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99% Seriously, quit caging people. 1% Wheel of Time. “Boar have been stopped in the precinct." she/her
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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“Making incarcerated people pay for communication has a regressive effect on their well-being, on their improvement in prison, and after they are released,” says Wanda Betram, a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative.
Priced Out of Phone Calls Home
The FCC blocked Biden-era limits on the exorbitant rates and fees charged by prison telecom companies, leaving incarcerated people and their families to fight for state-level reforms.
boltsmag.org
December 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“Making incarcerated people pay for communication has a regressive effect on their well-being, on their improvement in prison, and after they are released,” says Wanda Betram, a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative.
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✨HUGE WIN! Yesterday, the Colorado Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling: Municipal courts can no longer issue harsher punishments than state courts for the same offenses.
December 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
✨HUGE WIN! Yesterday, the Colorado Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling: Municipal courts can no longer issue harsher punishments than state courts for the same offenses.
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Read more about this decision → www.denverpost.com/2025/12/22/c...
Read the amicus brief filed by CFF and ACLU-CO → bit.ly/MuniCourtAmicus
Read the amicus brief filed by CFF and ACLU-CO → bit.ly/MuniCourtAmicus
Municipal courts can’t issue harsher punishment than state court for same offenses, Colorado Supreme Court rules
The justices ruled that when a municipal ordinance and a state statute prohibit identical conduct, the municipal penalties for such conduct “may not exceed the corresponding state penalties f…
www.denverpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Read more about this decision → www.denverpost.com/2025/12/22/c...
Read the amicus brief filed by CFF and ACLU-CO → bit.ly/MuniCourtAmicus
Read the amicus brief filed by CFF and ACLU-CO → bit.ly/MuniCourtAmicus
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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are you outraged? you should be.
but if you’re only outraged at what you perceive happens in El Salvador, not in your state…or if you’re only outraged at the GOP…
—you’re missing a phenomenal opportunity to connect some major bipartisan carceral corporatist capitalist dots here.
but if you’re only outraged at what you perceive happens in El Salvador, not in your state…or if you’re only outraged at the GOP…
—you’re missing a phenomenal opportunity to connect some major bipartisan carceral corporatist capitalist dots here.
so.you
December 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
are you outraged? you should be.
but if you’re only outraged at what you perceive happens in El Salvador, not in your state…or if you’re only outraged at the GOP…
—you’re missing a phenomenal opportunity to connect some major bipartisan carceral corporatist capitalist dots here.
but if you’re only outraged at what you perceive happens in El Salvador, not in your state…or if you’re only outraged at the GOP…
—you’re missing a phenomenal opportunity to connect some major bipartisan carceral corporatist capitalist dots here.
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it’s unsettling how many USians seem to think CECOT is unlike that prison your uncle works at in Colorado or Virginia or California or Alabama…
humiliation, deprivation, isolation, sexual violence…constant torture inflicted on people who both have & have not committed harm—that’s…prison.
humiliation, deprivation, isolation, sexual violence…constant torture inflicted on people who both have & have not committed harm—that’s…prison.
December 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
it’s unsettling how many USians seem to think CECOT is unlike that prison your uncle works at in Colorado or Virginia or California or Alabama…
humiliation, deprivation, isolation, sexual violence…constant torture inflicted on people who both have & have not committed harm—that’s…prison.
humiliation, deprivation, isolation, sexual violence…constant torture inflicted on people who both have & have not committed harm—that’s…prison.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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✨Yet ANOTHER data-driven report that bail reform works and communities are safer when they are freer.
👀Read the study: datacollaborativeforjustice.org/work/bail-reform/testing-the-long-term-impact-of-bail-reform-across-new-york-state-a-quasi-experimental-evaluation/
👀Read the study: datacollaborativeforjustice.org/work/bail-reform/testing-the-long-term-impact-of-bail-reform-across-new-york-state-a-quasi-experimental-evaluation/
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
✨Yet ANOTHER data-driven report that bail reform works and communities are safer when they are freer.
👀Read the study: datacollaborativeforjustice.org/work/bail-reform/testing-the-long-term-impact-of-bail-reform-across-new-york-state-a-quasi-experimental-evaluation/
👀Read the study: datacollaborativeforjustice.org/work/bail-reform/testing-the-long-term-impact-of-bail-reform-across-new-york-state-a-quasi-experimental-evaluation/
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When you’re in your 20s, you’ll walk by an indie bookshop that you’ve never visited. (Amazon is convenient.) You’ll see their bookseller recs, a cat in the window, & curation & feel the need to go in.
It’s really important that you do, because that indie will be your safe space for years to come.
It’s really important that you do, because that indie will be your safe space for years to come.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
When you’re in your 20s, you’ll walk by an indie bookshop that you’ve never visited. (Amazon is convenient.) You’ll see their bookseller recs, a cat in the window, & curation & feel the need to go in.
It’s really important that you do, because that indie will be your safe space for years to come.
It’s really important that you do, because that indie will be your safe space for years to come.
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Detained immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra must get bail hearing before Christmas, judge rules trib.al/bcbNwHs
Detained immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra must get bail hearing before Christmas, judge rules
The activist was arrested in March and has been fighting efforts by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain and deport her ever since.
trib.al
December 18, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Detained immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra must get bail hearing before Christmas, judge rules trib.al/bcbNwHs
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Solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org as they fight for the higher wages and better working conditions they deserve.
December 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org as they fight for the higher wages and better working conditions they deserve.
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If you have someone you love who has a substance abuse problem, then you *might* understand. But if you don't, then you really can't understand.
December 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you have someone you love who has a substance abuse problem, then you *might* understand. But if you don't, then you really can't understand.
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Lawyers for a group of prisoners whose death sentences were commuted by President Biden allege that the Trump administration is now seeking to imprison them “in the most oppressive conditions in the entire federal prison system.”
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for “Living Hell” Under Trump
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Lawyers for a group of prisoners whose death sentences were commuted by President Biden allege that the Trump administration is now seeking to imprison them “in the most oppressive conditions in the entire federal prison system.”
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This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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Shannon Bird had the most missed votes of any House Democrat and then resigned her seat to run full-time for Congress. She did this while having the worst record in the House for working class Coloradans.
If voters can't see through that, then idk what to tell them.
If voters can't see through that, then idk what to tell them.
December 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Shannon Bird had the most missed votes of any House Democrat and then resigned her seat to run full-time for Congress. She did this while having the worst record in the House for working class Coloradans.
If voters can't see through that, then idk what to tell them.
If voters can't see through that, then idk what to tell them.
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Reminder for all the Colorado Democrats in CO-8:
Shannon Bird was one of few Dems who voted NO on House BIll 23-1100 which restricted Colorado's involvement with private immigration detention facilities b/c Bird was bought off by the private-prison lobby.
The more you know!
Shannon Bird was one of few Dems who voted NO on House BIll 23-1100 which restricted Colorado's involvement with private immigration detention facilities b/c Bird was bought off by the private-prison lobby.
The more you know!
December 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Reminder for all the Colorado Democrats in CO-8:
Shannon Bird was one of few Dems who voted NO on House BIll 23-1100 which restricted Colorado's involvement with private immigration detention facilities b/c Bird was bought off by the private-prison lobby.
The more you know!
Shannon Bird was one of few Dems who voted NO on House BIll 23-1100 which restricted Colorado's involvement with private immigration detention facilities b/c Bird was bought off by the private-prison lobby.
The more you know!
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Colorado U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet VOTED FOR THIS when they confirmed Trump's Cabinet Transportation Secretary.
Hickenlooper cut $109M of grants for Colorado.
Bennet cut $109M of grants for Colorado.
We MUST vote these out in 2026.
Hickenlooper cut $109M of grants for Colorado.
Bennet cut $109M of grants for Colorado.
We MUST vote these out in 2026.
December 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Colorado U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet VOTED FOR THIS when they confirmed Trump's Cabinet Transportation Secretary.
Hickenlooper cut $109M of grants for Colorado.
Bennet cut $109M of grants for Colorado.
We MUST vote these out in 2026.
Hickenlooper cut $109M of grants for Colorado.
Bennet cut $109M of grants for Colorado.
We MUST vote these out in 2026.
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UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
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Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman, and Ella Cook, a sophomore, were killed in the shooting at Brown University on Saturday.
Umurzokov was studying biochemistry and neuroscience, while Cook studied math and French.
Umurzokov was studying biochemistry and neuroscience, while Cook studied math and French.
Brown shooting victims were aspiring brain surgeon, talented musician
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman, and Ella Cook, a sophomore, were killed at Brown University on Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman, and Ella Cook, a sophomore, were killed in the shooting at Brown University on Saturday.
Umurzokov was studying biochemistry and neuroscience, while Cook studied math and French.
Umurzokov was studying biochemistry and neuroscience, while Cook studied math and French.
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Having a citizen review board "with teeth" was a hot topic back when I worked on my undergrad in CJ, and remained a hot topic when I was a cop in the early '80s. Cops are not above the law no matter what they might say and no matter how strong their labor unions are.
NEW in Bolts: Local officials in Newark, Jersey City, and Trenton want civilian agencies that can investigate police and issue subpoenas. But they keep running into the state’s Democratic leaders.
New Jersey Cities Are Pressing Resistant State Officials for Civilian Police Oversight
Local officials in Newark, Jersey City, and Trenton want civilian agencies that can investigate police and issue subpoenas. But they keep running into the state’s Democratic leaders.
boltsmag.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Having a citizen review board "with teeth" was a hot topic back when I worked on my undergrad in CJ, and remained a hot topic when I was a cop in the early '80s. Cops are not above the law no matter what they might say and no matter how strong their labor unions are.
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NEW in Bolts: Local officials in Newark, Jersey City, and Trenton want civilian agencies that can investigate police and issue subpoenas. But they keep running into the state’s Democratic leaders.
New Jersey Cities Are Pressing Resistant State Officials for Civilian Police Oversight
Local officials in Newark, Jersey City, and Trenton want civilian agencies that can investigate police and issue subpoenas. But they keep running into the state’s Democratic leaders.
boltsmag.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
NEW in Bolts: Local officials in Newark, Jersey City, and Trenton want civilian agencies that can investigate police and issue subpoenas. But they keep running into the state’s Democratic leaders.
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Please remember to support real journalism.
The CBS News home page is featuring some high-quality content tonight
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Please remember to support real journalism.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Congrats to Hall of Famer Jeff Kent, who was on Survivor in 2012 and said this after he was kicked off. It should be noted that the top marginal tax rate in 2012 was 35%, unchanged from the last 6 years of the Bush era. Which makes you wonder whether maybe the tax rate was not his beef with Obama.
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Congrats to Hall of Famer Jeff Kent, who was on Survivor in 2012 and said this after he was kicked off. It should be noted that the top marginal tax rate in 2012 was 35%, unchanged from the last 6 years of the Bush era. Which makes you wonder whether maybe the tax rate was not his beef with Obama.