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The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike. n.pr/440Ovz4
Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike.
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike. n.pr/440Ovz4
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On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson bizarrely explained that President Trump was actually an FBI informant collecting intelligence on Epstein, absolving him of any criminality.
On Sunday, he admitted that he lied. trib.al/QWsGCla
On Sunday, he admitted that he lied. trib.al/QWsGCla
September 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson bizarrely explained that President Trump was actually an FBI informant collecting intelligence on Epstein, absolving him of any criminality.
On Sunday, he admitted that he lied. trib.al/QWsGCla
On Sunday, he admitted that he lied. trib.al/QWsGCla
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Republican senators are trying to end the government shutdown by preparing a bipartisan package of spending bills that they hope will win new Democratic votes. It is unclear whether their plan will work. https://to.pbs.org/49GgmZ2
WATCH LIVE: Senate meets as Republicans prepare vote for bill without health care fix
Democrats have voted 14 times not to reopen the government as they demand an extension of health care subsidies, which aren't expected to be part of the legislation.
www.pbs.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Republican senators are trying to end the government shutdown by preparing a bipartisan package of spending bills that they hope will win new Democratic votes. It is unclear whether their plan will work. https://to.pbs.org/49GgmZ2
Is there an AI voice bot I can deploy to waste cold-call sales people’s time for the maximum amount of time and then when the caller realizes, reminds them to Remove my number from lists or risk more soul-crushing defeats (and wasted time for their bosses)?
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Is there an AI voice bot I can deploy to waste cold-call sales people’s time for the maximum amount of time and then when the caller realizes, reminds them to Remove my number from lists or risk more soul-crushing defeats (and wasted time for their bosses)?
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Nearly half of Americans blame Trump and GOP for shutdown: poll (Julianna Bragg/Axios)
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October 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nearly half of Americans blame Trump and GOP for shutdown: poll (Julianna Bragg/Axios)
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Delta and United call on Congress to immediately end government shutdown, pay air traffic controllers (Spencer Kimball/CNBC)
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October 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Delta and United call on Congress to immediately end government shutdown, pay air traffic controllers (Spencer Kimball/CNBC)
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Jeffrey Epstein and the Mossad: How The Sex-Trafficker Helped Israel Build a Backchannel to Russia Amid Syrian Civil War (Drop Site News)
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October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Jeffrey Epstein and the Mossad: How The Sex-Trafficker Helped Israel Build a Backchannel to Russia Amid Syrian Civil War (Drop Site News)
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Classified U.S. report finds backlog of hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations (John Hudson/Washington Post)
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October 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Classified U.S. report finds backlog of hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations (John Hudson/Washington Post)
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'The stress is just always there,' as thousands of FAA workers go without paycheck (Alexandra Skores/CNN)
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October 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
'The stress is just always there,' as thousands of FAA workers go without paycheck (Alexandra Skores/CNN)
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CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs under new leader Bari Weiss. All of them are women (Justin Baragona/The Independent)
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October 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs under new leader Bari Weiss. All of them are women (Justin Baragona/The Independent)
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Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area (New York Times)
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October 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area (New York Times)
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For all the immediate harms to agency mission, agency coherency, expertise & efficiency, and to willingness of current and future civil servants to work and work with passion for our government, the greatest damage is Congress' refusal to have a spine & stand for its own existence vs. $-canceling
Yes, let’s stop him. Trump’s wrecking ball has nothing to do with “efficiency.” It’s pure destruction—his retribution against an imaginary “deep state.” And because he started with USAID, it will hurt not only the country but the world.
We have to put a stop to this. All of it. This administration can’t continue along this line. It’s illegal and cruel and will hurt the country.
October 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
For all the immediate harms to agency mission, agency coherency, expertise & efficiency, and to willingness of current and future civil servants to work and work with passion for our government, the greatest damage is Congress' refusal to have a spine & stand for its own existence vs. $-canceling
hmm... this also means anyone in the world can be taken out by a fairly small state in the scheme of world affairs. I guess when you're already at war with a superpower, there's not a lot of deterrent.
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
hmm... this also means anyone in the world can be taken out by a fairly small state in the scheme of world affairs. I guess when you're already at war with a superpower, there's not a lot of deterrent.
hmm...
🔥Brooks argues in his 2022 book Seduced by Story, “Narrative seems to have become accepted as the only form of knowledge & speech that regulates human affairs.” In the process, Brooks observes, story has eclipsed rational argument as the dominant purveyor of social, political, and historical truths.
The Military-Narrational Complex
What Stories Do in an Age of Conflict
We operate in a world in which the teller of the best story triumphs over the one who reasons most clearly.
reader.foreignaffairs.com/2025/10/29/t...
What Stories Do in an Age of Conflict
We operate in a world in which the teller of the best story triumphs over the one who reasons most clearly.
reader.foreignaffairs.com/2025/10/29/t...
October 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
hmm...
Interview @nprfreshair.bsky.social airing now, drives home the illegal withholding of funds that Congress isn't responding to. It sets a terrible precedent for Congress to have any role at all in government -- which basically means GOP is abdicating our democracy to a king. So, yeah, no budget deals
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Interview @nprfreshair.bsky.social airing now, drives home the illegal withholding of funds that Congress isn't responding to. It sets a terrible precedent for Congress to have any role at all in government -- which basically means GOP is abdicating our democracy to a king. So, yeah, no budget deals
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Elie Mystal on why the GOP needs the illusion of a Trump third term
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Elie Mystal on why the GOP needs the illusion of a Trump third term
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture had a plan to keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program running during a government shutdown by using contingency funds — but the document laying out that plan has now disappeared from the agency’s website.
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture had a plan to keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program running during a government shutdown by using contingency funds — but the document laying out that plan has now disappeared from the agency’s website.
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Democrats are furious that the Trump Administration held a briefing on Capitol Hill today about U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats. Only Republicans were invited. This is from Sen. Mark Warner D-VA.
October 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Democrats are furious that the Trump Administration held a briefing on Capitol Hill today about U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats. Only Republicans were invited. This is from Sen. Mark Warner D-VA.
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Car insurance premiums have increased at twice the rate of overall inflation. They've stabilized, at least for now, but more than half of Americans say the costs are painful. n.pr/434M26s
Why car insurance costs have soared (and what drivers are doing about it)
Car insurance premiums have increased at twice the rate of overall inflation. They've stabilized, at least for now, but more than half of Americans say the costs are painful.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Car insurance premiums have increased at twice the rate of overall inflation. They've stabilized, at least for now, but more than half of Americans say the costs are painful. n.pr/434M26s
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It will always be incredible when history is written that Trump attempted a coup d'etat and then was given the keys to the entire government a mere 4 years later.
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
It will always be incredible when history is written that Trump attempted a coup d'etat and then was given the keys to the entire government a mere 4 years later.
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Low-intensity warfare is uncanny. We continue to go to work, bring kids to school, shop for groceries, etc. But our everyday routines are punctuated by random episodes of spectacular violence; war as a way of life.
Scenes From the Occupation
As the feds cracked down on immigration in Chicago this fall, filmmaker Carlos Javier Ortiz’s camera was rolling. These stills and footage show a city in crisis — and a city defiant.
www.chicagomag.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Low-intensity warfare is uncanny. We continue to go to work, bring kids to school, shop for groceries, etc. But our everyday routines are punctuated by random episodes of spectacular violence; war as a way of life.
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very interesting findings that confirm my anecdotal evidence.
Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
very interesting findings that confirm my anecdotal evidence.
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Politically, the landscape is shifting too:
🔴 Nearly all platforms have become more Republican
🔵 But they remain Democratic-leaning overall
🏃♂️ Democrats are fleeing to smaller platforms (Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon)
🔴 Nearly all platforms have become more Republican
🔵 But they remain Democratic-leaning overall
🏃♂️ Democrats are fleeing to smaller platforms (Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon)
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Politically, the landscape is shifting too:
🔴 Nearly all platforms have become more Republican
🔵 But they remain Democratic-leaning overall
🏃♂️ Democrats are fleeing to smaller platforms (Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon)
🔴 Nearly all platforms have become more Republican
🔵 But they remain Democratic-leaning overall
🏃♂️ Democrats are fleeing to smaller platforms (Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon)
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Do Philly folks know that Saturday is one of the best days of the year in your city??? It's Philly Zine Fest Day! Stop by! 150 artists and exhibitors sharing their zines: www.phillyzinefest.org
Philly Zine Fest – Celebrating DIY & small press publishing since 2002
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October 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Do Philly folks know that Saturday is one of the best days of the year in your city??? It's Philly Zine Fest Day! Stop by! 150 artists and exhibitors sharing their zines: www.phillyzinefest.org
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"Leaked Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrest."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’
Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrest
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"Leaked Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrest."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...