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- 2026/01/24 01:38 UTC [L..T] US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’ «Federal immigration agents detained a two-year-old girl and her father in Minneapolis on Thursday and transported them to Texas, according to court records and the family’s lawyers.» ...«immigration officials had since flown both of them back to Minnesota and released the two-year-old into the custody of her mother. The father remains detained in Minnesota»... on what charges?
- 2026/01/23 23:27 UTC [L..T] Two women, detained by ICE, say they helped agent having seizure «Tippy Amundson, 39, and Heather Zemien, 55, were sitting handcuffed in the back seat of a three-row SUV on the afternoon of Jan. 22 in Brooklyn Park, detained by federal immigration agents»... «Amundson and Zemien were the only ones who recognized that the man was having a seizure. They spoke up immediately, telling the driver to pull over and telling the agents to call 911. When nothing happened, they repeated it, louder and more urgently.» After the agent was transferred to medical care: «“I asked if we could just go home,” Amundson said. “I said, ‘We just saved his life. Is that cool with you?’ And they said no.”»
- 2026/01/23 23:26 UTC [L..T] DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources The headline is a little unclear. It refers to the that Trump's DoJ was hoping to prosecute the victim for allegedly attacking her murderer. This is a classic authoritarian reality-inversion.
- 2026/01/23 23:12 UTC [L..T] (social post) «To call what's going on in Minnesota historic is an understatement. General strikes are extraordinarily rare in US history; there have only been a handful of general strikes, with individual states and even this is extraordinarily rare. This is a major step towards a national general strike, which has never happened in 250 years of this country's history.»
- 2026/01/23 20:52 UTC [L..T] ICE arrests 100 people three days into Maine immigration crackdown, DHS says «In a statement to the Guardian on Friday, the DHS assistant secretary of public affairs, Tricia McLaughlin, said some of those taken into custody were “the worst of the worst” and had been “charged and convicted of horrific crimes”, but cited the same four examples it released earlier in the week.» This statement is completely at odds with the facts.
- 2026/01/23 19:12 UTC [L..T] Don’t say ‘Watch out for ice’: FEMA warned storm announcements could invite memes Homeland Security has asked FEMA not to use the word "ice" in its public reports because apparently it's more important for the government to avoid mockery than it is to ensure that citizens receive accurate reports about dangerous weather. This is, of course, consistent with Immigration Enforcement's observed behavior of not actually caring about public safety.
- 2026/01/23 10:16 UTC [L..T] Tens of thousands gather in downtown Minneapolis for ‘ICE Out’ day «Tens of thousands of Minnesotans marched in downtown Minneapolis Friday in a negative 30 degree windchill to protest the federal government’s continuing surge of immigration enforcement — demanding civil rights and a withdrawal of the 3,000 officers sent here by the administration of President Donald Trump.» .. «The demonstration took place on “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth & Freedom,” a general strike supported by Minnesota unions, progressive faith leaders and community activists.»
- 2026/01/22 03:58 UTC [L..T] Renee Good shot in left temple, per independent autopsy «The preliminary findings of the autopsy, conducted by a “highly respected and credentialed medical pathologist,” per the press release, attests that Good suffered three clear gunshot wounds: one to the left forearm; one to the right breast; and one to the left temple, which exited the right side of her head.» ... «The shots to the arm and breast were “were not immediately life-threatening,” according to the autopsy results.»
- 2026/01/19 22:38 UTC [L..T] Revealed: Border Patrol generating AI resumes for applicants to rush them through process «A reporter for Creative Loafing Tampa went to a Border Patrol recruitment event in St. Petersburg, Florida, and says she was rapidly and forcefully corralled into applying, barely with her consent, and used an artificial intelligence tool to generate her resume to expedite the process.»
- 2026/01/17 19:51 UTC [L..T] Gov. Spanberger rescinds Gov. Youngkin’s order deputizing state police to work with ICE «In one of her first actions as governor, Spanberger rescinded Youngkin’s executive order that deputized state police and law enforcement agencies to assist ICE in capturing illegal immigrants with criminal records in Virginia.»
- 2026/01/16 17:39 UTC [L..T] Family of U.S. citizen detained by ICE in St. Paul seeks her release «Nasra Ahmed, 23, left her family’s apartment complex on Lower Afton Road in St. Paul around 11 a.m. Wednesday on the way to the pharmacy to pick up her medicine. A car occupied by at least two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulled into the parking lot and demanded to see her papers.» Despite being a US citizen born in Minnesota who had never even been to Somalia, the «ICE agents detained her anyway, leaving her family uncertain of her whereabouts for at least 24 hours. Her father, Mohamed Ahmed, called [state Rep. Samakab] Hussein in tears, pleading for any information, and the representative tracked her to the Sherburne County Jail, where she’s being held without bail pending possible felony charges.»
- 2026/01/16 08:33 UTC [L..T] Free Riders Undermine Climate Protection «The researchers observed two recurring types of behaviour. Some participants acted consistently cooperatively: they reliably paid their share – roughly what would be required if everyone behaved in the same way. Others, by contrast, contributed very little. They gambled on the fact that the rest, fearing a shared loss, would put in more.» ... «From the authors’ point of view, this highlights the need for binding rules and political tools that support collective action and limit free riding. Simply hoping that disasters will bring about insight is not enough.»
- 2026/01/15 [L..T] Federal panel reverses decision that freed Mahmoud Khalil from immigration jail «A federal appeals court has reversed a June court decision to release pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, marking a major win for the Trump administration amid its ongoing push to deport him. [..] In a two-to-one decision on Thursday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled that the lower federal court did not have jurisdiction over the immigration matters in the case, and instructed it to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Khalil that freed him on a temporary basis.» He was originally detained on allegations that he put false information on his Green Card application (which he denies). As far as I know, these allegations remain unsubstantiated and there are no other charges against him.
- 2026/01/14 [L..T] London PR firm rewrites Wikipedia for governments and billionaires «Wikipedia has been subject to shady, paid-for edits ordered by partners at an elite London PR firm with links to Downing Street. And the clients who benefitted from this “wikilaundering” are some of the world’s richest and most powerful people. [..] The firm in question is Portland Communications, whose founder Tim Allan is now the director of communications for Keir Starmer. And it has been busted once already for this practice, which is in breach of the British PR professionals’ code of conduct.»
- 2026/01/14 [L..T] Ilhan Omar Effortlessly Drags Elon Musk After He Parrots Easily-Debunked Conspiracy About Her Elon Musk: «This has been happening for years. Ilhan Omar is the most obvious example. A large number of relatively recently arrived Somalis will elect only a Somali to Congress in that Minnesota district. This is much more subtle, but just as bad, in many other parts of America.» Ilhan Omar (replying on X-Twitter): «You are one of the dumbest people on earth, my district is literally a majority white district. Your conspiracy theories are laughable and should have no place in a society that cares about facts.»
- 2026/01/13 [L..T] A World Without Rules: The Consequences of Trump’s Assault on International Law «For the past eight decades, legitimate grounds for war have been much more narrowly defined. The current international system rests on the premise that the use of force by one state against another is prohibited, even criminal, unless undertaken in self-defense or with collective authorization by the UN Security Council.» .. «The Trump administration is no longer trying to work within this system. For the past year, it has been attacking and dismantling the legal infrastructure of the existing order.»
- 2026/01/12 [L..T] AOC Epically Shuts Down Fox News Producer's Request That She Go On Jesse Watters' Show «After being approached by one of Jesse Watters' Fox News producers to appear on his show, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shut him down with [this] blunt reminder:» «He has sexualized and harassed me on his show. He has sexually harassed me on his show. He has engaged in horrific, sexually exploitative rhetoric. [...] he accused me of [...] wanting to quote, unquote, sleep with Stephen Miller.» ...which is barely half of it, really: he also implied that AOC is only in Congress because she is hunting for a "high-value man", and went on to make a number of ridiculous mirror argument statements.
- 2026/01/09 08:19 UTC [L..T] Microsoft Forced Copilot Into Your Life. Now It Can Accidentally Drain Your Bank Account «The latest expansion of the AI's reach is the introduction of Copilot Checkout, a feature that allows users to purchase items directly within a Copilot conversation without getting sent to an external website.» I'd really like to know who thought this was a good idea.
- 2026/01/08 [L..T] US Authoritarian Regime Executes Unarmed Civilian as Ruler Grows More Erratic, Isolated «Regime ruler Donald Trump is mired in yet another scandal, as shocking footage captured his agents executing an unarmed 37-year-old civilian and mother of three in broad daylight. The erratic behavior of the land's embattled sovereign has ratcheted up as he continues to further withdraw himself from public life, and his nation from the global stage.»
- 2026/01/07 20:35 UTC [L..T] ICE Agent Kills Woman, DHS Tells Obvious, Insane Lies About It «On Wednesday in Minneapolis, masked government agents apparently representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surrounded a stationary vehicle stopped in the middle of a residential street. One of them demanded that the driver "get out of the fucking car," and yanked violently on the driver's-side door handle; another, stationed near the left headlight of the vehicle, drew his pistol. The driver, after briefly reversing, swerved away from the agents, apparently attempting to drive away. As the vehicle moved forward, the agent with the drawn pistol stepped aside while firing three shots directly at the windshield and open driver's-side window, killing the driver.»
- 2026/01/06 [L..T] Infrequently Asked Questions About Jeffrey Epstein, Part Four: For the Sexual Enjoyment of Defendant Trump «The fourth & final installment of a mammoth Epstein Q&A, in which we ask: Why won't Trump release the Epstein files? What's he so afraid of? What could possibly be worse than what we already know?» Several entirely-hypotheticals are explored.
- 2026/01/06 [L..T] The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly «Because I know Sen. Kelly would rather jump off a tall cliff than brag about his own military career, that task falls to the rest of us. So, I want to outline just how extraordinary U.S. Navy Captain Mark Kelly was during his decades in uniform.»
- 2026/01/05 [L..T] The Jewish Establishment's Attacks on Mamdani Aren't Only Illogical «So, Zohran Mamdani has just been inaugurated as mayor of New York and, unsurprisingly, he’s already under attack from establishment Jewish organizations. And these attacks are really predictable and, honestly, they’re really brain-dead, and, in a way, just engaging with them at all is kind of» [pointless] ... «But I still think, despite that, it’s worth explaining why these arguments just don’t make any sense. And they’re all basically based on this fundamental incorrect conflation of Jews as a group of people with the state of Israel.»
- 2025/12/17 [L..T] How Vox’s new Silicon Valley-funded 'Abundance' vertical aligns with Silicon Valley’s political priorities «Earlier this month, Vox announced a new vertical dedicated to “growth” that’s funded entirely by the Arnold Foundation, the influence arm of billionaire former Enron energy trader and founder of energy commodity hedge fund Centaurus Energy John Arnold.» .. «Arnold’s latest ideological—and economic—agenda is to promote so-called Abundance, a vague political movement currently fashionable among wealthy liberals that’s a constellation of conferences, think tanks, political action group, billionaire donors, and best-selling books by New York Times and Atlantic authors. Their primary ethos is “growth” through deregulation of industry.»
- 2025/07/25 21:36 UTC [L..T] 17 Key Variables That Determine UBI's Inflationary Impact Can UBI be inflationary? Sure, if we do it in a certain way in a certain context, but no, not in other ways and contexts. We're talking about a multivariate equation. So what are the many variables?
- 2025/07/09 08:12 UTC [L..T] (social post) main contents: «Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) guarantees the right to life for individuals, not for states. / The Nuremberg Trials' adjudicated that no group can deny another's right to life and self-determination. Israel Does Not Have a Right to Exist» and the screenshot on the right
- 2025/07/08 [L..T] Israel Does Not Have a Right to Exist «Israel's establishment as a state and its admission to the United Nations in 1949 were predicated on promises of peace, compliance with international obligations, and respect for the principles of justice and self-determination. Yet, over seven decades, Israel has systematically acted in bad faith, undermining its legitimacy as a UN member, violating international law, disregarding Jewish ethical commandments, and perpetrating actions that align with the legal definition of genocide. This essay asserts that Israel's persistent non-compliance, impunity, and misrepresentation as a Jewish state not only invalidate its moral and legal standing but also endanger Jewish people globally by associating them with atrocities. Furthermore, it affirms the Palestinian people's inalienable right to resist and self-determination, while arguing that Israel, as a state, has no inherent right to exist, a privilege reserved for individuals, not political entities.»
- 2025/05/05 15:00 UTC [L..T] Strange Bedfellows and Long Knives «The fracture lines are appearing. Project 2025 is a map to some of the most important ones. More will come in the days and years ahead of us. For opponents of the Trump agenda, Project 2025 is a cheat book telling us where to find the weak spots in his coalition.»
- 2025/04/05 23:23 UTC [L..T] You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It's Everywhere. «It is a cliche to begin a story about a rally with a quote from a funny sign, but one small piece of floppy brown cardboard floating down 40th Street in Manhattan on Saturday seemed to capture the mood of this weekend’s "Hands Off" protests against President Donald Trump: "Where do I start?"» [...] «People weren't taking action just to protest what the president and his movement represented, but because of visceral fear – real fear – of what he had already done, and that once impossible things were now very much possible.» Article also references the "Ikea has better cabinets" sign.
- 2025/04/05 22:34 UTC [L..T] My Trump-Loving Massachusetts Hometown Just Showed The Hell Up «Marshfield votes more red than Massachusetts does overall. But their massive protest on Saturday suggests Trump might be changing that.»... further results
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