Alyssa Greenleaf

The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them. An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring bo...

NEW: In 2021, the Drug Enforcement Administration welcomed the addition of body cameras and touted the “enhanced transparency” they bring.

Now the agency has quietly ended its body camera program, citing a Trump executive order.

By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social

Rev. Barber, surrounded by police, praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

Rev. Barber, surrounded by police, praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.

Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.

I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.

Pope loses will to live after meeting with devil incarnate

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Come to Static Age on May 3rd for Jane's 40th bday celebration/debut of Fruit Trip!!!

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Come to Static Age on May 3rd for Jane's 40th bday celebration/debut of Fruit Trip!!!

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Come to Static Age on May 3rd for Jane's 40th bday celebration/debut of Fruit Trip!!!

@mountaingothmom.bsky.social
Come to Static Age on May 3rd for Jane's 40th bday celebration/debut of Fruit Trip!!!

Aw, John Cusack 😂🥰

The US has sent hundreds of mostly Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador to be held without trial in a controversial mega-prison known for its harsh conditions. Here is what we know about the mega-prison called CECOT reut.rs/4iGDfx0

Trump orders strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and issues new warning Trump said the U.S. would use "overwhelming lethal force" until Iranian-backed Houthi rebels cease their attacks on shipping. The Houthis said nine civilians were killed.

Trump said the U.S. would use "overwhelming lethal force" until Iranian-backed Houthi rebels cease their attacks on shipping. The Houthis said nine civilians were killed.

Exclusive: Wife of arrested Columbia student says she was naive to believe he was secure Two days before U.S. agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and Palestinian activist asked his wife if she knew what to do if immigration agents came to their door.

Exclusive: Noor Abdalla, the wife of Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and Palestinian activist who was arrested at their university residence on Saturday, spoke with Reuters about his arrest reut.rs/43JHWSe

How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses After NYPD officials warned about a unit’s aggressive policing, the mayor boosted the team led by his allies. “The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall,” a former police official said.

www.propublica.org/article/eric...

I've been thinking for a while that they want to treat the illegal immigrants like they did the Japanese Americans; lock them up so we can steal their businesses and property. This IRS data can tell them who has assets worth targeting.

Not a conicidence www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I want to see her quit and go somewhere else where she can just let loose for once.

Exclusive: BP to ditch renewables goals and return focus to fossil fuels BP's chief executive will scrap a target to increase renewable generation 20-fold by 2030, returning the focus to fossil fuels, as part of a strategy shift announced on Wednesday to tackle investor concerns over earnings, two sources told Reuters.

Exclusive: BP's chief executive will scrap a target to increase renewable generation 20-fold by 2030, returning the focus to fossil fuels, as part of a strategy shift announced to tackle investor concerns over earnings, two sources told Reuters reut.rs/43tdVWX

Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals The change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues.

The Social Cost of Carbon: Its not what it sounds like. It saves you money. Its essential to policy that slows climate change. Trump is getting rid of it. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and…

Out of the 12,000 civil rights complaints the Education Department has put on hold since Trump took office:
• 6,000 relate to mistreatment of disabled students
• 1,000 are specific to sexual harassment/violence
• 3,200 pertain to racial discrimination

More than 300 FAA employees have been dismissed.

A team of engineers who work for Musk’s SpaceX will visit the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control system command center in Virginia as the Trump administration considers an overhaul of the agency, which was previously seen as exempt from government cuts.

Still figuring out this platform, but I don't think I can DM you? Anyway we should be up there sometime between Mar 8-15. And I crave a Ledos pizza lol 🤤

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Odd question, would you be interested in meeting with me and my wife in march during academical spring break?

The People in Charge Won’t Save Us From Climate Catastrophe. We’ll Need to Do It Ourselves. Grassroots efforts in places like North Carolina show what we can—and increasingly must—do in a world plagued by climate disasters.

“We’re not the first community to face a climate disaster, or a political disaster, and we will not be the last,” Grace Barron, one of the water organizers, said. “Let’s have these support systems in place so we know we’ve got each other through whatever comes next.”

The 50501 Movement has planned protests at all 50 state capitols and the U.S. Capitol on Presidents’ Day at noon. While mainstream media isn’t covering it, many YouTubers have stepped up to provide coverage.

"Wellness camps"...

Stonewall Monument’s Transgender History Scrubbed by Trump Administration “Let us be clear: Stonewall is transgender history,” the Stonewall Inn said in a response.

The National Park Services has erased references to queer and transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument website, the historic bar where LGBTQ activists — including trans trailblazers Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera — waged an uprising.

“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and ...

“Several employees told ProPublica that they have been told not to communicate with the students, families and schools involved in cases launched in previous administrations and to cancel scheduled meetings and mediations. ‘We’ve been essentially muzzled.’” www.propublica.org/article/depa...

Scoop: Trump administration moves to protect businesses accused of anti-trans discrimination The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is trying to dismiss its own cases—with prejudice.

SCOOP: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has begun filing motions to dismiss court cases the agency brought against businesses accused of discriminating against transgender and nonbinary employees.

You are MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

If they threaten you with arrest for trying to access a site you are lawfully entitled to access, YOU MAKE THEM FUCKING ARREST YOU.

YOU MAKE THEM SLAP THE CUFFS ON A CONGRESSMAN LIVE ON TV, YOU MAKE THEM FUCKING DO IT.

Louisiana Issues Arrest Warrant for NY Doctor Over Abortion Pill The state’s action “should alarm everyone,” said advocacy group Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine.

A grand jury in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has indicted and issued arrest warrants for a New York physician who prescribed abortion pills to a pregnant minor in Louisiana, which has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.