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Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protest outside Chicago-area ICE facility Nearly two dozen people were arrested as faith leaders protested on Friday outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago, authorities said, the latest sign of tensions over the Trump administration's aggressive enforcement push.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Sounds like Altman has problems interacting with human beings and may need some help.
AI is just getting scarier and scarier.
That's why there are so many Frankenstein remakes, collectively we are scared and pissed about reckless megalomaniac tech bros.
AI is a hoax-fix, turn off the data centers

I still can't believe people use this without being paid.
I will continue to seek out phones without AI or opting-out options.
I'm not touching AI until grownups are in charge of regulation, the humans they steal intellectual information get paid, and it will still probably creep me out.

We need to figure out how to collectively assist support of grocery, warehouse, and delivery & other "essential workers" because a General Strike may be our last best stand. We know from 2020, that they are the pressure points.

An article headline from Bangor Daily News: Susan Collins casts decisive vote to defeat legislation limiting Trump's ability to attack Venezuela

Susan Collins sent me and my friends to die in Iraq twenty years ago.

She learned nothing from it.

“.. if anything, [OpenAI’s] endless barrage of statements, interviews, and communications .. is starting to become counterproductive (anyone, whether it’s a company or politician, that insists on saturating media cycles .. usually isn’t doing so from a place of confidence).”

- Vital Knowledge

Markwayne Mullin & = @SenMullin X.com Working through the weekend with President Donald J. Trump. It's always an honor to be in the Oval Office— I never take this opportunity to serve Oklahoma for granted.

Sir, Trump is at Mar-a-Lago since yesterday.

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

How times change.

If your government thinks the Pope “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” when he defends migrants’ dignity, the world should see the warning sign. The US is no longer leading on human rights. It’s suppressing them.

Creepy, privacy concerning, unwanted, useless

Hey,
Don't forget to vote!

I liked Biden ok and voted for him and Harris, but he evolved late about marriage equality and women's choice and said lots of dumb things and was less than reasonable with regard to Anita Hill-people are human and can do important work and also do things they are not proud of.

Maybe, but right now I want to make sure I support a candidate who actually supports working people.
I have several months before the primary to find out the motivations (good or ill) of those senior staffers.

I'm paying attention and using the years I have spent working with people to decide whether I trust that he has largely been a thoughtful person who is committed to serving is community and country.
The internet inspires even good people to say dumb things and it wasn't a tattoo I knew either.

From/living in Maine, Platner supports LGBTQ+ /full civil rights, unions, gov support systems, and is coming to towns to talk to people from every party. He is doing the work and we are paying attention.
We haven't had a candidate in Maine like this in my near 50 years here-and I am voting for him.

Nation's largest fleet of police Cybertrucks to patrol Las Vegas The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November.

The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.

House Speaker Mike Johnson signed bill cutting $186B from SNAP in July 2025 Users shared this true claim amid uncertainty regarding whether Americans would receive federal food benefits during the 2025 government shutdown.

It's no coincidence, they targeted SNAP months ago.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...

ICE: Stop Terrorizing Children ICE is traumatizing children as young as 14 – trying to strip them of their rights while they're without attorneys or family to help them. Take action against these horrific abuses now.

ICE has been targeting young kids for months, separating families and instilling fear.

Tell Congress to pass legislation ensuring no child is arrested without a warrant and coerced to give up their rights by immigration agents.

CHARGES DROPPED! Tennessee authorities dismiss charges against man who posted Trump meme Newly released video raises new questions about the arrest of a progressive Tennessee man for posting a Trump meme in a Facebook group

CHARGES DROPPED! Tennessee authorities dismiss charges against man who posted Trump meme www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

The Last of the Literary Outdoorsmen Thomas McGuane—fisherman, hunter, rancher, writer—says “good riddance” to his kind.

Thomas McGuane is among the last great outdoorsmen-novelists. Tyler Austin Harper visited the author on his Montana ranch to see what we stand to lose:

Seems like a great interview
He didn't even mention her in this interview.

There appears to be another coordinated effort to spread misinformation in an effort to get Graham Platner's former political director to react. In nowhere in this interview did Graham call her a liar. More DSCC dirty tricks. www.msnbc.com/the-briefing...

J. B. Pritzker Wishes for Precedented Times Twenty-seven minutes with the latest governor Donald Trump wants arrested

Authoritarianism comes fast, Governor J. B. Pritzker told @markleibovich.bsky.social. “And if you’re not willing to stand up and push back while it’s happening in the early days,” Pritzker added, “it gets a lot harder later.”

3 tours, starting a business, community organizing, and local government isn't exactly jumping ahead.
He was asked to run and stepped up.

YouTube video by Nick Valencia News 67-year old American citizen left with broken ribs by ICE #breakingnews #iceraids #savedemocracy

This incident is spreading through Chicago running circles. A 67 year old man, driving back from a long run with his friends, is pulled from the car and thrown to the ground by ICE (or BP?) agents because he did... something.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWAw...

Or to both

I was just having this conversation with someone a week ago, donate as much as I can.

Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.

In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.

AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.

I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.