Paul

A+ joke. Going to chuckle about it again later.

As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.

NEW: The exodus of corrections officers from federal prisons to ICE comes amid shortages of critical supplies, from food to personal hygiene items, for both staff and inmates.

It threatens to make the already grim conditions in these prisons even worse.

“Yield to Peds” bike sign on a nature walk

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Military service will reportedly no longer classify 'divisive' swastika as 'hate' symbol Trump administration insiders are furious over reporting that the U.S. Coast Guard, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, will no longer classify the swastika as a symbol of "hate."Acc...

This is insane. Of course it’s a hate symbol.

The military should always and absolutely refuse illegal orders, no matter who the President is.

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What to know about the F-35 fighter jet that Trump is selling to Saudi Arabia President Donald Trump says he has agreed to sell the nation's most advanced fighter jet to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane's vaunted American technology.

President Donald Trump says he has agreed to sell the nation's most advanced fighter jet to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane's vaunted American technology. n.pr/4pmJ4D2

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas. Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

NEW:

In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.

She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.

Then she died.

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What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.

While it kills me that we have known about climate change and what to do about it for DECADES, what hurts even more is how many people who believe still refuse to change their behavior at all. So many fiddles for so many Neros.

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I Like to Almost Kill People by Driving Past Them at 125 mph in My Modified Honda Accord Everyone’s got their thing. For some, it’s baking. Others, gardening. Me? I like to take a modified Honda Accord, drive over 100 mph, and swerve be...

"Everyone’s got their thing. For some, it’s baking. Others, gardening. Me? I like to take a modified Honda Accord, drive over 100 mph, and swerve between cars, almost killing entire families, babies, men, women, whoever."

YouTube video by IGN Movie Trailers Merv - Official Trailer (2025) Charlie Cox, Zooey Deschanel

Pretty sure this film should be in contention for Best Picture this year.

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US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned

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No reconstruction for Palestinians. Read that again.

Seriously.

Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.

Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.

Screenshot of a tweet from Joyce Carol Oates posted on Sunday, November 9th that reads "so curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates--scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. in fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. the poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world."

Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.

US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’ Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon

This is what Trump and his cronies are doing. Disgraceful.

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ICE agents accused of pepper-spraying Illinois parents and their one-year-old Video shows Rafael Veraza holding his face after he and his family we reallegedly sprayed through open car window

ICE is a terrorist organization, funded by our own government.

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Any Democrat who votes for this should be primaried. They have betrayed our trust and are not fighting for the American people.

Republicans have destroyed health care in our country. Millions will go without care, and people will die. Yet again, Republicans have shown their priorities begin and end with helping billionaires. Americans won't forget it the next time they go to the polls.

A 1-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed through the window of a moving vehicle by ICE agents in Chicago. She was briefly hospitalized.

The dad said a masked agent pointed pepper-spray at a Sam's parking lot when they were hit.

#ProudBlue

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House to take up stopgap funding bill to end shutdown after Senate approval leaves Democrats split – US politics live Disruption to flights, food benefits and federal agencies continues as deal heads to the House; Democrats riven over some senators’ support for bill

"Some Democrats are now calling for the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, to resign, even though he voted against the deal, as many in the party are furious that the agreement does not include any extensions on healthcare subsidies."

Yes. Resign.

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Senate advances funding bill to end longest US government shutdown in history The amended package will still have to be passed by the House and sent to Trump for his signature, a process that could take days

Apparently the Democratic Senators who voted for this forgot the whole darn point of standing up to Republicans and Trump.

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So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader

I looked. This is actually a real post by him.

ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.

I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”

Why next year's flu shot might not be as good as it should be America's withdrawal from the World Health Organization is affecting the ability of U.S. scientists to track flu and other pathogens. That could be a blow to the development of the 2025 flu vaccine.

The only things the Trump Administration knows how to do is enrich themselves and hurt the future of America.

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In SNAP appeal, Trump administration says it faces more harm than people who can't buy food: ANALYSIS The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge's requirement that it make full November SNAP payments.

"In a 40-page filing to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, the administration insisted that being forced to spend money Congress has already appropriated is a graver injury than the hunger and disruption that would follow from withholding it."

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Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli PM, ministers and army chief accused of crimes against humanity ‘perpetrated systematically’ in Gaza

Let them face justice.

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Republicans set to reject Democrats’ proposal to end longest shutdown in US history Chuck Schumer offered a deal to reopen the government in exchange for a one-year healthcare subsidies extension

The Republican Party needs to just go away forever.

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Once upon a time, American soldiers handed out food to Germans because *they* had followed a fascist madman into national ruin.

How times change.