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I always get drawn back to Al Gore telling voters that he’d only raise taxes on the top 1% and then after the election a poll showed that something like 20% of voters thought they were in the top 1% and another 20% thought they would be in the next five years. Just a total tragic disconnect.
Maaaaan, this. So much this. Every time there's any kind of actual in-depth survey we find that the American people are *abysmally* ignorant about even the most basic political facts, but the pundit class just immediately forgets & proceeds with political analysis based on subtle policy differences.
Feels like so many of our convos are revolving about how voters respond to what politicians are doing, or what parties’ positions on issues are, without much actual empirical sense of what they actually know about those topics.
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Nebraska residents and former inmates are frustrated by plans to turn a Work Ethic Camp into an immigrant detention center called the “Cornhusker Clink.”

“We didn’t ask for this,” said Nate Schneider, McCook’s city manager. https://wapo.st/42VPEHR
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Indoor trick-or-treat events. Candy dropoffs. Neighbors patrolling with whistles.

This is how Chicagoans are helping kids have a safe and ICE-free Halloween this year: blockclubchi.co/47qJSzi.
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"China says it 'absolutely will not' rule out use of force over Taiwan" www.msn.com/en-ca/news/w...
MSN
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"'Cheese slipped off the cracker': Ford calls on U.S. ambassador to apologize for profane rant against Ontario official" nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
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Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
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We've received numerous reports of ICE in Evanston today, though no confirmed abductions so far. Stay vigilant, keep yourself safe, and be ready to call 855-435-7693 if you see concerning activity.
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👀 Wow

“A jury took about two hours Tuesday to acquit a man accused of soliciting President Donald Trump’s assassination on social media, a setback for the Justice Department office led by Trump’s newly-installed loyalist Lindsey Halligan.”

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Jury Acquits Man Accused of Soliciting Trump’s Murder on Bluesky
A jury took about two hours Tuesday to acquit a man accused of soliciting President Donald Trump’s assassination on social media, a setback for the Justice Department office led by Trump’s newly-insta...
news.bloomberglaw.com
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As in many places, people are disappearing. It's not clear where the Memphis sheriff is housing people as the jail is full.
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This is the intake room at the Memphis jail, thanks to Memphis Safe Task force. It's 200 men.
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So this story is super duper interesting for a whole ton of reasons, but one big one is its a very rare glimpse into the private valuation of high-end exploits held by major defense contractors

bsky.app/profile/lega...
Peter Williams, A former executive with US defense contractor L3Harris has pleaded guilty to selling digital spy tools to a Russian broker, the Justice Department announced. Williams pleaded to two counts of theft of trade secrets reut.rs/49o7Q0I
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Republicans control the federal government, which has been shut down for 29 days now. There's no excuse for it. None.

It’s time for Republicans to get serious about getting back to work.
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I’ll always jump at the opportunity to share that my parents are taqueros. It contextualizes so many crazy anecdotes and justifies my high standards for tacos. Some stories just need to be preceded with “Ok, so my parents sell tacos and …"

The full story: lataco.com/taquero-family

By Alejandra Cid
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Food stamps remind me of vaccines, we basically eliminated hunger like we eliminated measles, both incredible human accomplishments the GOP is determined to reverse.
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Patel's girlfriend performed at Penn State last weekend. A government jet arrived at State College Regional Airport, according to its FAA registration, with an address listing the FBI HQ. The plane then flew to Nashville, where his girlfriend lives.

All on the taxpayer’s dime.
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envelope math: 15% of Middletown’s population on SNAP = about 500 people, figure $200/mo per person = $100,000 a month in my one tiny rural town
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well-meaning people in my town who have never met a number are trying to recreate SNAP from first principles with the raw power of good intentions, and I have never been more tired

I need them to slow down and support the existing food pantry
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Please join me on Saturday for a food drive at the Irondequoit Community Cupboard. Hope to see you! Here is more about their work and other ways to help: irondequoitcommunitycupboard.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
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NEW: Trump's DOJ rewrote a federal sentencing memo — erasing all references to the Jan. 6 attack and Trump’s social media post that shared Barack Obama’s address.

The career prosecutors who wrote the original memo have been suspended.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Scrubs Jan. 6 Attack From Court Record After Suspending Career Prosecutors
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
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1. Washington State University has credentialed an anti-trans, conversion therapy org SEGM to teach CMEs to medical providers.

The panel is filled with the most vitriolic of anti-trans activists.

Unsuspecting providers may be taught harmful practices.

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Washington State University Credentials Anti-Trans Hate Group SEGM to Teach Medical Providers
The Southern Poverty Law Center has dubbed the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine an anti-LGBTQ hate group for its role in proliferating pseudoscience and transphobic policies.
www.erininthemorning.com
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