.

SCOOP: CBP has had access to more than 80,000 Flock cameras nationwide. Cops said they didn’t understand they were sharing with CBP. Flock has just cut off access: www.404media.co/cbp-had-acce...

First case of human West Nile Virus in Maryland this year detected Someone in Central Maryland tested positive for West Nile Virus, the first confirmed case in the state this year, the Department of Health announced Friday.

Central Marylander first to test positive for West Nile Virus in the state this year