@janemcmillan.bsky.social
Journalists should be on the side of democracy. Proud CA/BayArea native currently navigating the North Star State. Springsteen heals. Dylan is forever young. Animals/nature = sentient beings.
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There’s a lot of good stuff here. Another reason to appreciate the great state of California.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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California rolls out sweeping new laws for 2026, from cellphone limits in schools to a ban on cat declawing
A slew of new laws in California have gone into effect, including a ban on law enforcement officers wearing masks, cuts to the cost of insulin and a requirement for landlords to provide refrigerators.
www.latimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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"At the same time conservatives have overseen a massive transfer of taxpayer dollars from the government to private entities, they’ve also gutted the ability of government agencies to have sufficient staff to investigate those same private entities."
The blame for alleged fraud in Minnesota belongs to conservatives
Privatization and a lack of oversight creates a vicious cycle.
www.publicnotice.co
January 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"At the same time conservatives have overseen a massive transfer of taxpayer dollars from the government to private entities, they’ve also gutted the ability of government agencies to have sufficient staff to investigate those same private entities."
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THIS ISN’T GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION.
More than 100 immigration judges have been fired nationwide since Trump took office. 21 in San Francisco alone, many without explanation.
Why? Because these judges provided due process under US law.
The Trump admin doesn’t want hearings or fairness.
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More than 100 immigration judges have been fired nationwide since Trump took office. 21 in San Francisco alone, many without explanation.
Why? Because these judges provided due process under US law.
The Trump admin doesn’t want hearings or fairness.
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January 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
THIS ISN’T GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION.
More than 100 immigration judges have been fired nationwide since Trump took office. 21 in San Francisco alone, many without explanation.
Why? Because these judges provided due process under US law.
The Trump admin doesn’t want hearings or fairness.
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More than 100 immigration judges have been fired nationwide since Trump took office. 21 in San Francisco alone, many without explanation.
Why? Because these judges provided due process under US law.
The Trump admin doesn’t want hearings or fairness.
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Elon Musk has proudly built an AI that can be exploited for what is basically child pornography.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk is calling for the execution of his political opponents.
And people are… ok with this?
Meanwhile, Elon Musk is calling for the execution of his political opponents.
And people are… ok with this?
January 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Elon Musk has proudly built an AI that can be exploited for what is basically child pornography.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk is calling for the execution of his political opponents.
And people are… ok with this?
Meanwhile, Elon Musk is calling for the execution of his political opponents.
And people are… ok with this?
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Devin Nunes and others linked to Trump Media & Technology Group (Truth Social owner) recently became officers and investors of a company soon after it made an unsuccessful $10 billion bid for the US assets of Venezuelan-state-owned Citgo Petroleum. My latest:
Devin Nunes and others linked to Trump Media became officers of a company soon after it made an unsuccessful $10 billion bid for Venezuelan-state-owned Citgo Petroleum’s U.S. assets
Devin Nunes and others linked to Trump Media recently became officers and investors of a company soon after it made an unsuccessful $10 billion bid for Venezuelan-state-owned Citgo.
newstracs.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Devin Nunes and others linked to Trump Media & Technology Group (Truth Social owner) recently became officers and investors of a company soon after it made an unsuccessful $10 billion bid for the US assets of Venezuelan-state-owned Citgo Petroleum. My latest:
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9th Cir., 2-1, holds that open carry is protected by the Second Amendment even where a state allows concealed carry, strikes California's law banning urban open carry and its licensing law for open carry in rural counties.
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
January 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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January 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Corrupt tech billionaires are buying power to tilt the world in their favor.
Even the co-founder of Y Combinator is saying it. ⬇️
The radical death cult rising from Silicon Valley venture capital is metastasizing rapidly.
It's an existential threat to democracy and humanity.
Even the co-founder of Y Combinator is saying it. ⬇️
The radical death cult rising from Silicon Valley venture capital is metastasizing rapidly.
It's an existential threat to democracy and humanity.
January 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Corrupt tech billionaires are buying power to tilt the world in their favor.
Even the co-founder of Y Combinator is saying it. ⬇️
The radical death cult rising from Silicon Valley venture capital is metastasizing rapidly.
It's an existential threat to democracy and humanity.
Even the co-founder of Y Combinator is saying it. ⬇️
The radical death cult rising from Silicon Valley venture capital is metastasizing rapidly.
It's an existential threat to democracy and humanity.
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News is not a “daily conversation.”
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
News is not a “daily conversation.”
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
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THIS 👇 [source: @thecoreyrichardson.bsky.social / @tify330.bsky.social ]
January 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
THIS 👇 [source: @thecoreyrichardson.bsky.social / @tify330.bsky.social ]
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One of our most-read stories of 2025: This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
(Published March 2025 with @texastribune.org)
(Published March 2025 with @texastribune.org)
This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the c...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
One of our most-read stories of 2025: This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
(Published March 2025 with @texastribune.org)
(Published March 2025 with @texastribune.org)
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Several military cargo planes arrived from Russia, too.
January 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Several military cargo planes arrived from Russia, too.
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Iran, on the ground reporting: Plainclothes regime repression agents speaking Arabic … not Persian.
This means the Islamic regime in Iran has recruited and dispatched Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi and Iraqi Shia mercenaries to assist in quashing the Iranian people’s uprising.
This means the Islamic regime in Iran has recruited and dispatched Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi and Iraqi Shia mercenaries to assist in quashing the Iranian people’s uprising.
January 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Iran, on the ground reporting: Plainclothes regime repression agents speaking Arabic … not Persian.
This means the Islamic regime in Iran has recruited and dispatched Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi and Iraqi Shia mercenaries to assist in quashing the Iranian people’s uprising.
This means the Islamic regime in Iran has recruited and dispatched Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi and Iraqi Shia mercenaries to assist in quashing the Iranian people’s uprising.
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‼️ The mayor has reported that the body of a child has just been found beneath the rubble.
The search and rescue operation is still underway.
The search and rescue operation is still underway.
“I know she was in the apartment, but the apartment no longer exists, that’s what I know… She isn’t answering. The police and emergency services remain silent.”
Near the high-rise in Kharkiv struck on the afternoon of January 2, stands Tymofiy Akumov.
Near the high-rise in Kharkiv struck on the afternoon of January 2, stands Tymofiy Akumov.
January 2, 2026 at 7:22 PM
‼️ The mayor has reported that the body of a child has just been found beneath the rubble.
The search and rescue operation is still underway.
The search and rescue operation is still underway.
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Good. Then it won’t be a waste of taxpayer money to tear that damn thing down when he’s gone.
Trump posts that we’re “locked and loaded” to go into Iran, then goes marble shopping in Florida before golf.
January 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Good. Then it won’t be a waste of taxpayer money to tear that damn thing down when he’s gone.
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BREAKING: area pundit’s head explodes that the people running America’s biggest city are no longer a bunch of mean-spirited, self-centered assholes
January 2, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Jack Smith spent more than 8 hours answering questions in a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee on Dec 17
It’s worth watching — you can see why Smith wanted to testify publicly — and why the committee waited until New Year’s Eve to release the video
youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
It’s worth watching — you can see why Smith wanted to testify publicly — and why the committee waited until New Year’s Eve to release the video
youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
Jack Smith Deposition
YouTube video by House Judiciary GOP
https://youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
January 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Jack Smith spent more than 8 hours answering questions in a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee on Dec 17
It’s worth watching — you can see why Smith wanted to testify publicly — and why the committee waited until New Year’s Eve to release the video
youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
It’s worth watching — you can see why Smith wanted to testify publicly — and why the committee waited until New Year’s Eve to release the video
youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
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Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
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What the fuck is going on with the Minnesotan senators making no statements about the terror campaign being inflicted on their own state?
January 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
What the fuck is going on with the Minnesotan senators making no statements about the terror campaign being inflicted on their own state?
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Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief told ProPublica.
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
www.propublica.org
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief told ProPublica.
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
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All the people implicated as organizers in the Minnesota fraud are WHITE.
Tom Emmer would be burning crosses on lawns if he thought he could get away with it.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Tom Emmer would be burning crosses on lawns if he thought he could get away with it.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Emmer calls for deportation of Somali Americans tied to fraud
The Republican representative from Minnesota also said naturalized U.S. citizens who committed fraud should have their citizenship revoked — even if that would require changing the law.
www.mprnews.org
January 1, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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Mamdani’s message is as American as apple pie, and that’s why he drives reactionaries of many different political stripes crazy.
Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?
January 1, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Mamdani’s message is as American as apple pie, and that’s why he drives reactionaries of many different political stripes crazy.
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These businessmen have shown no shame in kowtowing to the president—and he has richly rewarded their sycophancy.
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Trump’s 10 Biggest, Most Shameful Billionaire Toadies
These businessmen have shown no shame in kowtowing to the president—and he has richly rewarded their sycophancy.
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January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
These businessmen have shown no shame in kowtowing to the president—and he has richly rewarded their sycophancy.
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Drinking water for more than 13 million Americans is directly supplied by watersheds within or downstream of national monuments—monuments that are now under attack by the Trump administration.
January 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Drinking water for more than 13 million Americans is directly supplied by watersheds within or downstream of national monuments—monuments that are now under attack by the Trump administration.