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NEW: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.

Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Please take the time to read what the children detained in Dilley wrote me in their own words: www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 10/
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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The average public school in the U.S. has 500 students. ICE is currently detaining over 7 schools' worth of children, many of whom are being held in inhumane conditions.

Children do not belong in government detention.
February 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
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January 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:

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January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice https://theonion.com/letter-to-congress/
Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice
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January 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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NEW: A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.

Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.

But few farms have signed on.
Farmworkers Are Frequently Exploited. But Few Farms Participate in a Program That Experts Say Could Prevent Abuse.
Experts say the Fair Food Program has helped improve conditions for farmworkers. But farms and produce buyers across the country have resisted joining.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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True Breaking News (Washington Post): VA to cut 35,000 health care jobs across nation like nurses & doctors. VA already strained.

Did our vets refuse to give back medals to melt into gold bars/coin/ballroom sconces for Trump?

Truly the worst vets’ Christmas present ever.
December 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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solar panels saved this school district so much money they were able to give their teachers $15k raises: www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/ark...

via @goodgoodgoodco.bsky.social
How one school district used solar panels to give teachers a $15K pay raise
The initiative has inspired other school districts in the area to follow suit.
www.goodgoodgood.co
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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This isn’t going to be a quick read, but it’s definitely something you *should* read
Premium: This is The Hater's Guide To NVIDIA: A 14k word guide to how NVIDIA makes its money, how millions of Blackwell GPUs have been sold with nowhere for them to be installed, and how NVIDIA's future relies on companies raising hundreds of billions in debt.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
The Hater's Guide To NVIDIA
This piece has a generous 3000+ word introduction, because I want as many people to understand NVIDIA as possible. The (thousands of) words after the premium break get into arduous detail, but I’ve wr...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Please tell a friend and share this info. “Despite the Trump administration scrapping this year’s signature survey for assessing trends in the federal workforce, a new opportunity has emerged for federal employees to make their voices heard.”

federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...
Amid data gap, an alternative to FEVS emerges for federal employees
The Partnership for Public Service said its decision to create an alternative survey for federal employees is “not the first choice, but the necessary choice.”
federalnewsnetwork.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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There already aren’t enough dentists who accept Medicaid patients, said Kimberly Raleigh of the Michigan Oral Health Coalition, and “if there is a reduction in community water fluoridation, it’s just a downward spiral.”

By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous
After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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We’re giving $40 billion to Argentina.

This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Current and former Department of Education employees: We want to hear from you.

Use Signal to contact our reporters @jsmithrichards.bsky.social at jsmithrichards.93, @jodiscohen.bsky.social at jodireporter.88 or @megomatz.bsky.social at 414-207-6225.
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October 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
October 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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The Senate just voted to invalidate every permit written on public land since 1996. wessiler.substack.com/p/the-senate...
The Senate Just Voted To Break Public Lands
Every permit written on public lands since 1996 may have be rendered invalid
wessiler.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Once they wanted to dismantle the Dept of Education.

Now these activists want to use it for their own goals.

One of those? Eliminating public schooling.

@megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
October 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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My friend @dansinker.com wrote a wonder piece on the eve of the occupation of Chicago.

dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
A Benediction for Chicago on the Eve of Occupation | dansinker.com
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September 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Breaking: The Onion newspaper is getting 50% bigger. Non-pedophiles can subscribe at membership.theonion.com today.
September 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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1. The FCC has suspended a rule, schedule to go in effect this year, that would have banned prisons from price gouging on phone calls.

Right now, at some jails, a 15-minute phone call can cost over $11.

The decision benefits some of Trump's top donors.
FCC blocks ban on prison phone price gouging, benefiting top Trump donors
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will no longer enforce a rule capping the price of prison phone calls, according to an announcement made Monday by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
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July 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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“Four senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret discussions with some of Kyiv’s top political opponents to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just as Washington aligns with Moscow in seeking to lever the Ukrainian president out of his job.” www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Top Trump allies hold secret talks with Zelenskyy’s Ukrainian opponents
As Washington ramps up its pressure on Zelenskyy to step aside, his rivals are talking to Trump’s team.
www.politico.eu
March 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM