🍁Norman Jaffe (he/him/his) 🇨🇦
@opendragon.com
Deadhead/Hawkwind/Lost Planet Airman/LISP/Rust. Terran. Whovian. Canuck.
Wet coast native - born in Vancouver.
Old systems programmer from back when punch cards and paper tape were what you used and disk drives had oil actuators.
Blinking lights rule!
Wet coast native - born in Vancouver.
Old systems programmer from back when punch cards and paper tape were what you used and disk drives had oil actuators.
Blinking lights rule!
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Remember how they said the upcoming war in Venezuela was about drugs, and then they seized an oil tanker?
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Remember how they said the upcoming war in Venezuela was about drugs, and then they seized an oil tanker?
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ICE in Minnesota abducted and disappeared a Somali-American this morning. Masked ICE goons are seen dragging the man into an unmarked car as a crowd of neighbors scream he is a US Citizen. 12/10/25
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
ICE in Minnesota abducted and disappeared a Somali-American this morning. Masked ICE goons are seen dragging the man into an unmarked car as a crowd of neighbors scream he is a US Citizen. 12/10/25
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“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
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At least while we are screwing over our allies around the world we will be doing it in an anti-woke font.
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
At least while we are screwing over our allies around the world we will be doing it in an anti-woke font.
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Congressional Republicans once again placed the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) in their crosshairs Wednesday, holding the second hearing so far this year on the landmark pro-voting law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP Aims to Weaken Key Federal Protection Against Voter Purges
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Congressional Republicans once again placed the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) in their crosshairs Wednesday, holding the second hearing so far this year on the landmark pro-voting law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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My grandfather didn't have $1 million for a Trump Gold Card. He was 10, poor, and didn't speak any English. He ended up making good, and a lot of money. I wrote about him in 2018. I liked us better when we understood what the American Dream meant to the world. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My grandfather wouldn't be allowed into America under Donald Trump's policies
Trump's campaign-trail immigration slurs are now policies and tragedies. Latest example: Hundreds of families still separated despite a judge's order.
www.usatoday.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My grandfather didn't have $1 million for a Trump Gold Card. He was 10, poor, and didn't speak any English. He ended up making good, and a lot of money. I wrote about him in 2018. I liked us better when we understood what the American Dream meant to the world. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Trump’s Golden Age.
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Trump’s Golden Age.
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NEW: Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians.
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him.
A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.
www.propublica.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians.
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
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According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
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WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
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My dad was a state judge and made me take the KERRY EDWARDS bumper sticker off my car in 2004 because the title was in his name.
When I was a judicial law clerk in Montana, Pres Bush flew into the Billings airport for a rally.
I wanted to see Air Force One and asked the judge I clerked for if I could go. He said no, that it wouldn’t be appropriate.
And I was just a clerk. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
I wanted to see Air Force One and asked the judge I clerked for if I could go. He said no, that it wouldn’t be appropriate.
And I was just a clerk. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
Judge Emil Bove Faces Ethics Complaint for Attending Trump Rally
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My dad was a state judge and made me take the KERRY EDWARDS bumper sticker off my car in 2004 because the title was in his name.
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Communities across this country are ready to welcome you, your family, and the hopes you thought were lost in the noise.
December 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Communities across this country are ready to welcome you, your family, and the hopes you thought were lost in the noise.
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A for-profit education firm called Stride is opening a school inside a for-profit immigration prison run by CoreCivic. Stride has been accused of defrauding investors and providing substandard education to children.
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley.
prospect.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A for-profit education firm called Stride is opening a school inside a for-profit immigration prison run by CoreCivic. Stride has been accused of defrauding investors and providing substandard education to children.
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
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Congress is set to pass its $901 billion defense bill without including insurance coverage for families to get fertility treatment.
Lawmakers and advocates supporting the provision said House Speaker Johnson axed it based on objections to IVF.
Lawmakers and advocates supporting the provision said House Speaker Johnson axed it based on objections to IVF.
New IVF benefits for military families cut from defense bill again
Lawmakers and advocates supporting the provision said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) axed the provision based on personal objections to IVF.
wapo.st
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Congress is set to pass its $901 billion defense bill without including insurance coverage for families to get fertility treatment.
Lawmakers and advocates supporting the provision said House Speaker Johnson axed it based on objections to IVF.
Lawmakers and advocates supporting the provision said House Speaker Johnson axed it based on objections to IVF.
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NEWS: Trump officials are worried the ICC may try to prosecute them for war crimes once Trump's term ends, and are threatening sanctions against the ICC to change its founding document to grant them immunity. (via Reuters / link in reply)
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEWS: Trump officials are worried the ICC may try to prosecute them for war crimes once Trump's term ends, and are threatening sanctions against the ICC to change its founding document to grant them immunity. (via Reuters / link in reply)
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Trump administration allows six more states to restrict food stamp purchases reut.rs/4rPXIEF
Trump administration allows six more states to restrict food stamp purchases
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Wednesday that she has granted waivers to six additional states allowing them to prevent the use of food stamps to purchase certain items, like soft drinks and candy.
reut.rs
December 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Trump administration allows six more states to restrict food stamp purchases reut.rs/4rPXIEF
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On October 10th, 2025, Dayanne was assaulted and kidnapped by masked ICE agents. They gave no reason why.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
December 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
On October 10th, 2025, Dayanne was assaulted and kidnapped by masked ICE agents. They gave no reason why.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
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If anyone has an X account, and/or Truth Social, please post this. Let’s spread it across all platforms.
October 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If anyone has an X account, and/or Truth Social, please post this. Let’s spread it across all platforms.
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i gotta hand it to the "let's ban african immigrants from voting" lobby, they got the one spokesman who could convince me.
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
i gotta hand it to the "let's ban african immigrants from voting" lobby, they got the one spokesman who could convince me.
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The Trump administration's changes to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are taking an axe to the agency's traditional mission of ensuring people lawfully immigrate and stay in the U.S. n.pr/3MqSPC0
How Trump is remaking one agency to aid his deportation push
The Trump administration's changes to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are taking an axe to the agency's traditional mission of ensuring people lawfully immigrate and stay in the U.S.
n.pr
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The Trump administration's changes to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are taking an axe to the agency's traditional mission of ensuring people lawfully immigrate and stay in the U.S. n.pr/3MqSPC0
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This is still VERY illegal. The Trump admin says anyone who pays $1 million will be deemed to have "exceptional business ability" and become eligible for an employment-based immigrant visa.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is still VERY illegal. The Trump admin says anyone who pays $1 million will be deemed to have "exceptional business ability" and become eligible for an employment-based immigrant visa.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
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MAGA America is depraved. Just straight up fucking evil.
December 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
MAGA America is depraved. Just straight up fucking evil.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.