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An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole. A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm B...

Under Gov. Landry’s tough-on-crime agenda, Louisiana has eliminated parole for nearly everyone imprisoned for crimes committed after Aug. 1, 2024.

For most prisoners already behind bars, an algorithm is now deciding if they have a shot at early release.

(Published April with @veritenews.org)

It's like Invasion of the Body Snatchers kicked in...Or maybe new meds?!

YouTube video by The Daily Show #DesiLydic is not only agreeing with MTG, she's agreeing with Trump? It's getting spooky out here

youtu.be/M8_8HP9MpGU?...

Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment

📍 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒:

Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel, a 52-year-old man deported by ICE in a vegetative state following months in U.S. custody, died on October 26 after returning to Costa Rica. His family accuses the agency of negligence and inhumane treatment. #AbuseofPowerWatch

It's the exact same ideology embraced by the elite enslavers before the Civil War: some people are better than others, and have the right-- and maybe the duty-- to rule. It was the Mudsill Theory then, and it's the Mudsill Theory today, dress it up in whatever elegant language you may.

The timeline is also pathetic.

Worth remembering…

Really enjoyed our view of the Montreal Convention Center a couple weeks ago. The rainbow of the street at midday made me smile.

The White House Building Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...

Have you seen this infuriating 🤬 timeline?! www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
(Scroll to the right) I want to be shocked, but the shit just keeps coming.

Welcome to the club. I think we should also be talking about how dysfunctional the space is for daily use. What replaces the functionality for the next occupants of the WH?!

That's awesome!

US has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP sources say The U.S. has seized survivors after a strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since President Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region this summer.

WHOA. The AP reports that in the latest strike on a boat alleged to be carrying drug smugglers (which has never been proven), there were actually survivors, and they've been rescued.

The Pentagon has yet to formally acknowledge they have survivors in custody.
apnews.com/article/vene...

Also new company policy depending on the airline

The 40 billion bailout🤬

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated' The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

“It was heartbreaking to watch,” said Watson. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”…

“Stuff was everywhere…people’s birth certificates, and papers thrown all over. Water was leaking into the hallway. It was wicked crazy.”

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...

The rules from the Department of Housing and Urban Development would allow major changes to public housing and Section 8 vouchers:

- full-time work requirements
- 2-year time limits
- stripping aid from whole families if one member is in the country illegally

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Ice detains superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district Fellow educators express shock at detention of ‘beacon of light’ Ian Roberts as DHS claims he had ‘no work authorization’

Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Des Moines largest public school district (DMPS), was apprehended on Friday morning by ICE. DHS claims that Roberts was arrested because he had “a final order of removal and no work authorization.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Steve Bannon’s Podcast Is Top Misinformation Spreader, Study Says (Published 2023)

The Brookings Institute found that Charlie Kirk was the 2nd largest misinformation spreader among podcasts they analysed.

"Mr. Kirk, a conservative activist and the founder of Turning Point USA, ranked second, with 17 percent of his episodes containing an unsubstantiated or false claim."

Gifted:

Stephen Colbert: Escalator Sabotage

The MAGA Media Takeover Trump and his powerful friends are creating a dangerous moment for free speech.

🚨Here is what seems to be next: TikTok’s U.S. operations are reportedly on the cusp of being sold to a group that includes Trump allies, led by yet another tech baron, Larry Ellison. Gift link 👇
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl 20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow

You can also listen to John Lithgow read it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...

millennials are band directors now and I think that’s terrific

Wow! Listen to this list of acts of political violence. It’s not even complete, but sobering AF.

Now, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in front of a crowd, and the video is all over social media. This needs to stop.

Plus we already have the state police here...and I think our crime numbers are way down.

Tourism that funds the entire state.

Does this new album change that?! I'm thinking it might.

While it never should have been close, the fact that the margin of victory (popular vote) was 1.5% and now we're losing our country is just crazy. I bet if we had a recall election provision he'd lose now by a significant margin.