Carol S. Cancro

Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."

Not sure whether you've seen the conspiracy theories linking Trump's hatred of Somalis to Iman's rejection of him 30 years ago: for any other world leader, that would be 8@+$#!+, but with this guy...

Now we learn the billionaire owner of a bridge that will compete w/the new Canada-MI bridge met with Lutnick right before Trump issued his threat to shut down the new bridge. The Trump admin is a lawless mafia gangster extortion racket existing to enrich oligarchs at our expense.

Over 40 years ago, I went to Zimbabwe (where locals played recordings of "We Are the World" and "Night Shift")

Restore patience as a civic virtue

Democratic action is slow not because it is weak but because it is designed to outlast moods — including righteous ones

Authoritarian movements move fast because they burn fuel they don’t intend to replenish: trust, restraint, legitimacy

BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read.

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Make the calls TODAY!

Just a reminder that a 5 year old boy in a bunny hat spent more time in jail than anyone in the Epstein files - other than Ghislaine Maxwell who is trying to blackmail her way into a pardon.

Do not trust a Trump defender with your child: being a pedophile does not cross their moral line.

YouTube video by alcom34 Cesaria Evora - Angola

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This is the Stars & Stripes model and it's why Stripes has always been a great paper for straight news: Government funded, editorially independent

Dinosaur Convention out here with higher moral standards than the Cabinet.

English-only California: the golden state with Spanish place names removed. First map I ever commissioned, to commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, whereby the US made Mexico give up its northern half, adding California and the Southwest to the Union.

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Utah voter roll review finds no evidence of noncitizens casting a ballot, Lt. Gov. says An ongoing Utah review of 2.1 million voter registration records has found one noncitizen who registered to vote and zero examples of any noncitizens actually voting.

www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

An American apologizing to the rest of the world at the Olympics

Yeah, after nearly 62 years of being female in this country, I'm so D@m^3d unsurprised

Yeah, just wondering why all the rapists continue to walk free

I repeat Rebecca Solnit's observation that the only person doing time for Epstein's crimes is a woman

YouTube video by Sub Pop Patton Oswalt - KFC Famous Bowls

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this is good framing

There is no clause in the Constitution or law on the books—none—that allows a President to commandeer state elections. No emergency power. No implied authority. No ‘because I say so.’ We will not let Trump take over our free and fair elections.

2/2: for a few hours each day she was going to kill him #momftw

1/2: A journalist asked Roger Federer's mother what he was like as a boy. The color drained from her face, and a look of profound exhaustion came over it.

As she spoke, it became clear that he was about the most hyperactive child ever, and that if she didn't leave him at the tennis club

No ICE at the Super Bowl.

None. Zero.

A post on X and on Threads: "It looks to me like Bad Bunny created more jobs for this halftime show than trump has created in a year!"

Oakland, baby.

Schiff on Gabbard's involvement in Georgia: "All of this is intended to send a message and the message is, 'We will not tolerate or accept an election that we lose.' That's why in these budget discussions we need to make sure, among other things, that we don't have ICE agents at polling places."