Tara
@terrababa.bsky.social
Demographer, sociologist, health policy researcher, movie buff. I endeavor to make data accurately reflect who we are and appreciate cinema that is trying to do the same.
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Was Trump using a pardon to try to keep a Republican majority in the midterms?
Trump slams pardoned Democratic congressman as ‘disloyal’ for not switching parties
Trump slams pardoned Democratic congressman as 'disloyal' for not switching parties
President Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar plans to run for reelection as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and his wife in a federa...
apnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Was Trump using a pardon to try to keep a Republican majority in the midterms?
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“Records reviewed by the AP identify only nine of the 38 people arrested in the first days as having criminal histories that rose beyond traffic violations — information the intelligence bulletins warn “should not be distributed to the media.” www.nola.com/news/catahou...
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown
Records reviewed by the AP show that few of those arrested have criminal histories beyond traffic violations.
www.nola.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“Records reviewed by the AP identify only nine of the 38 people arrested in the first days as having criminal histories that rose beyond traffic violations — information the intelligence bulletins warn “should not be distributed to the media.” www.nola.com/news/catahou...
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If racism isn't the main culprit of how we got here, we wouldn't have people raising over 50,000 for this
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Ashwaubenon Cinnabon Employee Fired For Racist Comments Then Raises 50k
A Cinnabon employee in Ashwaubenon was fired after racist comments toward Somali customers were captured on video. She later raised over 50k through a controversial crowdfunding campaign. Here’s the f...
balleralert.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If racism isn't the main culprit of how we got here, we wouldn't have people raising over 50,000 for this
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A foreign-born person who becomes naturalized is an *American*. It couldn't be more clear that Trump's immigration regime is about nativism, not immigration status. ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/48vef8l
Now Trump Is Threatening Naturalized Americans
He’s not just bashing refugees and illegal immigrants. He’s going after U.S. citizens born in other countries.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A foreign-born person who becomes naturalized is an *American*. It couldn't be more clear that Trump's immigration regime is about nativism, not immigration status. ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/48vef8l
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This really is a must read for anyone in academia.
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This really is a must read for anyone in academia.
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"Guards are turning visitors away after their body scans pick up 'normal anatomy, medical conditions.'"
"Menstrual or contraceptive products, like tampons and intrauterine devices, also get flagged."
"What are you going to accuse me of bringing in next time?"
#NewYork #USA #Drugs #Incarceration
"Menstrual or contraceptive products, like tampons and intrauterine devices, also get flagged."
"What are you going to accuse me of bringing in next time?"
#NewYork #USA #Drugs #Incarceration
State Prisons Are Turning Away Visitors After Scanners Pick Up Their Tampons
Guards demanded body scanners to cut down on contraband. Now they're turning visitors away over their hygiene and medical supplies.
nysfocus.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Guards are turning visitors away after their body scans pick up 'normal anatomy, medical conditions.'"
"Menstrual or contraceptive products, like tampons and intrauterine devices, also get flagged."
"What are you going to accuse me of bringing in next time?"
#NewYork #USA #Drugs #Incarceration
"Menstrual or contraceptive products, like tampons and intrauterine devices, also get flagged."
"What are you going to accuse me of bringing in next time?"
#NewYork #USA #Drugs #Incarceration
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September 17, 2024.
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
September 17, 2024.
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15/ Today we’ve published a deeply reported 5-part series. It’s about Albany, Georgia.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
15/ Today we’ve published a deeply reported 5-part series. It’s about Albany, Georgia.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
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This is 100% going to be used to put ICE agents outside polling stations in areas where they want to suppress the vote.
BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.
Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
September 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is 100% going to be used to put ICE agents outside polling stations in areas where they want to suppress the vote.
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Liberal Group to Air Ads Attacking Democrats for Confirming Trump Judges
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Comforting to know that the company this ghoul founded has access to all of our data.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Comforting to know that the company this ghoul founded has access to all of our data.
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This would be fucking hilarious if it wasn’t such a depressing sign of how deep in the sewer we are.
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This would be fucking hilarious if it wasn’t such a depressing sign of how deep in the sewer we are.
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The answer is all of it.
The GDPR, the EU's first privacy reg, was enforced on a country-by-country basis, and predictably failed (it became a race to the bottom as the platforms all located in Ireland). The newer regs (DMA, DSA) are getting enforcement from the European Commission.
The GDPR, the EU's first privacy reg, was enforced on a country-by-country basis, and predictably failed (it became a race to the bottom as the platforms all located in Ireland). The newer regs (DMA, DSA) are getting enforcement from the European Commission.
How much is tech bro opposition to the EU just because of its regulatory power over tech companies? It is obviously much more powerful than each country would be individually.
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
December 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The answer is all of it.
The GDPR, the EU's first privacy reg, was enforced on a country-by-country basis, and predictably failed (it became a race to the bottom as the platforms all located in Ireland). The newer regs (DMA, DSA) are getting enforcement from the European Commission.
The GDPR, the EU's first privacy reg, was enforced on a country-by-country basis, and predictably failed (it became a race to the bottom as the platforms all located in Ireland). The newer regs (DMA, DSA) are getting enforcement from the European Commission.
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Listen to the clip. Instead of immediately shutting him down when he lies that he hadn’t heard about the pardon of the Honduran president who was convicted of a conspiracy to smuggle 400 TONS OF COCAINE, Stephanopolous lets him spew insanities about how this one boat was the existential threat.
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Listen to the clip. Instead of immediately shutting him down when he lies that he hadn’t heard about the pardon of the Honduran president who was convicted of a conspiracy to smuggle 400 TONS OF COCAINE, Stephanopolous lets him spew insanities about how this one boat was the existential threat.
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You’ve probably heard about Planned Parenthood Southeast’s interim CEO, whose actions gave rise to concerns that the organization may have been subject to an anti-abortion infiltration. @susanrinkunas.com has previously unreported details today at @autonomynews.co:
Embattled Planned Parenthood Affiliate CEO Wanted to Halt Abortions
Sources level new allegations against Planned Parenthood Southeast interim CEO Mairo Akposé, who remains in her role after an investigation they call a "farce."
www.autonomynews.co
December 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
You’ve probably heard about Planned Parenthood Southeast’s interim CEO, whose actions gave rise to concerns that the organization may have been subject to an anti-abortion infiltration. @susanrinkunas.com has previously unreported details today at @autonomynews.co:
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Russia wants the EU to collapse because it’s a military rival.
It needs a pretext for getting rid of the EU that isn’t territorial expansion, though.
So it advances the idea that the EU isn’t democratic (as if Russia was).
The richest man in the world falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
It needs a pretext for getting rid of the EU that isn’t territorial expansion, though.
So it advances the idea that the EU isn’t democratic (as if Russia was).
The richest man in the world falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
December 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Russia wants the EU to collapse because it’s a military rival.
It needs a pretext for getting rid of the EU that isn’t territorial expansion, though.
So it advances the idea that the EU isn’t democratic (as if Russia was).
The richest man in the world falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
It needs a pretext for getting rid of the EU that isn’t territorial expansion, though.
So it advances the idea that the EU isn’t democratic (as if Russia was).
The richest man in the world falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
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“We knew very well what we were electing” isn’t a defense of Trump’s actions. It’s an admission of your complicity.
CURTIS: All of us need to wake up every morning & say, 'what am I doing to make immigrants feel welcome' regardless of an individual says
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“We knew very well what we were electing” isn’t a defense of Trump’s actions. It’s an admission of your complicity.
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Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
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🚨BREAKING: Trump is waiving remaining fines against Southwest for its holiday meltdown — and he’s shut down the government suit against the airline for “chronically delayed flights.”
The announcement came from the Transportation Dept, now run by former airline lobbyist Sean Duffy.
The announcement came from the Transportation Dept, now run by former airline lobbyist Sean Duffy.
Trump Waives Southwest Airlines Fine For Holiday Meltdown
Under former airline lobbyist Sean Duffy, the Transportation Department is rolling back consumer protections for travelers.
www.levernews.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
🚨BREAKING: Trump is waiving remaining fines against Southwest for its holiday meltdown — and he’s shut down the government suit against the airline for “chronically delayed flights.”
The announcement came from the Transportation Dept, now run by former airline lobbyist Sean Duffy.
The announcement came from the Transportation Dept, now run by former airline lobbyist Sean Duffy.
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This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
Are you kidding? We should tax billionaires out of existence.
Elon Musk is about to become the first trillionaire.
The reason poverty exists in the wealthiest country on earth isn't because we can't feed the poor — it's because we can't satisfy the rich.
We should tax trillionaires out of existence.
The reason poverty exists in the wealthiest country on earth isn't because we can't feed the poor — it's because we can't satisfy the rich.
We should tax trillionaires out of existence.
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Are you kidding? We should tax billionaires out of existence.
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Every year in my class I show my students the gender shades project and they are like but it has been fixed now… right?
December 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Every year in my class I show my students the gender shades project and they are like but it has been fixed now… right?
Objectively bad
Welp.
On the one hand, Putin may end up wiping out much of the population of Ukraine after all.
On the other hand, he also may end up wiping out much of the population of Belarus & Russia as well. So...
On the one hand, Putin may end up wiping out much of the population of Ukraine after all.
On the other hand, he also may end up wiping out much of the population of Belarus & Russia as well. So...
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Objectively bad