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The Highest Law in the Land by Jessica Pishko: 9780593471319 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Shortlisted for Columbia Journalism School’s J. Anthony Lukas Award A Publishers Lunch NonFiction Buzz Book| Named Most Anticipated by Los Angeles Times A leading authority on sheriffs investigat...

Yes! Terrific book on this by @jesspish.bsky.social on the very subject www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263...

ICE Is Hiring Literally Anybody, and It’s Terrifying Many recruits have criminal backgrounds or can’t pass open-book exams on officer conduct, yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.

Some failed drug testing, have disqualifying criminal backgrounds, or don’t meet the academic requirements to serve … one recruit had previously been charged with strong-arm robbery and battery stemming from a domestic violence incident.

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I like presidents who aren’t forced by a federal judge to feed Americans

Punk as fuck

Unchecked sheriff power needs to be curtailed. Follow @jesspish.bsky.social on that. And I hope he sues the f*ck out of these goons. Keep posting, Larry.

Photo of a bus facing left, on a street with trees behind it, covered in knitted and crocheted yarn in vivid colours and bold patterns

Yarn-bombing is thought to have originated in Texas USA, instigated by clothes-shop owner Magda Sayeg and a group known as Knitta Please, who began the "knit graffiti" movement to brighten up public spaces as a form of street art #Womensart

Happy Halloween 🎃

Kid wearing a hoodie and shorts with a sign that says ASSHOLE taped to his chest

ICP: Fetterman costume?

Kid: Ding ding ding

Well, we all know what happens to despots’ golden palaces 💣🔨🧨

Same! Visual thinkers love this one

Please don't worry. I speak for all stoners when I say I will not waste my precious and expensive gummies on your child

We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.

hey guys are we ever going to talk about what's happening with DHS on social media

Just be sure to couch your rumors.

Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday declared a state of emergency to issue $65 million for assistance to food banks as federal funding for the national food stamp program is set to lapse on November 1st.
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ICE’s forced face scans to verify citizens is unconstitutional, lawmakers say Videos show ICE conducting random face scans on US streets.

ICE’s forced face scans to verify citizens is unconstitutional, lawmakers say arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

ICE Wants to Build a Shadow Deportation Network in Texas A new ICE proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

The Trump regime is building a massive human trafficking operation run by armed contractors.

Remember Acting ICE Director, Todd Lyons, said, “We need to get better at treating [deportation] like a business… like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings.”

Always follow the money—you’ll find the Nazis.

Lest you forget we have no representation, we’re under occupation by the Feds, our police are coordinating with DHS, and we’re liable to have a billion dollars in our local tax dollars taken from us because the GOP doesn’t like us.

We District residents aren’t the problem.

Really tiring seeing people who should absolutely Know Better slurring me and my DC resident neighbors, when who they’re really referring to are the politicians sent here by voters and who act in ways that are counter to the wishes and interests of DC residents.

☕️ but otherwise screaming right along

Clearing up those "had a stroke" rumors with some impeccable StrokePosting™. Masterful gambit sir!

When he's finally gone, there is going to be this flood of books and tell all interviews from Republicans about how hard it was to be a Republican in Washington during this time and I am going to be galatically furious about it.

indictment – #1 in United States v. Rabbitt (N.D. Ill., 1:25-cr-00693) – CourtListener.com INDICTMENT as to Michael Rabbitt (1) count(s) 1, 2, Katherine Marie Abughazaleh (2) count(s) 1, 3, Andre Martin (3) count(s) 1, 4, Catherine Sharp (4) count(s) 1, 5, Brian Straw (5) count(s) 1, 6, Jos...

This indictment of @katmabu.bsky.social and five other protesters is the most ridiculous thing I’ve read (this week), and I imagine it will be laughed out of (lower) court. They’re being charged with the conspiracy of slowing down an ICE vehicle. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

Corrupt corrupt corrupt are all of them

Perfect.

I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.

It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.