"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

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Congratulations to Donavan McKinney on winning his congressional primary, unseating a millionaire AIPAC stooge! Donavan is a former union member fighting to get money out of politics, a green new deal, and union jobs. @donavanmckinney.bsky.social @detroitdsa.bsky.social

Good Ol' Tom has been at it for the last hour. The Platner comparison is vile but the kind of stuff you just have to expect from a Reaganite piece of shit.

Just the fact that he would say this is unacceptable and he shouldn't be confirmed. The AG has no role whatsoever in making laws in the states and the only role on the federal level would be to pursue cases that could set new precedent or change existing law. This is a disqualifying thing to say.

Carceral Abolition@carceralabolition.bsky.social · 6h ago

Trump’s contentious AG pick Todd Blanche promises faith leaders he’s working to roll back abortion access ‘in every state’ ‘We don’t have complete victory yet, but we will have victory, and victory will be soon, and it will be permanent,’ Blanche said www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

MI showing up to tell these old ass bigots in the Democratic tent that their fogey bullshit don't fly no more making my heart grow six-seven sizes.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 8h ago

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

In his 2020 run, Buttigieg stopped releasing the names of his campaign bundlers after scrutiny. They included: -superlobbyist, and now Palantir lobbyist, Steve Elmendorf -billionaire Blackstone exec Hamilton James -"Silicon Valley's favorite fixer" Bradley Tusk -Merck's head of public affairs, etc.

Here Are the Lobbyists and Corporate Execs Collecting Checks for Pete Buttigieg

As the Buttigieg campaign stops releasing its bundler names and blocks press from fundraising events, here are some of the pharmaceutical and finance executives behind its rise in the big money race, ...

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Pete Buttigieg@petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 19h ago

We see that our political system is broken, then keep behaving as if it worked. We need serious change, and it's time to take bigger swings.

They're calling it for @abdulelsayed.bsky.social — this is a victory for Medicare for All, for every American who has ever needed care but couldn't afford it. We are one step closer to realizing health care as a human right in this country.

At the risk of ruining my mentions, I want to remind my centrist friends that “vote blue no matter who” also applies when Dems nominate a leftist. We need to be single focused on winning back the Senate. We cannot do that without Michigan.

It’s fucking hilarious that Abdul El-Sayed was called “divisive” for not being a centrist while Haley Stevens was being outright racists towards him. It’s even funnier that he’s currently over 50% of the vote in the primary. (Granted, it’s “too early to call.”)

Wesley Bell said something so stupid the other day can't believe it hasn't been highlighted more. He said something like Hamas doesn't allow abortions as a reason to support Israel or how Israel is more like the US. This is stupid on so many levels. It is a Christian and Catholic idea that abortion

A teenager absolutely destroys Israeli far-right politican Moshe Feiglin Teenager: "You support it for years, you can call it, Ethnic cleansing, Transfer, Immigration of Gaza and the West Bank. What will happened then to the people who don't want to leave?" Feiglin: "The (1/6)

James Carville must have no one in his life that cares enough about him to tell him to stop going on TV and making a fool of himself.

A lot of people just need to come out of the closet and admit that they're republican. It would be soooo much easier than trying to pretend that the democratic party is not a right wing party. The jig is up and nobody believes the charade anymore. Just come out and admit you're a conservative

Those of you posting sour grapes at this time that there's actually a glimmer of hope are just pathetic. A lot of us are not just hoping to go back to brunch or whatever, we're actually dealing with life and death matters that hinge on government. You're a bad person if you're rooting for failure

Like if I opened up a donut shop and the only people whoever came was magicians i wouldn’t be like “oh I have got to diversify this” mothafucka I’d be pulling rabbits outta hats every time they walked through the door

What we're living through is not a political crisis, it's cultural collapse and societal failure. I don't just mean our personal culture I mean the macro-American culture is no longer functional or sustainable. We failed and as the other areas of the country fail as in unsafe food and water the loss

Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...

‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech

"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...

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You can’t fuck everyone over in your own country and outside of it, then expect peace.

A lot of people just need to come out of the closet and admit that they're republican. It would be soooo much easier than trying to pretend that the democratic party is not a right wing party. The jig is up and nobody believes the charade anymore. Just come out and admit you're a conservative

people harassing, doxxing, and stalking over minor infractions of which there was virtually no harm done is a direct result of America being a surveillance state

This reflecting pool prosecution debacle lays bare how flippant people in this country are about putting people in prison and that they're willing to do so for personal political gain or to save face or just because they feel like it. This callousness predates trump and many people think justice

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

This propaganda is how they trick people into thinking democrat politicians will actually do something to accomplish these goals instead of what they really do, working hand in glove with republican politicians to rob us and destroy our rights

Jennifer Shin - WTAF@jennifershin.bsky.social · 4d ago

We should print this up and post it everywhere.

For all the conservative democrats shitting their pants on the timeline today about your concerns about DSA and the left, we are way further into the fascist project because of your neoliberal heroes hoarding power and using it service capital rather than the people so we don't have time for your bs

At our municipal grocery stores, New Yorkers will get a 30% discount on eggs, milk, chicken, produce and other everyday essentials. In the wealthiest city in the richest country in the world, no one should have to wonder how they’ll afford the food they need to feed themselves or their families.

I heard a story about a detained health researcher the other day and assumed this was it - but no, there‘s a second local scientist, from UMD, who is being held by ICE. On his way home from receiving a “teacher of the year” award. www.wbaltv.com/article/umb-...

University of Maryland pharmacy instructor detained in Dallas

Federal officials detained an instructor from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy last week.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿@clancyny.bsky.social · 6d ago

Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.

I just heard Matt Yglesias talk for the first time and wtf why does this guy have outsized influence? He shouldn't be allowed to just post his takes he should have speak them out on video because his voice and demeanor are not compelling in the least. It's negative charisma & big loser energy

Every time I've seen Oliver Larkin try to talk to Fox News bobble heads they have to rush to cut him off and get him off air because he's saying truths they don't want their audience to hear. I really hope we trade in traitor Jared Moscowitz for Oliver Larkin.