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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 9h

This crap was clearly crap circa 1998. And here we are.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 9h

I can never see mention of carbon offsets without thinking of when the VP of Facilities at Georgetown described them as "buying indulgences" at a Sustainability Advisory Committee meeting.

She wasn't wrong...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10h

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 12h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 11h

Spent the day helping the search dog people train at about 7,000 ft and got close to three hours of hiking with Townes in into the bargain. Watching a dog like that navigate complex terrain at speed is better than 100 hours of therapy. We're lucky people and try not to forget it.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 12h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 12h

She went down in 1937. Agents' work stations won't have those files. (Unless there was an earlier search of physical files that was captured somehow.)

CNN @cnn.com · 12h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 11h

I'm not watching, but "clutch" discourse is for idiots.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 12h

if we make it through the night without wreckers fucking it up, this whole thing is going to have been an incredibly embarrassing episode for DHS

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

This made me laugh so hard. Second screenshot is of the video posted by Benny Johnson of the event.

Benny Johnson « @bennyjohnson
X.com
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stares down army of Antifa and a guy in a chicken suit from the rooftop of the ICE facility here in Portland.
Noem says:
"Hey; Guy in the chicken suit. You can do better.
Too bad they are uneducated and ill-informed."
Noem isn't chicken: [chicken emoji]

A view from the roof of the building. There are about 15-20 people visible in total, several of whom appear to be reporters. Most are holding signs. They aren’t even taking up the whole sidewalk. One guy is wearing a chicken suit.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 15h

Entire country's about to learn that height and weight standards in the Guard is a secondary concern to "do we actually have any people assigned to this unit"

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 15h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 21h

"The guy I voted for is doing all the things he promised he'd do when he was asking for my vote and that is NOT OK!" Sure thing, duders. bsky.app/profile/roll...

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 22h

No such thing as a free latte.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 22h

I know it's a tired genre, but this kind of shit would have been earth-shattering 10 years ago. In translation:
Senator: "Under what legal authority is the US military killing people in The Caribbean?"
Attorney General: "Fuck you." bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 22h

REPORT: The U.S. under the Trump and Biden administrations has provided at least $21.7 billion in military assistance to Israel since the start of the Gaza war.

US has given Israel at least $21.7B in military aid since war in Gaza began, report says

www.stripes.com

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 22h

Goddam right.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22h

Someone saying "Let's do the fucking news" is the ultimate sign that person has never, ever worked in a real newsroom (the fantasyland of the NYT Opinion section doesn't count)

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Kim @kim4thebabies.bsky.social · 22h

Omfg 😤🤦🏼‍♀️😂

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1d

OTD in 2006 journalist & activist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead. Whoever is responsible for having her killed is still at large. And turns 73 today.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 22h

Watch this space. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 22h

I was surprised during a recent reporting trip to see West Bank settlers living in Tel Aviv. What were they doing in this bastion of liberal secularism? The answer speaks to the triumphalism of the ascendant far right, which has penetrated every level of Israeli society.

The Settlers Bursting Tel Aviv’s Bubble

The religious-nationalist right has targeted Israel’s most secular, liberal city

newlinesmag.com

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 22h

We have reached the "people out there sayin'" stage of the collapse.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 23h

Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 23h

I, for one, would have just laughed at anyone trying to shame me for the bad politics of my favorite sandwich. And this Rubenstein fella made a whole career out of it! I never did have much gumption.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 23h

It is extremely funny to me that the number one thing the New York Post can think of to say about the new CBS News #2 is “his coworkers once got mad at him for liking Chik Fil A.“

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 23h

Bonus: The only source for this is Rubenstein's own version of a "overheard in a hipster cafe" story.

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