Mary E Losch
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ICE cut off her wedding ring.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
ICE cut off her wedding ring.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE.
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Read this. And be righteously outraged. This shouldn’t happen in America. And then go to Paxis.app, give what you can and join a movement that will actually DO something about it. Thread.👇
ICE cut off her wedding ring.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Read this. And be righteously outraged. This shouldn’t happen in America. And then go to Paxis.app, give what you can and join a movement that will actually DO something about it. Thread.👇
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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We salute you, Charles Clyde Ebbets
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
We salute you, Charles Clyde Ebbets
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“Once you lower that free speech bar it’s hard to raise it back up.”
@thefireorg.bsky.social’s David Rubin says liberal ex cop Larry Bushart being jailed in Perry County for a Trump meme should alarm even Republicans — and why Trump 2.0 “has exceeded our worst expectations” speech-wise
@thefireorg.bsky.social’s David Rubin says liberal ex cop Larry Bushart being jailed in Perry County for a Trump meme should alarm even Republicans — and why Trump 2.0 “has exceeded our worst expectations” speech-wise
December 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“Once you lower that free speech bar it’s hard to raise it back up.”
@thefireorg.bsky.social’s David Rubin says liberal ex cop Larry Bushart being jailed in Perry County for a Trump meme should alarm even Republicans — and why Trump 2.0 “has exceeded our worst expectations” speech-wise
@thefireorg.bsky.social’s David Rubin says liberal ex cop Larry Bushart being jailed in Perry County for a Trump meme should alarm even Republicans — and why Trump 2.0 “has exceeded our worst expectations” speech-wise
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President Trump is attempting to limit states’ ability to enact common sense AI protections.
From sexual conversations with children to worsening mental health crises, AI can have devastating consequences.
CA won’t leave families to fend off these risks alone.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
From sexual conversations with children to worsening mental health crises, AI can have devastating consequences.
CA won’t leave families to fend off these risks alone.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump signs AI order to shut down state laws
The White House wants to accelerate the technology — and is already triggering blowback from governors.
www.politico.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
President Trump is attempting to limit states’ ability to enact common sense AI protections.
From sexual conversations with children to worsening mental health crises, AI can have devastating consequences.
CA won’t leave families to fend off these risks alone.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
From sexual conversations with children to worsening mental health crises, AI can have devastating consequences.
CA won’t leave families to fend off these risks alone.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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So there's this,
Melinda French Gates has confirmed that Bill Gates' association with Jeffrey Epstein was a significant factor in their divorce, which she made clear she did not like. She has described Epstein as "abhorrent" and "evil personified".
Melinda French Gates has confirmed that Bill Gates' association with Jeffrey Epstein was a significant factor in their divorce, which she made clear she did not like. She has described Epstein as "abhorrent" and "evil personified".
🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So there's this,
Melinda French Gates has confirmed that Bill Gates' association with Jeffrey Epstein was a significant factor in their divorce, which she made clear she did not like. She has described Epstein as "abhorrent" and "evil personified".
Melinda French Gates has confirmed that Bill Gates' association with Jeffrey Epstein was a significant factor in their divorce, which she made clear she did not like. She has described Epstein as "abhorrent" and "evil personified".
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Immigration judges are "pretermitting" huge swathes of asylum claims on the grounds that the person can be deported to a third country instead — one of the explicit statutory grounds for denying the right to apply for asylum.
This is now happening at large scale nationwide.
This is now happening at large scale nationwide.
December 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Immigration judges are "pretermitting" huge swathes of asylum claims on the grounds that the person can be deported to a third country instead — one of the explicit statutory grounds for denying the right to apply for asylum.
This is now happening at large scale nationwide.
This is now happening at large scale nationwide.
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Republicans should be concerned... www.nationaljournal.com/s/730346/the...
The polling numbers that should most alarm Republicans
Even some of the party faithful are starting to defect—and it’s because of the economy.
www.nationaljournal.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Republicans should be concerned... www.nationaljournal.com/s/730346/the...
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Congress just received 95,000 Epstein estate photos. Only 19 are public so far.
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Congress just received 95,000 Epstein estate photos. Only 19 are public so far.
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With the Trump admin's web of "safe third country" agreements in place, the ultimate goal of the admin to deal with 3.5 million pending asylum applications appears to be just refusing to hear any of them — convincing people to withdraw their applications or be deported to third countries instead.
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
With the Trump admin's web of "safe third country" agreements in place, the ultimate goal of the admin to deal with 3.5 million pending asylum applications appears to be just refusing to hear any of them — convincing people to withdraw their applications or be deported to third countries instead.
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We have reached the “begging us to come back” stage of X’s decline
An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking (Alex Heath/Sources)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
We have reached the “begging us to come back” stage of X’s decline
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Just the stupidest era to be damned to live through. Every single thing that’s happening is a self-inflicted wound.
More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Shows No Sign of Slowing
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Just the stupidest era to be damned to live through. Every single thing that’s happening is a self-inflicted wound.
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Republicans currently hold a very slender majority in the House. Control of the House determines whether subpoenas will be issued to hear from witnesses & obtain additional evidence to provide context for the Epstein pictures that were released this morning.
December 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Republicans currently hold a very slender majority in the House. Control of the House determines whether subpoenas will be issued to hear from witnesses & obtain additional evidence to provide context for the Epstein pictures that were released this morning.
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The environment flows through our bodies, altering our trajectories in ways medicine is just starting to see. "Your 'environment' could be the refinery a town over, the lead in the paint of your mother’s home, the plastic sheath of a Hot Pocket you microwaved in 1996." www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The environment flows through our bodies, altering our trajectories in ways medicine is just starting to see. "Your 'environment' could be the refinery a town over, the lead in the paint of your mother’s home, the plastic sheath of a Hot Pocket you microwaved in 1996." www.wired.com/story/scient...
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Part of the Civil Rights Movement was a dignity claim that when you are in public you have a right to be spoken to in a neutral manner. Hamilton v. Alabama. This service worker may hate to serve me Cinnabons, but it is part of her job to serve every customer in the same manner.
ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Part of the Civil Rights Movement was a dignity claim that when you are in public you have a right to be spoken to in a neutral manner. Hamilton v. Alabama. This service worker may hate to serve me Cinnabons, but it is part of her job to serve every customer in the same manner.
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Vaccine expert Dr. Fiona left her role at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amid Robert F. Kennedy's "hostile takeover" of the public health agency. She says he is using the agency "to advance anti-science views."
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/12/robert_f_kennedy_jr_cdc
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/12/robert_f_kennedy_jr_cdc
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Vaccine expert Dr. Fiona left her role at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amid Robert F. Kennedy's "hostile takeover" of the public health agency. She says he is using the agency "to advance anti-science views."
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/12/robert_f_kennedy_jr_cdc
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/12/robert_f_kennedy_jr_cdc
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PBS has a great new documentary on Dick Van Dyke which features me as a talking head. Appearing in it and writing a companion piece for New York Public Media helped me learn how much this legendary performer contributed to my pop culture life. https://loom.ly/GxK-fHg
Speaking on Dick Van Dyke for a PBS film taught me important lessons
Speaking on the venerated entertainer for the American Masters documentary Starring Dick Van Dyke - and writing on his career impact for New York Public Media - taught me a lot.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
PBS has a great new documentary on Dick Van Dyke which features me as a talking head. Appearing in it and writing a companion piece for New York Public Media helped me learn how much this legendary performer contributed to my pop culture life. https://loom.ly/GxK-fHg
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House Democrats release more photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, containing pictures of Trump, Bill Clinton and other prominent figures www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
House Democrats release more photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate
The release, which contains photographs of Trump, former President Bill Clinton and other prominent figures, comes amid next week's deadline for the Justice Department to give what files it has on Eps...
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
House Democrats release more photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, containing pictures of Trump, Bill Clinton and other prominent figures www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
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New data from the latest @kff.org Health Tracking Poll, conducted on the SSRS Opinion Panel, provide insights into who is struggling most in the current economy and how health care costs factor into those struggles.
www.kff.org/public-opini...
www.kff.org/public-opini...
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Costs in the Current Moment of Economic Anxiety | KFF
As economic anxiety rises, KFF's Health Tracking Poll finds that younger adult, LGBT adults, Hispanic adults, and adults with modest incomes are among groups most likely to report difficulty earning a...
www.kff.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New data from the latest @kff.org Health Tracking Poll, conducted on the SSRS Opinion Panel, provide insights into who is struggling most in the current economy and how health care costs factor into those struggles.
www.kff.org/public-opini...
www.kff.org/public-opini...
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Academics, we need to advise our colleagues that coming to the US for conferences or other purposes is risky.
This is an attack of having the US welcome and learn from others.
This is an attack of having the US welcome and learn from others.
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Academics, we need to advise our colleagues that coming to the US for conferences or other purposes is risky.
This is an attack of having the US welcome and learn from others.
This is an attack of having the US welcome and learn from others.
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Oh the tangled webs we weave
New photo just released by House Oversight of Trump with Epstein survivors.
December 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Oh the tangled webs we weave
