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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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J.J. @thetellurian.bsky.social · 4h

Amy poehler isn't greasy enough to pull off bondi.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 6h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5h

“This immigration issue is a remnant of Subu’s original case. Since that wrongful conviction has now been officially vacated and all charges against Subu have been dismissed, we have asked the immigration court to reopen the case and consider the fact that Subu has been exonerated.”

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues.

This was their first year in a post-Roe state (pub. Feb. 2024):

She Was Denied an Abortion After Roe Fell. This Is a Year in Her Family’s Life.

Tennessee law prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help. We followed one family as they struggled to make it.

projects.propublica.org

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 8h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 8h

Broadview.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 10h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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J.J. @thetellurian.bsky.social · 10h

Could congressional democrats or institutions the money was meant for sue?

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 10h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11h

It always looks silly from these guys but this basic logic where the most marginalized people are actually elites representing “the machine” is also the shared understanding people running newsrooms and universities believe as well.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 13h

time to deal with our white man gun epidemic

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

A trend I’ve noticed after having watched too many of these despicable ICE arrest videos is when bystanders demand they let detainee go, an officer suggests they’re being picked up for a serious crime to try and deter help. But we know that’s not true of a vast majority of people and the jig is up.

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J.J. @thetellurian.bsky.social · 11h

Death took Annie Hall but left donald trump. He's not great at his job.

J.J. @thetellurian.bsky.social · 11h

Luigi gonna make a dem pay.

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J.J. @thetellurian.bsky.social · 11h

Booker and Santos must play.

J.J. @thetellurian.bsky.social · 11h

There are only a few trump appointees on the 7th. It'll be interesting to see the composition of the bench. 🤔

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 12h

While the Trump admin has accused state AG Letitia James of using a Virginia house as an "investment property" to rent out rather than a second home, The New York Times reports that she a house for her grandniece, who lives in it rent-free. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Ms. Thompson’s testimony that she has lived in the house rent-free — Ms. James pays even for basic upkeep, the people said — could make it difficult for prosecutors to convince a jury that the house was meant to be used as a rental investment property.

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