The govt has fired *all* the immigration attorneys representing detained children and given a $150 million contract to a 26-employee law firm in Texas with ONE immigration attorney. @theyoungcenter.bsky.social's Child Advocates are now the last line of defense for kids in deportation hearings.

Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins@ajcousins.bsky.social · 5h ago

Wanna help? Become a Waymaker! We're running, walking, cycling 20,000 miles in September to raise money to get immigrant kids out of detention and back with family. Someone who kayaks to work is dedicating his miles to Waymakers! A salsa dance class is counting steps! It all counts! #BeAWaymaker

What do you think about wealth? Please take this short survey - it's anonymous! (and please share widely) form.typeform.com/to/gOQ2PJIB

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

General Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia

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Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

This is so wholesome and adorable!

ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 3d ago

this owns www.inverse.com/input/cultur...

this absolute scumbag www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

Trump administration denies emergency funding for 2 Oregon wildfires

U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have sent a letter to the federal agency expressing frustration with the decision.

oregonlive.com

I don’t care whether this actually happened or not. I want it to be true.

I worry that most cynical among us, hopped up on 30 years of law and order rhetoric, will say "this is the system working: he didn't do anything wrong and now he's free." As if the terror and wide-scale publicity of an arrest and federal prosecution is not a horrible punishment in and of itself.

CNN@cnn.com · 5d ago

The Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj

Yeah it costs us so much. A switch from billing through iOS to browser is a big boost to the Patreons you support.

doc@docseuss.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I'm begging you not to use apple products. This shit is devastating to creators like me

FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.

I stand by everything I said previously. At least with a major bank I know there is oversight, deposit insurance, and regulation for things like anti-money laundering.

The Verge@theverge.com · last wk.

X Money is launching in the US starting today

Hey folks! Rent is due again and the lawyers need more money to try to get us back our original money, we live in a society. (lol) (cry) Welcome to ETSY THREAD!!! Everything in the shop is 20% off for the next 48 hours, enjoy the nerdy shopping! thebrokencircle.etsy...

"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.

Leiracal@leiracal.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

Lemme tell you about the angel of history being blown backwards into the future: The shackles these people have been put in are Hiatt brand, same company founded in 1780 to mass produce shackles for slaver ships.

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 2w ago

The use of extremely online memetic aesthetics to support far-right political goals is like something out of Walter Benjamin’s nightmares.

249 spaces in Boston, folks. Gonna be our turn.

Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · 2w ago

ICE posted an RFI for over 1,000 "surge parking" spaces in 14 cities across the nation. While the posting doesn't state a specific time, it could indicate increased presence in those cities in the near future. sam.gov/workspace/co...

The answer to "why does everything suck now" almost ALWAYS goes back to "venture capital." Which goes back to "a lot of people have too much money and don't know what to do with it." Which goes back to: "We need to tax rich people more." It's like it's the solution to 99% of our problems!!

@laperry2.bsky.social · 2w ago

www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookw...

Well, this article is incredibly depressing for cooking enthusiasts. The short version: private equity has, over the last couple of decades, quietly bought up most of the classic brands you’ve heard of and then traded on their names while drastically cutting quality and closing American factories

@laperry2.bsky.social · 2w ago

www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookw...

ICE has STOLEN an Indigenous Tribal ELDER from NM, who was on her way to CHEMO. She stopped for gas, ICE then approached her, she showed all of her proper, legal documentation. They still stole her away. They're denying her of life saving CHEMO. When will it be enough. #ShedShed #ViVaHerAlliance

We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2y ago

Trump is reportedly expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services

I've lived in Beijing, and the thing is - they don't have elections.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Newsmax talking head: "I've lived in Beijing. I can say the elections in Beijing are much better than California and the United States."

Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.

ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer

An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

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people do not fucking understand how agriculture is actually done in this country. they still have this little house on the prairie image of a white guy in overalls and a straw hat with a pitchfork, not overseers in ATVs driving around a 10,000 acre property at night to police mexican farm workers

Officers shooting a man, running away from law enforcement, who is not a target of law enforcement, and who poses no threat to law enforcement, is murder. Federal officers do not have the power to commit summary executions because they are aggrieved.

As I prepare for surgery in a couple of days I wanted to dash off a quick 'actionable analysis' post that's our tag line here at Shouldn't Need to be a (Public Health) Lawyer.... Here's how to protect yourself from Cyclosporiasis, the explosive diarrhea parasite taking the country by storm

Cyclosporiasis Is Here: How to Protect Yourself | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland

Cyclospora infection is often asymptomatic, but when symptoms occur, illness is characterized by anorexia, nausea, flatulence, fatigue, abdo

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Hey Chicago! An ICE contractor is trying to buy our parking meters — and City Council decides whether that happens THIS WEEK. We've got time to stop this, but we need as many people as possible to fight back: tinyurl.com/icepark

Reminder: Memphis is still “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Task force members have reportedly killed at least two people in four days.

Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.

Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.

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Based on the headline I thought this was about lego bricks and that the American Fork Police were like utensil police and didn’t understand why there was a viral scandal involving legos or why they’d want to skewer fork police, and the image of the cop car just made the whole thing seem like satire

The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 4w ago

The viral Lego scandal has swirled through the internet, with many onlookers directing their frustration toward the American Fork Police Department.

Agree. We’ve been reporting lately on ICE ramping back up to 11, but the trump administration is trying to do it without Minnesota type headlines. The secret police are trying to be more… secret

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4w ago

ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.