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The last lone flame of truth, justice, and reason in this God forsaken world.
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Secret idiot.
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It's a clear recipe for chilling protected speech—especially drag performances, which were one of the main targets of the law." 2/2
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Oklahoma's obscenity bait and switch could ban pride parades and public drag shows
These lawmakers expect local authorities to ban "obscenity" before it happens—a recipe for chilling a wide variety of legal speech.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
It's a clear recipe for chilling protected speech—especially drag performances, which were one of the main targets of the law." 2/2
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But they are otherwise hard to reconcile with each other, and their implications underline the immorality and lawlessness of his bloodthirsty antidrug tactics." 4/4
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Trump says his 'armed conflict' with drug traffickers does not involve 'hostilities'
The government is tying itself in knots to cast murder as self-defense and avoid legal limits on the president's use of the military.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
But they are otherwise hard to reconcile with each other, and their implications underline the immorality and lawlessness of his bloodthirsty antidrug tactics." 4/4
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Those positions are consistent with Trump's disregard for legal limits on his use of the military to prosecute a literalized war on drugs. 3/4
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Those positions are consistent with Trump's disregard for legal limits on his use of the military to prosecute a literalized war on drugs. 3/4
Yet the Trump administration also insists that U.S. forces are not engaging in "hostilities" when they blow up boats believed to be carrying illegal drugs. 2/4
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Yet the Trump administration also insists that U.S. forces are not engaging in "hostilities" when they blow up boats believed to be carrying illegal drugs. 2/4
Today, roughly 100 countries receive their air traffic control services from user-funded utilities." 5/5
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America’s longest government shutdown shows why we must free air traffic control from politics
Nations that moved air traffic control out of politics have better tech, no shutdown chaos, and stable funding. Congress keeps choosing dysfunction instead.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Today, roughly 100 countries receive their air traffic control services from user-funded utilities." 5/5
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A stream of ATC user-fee payments is a bondable revenue stream that has been utilized by ATC utilities to finance large-scale technology upgrades and consolidate aging ATC facilities into a smaller number of modern ones. 4/5
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A stream of ATC user-fee payments is a bondable revenue stream that has been utilized by ATC utilities to finance large-scale technology upgrades and consolidate aging ATC facilities into a smaller number of modern ones. 4/5
It worked so well that within a decade, a dozen more governments had followed suit, realizing that ATC is essentially a public utility, analogous to electricity. 3/5
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It worked so well that within a decade, a dozen more governments had followed suit, realizing that ATC is essentially a public utility, analogous to electricity. 3/5
They removed the ATC system from their transport ministry and permitted the aviation user fees that had been paid to the government to instead be paid to the new Airways New Zealand. 2/5
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
They removed the ATC system from their transport ministry and permitted the aviation user fees that had been paid to the government to instead be paid to the new Airways New Zealand. 2/5
Those details reinforce the impression that Trump was determined to get Comey one way or another, regardless of the law or the evidence." 4/4
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Federal prosecutors flesh out their case against James Comey. It still looks shaky.
The government posits that the former FBI director tried to conceal his interactions with a friend who was publicly described as an "unofficial media surrogate."
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November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Those details reinforce the impression that Trump was determined to get Comey one way or another, regardless of the law or the evidence." 4/4
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"We can't delay any longer," Trump told Bondi. "JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!" Five days later, Siebert delivered the indictment that Trump had demanded, although it was such a hasty job that the details of the allegations against Comey are only now coming into focus. 3/4
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"We can't delay any longer," Trump told Bondi. "JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!" Five days later, Siebert delivered the indictment that Trump had demanded, although it was such a hasty job that the details of the allegations against Comey are only now coming into focus. 3/4
He replaced Siebert with Halligan, a neophyte prosecutor whose main qualification was her willingness to overlook the weaknesses that had deterred her predecessor, and he publicly ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey before it was too late. 2/4
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
He replaced Siebert with Halligan, a neophyte prosecutor whose main qualification was her willingness to overlook the weaknesses that had deterred her predecessor, and he publicly ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey before it was too late. 2/4
Although detainees were given two or three cold sandwiches a day, Agustin only ate his first one after subsequently getting sick with diarrhea." 6/6
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Federal judge blasts ‘disgusting’ ICE facility conditions, orders basic humane treatment for detainees
“The evidence has been pretty strong that his facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility,” said U.S. District Court Judge Robert Gettleman. “It has really become a prison.”
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November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Although detainees were given two or three cold sandwiches a day, Agustin only ate his first one after subsequently getting sick with diarrhea." 6/6
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He told the judge that "it smelled like a dirty washroom, like sweat, like a dirty locker," reported The New York Times. 5/6
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
He told the judge that "it smelled like a dirty washroom, like sweat, like a dirty locker," reported The New York Times. 5/6
...Agustin Zamacona, a 47-year-old man who was born in Mexico but has lived in the U.S. for 31 years. He said the cell was never mopped or swept, and had an overflowing garbage can, according to CBS News. 4/6
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
...Agustin Zamacona, a 47-year-old man who was born in Mexico but has lived in the U.S. for 31 years. He said the cell was never mopped or swept, and had an overflowing garbage can, according to CBS News. 4/6
Broadview detainees described being held in a cell with roughly 150 other people, sleeping on the floor for days near overflowing toilets, inoperable showers, and a lack of hygiene products like toothbrushes, toothpaste, and soap while at the facility. 3/6
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Broadview detainees described being held in a cell with roughly 150 other people, sleeping on the floor for days near overflowing toilets, inoperable showers, and a lack of hygiene products like toothbrushes, toothpaste, and soap while at the facility. 3/6
"The emergency lawsuit..accuses the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and ICE of denying detainees adequate access to counsel, food, water, and medical care... 2/6
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"The emergency lawsuit..accuses the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and ICE of denying detainees adequate access to counsel, food, water, and medical care... 2/6
A republic that treats emergencies as a governing philosophy is a republic that lives without its safeguards. We must put the word back in its place: as one describing something rare, reviewable, temporary, and paid for." 2/3
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A republic that treats emergencies as a governing philosophy is a republic that lives without its safeguards. We must put the word back in its place: as one describing something rare, reviewable, temporary, and paid for." 2/3
Among millennials and Gen Z, support for both stood at about 50 percent. But among the youngest in that cohort, socialism is winning out over its freedom-friendly rival." 3/3
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Mamdani's win suggests a socialist future for Democrats and a rocky one for American politics
The Democratic Party is becoming more socialist. That might not be the worst of our concerns.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Among millennials and Gen Z, support for both stood at about 50 percent. But among the youngest in that cohort, socialism is winning out over its freedom-friendly rival." 3/3
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