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“The transit system is one of the greatest tools communities have to combat climate change and reduce emissions,” she said. “You can make a pretty immediate impact.”

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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
CV: "unconstitutionally appointed prosecutor"
- Took on "unique, if not unprecedented" role;
- exercised power "not lawfully" possessed;
- "acted alone in conducting a grand jury proceeding and securing an indictment."
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Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed
Lindsey Halligan was appointed after President Donald Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute the former FBI director and New York attorney general.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The insurance lawyer who Donald Trump chatted up at his club a few months after the Jan. 6 attack is not a valid interim U.S. attorney, an actual federal judge rules: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed
The cases were dismissed without prejudice, meaning they can be refiled at a later date.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
BREAKING: Lindsey Halligan's purported appointment as interim U.S. attorney was invalid and she "had no lawful authority to present the indictment" against James Comey.

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November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Not to excuse this at all, but a lot of these people legitimately believe the lies about election fraud and probably rationalize their actions as a result. The danger isn’t just that you get a Jan. 6.
Austin Smith, a former Republican state representative and onetime leader within Turning Point Action—the political arm of Turning Point USA—pleaded guilty to forging signatures on nominating petitions for his 2024 reelection bid.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"

bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"

bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Alternatively, make them the head of the FBI.
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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The plan: to de-radicalize QAnon folks we’re gonna elect each one to Congress for 5 years.
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One woman chewed through her umbilical cord after giving birth in jail — another delivered into a cell toilet

'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies endure inhumane conditions in jails

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'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies are dying in jail
Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“I never imagined that the institution I dedicated my entire career building could be destroyed in such a short period of time.”

Peter Carr, aka Mr. No Comment, speaks out:

open.substack.com/pub/justicec...
An Insider Continuing to Fight for Justice - On the Outside
Peter Carr's mission hasn't changed. Like others who left DOJ noted in their farewell letters, he has found the best way to fight for DOJ is on the outside.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Reminds me of a quote I heard about Lindsey Halligan: “There is a reason why we put baby AUSAs in misdemeanors…”

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Justice Department reverses course, now says full grand jury reviewed James Comey's indictment
The turn of events comes a day after federal prosecutors admitted in court that not all grand jury members saw the final version of the indictment against the former FBI director.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Been ranting to folks for a year now about how fucking obvious it’s been forever that the only way for Dems to break through in this media environment is to curse more and — how bout that! — this broke through the noise.
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
DOCS: Here's what federal grand jurors are looking into around Ed Martin and Bill Pulte: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
New: A federal grand jury is asking questions about Ed Martin and Bill Pulte…

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A federal grand jury is investigating the handling of the Adam Schiff criminal probe
A spokesperson for the Justice Department declined to comment, citing the secrecy of grand jury investigations.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Another wrinkle: the foreperson told the magistrate the grand jury voted on the 2nd indictment.

We now know they didn’t.

The foreperson was probably just confused.

But it does raise a question — would the magistrate have accepted the indictment if she’d known the truth?
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Experts will say the inevitable demise of Lindsey Halligan’s case against James Comey will be a win for the “rule of law” and “due process” or whatever, but man what a blow for comedy writers.
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM