Douglas L. Graham
@commadpro.bsky.social
human for 66 years in a universe some 13.7 billion years old. still learning. waiting to merge back into the mystery.
Arresting judges. The coup is over.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested and charged with two felonies in ICE case
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested in her courtroom on Friday by federal authorities on accusations that she aided an undocumented immigrant in evading ICE.
www.tmj4.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Arresting judges. The coup is over.
No free speech in the Republican Reich
Private security guards charged after woman was dragged out of chaotic Idaho town hall meeting
Private security guards charged after woman was dragged out of chaotic Idaho town hall meeting
Private security guards charged after woman was dragged out of chaotic Idaho town hall meeting
Prosecutors in northern Idaho have filed misdemeanor charges against six men in connection with the forcible removal of a woman from a legislative town hall meeting in February.
apnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
No free speech in the Republican Reich
Private security guards charged after woman was dragged out of chaotic Idaho town hall meeting
Private security guards charged after woman was dragged out of chaotic Idaho town hall meeting
The poor get poorer.
Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing.
Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing.
Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decisio...
finance.yahoo.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The poor get poorer.
Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing.
Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing.
Thought crimes. In the USA.
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
Facing a deadline from an immigration judge to turn over evidence for its attempted deportation of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, the federal government has instead submitted a brief mem...
www.yahoo.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Thought crimes. In the USA.
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
Egg on your face? Mine's clean.
Egg prices increase to record high despite Trump's predictions and bird flu outbreak slowing
Egg prices increase to record high despite Trump's predictions and bird flu outbreak slowing
Egg prices increase to record high despite Trump's predictions and bird flu outbreak slowing
U.S. egg prices increased again last month to reach a new record-high of $6.23 per dozen despite President Donald Trump’s predictions, a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu outbr...
apnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Egg on your face? Mine's clean.
Egg prices increase to record high despite Trump's predictions and bird flu outbreak slowing
Egg prices increase to record high despite Trump's predictions and bird flu outbreak slowing
Only three months to destroy decades and centuries of a great nation. Three FUCKING months. Proud you voted for this still?
Millions of Social Security recipients were told they won’t get their payments
A combination of outdated technology, new untested software, and planned DOGE staff cuts is leading concern among experts and panic among recipients.
www.pennlive.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Only three months to destroy decades and centuries of a great nation. Three FUCKING months. Proud you voted for this still?
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Reckless cruelty isn’t strength.
Capitulation isn’t courage.
Cultish allegiance isn’t patriotism.
We used to know the difference.
Capitulation isn’t courage.
Cultish allegiance isn’t patriotism.
We used to know the difference.
April 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Reckless cruelty isn’t strength.
Capitulation isn’t courage.
Cultish allegiance isn’t patriotism.
We used to know the difference.
Capitulation isn’t courage.
Cultish allegiance isn’t patriotism.
We used to know the difference.
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Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
April 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
Never thought I'd see this nation fall so far so fast. Heil Trump!
Trump administration is having early talks to hold a military parade in nation's capital on June 14
Trump administration is having early talks to hold a military parade in nation's capital on June 14
Trump administration is having early talks to hold a military parade in nation's capital on June 14
The Trump administration is having early discussions about a grand military parade in the nation's capital this summer.
apnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Never thought I'd see this nation fall so far so fast. Heil Trump!
Trump administration is having early talks to hold a military parade in nation's capital on June 14
Trump administration is having early talks to hold a military parade in nation's capital on June 14
National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers
"Not being able to read urgent weather alerts could be a matter of life or death." Nothing in this dictatorship cares about life or death of "subhumans," i.e., non-white Christians.
"Not being able to read urgent weather alerts could be a matter of life or death." Nothing in this dictatorship cares about life or death of "subhumans," i.e., non-white Christians.
National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers
The National Weather Service is no longer providing language translations of its products, a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing potentially life-saving warnings ...
www.yahoo.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers
"Not being able to read urgent weather alerts could be a matter of life or death." Nothing in this dictatorship cares about life or death of "subhumans," i.e., non-white Christians.
"Not being able to read urgent weather alerts could be a matter of life or death." Nothing in this dictatorship cares about life or death of "subhumans," i.e., non-white Christians.
Gee, Mr. Wilson.
Jay North, Star of Original ‘Dennis the Menace’ TV Show, Dies at 73
Jay North, who played Dennis Mitchell in the original 1959 “Dennis the Menace” TV series, died Sunday after a battle with cancer, his long-time friend Laurie Jacobson confirmed in a social media post....
www.yahoo.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Gee, Mr. Wilson.
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FAFO
Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500
Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500
Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500
A second unvaccinated school-aged child in West Texas has died from a measles-related illness. That was confirmed Sunday by a spokesman for UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas.
apnews.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
FAFO
Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500
Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500
FAFO
Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted
Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted
Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted
A recent immigration enforcement action that resulted in the arrests of employees and owners at a Texas bakery has shocked residents of the town of Los Fresnos.
apnews.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
FAFO
Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted
Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted
It is inevitable. The end of this fourth Reich will come.
April 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
It is inevitable. The end of this fourth Reich will come.
Markets plunge with S&P 500 down 6% and Dow down 2,200 after China retaliates against Trump tariffs
Remind me again, who was president then?
Remind me again, who was president then?
Markets plunge with S&P 500 down 6% and Dow down 2,200 after China retaliates against Trump tariffs
Wall Street’s worst crisis since COVID slammed into a higher gear. The S&P 500 plummeted 6% Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 5.5% and the Nasdaq composite dropped 5.8%.
apnews.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Markets plunge with S&P 500 down 6% and Dow down 2,200 after China retaliates against Trump tariffs
Remind me again, who was president then?
Remind me again, who was president then?
Trump decried the Republicans who voted against the Canadian tariffs by saying it was a “wild and flagrant push to not penalize Canada for the sale...of large amounts of Fentanyl" and that "by Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly drug [it will] make it more costly to distribute and buy.”
April 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trump decried the Republicans who voted against the Canadian tariffs by saying it was a “wild and flagrant push to not penalize Canada for the sale...of large amounts of Fentanyl" and that "by Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly drug [it will] make it more costly to distribute and buy.”
Trump administration drops funding for Pa. farmers who help food banks. Shapiro moves to reverse it
It's OK you voted for him...you're not a farmer and you're not poor. Right?
It's OK you voted for him...you're not a farmer and you're not poor. Right?
Trump administration drops funding for Pa. farmers who help food banks. Shapiro moves to reverse it • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Trump administration drops funding for Pennsylvania farmers who help food banks. Gov. Shapiro moves to reverse it.
penncapital-star.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Trump administration drops funding for Pa. farmers who help food banks. Shapiro moves to reverse it
It's OK you voted for him...you're not a farmer and you're not poor. Right?
It's OK you voted for him...you're not a farmer and you're not poor. Right?
To be fair the penguins had it coming...
Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.
www.wired.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
To be fair the penguins had it coming...
Let 'em eat Teslas.
Federal funding cuts spark concerns over food insecurity in PA
Officials in Pennsylvania are raising alarms as they say funding cuts threaten to exacerbate food insecurity across the state.
www.wtae.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Let 'em eat Teslas.
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The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
An ‘administrative error’ sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison, ICE says
Whoops.
Whoops.
An ‘administrative error’ sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison, ICE says
President Donald Trump's administration has acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El Salvador prison.
apnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
An ‘administrative error’ sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison, ICE says
Whoops.
Whoops.
Republicans in Congress move to restrict federal judges who have blocked President Trump
Death of democracy.
Death of democracy.
Republicans in Congress move to restrict federal judges who have blocked President Trump
Furious over nationwide injunctions, Congressional Republicans are seeking to limit the impact of the federal judiciary.
www.yahoo.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Republicans in Congress move to restrict federal judges who have blocked President Trump
Death of democracy.
Death of democracy.
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1/ The college experience could very soon be one that bears little semblance to the classic picture. Your kid could end up on a campus with reduced student services & activities, aging rec centers, shrunken-down humanities dep'ts, less prestigious faculty.
Gift link.
Gift link.
The End of College Life
If they persist, Donald Trump’s attacks on universities will destroy a cornerstone of American life.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
1/ The college experience could very soon be one that bears little semblance to the classic picture. Your kid could end up on a campus with reduced student services & activities, aging rec centers, shrunken-down humanities dep'ts, less prestigious faculty.
Gift link.
Gift link.