Barbara Banfield
@barbbanfieldrn.bsky.social
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RN, farmerette, astrologer, violin/fiddle player, gay-married, anti-fascist, pro-democracy. Whidbey Island WA
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From my Cato colleague @foxmike90.bsky.social: judges in protest cases have excused jurors who admit they don't trust ICE or have strong feelings against it. But those are legitimate positions, and a jury lacking them isn't representative of the local community ("vicinage") the Constitution demands.
Now Is Not the Time for Federal Judges to Be Removing ICE Skeptics From Jury Selection
The government has made its bed, and now it must lie in it.
slate.com
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Bolts
@boltsmag.org
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How convenient, this dude having a Nazi tattoo was never a problem for him his whole life up until trying to get into the Senate.
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The shutdown cliff that could hit Dems hard: SNAP, which helps feed more than 40 million people, will start to run out of funds Nov. 1.
The shutdown cliff that could hit Democrats hard
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps feed more than 40 million people, will start to run out of funds Nov. 1.
www.politico.com
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The shutdown cliff that could hit Dems hard: SNAP, which helps feed more than 40 million people, will start to run out of funds Nov. 1.
The shutdown cliff that could hit Democrats hard
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps feed more than 40 million people, will start to run out of funds Nov. 1.
www.politico.com
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Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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Enten: "Trump is doing absolutely awful in the minds of the American people. We're talking about new lows. CNBC, -13 net approval on the economy. It's -19 among Quinnipiac ... He's not just beating himself with record lows -- this is the lowest for any president ever."
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Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
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Some news: The Washington Post is preparing to cut newsroom staff even after several high profile exits. Bezos’ new opinion editor has privately told people The Post is in “severe financial distress.” Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...
Pain at The Post
As morale sinks and top talent exits, staffers at The Washington Post are bracing for more pain ahead of the holidays—raising questions about Will Lewis’ leadership, nearly two years into his tenure a...
www.status.news
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mtsw
@mtsw.bsky.social
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This was always going to be a challenge for ICE, given that previous hiring drives—when the agency was facing FAR less public anger—had really struggled.
The more ppl keep protesting ICE and making the job socially toxic, the worse the recruiting problem will be for them.
The more ppl keep protesting ICE and making the job socially toxic, the worse the recruiting problem will be for them.
New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST
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Karl Bode
@karlbode.com
· 12h
They like Trump and want to help him rule us like a king
This is sort of a pattern: See also naive parroting of the claim that troops are being deployed to cities “to fight crime”. You don’t have to do admin propaganda by laundering their falsehoods in your headlines.
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mtsw
@mtsw.bsky.social
· 12h
"In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit."
Taxing the rich works!
Taxing the rich works!
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
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NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...
www.nbcnews.com
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