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(ex-)music editor at https://tonemadison.com founder of https://heartbreakingbravery.com ✍️/πŸ“Έ: rolling stone, npr, consequence, etc. makes music.

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Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportationβ€”even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.

A man who was deported after being released from a Massachusetts state prison wonders how the state can justify working in partnership with ICE. β€œThe governor has the power to hold back. But they played a role to allow this to happen to me.”

04.03.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

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28.02.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Whitest Kids You Know - Moon Bears
YouTube video by Pyongyang State University Official Whitest Kids You Know - Moon Bears

presented without comment

youtu.be/pvjgIxuVdo4?...

28.02.2026 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Complimentary Profile Of Jason Lee That Was Surprisingly Difficult To Publish | Defector If you walked down Colorado Boulevard in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles at some point in the past three years, you might have noticed a modest, pueblo-style beige building with β€œPHOTO” painted above its door. And if you had decided to go in, there was a decent chance you’d know the pers…

This @defector.com story is a good (non-political) example of why it’s not enough to have a bunch of individual reporters with newsletters running around. You need some kind of institution with the resources (and principles) to publish despite legal threats. defector.com/a-complimentar…

27.02.2026 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 505    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 9

Racism and AI enshittification is the United States in a nutshell.

27.02.2026 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I used to tell people that if they hated what Hollywood was putting out, they had a lot more power than I thought they did. Hollywood’s whole raison d’etre is to entertain people, to give them what they want.

Now, though, these morons like Zaslav and Ellison either don’t know or don’t give a shit.

27.02.2026 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1383    πŸ” 180    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 0
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"It does not take a scholar of legal ethics to conclude that government lawyers should not be allowed to make up a violent and organized terrorist invasion of a major American city."

Read about our bar complaint: freedom.press/issues/doj-l...

27.02.2026 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

This guy gets it.
Seriously though, this feels like a moment of transition from the post-911 era into something darker, more Torrian, and more focused on policing American citizens

25.02.2026 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 911    πŸ” 368    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 14
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News outlets "likely hesitated to publish important leaks after seeing what happened" to Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson, whose home the government raided, FPF's Seth Stern said.

Read more from @brianstelter.bsky.social:

25.02.2026 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
With the Olympics done, my time at The Post is also done. It’s been an amazing five-plus years. The people I worked with weren’t just supremely talented, they were also great humans. This was truly a dream job and I’m eternally grateful I got this opportunity.

And I’ll be keeping my WaPo subscription because while what happened was horrific and nonsensical, there are still great journalists in that building doing essential work. This country needs them, especially in these times.

With the Olympics done, my time at The Post is also done. It’s been an amazing five-plus years. The people I worked with weren’t just supremely talented, they were also great humans. This was truly a dream job and I’m eternally grateful I got this opportunity. And I’ll be keeping my WaPo subscription because while what happened was horrific and nonsensical, there are still great journalists in that building doing essential work. This country needs them, especially in these times.

The last sports editor at the Washington Post signs off.

24.02.2026 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 924    πŸ” 209    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 17
Trump fails to deport Γ–ztΓΌrk; DOJ bar complaint; ICE’s latest transgression revealed
YouTube video by Freedom of the Press Foundation Trump fails to deport Γ–ztΓΌrk; DOJ bar complaint; ICE’s latest transgression revealed

In a video last week, @trevortimm.bsky.social made the point on why the FBI’s raid on WaPo reporter’s home was so shocking -- the gov't failed to disclose a law that specifically bars such raids when it sought its warrant.

Now, most Americans didn't know about this law, but we do.

And DOJ did too.

21.02.2026 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Guy who oversaw large-scale abuses of power answers to serial assaulter and boyfriend of the DHS Secretary, not actual boss

19.02.2026 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

In addition to being absolutely brilliant, amazing & charming in her own right, we all know she was raised by a single dad w/4 siblings and that he came to the US bc of persecution bc of his participation in the β€˜89 Tiananmen democracy uprising, right?

20.02.2026 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4056    πŸ” 780    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 20

It’s time to break up Ticketmaster-Live Nation! πŸ’ͺ

19.02.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dolores, by Holly and the Nice Lions 12 track album

& here's that album: hollyandthenicelions.bandcamp.com/album/dolores

19.02.2026 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Holly and the Nice Lions on WCZR's Code Zero Radio
YouTube video by Fox Cities Core Holly and the Nice Lions on WCZR's Code Zero Radio

meant to post this ages ago, but this is hard proof that if you put me in front of a microphone long enough, at some point, i will probably talk about @sunsetvisitor.studio's 1000xRESIST (queued)

youtu.be/XpepG5GPNZM?...

19.02.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
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This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
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Not one dime for this cruelty.

www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...

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NPR Tiny Desk Contest Submission - Hungover On a Sunday
YouTube video by The Spine Stealers NPR Tiny Desk Contest Submission - Hungover On a Sunday

I genuinely missed putting together live videos, and have been quietly, aggressively scaling up my camera setup.

It was time to put a few items together, and dip a few toes back into the pond. This was the loveliest possible way to make that happen.

More coming.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdE7...

12.02.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

once you understand that the right's entire platform is structured on imparting and catering to an authority complex, a lot more of what their base says and does makes sense

09.02.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator

@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him

05.02.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5003    πŸ” 1624    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 92

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

04.02.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 19464    πŸ” 5624    πŸ’¬ 416    πŸ“Œ 288

a trillion-dollar deal to open a 10-day window to β€œdiscuss ICE reforms” is not how you win the trust of the people

03.02.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

dems really don’t want people to vote for them ever again, holy shit

03.02.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it is the same playbook everywhere. β€œvote for us! we will make you great again by punishing the people you hate! do not pay attention to the fact that we’re also shoveling your money into the pockets of the uber wealthy and building a giant boot to step on your face too (preferably forever)”

28.01.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6584    πŸ” 1842    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 31

ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.

Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk

28.01.2026 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3968    πŸ” 2436    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 141

Just got done with our hearing. We have another status hearing next month with a trial date (hopefully) in the spring.

It’s more important than ever to stand strong against ICE and with the people protesting it.

We’re fighting these charges and we’re going to win.

28.01.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2632    πŸ” 420    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 10

Disappointing to see people on here talking about their ideal ICE/CBP reforms.

It is a terrorism organization that is conducting terror campaigns.

Abolish.

At minimum.

That's it.

27.01.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 11107    πŸ” 2180    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 170
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I am currently on my way to another hearing regarding my federal charges for protesting ICE.

When I say our leaders must be willing to put everything on the line, I mean it.

And frankly, I see it as the bare minimum in this moment.

28.01.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 10975    πŸ” 2577    πŸ’¬ 251    πŸ“Œ 119
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Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"

28.01.2026 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 20935    πŸ” 6518    πŸ’¬ 5437    πŸ“Œ 2852

it reveals pretty plainly that "merit-based hiring" means "you belong to the correct class and hold the right set of identities"

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