Natalie
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scenes from franklin park, illinois, where the department of homeland security is saying ice agents killed someone this morning.
lots of details still murky.
lots of details still murky.
September 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
scenes from franklin park, illinois, where the department of homeland security is saying ice agents killed someone this morning.
lots of details still murky.
lots of details still murky.
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This is even dumber now that we know he went to college for one semester then dropped out.
The man arrested for Charlie Kirk’s murder is a White 22 year old named Tyler Robinson. This is how prominent MAGA pundit Dinesh D’Souza is reacting - blaming professors.
September 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is even dumber now that we know he went to college for one semester then dropped out.
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BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Why is ScottMacFarlane tweeting an ALERT about this story when it's from 2022? I'm shocked they didn't go ahead and change the details to please their new boss. Also, why haven't I seen it over here? Curiouser and curiouser...
At least some people in the comments aren't falling for it.
At least some people in the comments aren't falling for it.
July 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Why is ScottMacFarlane tweeting an ALERT about this story when it's from 2022? I'm shocked they didn't go ahead and change the details to please their new boss. Also, why haven't I seen it over here? Curiouser and curiouser...
At least some people in the comments aren't falling for it.
At least some people in the comments aren't falling for it.
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June 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If you appreciate our coverage, understand how important street-level journalism is, and want us to have the resources and staff to continue this important work, please help us out. lataco.com/join
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I think we’ve found the source of the violence
June 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I think we’ve found the source of the violence
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It is impossible not to commit violence when the state has ultimately the power to define everything you do as violence.
June 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It is impossible not to commit violence when the state has ultimately the power to define everything you do as violence.
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That’s a lot of Medicaid. theintercept.com/2025/05/29/t...
Expect Trump’s Military Parade to Cost More Than the Army Says
The Army says Trump’s June 14 military parade will cost up to $45 million. This is likely an underestimate due to unaccounted expenses.
theintercept.com
June 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
That’s a lot of Medicaid. theintercept.com/2025/05/29/t...
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Don't look away, don't normalize: this is the virtually unconstrained leader of the world's most powerful country ambushing the president of South Africa with conspiracy-fueled racist propaganda promoted by his unelected billionaire maybe-appointee who has caused the deaths of children through DOGE.
Trump is now giving the South African president the full Zelenskyy treatment
May 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Don't look away, don't normalize: this is the virtually unconstrained leader of the world's most powerful country ambushing the president of South Africa with conspiracy-fueled racist propaganda promoted by his unelected billionaire maybe-appointee who has caused the deaths of children through DOGE.
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Said some more stuff about AI, particularly that whole "hey we let it make up a bunch of fake books and then we published that list of fake books in the real world as part of a newspaper" thing. At the blog. Enjoy! Or don't! I'm not your boss.
Repeat After Me: AI Doesn’t Know Anything
Yesterday, the Chicago Sun-Times (and then also the Philly Inquirer) published an issue of their newspaper that included an insert about fun summer things, and in that was a list of fifteen great s…
terribleminds.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Said some more stuff about AI, particularly that whole "hey we let it make up a bunch of fake books and then we published that list of fake books in the real world as part of a newspaper" thing. At the blog. Enjoy! Or don't! I'm not your boss.
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4 new words added to the script. I want my lawyer. Every day is shut the fuck up Friday
May 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
4 new words added to the script. I want my lawyer. Every day is shut the fuck up Friday
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New from @theappeal.org and @typeinvestigations.org: For years, people incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison have raised the alarm about mystery diseases and foul-smelling water at the prison. But no one is taking responsibility for ensuring the water is safe. theappeal.org/mule-creek-d...
“If You Want to Live, Don’t Drink the Water”
After mystery illnesses and toxic reports, prisoners at California’s Mule Creek State Prison worry their water is killing them.
theappeal.org
May 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New from @theappeal.org and @typeinvestigations.org: For years, people incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison have raised the alarm about mystery diseases and foul-smelling water at the prison. But no one is taking responsibility for ensuring the water is safe. theappeal.org/mule-creek-d...
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If anyone isn’t sure who to vote for, here’s a list of endorsements (for all districts and citywide) from a group opposed to them
2025 CCEC Endorsements | district15
middle-school-refo.wixsite.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If anyone isn’t sure who to vote for, here’s a list of endorsements (for all districts and citywide) from a group opposed to them
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Here is the gift link
May 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Here is the gift link
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At least 3 administration officials, including a Trump aide, are stockpiling toilet paper, food items, and other household supplies.
... But they still support Trump’s “short-term pain” tariffs?
... But they still support Trump’s “short-term pain” tariffs?
Trump Officials Are Now Hoarding Supplies Thanks to Their Boss
Even people connected to Trump are afraid of the consequences of his tariffs.
newrepublic.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
At least 3 administration officials, including a Trump aide, are stockpiling toilet paper, food items, and other household supplies.
... But they still support Trump’s “short-term pain” tariffs?
... But they still support Trump’s “short-term pain” tariffs?
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The horrors of what we've heard out of the deportation machine just this weekend are unbearable. And they demand action.
1) Keep printing and distributing know your rights cards: www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
2) Find a local immigration group or rapid response hotline to volunteer with:
1) Keep printing and distributing know your rights cards: www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
2) Find a local immigration group or rapid response hotline to volunteer with:
April 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The horrors of what we've heard out of the deportation machine just this weekend are unbearable. And they demand action.
1) Keep printing and distributing know your rights cards: www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
2) Find a local immigration group or rapid response hotline to volunteer with:
1) Keep printing and distributing know your rights cards: www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
2) Find a local immigration group or rapid response hotline to volunteer with:
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Take a break from the madness and listen to Daryl Hannah talk about her career, her activism, and her new film Coastal, an intimate look at her husband, Neil Young, on his solo tour—his first since the pandemic.
And of course, @mattbelloni and I bring you the banter.
www.kcrw.com/culture/show...
And of course, @mattbelloni and I bring you the banter.
www.kcrw.com/culture/show...
Daryl Hannah on documenting her husband Neil Young in the concert film ‘Coastal’; The FCC sets its sights on MSNBC
After opening investigations into several media companies in recent months, The FCC has found its latest target– MSNBC. Why did FCC chairman Brenan Carr claim that specific broadcasts on MSNBC were no...
www.kcrw.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Take a break from the madness and listen to Daryl Hannah talk about her career, her activism, and her new film Coastal, an intimate look at her husband, Neil Young, on his solo tour—his first since the pandemic.
And of course, @mattbelloni and I bring you the banter.
www.kcrw.com/culture/show...
And of course, @mattbelloni and I bring you the banter.
www.kcrw.com/culture/show...
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It was entirely clear this is what they were doing. They say it's about immigrants but nothing would stop them from using this on citizens. It's a clear violation of the privacy act. They're combining databases from DHS, HHS, SSA, and IRS to surveil everyone.
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
April 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It was entirely clear this is what they were doing. They say it's about immigrants but nothing would stop them from using this on citizens. It's a clear violation of the privacy act. They're combining databases from DHS, HHS, SSA, and IRS to surveil everyone.
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
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We are sending people to the Salvadoran gulag for nothing at all.
documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...
documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...
ICE Took His Son From Their Bronx Home. Now His Son Is In Bukele's Mega-prison In El Salvador
Merwil Gutiérrez had no criminal record when ICE agents detained the 19-year-old outside his home. Now his father, Wilmer, is still searching for answers.
documentedny.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We are sending people to the Salvadoran gulag for nothing at all.
documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...
documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...
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CPJ has issued a safety advisory for journalists traveling to or entering the US:
cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...
cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...
CPJ issues safety advisory for journalists traveling to the United States - Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists today released a safety advisory covering a wide range of digital, physical, and legal tips aimed at journalists and media workers who plan to visit the United Sta...
cpj.org
April 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
CPJ has issued a safety advisory for journalists traveling to or entering the US:
cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...
cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...
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And here we are.
🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.
April 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
And here we are.
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Brooklyn Dodger diehard fan Bernie Sanders addressing tens of thousands of Angelenos at a downtown rally right now in a Dodger cap.😍
April 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Brooklyn Dodger diehard fan Bernie Sanders addressing tens of thousands of Angelenos at a downtown rally right now in a Dodger cap.😍
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An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail.
Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.
Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.
April 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail.
Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.
Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.