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No one living in a city should become helplessly stranded just by going to the grocery store...

Mrs. American Fietser just rode her bike to the store. When she came out to load groceries on her bike, (at 7 months pregnant, mind you), she was approached by this lady, clearly needing help.
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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If your city is suspending or cancelling #Flock, remember that "switching to another #ALPR vendor" is NOT the solution.

Dragnet bulk data collection is the core problem. #Flock is just one particularly egregious example.

Mass #surveillance does not make any of us safer! 🚫
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.

he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.

situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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They are straight up robbing taxpayers blind at this point and not even trying to hide it. Just ransacking the treasury out in the open. This motherfucker pleaded guilty! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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True story.

Via @xkcd.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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We recently saw a randomized trial of exercise markedly improve cancer disease-free survival
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.....
How can this be explained?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.

he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.

situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Scoop: I have learned Trump went after wind farms for eagle deaths during the government shutdown.

Thousands and thousands in fines over birds that died at least a year ago or more.

Via @heatmap.news

heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...
Trump Punished Wind Farms for Eagle Deaths During the Shutdown
Plus more of the week’s most important fights around renewable energy.
heatmap.news
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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GOOD NEWS! A groundbreaking study in MORE THAN 1,000 people reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically LONGER than those who didn’t. In some cases, their survival rate was DOUBLED.
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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"The school fees for Zaira, their 17-year-old daughter, have gone unpaid, she said, while their son, Libiston, 11, was traumatized after another child showed him the video shared by Mr. Trump, apparently showing the father’s boat being blown to pieces." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice
Colombia was a top U.S. ally in Latin America until the Trump administration began deadly strikes in international waters. Now, one family wants justice.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Today LADOT installed official crosswalks and interim quick-build traffic circle at 4th & New Hampshire in #Koreatown
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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'In limiting spending on long-term housing to just 30 percent of the $3.5 billion in aid — from about 90 percent this year — the Trump plan would deal a crippling blow to a movement called Housing First."
This is far worse than anyone expected.

Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.

All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Where's Microsoft's 2025 Global Diversity and Inclusion report?
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Conservative Judge Resigns Rather Than Stay Silent On Trump’s Constitutional Assault

Reagan-appointed federal judge Mark Wolf has resigned from the bench in Massachusetts, and his explanation is blunt: he can no longer bear the ethical constraints that prevent judges from speaking out publicly…
Conservative Judge Resigns Rather Than Stay Silent On Trump’s Constitutional Assault
Reagan-appointed federal judge Mark Wolf has resigned from the bench in Massachusetts, and his explanation is blunt: he can no longer bear the ethical constraints that prevent judges from speaking out publicly while Trump dismantles the rule of law. This doesn't happen. Federal judges—especially Reagan appointees—don't quit to become activists. They stay in their robes and let careful rulings speak for themselves.
www.techdirt.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Many are calling for Chuck Schumer's resignation. What hasn't been reported until now is that any Senate Democrat can offer a motion to challenge his leadership position, and it would have to get a vote within 7 days. From @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social:
prospect.org/2025/11/11/o...
One Weird Trick to Get Rid of Chuck Schumer - The American Prospect
Multiple Democratic groups, House members, and candidates say it’s time for the Senate minority leader to go. It turns out any single Senate Democrat can force a vote on Schumer’s job.
prospect.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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In case you were wondering whether Trump is racist when slinging his “low IQ” insult, here is a list of other people he has recently called “low IQ”:

• Kamala Harris
• Jasmine Crockett
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• Rep. Al Green
• Charlamagne Tha God
Trump: "I look at Crockett -- this is a very low IQ person. And I look at somebody who comes from Somalia where they don't have anything. All they have is crime."
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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As RFK Jr's HHS demonizes scientists, China moves to attract good scientists to drive innovation there.

The visa will help the country boost its competitiveness in areas that it deems important for its future, such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics & new materials.

🧪 archive.li/cWZHd
China’s new scientist visa is a ‘serious bid’ for the world’s top talent
The country is easing migration for young researchers to boost its competitiveness in artificial intelligence, robotics and new materials.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

Our second-oldest ally (or maybe third?) ceasing intelligence sharing due to us habitually murdering boatfuls of innocent people on the high seas.
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.

www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM