Josh Carlson

First mayoral forum on the books

Someone threw in the question "What ward do you live in?"

Mayor Wu: Ward 18

Domingos DaRosa: 18

Josh Kraft: I’m embarrassed to say I don’t know

Alex Alex also didn't know

Wu leaned over to Kraft and held up 3 fingers, signifying Ward 3

From the PublicFreakout community on Reddit: Marjorie Taylor Greene uses a doctored photo to try to make a witness look bad. Explore this post and more from the PublicFreakout community

Fuck MTG and all of the people that voted for her.

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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.

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Martin Luther King III marches down Boylston St in Boston, MA while speaking to reporters.

Protest sign quoting Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King jr. “Injustice Anywhere is a threat to Justice Everywhere.”

Protest sign reading “EMPATHY”

ACLU of Massachusetts staff at Freedom Rally Square in Boston, MA.

60 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the 1965 Freedom Rally in Boston to protest racial inequities.

Today, we march his path in hope and action.

@embracebos.bsky.social

The top producer at '60 Minutes' has quit. He says he can no longer run the show as he always has The top producer at CBS News' “60 Minutes" has quit during a dispute between his show and the Trump administration.

I commend him. It's not always easy giving up your job and disrupting your family for what you believe in.

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Leading Autism Organizations Release Joint Statement on Upholding Scientific Integrity and Supporting the Autism Community - Autistic Self Advocacy Network April 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. – As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of Autistic individuals, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Society of America, Autism…

ASAN, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, the Autistic People of Color Fund, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc, and others stand united: Autistic people deserve respect, support, and science-based policy, not dangerous disinformation. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society NEW HAVEN, CT—Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling over the exact definition of a concentration camp was a sign of a healthy society. “Studies of the past tell us that nitpicking the particular semantics […]

“Studies of the past tell us that nitpicking the particular semantics of the term ‘concentration camp’ as they pertain to a place the government is actively sending people with no criminal history is highly associated with national stability,” said historian Kristen Boyd
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Chris Krebs is America’s next profile in courage. The entire nation should support this honorable and courageous fellow citizen.

Columbia Activist Arrested by ICE at His Appointment for Citizenship Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident, has lived in the United States for 10 years and was arrested in Vermont. He has not been charged with a crime.

Wow, their actions are abhorrent already and they decided to turn it up to 11. Disgusting, as always.

Columbia Activist Arrested by ICE at His Appointment for Citizenship www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/n...

Cybersecurity Community Must Not Remain Silent On Executive Order Attacking Former CISA Director Cybersecurity professionals and the infosec community have essential roles to play in protecting our democracy, securing our elections, and building, testing, and safeguarding government infrastructur...

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:: BREAKING NOW: Multiple polling places across Milwaukee are running low or have run out of ballots as turnout is at record levels.

MKE Election Commission is aware and sending out fresh ballots.

If you are in line -- or know someone who is -- ballots are on the way.

Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record The New Jersey senator, who had spent much of his last 24 hours on the Senate floor assailing the Trump administration, surpassed Senator Strom Thurmond’s speech in 1957.

The irony of a black man beating Strom Thurmond's record is 🤌

Excellent work Senator Booker.

Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

Caricature of Elon Musk with the heading "being mean to my cars is tewwowism". Ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/s/lcATo1A9JM

Man, these people are dumb. Republicans in Congress have to do so many mental gymnastics to justify their viewpoints that they don't even realize what they're saying anymore.

TESLER bb!

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Opinion | Hillary Clinton: This Is Just Dumb The Signal group chat is only the latest in a string of self-inflicted wounds by the new administration.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...

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Seriously though, I really wish Hilary had had a chance at POTUS.

Say it again for the ones in the back Tammy! I wish more Democratic senators were as tenacious.

I understand treading carefully in cases like this, but this is simply unacceptable.

"We don't want to try to remove the bank robbers, just in case it turns into an armed standoff."

That's kind of your job as a LEO.

Just so this is clear, an unelected group of government employees blackmailed a private organization's security firm to help them break into that private organization's headquarters by threatening to terminate their other contracts.

Giving Watergate vibes.

random.dog is the thing I needed today, that I didn't know I needed. But I'm willing to bet you need it too.

"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks.

Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there."

FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies Business-guidance content published during the Biden administration has been removed from the Federal Trade Commission website.

SCOOP: More than 300 FTC blogs published under FTC Chair Lina Khan disappeared this morning. They included posts critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and generative AI.

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Knock knock.
Who's there?
Apparent unemployment fraud 😬

This should be fun...

Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.

Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.

USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...

If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same

When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state

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Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.

Anchorage Police Department: AI-Generated Police Reports Don’t Save Time The Anchorage Police Department (APD) has concluded its three-month trial of Axon’s Draft One, an AI system that uses audio from body-worn cameras to write narrative police reports for officers—and ha...

After a three-month trial, the Anchorage Police Department has decided to discontinue using Axon’s AI-generated police report technology because of a lack of time savings.

US journalist sues Indian government after losing his overseas citizenship Raphael Satter had his OCI card taken away after publishing a story critical of an Indian businessman

India canceled a cybersecurity reporter's overseas citizenship over the Appin hacker-for-hire exposé

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Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.

What in the absolute fuck is going on; this is absolutely abhorrent. If even half of what his mother said is true, then I think we have officially become the baddies, if we hadn't before.

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every security official ive talked to over the past six weeks say Elez and his cohorts are being closely watched by foreign cyber/intelligence agencies, all waiting for them to do stuff like this