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The argument to halt operations, in part, stated that the federal operation is "causing harm to the Twin Cities and State themselves, as well as their residents." Lawyers with the U.S. Department of Justice have called the lawsuit "legally frivolous."

Federal judge denies Minnesota's request to temporarily halt Operation Metro Surge Federal judge Kate Menendez denied Minnesota's motion for a temporary restraining order to halt "Operation Metro Surge" on Saturday. The court documents, filed on Saturday, state that Minnesota, Minne...

So the DOJ is gone now

www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

GOP Minnesota Gov. Candidate Chris Madel has dropped out of the race and said ICE was part of his decision:  “I cannot support the national Republican stated retribution on the citizens of our state. Nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”

"There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see." Leonardo da Vinci

Equally applicable to painting and to life

It’s very clear that it was a false flag ops by 🤡 to incite violence against anyone that’s not conservative

Maybe the root cause was the delulu belief in American exceptionalism, that there was something about the *label* itself that made people special, but the reality was that America (used to?) provide the space and freedom for exceptional people to thrive.

Alas…

Fascism - rule by dictator
Oligarchy - gvt by wealthy few
Theocracy - ruled by religion
Kakistocracy - gvt by least qualified

America has produced a most unique system of government

A theofascoligkakracy

2 dead, 6 wounded in 'senseless' mass shooting at music festival after-party in downtown L.A. The gathering had been promoted as an unofficial after-party for Hard Summer, a house- and techno-music festival taking place over the weekend at Hollywood Park.

“Why don’t you ever go outside when you’re in the US”

Because you just never know when you might get shot or abducted by ICE 😗

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 73 reported killed while waiting for food Pontiff also speaks of anguish over Israeli strike on territory’s only Catholic church, which killed three people

Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 93 reported killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food

The kind of things you’d expect to see in North Korea? Russia?

Also relevant “Musk’s AI Tool Implicates DOGE Data Cuts In Texas Flood Deaths”

www.forbes.com/sites/dougla...

“Most successful people are just walking anxiety disorders harnessed for productivity”

No truer words 🫣

Italian learning progress: can read notification titles from The Fork.

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#independenceDay

The very definition of insider trading, how is this legal rn.

Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.

This is Washington at its worst.

We need to ban Congressional stock trading.

DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...

“Steve Lubet, professor emeritus at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, said that language appears to grant the federal government "wide discretion" on deciding whom to target.”

www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...

If the House passes this bill, it will increase costs and hurt working class families for generations to come. Call your representative today and tell them to vote no on this bill.

Best account.

Mamdani: "I've already had to start get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I'm from, ultimately bc he wants to distract from what I'm fighting for. I'm fighting for the the very working people he ran a campaign to empower that he has since betrayed."

Critical case of bunny overflow

As long as rights includes rights to ALL of our tax monies. No more federal taxes then?

“Uniting” a bunch of states was obviously a bad idea… just look at Singapore, doing so well. We (CA) could be Singapore y’all

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Lol that’s because it’s about him! They are so cute 😂

US is a dumpster fire. Japan has beautiful and cheap real estate due to population decline, super clean, also has good education, a culture of respect, considerations for others - the choice is clear!

To be fair: Japan also have pretty bad (worse) racism and sexism 😅

Hong Kong have these too, they’d have an entire store space where it’s just all different types of these machines. I’m a sucker for these, somehow getting a random one is more satisfying than just buying it at a store 🥲

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown Iran S04 E06 Dailymotion video by L3arnTV

If you’re an American should watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ep on Iran. A deeply humanizing look at a country full of people just like you and me. I watched it after Anthony died and it moved in ways that are hard to relay. I also immediately ran out to try kabob koobideh and tahdig.

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Should’ve named it “Definitely Buoyant”