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Pro-democracy/Anti-fascism. I ❤️ Humanities, Science, Guinness, and MUFC.
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
In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...
JUST IN: A federal judge in Minnesota — Trump appointed chief judge Eric Tostrud — has rejected the administation's effort to force Minnesota to cooperate in enforcing federal immigration law. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I need the Americans to know that the forest fires in Canada are the result of our own horrible capitalist politicians supporting the fossil fuel industry for decades. Don't believe the lies you've been sold about us, Canada is three oil companies in a settler colonial trenchcoat
Trump’s attorneys, Justice Dept. leaders misused courts in IRS case, judge says www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s attorneys, Justice Dept. leaders misused courts in IRS case, judge says
The president's lawsuit against the IRS — which resulted in a now-scuttled proposal for a $1.8 billion payout fund — was filed for an “improper purpose," the judge said.
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Breaking: A federal judge just shut down Trump’s effort to ban the IRS from auditing the taxes of him, his family members, and his companies. The judge has accused Trump of corruption and has referred Trump’s attorney for disciplinary action. apnews.com/article/trum...
Air to Ground Message: COULD WE GET THE WORLD CUP SCORE PLEASE Area: Blaine, MN, USA Type: Boeing 757-200 A: #a1bb1f10daf F: #fd8fb1493f6
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to obtain an unredacted copy of New York's statewide voter registration list. A big victory for Elias Law Group and our Client the NAACP. DOJ is now 0-12 in these cases. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...
Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
I don't think the government of a democracy should have masked secret police that roam the country murdering people, with their actions treated as totally outside the law.
Federal judges have spent a full year overwhelmingly rejecting ICE's effort to lock up people the Trump admin is seeking to deport — finding a combination of illegality, unconstitutionality, incompetence and cruelty at a shocking scale. More than 15,000 times.
1 year in, ICE’s mass detention policy is on the ropes
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s mass detention policy has been in place — and under fire in the courts — for a year.
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here is what i think: we're not consumers or spectators, we are participants with agency. you should not hope that democrats will do anything. you must work to force them to do the right thing. the odds are long, but we are far from the first americans to face long odds. we will win.
jamelle@jamellebouie.net · last mo.you know, when someone says something like "these are the things that need to be done to avert disaster" and your response is "you think democrats will do that?!?" all you're telling me is that you think politics is a spectator sport
In a major victory, we won our lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education for trying to weaponize the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Students dedicated to public service should not be punished because of petty politics.
BREAKING: Judge Sullivan has GRANTED Katie Phang's preliminary injunction concluding she has standing, has been harmed, and will likely succeed on the merits of her case demanding the full release of the Epstein files. Blanche has until 7/2 to respond. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum & Opinion – #16 in PHANG v. BLANCHE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01417) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 6/25/2026. (lcegs1) (Entered: 06/25/2026)
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A stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman bowl made of translucent blue-green mosaic glass 🩵 Looks like it contains the cool turquoise blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea! 🌊 Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 by me #Archaeology
Here's a fun fact about Elon Musk: in 2020, his (nominal) net worth was $20b, and today it's $1t (nominally). But *that's* not the fun fact; *this* is: everything he's done since 2020 was a flop. 1/
Air to Ground Message: ANY UPDATES ON ENGLAND GAME PLEASE Area: Zurich, Switzerland Type: Airbus A321 A: #a95ffde515c F: #f27e7fe40c2
BREAKING: Judge Angel Kelly blocks Interior Sec. Doug Burgum's “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” Order as "a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization" and orders DOI to "restore and reinstall" removed materials "forthwith." ORDER: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Kennedy Center removes Trump’s name from building www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Kennedy Center removes Trump’s name from building
After courts knocked down attempts to delay the signage change, workers began taking letters off the performing arts center’s exterior early Saturday morning.
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A federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to reinstall exhibits and signs relating to slavery and climate change that it had removed from parks and monuments nationwide
Trump administration must restore history, science materials at parks, US judge rules
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs touching on topics like slavery and climate change that it had removed from parks and monuments nationw...
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President Trump, a native New Yorker, was greeted by thunderous boos as he appeared in a suite at Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. https://wapo.st/4e9ZcUb
Trump’s $100,000 fee on H-1B visas for highly skilled workers is struck down www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump’s $100,000 fee on H-1B visas for highly skilled workers is struck down
A judge declared President Donald Trump’s fee unlawful. The fee narrowed a major pathway for legal immigration that is used by tech companies, hospitals and universities.
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The Kennedy Center’s general counsel ordered staff on Thursday to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the building by June 12, according to a memo obtained by CNN, in order to comply with a recent court order. https://cnn.it/4uTzYkk
Trump is now back to attacking the Pope. He’s not beating the antichrist allegations.
