Savanna Batten went to an anti-ICE protest. Now she’s serving 50 years in federal prison.
How anti-ICE protesters became prisoners in Trump's war on antifa
“We are not terrorists.”
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Jacob Rosenberg
@jacobrosenberg.bsky.social
Features Editor @nymag.com, jacob.rosenberg@nymag.com || former Mother Jones, Arkansas Times || "As for the scoffers, He scoffs at them"
How a suburban mom working at a seafood restaurant became a fugitive in Mexico and accidental cartel queen.
The Accidental Cartel Queen
How a suburban mom working at a seafood restaurant became a fugitive in Mexico and accidental cartel queen.
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SCOOP: I obtained documents revealing the FBI used Cellebrite to extract data from at least 13 protesters' phones after a mass arrest at an anti-ICE protest in Spokane last summer. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Public records show FBI secretly extracted data from ICE protesters' phones
Previously unreported documents reveal “extractions” from at least 13 devices after a Washington state protest last June.
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Alan Greenspan, influential economic policymaker whom I once terrified at a party, is dead: defector.com/alan-greensp...
Alan Greenspan, Influential Economic Policymaker Whom I Once Terrified At A Party, Is Dead | Defector
Alan Greenspan died today. The longtime fed chairman was once hailed as the most powerful man in the world. Greenspan was 100 years old. Back to me: A couple of cool, smart, and nice D.C. friends of…
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The Clubbed Thumb people just added a Fri matinee for Derangements, which is the first show to reduce me to helpless gasping laughter this year. When I say playwright Nadja Leonhard-Hooper has EXACTLY matched Danny Wolohan’s freak, I know some of you understand what’s at stake. Get on the waitlist
How a Long Island grandma and a crew of volunteer firefighters helped facilitate a ballot hijacking that changed New York elections forever.
The Full Story of New York’s Biggest Voting Scandal
How a Long Island grandma and a crew of volunteer firefighters helped facilitate a ballot hijacking that changed New York elections forever.
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A really interesting and important (and less covered story): How the *other* Amazon unionization effort — for all the drivers that are subcontractors — has been slowed www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
What Trump Delivered for Amazon
The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge.
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Last night, Hamaway — somewhat surprisingly — won. Here's what he said a few weeks ago on the failures of the Democratic party so far to find a way to be clearly, boldly anit-war
A Biden official on why FIFA and Infantino get favor in the Trump era but not theirs
“I was struck with a taser, beaten with punches and kicks, insulted and humiliated. ... You entered through one door and a group of six or seven people would beat you mercilessly until you emerged from the other side.” apnews.com/article/gaza...
Flotilla activists describe beatings, tasers and mistreatment by Israeli forces
Activists detained after their flotilla tried to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza have reported mistreatment by Israeli soldiers.
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To understand Fetterman's position on Israel, it helps — according to a dozen staffers — to understand the increasingly influence of an unpaid, little-known adviser. A big story from @alexshultz.bsky.social
New York Magazine@nymag.com · 3mo agoAs the senator isolates himself from the Democratic Party and his staff, a little-known writer has become one of Fetterman’s closest confidants and a key adviser on Israel.
not the plot here but "How should it cost? Free?” will stick with me nymag.com/intelligence...
The Man Who Explains Israel to John Fetterman
How a little-known writer became one of the senator’s closest confidants.
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To understand Fetterman's position on Israel, it helps — according to a dozen staffers — to understand the increasingly influence of an unpaid, little-known adviser. A big story from @alexshultz.bsky.social
New York Magazine@nymag.com · 3mo agoAs the senator isolates himself from the Democratic Party and his staff, a little-known writer has become one of Fetterman’s closest confidants and a key adviser on Israel.
As the senator isolates himself from the Democratic Party and his staff, a little-known writer has become one of Fetterman’s closest confidants and a key adviser on Israel.
The Man Who Explains Israel to John Fetterman
As the senator isolates himself from the Democratic Party and his staff, a little-known writer has become one of Fetterman’s closest confidants and a key adviser on Israel.
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"Dugan is among a growing cohort of New York City public-school parents who view AI use in the classroom as parasitic — siphoning their children’s intellectual curiosity, capacity for boredom, and data in order to make money." nymag.com/intelligence...
Help! My Kindergarten Is All In on AI.
“Are they taking over? Yeah, they’re taking over.”
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Amazon is trying to sell DHS a truck with a bunch of drones attached to it www.wsj.com/tech/trumps-...
As Harvey Weinstein’s criminal cases have made their way through the system, much of the world has subtly shifted back in his favor. Now, a third Weinstein trial is happening, but few are watching.
Saying ‘Me Too’ in an Empty Courtroom
As Harvey Weinstein’s criminal cases have made their way through the system, much of the world has subtly shifted back in his favor. Now, a third Weinstein trial is happening, but few are watching.
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“It will not be AI in government. It’s going to be AI as governments.”
"As a 67-year-old on the Upper West Side, Schwartz is fairly representative of the boomer class living in the city. He likes the Grateful Dead and Lucinda Williams and hates what Donald Trump has done to this country." nymag.com/intelligence...
How a Boomer-Lib Wine Importer Took Down Trump’s Tariffs
Meet the man who hobbled the president’s favorite policy.
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Geothermal is one of the few things that survived Trump's cuts to the IRA. That means a tiny NC town — with massive energy bills ($650+ a month in winter!); that didn't even have consistent indoor plumbing in the 1980s — is at the vanguard of using the tech for its grid
HUGE scandal if true. Laura Loomer got Marco Rubio to throw two Iranian women with green cards in ICE jail to be stripped of status and deported, claiming they were related to Qasem Soleimani. Official documents provided to @dropsitenews.com appear to show they are NOT related; they're innocent.
Two Iranian Women in ICE Detention Are Not, In Fact, Related to Qasem Soleimani, Documents Show
After Laura Loomer pointed to two women she claimed were connected to the late Iranian military commander, they were arrested and remain in immigration detention. One is now gravely ill.
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The ultimate humiliation to Italy would be if this actually happened www.ft.com/content/1ff3...
Trump envoy seeks to replace Iran with Italy in football World Cup
Request to Fifa is pitched as effort to repair US ties with country even as Iran says it is ready to participate
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