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Recovering journo, now working for places that don't pay but do provide free coffee.
I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.
"God dammit, Merrill." Pat Murphy is a national treasure and having him mic'd up for this catch was amazing.
My grandma learned baseball later in life - from Kruk & Kuip, tuning in for almost every game in her final 15 years It wasn’t just that baseball was there when she needed its cadence & companionship most, it’s that it was THIS duo Forever grateful for their impact. On the game, and my family 🧡
NEWS — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports. “That is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.”
🤖 SF Giants on NBCS Mike Krukow: Better broadcaster or kazoo player? 🤔
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
Is this the greatest nutmeg ever?? 🤯 🎥: @denversummitfc.bsky.social
It took me a few days to read @mashagessen.bsky.social's piece on Kansas. It is as necessary as everyone says. Set aside some time for it--it is long. It is also important there are things chipping away at NYT's transphobia. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...
Opinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All
Is Kansas just the beginning?
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I'd heard NYT had finally gotten access to the men sent to Eswatini. This from Nicholas Casey is the kind of incredible and *moral* work only big institutions can do, and should do more of. Grateful for "loudmouths" like Roberto Mosquera. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/m...
He Was Deported to Eswatini in Southern Africa. He May Never Go Free. (Gift Article)
As the Trump administration sends a growing number of immigrants to countries they have no connection to, some find themselves imprisoned with no way out.
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The leader tells a lie everyone knows is a lie, and the machinery of the state sets about forcing the rest of us to repeat it—all the way to the felony prosecution of an innocent bystander. trib.al/HlX7AZm
Think Jeanine Pirro Acted Honorably in the Hearn Case? Think Again.
Some gave her credit for belatedly doing the right thing. But she had no choice, and she’s still a disgrace.
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NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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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...
A father in Idaho, speaking to police after his child died by suicide: “There is a huge amount of animosity, every single day, thrown at trans kids. The whole fucking country. The whole fucking administration, every single fucking day.” Please read this important story by @joyurcaba.bsky.social
Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.
The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.
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Excellent investigative reporting by the NYT into why so many ICE cases against protestors fall apart. "federal law enforcement has engaged in extensive misconduct — ranging from attacking protesters to destroying evidence and misrepresenting facts in court." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/u...
They Were Charged With Assaulting ICE Agents. The Cases Are Crumbling. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has lost or abandoned hundreds of criminal cases against protesters and immigrants, a Times investigation found.
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“The motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting Monday was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing, Sen. Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Mullin told him.”
Man shot and killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Sen. Angus King says
The motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting Monday was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing, Sen.
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"I tried to stop," said the immigrant shot in the head and bleeding to death This is the new "I can't breathe" www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/b...
Biddeford witness saw gunshot victim bleeding from head
One resident who saw the shooting said he heard the man who died say 'I tried to stop.'
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thomas simply couldn't join the opinion, this corrupt, misanthropic bigot had to throw in his two cents and put his bigotry into the record
Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 3mo agoClarence Thomas's concurring opinion in the trans sports ban case in West Virginia contains some of the ugliest transphobic stuff I have ever seen in a legal opinion. Straight-up gleeful. Vile man. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![2 WEST VIRGINIA v. B. P. J.
THOMAS, J., concurring
judgment). Because “gender dysphoria” is a mutable men-
tal state that is the object of psychiatric treatment, it does
not resemble the immutable characteristics on the basis of
which our precedents have applied heightened scrutiny—
race, sex, or national origin. Instead, gender dysphoria re-
sembles other characteristics on the basis of which legisla-
tures may classify with a merely rational basis. See, e.g.,
Heller v. Doe, 509 U. S. 312, 321 (1993) (mental illness);
Plyler v. Doe, 457 U. S. 202, 220 (1982) (immigration sta-
tus). Legislatures have many obvious rational bases to
keep men who believe that they are women out of teams
and private spaces reserved for women.
Second, as the Court recognizes, this case concerns “bio-
logical men” and “boys who identify as girls.” Ante, at 10,
27. Men and boys with gender dysphoria are not women or
girls, even if they believe that they are. Sex is an immuta-
ble “biological” characteristic, see ante, at 10; it is binary;
and “man” and “woman,” “boy” and “girl,” are the terms that
correspond to adults and children of each sex. See A. Byrne,
Are Women Adult Human Females? 177 Philosophical
Studies 3783, 3786–3787 (2020). To use language to ob-
scure reality—to show “indifference regarding the truth”—
is to lie to the public and cease to treat our fellow citizens
“as equal[s].” J. Pieper, Abuse of Language—Abuse of
Power 17, 21 (1992).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpna2qi2e44fafbhhtqjak3x/bafkreibwsxtosqddkiskx5oxonnai4ha7ygixfcqmnbsxb27z3q43jh4iu)
The arm on NBA star Kelsey Plum, who throws a rolled-up jersey to her dad sitting in the upper bleachers. www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUn...
The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.
The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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From @annkillion.bsky.social: "On Pride Night, when a rainbow was front and center, the Giants’ true colors came through." www.sfchronicle.com/sports/annki...
Giants pitchers didn’t just deface Pride uniforms. They alienated their fans and city
On Pride Night, four San Francisco Giants pitchers on this woebegone team opted to either deface their official uniform or ignore it altogether, hijacking the event for their own purposes.
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Okay, folks: The big El Niño update is now out on Weather West! This sure looks like it's going to be a dramatic year from a global climate perspective, and there are major implications for extreme events (across California, the U.S. West, & well beyond).
Special update: Rising odds of a strong-to-historic El Niño event in 2026, with growing likelihood of significant regional-to-global scale impacts - Weather West
June 11, 2026 - Daniel Swain - A quick refresher: What is El Niño and how can it affect global weather patterns? El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a semi-regular recurring cycle that transfers vast amounts of heat and momentum from the tropical Pacific to the global atmosphere. It is triggered every 3–7 years when the #
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Friendly reminder to CA voters still holding your ballots. Don’t mail them as there’s a chance they won’t be postmarked with today’s date. Drop them in the ballot box to ensure your vote is counted. #primaryday
Wallflower -- I think it's a Western Wallflower -- at about 2,000 feet on Mount Diablo in the eastern Bay Area for #WildflowerShow #WildflowerHour.
Lilac sunbonnet (Langloisia setosissima), west of the Salton Sea in southeastern California. #WildflowerHour #TinyPlants
California poppies and coast buckwheat south of Mendocino, CA, for #WildflowerHour. Sorry, no #CarrotsAndPeas.
