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OK folks, here's the deal. Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads and has ignored asks to stop. It's time to tell them we won't stream fascism - by cancelling our subscriptions. Here's how to get started: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
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We’re asking anyone who subscribes to Spotify Premium to cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. Here are step-by-step instructions on how to cancel Spotify Premium: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
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Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE.

A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force.

But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make Spotify listen: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
this only shows how much of a non-fan Bari Weiss is. had she done her homework, she‘d know that Dan Brown’s oeuvre covers both: “The Da Vinci Code” for 1st pitch, & “Inferno” for 2nd.
🧑‍🍳😘 in pertinence for both, what a win for the next zoom. DO IT! Inferno is only a 2h watch! take the shortcut, Bari!
Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)
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Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)
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"The judge then ordered Mr. Bovino to appear at the federal courthouse at the end of every weekday to personally provide her with a report on the day’s arrests and incidents..."

!!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
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When I posted this many folks said this likely isn't an injury, it's just something they do to stay warm, and OMG today over 100 sanderlings flew in right next to me and almost all of them were hopping on one foot. See thread for more 😭🪶
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dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.
John Dickerson To Depart CBS News In First Major Talent Exit Under New Paramount Owners
John Dickerson, co-anchor of CBS Evening News who has been with the network since 2009, said that he is exiting at the end of this year.
deadline.com
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New from me:

Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong.

This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.
Accusing Jordan Silverman
A D.C. teaching assistant was accused of molesting up to 15 kids. Multiple law enforcement agencies cleared him. But his nightmare was just beginning.
radleybalko.substack.com
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🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
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Trump being guided through a room by the Japanese PM
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SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
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Some places in Jamaica will receive more rainfall from hurricane Melissa than London or Paris receives in a year!

It’s noteworthy that scientists and technicians from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center who are tracking the storm are not being paid because of the Republican government shutdown.
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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1/ Human trafficking is rife in Russian military recruitment offices, according to a Russian warblogger. Scammers and organised criminal groups are exploiting medically unfit men for profit and military units corruptly "sell" men to other units. ⬇️
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Here’s where it gets personal for me. When I was 9, I started experiencing suicidal ideation … disinterested in living, and at least some of the time contemplating death and how it might happen … It’s easy to imagine how I would have used programs like these chatbots.
Perry: How can AI be used ethically when it’s been linked to suicide?
"It’s not on us, on you and me, to use AI ethically or responsibly. It’s on the companies to build safe, reliable, ethical products," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
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Been really enjoying these Instagram videos by Peter Glomb, a Swiss-trained, American watchmaker at Wristcheck. Here, he's repairing a rare version of the Patek 96, first introduced in 1932 and widely regarded as the watch that set the template for dress watches.

IG peterelliotglomb
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We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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If America had wanted a ballroom, it would have voted for the Waltz ticket.
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
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The Fred Trump treatment. Give him a fake job while Miller draws up missile strike plans on fishermen.
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this is exactly what's happening
The Fred Trump treatment. Give him a fake job while Miller draws up missile strike plans on fishermen.