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Home Depot Introduces New 12-Foot-Tall Baby Jesus Skeleton https://theonion.com/home-depot-introduces-new-12-foot-tall-baby-jesus-skele-1851069460/
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Home Depot Introduces New 12-Foot-Tall Baby Jesus Skeleton https://theonion.com/home-depot-introduces-new-12-foot-tall-baby-jesus-skele-1851069460/
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thinking of the fugitive slave act and people who profited from it
NEW: A variety of military and intelligence contractors have already signed on to help ICE's immigrant bounty hunter program. A review of procurement data shows 10 companies stand to make up to *ONE BILLION* dollars from the program by 2027. theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deportation machine.
theintercept.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
thinking of the fugitive slave act and people who profited from it
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"Bondi and company are sorely mistaken if they think breaking the law and giving Congress a middle finger will make the Epstein scandal go away."
The regime's new Epstein coverup will backfire
They're buying time but not fooling anyone.
www.publicnotice.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Bondi and company are sorely mistaken if they think breaking the law and giving Congress a middle finger will make the Epstein scandal go away."
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Funny how there's apparently no conflict for councilmembers who're landlords voting on tenant protections, or homeowners voting on new housing projects and rezoning actions.
Just for renters who want more homes.
Just for renters who want more homes.
In Santa Monica, the FPPC has disqualified pro-housing Councilmember Jesse Zwick from all future housing votes. They said that because he works for a housing non-profit, he’s “conflicted” and must recuse.
Pretty absurd. The NIMBY deep state strikes again.
www.smdp.com/state-regula...
Pretty absurd. The NIMBY deep state strikes again.
www.smdp.com/state-regula...
State regulators say Councilman Zwick is conflicted on housing votes
The California Fair Political Practices Commission has ruled that Santa Monica Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Zwick must recuse himself from housing production decisions
www.smdp.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Funny how there's apparently no conflict for councilmembers who're landlords voting on tenant protections, or homeowners voting on new housing projects and rezoning actions.
Just for renters who want more homes.
Just for renters who want more homes.
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I obviously can't know who's telling the truth here, but this is exactly why DUE PROCESS matters.
ICE is refusing to release a US citizen despite extensive documentation of her citizenship. Presented with her birth certificate, they called it a fake and transferred her from Maryland to Louisiana. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I obviously can't know who's telling the truth here, but this is exactly why DUE PROCESS matters.
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I spoke to people who are standing up to ICE - from a real estate appraiser chasing ICE on his bike to a fetish shop owner distributing whistles and an undocumented social worker putting money in detainees’ commissary accounts
Whistles, Signal and school patrols: how ordinary Americans are fighting back against ICE
As Trump carries out his mass deportation operation, residents are banding together to block raids and distribute groceries
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I spoke to people who are standing up to ICE - from a real estate appraiser chasing ICE on his bike to a fetish shop owner distributing whistles and an undocumented social worker putting money in detainees’ commissary accounts
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December 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Travel bans don’t make us safer.
They make us smaller, crueler, and less free.
Trump’s expansion is fear-based, discriminatory, and wrong.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
They make us smaller, crueler, and less free.
Trump’s expansion is fear-based, discriminatory, and wrong.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Trump expands travel ban, targeting Syria, South Sudan and others
President Trump on Tuesday signed a proclamation expanding the scope of his administration’s ban on travel into the United States from various countries, targeting Syria and those from the Palestin…
thehill.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Travel bans don’t make us safer.
They make us smaller, crueler, and less free.
Trump’s expansion is fear-based, discriminatory, and wrong.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
They make us smaller, crueler, and less free.
Trump’s expansion is fear-based, discriminatory, and wrong.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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So far this year, state Dems have flipped 24 GOP-held state legislative seats in blue, red, and purple states across the country!
Voters are making it clear that they support state Dems who are actually working for them, and reject the GOP’s reckless agenda.
Voters are making it clear that they support state Dems who are actually working for them, and reject the GOP’s reckless agenda.
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats
The party secured strong gains reminiscent of 2017, our annual review of state legislative results shows. They won multiple new seats in New Jersey, Virginia, Iowa, and Mississippi.
boltsmag.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
So far this year, state Dems have flipped 24 GOP-held state legislative seats in blue, red, and purple states across the country!
Voters are making it clear that they support state Dems who are actually working for them, and reject the GOP’s reckless agenda.
Voters are making it clear that they support state Dems who are actually working for them, and reject the GOP’s reckless agenda.
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What's the difference between states like Florida, where ICE arrests are sky-high, and states like Illinois with much lower rates of arrests? It's all about police & jails.
Arrest rates out of homes, workplaces, etc are similar – but reining in sheriffs makes all the difference.
Arrest rates out of homes, workplaces, etc are similar – but reining in sheriffs makes all the difference.
December 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What's the difference between states like Florida, where ICE arrests are sky-high, and states like Illinois with much lower rates of arrests? It's all about police & jails.
Arrest rates out of homes, workplaces, etc are similar – but reining in sheriffs makes all the difference.
Arrest rates out of homes, workplaces, etc are similar – but reining in sheriffs makes all the difference.
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Chag sameach, fam. A heavy, mournful start to Hanukkah is a reminder that we must be the light and shine together in love and solidarity.
December 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Chag sameach, fam. A heavy, mournful start to Hanukkah is a reminder that we must be the light and shine together in love and solidarity.
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I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
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I cannot get over how evil this is.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I cannot get over how evil this is.
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What are we landmarking this month in Berkeley, a city with 3 designated landmarks for every 1000 residents? A 1964 apartment building. Why are we landmarking it? It is L-shaped.
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
What are we landmarking this month in Berkeley, a city with 3 designated landmarks for every 1000 residents? A 1964 apartment building. Why are we landmarking it? It is L-shaped.
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Despite rising tensions and the alleged closure of Venezuelan airspace, U.S. deportation flights to Venezuela have continued on their usual Wed/Fri schedule. The 74th such flight of the year (EAL8280) is currently en route from Phoenix, AZ to Caracas.
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Despite rising tensions and the alleged closure of Venezuelan airspace, U.S. deportation flights to Venezuela have continued on their usual Wed/Fri schedule. The 74th such flight of the year (EAL8280) is currently en route from Phoenix, AZ to Caracas.
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The best way to bring Berkeley's landmarks-per-person ratio down to the level of Washington D.C. is to get another quarter-million people to move here.
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The best way to bring Berkeley's landmarks-per-person ratio down to the level of Washington D.C. is to get another quarter-million people to move here.
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Trump just pardoned Anti-Women Rights Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Dem Leadership is making themselves complicit by endorsing blatant corruption.
Cuellar was indicted in 2024 for taking 600k in bribes from a bank & from Azerbaijan, who ethnically cleansed over 100,000 Armenians last year.
Cuellar was indicted in 2024 for taking 600k in bribes from a bank & from Azerbaijan, who ethnically cleansed over 100,000 Armenians last year.
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trump just pardoned Anti-Women Rights Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Dem Leadership is making themselves complicit by endorsing blatant corruption.
Cuellar was indicted in 2024 for taking 600k in bribes from a bank & from Azerbaijan, who ethnically cleansed over 100,000 Armenians last year.
Cuellar was indicted in 2024 for taking 600k in bribes from a bank & from Azerbaijan, who ethnically cleansed over 100,000 Armenians last year.
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
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Starbucks settles New York City worker scheduling violations. "Fast food employers must give workers regular schedules..., must provide schedules 14 days in advance and cannot reduce hours by more than 15% without ‘just cause or a legitimate business reason’." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Starbucks to Pay $39 Million in Landmark N.Y.C. Labor Law Settlement
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Starbucks settles New York City worker scheduling violations. "Fast food employers must give workers regular schedules..., must provide schedules 14 days in advance and cannot reduce hours by more than 15% without ‘just cause or a legitimate business reason’." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
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The “culture that we are known for” is being racist and gun crazy. I don’t think that’s something we should be maintaining.
December 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The “culture that we are known for” is being racist and gun crazy. I don’t think that’s something we should be maintaining.
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Please explain "the culture we are known for". Do you mean Jim Crow? Japanese internment camps? Massacre of Native cultures? The Glass Ceiling that keeps women out of power?
Or, is our 'culture' just classic television from the '50s?
Or, is our 'culture' just classic television from the '50s?
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Please explain "the culture we are known for". Do you mean Jim Crow? Japanese internment camps? Massacre of Native cultures? The Glass Ceiling that keeps women out of power?
Or, is our 'culture' just classic television from the '50s?
Or, is our 'culture' just classic television from the '50s?
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200 years ago, nine in ten people in the US were foreign born.
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
200 years ago, nine in ten people in the US were foreign born.
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