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Despite a Turbulent Year, Violence Prevention Leaders Press On At a gathering of anti-violence workers from around the country, advocates sought to reclaim momentum as federal support collapses.

At a gathering of nearly 1,300 anti-violence workers from around the country, advocates sought to reclaim momentum — and hope — as federal support collapses.

Immigration officers targeting Latinos causing unlawful arrests, group says • Ohio Capital Journal WASHINGTON — Federal immigration officers are making unlawful arrests in the District of Columbia because they are relying on ethnicity to identify targets, immigration advocates argued in federal…

Federal immigration officers are making unlawful arrests in the District of Columbia because they are relying on ethnicity to identify targets, immigration advocates argued in federal court Wednesday. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/20/r...

Her dad was taken by immigration agents. Now a 12-year-old girl fears she’s lost her only living parent. The separation illustrates a tragic consequence of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown: children left behind after a parent is detained or deported.

Amid the Trump administration’s recent immigration crackdown, children have been left behind after a parent is detained or deported — often without a formal plan for their care or process for reuniting with their mothers and fathers.

Trump says Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ as officials gather for Geneva summit US president signals potential room for adjustments after Zelenskyy says proposals force Ukraine to choose between national dignity and losing the US Donald Trump said on Saturday that his Moscow-drafted “peace plan” was “not my final offer”, after a furious backlash from Ukrainians who described it as reminiscent of Neville Chamberlain’s 1938 Munich agreement with Adolf Hitler. The US president told reporters during brief remarks at the White House: “We’d like to get to peace. It should’ve happened a long time ago … we’re trying to get it ended, one way or the other we have to get it ended.” Continue reading...

Trump says Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ as officials gather for Geneva summit

'The people are chanting': Trump attacks 'low IQ' mayor as he begs to invade Dem city Donald Trump on Saturday attacked a Democratic governor and a Democratic mayor, as a pretense to send federal troops to Chicago.Trump over the weekend took to his own social media site, Truth Social, to make some claims for which he didn't provide direct evidence."Massive crime and rioting in the Ch...

Donald Trump on Saturday attacked a Democratic governor and a Democratic mayor, as a pretense to send federal troops to Chicago.

Catholic clergy, nuns sue Trump admin over Communion access for ICE detainees (RNS) — ‘The Catholic Church recognizes service to people on the margins as corporal works of mercy that are cornerstones of Christianity,’ the legal complaint reads.

Religious advocates allege detainees in the facility are being mistreated and that the advocates have repeatedly attempted to offer Communion and pastoral care to those inside.
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Texas Republicans have gerrymandered their way into a corner If the courts don’t stop them, Hispanic voters may punish them

Bettors think there is a 80% chance that Texas will use a new map in 2026. But surprisingly, even if Republicans prevail in court, their decision to launch a redistricting war could still end up backfiring

Are nurses 'professionals'? The government's answer impacts students. The controversy involves a list of graduate-level career paths considered "professional" degrees that could qualify for bigger federal student loans.

The controversy involves a list of graduate-level career paths considered "professional" degrees that could qualify for bigger federal student loans.

Day laborer organizers protest Home Depot, pressuring it to "scrape ICE out of their stores." Over one hundred community members gathered at the Home Depot in Monrovia Saturday to pressure the company to stop the immigration raids taking place at its locations.

Day laborer organizers protest Home Depot, pressuring it to "scrape ICE out of their stores."

The A.I. Boom Is Driving the Economy. What Happens if It Falters? A windfall for companies that build data centers and their suppliers is overshadowing weakness in other industries.

The U.S. economy in 2025 is split in two: Everything tied to artificial intelligence is booming. Just about everything else is not.

Japan businesses brush off worries over China tourists | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP By Mathias Cena and Kyoko Hasegawa, with Jing Xuan Teng in Shanghai Shiina Ito has had fewer Chinese customers at her Tokyo jewellery shop since Beijing issued a travel warning in the wake of a diplomatic...

Many tourism and retail businesses in Japan rely heavily on Chinese visitors, who spend more on average than other foreign tourists on everything from sushi to skincare. In full: buff.ly/M2jEiOV

Aka Trump regime corruption

In Washington, everything appears to be for sale And the government has given up on prosecuting corruption

Donald Trump’s use of power of the state for punishment and reward, coupled with his open transactionalism, incentivises companies, countries and individuals to pay for access and favour

US senators slam Trump’s Russia-Ukraine peace plan as rewarding aggression By ROB GILLIES HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said Saturday that the peace plan he is pushing K…

U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said Saturday that the peace plan he is pushing Kyiv to accept would only reward Moscow for its aggression.

I know this is overly done or even overly simplified but the only thing I can conclude is that given the relative ages of people like DJT, Linda McMahon, his religious supporters, republicans/MAGA, et al., is that they really have a deep-seated generational problem w/the passage of civil rights.

Trump GOP tax breaks for the wealthy speaks volumes. Musk’s messy firings plus Trump & team’s dismantling destroying gov programs/agencies/protections must be investigated. Trump’s gov doesn’t give a damn about ppl’s lives. This authoritarian regime doesn’t give a damn about our children’s future..

AZ & FL test case for the White Nationalist plan for voucher only program starring PragerU indoctrination of our children.

Workers inside Department of Education say Trump’s latest bid to dismantle agency ‘makes no sense’ ‘Morale is completely lost,’ say workers as Trump administration strips some programs and transfers others

Here’s a disheartening glimpse inside Dept of Ed—lost morale, locked out of accounts,etc.

“What is being done to the systems that support kids, students, families, adult learners and our country’s future is worse than anything they can do to us.”
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High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.

Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”

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Periodic reminder that the original head of Hillsdale College divorced his first wife to marry his mistress, an employee.

While married to wife #2 he was alleged to have had an affair with his own son’s wife who committed suicide on campus.

They’d prefer you not know all that though.

Not quite. Hillsdale has an "alternative" history of the American Colonial period, which ended in 1781-ish, but last week's PBS series by Ken Burns is more truthful, which is what the original poster posits here.

the Burns series was good, it was informative and reasonably thorough. It also did not shrink from making the viewer uncomfortable, which would I guess qualify it as "woke." I imagine a MAGA watching would be furious at the emphasis on slaves & indigenous people

Sounds like they fed Burns doc into Grok and it spit out slop.

This must be particularly painful for someone who works on Native American genocide.

MAGA: we need to round up illegal immigrants
MUSK: we need to have more children to power the economy
TEXAS: here's a bunch of land to build more prisons
UYGHURS: 👀

THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.

Why?

Because an algorithm said so. 1/

AI is designed, like the nuclear family, to separate you from community

community power is what oligarchs and tyrants fear most

This is some scary shit you guys. Two pillars of the community—middle aged white guys no less—arrested because some off duty cop bastard sitting several booths away in a restaurant claims to have heard them “plotting against law enforcement.” We’re in the “ears everywhere, trust no one” stage of it.

"Would you say that data observability is an issue?", they inquire with a tone that very clearly implies that this is a leading question. I am immediately deeply worried. For those who are unaware! , my specialty is building systems that move large amounts of data through companies, organize them in a way that is at least marginally less of a horrific clusterfuck than what random people without specific training will do when left to their own devices, and sometimes assist with statistics. Data observability is the high-level term that captures the ability of a business to go "Instead of downloading the data, it would appear the computers caught fire this morning. Would you like to fix this or pretend it never happened?" The reason that I'm concerned is that the executive in front of me should not be using that term. They have no idea what it really means, which is fine because they aren't specialized in my area, but I am wondering why someone who requires crayon-tier technical explanations is inquiring about a niche, unsexy element of a platform they don't understand. This would be like my 96-year-old grandfather asking me about Bitcoin mining-impressive if he had arrived at the question organically, but in practice I'm already dialing the bank to report a massive theft.

...Yes," I reply hesitant, "but I think we can remedy most of that by implementing some basic testing. With some backing, I can accomplish that in a month or two." "What do you think about Monte Carlo?" What the fuck is Monte Carlo? I've never heard of that. I mean, I know there's a place called Monte Carlo, and I know of Monte Carlo algorithms, but there's no way this person is talking about either of those. It must be a product. "I don't know what that is." "I saw it on LinkedIn last night and I think it will solve our observability issues. Do you think we should get it?" Oh. Oh no. I don't understand what exactly happened last night on LinkedIn, but I know it is dark and sad and reeks of unfulfilled wants. The executive sat before me has been marketed to. No, worse, they have been Marketed to, with a capital M.

I genuinely think @mrnikli.bsky.social may be one of the best business writers in history, and “Brainwash An Executive Today!” is one of the best written and insightful and funny business pieces of all time. A must read. Execs can be really stupid!

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this is unbearably brilliant
and I only understand about 15% of it