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As of late last month, the investigation—led by US senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat of Georgia—had unearthed 41 cases of physical and sexual abuse; 14 involving pregnant detainees and 18 involving children.
Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody
Led by US senator Jon Ossoff, the investigation cites hundreds of reports since January, including accounts of miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual abuse at ICE detention centers in dozens of state...
www.wired.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
As of late last month, the investigation—led by US senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat of Georgia—had unearthed 41 cases of physical and sexual abuse; 14 involving pregnant detainees and 18 involving children.
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Ukrainian sanctions are kicking in—Russian gas stations are swamped with huge lines after drone strikes knocked out multiple refineries. In Primorsky Krai, queues stretch for kilometers. In Zabaikalsky, fuel’s only sold by coupons. Even Crimea’s running low.
August 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Ukrainian sanctions are kicking in—Russian gas stations are swamped with huge lines after drone strikes knocked out multiple refineries. In Primorsky Krai, queues stretch for kilometers. In Zabaikalsky, fuel’s only sold by coupons. Even Crimea’s running low.
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As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
August 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
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Trump would concede at the table what Russia could not take on the battlefield. Americans should not accept this from this weak ass president.
August 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Trump would concede at the table what Russia could not take on the battlefield. Americans should not accept this from this weak ass president.
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French Minister for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad said Paris rejects the idea of Ukraine’s demilitarization, stressing that strengthening its army is one of the key guarantees of security. He added that any peace agreement must include clear security guarantees for Kyiv.
August 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
French Minister for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad said Paris rejects the idea of Ukraine’s demilitarization, stressing that strengthening its army is one of the key guarantees of security. He added that any peace agreement must include clear security guarantees for Kyiv.
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[writing the constitution]
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
August 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
[writing the constitution]
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
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Russian journalists, who flew to Alaska to Trump-Putin meeting, were served Chicken Kyiv on the plane, said Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russian propaganda broadcaster RT
Chicken Kyiv is a traditional Ukrainian dish made from chicken fillet stuffed with butter and herbs
📷 Klopotenko
Chicken Kyiv is a traditional Ukrainian dish made from chicken fillet stuffed with butter and herbs
📷 Klopotenko
August 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Russian journalists, who flew to Alaska to Trump-Putin meeting, were served Chicken Kyiv on the plane, said Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russian propaganda broadcaster RT
Chicken Kyiv is a traditional Ukrainian dish made from chicken fillet stuffed with butter and herbs
📷 Klopotenko
Chicken Kyiv is a traditional Ukrainian dish made from chicken fillet stuffed with butter and herbs
📷 Klopotenko
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This is Anchorage, Alaska.
Hundreds rallied on the eve of the Trump–Putin meeting — most of them Americans, some flying in from other states.
Streets awash with flags and signs, car horns blaring in support. Similar rallies lit up Fairbanks, Juneau, and more.
Video: Ostap Yarosh
Hundreds rallied on the eve of the Trump–Putin meeting — most of them Americans, some flying in from other states.
Streets awash with flags and signs, car horns blaring in support. Similar rallies lit up Fairbanks, Juneau, and more.
Video: Ostap Yarosh
August 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This is Anchorage, Alaska.
Hundreds rallied on the eve of the Trump–Putin meeting — most of them Americans, some flying in from other states.
Streets awash with flags and signs, car horns blaring in support. Similar rallies lit up Fairbanks, Juneau, and more.
Video: Ostap Yarosh
Hundreds rallied on the eve of the Trump–Putin meeting — most of them Americans, some flying in from other states.
Streets awash with flags and signs, car horns blaring in support. Similar rallies lit up Fairbanks, Juneau, and more.
Video: Ostap Yarosh
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If you're looking for a sci-fi book recommendation, I REALLY enjoyed Project Hail Mary. A few rough edges here and there but overall it was fantastic!
hardcover.app/books/projec...
hardcover.app/books/projec...
Nick Frichette's Review of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - Hardcover
Read Nick Frichette's review of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir on Hardcover
hardcover.app
August 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
If you're looking for a sci-fi book recommendation, I REALLY enjoyed Project Hail Mary. A few rough edges here and there but overall it was fantastic!
hardcover.app/books/projec...
hardcover.app/books/projec...
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Cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Our tool, Rayhunter, can help you find them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators
www.eff.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Our tool, Rayhunter, can help you find them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Something I think about often is the “casualization” of law enforcement, from ICE to what’s going on in DC, where everyone basically wears whatever the fuck they want and slaps a “police” or similar patch on their non standard chest rack and calls it a day. WTF happened to uniforms and badges???
August 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Something I think about often is the “casualization” of law enforcement, from ICE to what’s going on in DC, where everyone basically wears whatever the fuck they want and slaps a “police” or similar patch on their non standard chest rack and calls it a day. WTF happened to uniforms and badges???
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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"If you live in Alaska, I need you to buy a Ukrainian flag and turn any area that Putin is going to be into a sea of Ukrainian flags - so many that, when Putin lands, all he's going to see is just yellow and blue."
August 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"If you live in Alaska, I need you to buy a Ukrainian flag and turn any area that Putin is going to be into a sea of Ukrainian flags - so many that, when Putin lands, all he's going to see is just yellow and blue."
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An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me
August 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me
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"The Munich Agreement" –history lessons
Looking at current events,of course 1938 comes to mind.At that time, Munich city became a symbol of one of the most fateful decisions in history&the greatest diplomatic failure of the 20th century⤵️
📹Chamberlain's speech after signing the agreement/ Iconic
Looking at current events,of course 1938 comes to mind.At that time, Munich city became a symbol of one of the most fateful decisions in history&the greatest diplomatic failure of the 20th century⤵️
📹Chamberlain's speech after signing the agreement/ Iconic
August 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"The Munich Agreement" –history lessons
Looking at current events,of course 1938 comes to mind.At that time, Munich city became a symbol of one of the most fateful decisions in history&the greatest diplomatic failure of the 20th century⤵️
📹Chamberlain's speech after signing the agreement/ Iconic
Looking at current events,of course 1938 comes to mind.At that time, Munich city became a symbol of one of the most fateful decisions in history&the greatest diplomatic failure of the 20th century⤵️
📹Chamberlain's speech after signing the agreement/ Iconic
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Hitler tells Neville Chamberlain he'll halt war in exchange for the Sudetenland.
And the rest of Czechoslovakia. And Danzig. And the rest of Poland. And Denmark. And the Low Countries. And Northern France. And...
And the rest of Czechoslovakia. And Danzig. And the rest of Poland. And Denmark. And the Low Countries. And Northern France. And...
August 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hitler tells Neville Chamberlain he'll halt war in exchange for the Sudetenland.
And the rest of Czechoslovakia. And Danzig. And the rest of Poland. And Denmark. And the Low Countries. And Northern France. And...
And the rest of Czechoslovakia. And Danzig. And the rest of Poland. And Denmark. And the Low Countries. And Northern France. And...
🤣🤣🤣
August 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
🤣🤣🤣
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Is everyone's printer this rude, or just mine?
August 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Is everyone's printer this rude, or just mine?
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It says everything that Republicans are working harder to arrest Texas Democrats than anyone on the Epstein list.
August 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
It says everything that Republicans are working harder to arrest Texas Democrats than anyone on the Epstein list.
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People have trouble interpreting this. Nobody’s saying Donald Trump or Pam Bondi are personally selecting Nazi iconography. They don’t read enough for that. The point is they hire and promote Nazis who ARE steeped in Nazi iconography, and they’re fine with it.
Oh look, ICE is copying literal Nazi recruiting propaganda again. The poster on the right is for the Volkssturm, the Nazi militia of older men and boys established during the final months of World War II.
![@DHSgov on X: We’re taking father/son bonding to a whole new level.
JOIN.ICE.GOV
06 Aug 25
[Young man and old man in ICE gear]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreibrddxw227e4ldwrtdrf4nfz4riyb3yfyluczrelklrnnnp7e7l6m@jpeg)
![Wehrschiessen des Deutschen Volkes 1944
[Young man and old man sharing a rifle]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreibsutqtdx2tbxfm64xbjp4nspzgvdg6xvxewm244dbplmeuoznnvy@jpeg)
August 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
People have trouble interpreting this. Nobody’s saying Donald Trump or Pam Bondi are personally selecting Nazi iconography. They don’t read enough for that. The point is they hire and promote Nazis who ARE steeped in Nazi iconography, and they’re fine with it.
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Article 1, Section 9 & 10 have been removed from the official Govt website on the US Constitution. Among numerous points:
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws
This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws
This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship
August 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Article 1, Section 9 & 10 have been removed from the official Govt website on the US Constitution. Among numerous points:
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws
This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws
This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship