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Minneapolis record store owner Rosa Garcia, aka DJ Madre Rosa, is the founder of DJ-U, a free program for young DJs started in 2018. Despite DJ-U loosing funding this year, Garcia's held several fundraisers for stores like hers that were financially impacted by ICE's deadly Operation Metro Surge.
For fucks sake. But also what a pro pedophelia tell by Musk.
Amy Klobuchar@amyklobuchar.com · last wk.I made it a federal crime to share non-consensual nude images or deepfakes online with my bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act. Minnesota became the first state in the country to ban the technology used to create them. Elon Musk’s company is now suing to undo that. https://ow.ly/25KN50Zupi4
The government is prosecuting US citizen Sam Tunick for allegedly providing authorities with a “duress password” that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport.
The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border
Whoops, was that the duress password?
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Governor Jay Inslee@govjayinslee.bsky.social · 2w agoEvery state that hits a record like this makes it easier for the next one. That's how the clean energy transition moves—state by state, grid by grid, proving out what critics said couldn't be done. Colorado just did it. Who's next? www.denverpost.com/2026/07/10/r...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts says it’s releasing an online toolkit for attorneys to uncover the technologies police use—and conceal—to build criminal cases, from facial recognition to AI-written police reports.
The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets
A new toolkit for attorneys in Massachusetts targets the technologies police use—and conceal—to build criminal cases, from facial recognition to AI-written police reports.
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A study concluded that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live. (Published July 2025)
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
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An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Afghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custody
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, the death report shows.
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-Notice News 1/ "YES: Mamdani's administration just funded New York City's first-ever pet food pantry program.
Yes we are!! We want our govt to prioritize the health and well-being of its regular citizens who are human people, not just corporate profits, the stock market, or the most financially-resourced among us! Again, this is not radical. This is literally what govt is supposed to do.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · last mo.“I think we are seeing a hunger that is not just felt by New Yorkers, but frankly by Americans from coast to coast, for a new kind of politics, one that puts working people at the heart of it.” —Mayor Zohran Mamdani
BREAKING: In a landmark 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court rules that "geofence warrants," which allow law enforcement to collect sweeping smartphone location data over a broad area, constitute an "unreasonable search" and violate the Fourth Amendment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US supreme court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections
Law enforcement’s use of warrants sweeping smartphone location data requires privacy protections, court rules
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100% yes. Whatever Dem leadership may say, this is basic government functioning and isn’t radical.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · last mo.The Democratic Party must return to the American people the wealth and power that the obscenely rich have taken from them. This should be the core Democratic message. It targets the affordability crisis, corruption, corporate welfare, and crony capitalism. It shows what must be done.
Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. (Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
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Buttigieg: We sit in a in a country that's got the wrong number of people on the Supreme Court, possibly the wrong number of representatives in the House of Representatives. And by the way, when you consider the disenfranchisement of the people of DC, we have the wrong number of states in the US
Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying.
Frankie Huang 黄碧赤@ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 2mo agoWelp there’s no unseeing this
"The story of one couple’s long battle with their health insurer — and the little-known tool buried deep in their insurance coverage booklet that helped them finally win." This should not be a thing, but I'm glad my colleagues at @propublica.org were able to tell this story.
How to Fight a Health Insurance Denial With a Little-Known Tool
This is the story of one couple’s long fight with their health insurer — and the little-known tool that helped them finally win.
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While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.
This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.
#minneapolis #minnesota #generalstrike #mayday #fuckice #fuckfascism @mn50501.bsky.social
Minnesota 50501@mn50501.bsky.social · 3mo agoT-minus 1 week - are you ready for May Day? No work. No shopping. No school. If the system won’t change, we will. Twin Cities actions happening all day. Show up where you can, bring someone with you. The big March is at Lake and Chicago at 4:30pm!
#fuckice #cpb #minneapolis #minnesota
Unicorn Riot@unicornriot.bsky.social · 4mo agoNEW: Small business owners at Minnesota’s largest Latine shopping center are calling for government support in the wake of Trump’s ICE surge. The Plaza México shopping mall and food court on Lake Street is home to more than 80 businesses that are seeking funds, and many face the threat of eviction.
