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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 1d

An Idaho prison fund, which receives millions of dollars each year, used to provide things like gym equipment and religious materials. Those days are long gone.

A Prison Fund Is Supposed to Benefit Incarcerated People in Idaho. Has That Changed?

In the past few years, residents at an Idaho prison have wondered how their basic needs are being met after cuts to educational and religious supplies, gym equipment and movie time.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d

Back in the land of reality, here's what one of the Black people whose home was smashed into during the apartment raid last week said about his Venezuelan neighbors: "They were cool people."

Mr. Jones, a U.S. citizen, was dragged out in handcuffs and held outside for hours.

Jones, who lives on the fourth floor, said most of his neighbors were Venezuelan and often took turns cleaning the hallway because the property owners did little to maintain it.

“They were cool people,” Jones said as he looked into his next door neighbor’s unit. “They didn’t speak a lick of English, but we used translator apps to talk to each other.”

Jones wondered what would happen to his neighbor’s young children.

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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 3d

Received this video from a former staffer of mine. It’s a leaking pipeline in the Permian Basin. They called the Carlsbad field office and no one picked up, so it can’t be reported or followed up on.

The cost of the shutdown will be felt for decades.

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NPR @npr.org · 6d

The statue honors Trump's "long-lasting bond" with Epstein, which the president denies. The National Park Service took down the statue after one day last week, saying it didn't comply with its permit.

The Trump-Epstein statue is back on the National Mall, days after its abrupt removal

The statue honors Trump's "long-lasting bond" with Epstein, which the president denies. The National Park Service took down the statue after one day last week, saying it didn't comply with its permit.

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Слава Україні, Esq. @pincheesq.bsky.social · 6d

I feel the long arm of Richard Nixon reaching out from the grave behind this.

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 6d

Bari Weiss is expected to be named editor in chief at CBS News on Monday, with parent company Paramount paying $150m in cash and stock to acquire her Substack publication, The Free Press. My story this morning: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bari Weiss to be named top editor at CBS News

Paramount Skydance will acquire the journalist’s publication, the Free Press, which she started after quitting the New York Times in 2020.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6d

Here's the creator of The Punisher specifically mentioning challenge coins using the Punisher logo as a huge problem and a sign of a law enforcement agency that doesn't understand its mission.

/this is a Reddit comment reproducing a statement supposedly included in a SyFy article now offline.

What are your thoughts on the Punisher symbol being co-opted by police or the military?

I've talked about this in other interviews. To me, it's disturbing whenever I see authority figures embracing Punisher iconography because the Punisher represents a failure of the Justice system. He's supposed to indict the collapse of social moral authority and the reality some people can't depend on institutions like the police or the military to act in a just and capable way.

The vigilante anti-hero is fundamentally a critique of the justice sysytem, an eample of social failure, so when cops put Punisher skulls on their cars or members of the military wear Punisher skull patches, they're basically sides with an enemy of the system. They are embracing an outlaw mentality. Whether you think the Punisher is justified or not, whether you admire his code of ethics, he is an outlaw. He is a criminal. Police should not be embracing a criminal as their symbol.

It goes without saying. In a way, it's as offensive as putting a Confederate flag on a government building. My point of view is, the Punisher is an anti-hero, someone we might root for while remembering he's also an outlaw and criminal. If an officer of the law, representing the justice system puts a criminal's symbol on his police car, or shares challenge coins honoring a criminal he or she is making a very ill-advised statement about their understanding of the law.

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Слава Україні, Esq. @pincheesq.bsky.social · 6d

"By signing this pact we explicitly agree to depart from a century's worth of First Agreement case law."

Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · 6d

Any university that tries to punish members of its community for words that “belittle and even spark violence against conservative ideas”—a vague standard—no longer deserves to be called a university.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6d

comic book authors: we invented the punisher as a cautionary tale about vigilante crime fighting
the director of the fbi: at long last, we are implementing the ethos from the classic comic book the punisher

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 6d

reddit occupied government

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The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 7d

You can't raid and arrest everyone in an entire apartment building, or even legitimately get a warrant to do that, any more than you could for a whole neighborhood. That would be a general warrant. This is the most specific core the-British-did-it-to-us thing the Fourth Amendment is written to ban.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 9d

NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.

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Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE

An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.

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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 10d

This would be why I am such a strident critic of digitization as a substitute for actual archival preservation. My sixteenth century documents are far sturdier and likely to survive another 500 years than the detritus on the internet. And digitization is not democratization.

Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.bsky.social · 11d

Google deletes history:

Google just erased 7 years of our political history

Google appears to have deleted its political ad archive for the EU; so the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search and for display ads - for countless elections across 27 countries - is all gone. We had been told

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Слава Україні, Esq. @pincheesq.bsky.social · 11d

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What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

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Слава Україні, Esq. @pincheesq.bsky.social · 12d

(A prelim based on ROE is how the state of NM does it, alternatively to the grand jury. I think it works reasonably well, though it is burdensome. Because it should be.)

Слава Україні, Esq. @pincheesq.bsky.social · 12d

The entire grand jury system is ridiculous and outdated. If the government is going to lob felony charges at someone, with all the enmeshed consequences of *just the charge*, they should have to make a PC showing at a preliminary hearing based on the rules of evidence.

Not your point, I know.

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Слава Україні, Esq. @pincheesq.bsky.social · 13d

(Six is four is my conspiracy theory.)

Слава Україні, Esq. @pincheesq.bsky.social · 13d

At least "lights are clams" is plausible. C'mon, four-year-old! Get with the deep-state program.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 13d

In case anyone thought ICE shooting at journalists was just an LA thing. Or that they'd cut it out after repeated warnings from judges. Nope. More of the same in Chicago.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13d

Took fire to the face. ICE definitely isn’t aiming at ground and firing at people’s heads again.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 13d

Photo of 7880 (left) from today just before he pepper sprayed this protester in the face.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13d

It’s a pay to play disaster relief system at FEMA under Noem.

Along with fast-tracking the money, Noem flew to Naples on a government plane to tour the pier herself. She then stayed for the weekend and got dinner with the donor, local cardiologist Sinan Gursoy, at the French restaurant Bleu Provence, according to records and an interview with the Naples mayor. This account is based on text messages and emails ProPublica obtained through public records requests.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 13d

The Trump administration is escalating its surveillance of tens of millions of *legal* immigrants, forcing them to refrain from expressing opinions that someone might deem “anti-American.” It’s a clear attack on free speech and the First Amendment. bit.ly/4823Brc

“Continuous Vetting” of All Visa Holders Is Impossible, but the Threat Alone Chills Free Speech

Government claims of AI-powered surveillance create an illusion of total oversight that encourages self-censorship without actually improving security.

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Caroline Winfield @mydoggyruss.bsky.social · 16d

It’s still working 😊 I have not returned to Target, and the boycott is continuing. We have the power of our wallets. Keep using it! They haven’t restored DEI. Let them tank.

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Target Faces Boycott: 200 Days Without DEI, Financial Impact Grows — Investopedia

Target Corp.'s (TGT) stock has plummeted 33% since the rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, wiping out over $20 billion in shareholder value by mid-September 2025.

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Слава Україні, Esq. @pincheesq.bsky.social · 16d

I thought we all agreed that was the very point of this administration?

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 17d

White House memo on Trump's new domestic terrorism designation mentions people who "celebrated Luigi Mangione"
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BREAKING: Trump Declares War on Left With "Domestic Terrorist" Designation

Luigi Mangione fans singled out in White House memo

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Слава Україні, Esq. @pincheesq.bsky.social · 17d

It is not mine to gatekeep what is and is not borscht. (Nor is it to get mad about why in English we add a "t" to that word when in the original it's spelled "borshch".) Mine is only to enjoy this delicious soup. 😀

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Слава Україні, Esq. @pincheesq.bsky.social · 17d

But see, white borscht. www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/t...

This Polish White Borscht Recipe Reminds Me of Home | The Nosher

What makes a borscht a borscht? I often get asked this question when I share a recipe for any variation ...

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