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How a Black fossil digger became a superstar in the very white world of paleontology In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.

www.npr.org/2026/02/04/g...

Accountability for ICE and CBP However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.

I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...

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Princess Awesome & Stonemaier Games v. Customs Jamey and Stonemaier Games will sue the government in federal court to restore their right to run their businesses free of illegal government interference, to reassert the proper limits of presidentia...

Pacific Legal Foundation (major libertarian public interest law firm) has filed case challenging Trump's awful IEEPA tariffs, with awesome name of Princess Awesome v. CBP. Their case similar to that filed by Liberty Justice Center and me. Welcome to the fight! pacificlegal.org/case/tariffs...

As a new mom myself, I'm heartbroken that they refused to release Khalil to attend the birth of his son. I'm relieved that Dr. Abdalla and the baby are both healthy, and I hope she has other family members who have been able to give her emotional support during the birth and postpartum.

Judge: 'Probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations The government sent several planeloads of alleged gang members to El Salvador, including 137 people under the act, the White House said at the time.

JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations

Mathematician and aerospace engineer Mary Jackson was born #OTD in 1921.

Jackson worked at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics until it was succeeded by NASA in 1958. She then became the first black woman to work as a NASA engineer. 🧪 🚀 👩🏾‍🔬

www.nasa.gov/history/mary...

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