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“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H. L. Mencken
“Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.” — FDR
Anti-DEI=Resegregation GOP=Confederacy
“Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.” — FDR
Anti-DEI=Resegregation GOP=Confederacy
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On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
Illinois becomes one of the few states to regulate employer use of AI. House Bill 3773 amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to make it a civil rights violation for employers to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on race, gender, age, or disability.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
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dred scott, in their minds, established the united states as a place of tiered citizenship and permanent inequality among americans. it was a ruling that said, in effect, that all men *were not* created equal and would *never* be treated as such.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
dred scott, in their minds, established the united states as a place of tiered citizenship and permanent inequality among americans. it was a ruling that said, in effect, that all men *were not* created equal and would *never* be treated as such.
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Shouldn’t this news about Trump Jr. spend at least a few hours atop the newscycle?
Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract
Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. defense department.
finance.yahoo.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Shouldn’t this news about Trump Jr. spend at least a few hours atop the newscycle?
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NEWS: A judge has granted Daniel Richman’s request to temporarily block DOJ’s access to evidence taken from his electronic devices.
Richman was a key figure in the now-dismissed prosecution of former FBI director James Comey.
Order could complicate DOJ’s effort to re-indict Comey.
Richman was a key figure in the now-dismissed prosecution of former FBI director James Comey.
Order could complicate DOJ’s effort to re-indict Comey.
![tailored to preserving the status quo while this Court considers his [1] Motion for Return of
Property on an expedited basis.
III.
Accordingly, Petitioner Richman's (9] Motion for Temporary Restraining Order is
GRANTED IN PART and DEFERRED IN PART, as follows:
The United States and its agent, the Attorney General of the United States, are ORDERED to identify, segregate, and secure the image of Petitioner Richman's personal computer that was made in 2017, his Columbia University email accounts, and his iCloud account; any copies of those files; and any materials obtained, extracted, or derived from those files (collectively, "the covered materials") that are currently in the possession of the United States.
Case 1:25-mc-00170-CKK Document 10
Filed 12/06/25
Page 4 of 4
The United States and its agents, including the Attorney General of the United States, are
further ORDERED not to access the covered materials once they are identified, segregated, and
secured, or to share, disseminate, or disclose the covered materials to any person, without first
seeking and obtaining leave of this Court.
The Attorney General of the United States or her designee is further ORDERED to certify
that the United States is in compliance with this Order no later than 12:00 p.m. ET on Monday, December 8, 2025.
It is further ORDERED that Petitioner Richman's counsel shall promptly serve a copy of
this Order on the Attorney General of the United States, accompanied by copies of all papers filed in this action to date.
All other requests for relief in Petitioner Richman's (9) Motion for Temporary Restraining
Order are DEFERRED pending a response from the Govemment and further consideration by this Court.
This Order shall remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 12, 2025, or
until dissolved by further order of this Court, whichever comes first.
Finally, it is ORDERED that, no later than 9:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, December 9, 2025,
the Govemment shall file a combined response to Peti…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t4x2ruk2qmob2b2cx55h4v7r/bafkreifpknfysivu76mvp5ulcpw3l2trlz37dadehspu6sbv7b74xyivqi@jpeg)
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
NEWS: A judge has granted Daniel Richman’s request to temporarily block DOJ’s access to evidence taken from his electronic devices.
Richman was a key figure in the now-dismissed prosecution of former FBI director James Comey.
Order could complicate DOJ’s effort to re-indict Comey.
Richman was a key figure in the now-dismissed prosecution of former FBI director James Comey.
Order could complicate DOJ’s effort to re-indict Comey.
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Except it isn't "takeover."
Banished reporters can still cultivate sources, report the leaks, uncover the truth etc. All they've lost is access to is Pentagon briefings, which are all lies. Rightwing lapdogs can have that.
The laziest journalism is ONLY reporting what the authorities give you.
Banished reporters can still cultivate sources, report the leaks, uncover the truth etc. All they've lost is access to is Pentagon briefings, which are all lies. Rightwing lapdogs can have that.
The laziest journalism is ONLY reporting what the authorities give you.
‘Mouthpieces for Trump’: inside the rightwing takeover of the Pentagon press corps
Pentagon press passes once held by credentialed journalists are now in the hands of rightwing pundits and Trump allies
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Except it isn't "takeover."
Banished reporters can still cultivate sources, report the leaks, uncover the truth etc. All they've lost is access to is Pentagon briefings, which are all lies. Rightwing lapdogs can have that.
The laziest journalism is ONLY reporting what the authorities give you.
Banished reporters can still cultivate sources, report the leaks, uncover the truth etc. All they've lost is access to is Pentagon briefings, which are all lies. Rightwing lapdogs can have that.
The laziest journalism is ONLY reporting what the authorities give you.
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
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RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory panel is beset by incompetence, bias, and chaos
Its decisions will kill children and adults until we reverse this idiocy.
Hepatitis B is a virus that causes liver failure and cancer. Vaccination of newborn children saved lives.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/06/a...
Its decisions will kill children and adults until we reverse this idiocy.
Hepatitis B is a virus that causes liver failure and cancer. Vaccination of newborn children saved lives.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/06/a...
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory panel is beset by incompetence, bias, and procedural chaos
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) meetings used to be a geek’s dream: hours of long, maybe dreary presentation of extensive data
www.statnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory panel is beset by incompetence, bias, and chaos
Its decisions will kill children and adults until we reverse this idiocy.
Hepatitis B is a virus that causes liver failure and cancer. Vaccination of newborn children saved lives.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/06/a...
Its decisions will kill children and adults until we reverse this idiocy.
Hepatitis B is a virus that causes liver failure and cancer. Vaccination of newborn children saved lives.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/06/a...
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This DHS post in a fashy font features the sizzle reel of the raid on the Chicago apartment building, set to a cover of “Jesus Walks,” a song by Ye…an artist originally from Chicago who is now best known for his “Christian,” pro-Hitler stance. Very subtle.
December 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This DHS post in a fashy font features the sizzle reel of the raid on the Chicago apartment building, set to a cover of “Jesus Walks,” a song by Ye…an artist originally from Chicago who is now best known for his “Christian,” pro-Hitler stance. Very subtle.
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Trump decided his ballroom must be twice the size of the enormous one proposed by his chosen architect ( the drawing below is of the original proposed ballroom). So he got a new architect. The hideous & utterly unnecessary ballroom will dwarf our White House.
Sad
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Sad
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Trump decided his ballroom must be twice the size of the enormous one proposed by his chosen architect ( the drawing below is of the original proposed ballroom). So he got a new architect. The hideous & utterly unnecessary ballroom will dwarf our White House.
Sad
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Sad
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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At least 40% of the book is just tortured descriptions of her surroundings.
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
At least 40% of the book is just tortured descriptions of her surroundings.
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NEW: How the CDC has become a powerful platform for the anti-vaccine movement it once sought to fight. 1/5
Me, @davidovalle.bsky.social, @paigecunningham.bsky.social
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Me, @davidovalle.bsky.social, @paigecunningham.bsky.social
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., the CDC provides a megaphone to the anti-vaccine movement
Common anti-vaccine talking points were on display as the CDC’s immunization advisers repealed a hepatitis B birth vaccine recommendation and scrutinized the childhood schedule.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
NEW: How the CDC has become a powerful platform for the anti-vaccine movement it once sought to fight. 1/5
Me, @davidovalle.bsky.social, @paigecunningham.bsky.social
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Me, @davidovalle.bsky.social, @paigecunningham.bsky.social
@washingtonpost.com
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That "Temu peace prize" reveals the president as a toddler, and our techbro billionaire overlords are toddlers too. I've posted this before, but it's important - see Cory Doctorow's essay on "surveillance infantilism" here: doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
December 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
That "Temu peace prize" reveals the president as a toddler, and our techbro billionaire overlords are toddlers too. I've posted this before, but it's important - see Cory Doctorow's essay on "surveillance infantilism" here: doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
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PuertoRico: Farmers stunned after unexpected impacts of new solar farm project: 'It's exciting'
The system provides enough energy to power the entire farm operation.
www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/p...
The system provides enough energy to power the entire farm operation.
www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/p...
Farmers stunned after unexpected impacts of new solar farm project: 'It's exciting'
One Puerto Rican farmer has developed an agrivoltaics system to both grow coffee and produce solar energy.
www.thecooldown.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
PuertoRico: Farmers stunned after unexpected impacts of new solar farm project: 'It's exciting'
The system provides enough energy to power the entire farm operation.
www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/p...
The system provides enough energy to power the entire farm operation.
www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/p...
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I am ratcheting down my social media, but let me just say that all European leaders except on the far Right should note that the U.S. now seeks regime change in their country; basically seeks to depose them. US strategy is to support the political forces that threaten liberal democracy in Europe.
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I am ratcheting down my social media, but let me just say that all European leaders except on the far Right should note that the U.S. now seeks regime change in their country; basically seeks to depose them. US strategy is to support the political forces that threaten liberal democracy in Europe.
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Taxation without representation
December 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Taxation without representation
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Great use of the autopen 😂🤣
December 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Great use of the autopen 😂🤣
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Yo, I can't stop laughing at this
He "medaled" himself🤣🤣🤣
He "medaled" himself🤣🤣🤣
December 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Yo, I can't stop laughing at this
He "medaled" himself🤣🤣🤣
He "medaled" himself🤣🤣🤣
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You could write this. Or you could write: “That notion, which has been the rule in nearly every country in the Western Hemisphere for over a century, is grounded in the language of the 14th Amendment.”
All how you choose to frame it.
All how you choose to frame it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
You could write this. Or you could write: “That notion, which has been the rule in nearly every country in the Western Hemisphere for over a century, is grounded in the language of the 14th Amendment.”
All how you choose to frame it.
All how you choose to frame it.
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Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
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It took Donald Trump less than a year into his disastrous second term to start committing mass murder and/or war crimes (although there’s no actual war, just a demented president’s fantasies and bogus excuses).
December 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It took Donald Trump less than a year into his disastrous second term to start committing mass murder and/or war crimes (although there’s no actual war, just a demented president’s fantasies and bogus excuses).