@paulahackett.bsky.social
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Investigators discovered he had been sexually exploiting a 12-year-old girl he met online. According to the federal indictment, the abuse occurred repeatedly over a period of time, with prosecutors alleging dozens of incidents.
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Investigators discovered he had been sexually exploiting a 12-year-old girl he met online. According to the federal indictment, the abuse occurred repeatedly over a period of time, with prosecutors alleging dozens of incidents.
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We all know that Kenya is in the “hay hat” club with some of our most stylish elephants, particularly Maia and Guille. This week’s Sunday Smile shows us one of Kenya’s fashionable looks, as she’s placed a flake of alfalfa hay atop her head. She’s dusting a little haphazardly, even tossing
December 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
We all know that Kenya is in the “hay hat” club with some of our most stylish elephants, particularly Maia and Guille. This week’s Sunday Smile shows us one of Kenya’s fashionable looks, as she’s placed a flake of alfalfa hay atop her head. She’s dusting a little haphazardly, even tossing
A little bit of heaven
Mr.& Mrs. Common Green Magpie.
The common green magpie (Cissa chinensis) is a member of the crow family, roughly the size of the Eurasian jay or slightly smaller.
A neon-colored, noisy, highly social bird.
📸: Arijit Mahata.
The common green magpie (Cissa chinensis) is a member of the crow family, roughly the size of the Eurasian jay or slightly smaller.
A neon-colored, noisy, highly social bird.
📸: Arijit Mahata.
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A little bit of heaven
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Get some happy this week.🎼🎵
December 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Get some happy this week.🎼🎵
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“No human being is garbage, Mr. President, and shame on you for saying so,” said the Lutheran pastor.“In the name of Jesus, I rebuke those hateful words.The Somali community in Minnesota are our neighbors, brothers and sisters, children of God, fellow Americans.”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
Twin Cities religious leaders unite to support Somali community and condemn Trump attacks
Religious leaders from churches, Jewish temples and mosques from across the state opposed remarks from President Donald Trump that included calling Somalis “garbage.”
www.startribune.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“No human being is garbage, Mr. President, and shame on you for saying so,” said the Lutheran pastor.“In the name of Jesus, I rebuke those hateful words.The Somali community in Minnesota are our neighbors, brothers and sisters, children of God, fellow Americans.”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
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"As masked agents dragged the woman from her car, wrestled her to the ground and forced handcuffs on her, she yelled, 'I’m a US citizen. Please help me! This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'
She was wearing scrubs and appeared to be on her way to work."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
She was wearing scrubs and appeared to be on her way to work."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Woman forcefully detained in Keys was driving ‘illegal’ boyfriend’s car, feds say
The woman in medical scrubs, who was a U.S. citizen, was yanked from her car and wrestled to the ground by federal immigration agents in a Key Largo traffic stop Wednesday before she was released.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"As masked agents dragged the woman from her car, wrestled her to the ground and forced handcuffs on her, she yelled, 'I’m a US citizen. Please help me! This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'
She was wearing scrubs and appeared to be on her way to work."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
She was wearing scrubs and appeared to be on her way to work."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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San Diego agrees to pay $30 million to family of teenager mistakenly shot in the back by cop. "[Konoa] Wilson ran away from the gunfire and, as he fled, passed by officer Daniel Gold near the station corridor." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
San Diego agrees to pay $30m to family of boy, 16, shot dead by police
Settlement one of US’s largest and comes after officer killed Konoa Wilson, who was running from teen shooting at him
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
San Diego agrees to pay $30 million to family of teenager mistakenly shot in the back by cop. "[Konoa] Wilson ran away from the gunfire and, as he fled, passed by officer Daniel Gold near the station corridor." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Sunday Taquitos #5: Out of Business
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
December 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Sunday Taquitos #5: Out of Business
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
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Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
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Community members in Kenner, Louisiana, activate rapid-response teams to follow Greg Bovino and his Border Patrol goons through the neighborhood. They alert residents and warn them not to open their doors unless CBP has a court-ordered warrant.
December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Community members in Kenner, Louisiana, activate rapid-response teams to follow Greg Bovino and his Border Patrol goons through the neighborhood. They alert residents and warn them not to open their doors unless CBP has a court-ordered warrant.
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#Interestingly The Fischer sisters met Mike Postil, a young songwriter/producer who’d just graduated from high school. His first credited work was some demos he created, with the Fischer sisters providing the vocals…he ended up having a pretty good career. #MikePost #TheMurmaids #OneHitWondered
Mike Post - The Rockford Files - 1974
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December 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#Interestingly The Fischer sisters met Mike Postil, a young songwriter/producer who’d just graduated from high school. His first credited work was some demos he created, with the Fischer sisters providing the vocals…he ended up having a pretty good career. #MikePost #TheMurmaids #OneHitWondered
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“It’s not supposed to be something that you look at and admire. It’s supposed to challenge you, to move you, to help you see things differently, to maybe force some questions that you know need to be answered....if you want to hear God, you’ve got to go to the margins of life.”
In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests.
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
ICE Nativity scenes: Churches reimagine Christmas story amid deportations
(RNS) — 'We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt, has to flee and faces political violence,' the Rev. Michael Woolf said.
religionnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“It’s not supposed to be something that you look at and admire. It’s supposed to challenge you, to move you, to help you see things differently, to maybe force some questions that you know need to be answered....if you want to hear God, you’ve got to go to the margins of life.”
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ICE is currently staying at four hotels in the Twin Cities area.
December 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
ICE is currently staying at four hotels in the Twin Cities area.
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The wall near St. Michael’s Monastery in #Kyiv
Here are the faces of the Heroes who gave their lives for Ukraine
Here are ordinary people who did not want war -they wanted to live.But when Russians came to kill us,they stood up to defend their country
This is the price Ukraine is paying
📹Oleg Kiy
Here are the faces of the Heroes who gave their lives for Ukraine
Here are ordinary people who did not want war -they wanted to live.But when Russians came to kill us,they stood up to defend their country
This is the price Ukraine is paying
📹Oleg Kiy
December 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The wall near St. Michael’s Monastery in #Kyiv
Here are the faces of the Heroes who gave their lives for Ukraine
Here are ordinary people who did not want war -they wanted to live.But when Russians came to kill us,they stood up to defend their country
This is the price Ukraine is paying
📹Oleg Kiy
Here are the faces of the Heroes who gave their lives for Ukraine
Here are ordinary people who did not want war -they wanted to live.But when Russians came to kill us,they stood up to defend their country
This is the price Ukraine is paying
📹Oleg Kiy
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“In a New York Times guest essay following Trump’s comments, Omar defended her community, writing, ‘The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry.’” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Stephen Miller’s rhetoric “reminds me” of “Nazis,” says Rep. Ilhan Omar
During a Sunday interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation," the Minnesota congresswoman critiqued the top White House adviser’s “white supremist” comments.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“In a New York Times guest essay following Trump’s comments, Omar defended her community, writing, ‘The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry.’” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Am I wrong to see a parallel here?
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Am I wrong to see a parallel here?
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I promise you won’t see this mentioned on FOX.
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I promise you won’t see this mentioned on FOX.
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I give Kegbreath one more Scaramucci.
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I give Kegbreath one more Scaramucci.
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I’ve been nominated for the FIFA prize for literature, oh wait, I just found out I won. Imaginary prizes are it turns out, very easy to win.
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I’ve been nominated for the FIFA prize for literature, oh wait, I just found out I won. Imaginary prizes are it turns out, very easy to win.
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There are so many holes in DHS’s story it’s nuts. They say this woman was driving her boyfriend’s car, who they claim is undocumented.
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There are so many holes in DHS’s story it’s nuts. They say this woman was driving her boyfriend’s car, who they claim is undocumented.
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
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Read "‘Facts matter’: Supreme Court justices called out by NYT over ‘dangerous Trump’ agenda" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6IUNJg88/g...
'Facts matter': Supreme Court justices called out by NYT over 'dangerous Trump' agenda (Raw Story)
With a series of critical cases still to be heard, the six conservative justices seated on the Supreme Courtwere admonished by the New York Times editorial b...
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December 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Read "‘Facts matter’: Supreme Court justices called out by NYT over ‘dangerous Trump’ agenda" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6IUNJg88/g...
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ICE detain U.S. citizen for 24 hours—mock Somali woman's hijab & touch her inappropriately.
"She was pleading with them—but they ended up sexually assaulting her," said cousin.
Agents had jumped out of 2 cars & zip tied her hands while she was running errands at the mall.
Elk River, Minnesota
"She was pleading with them—but they ended up sexually assaulting her," said cousin.
Agents had jumped out of 2 cars & zip tied her hands while she was running errands at the mall.
Elk River, Minnesota
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ICE detain U.S. citizen for 24 hours—mock Somali woman's hijab & touch her inappropriately.
"She was pleading with them—but they ended up sexually assaulting her," said cousin.
Agents had jumped out of 2 cars & zip tied her hands while she was running errands at the mall.
Elk River, Minnesota
"She was pleading with them—but they ended up sexually assaulting her," said cousin.
Agents had jumped out of 2 cars & zip tied her hands while she was running errands at the mall.
Elk River, Minnesota
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More than 9,000 units of Crayola toy blocks called pip-Cubes were recalled after it was discovered that magnets inside the blocks can slip out, be swallowed by children, and potentially cause injury or death, safety regulators said on Thursday.
Crayola Magnetic Blocks Are Recalled Over Choking Hazard Concerns
Magnets in the toy, pip-Cubes, can fall out of the blocks and be swallowed by children, causing injury or death, federal regulators warned.
nyti.ms
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
More than 9,000 units of Crayola toy blocks called pip-Cubes were recalled after it was discovered that magnets inside the blocks can slip out, be swallowed by children, and potentially cause injury or death, safety regulators said on Thursday.