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JB Holston

@jholston.bsky.social

CEO, Sr. Advisor, former Engineering and Comp Sci Dean, F100 exec, entrepreneur. Sustainable, Inclusive Growth https://jbholston.substack.com/ . Colorado, Maine, London. @jbholston on Threads.

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Jen Rice@jenrice.bsky.social · 2d ago

They're probably hoping you won't hear about this. But tomorrow in TX, Tarrant County officials meet to vote on a GOP plan to cut almost HALF of Election Day voting locations, plus 8 early voting locations, some of them on campuses. Not hard to guess why. fortworthreport.org/2026/07/30/t...

Tarrant County considers cutting 140 Election Day polling sites for November

County commissioners vote Aug. 4 on proposed reductions to the number of early voting and day-of sites for the midterms.

fortworthreport.org

Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · 2d ago

Tulane's Muira McCammon documented how Google turned off reviews for 90+ ICE detention facilities, erasing accounts of conditions inside. Google says disabling ICE facility reviews was "unrelated to a government request." But McCammon argues the effect is the same: dissent rendered invisible.

As Google Scrubs ICE Detention Reviews, Platform Power Serves State Interests

Google’s content moderation choices threaten to render accounts of treatment inside federal detention centers invisible, writes Muira McCammon.

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Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...

What the Hell Happened to Sean Duffy’s Road-Trip TV Show?

Three months after it was announced, the secretary of transportation’s summer show—funded by companies he regulates—hasn’t aired a single episode.

thebulwark.com

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d ago

Last year I took a pic about 15km from Trump's Irish golf course, showing the energy plant that no longer burns coal thanks in part to the wind turbines put up w/in view of Doonbeg.

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Went to Scattery Island today instead of [waves hands]. This is Church of the Dead. You can see the plant that no longer burns coal, and the turbines that made that possible. 15km to Doonbeg which is one reason Trump hates wind power.

Abby Vesoulis@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 3d ago

Rep. Max Miller today: "Just want to be clear: no court, no agency has ever substantiated any allegation of abuse against me. No criminal charge has ever been filed against me." But here's a screenshot of his past criminal offenses.

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Pr Carlos Moreno - IAE Paris1 Sorbonne University@carlosmorenofr.bsky.social · 2w ago

@marjolainekoch.bsky.social Ne Koch is an excellent French journalist, and she has chosen to interview a close friend and, above all, one of the pioneers and leading figures in 21st-century urban planning, Brent Toderian. Do read it and enjoy it!

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2w ago

ICYMI: “A North American city planner contracted by European cities—that’s curious.” My interview with France-based Lettre du Cadre and writer @marjolainekoch.bsky.social covering a lot of ground on how to actually achieve better European & North American city-building. Article in the screen shots.

The screenshots show the four pages of the article which is in French… Apologies, more than I can handle in alt text, especially in French. If there’s tech that can automatically read & copy it into alt text, I’d appreciate knowing about it.
Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 5d ago

NEW: Election denier Cleta Mitchell granted nearly $200k over the past two fiscal years to Heather Honey, an election conspiracy theorist who was hired by DHS last year. While the two have long worked together to undermine elections, the revelation shows that their relationship is also financial.

Election denier Cleta Mitchell granted DHS elections official Heather Honey a lot of money

Heather Honey, a Dept. of Homeland Security elections official, received nearly $200,00 from an election denier fund for consulting services.

democracydocket.com

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 6d ago

"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."

Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington

I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities

theguardian.com

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 6d ago

Goodbye, Minneapolis, Chicago. Hello, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa., pop. 2,300 The inhumanity of mass deportation hits small-town America as a tiny borough with just 4 cops partners with ICE and pulls over dozens of drivers, turning over 32 for deportation My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/moun...

This quaint Pa. borough is a ‘speed trap’ nabbing immigrants for ICE | Will Bunch

Police in Mount Holly Springs, a tiny borough in central Pennsylvania, have turned over 32 immigrants to ICE since March.

inquirer.com

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 6d ago

PHILA INQUIRER: This quaint Pa. borough is a ‘speed trap’ nabbing immigrants for ICE | Will Bunch Police in Mount Holly Springs, a tiny borough in Central Penn, have turned over 32 immigrants to ICE since March. @willbunch.bsky.social www.inquirer.com/opinion/moun... @willbunch.bsky.social

This quaint Pa. borough is a ‘speed trap’ nabbing immigrants for ICE | Will Bunch

Police in Mount Holly Springs, a tiny borough in Central Pennsylvania, have turned over 32 immigrants to ICE since March.

inquirer.com

Marty Lederman@martylederman.bsky.social · 7d ago

Another reminder, in case anyone still cares about such things: This war is so clearly unconstitutional that even the Trump Administration (including its very compliant OLC) hasn't offered any argument to the contrary. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...

Trump Encounters a More Determined Iran as War Widens

With Iran flexing its might, President Trump appears to be weighing military options again, after rejecting plans to escalate.

nytimes.com

Marty Lederman@martylederman.bsky.social · last wk.

Your daily reminder that the war against Iran is so blatantly unconstitutional that even the Trump Administration (including OLC) hasn't offered any argument that Trump has unilateral authority to direct DOD to engage in such a war. @justsecurity.org www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last wk.

This is a good reminder that some "voluntary" departures people sign while detained by ICE are the product of coercion. The worst incidents I've heard of over the years involve agents grabbing a person's hands and forcing them to sign a piece of paper they can't read; it's a "voluntary" removal.

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · last wk.

ICE agents threatened to beat up a Seattle small business owner, married to a citizen, with NO criminal record unless he signed a "voluntary" departure. I'm told there were cameras in the room. I'm demanding any video and that Eduardo be brought home immediately.

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · last wk.

In its most recent quarterly financial report, Palantir reported $1.28 billion in total US revenue. Of that amount, $687 million came from U.S. taxpayer-funded agencies—an EIGHTY FOUR PERCENT INCREASE year-over-year. Cool. Cool … 1/

investors.palantir.com Rw RULE OF 120 Adjusted Operating Margin (Most Recent Quarter) Q: Business Update Q1 2026 Highlights US revenue grew 104% Y/Y and +19% Q/Q to $1.28 billion US commercial revenue grew +133% Y/Y and +18% Q/Q to $595 million US government revenue grew +84% Y/Y and +21% Q/Q to $687 million Revenue grew +85% Y/Y and +16% Q/Q to $1.63 billion Rule of 40 score of 145% Closed 206 deals of at least 1 million, 72 deals of at least 5 million, and 47 deals of at least $10 million Adjusted free cash flow of $925 million; 57% margin Adjusted operating income of $984 million; 60% margin US commercial remaining deal value ("RDV") grew +112% YAY and +12% Q/Q to $4.92 billion US commercial total contract value ("TCV") grew +45% Y/Y to $1.18 billion Overall TCV grew +61% Y/Y to $2.41 billion → Adjusted EPS of $0.33; GAAP EPS of $0.34
Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · last wk.

A mother gave the government her fingerprints, tax records, and DNA to get her 6-year-old daughter back. She did everything officials asked. ICE used that information to find and arrest her. A child welfare system became a deportation tool. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

ICE Turned Family Reunification Into A Deportation List

A program created to place migrant children with relatives has become a pipeline for deportation arrests.

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