muchacho
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FULL STORY: A Border Patrol agent pointed a gun at state Rep. Hoan Huynh while he warned North Side residents that immigration agents were conducting enforcement operations, said Huynh, a Vietnam refugee who is running to represent Illinois' 9th District in Congress. @wttw.bsky.social
Illinois State Rep. Says Border Patrol Agent Pointed a Gun as He Was Warning Residents About Immigration Raids
State Rep. Hoan Huynh, a candidate to represent Illinois’ 9th District in Congress, said he was in Albany Park when he was confronted by six Border Patrol agents.
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I genuinely think Ned is smarter than I am, he's certainly a better writer so my "critique" of this POV is mild but IMO important --
National political journalism is irreparably tainted by many things, but one major factor is the existence of the U.S. Senate.
Spend 5 minutes in DC, you'll see it.
National political journalism is irreparably tainted by many things, but one major factor is the existence of the U.S. Senate.
Spend 5 minutes in DC, you'll see it.
For sure some of the legacy media outlets are downplaying the protests because they’re aligned with Trump, but I think an even bigger factor is how many elite journalists have a patrician disdain for the idea that politics can happen in the streets and not just the CNN green room.
There is a bias among pundits to eye-roll and dismiss Dem opposition to Trump (such as the No Kings protests) as predictable. But in terms of raw numbers (both events and participants), what we're seeing is much bigger than e.g. the Tea Party movement was. Dems are a high entropy system right now
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BREAKING: The US is rolling back tariffs on “products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States," per WSJ
🚨🚨🚨 Hoo boy. It turns out the #FLORIDA Office of Insurance Regulation quietly published FINAL 2026 #ACA rate filings two months ago...
...and the marketwide average full-price premium hike is over 7 points HIGHER than I had estimated: +31.5%. 👀
acasignups.net/rate_changes...
...and the marketwide average full-price premium hike is over 7 points HIGHER than I had estimated: +31.5%. 👀
acasignups.net/rate_changes...
2026 Final Gross Rate Changes - Florida: +31.5%; up to 4.5 MILLION Floridians are in for an ugly shock (updated)
Originally posted 8/13/25 SCROLL DOWN FOR IMPORTANT UPDATES Overall preliminary rate changes via the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation and/or the federal Rate Review database. Aetna Health inc: (...
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UPDATE: Bluesky's growth rate, which usually hovers around one signup every 3-4 seconds, has roughly doubled in the last half-hour.
Seven (and counting) official Trump administration accounts have been verified in the last two minutes
Seven (and counting) official Trump administration accounts have been verified in the last two minutes