Chauvin was, in fact, the cause of Floyd’s death. He used a technique that MPD and most other agencies have banned, specifically because it causes death. And the crime for which he was convicted is unintentional second-degree murder, which by definition does not require intent to kill.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5d ago

Is there ever a time now when he's not trying to ignite a race war?

“They immediately said, ‘Do not mention this to anyone.’ They said to keep researching, but don’t say anything about it because they might be watching,“ researcher Tessa Wahlquist said. “They” were members of the Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders administration.

A researcher at the Old State House discovered slave auctions had once taken place on museum grounds. Her bosses told her to stay silent. - Arkansas Times

“They immediately said, ‘Do not mention this to anyone.’ They said to keep researching, but don’t say anything about it because they might be watching,“ researcher Tessa Wahlquist said. “They” were me...

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An undercover federal agent infiltrated a Minneapolis church despite a court order barring immigration enforcement at churches in its network. Newly released documents also show federal agents surveilled the church several times this spring.

Feds spying in Minneapolis church may have violated court order

Homeland Security spied on a Minneapolis church in May as part of an investigation into alleged anti-ICE activities, potentially violating a court order barring federal agents from enforcing civil imm...

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It's important for nice liberals to accept that fascists really mean their rhetoric. They are not just teasing the woke. They really do intend to kill everyone who isn't them including nice liberals, even including some of their own.

Janne M. Korhonen@jmkorhonen.fi · last wk.

Good place to read this. Yes, these racists really believe what they are saying. www.liberalcurrents.com/fascists-rea...

New: We pieced together dozens of violent incidents from the ICE agents seen in viral videos from Virginia this week. They've roamed across multiple states, but are most often working in Chicago. We also verified the identity of Martin Lagunas, the fed who pointed his gun at a woman on Monday:

Chicago ICE team seen threatening drivers has roamed from Illinois to Minnesota to Virginia

A federal agent from Chicago identified by community members as 40-year-old Martin Lagunas was recorded pointing his gun in the face of a Virginia woman on Monday. His team of ICE agents has been docu...

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If you’ve ever wanted a T-shirt repping a racist Canadian group pushing for mass deportations, your purchase is just a few clicks away — all thanks to Shopify. When I reached out to them, they said "we don’t remove merchants over objections to their worldview.” Wow. My latest for @thetyee.ca:

Shopify Powers a Racist Group’s Online Store. It’s Not the First Time | The Tyee

The $250 billion Canadian company has repeatedly found itself in controversy over its support of ‘free speech.’

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The cut would impact both disabled adults who live with low-income family members and older SSI recipients who live with their adult children on tight budgets. As many as 400,000 people could have their support cut or eliminated, per SSA estimates. (Published April)

The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...

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Minnesota will never forget. We will never forgive. Fuck ICE and all the rest. Go get ‘em Peggy. (Art by La Gata Fea Linocut)

Since Breitbart wrote a piece that largely just quotes this chapter of Let This Radicalize You (which MK and I reprinted here in my newsletter last year), I thought I would reshare the full text with you all. IMO, it's one of the best and most relevant things MK and I ever co-authored.

Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate

"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."

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Peggy Flanagan: "We need to rip ICE apart and stop from them from terrorizing our communities"

For my newsletter, I spelled out once simple trick for the WNBA to shut down that transphobic publicity stunt by two former NBA players: www.burnsnotice.com/heres-how-th...

Here's How the WNBA Can Win the Anti-Trans Controversy

The league has a golden opportunity to make a definitive and educational point about trans athletes–if it has the courage to do it

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Check out this example of shrinkflation. Bought when I used to shop at Target. The smaller bottle is half the size for the same price.

Anyone else having issues with #Netflix not having all the layers of sound on later in the evening? I have tried to start a new show or movie, say, after 9pm, and the dialogue is missing or layers of the audio are missing. This has happened over multiple days. I’m getting really sick of it.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

Guarantee this new company has ties to djt administration Suddenly paying way more govt $ to a new contractor. Not suspicious at all.

Pensacola’s 'Sewing Box' loses Blue Angels flight suit contract after 43 years

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- After more than 40 years, a Pensacola business says they will no longer make the Blue Angels' ceremonial flight suits.

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A GOP Congressman, Griffith Morgan (Virginia), has introduced a bill to strip people in Guam, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and every other US non-state territory of their birthright citizenship. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

pearson's in st. paul is closing and laying off all its workers

If there's been an article anywhere that rounded up all the allegations (and miscellaneous other stuff) about Mayor Her, I'm not finding it, so I'm going to make a thread.

A lot of good info in this 14-minute segment from Jana Shortal and Lou Raguse. youtu.be/wPPw0-qqXWs?...

Inside the allegations against St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her | Breaking the News Plus

YouTube video by KARE 11

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As I have commented before: Dr Fauci arrived at Wolf Trap with the most elaborate security detail I've ever seen. When I asked why, he told me that there were already at that time 2 people in jail for threats on his life-- ie, tried and convicted of a genuine attempt to kill him.

📢 Local needleworkers have waited eight years to see the garment they have helped sew with 380 embroiderers worldwide.

1 billion stitches, 51 countries: World record red dress on display in Brisbane

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My pharmacy can’t get my estrogen patches. What is this fresh hell? How am I supposed to survive summer in menopause?? I’m already barely hanging on thanks to my neck fan. 😩

Smartglasses are evil perverted surveillance devices and we are NOT a society if we allow them to continue. They need to be outlawed completely

Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · last mo.

Ban the fucking smart glasses!!!

A lot of people are doing testosterone explainers, but you should read the one written by a trans man.

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · last mo.

Testosterone is a hormone surrounded in myths and misconceptions, which the Right loves to use to both demonize trans people as well as to fuel their weird beliefs about masculinity. Today, Jules Sherred dives into the science of testosterone and the reality of the effects it can have on the body.

I hope people will read this article and truly take in the way anti-trans policies are impacting real people. This is not some academic debate.

Evan Urquhart@evanurquhart.bsky.social · last mo.

I don't think we should mince words. Transphobia and hatred killed May Pollard. The Idaho legislature killed her as surely as if they'd pointed a gun at her head and pulled the trigger. Anti-trans laws were the gun. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

“A.I. Movies” www.tiktok.com/@americanbar...

🚨🚨🚨 Minneapolis! This drone program is likely to pass! Vote is Thursday. CALL AND EMAIL! Likely Yes: Rainville, Vetaw, Warren, Osman, Shafer, Whiting & Palmisano. Especially Whiting, Osman - let’s hope they’re swingable.

Mara Abolish I.C.E.@mauratwit.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Stevenson does not support. Cm Chavez has lots of questions, saving for full council vote next week. If Council approves, MPD WILL BE FLYING THESE DRONES OVER NORTH BY JULY 20th! Pilot program, Skydio is giving this for free for 75 days. If you’re not paying for it, you’re the product.

JK Rowling is a Holocaust-denying anti-rights activist, who actively harmed the lives of sexual abuse survivors by leading a campaign of harassment against the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, simply because they both hired trans people and supported trans survivors. It’s that easy, Amnesty.

Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...

ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door. It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!